AFM Weekly Newsletter November 21, 2013

Friends and Family - November 21st

WBA Championships - November 23-24th

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AVHS Music Website

Next Due Date
December 1

Contact Lorry Epps

AVHS Website - Scrip

Senior Parents

If you did not get the Senior newsletter sent out today, please contact Cathy Klein ASAP!

iPad Air Raffle

Amador Friends of Music is holding a raffle for a brand new iPad Air now through December 9th. For only $5 you get a chance at a brand new iPad Air! Print out this form or get one in the Amador front office, at the Activities desk. Fill out as many tickets as you want to buy, do NOT cut them up, put the ticket sheet(s) and cash or check, made out to AFM, in an envelope and drop in the box at the Activities desk. The winner will be drawn on December 9th at Amador Wind Ensemble One's concert at the Bankhead Theater. You need not be present to win.

Contact Sally Baker with questions.

SMILE!!!!

A new and very easy way to make $$$$$ for Amador Music. Amazon.com has a concurrent web site: smile.amazon.com, with all the same great stuff AND they will donate .5% of your purchase to Amador Friends of Music.

It's soooo easy! So, as you do your holiday, and all other shopping, make sure you are on smile.amazon.com and have chosen Amador Friends of Music as your beneficiary. Use the link above to go directly to the site where we are already the beneficiary.

Special ShopWithScrip Offer - 100% Rebate

will be applied directly to your AFM account. Think of gift cards for all of your fall and holiday entertaining and presents. Rebates range from 1% (Chevron) to 20% (See's) and there are over 600 merchants to choose from. We also carry scrip for local businesses, such as VIP cleaners (Band Alumni family), Towne Center Books, Yolatea, and Dr. Beanz.

During the month of November 2013 and December 2013, 100%* of your scrip rebates

It is possible to earn $500 per year or more in rebates to be applied directly to your family's AFM account. Some of our AFM families have recently earned $400 to $500 during one school year.

There will be 3 scrip orders placed in December:Dec 1st, Dec 8th and Dec 15th.

*When you order through the scrip program (ShopWithScrip), you earn rebates. From January through October, 75% of the rebates generated by your purchases decrease the amount due on your families' AFM band account. The remaining 25% goes into the AFM general fund.

If you have questions, please contact Lorry Epps.

Here we go Dons!

WBA Championships is here! The culmination of hundreds of hours of work is in finally here. Please visit the website and/or Charms calendar for the full itinerary. Thank you to each of you for your support of your student and the band this year. We can't do what we do if you don't do what you do, so again, thank you.

Friends & Family @ 8:00 pm Thursday Come by Amador's stadium for the last home performances of both Amador and Foothill's marching bands in this FREE community showcase. Students are to report at 6:30 pm in uniform, guard with hair and make-up done.

A look ahead... The Hometown Holiday Parade is Saturday 12/7. All band and guard members participate in this event, which is a three-hour maximum time commitment on that evening. Students report at 4:00 pm for a short rehearsal and line up to march down Main Street!

Happy Thanksgiving I hope the week off is a restful one for each band family and I wish you the warmest of thanks for an awesome start to a memorable school year.

Jon Grantham

Director of Bands

News from RA Land!

Well, it's finally here! The last week of the season, culminating with our performances at Friends & Family as well as WBA Championships in Fresno!! All of the hard work our students have done will shine-both in front of our Pleasanton crowd as well as at championships. I hope we will have a huge 'sea of purple' at both events in support of our students.

Couple of IMPORTANT THINGS: If you have any medications to turn into me, please do this BEFORE SATURDAY. You can turn them in Thursday at Friends & Family or drop by my home at 1782 Paseo del Cajon but please DO NOT WAIT UNTIL SATURDAY as we are loading buses to take care of this.

Also, please read the rest of this newsletter to find out what your student needs to donate for snacks on the trip. This is 300+ hungry students for a weekend in Fresno. Please do your part and donate what has been assigned to your section

And, as always, many thanks to all that have helped me this season. You are appreciated!

Barb Kennedy-Head RA

Go Dons!!

Barb Kennedy-Head RA

GRUBMASTER NOTE

WBA Championships

We have volunteer openings to help with the meals. Please go to

Volunteers: Feed the Band at WBA.

Lending a cooler or canopy, please drop them off in the trophy room by end of school Friday November 22nd. Don't forget to put your name and phone number on them.

Volunteers that have signed up to help with the meals this weekend, please check the charms calendar for information on what time you will be needed.

Don't forget the Senior Banquet and luncheon on Sunday. AFM is providing the meal for our band students. If you would like to join us, we are asking for a donation of $10.00 per parent or guest to help defray the costs of the additional meals. Please email us at the address below if you are interested so we can get an accurate head count.

We would like to thank everyone in advanced for donating your time this weekend. We couldn't make this happen without our volunteers.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us.

Michael & Marianne Swailes

Grubmasters

WBA Championships- Fresno Snack Schedule for Sat & Sun, Nov 23^rd & 24^th

The following sections are responsible for bringing water, grapes and cookies:

Case of water:

Drum Majors & Tubas

Grapes: Clarinet & Tenor Sax



Cookies:Flutes/Piccolos, Percussion/battery,

Trombones


On Saturday, November 23rd, the above-designated sections are responsible for bringing water, grapes & cookies that will be consumed after performances. The snacks consist of bringing either 24 cookies (package of store bought cookies), 2 lbs. of washed grapes, stems removed and placed into a gallon Ziploc, or one case of water; 24 eight ounce bottles. Please bring assigned water or snack to the band room on or before November 23rd and place them outside of Mr. Grantham's office in the appropriate cooler or bag.

PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE BAND MEMBERS WITH PEANUT ALLERGIES. PLEASE READ LABLES BEFORE BUYING COOKIES.

Parents, please help your student(s) remember their assigned snack on Saturday, November 23rd.

Questions should be directed to LeeAnn Phillips

Help Us Send Wind Ensemble I Off In Style!!!

Amador's top concert band, Wind Ensemble One, has been chosen, through a rigorous audition process, to perform at the prestigious International Midwest Clinic in Chicago this December. Only four high school bands were chosen from the entire country. We are the first band to be chosen from California in 11 years. Approximately 17,000 music professionals from around the world attend this important clinic.

We are hosting a farewell concert on December 9, 2013 at 7pm at the Bankhead Theater in LIvermore. This concert is open to the public and will be a full hour performance of the program that we will perform in Chicago. Tickets are $12 and you may buy them on line at this link or at the Bankhead box office. All proceeds will support the trip. Seats are limited, so buy your tickets now. If you have questions, contact Sally Baker.