GMS$Talent$Show: A$Message$from$Mr.$ThomasA$huge...

Good morning: A few updates and celebrations below for you to read today. GMS Talent Show: The GMS/Frederick School Talent Show is this Friday at 7:00 PM at GMS. We hope you can come and enjoy the talent of our D46 students. It looks to be a great show! A Message from Mr. Thomas...A huge celebration for our GMS students. There aren't sufficient words that can truly describe how proud and thrilled I am to announce that our GMS Wind Ensemble was accepted and invited to perform at the University of Illinois in the 2015 SuperState Band Festival. This is a crowning achievement in the band world and it simply cannot be overstated what an accomplishment this is. Each year, HUNDREDS of middle school and high school bands submit recordings to the University of Illinois who then send these recordings to evaluators around the country. Last year, 11 bands were selected to perform. This year, only EIGHT middle school bands were considered elite enough to perform at this highly selective event. The eight middle school bands will perform on Friday, May 8th at the University of Illinois on the Great Stage in the Krannert Center. This festival is considered by all music educators in Illinois to be one of, if not the highest achievement in concert music, and obviously the vast majority do not get the opportunity to actually participate. Congratulations to our students and Mr. Thomas! 7th Grade Parents, please see information about our Washington D.C. Trip. An informational meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 15th at 6pm in the GMS Library. This meeting is for all current 7th grade students and parents that are interested in getting more information about next years trip. An early registration discount does apply if you register for the trip this year.

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Transcript of GMS$Talent$Show: A$Message$from$Mr.$ThomasA$huge...

Good!morning:!

A!few!updates!and!celebrations!below!for!you!to!read!today.!!!GMS$Talent$Show:!The!GMS/Frederick!School!Talent!Show!is!this!Friday!at!7:00!PM!at!GMS.!!We!hope!you!can!come!and!enjoy!the!talent!of!our!D46!students.!!It!looks!to!be!a!great!show!!!!A$Message$from$Mr.$Thomas...A$huge$celebration$for$our$GMS$students.!There!aren't!sufficient!words!that!can!truly!describe!how!proud!and!thrilled!I!am!to!announce!that!our!GMS!Wind!Ensemble!was!accepted!and!invited!to!perform!at!the!University!of!Illinois!in!the!2015!SuperState!Band!Festival.!!This!is!a!crowning!achievement!in!the!band!world!and!it!simply!cannot!be!overstated!what!an!accomplishment!this!is.!!Each!year,!HUNDREDS!of!middle!school!and!high!school!bands!submit!recordings!to!the!University!of!Illinois!who!then!send!these!recordings!to!evaluators!around!the!country.!!Last!year,!11!bands!were!selected!to!perform.!!This!year,!only!EIGHT!middle!school!bands!were!considered!elite!enough!to!perform!at!this!highly!selective!event.!!

The!eight!middle!school!bands!will!perform!on!Friday,!May!8th!at!the!University!of!Illinois!on!the!Great!Stage!in!the!Krannert!Center.!!

This!festival!is!considered!by!all!music!educators!in!Illinois!to!be!one!of,!if!not!the!highest!achievement!in!concert!music,!and!obviously!the!vast!majority!do!not!get!the!opportunity!to!actually!participate.!

Congratulations!to!our!students!and!Mr.!Thomas!!

7th$Grade$Parents,$please$see$information$about$our$Washington$D.C.$Trip.!

An!informational!meeting!will!be!held!on!Wednesday,!April!15th!at!6pm!in!the!GMS!Library.!This!meeting!is!for!all!current!7th!grade!students!and!parents!that!are!interested!in!getting!more!information!about!next!years!trip.!!An!early!registration!discount!does!apply!if!you!register!for!the!trip!this!year.!