Wednesday--morning (finish setting up etc)  Sale starts at 12:00.  $5 admission.   Runs from 12-8. Need help from students working tables and manning the doors, handing out bags, greeting customers.
 
Thursday--free.  Running from 10-8.  Again need students to work tables and man the doors.
 
Friday--free.  Running from 10-8. Again need students to work tables and man the doors.
 
Saturday--free.  8-12.  Bag day.  Blue Shop n Save bags will be given out at the door. Each bag filled with books, etc. will be $5. 
 
Saturday after sale--clean up and loading all the stuff on the trucks or whatever for the people to take back to Indiana.

THANK YOU... to those who have paid their band fees!  For those of you who haven't paid them, please take this as a friendly reminder to do so immediately!  We are rapidly approaching the expensive part of our band season where we must pay for our additional uniforms, staff, music, drill, and the required musical equipment and instruments for this fall. 

Attention Clarinets and Saxophones 
Clarinet Lessons
We are adding a private teacher to our staff for the 2010-2011 school year. Mrs. Linda Tessereau will be available to teach private lessons during 1, 2, 6, and 7 (and possible 5th) on certain days of the week. If you sign up, you can be pulled out of band as you have seen trumpet students of Dawn Weber. The cost of lessons will be a reasonable $15.00 per half hour. You can prepare for solo and ensemble contest, IMEA auditions or just improve your skills.  Take advantage of this opportunity. Mrs. Tessereau has played clarinet for approximately 28 years and currently is a member of the Air National Guard Band of the Central States. She has also been a teacher of band for 11 years and is currently at Wolf Branch Middle School. If you are interested in taking lessons, please fill out the form below and press submit. Lessons are available on clarinet and saxophone.

Name of Student:
Instrument:
Do not enter anything in this field:
We are living in frightening times. Times when we may not have the priveleges that we once had. The state of Illinois owes most of our schools a lot of money. Money that should have been paid months ago. Alternative means of coming up with that money are in the works, but programs and jobs are being eliminated left and right. How does this hit home? Many teachers jobs are being cut. That means that class sizes will be increasing and that is just the core classes. At Wolf Branch, on Monday evening March 23, the board had no choice but to issue dismissal slips to all non tenured teaching staff. Included in this is band and music.  How can you help? Send a friendly letter or make a friendly phone call to your Illinois State senator and representative. The phone number and address are listed below. The more people we have in support of this, the better the chance is for us to possibly get results.
Representative Thomas Holbrook (D) - 94th General Assembly
113th District

Photograph of Representative Thomas Holbrook (D)		  

Springfield Office:
267-S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-0104
 
 
District Office:
9200 West Main Suite 4
Belleville, IL  62223
(618) 394-2211
 

St. Clair County
Senator James F. Clayborne, Jr. (D) - 94th General Assembly
57th District
Majority Caucus Whip

Photograph of Senator James F. Clayborne, Jr. (D)		  

Springfield Office:
Senator 57th District
629 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-5399
 
 
District Office:
327 Missouri Avenue
Suite 422
East St. Louis, IL  62201
(618) 875-1212
Representative Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. (D)
114th District

Photograph of Representative Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr. (D)		  

Springfield Office:
276-S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-5951
 
 
District Office:
4700 State Street
Suite 2
East St. Louis, IL  62205
(618) 875-9950
 
St. Clair County
Car Wash Wars
Please click on the logo above to sign up for the car washes. Consider the time that you sign up the time that you will work for each car wash. If you need to change times, let Mr. Tessereau know. If you are in town, you are expected to work at least one shift per car wash! See you there!
Group 1 (70 students)—Drum Major:  Phillip Cheng
Trombones
Trumpets
Baritones
Color Guard
 
Group 2 (71 students)—Drum Major:  Colin Connor and Rebekkah Dothager 
Sax
Flutes
Sousaphones/Tuba
 
Group 3 (68 students)—Drum Major: Jackie Heffner
Clarinets
Percussion/Pit
Horns/Mellophones
Car wash parent and student sign up times: 
                9-11:30am                    11:30am-2pm    
 
Car wash dates and locations:
 
June 19th
Group 1 Advance Auto Parts: 4203 North Belt West – Belleville location
Group 2 Casa Gallardo: 6600 North Illinois, St. Clair Sq. – Fairview Heights location
Group 3 Advance Auto Parts: 924 Carlyle Avenue – Bellville location—East HS
 
July 10th
Group 1 Advance Auto Parts: 924 Carlyle Avenue – Bellville location—East HS
Group 2 Advance Auto Parts: 4203 North Belt West – Belleville location
Group 3 Casa Gallardo: 6600 North Illinois, St. Clair Sq. – Fairview Heights location
 
August 7th
Group 1 Casa Gallardo: 6600 North Illinois, St. Clair Sq. – Fairview Heights location
Group 2 Advance Auto Parts: 924 Carlyle Avenue – Bellville location—East HS
Group 3 Advance Auto Parts: 4203 North Belt West – Belleville location
ITINERARIES
Marching Across Summer

Download your Marching Across Summer pledge sheet and start earning money towards your trip. All you need to do is ask your family, neighbors, friends and enemies to sponsor you to help you raise the money. It is that simple.

Miles Marched
Memorial Day Parade - 1.5
June 3 rehearsal - 2.5
Shriner's Parade - 3
June 10 rehearsal - 2.5
June 17 rehearsal - 3
June 24 rehearsal - 3
Red Bud Parade - 1
June 29 rehearsal - 3.5
July 1 rehearsal - 3.5
V P Parade - 2.5
Labor Day Parade -
Total -

Hey everybody! Don't forget to get registered for the Outback Bowl Trip!

www.music-travel.com

Follow these steps to set up and maintain an account with Music Travel for your Outback Bowl Trip!

* Go to www.music-travel.com by clicking on the link above.

* Click the MTC online logo (green logo)

* Select "New User"

* Fill out contact information

* Select "Register a Traveler"

* Enter trip number:     1012-7-06

* Add Traveler/ Travelers

* Select "Make a Payment" to Pay Deposit

Listening Examples 

To access your band, click on the appropriate tab and then find the piece that you would like to research. Then click on the play button and enjoy.

The Lancer Band Program is Outback Bowl bound once again! A preliminary cost of the trip is being calculated as we speak and we should hear something the week of December 7th. The last trip to the Outback Bowl was approximately $775 per student. Don't worry! There will be some fundraising opportunities. If you start planning now, the trip should not be too painful for you! Dates for the trip will be roughly December 27 - January 2. The Marching Lancers will perform the field show, parade, concert band (all 4 bands) and jazz band (all three bands) festivals. All band members (including students involved in fall athletics) are welcome to come!

Those of you who attended the Liberty Bowl trip... Don't worry. I vowed to not have a trip like that and I will keep that vow! We have tentatively secured the Sheraton Suites Hotel which is right across the street from the rehearsal/ performance areas. Since I have personally stayed there, I can vouch that the hotel is very good.


Click on the picture to watch the Belleville East Marching Lancers in the Christmas in St. Louis Parade on Thanksgiving morning!
Help us raise money for:

The Jacob Kellogg Commission Project!

We would like to honor the memory of Jacob Kellogg by commissioning a major work for concert band by a major composer. Our new goal is $7,000. We are proud to say that we have already raised approximately $6,210 in an effort to honor Jacob's life. Our composer of choice is Dr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. 

If you wish to help us in our efforts, you can mail a check to:

Belleville East High School
Attn. Mark Tessereau
2555 West Blvd.
Belleville, IL 62221

Please make your checks out to BEBOP. The Belleville East Band and Orchestra Parents along with the band directors are handling the organization of this project.

Handbook

Click "handbook" for a newly revised 2010-2011 Belleville East Bands handbook
Check Out Goodsearch

What if the Belleville East Bands earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Well, now we can!

GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.

Just go to http://www.goodsearch.com/ and be sure to enter "Belleville East High School Bands" as the charity you want to support. Just 100 of us searching four times a day will raise about $1,460 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!
Fun Web Sites and Links
Giant Steps
Saxophones.... You can be replaced!!
What song is this?
See if you can figure out what song this is before the halfway point.
Check out other Belleville bands across the nation!
Educational Sites
Metronome Online

Use this to your advantage for practice!!


Free Manuscript Paper

On behalf of my wife Lori, my son Greg and myself, we would like to thank all the parents, students and staff that have supported us for the past seven years.  I have decided to leave the Belleville East Marching Lancers.  Over the past seven years I have met some incredibly caring, understanding and passionate people.  The students have truly been a blessing to work with.  I've been fortunate enough to watch many of them come in as awkward freshman and leave as award winning musicians.  As I think back, it isn't possible to name one year as my favorite year as they all had some incredible highs in them.

Mr. Tessereau, you have been a huge inspiration to me, and I know that all I have learned from you I will apply in the future.  Thank you for the incredible opportunity to work with such an incredible program.  The growth of the program is because of the tireless work that you have put in to make Belleville East what it is today.  I will treasure our friendship forever.

For now, I am taking some time off to spend more time with my wife and son.  Many of you have met them and I don't want to miss another moment with Greg at this stage of his life.  Don't worry, you'll still see me from time to time and you better believe that we'll attend some shows and will be there cheering for all of you each and every chance that we get.

If you'd like I can always be reached at bill_castillo@sbcglobal.net.

Until we meet again... EYES...WITH PRIDE!!!

Sincerely,
Bill Castillo
Percussion Caption Head 2003-2009
Belleville East Marching Lancers

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Upcoming Events 

 

July 26-30
Drum Line Camp
6:00 - 9:00 PM

July 29
Music Ensemble Rehearsal - Field Show
6:00 - 9:00 PM

August 2 - 6
Week 1 - Band Camp
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

August 9 - 13
Week 2 - Band Camp
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

August 12
Parent Preview
7:00 PM
East Stadium

August 17
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

August 18
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

August 19
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

August 21
Drum Line Mini Camp
9:00 - Noon
1:00 - 4:00

August 24
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

August 25
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

August 26
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

August 27
Home Football Game
v. Mt. Vernon

August 28
Mozingo Drum Line Competition

August 31
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 1
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 2
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

September 7
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 8
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 9
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

September 11
Belleville East Marching Invitational/
Metro East Marching Classic - O'Fallon

September 14
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 15
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 16
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

September 17
Home Football Game
v. Alton (Homecoming)

September 21
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 22
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 23
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

September 25
LaFayette Contest of Champions
Wildwood, MO (All Day)

September 28
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 29
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

September 30
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

October 2
Home Football Game
v. O'Fallon (afternoon game)/
McKendree Preview of Champions (All Day)

October 5
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

October 6
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

October 7
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

October 9
Home Football Game
v. East St. Louis (afternoon)
Senior Recognition

October 11
IMEA Auditions
Highland Elementary School

October 12
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

October 13
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

October 14
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

October 15
Bands of America
St. Louis Super Regional
Tentative Performance Time between
2:15 and 5:00 PM

October 16
Francis Howell Central Colliseum Classic
Chesterfield, MO

October 19
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

October 20
Marching Band Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:30 PM

October 21
Drum Line Rehearsal
6:00 - 9:00 PM

October 23
Greater St. Louis Marching Band Festival
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Belleville East High School
2555 West Blvd.
Belleville, IL 62221
Phone: (618)-222-3751
Email: mtessereau@bths201.org