Five parent volunteers are needed Thursday, April 17th to accompany Symphonic and Concert Band to Franklin High School for the PIL JV Band Festival. Chaperones will meet the band in the Cleveland Band Room Tuesday morning at 7:45 and will return that afternoon. Here is the sign-up. Thank you for volunteering your time.

The next FOCB board meeting is tonight, Monday, April 14th at 6:30 pm.

If you’re interested in getting involved with us and help support our band program, this meeting is the perfect opportunity to get plugged in! Someone will be at the back entrance gate on SE 28th just before 6:30 pm to let you in. Email info@clevelandbandspdx.com for more information.

The next couple weeks we will have step up instruments from Beacock Music for students to try. At the end of the two-week period, families that are interested in helping their young musicians move into a better instrument can set up a session with Beacock Music in the Cleveland band room to discuss options. A letter with more details will be coming via email on April 3rd.

Planning to volunteer with our band program? If you might have unsupervised contact with students (including as a field trip chaperone), PPS requires volunteers to complete a background check at https://www.pps.net/volunteer.

This quick process only needs to be completed once every three years and you may have already completed it if you have volunteered elsewhere in Portland Public Schools.

Our Google photo album is available for you to share photos from all of our band events. You can follow this link or find it on the clevelandbandspdx.com website. Just follow the “View Full Album” link under the sample photos from the album.

Thank you to those of you who have already posted your photos of the Play-A-Thon.