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document.write('<div name="schools" id="schools" class="window" style="display:block;"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><table border=3 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0  bgcolor=white width=600><tr bgcolor="#99FFFF"> <td colspan=2>  <div align="center">  <h2>Jefferson Junior High School<br>Band Program<br><font size=-1>Randy Kulik, Instructor<BR>Renee Howe, Instructor<BR></font></h2></div></td></tr>')
document.write('<tr><td align=center valign=top colspan=2 bgcolor=yellow><p>Upcoming Band Events:<br/>Saturday, March 15 - Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast @ Naperville Central HS<br/>Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble perform from 8:30 - 9:15</p></td></tr>')
document.write('<style type="text/css">#dates li { padding-bottom:7px; font-size:12px; top:0px; }</style><tr><td align=left valign=top colspan=2><center><br><H3><u>2013-2014 Important Dates</u></H3></center><font size=2><UL id="dates"><li>Band Performances		<li>October 4 - NNHS Football Game, 6pm, NNHS, 7th & 8th Gr. Bands<li>November 6 - Band Concert, 7:30 pm, JJHS, 7th, & 8th Gr. Bands<li>November 14 - Northside Band Festival, 7 pm, NNHS, 8th Gr. Band<li>December 17 - Band/Chorus Concert, 7:30 pm, JJHS, 6th Gr. Band/6th Gr. Chorus<li>February 22 - Solo/Ensemble Festival, 8 am-1pm, LJHS, All Band and Orchestra Members<li>February 26 - Band/Chorus Concert, 7:30 pm, JJHS, 7th/8th Gr. Bands/7 & 8th Gr. Choruses<li>March 15 - Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, TBA, NCHS, Jazz Bands, Bluegrass Strings<li>May 7 - Patio Performance, 6:30-8:30 pm, Patio Bolingbrook, Jazz Band & Ensemble<li>April 29 - Band/Chorus Concert, 7:30 pm, JJHS, 6th Gr. Band/6th Gr. Chorus<li>April 30 - Band Concert, 7:30 pm, JJHS, 8th Gr. Band/5th Grade Feeder Schools<li>May 1 - Band/Chorus Concert, 7:30 pm, JJHS, 7th Gr. Band/7 & 8th Gr. Choruses<li>May 26 - Memorial Day Parade, 9 am, JJHS, All Band Members, Blue Grass Strings</ul></font><p>&nbsp;</p></td></tr>')
document.write('<tr><td align=left valign=top width="300"><center><BR><H3><u>About the instructors...</u></H3></center><font size="2"><b>Randy Kulik</b><p>Mr. Randy Kulik holds a Master\'s Degree from Roosevelt University.  He is the Director of Bands at Jefferson Junior High School in Naperville, IL and also serves as the Naperville Community School District 203 Music Coordinator and the Director of the district Summer Music program.  Mr. Kulik served as a jazz band director Naperville North High School for 18 years and also taught at Roosevelt University for 11 years.<br/>Kulik has performed professionally as a free-lance trumpet player in the Chicago area for over 30 years and was a member of the Chicago Metro Jazz Orchestra which was invited by the People\'s Republic of China to perform at the Macau International Music Festival.  Randy Kulik also performed with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame D.J., John Records Landecker as a member of Landecker and the Legends. The Legends rock band also served as the field band for all Chicago Bears home football games.  Kulik also performed with the Pete Ellman Big Band and the Jazz Community Big Band.  <br/>Mr. Kulik was a member of the Naperville 203 Performance Music curriculum writing team during the 2004-2005 school year, District 203 Jazz Festival Coordinator for five years and was the Chairperson of the Naperville 203 Junior High Honor Band/Chorus Festival.<br/>Mr. Kulik was nominated for the Golden Apple Award in August 2004 for teaching excellence and was recognized as a Golden Apple Award Finalist in February of 2005.<br/>While teaching the Naperville School District, Randy Kulik has received the Naperville SD 203 Excellence In Education award, the Those Who Excel Award and the NEF Grant Writing Award.<br/>Randy Kulik is a published author for The Instrumentalist magazine and has a band method, Muscle Memory Exercises for Band, published through Northeastern Music Publications.</p><BR><BR><b>Renee Howe</b><p>Mrs. Howe studied Music Education at Illinois Wesleyan University and VanderCook College of Music, where she graduated from in 2006. She teaches fourth and fifth grade band at Prairie Elementary School and sixth grade band at Jefferson Junior High School. Previously, Mrs. Howe taught general music, choir, and beginning band in Plainfield, IL for four years. In addition to that, she has also worked with the percussion section for Plainfield Central High School’s marching band, has performed in the pit orchestras for many musicals, taught private lessons, and judged many solo and ensemble competitions. Her primary instrument is the oboe. <br/>When not teaching or performing, she loves to cook, watch football (Go Bears!) and play with her dog, Alex.</p><BR><BR></font> </td><td align=left valign=top cellpadding=5 width="300"><center><BR><H3><u>About the program...</u></H3></center><font size="2"><p>Jefferson has three concert ensembles: the 6th Grade Concert Band, the 7th Grade Symphonic Band, and the 8th Grade Wind Ensemble. In addition to its curricular ensembles, Jefferson also offers a very active jazz band program. The Jazz Band is open to all band members for all instruments and does not require an audition.   The Jazz Ensemble has a traditional jazz instrumentation.  An audition is required to participate in the Jazz Ensemble and is open to 7th and 8th grade band members.   </p><p>Band members may earn special awards for performing major scales and the IMEA scale sheet.</p></font> </td></tr>')
document.write('<tr><td colspan=2 align=center valign=middle><font size="2"><br> For more information about this school, please visit: <A href="http://schools.naperville203.org/jefferson/">http://schools.naperville203.org/jefferson/</a></font><br>&nbsp;</td></tr></table></font></div>')