November Orchestra Newsletter

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Winter Extravaganza

• Liberty High School's Performing Arts Program will be having their 2023 Winter Extravaganza in December!
• Read the section below for more information

Winter Break

• No school from December 22nd to January 8th for Winter Break!

General Rehearsals

• Make sure to attend your respective rehearsals before the winter concert!
• Sleigh Ride rehearsals will be held December 5th during advisory
• Polar Express rehearsals will be held on December 5th from 4:45-5:30 pm
• Realms of Glory and Christmas Eve rehearsals will be held December 7th from 7:45-8:45 am

Dress Rehearsals

• Dress rehearsals will be December 11th and December 13th
• Students must be seated in auditorium seats by 4:40pm each afternoon
• See the graphic below to know which dress rehearsals to attend + performance information

Tickets

• Students and parents must buy tickets in order to watch performances!
• Tickets can be purchased here: https://libertyhsband.ludus.com/200440617

Orchestra members attended this year's first breakfast club! Students enjoyed a variety of treats including scrambled eggs, bagels, bacon, and waffles while hanging out with their orchestra friends.

Pods competed for the grand title at the Trivia Social! Students participated in games like Scattergories and Jeopardy to show their knowledge in a variety of topics like science, history, pop-culture, and physical challenges!

Incoming freshmen from Fowler and Vandeventer Middle School visited Liberty Orchestra to learn more about the program! Students played games, enjoyed pizza, toured the school, and participated in a rehearsal with Liberty orchestra students.

Liberty Orchestra's officer team celebrated Thanksgiving early with a delicious potluck! Dishes included samosas, fried rice, butter chicken, tiramisu, and more!

We are so excited to recognize our two All-State students this year! Congrats to Annaliese Burkle, a junior harpist, and Rishab Srivatsan, a freshman violist for their amazing accomplishment!

The Candy Cadets and Candy Cane Lancers won this year's Liberty Orchestra Fan Pledge Fundraiser! The winners celebrated with a pizza and ice cream party!

Our very own Luit Deka, a senior violinist, placed 1st place in the Honors Art category at Academic Decathlon's first invitational meet of the season! We're very proud of Luit!

This month's Trivia Social featured a pod competition where students tested their skills in a game of Jeopardy! Here are the winners:

Who receives the items donated by orchestra members?

The items orchestra members donated will be received by domestic violence survivors at Hope's Door New Beginning Center. Specifically, the hygiene items will go to the organization's shelter residents. Gently used clothing items will go to their Resale Store, where survivors receive items for free.

What was the process of planning the donation drive?

The librarian team initially decided on donating just hygiene items, but after I looked into potential local shelters, we extended the drive to include clothing items, cleaning products, and linens. Once we decided the duration date and the local shelter to donate to, I contacted the shelter. The librarians then set up boxes in the orchestra room and planned on ways to promote the donation drive.

What is the impact of the donation drive?

Thanks to our orchestra families, the donated items will be used by survivors of domestic violence and their children. The donations will help towards Hope's Door New Beginning Center's mission of intervention solution of domestic violence, and help give hope and safety to the survivors.

Valerie Nanton - 12/04

Asiah Calahan - 12/06

Tarun Tornala - 12/07

Arihant Gauttam - 12/07

Sophie Yang - 12/08

Dhanush Boyineni - 12/08

Prathyum Bada - 12/11

Kaylin Lee - 12/18

Luit Deka - 12/19

Adler Xu - 12/20

Shriya Satish - 12/20

Kris Jensen - 12/24

Jennifer Kim - 12/29

Karthika Menon - 12/29

Ahmed Gencer - 12/30

Michelle Tang - 12/30

• Polar Express Full Orchestra Rehearsal - December 5th 4:45-5:30 pm
• Realms of Glory / Christmas Eve Full Orchestra Rehearsal - December 7th 7:45-8:45 am
• Sleigh Ride Rehearsal - December 5th 12:15-12:45 pm (advisory)
• Winter Extravaganza Dress Rehearsal #1 - December 11th 4:40-7:00 pm
• Winter Extravaganza Dress Rehearsal #2 - December 13th 4:40-7:00 pm
• Winter Extravaganza Performance #1 - December 14th 7:00-9:00 pm
• Winter Extravaganza Performance #2 - December 15th 7:00-9:00 pm
  
• Baking Competition Social - December 18th 12:15-12:45 pm (advisory)
• Winter Social - December 20th 5:00-7:00 pm
• Winter Break - December 22nd - January 8th

Solve this custom wordle: https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=yvfuo. First person from each orchestra to email the directors with a screenshot of the successfully completed wordle gets a prize!