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Wow, March has been a very busy and exciting month for our entire band and flag team. I hope you were able to attend the honor band performance. It was fantastic! Six of our students earned the first chair position in the honor band. David Mazzacco earned the Robert K. Downs memorial Music Scholarship Award and John Bissett won the Honor Band Scholarship Award. Both these great musicians were judged being close to an ideal band member. Six of our seniors were awarded plaques for participating in the honor band for more than four years. John Bissett has been part of the honor band for six years, David Mazzocco, Cory Chambers, and Danny Ramirez for five years, Hayley Carter and Chris Krause for four years. We are fortunate to have so many talented musicians as part of the Viking Band. The concert band performed at the festival in Whittier and received a unanimous superior rating. drumline competed at Highland H.S. in Palmdale and came in third. Five saxophone players traveled up to Sacramento to perform at the California Music Educators Conference. Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Moore for driving all that way. The band had a good time performin for a TV pilot filmed at University High School. Besides having fun, they earned $2000 for the band and flag. Our flag team is having a great season. They came in second at both the Saugus and Canyon competitions. Congratulations to Karalyn Gabrielsen for coming in first place in the solo division. Flag team competes at Hart on April 3. Good luck flag team! You're having a great season.
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Band and Flag Please mark your calendars and support the band and flag team. Be there and be informed! Dates to Remember 4/1 Open House 4/3 Drumline @ Serrano H.S. Phelan 4/3 Flag Team at Hart H.S. 4/5-4/9 Spring Break 4/15-4/18 Spring Trip to San Diego 4/22-4/25 CJB @ Reno Festival 4/30-5/1 Music in the Parks 5/28 Band Banquet Help Wanted Nominations are needed for next year's booster board. The board includes a president (responsible for setting agenda for meetings and overseeing all booster activities), VP of Ways and Means (responsible for fundraisers), VP of Operations (responsible for trucking all insturments and equipment to and from events), treasurer (responsible for the booster's accounting), secretary (responsible for recording meeting transactions), communications director (responsible for the monthly newsletter), uniform coordinator (responsible for the uniforms such as organizing alterations, cleanings and ordering uniform related items), hospitality (reponsible for organizing banquets). You may nominate anymone, including yourself, for any position. Please bring any nominations to the booster meeting or you can send them to Dana Hill, who is in charge of the nominating committee.
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All seniors need to send their baby and senior pictures to Terri Weismann, or they can be given to Gigi Weismann at school. Also, we still need more photos of the band. Just label them with your name and phone number so they can be returned. These are needed for the band banquet. All photos need to be in my the end of April. Money Matters The third payment of $75 for the spring trip was due April 1. Also all money earned during the bowl-a-thon was due by March 1. Please contact Terri at 257-4189 if you have any questions regarding band or flag dues or need to make arrangements for fee payments. The booster club needs your financial support to meet the needs of the band and flag. Fundraising Our major fundraiser for the year is Music in the Parks. This year, Music in the Parks will be held April 30-May 1, May 7 & 8, and May 14 & 15. During this event we host bands and choirs from other schools who come to compete at Valencia High School. This event begins at the end of April and it takes the planning and the hellp of all our booster members and students. If we all donate a little of our time, Music in the Parks will run smoothly and will be a positive experience for all. Every parent needs to volunteer to work at least two, 4 hour shifts. More information was mailed to every parent. Please return the commitment form no later that April 15. We need to make sure all positions are filled. We are in need of any donations of individually wrapped snacks and cans of soda. We will sell these items at Music in the Parks. The more items we get donated the more profit the band can make from this final fundraiser. |