Welcome to the Emerald Regime Home Page

Upcoming Events:
May 18th- Emerald Regime Award Banquet
May 23rd- Incoming Freshman band orientation
May 24th- Spring Concert
May 26-27th- Mushroom Mari Gras parking
May 28th- Bingo Marathon
June 6th- LOER Band Booster Meeting
June 8th- Last day of school
June 18th- July 13th - Summer Band Camp
June 28th, July 2nd&3rd- July fourth parade practice
July 4th- Fourth of July parade
July 27th-29th- Gilroy Garlic Festival
July 30th- First day Incoming freshman Band Boot Camp
July 31st- August 10th- LOER Band boot Camp
August 1st- LOER Band Booster Meeting
August 9th- Band Parent Orientation
August 16th- Back to School

Summer Band Camp
The Morgan Hill Summer Band Camp provides opportunities for music students to continue playing for a 4 week period during the summer break. Students spend the session learning how to play an instrument; a second instrument; or advancing with their primary instrument. Summer Band Camp is scheduled for June 18th- July 13th, Monday through Friday 9am – 11am at Live Oak HS. Cost is $150 per student. All levels of experience: beginning, intermediate and advanced. Open to all students 10 and up. If you are interested or would like more information please contact Mr. Locsin at Jason.locsin@mhu.k12.ca.us or 408-201-6142.

Visit the Archive Page for past marching seasons and other events.

Pictures from the 2010 Morgan Hill Independence Day Parade

Pictures from the 2010 Fall Marching Season

Winter Music Programs
At the Southern California WGI Championships, Winter Percussion placed 10th with a score of 77.1. Even with the tough competition of 16 other schools from California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas, the students performed like champs.

At the 49th CCGC Championships, in San Jose, the Winter Guard placed 5th with a score of 77.7. Moving up from Scholastic A to Scholastic AA, the Girls showed they where ready for the challenge. Also Senior Karen Freda was a recipient of a college scholarship. Gongrats Karen.

At the CMEA Band Festival, on March 30th, Live Oak Concert Band received an “Excellent” performance rating. Congratulations to Mr. Locsin and his students and staff.

Santa Clara County Honor Band
This year marks the 60th Santa Clara County Honor Band.
We would like to congratulate Keith Arbogast, Bryan Freitas, James Gabbard, Kevin Hartman and Michael Bergantz for making the Santa Clara County Honor Band. This year also marks a new record for Live Oak High School music program, with 10% of its band members being selected to perform in the honor band. Bryan Freitas also made California All State Honor Band.

A special Emerald Regime 40 Year Anniversary Party and Parade

To celebrate 40 years of Emerald Regime, the alumni hosted a special dinner party on the evening of Saturday July 2nd and participated in the Morgan Hill Independence Day Parade on July 4th. This party served as a celebration of the Emerald Regime throughout its rich history and also a huge "thank you" to Mike and Cricket Rubino for their leadership and commitment to excellence throughout the Emerald Regime's history.

For more information, please go to: http://www.emeraldregimealumni.com.

With regret, we have some sad news to pass on. On Monday, February 7th, 2011, Jim "Papa/Grandpa" Rubino passed away. He just celebrated his 98th birthday on Monday, January 31st. Mr. Rubino said that one of his fondest memories was cooking for the band on numerous occasions.

The Rubino family had a memorial celebration of life on Friday, March 4th at 3pm. Several alumni, family and friends attended the celebration. There was a video presentation showing the life of Papa Rubino and several people shared great stories and fond memories of him. More information can be found on the Emerald Regime Alumni Facebook page.

The Emerald Regime Alumni Marching Band and Color Guard performed in the 2010 Morgan Hill Independence Day parade marching again under the direction of Mike and Cricket Rubino! For more information, to see comments, photos and videos, please visit: http://emeraldregimealumni.com

The Emerald Regime Alumni is on Facebook!
Click here for more information about Facebook and why we created a Facebook alumni page.

The Emerald Regime Alumni Home Page has a collection of over 275 pictures throughout the years! You will also find the Alumni Directory and the history of the Emerald Regime.

Is your email address up to date?
Several emails have been bounced back because they are out of date. Please pass this information on to any alumni you keep in touch with. Have them go to the alumni page and update their information so they don't miss out on future alumni events!

Emerald Regime Archive DVD
The first DVD of the Emerald Regime Archives box set is now available. This volume is entitled "The Early Years" The 1970's which has restored film from 1971 - 1979. There are candid shots, Band Reviews and Color Guard Shows from the '70's. The field shows from 1975 - 1978 are virtually in their entirety. What a great gift this would be for anyone who experienced the magic of the Live Oak Emerald Regime during the Golden age of marching bands. This DVD runs 1 hour and 23 minutes and retails for $35.00. (Also available on VHS) Click here for order information and sample video clips.

The subsequent DVD volumes are slated as "Traveling Band" (1980's), "Decade Of Change"
(1990's) and the "Emerald Regime of Today" (21st Century) release dates TBA.

Emerald Regime 31st Anniversary Video
Get your copy of the Emerald Regime 31st Anniversary Video on VHS or DVD! Prices have recently been reduced so click on the link above and go there now for more information and video clips.