Instrumental Music
This prolific American composer is commonly referred to as "The March King"
Who is John Philip Sousa
A person to whom you are betrothed
fiancé
The vowel letters
What are a, e, i, o, u?
The BOE has how many members
What is 9?
If you are doubling a recipe that calls for 2/3 cups of sugar, this is the total amount of sugar you will need.
What is 1 1/3 cups?
Similar to the modern day "hashtag", this musical symbol raises a note one half step.
What is a sharp sign
Something that you feel like you have already experienced or seen.
What is déjà-vu?
A synonym for phoneme
What is “sound?”
The day of the week the board meets
What is Tuesday?
If you spend $14.32 on a couple of cheeseburgers from Critics (mmm...), this is the change you will receive back on a $20 bill.
What is $5.68?
This jazz pianist, composer, and band leader, who wrote well over 1,000 tunes, was named Edward Kennedy at birth.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This common term relating to a dead end street, literally means "bottom of the bag."
What is cul-de-sac?
The number of sounds in this word: chick
What is 3?
The longest tenured board member
Who is Gary Stottler?
This is a method the Life Skills students have used for growing plants without soil.
What is Hydroponics?
This pair of numbers at the beginning of a piece of music determines the beat structure.
What is a time signature
What do the letters RSVP stand for in French?
Répondez, s'il vous plaît) (In English - Respond, please)
A single sound represented by three letters as in "tch" and "dge".
What is a trigraph?
This member is the newest to the board
Who is Christopher Neff?
How about "The CDC recommends washing your hands with warm, soapy water for this amount of time."
What is 20 seconds?
This brass instrument is considered part of standard band instrumentation, but is rarely utilized in orchestras.
What is a euphonium
A term used in art to point out a photographic realism technique using an optical illusion of perspective. It literally means "to fool the eye".
What is Trompe l'oeil?
Identify the vowel sounds in this 3 syllable word: Buf-fa-lo
What are short, schwa, and long?
This board member is a former HFL teacher
Who is David Ghidiu?
This is a transition program open to HFL students with special needs from ages 18-21 who are NOT obtaining a local or Regents diploma.
What is Answer: Life Prep at Naz, TOUR at Uof R, LIVES at Geneseo, Project Search/Project Life at Wegmans, SELF at Strong Museum).