VALLEY CENTER
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Jan Verboom & Mary Wagoner, Co-Directors
UPCOMING EVENTS
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​​Upcoming Performances/Events
August 2025:
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Monday, Aug 18th: Monday Evening Rehearsals begin. Run thru marching season. (End of October)
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Winds/Brass: 6:30-8pm
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Guard: 6:30-8:30pm (Goes Mon & Thurs Evenings)
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Percussion 6:30-8:30pm
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Tuesday, Aug 19th: 7:15am HS Rehearsals begin for Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays. Run thru marching season. (End of October)
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Monday, Aug 28th & Tuesday, Aug 29th: Intermediate 5th Grade Instrument Displays @ VCIS 5-6pm
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September 2025:
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Thursday, Sept 4th: 5th Grade Band Begins
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Friday, Sept 5th: HS Marching Band FB vs Eisenhower (HOF)
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Friday, Sept 12th: HS Marching Band FB vs Hutchinson
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Saturday, Sept 20th: Valley Center Fall Festival Parade & HS Jazz (HS & MS 7th/8th Marching Bands, HS Jazz)
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Saturday, Sept 27th: Air Capital Marching Competition @ Goddard
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October 2025:
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Wednesday, Oct 1st: SCKMEA District Jazz Auditions (HS Jazz Ensemble) @ Rose Hill HS
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Friday, Oct 10th: HS Marching Band FB vs Derby (Homecoming)
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Friday, Oct 17th: HS Marching Band Senior Night/KBA Rehearsal & HS Marching Band FB vs Maize (Senior Night)
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Saturday, Oct 18th: Kansas Bandmasters Association Marching Championships @ Emporia State (HS Marching Band)
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Tuesday, Oct 21st: VCHS Fall Vocal/Jazz Concert @ VCHS
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Thursday, Oct 23rd: VCMS Vocal/Band Fall Concert @ VCMS
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Saturday, Oct 25th: Neewollah Marching Festival in Independence, KS (HS Marching Band)
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November 2025:
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Saturday, Nov 1st: WSL Honor Choir/Band/Orchestra
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Tuesday, Nov 4th:
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HS Pep Band Rehearsals begin (Runs every Mon/Tues/Thurs 3-3:30pm up to 1st BB Game)
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VCIS 5th/VCMS 6th Grade Band Concert in the VCMS Gym
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Saturday, Nov 8th: SCKMEA District Auditions & Jazz Concerts @ Goddard
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Friday, Nov 14th & Saturday, Nov 15th: VCHS Musical 7pm in HS Auditorium
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ABOUT THE VALLEY CENTER BAND PROGRAM
We are excited about our upcoming events and hope that you'll be able to join us for some of them! Music education is a valuable part of developing well rounded students. We strive to present our students with as many opportunities as possible in a supportive environment.
Often a single concert or presentation measures the success of a music program. While it is true that a performance demonstrates the students' mastery of skills, it is only one aspect of our comprehensive music curriculum. Instrumental music classes in Valley Center are designed to prepare students to be responsible citizens in tomorrow's society. What is it about music learning that offers young musicians a head start over their non-musician counterparts?
* Music develops interpersonal skills such as teamwork, leadership, communication, negotiation and working with others; the basic personal attributes required for problem-solving in our modern day workplace.
* Music stimulates the creative, curious, and imaginative mind - the mental building blocks for critical thinking and self-motivation.
* Since much of music is active learning, it links the creative thought process to reality. The following quote is an excerpt from The Value of the Arts, created by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities - 1993:
...Some skills taught only in the arts are as important to science as they are to art. Among these tools are playing, abstracting, building models and recognizing patterns. Non-verbal skills allow people to imagine and visualize new realities before they can be proven by logic or scientific experiment.....
When our students are in the act of making decisions based on present moment choices, they replicate the same thought processes used in expressing music. This is a human quality that must be developed; it is the foundation for all problem-solving skills.
When we take a holistic view of music learning, we develop a new perspective and appreciation for our school's music program. Music is important in the life of your child, our community, and our society as a whole.