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Dear Band Parents: We have two students who would be a great addition to the music program at Mitchell High School but we need a host family for each them. Erik is a 17 year old Swedish boy who loves music. He plays guitar, piano and bass and he sings. He also enjoys running, working out and being outdoors. “I would like to live a common American life and experience their high school spirit,” he said. Linus is terrific 17 year old boy from Germany who plays in a band, loves music and has won a regional championship with his basketball team. He also hopes to play some American soccer. Linus has three brothers and wants to get to know his host family before he arrives, so he can bring the things he needs. “I am really interested in learning new things about the American way of life and culture. I would love to show my host family a bit of my German culture as well.” Please consider giving these young people an opportunity to experience our lifestyle and our great music program. If you would like more information, please contact me or Virginia Wishard Lambert at vwlambert@gmail.com or text at 605-940-1311. Thanks so much! Mr. Stahle 
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MHS/MMS Jazzers and Parents,
On Thursday, April 6th, the high school and middle school jazz bands will be traveling to the “Optimist Jazz Festival” in Brookings, SD on the campus of SDSU. The event will be held at the Performing Arts Center. If you need directions to this location….please follow this link: https://goo.gl/maps/2ezYyyasEJ12 The itinerary is below: 4.6.17 OPITMIST JAZZ FESTIVAL ITINERARY 10:30AM LOAD BUS AT HS 10:45AM LOAD BUS AT MS 11:00AM DEPART FOR BROOKINGS 1:00PM ARRIVE IN BROOKINGS AND EAT LUNCH 2:00PM UNLOAD EQUIPMENT 2:40PM MHS PERFORMANCE TIME 3:30PM MMS PERFORMANCE TIME 6:00PM EAT DINNER 7:30PM AWARDS/CONCERT 8:00PM DEPART FOR MITCHELL 9:45PM APPROXIMATE ARRIVAL IN MITCHELL If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I know there are quite a few kids in show choir that need to get back to Mitchell for a rehearsal this night. Show Choir/Pit Parents - you will need to get kids back to Mitchell from Brookings as we are staying for awards/concert. Hopefully there are 2-3 van loads that can come up and watch and then get these kids back. Sorry for the inconvenience. Sincerely, Ryan Stahle Director of Bands ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us Dear Students and Parents,
On Wednesday, March 22nd, we will be hosting the Region V Large Group Contest here in the PAC. Parents - now that this event is held in Mitchell, hopefully it will be easier for you to now see your children perform at this event. Students - below are details for both of the groups: CONCERT BAND (9th/10th graders) DETAILS: 7:45AM - Make sure all instruments that you will need for the day are in the choir room 8:05AM - Meet in auditorium to watch Ethan, Tripp and Parkston 9:05AM - Go to choir room to grab instruments (DO NOT PLAY IN CHOIR ROOM AS THERE IS A PERFORMANCE GOING ON IN BAND ROOM) 9:15AM - Warm up in Black Box 9:45AM - PERFORMANCE TIME IN AUDITORIUM 10:10AM - Put instruments back in choir room (DO NOT PLAY IN CHOIR ROOM AS THERE IS A PERFORMANCE GOING ON IN BAND ROOM) 10:30AM - Report back to SRBs (unless you are helping with contest) WIND ENSEMBLE (11th/12th graders) DETAILS: 7:45AM - Make sure all instruments that you will need for the day are in the choir room 11:33AM - Everyone takes "A Lunch" 12:10PM - Go to choir room to grab instruments (DO NOT PLAY IN CHOIR ROOM AS THERE IS A PERFORMANCE GOING ON IN BAND ROOM) 12:20PM - Warm up in Black Box 1:00PM - PERFORMANCE TIME IN AUDITORIUM 1:30PM - Put instruments back in choir room (DO NOT PLAY IN CHOIR ROOM AS THERE IS A PERFORMANCE GOING ON IN BAND ROOM) 1:45PM - Report back to G4 (unless you are helping with contest) If anyone has any questions, please let me know. Looking forward to a great day of music on the 22nd! Mr. Stahle MHS Jazzers and Parents,
On Tuesday, March 14th, the high school jazz band will be traveling to the “Coyote Jazz Festival” in Vermillion, SD on the campus of USD. The event will be held at Knutson Recital Hall in the Warren M. Lee Fine Arts building. If you need directions to this location….please follow this link: https://goo.gl/maps/PVsY8TFmrn32 The itinerary is below: 3.14.17 COYOTE JAZZ FESTIVAL ITINERARY 6:45AM LOAD BUS 7:00AM DEPART FOR VERMILLION 9:00AM ARRIVE IN VERMILLION AND UNLOAD EQUIPMENT 9:30AM WARM UP ROOM 10:00AM PERFORMANCE TIME 11:00AM AWARDS 11:15AM GRAB LUNCH 12:00PM DEPART FOR MITCHELL 2:00PM APPROXIMATE ARRIVAL IN MITCHELL If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Mr. Stahle MMS Jazzers and Parents,
On Monday, March 6th, the middle school jazz band will be traveling to the “Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival” in Sioux Falls, SD on the campus of Augustana College. The event will be held at Kresge Recital Hall in the Augustana Fine Arts building. If you need directions to this location….let me know. Please look over this checklist and make sure you have all items BEFORE YOU GO TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY MARCH 6th: ____Instrument/Cables/Amps (Rhythm section...we will load up gear right after rehearsal is done that morning) ____Music (for all selections we will be playing) ____Black shirt ____Black pants ____Jazz Band Tie ____Black socks and shoes ____Money for supper at the mall The itinerary is below: 3.6.17 AUGIE ITINERARY 12:45PM LOAD BUS 1:00PM DEPART FOR SIOUX FALLS 2:15PM ARRIVE IN SIOUX FALLS AND UNLOAD EQUIPMENT/WATCH BANDS 3:15PM WARM UP ROOM 3:30PM PERFORMANCE TIME 4:00PM WATCH OTHER BANDS 5:00PM HEAD TO MALL TO EAT 6:30PM HEAD BACK TO AUGUSTANA 7:15PM AWARDS 7:30PM DEPART FOR MITCHELL 8:30PM APPROXIMATE ARRIVAL IN MITCHELL If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Ryan Stahle Director of Bands ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us MHS Jazzers and Parents,
On Tuesday, March 7th, the high school jazz band will be traveling to the “Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival” in Sioux Falls, SD on the campus of Augustana College. The event will be held at Kresge Recital Hall in the Augustana Fine Arts building. If you need directions to this location….let me know. Please remember that all jazz band members must be in dress black for the performance. It is up to the students if they want to bring a change of clothes. Everyone will be responsible for bringing their own music/folder and instrument. The itinerary is below: 3.7.17 AUGIE ITINERARY 8:45AM LOAD BUS (Rhythm Section - pack up after jazz band is done) 9:00AM DEPART FOR SIOUX FALLS 10:15AM ARRIVE IN SIOUX FALLS AND UNLOAD EQUIPMENT 11:15AM WARM UP ROOM 11:30AM PERFORMANCE TIME 12:15PM NOON CONCERT 1:00PM GRAB LUNCH 2:00PM DEPART FOR MITCHELL 3:00PM APPROXIMATE ARRIVAL IN MITCHELL If anyone has any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Ryan Stahle Director of Bands ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us  Help us purchase a Grand Piano for our space by donating a "key!" Read our story below to learn more!
In 2017, Mitchell High School in Mitchell, SD, will be opening the doors to a brand new, state-of-the-art Performing Arts Center. This facility is complete with a new choir room, band hall, show choir space and 4 classrooms. It will also feature, as it's crowning jewel, a 1200 seat Auditorium with 2 balconies and a black box theater for smaller shows. Mitchell is a town of 15,000 people in the Eastern portion of South Dakota on I-90. This group and the town as a whole really banded together to get this facility built in the first place - a 15 million dollar price tag was attached and covered by the people and businesses of our amazing town. To make the building a reality, certain things had to be cut from the initial budget. A grand piano for our new stage was one of those items. There was hope a singular donor could be found, but with our opening now approaching, it is clear we need to think outisde the box. This is where YOU come in! A piano has 88 keys and we are hoping with keys purchased and donations made, that we can get to our goal by 88 days from now. That will be just in time for us to host our first "outside" event that would use this piano - Large Group Contest on March 30, 2017. You can donate on the following levels: $10 - $20: A Half Step Donor $25 - $50: A Whole Step Donor $100: Key Donor - After donating, you'll have the opportunity to choose a key! $500: Pentascale Donor (5 keys) $800/$1200: Octave Donor (Diatonic = 8 keys, Chromatic =12 keys) We'd like to raise enough that covers the entire keyboard twice - Help us get to $17,600! We are so appreciative of your donation, the students of Mitchell, SD and the surrounding communites who will benefit are so grateful you chose to support this endeavor! https://www.gofundme.com/88keysin88days Dear Band Parents,
On Saturday, October 15th, we will be leaving for Vermillion, SD for the “Quad State” marching band competition. For many of these students, this will be their first experience marching indoors in a dome environment! Listed below is an itinerary for the day: QUAD STATE ITINERARY 10/15/16 9:45AM LOAD BUSES 10:00AM DEPART FOR VERMILLION 12:00PM EAT LUNCH IN VERMILLION 12:45PM UNLOAD EQUIPMENT AND GET INTO UNIFORMS 1:30PM REPORT TO WARM UP AREAS 2:15PM REPORT TO STAGING AREA 2:45PM PERFORMANCE 3:15PM PACK UP EQUIPMENT 4:45PM AWARDS *5:15PM DEPART FOR MITCHELL *7:15PM ARRIVE IN MITCHELL *Approximate Times If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me by email (ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us) or by phone at 605-995-3040. Sincerely, Mr. Stahle  This year's students selected from Mitchell for All-State Jazz Band were (pictured left to right) Nadine Moore - trumpet / Jennifer Luczak - tenor sax / Malachi Haddon - alto sax / Andrew Weller - guitar. Congrats to these fine musicians!
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