Booster Raffle Tickets… Due Tuesday!

There’s still time to sell Booster Raffle Tickets! The Boosters are sponsoring a raffle to benefit all the groups they support. Each group is asked to sell tickets, and 100% of the proceeds from the sale of these tickets goes back to the group that sells them. 

We are asking that each student sells 2 tickets — this will help the Instrumental Music Program with approximately $6,000!

Please note that the proceeds of the sales will be divided 50/50 between the MPA and your student’s account. All instrumental music students 7-12 are eligible.

These Raffle Tickets give you the opportunity to win: 

  • Fitbit Surge Fitness Super Watch
  • Le Petit Paris Restaurant $150 gift certificate, with a Starbucks Brewing System
  • Grand Prize: 3 day Carnival Cruise for 2!

How to Participate:

  • Tickets are $20 each.
  • Please put the sold portion of the ticket and the money collected in an envelope marked with your student’s name and grade level. If envelopes are unmarked, we have no way to track it to your student.
  • Checks are payable to “LCHS Spartan Boosters”
  • This envelope should be placed in the black box in the Band Room.
  • All tickets — sold and unsold — must be returned to the black box, in a marked envelope, by January 31st.
  • No late returns will be accepted.
  • If you need more tickets to sell or have questions, please contact Sarah Bartels Nagel.

Thanks! Let’s raise some funds for the Instrumental Music Program!

Dinner Show Tickets and Donation Information

The Instrumental Music Program’s  Annual Dinner Show 
 
Saturday, February 25 
La Canada Country Club
 
All Instrumental Groups will perform.
Please plan to join us for an evening of fun, food, friends and fantastic music!
 
Tickets are now available and now ONLINE! Soon, the silent auction items will be added to the site as well! Check it out — it’s one stop shopping!
 
We have an Early Bird Special this year — Download the order form!
 
We will still accept paper orders and checks… Checks may be made payable to “LCHS MPA” and should be dropped in the black locked box in the Band Room.
 
Order your senior tributes — it’s easy! Recognize your senior in the Dinner Show Program — a keepsake to treasure! Download the Order form. They are due Sunday, February 5!
 
We’re looking for baskets for the silent auction. If you have baskets that you would like to donate, please email Gita Singh or drop them off at her home.
 
If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a sponsor or donating an item to the Dinner Show silent auction. Please use the following forms:

 Dinner Show Raffle Tickets
 
Our Dinner Show raffle ticket sales have begun — and have been very successful so far. Dinner Show Raffle tickets will be distributed in the classroom by Band and Orchestra Leadership and by Mr. Myers in 7/8 Band and Orchestra. 
 
Just as with the Booster raffle, 50% of the proceeds will go directly to your student’s account. (Each raffle ticket is $5. $2.50 goes to the MPA and $2.50 goes to your student’s account.) There’s also a “deal” — 5 tickets for $20!
 
Prizes:

  • iPad mini
  • Beats Headset
  • Drone

 

Ms. Munday’s News and Notes

Last Friday, the orchestra trekked down to Anaheim to play a concert at California Adventure. What a great experience! The students played beautifully and they were all very polite and attentive! They represented LCHS at the highest level. I would like to thank our chaperones, Hillary Bhaskaran, Michelle Lynskey. Tanya Pereira, Patricia Quon, Mamiko Toda, and Gayle Wilkinson for doing a super job!
 
This coming Friday, we will go up the mountain to our first ever Orchestra Winter Retreat! Almost everyone has their forms in — please get them in asap. I have posted the schedule and what the students should bring on Google Classroom. There was an email sent to you last week about the particulars. Please email me if you have any questions. The weekend promises to be a good learning experience and lots of fun!
 
This Monday evening, January 30, at 7pm in the Band Room, is the first Ireland Tour meeting. The band and orchestra are scheduled to travel to Ireland over St. Patrick’s Day, March 2018. The band marches in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin, while the orchestra performs at other great venues. Come and learn about the trip, fundraising opportunities and other pertinent matters.

Orchestra Retreat Sign-Up Info:

  1. Click on the link to register online.
  2. Print out the liability form, complete it, and return.
  3. Bring a check in the amount of $175 (covers all food, lodging, etc.). Please make check payable to, “LCHS MPA.”
  4. Put completed liability form and check in the black box in the band room.
  5. Form and checks are due NOW.

Dinner Show Tickets and Donation Information

The Instrumental Music Program’s Annual Dinner Show
Saturday, February 25
La Canada Country Club
All Instrumental Groups Will Perform
Please plan to join us for an evening of fun, food, friends and fantastic music!

Tickets are now available. We have an Early Bird Special this year — click on the order form or order online! Checks may be made payable to “LCHS MPA” and may be dropped in the black locked box in the Band Room.

Online silent auction — coming soon!

We’re looking for baskets for the silent auction. If you have baskets that you would like to donate, please contact Gita Singh or drop them off at her home.

If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a sponsor or donating an item to the Dinner Show silent auction. Please use the following forms:

This past weekend we started our Dinner Show raffle ticket sales. More info will be coming later this week — please stay tuned!

Ms. Munday’s News and Notes

Congratulations to Averi Suk and Lisa Toda for being the winners of the Concerto Concert competition! They both performed movements from Saint-Saens concertos, and played beautifully! Congratulations and thanks also go to everyone who auditioned.

A big thank you to student and parent volunteers who sold Dinner Show tickets at Ralphs this weekend. The date for selling was suddenly changed by Ralphs, so thank you all for being so flexible. Hopefully you were not too cold or wet!

We are making the trip to California Adventure on Friday, January 27th! The students will come to Orchestra at the regular time, dressed in their concert clothes, as we will play soon after arriving. They MUST wear the proper concert clothing, or they will not be allowed to play. Disneyland is very strict about this. Have them bring clothes to change into for after the concert. The buses will arrive back to LCHS at approximately 9:30pm. Make sure that they bring money to buy food. Students are required to come back on the bus. (Chaperones should arrive at 7:30am.)

A few people have not signed up or turned in their forms and money for the Winter Retreat yet, so please do this asap! It is approaching quickly — February 3-5.

This is the last week to sell Booster Club raffle tickets. We would like for every Instrumental Music student to sell 2. They are $20 each and there are some great prizes. This is such an easy way to fund-raise for our music students and also put money in each student’s account that can be used later for retreats and trips. To credit each student, have them put the sold ticket stubs and check made out to LCHS Booster Club in an envelope with their name on it in the black box in the Band Room by Monday, January 31st. Unsold tickets need to be returned.

Thank you for supporting Instrumental Music at LCHS!

Orchestra Retreat Sign-Up Info:

  1. Click on the link to register online.
  2. Print out the liability form, complete it, and return.
  3. Bring a check in the amount of $175 (covers all food, lodging, etc.). Please make check payable to, “LCHS MPA.”
  4. Put completed liability form and check in the black box in the band room.
  5. Form and checks are due NOW.
  6. Thank you all for your support and encouragement for our trip. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Booster Raffle Sales Update

The Boosters Raffle Ticket sales will now benefit your student’s account!

Since 100% of the proceeds of the sale of these tickets went to the Instrumental Music Program (one ticket costs $20, then $20 goes straight to the MPA), the MPA has decided that they will split the proceeds with the student.
For example, your student sells one raffle ticket ($20).  $10 will go to the MPA and $10 will go into your student’s account.

The money in your student’s account can be used for future costs such as registration, retreats, Championship trips, Dinner Show tickets, trips, etc. So, the more tickets your student sells, the more your student’s account grows.

Booster raffle tickets were distributed to all 9-12 students on Tuesday. 7/8 students will get their tickets no later than Friday. ALL Instrumental Music students are asked to participate.

These Raffle Tickets give you the opportunity to win: 

  • Fitbit Surge Fitness Super Watch
  • Le Petit Paris Restaurant $150 gift certificate, with a Starbucks Brewing System
  • Grand Prize: 3 day Carnival Cruise for 2!

How to Participate:

  • Please put the sold portion of the ticket and the money collected in an envelope marked with your student’s name and grade level. If envelopes are unmarked, we have no way to account.
  • This envelope should be placed in the black box in the Band Room.
  • All tickets — sold and unsold — must be returned to the black box, in a marked envelope, by January 31st.
  • No late returns will be accepted.
  • If you need more tickets to sell, please contact Sarah Bartels Nagel.


Thanks! Let’s raise some funds for the Instrumental Music Program!


PLEASE NOTE: Starting February 1st, we will ask the students to sell raffle tickets for the Dinner Show fundraiser as well — giving your student another opportunity to add funds to their student accounts. Both the Boosters Raffle AND the Dinner Show Raffle proceeds will be split 50/50 with the MPA and your student’s account.

Color Guard Parent Meeting – 1/24 8pm – Rehearsal Room

There will be a PARENT MEETING on Tuesday, January 24th at 8pm for all Color Guard parents. We will meet in the rehearsal room in the back of the band room.

Please join us — we will discuss costs, uniforms, schedule, volunteer opportunities, etc.

We’re looking forward to a great season — the students seem to be excited! Hope to see you there!

Ireland Trip Planning Meeting – 1/30

Ireland, March 2018!
Planning Meeting

Monday, January 30th, 7PM
Band Room
It’s time to start planning for our Ireland trip! Please join us for this meeting to hear the details and brainstorm on fundraising. Hope to see you there!

Mr. Stone’s Thought of the Week

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I went looking for one of his quotes. I could’ve gone with the old standard from his famous speeches, or a more politically charged one for his time (one that possibly could be applicable in our time), or one of the many others that floated around on my screen today. But the one I settled on is challenging for us all and speaks to the truths of the world and what I try to promote within my program. I hope that it challenges us all!
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.