Welcome to the TEMPO
(To Encourage Music Participation Organization)

TEMPO is a parent – community organization that fosters enthusiasm for music and the performing arts in our school district and community. We support the music and performing arts department in a variety of ways. Please use this Web site as a way to contact us and to access information about our various events and volunteer opportunities. Please give us feedback.

TEMPO meets on the third Wednesday of each month in the High School library at 7:30 pm.

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THE RIDERS MARCHING BAND PERFORM AT U-MASS AMHERST

On Sat., Sept. 26, the ‘Riders’ Marching Band traveled to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst for High School Band Day to learn from and perform with the marching band power and class of New England.

Beginning early in the morning, approximately 65 bands from all across New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania joined the Minuteman Band in an intense rehearsal for the program which was performed four hours later before a crowd of 17,000 fans at the U-Mass Minutemen football game halftime show!  The approximately 3000 students had the opportunity to work with marching band specialist Director George N. Parks, who has earned a national reputation for his work with marching bands and competitive drum and bugle corps.  

U-Mass Band Day will be an annual event for the “Riders’ Marching Band.

Photos from High School Band Day at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

 

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BAND CAMP 2009

2009 Band Camp Photos

2009-2010 FALLSCHEDULE

Home Football Games - Fri., Sept. 11; Fri., Oct. 2
Home Soccer Game – Wed., Oct. 7
Stuyvesant QuadriCenntenial Parade - Sat., Sept. 19
U-Mass Band Day - Sat., Sept. 26
North Adams, Mass. Fall Foliage Parade – Sun., Oct. 4
Albany, N.Y. Columbus Day Parade, Sat., Oct.10
Woonsocket, R. I. Autumfest Parade - Mon., Oct.. 12

Additional TEMPO Events

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For information, contact Jill Leinung, President, at 758-1648, or via email

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