Department
Newtown High School Fine Arts Department
2023-24 Event Calendar
(updated 4/24/24)
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Aug. 14-25 Marching Band Camp NHS
25 Marching Band ‘Under the Lights’, 7:30 p.m. NHS
Sept. 4 Marching Band @ Labor Day Parade
8 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
9 Marching Band Competition Bethel
15 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
22-24 Newtown Arts Festival Fairfield Hills
23 Marching Band Rehearsal and Picnic NHS
24 Marching Band @ Newtown Arts Festival, 11:00 a.m. Fairfield Hills
30 Marching Band Competition Trumbull
Oct. 3 National Art Honor Society & Tri-M Honor Society Induction, 7:00 p.m. NHS
7 Marching Band Competition @ Ludwig-Musser Classic Met Life Stadium, NJ
14 Grasso Festival (Marching Band Home Show), 5:20 p.m. (gates open at 4:30) NHS
20 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
21 Marching Band Competition Southington
27 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
28 Marching Band @ USBands New England States Championships New Britain
30 Marching Band ‘Trunk or Treat’ NHS
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Nov. 4 Marching Band – USBands National Championships Met Life Stadium, NJ
8 Marching Band Banquet Newtown Community Ctr
10 NHS Veterans’ Day Ceremony NHS
11 CMEA Western Region HS Auditions West Hill HS, Stamford
16-19 Fall Drama – 12 Angry Men (Th-S @ 7:00 p.m. & Sun @ 2:00 p.m.) NHS
18-19 Face Painting (Art Students) @ Ann's Place Festival of Trees The Summit at Danbury NHS Student Art Work featured at Cosmic Coffee & Smoothie Bar Newtown
22 Marching Band at Home Football NHS
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Dec. 18 NHS Orchestra and Jazz Improv Class Concert, 7:00 p.m. (snow date – Dec. 21) NHS
19 NHS Band Concert, 7:00 p.m. (snow date – Dec. 21) NHS
20 NHS Chorus Concert, 7:00 p.m. (snow date –Dec. 21) NHS
Jan. 5-6 Unified Theater Production - It's All About the Coconuts (snow date–Jan. 12-13) NHS
(Fri @ 7:00 p.m. @ Sat @ 2:00 p.m.)
12-13 CMEA Western Region Honors Music Festival (snow date- Jan. 19-20) Greenwich HS
16-2/2 Scholastic Art Show (M-F 12-4; Weekends 12-5) Silpe Art Gallery, Hartford Art School
Jan. 28 - Awards Celebration, 2:00 p.m. @ Lincoln Theater-Univ. of Hartford
Feb. 3 Winter Guard Competition Masuk
3 All-State Auditions (snow date- Feb. 10) North Haven HS
9 NHS/NMS Jazz Bands to UCONN Jazz Festival UCONN
10 Winter Guard - Winter Camp Rehearsal RIS
17 Winter Guard & Winter Percussion Competition East Haven
24 Winter Guard Competition Naugatuck
24 Winter Percussion Competition (WGI) Trumbull
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Mar. 2 Winter Percussion & Winter Guard Home Show NHS
Percussion Show @ 1:25-4:30 p.m. & Guard Show @ 5:25-10:00 p.m.
9-Ap. 7 Brookfield Craft Center Art Show - Artist on the Rise Brookfield Craft Center
Awards Ceremony and Reception - March 9, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
9 Winter Guard & Winter Percussion Competition New Milford
14-17 NHS Musical – Urinetown NHS
(Th-F @ 7:00 p.m.; Sat @ 2:00 & 7:00 p.m.; Sun @ 2:00 p.m.)
16 Winter Guard & Winter Percussion Competition Bunnell
23 Winter Guard & Winter Percussion Competition Norwalk
27 Band-O-Rama (District Band Festival, Gr. 5-12), 7:00 p.m. NHS
TBD Music Day at RIS RIS
Apr. 1-12 District Art Show (hang on 3/27-3/28 & take down 4/12) Newtown Municipal Ctr.
Reception - April 2 @ 5:00-7:00 p.m.
2 CAS Arts Awards Banquet Aqua Turf
4-May 5 Congressional Art Competition CT 5th Congressional District Mattatuck Museum
Reception - TBD @ 5:00 p.m.
4-6 All-State Music Festival/CMEA Conference Hartford
6 NHS Jazz Bands to UMASS Jazz Festival UMASS-Amherst
6 Winter Guard Championships Trumbull
6 Winter Percussion Competition Shelton Intermediate
11 RIS Music Day w/NHS Ensembles, 9:30-10:30 a.m. RIS
13 Winter Percussion Championships Westhill (Stamford)
24 NHS Composers Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
26 NHS Jazz Band to WCSU Jazz Festival WCSU
29 Marching Band Percussion Clinic, 5:00-8:00 p.m. NHS
May 1 Marching Band Percussion Clinic, 5:00-8:00 p.m. NHS
6 Marching Band Percussion Clinic, 5:00-8:00 p.m. NHS
8 Marching Band Percussion Clinic, 5:00-8:00 p.m. NHS
13 Marching Band Percussion Clinic, 5:00-8:00 p.m. NHS
15 Marching Band Percussion Clinic, 5:00-8:00 p.m. NHS
18-Jun 7 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
18-Jun 8 Teen Visions Art Show Sacred Heart Univ. Art & Design Gallery
Reception - 5/19, 1-4 p.m. w/Awards @ 2:00 p.m.
20 NHS Chorus Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
21 NHS Orchestra Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
22 NHS Band Concert, 7:00 p.m. NHS
June 3 Marching Band Orientation, 7:00-8:30 p.m. NHS
8 ‘I Scream for Jazz’, 6:30-8:30 p.m. NHS
17 Colorguard Spin Clinic, 5:30-7:30 p.m. NHS
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