April 2012

We almost ready to welcome you to Moose Jaw in May!  In addition to hearing wonderful music from the rest of the bands and choirs, we hope you have plans to do some fun things and see some of our sights. 

BIG NEWS!   We have decided to hold the Jazz Band classes in our new Mosaic Place, right down town.  Mosaic Place is our brand new multiplex where the hockey Warriors have been playing up a storm.  We have found suitable rooms upstairs for warm-up and performance.  You will receive directions, etc in your Director’s Information Package in mid-April.  Many thanks to Vanier High School for lending us their beautiful music room and art room for the past few years.  We have appreciated their hospitality!

Once again we will present five dynamite Night Shows for you.  “Command Brass”, the brass quintet from the Royal Canadian Air Force Band (formerly Air Command Band) will perform Monday (one show) and Tuesday (two shows).  “soulwhite”, a group of talented local musicians consisting of Cameron Church, Sharon Church and Darius Wilson, will show their stuff for two shows Wednesday.  All shows are in the Mae Wilson Theatre.

PLEASE NOTE:
Directors are being asked to number every bar of the score handed in to the clinicians.   

Thank you to all of our out-of-town directors who completed our survey after the 2011 Festival.  Half of our 36 out-of-town directors responded, telling us that they left $665,000 in Moose Jaw during those four days in May!  Extrapolate that to include the other 50% and you can see this event is a big boost to Moose Jaw tourism and economy.  As you can imagine, this bodes well when we apply for grants.  Thank you for your time and information.

We are looking forward to seeing you soon! 

Sharon Penner
Kurt Gillett
Co-chairmen
Moose Jaw Band and Choral Festival