Winter Concert

The annual Band of Gold Winter Concert will be taking place Thursday, December 10, 2009 in the Coral Park Auditorium at 7:00pm. This concert will highlight the Keyboard, Eurhythmics, Wind Ensemble & Jazz Band Classes. Entrance cost is $5. Baked goods & drinks will be on sale during intermissions.

Selections being performed include: "Sleigh Ride," Winter Wonderland," music from Dr. Seuss' original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" special and much, much more.

2009 Marching Band Evaluations

The Band of Gold performed at the Florida Bandmasters Association Music Performance Assessments this past Saturday at Traz Powell Stadium, located on the Miami Dade College North Campus. This event is considered the music FCAT’s for marching bands. The marching band was awarded 5 Superior ratings and awarded an overall Superior rating, the equivalent to straight “A’s.” Over 30 high schools participated from Miami-Dade County. We still have one more competition two weeks from now at the Florida Marching Band Competition Semi-Finals in St. Petersburg, FL! These kids have done an amazing job and have represented CP in the most mature & professional way possible. I hope they make you as proud of them as I am.

2009 Hialeah Showcase of Champions

This past weekend our Band of Gold Members participated in the 12th Annual Hialeah Showcase of Champions Marching Band Competition. Our kids did great! The following were their accomplishments.

Superior Ratings in:

• Auxiliary
• Brass
• Woodwinds
• Percussion
• Visual
• Music
• General Effect
• Drum Major

Superior with Distinction Ratings in:

• Auxiliary
• Drum Major

Best in Class Awards in:

• Percussion
• Auxiliary
• Visual
• Drum Major

2nd Place in Class 2A

4th Place overall out of 14 marching bands

Fall Extravaganza

On Tuesday, October 27th, starting at 6:30pm, the Band of Gold will be putting on a concert and dinner for any and all patrons of the band. Featured at this concert will be the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Golden Guard & Marching Band.

Since this will be a major fundraiser for the band there will be a presale of tickets for the event. Tickets will cost $10. Children, 2 and under, who will not be eating a plate of food, can come free of charge. Buy your tickets from students of the Band of Gold Program!

2009 Falcon Sound Invitational

This past weekend the Miami Coral Park SHS Band of Gold’s Marching Band & Golden Guard participated in the 5th Annual Falcon Sound Invitational at Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, FL. The students did a fantastic job and earned a great deal of accolades. They include:

Superior Ratings in:
· General Effect Caption
· Brass Caption
· Drum Major Caption
· Auxiliary Caption
· Visual Caption

Superior with Distinction Rating in the:
· Drum Major Caption

Best in Class Awards in:
· Auxiliary
· Visual
· General Effect
· Brass
· Drum Major

1st Place in Class 2A

1st Place Overall in both 1A & 2A Bands

The band was asked to stay the night and perform their show again in exhibition for the larger bands in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Needless to say this was a huge honor and the students did an awesome job of representing Miami-Dade County Public Schools and especially Miami Coral Park SHS.

Band Camp

Band camp has begun! Our schedule this week is 8:30am-5:00pm.
Next week we will be meeting from 1-5:00pm on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.
Lunch is $5, or you can bring your own, but remeber that the campus is closed, and students can not leave the campus to buy food.

Please remeber to continue selling pizza cards. 50% of what you make will be applied to your band donations! Sell 12 or more cards and recieve a free pizza card and a t-shirt designed by us!

Fundraiser: Sponsors for a Covered Trailer

The materials needed for our current fundraiser. Go get those sponsors! Show them the GRAMMY Foundation Press Release as well. It can be viewed and printed from the blog posts below.

GRAMMY Presentation Concert

May 14th, 2009 at 7:00pm marks Miami Coral Park SHS Grammy Presentation Concert in our beautifully renovated Coral Park Auditorium. Admission is $5, ticket sales will begin at 6:00pm. Please invite all of your friends and family to this unique concert.

CP Jazz Band at the "Straight Ahead" with Sonny Rollins Concert

This weekend marks a special event for our Jazz Band members. They will be attending a Behind-the-Scenes, Question & Answer session and Concert with Sonny Rollins and his band. All costs are being covered by The Jazz Roots - A Larry Rosen Jazz Series at the Arsht Center. We will be departing CP at 3pm, tickets are limited to jazz band students.

2009 Winter Guard Results

The following are the results for this year's Band of Gold Winter Guard. Under the direction of:

Manuel A. Miranda

Instructors:

Jesse Hodson, Jose Rivas

& our friends from Braddock Independent

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Premiere Night - 2nd Place -Scholastic Novice - Score - 55

Taravella - 4th Place - Scholastic B - Score 50.2

Stoneman Douglas - 2nd Place - Scholastic B - Score 58

West Broward - 2nd Place - Scholastic B - Score 64.7

Flanagan -1st Place -Scholastic B - Score 71.5

Championships - 3rd Place - Scholastic B - Score 80.6 - Superior Rating

Color Guard Try-Outs

Any and all eligible high school students are welcome to try out the Band of Gold's Color Guard squad on April 15, 17 & 20 from 3:30-5pm. Bring comfortable work-out clothing and a great attitude. Meet in the band room.

CP Awarded a 2009 Grammy in the Schools Enterprise Award

Coral Park has been selected as 1 of 14 schools nationwide to recieve the coveted "GRAMMY® Signature Schools" status for the 2009-2010 school year. Our school was the only one selected in the state of Florida this year.

2009 Miami Dade College Honor Band

Please join me in congratulating the following students for being accepted into this year's Miami Dade College Honor Band at the Kendall Campus. They had a fine performance on Saturday 3/14/09.

Ariana A., Flute

Gether Y., Flute

Nicole F., Oboe

Carlos G., Bassoon

Carlos P., Clarinet

Enrique P., Trumpet

Giselle P., Trumpet

Brian I., Trombone