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Galesburg High
School
Marching Streaks
Galesburg, Illinois
The Official Web
Site of
GHS Band Parents
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Updated March
8, 2010
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Greetings
and
Welcome
from
the GHS Band Parents organization 2009-2010
Greetings
all,
Marching
season is over and we have entered the concert
season of band, also known as “fundraising season.”
The band’s annual operating budget is
$30,000. This figure does not include
saving money for the Disney Trip.
We
face a number of fixed yearly expenses including; uniform
replacement, repair, and cleaning, insurance, gas and bus fees for
trips, end
of year awards and senior scholarships, band camps for the drum majors
and
interested section leaders, salary for the percussion specialist,
supplies for
flags, the list goes on and on. As you
can see the majority of these expenses are incurred during marching
season and we pay for them with fundraisers
throughout the rest of the year.
One
of my goals has been to reduce the number of fundraisers
we do each year. To that end we are
currently holding a $5000 raffle. If we
do well on this fundraiser we could eliminate several fundraisers both
this year
and in the future. We have the
potential to make up to $25,000 on the raffle if all the tickets
printed are
sold. That breaks down to 20 tickets per
band student. Wouldn’t it be nice to be
done with fundraising after the Christmas gift wrap? There is
still plenty of time to sell. There are two more early bird
drawings before
the grand prize drawing on December 15th. Please get out and sell
those tickets!
Gift
wrap is set to start the day after Thanksgiving. Please be sure
and sign up in the band room
for 2 shifts per student. We also need
parents to supervise shifts. Gift
wrapping runs through December 24th.
We
will be bagging groceries for tips at Hy-Vee on
Wednesday, November 25th from 4 – 8 and again on December
12th.
We
appreciate all your hard work to support this fine band
program. The band can not do it without
you!
Happy
Holidays,
Carole
Buebe
GHS
Band Parents President |
ADDITIONS
AND UPDATES
3/10/10
- Updated Notices
from Mr. B. (see below)
3/10/10
- Updated notice regarding Grocery Bagging (see below)
3/8/10
- Updated notice regarding Band Parents Meeting (see below)
2/26/10
- New notice regarding Patron Sales from Doris Kowalski (see below)
2/19/10
- Updated Notice from Ms. Shadensack (see
below)
2/8/10
- Updated notice regarding GHS Band Parents
Meeting (see below)
12/22/09
- Added new photo galleries - check
out the 2009-2010 Photo Gallery
10/26/09
- GHS Band has own Facebook (see below)
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Announcements
From Mr. Bredemeier
Updated
March 10, 2010
Hi!
We are still in need of help for our
HyVee Grocery Bagging this Saturday on Henderson St.
Here is what we need:
10-12 shift- 1
more student and 1 more parent
12-2- 5 more
students and 2 parents
2-4- 5 more
students and 2 parents
Let me know if you can help!
Thanks!
Ben
bbredemeier@galesburg205.org.
Announcements
from
Ms. Shadensack
Updated
February
19, 2010
Symphonic and Concert Band
Reminder:
Please help me to remind your students
that
for the March 21st band concert, all members of Symphonic and Concert
Band need a flashlight. We are going to perform a piece called Voodoo.
Voodoo is like the haunted house of band music and the
flashlights are used as part of the performance. It does not have
to be anything special or a particular size, the only thing I ask is NO
STROBE LIGHTS. Please be sure that your students put their names
on their flashlights. If you have extra and are willing to share,
please send extras with your students and label them with your name and
I will be sure that they get back to your student. We will be
starting to rehearse the song with the flashlights on Monday February
22.
Thanks!
-Ms.
Shadensack
Jazz Band Announcements:
The jazz bands will be performing at Seminary Manor at 4pm on Tuesday,
February 23. The students will need to be there at 3:30.
Since there will not be a bus to this performance, we are going to need
some help.
Thanks!
Ms.
Shadensack
GHS BAND PARENTS
MEETINGS
Updated March 8, 2010
Parents:
GHS Band Parents meeting is scheduled for Tuesday night, March
9th at 7pm in the GHS Band room.
Next meeting
will be Tuesday night, April 12th
Prior
GHS Band Parents Meeting Minutes are posted
Please visit the MEETING
MINUTES page to
review
Jazz
Showcase Advertizing
Added
March 8, 2010
Dear Band Parents:
I am in need of some
people to help me sell advertising for the Jazz Showcase program.
Last year we did this and it was a good success. This needs to be
done quickly as the showcase is March 25, 2010. Please give me a
call if you can solicite or if you would be willing to purchase an ad
for the program.
Costs are:
1/4
page or business
card size: $25.00
1/2
page
$40.00
Full page
$70.00
If interested my
cell phone is 309-335-3473 or e-mail me at this address ajs81587@yahoo.com
We really need your
help!
Thanks,
Amy Smith
Grocery
Bagging
Updated
March 10, 2010
Hi!
We are still in need of help
for our HyVee Grocery Bagging this Saturday on Henderson St.
Here is what we need:
10-12 shift-
1 more student and 1 more parent
12-2- 5 more
students and 2 parents
2-4- 5 more
students and 2 parents
Let me know if you can help!
Thanks!
Ben
Upcoming
Grocery Bagging Dates:
March 13 10-4:00
Hy-Vee Henderson
April 3
10-4:00 Hy-Vee Henderson (note that this is the
Saturday before Easter--likely to be a big intake)
May 1
10-4:00 Hy-Vee Main (first Sat. of the month, I'm
told, is another big intake)
We need parent volunteers to supervise the students as the bag
groceries.
Shifts are 2 hours long.
10 - 12
12 - 2
2 - 4
We need 2 adults per shift.
There is a sign up sheet for students on the band room door.
This has been a good money maker for us in the past and a lot of fun.
Jazz Band parents remember that March 13 is the ROWVA Jazz Festival.
There is a Band Parents Meeting next Tuesday, March 9, 7:00 p.m. in the
band room.
We are beginning to plan for next year.
I hope to see you there.
Thanks,
Carole Buebe
Patron Sales
Added
February 26, 2010
As
Chair of the Patron Sales, I request that you please see the
attached letter/file: 2009-2010
Patron Sales Letter.pdf
Question…do
you have email files of previous years parents? I’m hoping
that files from the last 3-5 years have been saved by someone. Do
you have the communication sheets completed by the parents at the
beginning of the year? Somehow we have excluded the Patron Sales
Chair from all the necessary information (like names/addresses of
students and parents) to maintain a mailing file. Any help or
direction would be appreciated.
Thanks…please
send any info to my home email: dickdoris@grics.net
Doris
Kowalski
Facebook
group for the Marching
Streaks
Added
October
26, 2009
A
few band kids have started a
Facebook group for the Marching
Streaks. This is for Band students and parents. This could be
fun...let's keep it upbeat and positive folks! If you have a
Facebook account just search for Galesburg High School Marching Band.
Questions?
Please contact:
Carole Buebe, GHS Band
Parents President 2009-2010 at cbuebe@galesburg205.org
or
phone 335-4612
? Are you getting
band e-mails ?
Added
Sept 4, 2009
All
the
e-mail addresses from people who turned in a Band Parent Information
Form have been entered.
If
you
turned in an e-mail address, and are not receiving band e-mails, then
you are probably one of the ones we got back as undeliverable.
Please
send your corrected e-mail address to marchingstreaks@gmail.com
and we will get you on the distribution list.
Please
put “e-mail address” in the subject line.
Thanks,
Carole
WANTED:
Your photos and videos of the GHS
Marching Streaks and Band in action during 2009-2010!
Updated December 22, 2009
Hello
Band Parents and Students,
Do
you have band photos and/or
videos (digital) which you have taken or will be taking this
year? We would like to request copies for posting on the GHS
Band
Parents Website as well as keeping a historical record of our 2009-2010
band season.
We
post your photos and videos
on our website (www.ghsbandboosters.info) and to help share
the
memories and experiences of all performances, competitions,
fund-raising activities, volunteering, fun, etc. After
posting on
the website, your photos and video copies are stored in safe
keeping by our Historian as well as being used to help produce our
wonderful band DVD at the end of the year which is premiered
at
the Band Banquet.
If
you have digital photos and
videos for sharing, please contact either Cory Silber, Debby Silber or
Debbie McKillip to make arrangements for getting us your
copies.
Our contact information is as follows:
Cory
Silber, phone 368-6884, or
email: cjs_wildart@hotmail.com
Debby
Silber, phone 335-3953, or
email: galatians5_2223@hotmail.com
Debbie
McKillip (Historian), phone
343-3851 or email: tdaaa@comcast.net
We
currently are looking for pics or
videos of all Band related activities if you have any available.
Should
you have questions, please
feel free to contact either of the individuals shown above at your
convenience.
If
you have announcements, photos, meeting minutes and/or any other Band
information
which you would like included in this web site, please send emails to
GHS Band Parents Webmasters buy clicking the following link: GHS
Band Parents Webmaster
or phone one of the following
individuals for more information:
Cory Silber at
368-6884
Debby Silber
at 335-3953
Questions?
Please contact:
Carole Buebe, GHS Band
Parents President 2009-2010 at cbuebe@galesburg205.org
or
phone 335-4612
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