April 2024 archive

Our final concert of the school year – “Vive la France” – is French-themed and will take place at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, May 21 in the Langley auditorium. As always, our concert is free and will be recorded.

Students are asked to wear their formal gowns and tuxedos along with black closed-toe shoes.

Meal Plan

For those students signed up for the Orchestra Meal Plan, we will be serving a French-themed dinner beginning at 5:00 pm in the cafeteria. The main entree will be Chicken Bearnaise, along with baguettes, French cheeses, and salad with choice of blue cheese or vinaigrette dressings. (A platter of meat-substitute tenders will also be available). Dessert will be a variety of delicious French confectioneries, including cream puffs, eclairs, chocolate truffles, madeleines, palmiers, and macarons. We look forward to seeing you there!

Hospitality Volunteers and Food Donations Needed

Please click this link to the SignUp Genius to help with the pre-concert dinner or to donate food and/or volunteer to help with our Langley Hall hospitality reception area. We especially encourage senior parents to sign up to help with the pre-concert dinner for our final concert!

Senior Boys, Please Consider Donating Your Tuxedos to LOS

We invite seniors with tuxedos to please consider donating them after the final concert. Donated tuxedos will be dry cleaned by LOS, and sold to incoming new students next year, with net proceeds going to LOS. A bin will be placed in the orchestra room to collect donated tuxedos starting May 22. (Please note we are switching to a commercial vendor for our signature black velvet and green taffeta gowns beginning next year, so we will no longer be collecting the custom-made gowns).

Congratulations to Audrey Goodner (violin), Amilya Smith (cello), and Finn Fitzgerald (viola) who represented Langley High School at the Virginia All-State Orchestra Concert in Richmond on Saturday, April 20. Special congratulations goes to Audrey who was concertmaster for the second year in a row at this prestigious event!

Tri-M Elections for the 2024-2025 school year are coming up, and here are the positions you can run for! Remember, ALL OFFICERS must be willing to not only fulfill their positions but also help out other officers, come to Links rehearsals, be motivators to Tri-M members, and help out and volunteer in the orchestra. 

• President (Senior)
  • Lead Tri-M officers and coordinate with LOS
  • Call meetings for Tri-M officers and ensure equal work distribution
• Vice President (Senior, President Runner-Up)
  • Lead mentorship and coordinate with feeder schools
  • Work with teachers and Tri-M president
• Secretary (Senior)
  • Work with Tri-M president
  • In charge of verification and submission of Tri-M hours
• Car Wash Manager (Junior)
  • Organize and manage the Car Washes by working with LOS
  • Create the sign-up, organize the sign-out sheet
  • Must be present through the entire car wash!
• Instrument Manager & Music Librarian (Junior)
  • Assist with rental contracts (cello & bass)
  • Reminders and maintenance of cello & bass bows
  • Assist with the distribution of music & learn how to file music for storage
• Concert Support (Senior or Junior)
  • Organize concert set up and clean up
  • Organize sign-up and hours for concert set up and clean up
• Publicity & Social Media Manager (Senior or Junior)
  • Write articles (like this one) for the orchestra website
  • In charge of social media posts, documenting orchestra events
  • Collaborate with Saxon Broadcast to promote events

More information on officer positions can be found at this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NuDqnAbAkpw-vSI_k2vFZqRG9lKWm3FzFvzwRCW4A7I/edit?usp=sharing

Elections will be on Monday, May 20th during Langley Links, which is after AP exams. If you can’t make it, we will have a virtual speech submission link posted soon!