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

Music Boosters Parent Meeting

Booster Meeting

September 24, 2012 7:00-8:00pm Central Time

High School  Cafeteria

Next Monday evening we will be having our first Music Boosters meeting of the year.  We will be discussing several upcoming events and issues pertaining to both band and choir.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Kate Leiter

ATTENTION BAND PARENTS: Location for Saturday

Due to the New Prairie Cross Country Invitational, Drop off location for Saturday's IU Band Day is at Rolling Prairie Elementary.

The school is closing the whole parking lot for the Cross Country Invitational on Saturday.  Busses will be at Rolling Prairie Elementary on Saturday instead of the high school.  Students will need to take all equipment, instruments and uniforms with them Friday night after the game.

If you are not familiar with were Rolling Prairie is, I am including a map and directions.

Directions

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Starting from N 700 E/N Cougar Rd

1	Head north on N 700 E/N Cougar Rdtoward E Grace Ave
2	Take the 1st left onto US-20 W (This is the corner with the flashing light at Cougar Rd and US20.)
3	Take the 1st right onto E Bootjack Rd
4	Turn right onto Wiley Rd
5	Continue onto E Michigan St

Arriving at E Michigan St

Total: 3.2 mi - about 10 mins

View High School to Rolling Prairie Elementary in a larger map

"Thank You"s and Concession Stand Worker Updates...

Hello Music Boosters! 

We are well underway for this school year. Your response to the call for workers in the concession stand has been wonderful! Thank you to all who have signed up to work.

If you have not filled out a Boosters Parent Contact Form, please click the Music Booster Sign Up Form link on the right.  This just makes sure that we have your contact info.  You will be added to our email list. If you know other parents that do not get updates about our blog posts or other email choir, band or color guard news, please share this with them.

A big thank you goes to Kathy Jack who has volunteered to handle the worker assignments and reminders. Another thank you to Tim and Stephanie Rozinski for coming forward to run the stand during the games. Jodi and Andy Walbring have run the concessions stand for "more years than I care to count". With their son playing varsity this year, we needed another manager in the concession stand. Jodi is still working with us to open and close the stand as well as doing the purchasing.

Please check out the concession signup sheet to the right.  This link takes you to a Google Docs Spreadsheet.  The first page is just basic info, dates, how many workers needed, and who signed up.  Each game then has their own tab. Tabs are located at the bottom of your browser window (at the top if you are viewing on a mobile browser such as iPhone).  On the game tab, you will find various positions/ places we need filled.  For example, if you really want to take the customer orders, we will put you on a "Window."  If you want to come early and help make and bag popcorn, we will place you there.  If you don't care, your name will go in the "Where Ever" and we will fill you in where needed during that game.  We try to honor requests when possible.  Just let me know where to add your name!

You don't always need to work the full game either.  We have some that come in early and help us open and some that come at half-time and stay till close.  We also need some people that are willing to come in and work during 1/2 time so our band parents can get out to see the show.  Just let us know when/what part of the game you would like to work so that we can schedule and make sure the stand is fully staffed the whole game.

Another way to help during the game is to help man the ND Ticket Drawing table. We had a parent donate a pair of tickets to a Notre Dame game.  We are selling tickets for $5 each or 3 for $10.  The drawing will be held at the last home game.  We will be having a few people staff the ticket table.  This position will be on the Concession Sign-Up soon.

I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you on Friday night at the football game.  As always, you can contact me with questions.  You can also comment on any of the posts here on the blog.

K~

Concessions and New Signup Form

Happy first Friday of the school year!  I am excited to see your band students perform the Half-Time show on the field for the first time tonight.

We have had a great response to our Concession Sign ups.  Tonight's game is staffed.  I am still looking for people for the rest of the season.  Please follow the link on the side to see the available dates.  Then email me or call me so I can add your name!

If you haven't filled out a sign-up form from Music Boosters, either online or paper, I have updated and streamlined our contact signup form.  If you did fill one out, you may have received a paper with the information I have on file already filled in. Please review and return to the school with any revisions.  If all information is correct, make a note and return it to me.  You can also send any changes or verifications to my email, katel70@hotmail.com.

2012 Booster Contact Signup

See you tonight at the game!

Kate

Parent Informational Meeting!

Good morning Music Boosters!

Can you believe that school is starting in just 2 weeks? Summer has gone by way too fast.  Band has started their practices already and Choir will be starting theirs soon as well. 

We have a couple Informational meetings planned here at the beginning of the year.  Band will have their first meeting on Monday, July 30 at 7:30 – 8:30 PM.  Choir parents are welcome to come as well, but we will be talking about a few things that are Band specific.  Choir will be having their Informational meeting in a week or two (date and time not set).  We are setting these first meetings up to coincide with the end of practices that students have.

At Monday’s meeting we will start talking about what is planned for this fall.  We will be talking about Band Camp, Band Fees, Preview Show and dinner, Fall Concessions, Sponsorship forms and Performance Teams.

I look forward to seeing you then.

Kate Leiter