ENJOY ICE CREAM at COLDSTONE
Sept 11-18th
15% of proceeds to AFM
YOU MUST PRINT
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AFM Board meeting - Sept 12, 7pm,
AVHS choir room
The AFM Board meets on the second Monday of every month at 7pm in the AVHS choir room. The next meeting will be this coming Monday, Sept 12. All AFM members are welcome to attend. Any member in attendance may speak on topics relevant to AFM. |
WE NEED TABLES!! 
If you have a 6 -8 foot plastic activity table that you can loan us for the MB & Colorguard Annual BBQ please contact Lorry Epps. We need at least 10 ! |
Tuesday Snacks
are a Hit!
Thank you to all parents for taking the time out of your schedule to provide snacks for Tuesday night rehearsals. Keep them coming! The kids love the treats! Donations can be left off in Mr. Grantham's office when you drop off your student, or you can drop them off at the field by 8:30. If you have any questions you can contact Allison Cox.
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Start Wearing Purple!
If you ordered spirit wear during band registration you can pick it up during the last 20 minutes of band practice Tuesday and Saturday. I will be at the entrance to the bleachers both nights 20 minutes before the end of practice. If you cannot get it then you can contact me to come by and get it.
Pick up your purple!
Kim Page |
Free to a good home: Purple Polos with AV
Still cleaning out closets and found 2 purple polos with the embroidered AV in gold on the right side. (FYI: These do not have the silkscreen on the back of being with the band)
-L unisex purple polo with AV only worn a couple of times -XL unisex purple polo with AV worn for 5 band seasons and shows some fading and laundry wear
Please email if interested with sizes you would like. I'll respond with my address and leave item on my porch for easy pick-up. Thanks again for putting our loved band booster items back in the stadium!
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First Home Game Friday!!!
Report time for the game is 6:00 pm (which means 5:54 in attendance block with instrument). Students will be dismissed from the band room by 9:00 pm. All students must take their uniforms home after the game. Any uniforms left in the band room will result in a lowering of the performance grade for the game.
Band Uniform for the first game is as follows (report at 6:00 wearing the following)
Marching band shoes
Black socks
Jeans (as dark as possible)
Band t-shirt
No jewelry, ladies hair pulled back
*New members will receive their band t-shirts in class this week. If the shoe order has not arrived in time, new members waiting for shoes should wear the darkest shoes they have that they can march in comfortably.
Colorguard Uniform for the first game is as follows (report at 6:00 wearing the following)
Black shoes (or as dark as possible) that can be marched in comfortably
Black socks
Black dance/active pants
Band t-shirt
No jewelry, ladies hair pulled back Senior band parent? Keep reading!
On November 19-20 (Saturday and Sunday) your child will be taking the marching field for the last time as a Marching Don. It's a special and emotional weekend for the whole band, but especially so for our graduating seniors. As a parent, you should know in case you weren't aware that there are several important events that weekend that recognize your child and can involve you, too!
On Saturday the seniors are treated to a wonderful meal at the competition site (Santa Barbara City College). Later that afternoon, each senior is pinned with a flower that they wear on their uniform for their final performances. There is an opportunity for you to pin that flower to your child and get a picture taken with them. On Saturday night, all of the seniors from each participating band are a part of a final retreat ceremony as a close to Saturday's competition.
And then of course on Sunday, you will get to see your child perform for the last time on the field with the AVHS Band and Colorguard.
I hope this information helps you to understand how this final weekend of the season is different from any other and is a true celebration of thanks for all that your senior child has given to the program! Hope to see you there.
Director of Bands
AmadorValley High School |
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IT"S ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY!!
 COME ONE AND COME ALL TO THE AVHS Annual Marching Band & Color guard BBQ & Potluck Celebration !
All families and friends of the Marching Band & Color Guard are invited to attend a performance and party at AVHS on Saturday September 17th from 5 - 7pm. The party starts with a performance by the kids on the field and is followed immediately by a BBQ & Potluck in the Amador Quad. Hamburgers and Hot Dogs will be provided and cold drinks will be on sale by the band council. Families will provide all the side dishes and desserts for the Potluck portion of the party.
We would like to ask that each family sign up to bring an item by using the following organizational tool from Jooners. Just fill in your email and a dish you wish to bring ...it is that simple ! Click this link when you are ready:
For food
As you know, we can not have a good party without a little help from our friends. So if in addition to bringing food (use link above) you would like to help us with this event (we need over 50 volunteers) , please sign up at this second link (use link below) which is a list of volunteer help needed.
To help
Please help us make this a fun and memorable event ! |
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SHOP & DROP! Another Way to Volunteer...
 Are you looking for a way to help out the band? We often need items that can be picked up during your trip to the store. Here are some items we anticipate needing this season: Red Vines Licorice 3 or 4 lb. tub (a favorite treat for after football games), Dixie Cups (Costco size package, bigger then bathroom size but smaller then coffee size), Ice (necessary for cooling water bottles for thirsty band and color guard members), Aquanet (yes hair spray to keep all that hair up in those shakos).
If you would like to volunteer for an easy one-time task please contact Jody Harcourt & drop the items in Mr. Grantham's office. For a weekly list of needed items check out the RA News page on the amadormusic.org website. Oh, you didn't know that there is a special RA page? To get there go to www.amadormusic.org click on Ensembles / Marching Band and Colorguard / RA News. Questions should be directed to Jody. |
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HOTEL RA's FOR WBA CHAMPIONSHIPS
 NEEDED: 25 Hotel RAs with PUSD fingerprinting clearance to be overnight chaperones. This level of clearance is only needed for those chaperones who will be supervising students in the hotel overnight, doing lights out and wake up visits to students' hotel rooms. Bus RAs do not need finger print clearance, just the usual PUSD volunteer form turned in.
WHEN: November 18th - 21st 2011
WHERE: Santa Barbara CA.
Please contact me immediately if you are able to perform this important duty. You will need to pay for your own hotel and expenses. (Rooms are being held)
If you are not a PUSD employee, but wish to be a Hotel RA, then you will need to pay the cost of being fingerprinted with the District at a cost of $75.00. Once you receive this level of clearance you will never have to fill out a PUSD volunteer form again, good for many years to come!
Please contact Jody Harcourt to sign up to be a Hotel RA. |
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Band-Aid
Band-Aid is a philanthropic project organized by the Band Council, dedicated to extending support from Amador's band to another in need. Our first year, we donated musical supplies to Moos Elementary in Chicago, doubling the number of music students who were previously excluded from their program due to a lack of resources. This year, the Band Council wants to help Joplin High School in Missouri recover from a catastrophic tornado that hit this past May, devastating their resources and displacing over 62% of their student body.
Joplin needs your help! The Band Council is going to hold a single day march-a-thon fundraising event for parents, friends, and community members to come to a Saturday practice on October 1st and sponsor or pledge a marching Don! With each donation you will receive a "We March for Joplin" merchandise item. All proceeds go towards helping Joplin pay for new uniforms and instrument rental fees. All donations are tax deductible and any amount will be hugely appreciated! We encourage the entire community to come watch the band end the event with a run through of this season's show, dedicated to all of our wonderful supporters and our friends at Joplin.
Thanks so much and we hope to see you there!
Collen McCullough |
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