West Valley High School Bands-Spokane Valley, WA

WVHS Band Schedule this week

2009-11-09T14:26:00.000-08:00

VETERAN’S DAY ASSEMBLY
Tuesday – 9:40 AM
Ladies – Dress up
Men – Dress shirt, tie, slacks

FOOTBALL GAME
Friday – 7:00 PM
We will be marching, weather-permitting
(Last time this year)

Auburn competition videos

2009-11-08T20:27:00.000-08:00

Several band videos will be posted here, starting with West Valley. While all AA, AAA and Open-class bands were taped, some of the bands will only appear if requested (to reduce processing time). School names, below, will become click-able links to the videos when the video is available.

West Valley (remastered in stereo)
West Valley Parade (No video available). WV tied for AA 2nd in the Parade
Most of the AA bands will appear here:
Clarkston
Marysville Pilchuck
Kamiakin
Sultan
Bonney Lake
Bellingham
Ferndale
Closing Ceremony
Others by request and/or time permitting

28 bands marched in the Veterans Day Parade.

30 bands plus 2 guest band performances appeared in the Field Shows. There were 9 bands competing in just the AA division!

Guest Bands - SPECIAL VIDEOS - PASSWORD REQUIRED
The guests were the Seahawk's "Blue Thunder" percussion line and the Sounders FC "Sound Wave Marching Band". Both were amazing ... these videos are password protected - the password will be sent via email and text message sometime on Tuesday:

Sound Wave Preview 1 - for the Main Stands (no password required)
Sound Wave Preview 2 - for the band students! (no password required)
Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Percussion Line (10 minutes) (no password required - with permission of Blue Thunder)
Seattle Sounders Sound Wave Marching Band (17:35 minutes) (password required)

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1 1/4 inches of rain fell on Auburn on Saturday and my primary camera stopped functioning. All of the band videos were taped with a backup camera and the quality is not as good....

Stopped raining fot the field

2009-11-07T18:46:00.001-08:00

Stopped raining fot the field show performance. I will have video on Sunday-I had a backup camera with me.

My camera did not like

2009-11-07T13:01:00.001-08:00

My camera did not like the rain before the parade so I was unable to provide any parade video. Sorry about that.

Nov Bandboosters meeting - Tues NOV 24TH

2009-11-05T13:41:00.001-08:00

The next Band Booster meeting will be on Tuesday November 24th at 7pm in the band room.

This is one week later than the usual monthly schedule.

Auburn Trip Schedule and More

2009-11-03T22:42:00.000-08:00

The Auburn trip schedule information sheet
WSDOT Pass Conditions
National Weather Service weather forecast
Text updates and probably some video of the morning parade are likely to be posted here on Saturday afternoon. Auburn does not have separate preliminary and final competition performances due to the morning parade - so WV performs once at 5:45 pm. That performance will be taped but not posted until later on Sunday, back in Spokane.
Map to Auburn Parade & Stadium
The Veterans Day parade runs down Main St. The competition takes place in the stadium on 4th NE (do not confuse with SE!) opposite Auburn High School. Zoom in on the "A" tag on the map.

View Larger Map

West Valley HS Band Craft Fair - October 31 at WVHS

2009-10-28T14:44:00.000-07:00

Puget Sound Festival of Bands Videos

2009-10-25T17:54:00.000-07:00

Selected videos from the Everett, WA Puget Sound Festival of Bands marching band competition will appear here over the next few days. Keep checking back over the next several days.

Links will appear below when the videos are available. Expect the first WV video to be available overnight Sunday.

HD means a high definition version is online for viewing; otherwise, only the standard definition version has been uploaded. To watch in HD, if the HD button is not displayed in red, then click on the HD label on the viewer and then click on the full screen icon to its right.

AA Division

Other Spokane Schools

Other Schools
Top 12 Finishers in Finals (and possibly others)

Southridge [HD]

Why isn't my school shown? I only tape some performances. Priority is given to our school's division group, then local area schools, plus a few others.

Only a very few bands will be recorded at Auburn!

The band expects to arrive

2009-10-25T14:27:00.001-07:00

The band expects to arrive back at WVHS near 5 pm. They enjoyed a nice rest stop at Leavenwoth on the way home.

WV remains in 12th place

2009-10-24T21:30:00.001-07:00

WV remains in 12th place overall after finals competition. Lots of videos will be posted after return to Spokane!

Other Spokane schools: Mt Spokane

2009-10-24T16:41:00.001-07:00

Other Spokane schools: Mt Spokane 2nd place AAA Division and Mead 1st place Open class. Did not record the place for University High School. All 4 participating Spokane schools placed in the top 12.

WV will perform in overall

2009-10-24T16:39:00.001-07:00

WV will perform in overall finals at 5:50 pm in 12th place overall

WV 3rd place with score

2009-10-24T16:24:00.001-07:00

WV 3rd place with score of 66.65. Black Hills HS in 2nd place and Astoria HS in 1st place

PUGET SOUND FESTIVAL OF BANDS – SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CHANGED!

2009-10-21T15:55:00.001-07:00

VERY IMPORTANT!!!!! MAJOR EVERETT SCHEDULE CHANGES

WVHS's performance has been moved to 12:55 PM on Saturday.
WVHS will be staying at Eisenhower Middle School (this is a change from previous schedule)
Saturday's schedule for loading and departing to Memorial Stadium, as well as after, have been changed.

For details please see this REVISED PDF of detailed Everett schedule.

Updates, possibly video and photos to appear here on the web site this Saturday depending on the afternoon schedule at Memorial Stadium. So check back here mid to late Saturday afternoon with finals updates into the evening, if possible.

Everett - Puget Sound Festival of Bands Schedule

2009-10-20T19:24:00.000-07:00

Link to PDF of detailed Everett schedule. NOTE: SCHEDULE CHANGE - WV performs at 12:55 pm not 1:10 pm as shown in the schedule.
The event is held at the Everett Memorial Stadium (in case of rain, this stadium has a roof over most of the stadium stands) this coming Saturday.
Map to the stadium
West Valley performs on the field at 12:55 pm.
Depending on the afternoon schedule, we may have a "first look" video posted here on Saturday.
Everett Weather
WSDOT Pass Conditions
Preliminary competition performances occur throughout the day. The top 12 bands advance to Finals competition in the evening followed by the awards ceremony.

Monday morning zero hour rehearsal is canceled

2009-10-18T14:01:00.000-07:00

The zero hour rehearsal for band on Monday morning, October 19th is canceled - your band director encourages every one to get rested after the competition weekend.

There will, however, be a band rehearsal on Monday evening.

Yakima Harvest Festival Video

2009-10-18T11:20:00.000-07:00

West Valley HS Eagle Marching Band took Caption Awards for

High Music - Brass & Woodwinds
High General Effect
High Color Guard
High Drum Majors

West Valley won 4 of the 6 caption awards.

Links will appear here when the videos are available. Keep checking back over the next several days. HD means a high definition version is online for viewing; otherwise, only the standard definition version has been uploaded. To watch in HD, if the HD button is not displayed in red, then click on the HD label on the viewer and then click on the full screen icon to its right.

AA Division

Technical issues caused problems this week. Some of the videos have a "soft appearance" lacking in detail and not sharp as they should be due to an obscure technical issue. Plus newly updated encoding software had an audio defect affecting all but WV; most of the others have been re-mastered to fix that.

Other Schools

Due to the obscure tech issue, some of the schools originally taped are not available:
Eisenhower (listen to the rain on the microphone - pitter patter)
Bonney Lake
Cheney (slightly soft images but acceptable)
Clarkston (slightly soft images but acceptable)
Sultan (will not appear due to the technical issue)
Ferndale
Hermiston
Kamiakin
Kennewick
Richland

Why isn't my school shown? I only tape some performances. Priority is given to our school's division group, then local area schools, plus a few others.

WV advances to finals competition

2009-10-17T17:45:00.001-07:00

WV advances to finals competition and will perform at 6:15 this evening.

Wow! All new performance! Sunny

2009-10-17T11:53:00.001-07:00

Wow! All new performance! Sunny skies too! Video will be posted on Sunday-Amazing!

Next Bandbooster Meeting Tuesday Oct 20th

2009-10-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

The next Band Booster meeting is on Tuesday October 20th at 7pm in the band room.

The following will be topics of discussion.

Treasury Report
Craft Fair Information
Adult Sign up for Craft Fair Shifts
Raffle Tickets
Band Competition Trips Info
Go No Go decision on Big Band Trip. (if you want to go on a Big band trip this year, or if you do not want to go. You need to attend and support your choice either way. Based on Parent turn out and support we will be making the final decision on whether to have a trip this year or not.

Web site updates from Yakima?

2009-10-13T22:31:00.001-07:00

I will provide text updates and perhaps cell phone camera photos from Yakima during the day on Saturday. Video will not be posted until some time on Sunday, however.

The video posted on Sunday will feature the highest definition, highest quality image you've ever seen online ... really.

Map to Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima - at the corner of Tieton and 40th.
Harvest Festival spectator information
Weather forecast

The Harvest Marching Band Festival says it has never rained during competition ... but the NWS forecast is not so encouraging this year :) Dress warmly and bring wet weather gear. Southwest winds can make for extremely cold conditions at Zaepful Stadium.

TREATS NEEDED FOR YAKIMA TRIP

2009-10-13T22:30:00.001-07:00

Once again, the band "food committee" is requesting treats for the upcoming band competition in Yakima. Any cookies, brownies, rice krispie treats, etc. that you can provide will be much appreciated. The kids, staff and chaperones really enjoyed everything that was donated for the Kennewick trip two weeks ago! Please send in your goody donations to the band room by Friday, October 16th.

Yakima Harvest Festival Trip Schedule

2009-10-12T20:11:00.001-07:00

Download: Detailed 2009 Harvest Festival of Bands - WVHS trip schedule
This is a 73 kbyte PDF format document.

MEAL MONEY CLARIFICATION – YAKIMA TRIP
The Booster Organization is preparing three (3) meals for our trip to Yakima which is going to cost $7.00 for each student. These meals will include Breakfast and Dinner on Saturday and Breakfast on Sunday. So, we’re asking that each student prepay $7.00 for these meals in order to eliminate collecting money on the trip.

In addition to these three meals, each student will need to purchase Dinner on Friday night and Lunch on Saturday. These meals will be out-of-pocket and you can use your judgment as to how much money will be needed by your student. Any questions, please email me. Thank you.

Jim Loucks, Band Director

All WV Band Parents - Crafts Fair Meeting This Thursday

2009-10-06T20:55:00.001-07:00

To all Parents of the WV Band: There will be a Craft Fair meeting on Thursday Oct 8th at 6:30pm in the band room. Anyone interested in helping with the Craft Fair please come. We have several committees and we need all the help we can get. The Craft Fair is Saturday Oct 31.

Harvest Festival of Bands - Yakima, WA - Schedule

2009-10-06T16:22:00.001-07:00

HARVEST FESTIVAL OF BANDS – Yakima, WA
(Zaepfel Stadium – Eisenhower High School)
Leave on Friday, October 16 (tba)
Perform on Saturday, October 17 (11:45 AM)
Return on Sunday, October 18 (tba)