Thanks to our Dec. 1st Volunteers!

Thanks to all our arts-X-press alumni that volunteered at our Family Concert on Dec. 1st. What an exciting concert it was and everyone was in the Holiday Spirit!

Here are some pictures for you all to enjoy!

Keep checking for the next volunteer opportunity!

Volunteer Dec. 1st - Don't Forget!

Hi Everyone!

This e-mail is your friendly reminder that Saturday, December 1st, is our second Family Musical Mornings concert for the season. If you are available to volunteer we would love to have you!

The time commitment for volunteering is 8am – 1pm. Remember, you can earn up to 5 hours of community service at this event! And don’t worry, we DEFINITELY offer snacks for our volunteers! Please reply to me at: musicalcarnival@pacificsymphony.org if you are interested in volunteering for the Family Concert on December 1st. I will send you all the information you need. Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
Darci Dembik
Coordinator, Musical Carnival

Book Fair Dec 5-7: Help Support Youth Ensembles!

Hello arts-X-press alumni,

The Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra is partnering with the Barnes and Noble at Metro Pointe on a book fair. Between December 5-7 a percentage of all Barnes and Noble Proceeds from the Metro Pointe Location will go to the PSYO. This is a great opportunity to support your fellow arts-x-press alumni, and other students, who are part of PSYO and other youth ensembles at the Pacific Symphony.

The address is:

Barnes & Noble Metro Pointe

901 B South Coast Drive

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

If you do go and purchase anything at the Barnes and Noble Metro Pointe during the above listed dates, please be sure to mention the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra when you check-out. And, of course, please pass this message on to anyone else you know that might be interested in helping. You can email this, or any other post on our blog, by clicking on the icon at the bottom of the post.

Thanks for your support!

Carrie

Way To Go Alvin!

A big arts-X-press cheer for Alvin who is the 1st arts-X-press alumni and student volunteer to have already helped out at 3 different events this season at the Pacific Symphony! I hope others of you will follow his lead and be as enthusiastic as Alvin about helping out at different concerts and events through the year.

Don't forget, if you volunteer 3 or more times during the season you will get a voucher for tickets to one of our Summer Concerts at Verizon Wireless !

Our next Volunteer Opportunity is for our Family Concert, featuring a condensed version of "The Nutcracker" on December 1st. It's coming up pretty fast, so if you are interested in volunteering, please email Darci as soon as possible at: musicalcarnival@pacificsymphony.org

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Carrie

New PSYO blog - Check it Out!

Hi Everyone,

The Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra (PSYO) now has their own blog! You can check it out at:

http://psyo.blogspot.com/

Don't forget, their first performance of the season is tonight at 7pm! See the blog below for details on a special ticket price for arts-X-press alumni!

Carrie

Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra - Nov. 19th!

Dear arts-X-press Alumni,

Come and see your fellow arts-X-press alumni and counselors as they perform in the first Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra concert of the season on Monday November 19th.

This concert of "Symphonic Tales" will feature Finlandia (Sibelius), Wind Serenade (R. Strauss), and Scheherazade (Rimsky - Korsakov).

Performing as part of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra that night are arts-X-press alulmni Betty Ling, Sarah Widner, and Youval Yadlin, as well as arts-X-press counselors Michelle Lee and Susie Joe . I know they would all love to have you there supporting them.

We are pleased to announce that a special ticket price of only $10 is being offered to all arts-X-press alumni, and we hope that you will take advantage of this offer.

Here are the details:

Date: Mon. November 19th

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Renee & Henry Segerstrom Hall

Tickets: $10 each, at the door, night of event

*Make sure and mention you are an arts-X-press alumni when you purchase your tickets

I'll be there and hope to see some of you there as well!

Carrie

Aspects of Love - Nov. 15th

Hey arts-X-press family!

I'd love to share this with all of you in hopes that you and your families can experience what great art and passion can do. In Santa Ana, due to large budget cuts, many music and art programs are drastically being cut, but Saddleback High School is proud to have a strong representation in the arts.

With us performing many outstanding shows like Les Miserables last Spring, (Yes, that's me with the mustache as Thenardier at the bottom of the post!) we're continuing with our Fall Musical Theater Show, Aspects of Love. This show is about a boy and a girl who find their way through love while dealing with real hardships, while featuring musical theater songs.

What makes this show very unique is that it features our extended arts-X-press family! I had the honor of writing the entire script for the show and am performing as a lead, but it's not only me; Our other family members include Vanessa and Ilse, who attended arts-X-press 4 years ago!

Here are the performance details:

Date: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15th.

Location: Saddleback High School - in the Forum

(2802 South Flower Street, Santa Ana, CA, 92707; on the corner of Flower and Segerstrom)

Time: 7:00 pm (and the doors open at 6:30 pm)

Tickets: $7.00 at the door.

Coming out to support us and other alumni in our shows is not only fun, it helps make a great statement that keeping music and the arts in our schools is important!

Feel free to e-mail me any questions! I hope to see some of you there and hope you are all having a great school year! :)

-James Suazo

jaisuazo@yahoo.com

Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble Auditions!!

Dear arts-X-press Alumni,

I want to share with you an awesome new program at the Pacific Symphony. If you are a wind, brass, or percussion instrumentalist, the Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble might be just what you have been looking for.

This new Ensemble offers some amazing opportunities for musicians that you will not find elsewhere. I highly encourage you to check out the link below and read more about the program, find out detailed information on requirements for auditioning and joining, and download the application:

http://pacificsymphony.org/anypage.php?cpid=180

The application deadline has been extended to November 28th. So please don't wait.

**Anyone who turns in their application by November 21st will receive a complimentary voucher for 2 tickets to an upcoming Pacific Symphony concert!**

I hope that you take a creative risk, in the

arts-X-press spirit, and audition!

Carrie

Volunteer - Dec. 1st!

Hi Everyone,

We have another great event if you are interested in volunteering. Our next Family Musical Mornings Concert is Saturday, Dec. 1st. This concert is going to kick off the holiday season for all the kids and will feature a condensed version of the Nutcracker!

If you want to help, just email me at musicalcarnival@pacificsymphony.org and I will send you more information.

Also, please watch your spam folders for that address and make sure you don't delete it. I often send important information from that address and would hate for you to miss anything I send out!

Thanks again, and be looking for the next volunteer opportunities.

Thanks,

Darci

Kelly's Blog

Dear arts-X-press Alumni,

I want to share with you the blog of Kelly Laude, one of our fellow arts-X-press alumni:

http://thelaudes.blogspot.com/

Many of you that know Kelly have been asking how she has been doing. If you visit her blog you can keep updated on how things are going and leave her lots of warm and fuzzy thoughts by posting comments to her blog.

Those of you who don't know her can still support her as part of the arts-X-press family and leave her notes of encouragemnt. There is also a link on the blog so you can email her directly if you want.

Kelly and her entire family thank everyone for keeping them in their thoughts.

Carrie

A Spooktacular Time!

Hi arts-x-press Alumni!

Thanks to all of you that volunteered and helped at our first Family Musical Mornings Concert on October 20th. You really made the event spooktacular!

Looking forward to working with you again soon!

Thanks,

Darci