Department
Newtown High School Fine Arts Department
2024-25 Event Calendar
v. 11/4/24
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Aug. 12-23 Marching Band Camp NHS
23 Marching Band ‘Under the Lights’, 7:30 p.m. NHS
31 Marching Band @ Home Football Game NHS
Sept. 2 Marching Band @ Labor Day Parade Newtown
7 Marching Band Competition Bethel
14 Marching Band Mini-Band Camp & Picnic, 8:00-4:00 NHS
14 ACT Exams, 7:30-1:00 NHS
20 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
20-22 Newtown Arts Festival Fairfield Hills
21 Marching Band Competition New Milford
22 Marching Band @ Newtown Arts Festival, 11:00 a.m. Fairfield Hills
28 Marching Band Competition Trumbull
Oct. 5 SAT Exams, 7:30-1:00 NHS
5 Grasso Festival (Marching Band Home Show), 6:00 p.m. NHS
11 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
13 Marching Band Competition Allendale, NJ
18 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
19 Marching Band Competition Southington
22 National Art Honor Society & Tri-M Honor Society Induction, 7:00 p.m. NHS
25 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
26 Marching Band @ CT State Championships New Britain
30 Marching Band ‘Trunk or Treat’ NHS
Nov. 2 Marching Band – USBands National Championships Met Life Stadium, NJ
6 Marching Band Banquet, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Newtown Community Ctr
8 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
11 NHS Veterans’ Day Ceremony NHS
14-17 Fall Drama – Letters to Sala (Th-S @ 7:00 p.m. & Sun @ 2:00 p.m.) NHS
16 CMEA Western Region HS Auditions West Hill HS, Stamford
TBD Face Painting (Art Students) - Ann’s Place Festival of Trees Danbury
Dec. 9 NMS Gr. 8 Winter Concert, 7:00 p.m. (snow date – Dec. 11) NHS
10 NMS Gr. 7 Winter Concert, 7:00 p.m. (snow date – Dec. 11) NHS
16 NHS Chorus Concert, 7:00 p.m. (snow date – Dec. 19) NHS
17 NHS Band Concert, 7:00 p.m. (snow date – Dec. 19) NHS
18 NHS Orchestra & Jazz Improv Class Concert, 7:00 p.m. (snow date –Dec. 19) NHS
Jan. 10-11 Unified Theater Production – TBD (snow date–Jan. 17-18) NHS
(Fri @ 7:00 p.m. @ Sat @ 2:00 p.m.)
17-18 CMEA Western Region Honors Music Festival (snow date - Jan. 24-25) Wilton HS
13-31 Scholastic Art Show (M-F 12-4; Weekends 12-5) Silpe Art Gallery, Hartford Art School
Jan. 26 – Awards Celebration, 2:00 p.m. @ Lincoln Theater - Univ. of Hartford
23 Incoming 9th Grade Info Night & Elective Fair, 5:30-8 p.m. (snow date-Jan. 30) NHS
Feb. 1 Winter Guard Competition Masuk
1 All-State Auditions (snow date- Feb. 2) North Haven HS
TBD NHS/NMS Jazz Bands to UCONN Jazz Festival UCONN
8 Thespian Festival (NHS Thespian Honor Society) Somerville HS, MA
8 Winter Guard Competition Westhill (Stamford)
15 Winter Guard Winter Camp RIS
15 Winter Percussion Competition Trumbull
20 Choralpalooza! Gr. 6, 8 & NHS Choirs NMS
22 Winter Guard & Winter Percussion Competition Naugatuck
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Mar. 1 Winter Guard Winter Camp RIS
1 Winter Percussion Competition New Milford
8 Winter Extravaganza! - Winter Guard & Winter Guard Home Show NHS TBD Artists on the Rise Student Art Show Brookfield Craft Center
Awards Ceremony and Reception – TBD, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.)
13-16 NHS Musical – Hello Dolly! NHS
(Th-F @ 7:00 p.m.; Sat @ 2:00 & 7:00 p.m.; Sun @ 2:00 p.m.)
15 Winter Guard & Winter Percussion Competition Shelton
22 Winter Guard Competition Bunnell
22 Winter Percussion Winter Camp NHS 25 Band-O-Rama (Gr. 5-12 District Band Festival), 7:00 p.m. NHS
27 SAT Testing Day, 7:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. NHS
27-29 CMEA All-State High School Honors Music Festival Wethersfield HS
29 Winter Guard Championships Trumbull
29 Winter Percussion Competition Milford
31-4/10 District Art Show (Reception – TBD, 5:00-7:00 p.m.) Newtown Municipal Ctr.
(hang on 3/24-3/28 & take down 4/11)
Apr. TBD CAS Awards Banquet, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Aqua Turf
TBD Congressional Art Competition (5th Congressional District) Mattatuck Museum
Reception – TBD
TBD NHS/NMS Jazz Bands to UMASS Jazz Festival UMASS-Amherst
5 ACT Exams, 7:00-1:00 NHS
5 Winter Guard & Winter Percussion Championships Westhill (Stamford)
TBD Music Day at RIS, 9:30-10:30 a.m. RIS
23 NHS Composers Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
24-27 NHS Music Department Trip (Workshops) Universal Studios, FL
24-27 NAfME Eastern Division Music Conference & Festival CT Convention Ctr., Hartford
26 NHS Jazz Band to WCSU Jazz Festival WCSU
May 1 Newtown Night of Jazz, 7:00 p.m. (RIS, NMS, NHS Jazz Bands) NHS
TBD Tri-M Music Honor Society Talent Show, 7:00 p.m. NHS
TBD WCSU & Cultural Alliance of Western CT Student Art Showcase WCSU
Reception – 5/18 , 2:00-4:00 p.m. @ The Gallery at the Vis. & Perf. Arts Center
TBD Teen Visions Art Show Sacred Heart Univ. Art & Design Gallery
Reception – TBD, 1-4p.m. w/Awards @ 2:00 p.m.
19 NHS Chorus Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
20 NHS Band Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
21 NHS Orchestra Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
June 2 Marching Band and Guard Orientation, 7:00-8:30 p.m. NHS
3 NMS Gr. 7 Spring Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
4 NMS Gr. 7 Spring Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
7 ‘I Scream for Jazz’, 6:30-8:30 p.m. NHS
TBD Graduation (rain date – TBD) NHS
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