Lakota Plains Junior School Band Announcements

Lakota Plains Junior School Bands

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Lakota Plains Junior School

Hello from Plains.

Phil Chumley, band director at Lakota Plains, is hosting the OMEA Junior High Large Group Adjudicated Event this year. Due to several serious scheduling issues, we have consolidated the event onto Friday evening, May 7, 2010 and nothing will occur on Saturday, May 8 (for the bands). In order to make this happen, we have to run 2 stages. We will be having 8 groups perform at Lakota East High School and 8 groups perform at Lakota East Freshman School. This has created quite the need for volunteers. Here’s a rough idea of what is needed:

2 adults in the office
2 adults to handle concessions
2 announcers
2-4 stage crew helpers
The rest will be kids.

We need lots of helpers, but only for a reasonably brief period of time. We need people from about 4:00 until 9:00 on Friday and we’re done.

If you can help, contact Mr. Chumley at phillip.chumley@lakotaonline.com.

Thank you!

"We’re off to a great start having completed another successful candy sale. Our 7th grade clarinets spent the week “over the break” and we’re ready for some really challenging music. The 7th grade bands graphing assignment is due on Monday, Oct 12, 2009. Our 8th grade band has been exploring the sounds of Russia with “Moscow 1941”. Both 7th and 8th Grade Band members have their next practice record due on Monday, October 19, 2009. AND our 8th Grade Jazz Band has been exploring many different genre of jazz and is really rockin’, playing the music of Chuck Mangione (The Land of Make Believe), Louis Prima (Jump, Jive, and Wail), Dizzy Gillespie (A Night In Tunisia), Herbie Hancock (Chameleon), Spencer Williams (Basin Street Blues), and Ray Charles (What’d I Say). As you can tell, we’re having a great year and we’re looking forward to performing in public soon. Keep practicing!!! Mr. Chumley and Mr. Goslee.”

New 2009-2010 Calendar Now available below!

Parents, do you have any videos or photos of Plains band events to share? See our Photos page to learn how to create a Kodak Gallery and post your photos on our site. If you have video posted on Youtube or other web sites, please send your link to web@lakotawestbands.org.

Band Calendar for 2009-10 School Year (Revised 6/15/2009)

Lakota Plains Band Program

Lakota Plains currently has two 7th grade bands with a total of 130 students and two 8th grade bands with 95 students. The school also has an 8th grade jazz band during the first semester and a 7th grade jazz band during the second semester. All bands meet five days a week and are directed by Mr. Brian Goslee and Mr. Phil Chumley.

Mr. Phil Chumley is a graduate of the University of Maryland in College Park, MD (Fear the Turtle!!) He spent several years teaching at Robert Goddard Junior High School in Seabrook, MD. Moving to Ohio in 1989, Mr. Chumley resumed his teaching career at Northern Kentucky University where he was Adjunct Professor of Clarinet for a year., also teaching part time at two private schools in the Archdiocese of Covington. Throughout his years in Ohio, Mr. Chumley volunteered in many of the schools in the Lakota District, doing sectional rehearsals as well as assisting both students and directors in the preparations for Solo & Ensemble Contest. Immediately prior to coming to Lakota, Mr. Chumley taught at Jac-Cen-Del Jr/Sr High School where he taught 5th & 6th grade band, Junior High Band and Chorus, High School Band and Chorus and directed the Jac-Cen-Del High School Marching Band and Color Guard. Mr Chumley became Band Director at Lakota Plains in 2003. For Mr. Chumley's Performance Biography, please CLICK HERE. For Mr. Chumley's web site, please CLICK HERE.

Mr. Brian Goslee served as Band Director for the Finneytown Local School District from 1994 to 2000. He was responsible for planning and directing all district band activities for grades five through twelve. His activities included directing jazz band, concert bands, marching band, pep band, intermediate bands, and beginning bands. The enrollment and quality of the program increased significantly during his time at Finneytown. He also served as the music department chairperson for the Finneytown School District from 1997 to 2000. For Mr. Goslee's Performance Biography, please CLICK HERE.