INFORMATION!!! (November 12, 2008)

Information included in this letter consists of:

Apple Pie Bake Fundraiser & Order Form
Band and Color Guard Photos
Dec 5th Benefit Dance
Dec 6th Benefit Bazaar/ Bake Sale
DVD Purchases of Nov 7th football performance
Spring Trip 2009
Concert and Performances
Boosters Agenda, Minutes, and Officers


Dear Parents, Grandparents, and friends,

We apologize in advance for the length of this letter; however, there is much to discuss and many important dates and events to bring to your attention. The Northern Campus Music Boosters Organization (NCMBC) is off to a successful beginning! The NCMBC meets every third Tuesday of every month in the music room at SHS. Please come and join us for our next meeting on Tuesday, November 18th at 6:00pm. Our goal is to keep music students and their families informed of up coming events to promote a greater, more successful attendance by all. Please help us in completing this goal by presenting us with accurate contact information. Email addresses are extremely helpful and inexpensive to communicate with; however, if you do not have email and wish to be contacted by phone or mail, please share your preferences with us.

All music students at SHS will be taking a Spring trip to perform and/or compete. The Choral Department will be participating in Music in the Parks in Hershey Park, PA on May 15th, 2009. The Band, Color Guard, and Strings Departments will be traveling to Myrtle Beach, SC for participation in “Fiest-a-val”, where they will perform and compete, as well as enjoy the beach and theme park. This trip is scheduled for April 23rd , 24th , and 25th. The cost of these Spring trips will cost the boosters organization and the parents of the music students approximately $28,000 for all involved. Of course, the more funds we raise for the boosters organization, the less money each of our families will need to pay to meet the cost of the trips. That being said, many fundraisers are planned to help raise the necessary funds! Please take precious moments to absorb the following information regarding fundraiser opportunities for the next two months. You will be informed as dates are established for further fundraiser opportunities, as well. ALL music students from both first and second semesters are urged to participate in ALL fundraiser events. Whether you are actively involved in your music classes at this point in time, is irrelevant. 80% of all funds raised by an individual student will go directly into a personal account to save for YOUR spring trip. The other 20% will be deposited into the general boosters fund; therefore, the more money the individual student earns for him/herself, the smaller the amount of funds your family will have to disperse!

The format of this letter will follow the most recent dates and complete with a full schedule of events. Please mark your calendars! We are hoping for 100% participation!

Apple Pie Bake:
With this letter you’ll find an order form for the Apple Pie Bake. We will be selling apple pies throughout the month of November and into early December. Advertisements are already underway, so please start selling pies immediately! The pies will be baked by our music students and our families on December 12th, starting at 4:00pm and ending when the pies are finished! We will bake the pies in the SHS cafeteria. We will bake fresh, 9 inch, apple pies from the SHS cafeteria. The pies will be sold for $10.00 each. On Saturday, December 14th, we will meet at 9:00am to wrap and box the cooled pies. From 2:00pm to 4:00pm that same day, customers may pick up their pies at the SHS cafeteria. Customers will also be given the opportunity to pick up their pies following our Winter Concert on Sunday, December 15th, at 3:00pm. We will need 100% participation to succeed in making, baking, and preparing a large number of apple pies in such a small amount of time! We will need folks to peel apples, mix ingredients, prepare tops for pie shells, bakers, kitchen help, cleaners, and much more! Donated items will also be a necessity. Those items consist of apple pie peelers (preferably a counter top version, such as “Pampered Chef”), paring knives, sugar, cinnamon, shortening, butter, and of course...APPLES! If you can donate apples, please make us aware of that information, immediately! All other donations will be requested at the later date. Orders may be pre-paid or purchased when they are picked up. All checks should be made to SHS Music Boosters.

Also, as the order forms are filled out, we ask that the students ONLY return the order forms on Fridays to their music directors. Carol Smith, will be available on Fridays to collect any completed order forms and money. A supply of additional order forms may be picked up from Carol on Fridays, or from the offices of your music director.

One more thing!!...Our student’s incentive for selling the most pies!! Whoever sells largest quantity of pies will have the opportunity to “Pie” their favorite music director at the conclusion of the concert on December 15th, in front of the entire audience!! This should be reason enough to SELL THOSE PIES!!

Benefit Dance, December 5th:
Following the boys basketball game on December 5th at SHS, we will be holding a benefit dance for the students of SHS, in the old gym. The dance will start at the completion of the ball game (approximately 9:30pm) and end at 11:00pm. Special ticket purchases will be available for all who wish to attend the basketball game as well as the dance. The Athletic department will offer a reduced rate ticket, available at the door, should students wish to attend both the game and the dance. Chaperones will be needed.

SKMS Winter Bazaar, December 6th:
SKMS will be holding a Winter Bazaar at which the music boosters will rent a table. Our goal is to take as many apple pie orders as possible! We also will offer our patrons the 2008 Ram seat cushions for $2.00, as well as home baked goods. We need parental help in supplying baked goods to sell at this bazaar. So, please plan to prepare some of your baked specialties and have it at SKMS by 8:30am on Saturday, December 6th or bring it to the music room at SHS on Friday, December 5th between 7:00am and 8:00am.

Band and Color Guard Photos, December 6th:
The marching band and color guard will have photos taken at 2:00pm on December 6th, directly before the Strasburg Christmas Parade. Band and guard members need to be in their uniforms by 2:00pm and prepared for photos. Group, as well as individual photos will be taken by Dennis Stickley. Group photos may be purchased for $15.00 or you may purchase a package of (1) 8X10 group photo, (2) 5X7 photo of individual, and (4) wallets of individual, for $25.00. Please bring your money with you on December 6th if you plan to order photos. Photos may be postponed due to in-climate weather.

Northern Campus Music Boosters Officers:
President: Brenda Davis ifxhorns@shentel.net
Vice President of Fundraising: Cindy Racey vtgrad85@shentel.net
Treasurer: Mike Smith
Secretary: Vega Ziemer ziemers@shentel.net
Vice President of Membership: Ina Rae Crisman ircrisman@yahoo.com

Officer positions are still available for the Executive Vice President, and Public Relations Officer. Anyone interested in obtaining one of these positions, please let us know of your intent.

DVD of 2008 Marching Band Performance:
Shenandoah Video Productions, Inc has made available a DVD of the Strasburg vs George Mason football game from Friday, November 7th. The marching band’s performance is included in this DVD. If you might be interested in purchasing a copy of the performance, please contact the following organization:
Shenandoah Video productions
640 Crook Run Road
Mt Jackson, VA 22842
Call: 540-331-7683
Copies of the DVD cost $10.00 each. If interested, please contact the company above.

Next Music Boosters Meeting: November 18th, 7:00pm!!
SHS Music Room! Come and join us!!

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Welcome to the Northern Campus Music Boosters information blog. This website is updated frequently and is available to you to keep you informed on all the Music Programs in Strasburg High School, Signal Knob Middle School, and Sandy Hook Elementary School. Information on the Spring Trips are forthcoming, so check back soon!

Thank you for your support. If you have any questions or would like to be a member of the Music Boosters, contact Mr. Szuba: csszuba@shenandoah.k12.va.us.