Thursday, February 2, 2017

FAN BUS to Heinz Hall, Saturday, February 25 FREE as a thank you to all of our District Orchestra workers!!!

As a thank you to all who worked so hard on our District Orchestra festival, we are taking a bus to see IASD string student Joanna Li in the February 25  Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra concert!  Everyone who participated or helped out with our festival is welcome to come along, and we welcome families to join us!

A bus is a great way to see a concert without the hassles of driving into downtown Pittsburgh. We will leave from the Junior High School at 10:30 AM on Saturday, February 25.  We will hopefully have a backstage tour of Heinz Hall before the concert (still working on it)!!!  The concert will begin at 2:00, and afterward we'll stay a few minutes to congratulate our symphony stars!  We expect to get back to the JH around 6:00 PM.  Feel free to bring snacks or a lunch to enjoy on the bus.

The concert is FREE and open to the public.  There is NO CHARGE for this field trip for anyone who participated or helped in our District Orchestra festival.
  
Reserve your seat today!  Reservations will be taken on a first come, first served basis!  
  
We will accept reservations until we have 48 people (one school bus, two per seat).  

Come on out and support our AMAZING string students! 


Thank you so very much for your continued support of our school string program!

Please email me for a copy of the permission slip, if you are interested.  EVERYONE (even adults) must fill out a form!!!!  

ALSO...keep Sunday, April 30 at 7:30 on your calendar...it's the Spring Johnstown Youth Symphony Orchestra concert!  More info on that to follow!

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Next parent meeting is on Thursday from 6 - 7, JH orchestra room

This is an important meeting!  Wrapping up the planning!!!


  • Thursday evening meal
  • Volunteers for concerts
  • Other volunteers
  • Bulletin Boards
See you then!

Monday, December 19, 2016

Schedule for District Orchestra work nights

Looking ahead to January...

The following evenings will be work nights for the District Orchestra festival.  I will be soliciting help from students, as well.  All meetings will be in the Junior High orchestra room. The times and days of the week vary so that we can give folks a chance whose schedules might not always work in the evenings.

Wednesday, January 4   4:00 - 6:00 PM  

Thursday, January 12   6:00 - 7:00 PM  

Tuesday, January 17  5:00 - 7:00 PM   (IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING!!!)

Tuesday, January 24  ALL DAY...ALL HANDS ON DECK for SET-UP!!!!

Thanks so much, everyone!!!  This festival is going to be a TREMENDOUS SUCCESS because of YOU!!!!

INDIANA ORCHESTRA FAMILIES ROCK!!!

Info on Water Bottles???

If you have been working on securing water bottles, as per our last meeting, please email me!!!  Thanks!
J

Friday, December 9, 2016

Link for LuLaRoe Fundraiser for Indie Strings

A fundraiser to purchase snacks for the students will be held on Monday in the JH Orchestra room from 7 - 8:30. Heidi Ray Monteleone, one of our string parents, is the sales representative.  If you are unable to attend, she has created a link that will take shoppers to her online inventory. It will be open to shop from December 13 at 6PM thru December 15 at 6pm

Below is the link!  Please post on social media...FB, Twitter, whatever!!!!  Thanks so much for your support our program so that we can provide a special experience for our guests!




Contact Info

Volunteers for the festival:

Programs and President of iStrings
Bev Mastalski, bpmastal@iup.edu

Thursday meal
Rachel Schiera, laughswife@gmail.com
Sharon Han, qiaoxianwen@yahoo.com
Mary Margaret Conjelko, conjelko6@gmail.com

Director Hospitality
Lisa Strittmatter, gimatt94@comcast.net

Snacks for students
Laura Herrington, lrherrington@gmail.com

Music and sorting
Linda Zhang and Frank, zyjyu@yahoo.com

Audition help
Swana Chepaitis, swanachepaitis@comcast.net

Please forgive me if I forgot someone...working off the top of my head.

As always, I'm at jlaird@iasd.cc

Wednesday, November 30, 2016