General Membership Meeting -
Monday, March 18
Please attend the AFM General Membership meeting on Monday, March 18 at 7:00 PM in the Band Room. We will review the Spring activities, present our financial status, and prepare for upcoming events.
Brian Cavanaugh
President - AFM
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Shoreline and Concord Pavilion
Would you like to earn money for your student's Music (Band, Choir, Strings) account? We sell food and beverages during concerts at the Concord Pavilion and Shoreline Amphitheatre? On average a parent can expect to earn from $70-$100 per event. Lady Antebellum opens the season April 25th and ends Late October with Neil Young's Bridge School benefit. Please Contact Steve Worth for more information. |
2012/2013 RAs Please Return Badges
We are already planning for the 2014 Marching Band season! Barb Kennedy, our new Head RA, and I are working together to make a smooth transition into next years events. Could all of you who RAed this past season please return your badge holders with lanyards attached to Mr. Grantham's office. I will leave the Red RA Box in his office to collect them in.
Thank you for all your hard work this year and don't worry you'll get you badge back next season!
Jody Harcourt
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Special Amador Friends of Music Opportunity!
For $70, you can see the hit Broadway musical,Mary Poppins, from a side mezzanine seat at the Orpheum Theatre on Friday, May 10, 2013 @ 8pm. The face value of these tickets is $95. Thanks to the generosity of SHN: The Official Site of Broadway in San Francisco, we are able to offer these tickets for below face value and still generate $45 per ticket to benefit Amador Friends of Music. Buy now and give this gift for the holidays! Click here to buy tickets
DEADLINE!!! PURCHASE TICKETS BY MARCH 25. All unsold tickets will be returned to the vendor at that time.
The Orpheum Theatre is conveniently located just steps from the Civic Center BART station.
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Winter Guard shines again!
Last Saturday the Pleasanton Unified Middle School Winter Guard brought home first place honors out of three in their division and the Amador Winter Guard took 1st place out of nine in their division. Congratulations to the students, coaches and parents of these hard working performers!
Got paper? If you can donate a ream of paper for the band program, please send it in with your student. It will go to use in copying the soon to be released fall 2013 marching show music. Thanks!
A look ahead... On Monday March 25 both Wind Ensemble 1 and 2 will be performing with the Harvest Park Symphonic Band A. The concert takes place in the Amador Theater, begins at 7:00 pm and is free!
CMEA band festival... originally scheduled for the weekend of April 26-27 has been moved to Friday May 10 for ALL concert band students. This is not a recent change but I wanted to remind you well in advance of this change for planning purposes. We do not take buses to this event and students are to carpool with parents to get to the festival site (located at Ygnacio Valley High School near Concord.) More specific times will be made available when the schedule is released by CMEA. The groups all perform after school.
Director of Bands
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Ticket Deadline March 20th
Magic of Music Fundraiser
You are invited to attend the Magic of Music Fundraiser to benefit the Amador Music Programs. This year's event, Sunday Night Live featuring Tastes of Terror, to be held on Sunday March 24 from 4-8pm promises to be an exciting event. For the first time ever, it will be held at the Firehouse Arts Center in downtown Pleasanton. Guests are invited to arrive at 4pm to enjoy a scrumptious feast while viewing a sidewalk sale and interactive raffles of unique and different prizes. At 6pm, the show begins. Guests will hear special performances from Jazz A and Jazz B students and then participate in a live auction featuring opportunities to win vacation homes, unique events with "celebrities" and lots of special prizes. The community is invited to join in on the fun. To purchase tickets, please go to amadormusic.org. For more information about the event and our special VIP sponsorships, contact Ellen McGraw or Joe Foos.
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OOOhhhhhh....Say can you see the Amador Band kids playing the National Anthem at the A's Game? YES YOU CAN!
 For the first time ever, the Amador Valley Marching Band will be playing the National Anthem at the A's v. Angels game on April 30th. 7:05 Game Start. Does your student want to play? Do you want to attend? Please download the form and return it to Mr. Grantham as soon as possible. Students and Chaperones must have a ticket to attend.
We will not be chartering buses. All students need to be a part of a carpool/chaperone arrangement. We have to be at the Coliseum around 4:15 to re-group for our sound check at 4:45pm. BART is a 20 min ride. There is a 3:43pm train that day arriving at the coliseum at 4:08pm. The students will need an additional $8 for the BART fee/roundtrip. Kids on BART will be grouped with a chaperone. We will also coordinate carpools. Parking is free that day... If you can help chaperone that day please let us know ASAP. Kristen Dean
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GOT WINE, JEWELRY or GIFT CARDS?
 We are very much in need of donation wines and/or jewelry to support Wine Pull and Balloon Sales at the Magic of Music, our largest fundraiser of the year. Also, if you received a gift card at Christmas that you don't want or won't use we would love to have it too. Any kind of wine will be appreciated. As for jewelry, they can be new or gently used as long as they are worth $10 or more. Please do NOT send wine donations with your student. Must be 21 or older to deliver wine. To arrange a pick up or drop off, please contact Stella Kim at or Audrey Gould.
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Update on the Raley's Something Extra card
 As of February, Raley's has merged the Extra card and the Quality of Life card. I am no longer able to view individual account numbers and donation amounts. All I can view is the total donation for Amador Friends of Music. Therefore if you would like your quarterly contributions credited to your student's account, you must send me a copy of your quarterly statement which is at the end of March, June, September and December. These contributions are posted for 4 weeks after the end of each quarter. Otherwise all credits will go directly to the Amador Friends of Music Fund. If you have any questions, feel free to email Doris Lem.
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MOM sponsorship and fundraining
Our Magic of Music sponsorship and fundraising campaign has a couple of new members. Cisco has joined as an Ensemble sponsor and Workday has matched the $250 contribution of an Amador band family to double their donation. As a result, the Amador family will receive two VIP tickets to the Magic of Music event for their gracious efforts.
We need your help in doing more of the same. Ask your employer to match your contribution of $250 or more and receive two VIP tickets to the Magic of Music event yourself. Or ask your employer to help our efforts as a Corporate Sponsor and receive logo branding on all marketing materials and recognition during the Magic of Music event.
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