WASO Email 21.10.25

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King, Simon

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Oct 21, 2025, 6:33:06 AM10/21/25

Dear Parents,

IMPORTANT - Parents, the AGM will take place on the 5th of November 5:30pm in the Prague building. If you are able to help and attend please do.

Chaperones and Ushers

For the up in coming concerts, we will be requiring ushers and chaperones. We are required to supply Thornden Hall with 6 ushers per concert, you will need to meet 1 hour before the concert starts at 6:30 to be briefed. We are also required to have chaperones for our concerts, if we do not have enough chaperones, we would not be able to put the concert on. We will require 5 chaperones for the Strings concert on Wednesday 26th Nov and 5 Chaperones for the wind band concerts on Thursday 27th Nov. Each role will allow you a free ticket for the concert. You can sign up via the links below and the rehearsal times for the day are listed so you can see if you are able to be a chaperone.

Weds 26th November - WASTO/WAYSE/WYO sign up

Wednesday 26th November - WASTO,WAYSE, WYO
SIGN IN ON ARRIVAL at front desk, go to dressing room with chaperone.
Rehearsals:
5.30pm WASTO Rehearsal
5.55pm WAYSE Rehearsal
6.20pm WYO Rehearsal
7:00pm Clear Stage
7.30pm Concert

Thurs 27th November - Concert band/Wind band/Introductory band sign up

Thursday 27th November – Concert band, Wind band, Intro band
SIGN IN ON ARRIVAL at front desk, go to dressing room with chaperone.
Rehearsals:
5.30pm Concert Band ( Percussionists please arrive at 5.00pm to set up )
6:00pm Wind Band
6:45pm Introductory Band
7:00 Clear Stage
7:30pm Concert

Band Uniforms

Here is a reminder of the uniform requirements for WASO Concerts.

Boys

WASO polo shirt, black trousers (not jeans, black socks, black polished shoes).

Girls

WASO polo shirt, black skirt (appropriate length please) and black tights or black trousers (not jeans), black socks, black polished shoes).

WYO Boys

Plain black long-sleeved shirt, black trousers (not jeans), black socks, black polished shoes.

WYO Girls

All black, so either long black dress OR black top, black skirt (appropriate length please), black tights black shoes OR black top, black trousers (not jeans), black socks, black polished shoes.

Attention all new members! Do you need a WASO polo shirt for the upcoming concert? Have you had a growth spurt over the summer and need a new size? FWASO volunteer Ana will be coming around at the end of each rehearsal this Wednesday (15 Oct) to take shirt orders (payment will be taken later once shirts are ready for pick-up). You can Try before you buy! Ana will have some shirts for trying on and she’ll be collecting any clean, pre-loved polos you’ve outgrown and want to donate back to FWASO. Any questions email WASOs...@gmail.com.

Raffle Prizes - If you have raffle prizes please do bring along and give to your conductors or bring down the cupboard in the concert hall.

Concert band - Sectionals on the 22nd of October, can all students make sure they bring a pencil to rehearsals please!

Joining the friends of WASO

The “Friends of WASO” parents association is looking for your support and new members.

The WASO ensemble pyramid is the biggest in Hampshire, and the Friends Association play a vital role supporting the ensembles.

I'm writing today to ask if you would be willing to put your name forward to be a part of the Friends Association and be on the committee.

Your HMS conductors and assistants do an amazing job, providing your children with an outstanding musical experience, but they can't do it alone - and they can't be part of the Friends Association.

I might be able to help, but what would this look like?

It wouldn't require a lot of your time, and we would be able to mainly communicate via email / WhatsApp group with the occasional short meeting during rehearsal times. When possible, you would help organise various 'behind the scenes' things that help make WASO tick, and you would of course have a say on how best to support the groups. Most importantly, you wouldn't be committing yourself to a weekly commitment!

Please could you have a think about whether you might be able to help, there is a WhatsApp group which you can join using the following link or QR code:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/G0YgUsFRr1KGx150aQXleR