Coming Soon! Updates to the Summer Schedules

Hello - The year is nearly over and we are looking forward to a busy summer.  Stay tuned for tutorials on adding the band and choir calendars to your calendar feeds, even on your smart phones!

If you have questions, please email me at katel70@hotmail.com.

Thank you,
Kate Leiter

March 4th Booster Meeting!

Music Booster Meeting Tonight!

Sorry guys for the short notice.

There will be a Music Booster meeting in the High School Cafeteria tonight at 7:00 PM CST.

We will start discussing needs for the spring and summer. We will also be reviewing what is involved in being an officer for New Prairie Music Boosters. There will be key position that will need to be filled next year.

Please start thinking about where you can help.

Yanok Family Benefit Dinner and Winter Concert

Benefit Dinner for Yanok Family

and Winter Band Concert

January 16, 2013

There will be a Benefit Dinner for the Yanok family before the Winter Band Concert on January 16, 2013.
The dinner will be 5:30 - 6:15pm CST.  There will be a time of dessert after the concert as well.

Donation for the Dinner:

• Please bring a dish to share for the dinner and/or a dessert if you are able.
• Make a donation. If you are staying for dessert after the concert, you will receive a ticket voucher for the dessert time.
• Enjoy a meal with friends.

I have set up a file for people to sign up to help.  Please visit Yanok Benefit Signup Page to sign up.  You may also call or email me and I will fill in the information.

We will need a few people to help with set up and tear down and a couple of people to staff the ticket tables for the dinner and dessert sessions.  I am also looking for one more person to staff the ticket table for the concert.

Please check the Benefit Signup Page for more information.

Thanks!
Kate

Sad news... Sending Out Comfort and Support...

I have been given permission to share the news that one of the band students has suffered a loss in his family.  Brad Yanok, our Junior Drum Major, lost his father this past weekend.    Funeral arrangements have been made for Thursday at the Welsheimer Family Funeral Home.  The viewing will be from 4-7pm EST with services starting at 7:00pm EST.

For more infomation, here is the link to the South Bend Tribune site listing the details;
                      Philip M. Yanok.

We express our deep sorrow to the Yanok family in this time of grief.

New Prairie Is Hosting a Sectional!

Good morning all!  I have just found out that New Prairie is hosting a Sectional this year!  That means that we have another football game for Concessions!

On October 19, NP will be playing SB Clay here.  We will need workers for the concession stand once again!  Our band will not be playing at this game, so some of them will be joining us to work.  I will still need all the positions filled.  It will probably be cold again, but the concession stand is always a warm place to be.

I have put a sign-up sheet on our Google Docs page.  You can follow the link on the side, or the one here: Sectional Concession Stand Workers.

The time listed is tentative as I do not yet have a confirmation of 6:30pm kick-off.  If the time changes, you will be notified.

Thanks for all your help this year!

Kate Leiter

A PACKED October Is Here!

Well, hello again!  It is hard to believe that it is already October!  We have a very busy month here at Music Boosters and for the students at NPHS.

We have several events coming up this month!

LAST HOME GAME - This Friday night!  We are still in need of a few people to help in the concession stand. Check out our link to the "Concession Stand Worker Signup" page to see if you are already scheduled. If you are willing to stay the end of the game (or a bit after) to help us close and clean the concession stand, please let me or Kathy Jack know.

BAND COMPETITION - This Saturday, Oct. 6th - NP Marching Cougars will be competing in ISSMA's Festival Class at Jackson Middle School in South Bend.  Let's cheer on our band!

FALL SAMPLER - Oct. 24.  This year we are featuring all the performing arts departments.   Marching Band, Choirs and 8th grade band will perform as usual, but the drama department will also be previewing a few scenes from the fall musical, Footloose.

Tickets for all music department events will be $5 for adults and $4 for students.  Preschool children attending with their families are free.

HAUNT! - Fischer Farms is letting NPHS Performing Arts departments hold a haunted corn maze this year.  The Haunt will be on Oct. 26 and 27.  (The corn maze will be open at other times too. Contact Scott and Becky Fischer for more information.)

So, how is that for a packed October?

Next Music Boosters meeting will be held on Nov. 5th at 7pm.  Please come in the doors by the cafeteria on the NORTH side of the school (not the pool doors).

Mr. Strasser has let me know that the Choir website is now live. You can find the link on the side bar of this page.

To top off today's post, I'd like to include IU's video from Band Day when the Marching Band traveled to Bloomington last month.



New Prairie is located on the lower left corner, between the 25 and 30 yard lines.

Remember, if you have any questions or want to help out, you can comment here or email me.

Until next time.

Kate Leiter

New Band Shirt and Hoodie order forms are here!

We have a new design for a new hoodie, t-shirt or long sleeve t-shirt.  

The final t-shirt will not have the date printed on front.  There is one line of text on the back of the shirt included in the price. 

Hooded sweatshirts $23

Short sleeve t-shirts $13

Long sleeve t's $17 

(shirts 2X add $2) 

If you do NOT want printing on the back of the shirt, there is a $3 discount.

I hope to have a copy of the order form up on this site soon.  Your student should also have a copy of the order form.

Thank you to Karen Marciniak for arranging our t-shirt/hoodie orders!

Kate