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This page last updated 9/06/08 pm

BAND BOOSTER NEWS

* The band booster club has incorporated as a non-profit/tax exempt corporation. Our new official name is Standard Music Boosters (Inc). Our officers and board members will be those selected last May. Mrs White will continue to serve as our president. Sharlene Kelley is VP, Junette McMurray is sec-treasurer.

* The Boosters Board will hold regular monthly meetings, to which all interested parents are invited. Meetings are normally the first Tuesday of every month in the band room. Next Board Meeting will be Tuesday 10/7, 7pm

* Help wanted for Band Uniform fitting. Need 4-5 adults each night (see advance planner). especially needed are those who can sew! Email Mr W if you can help (even if you can not sew)

* First fund raiser is now over, our decorative candle sale. Budgeted goal was $1000. Unofficial results show at least $5600 profit!!! thank you so much to all those parents and friends who supported this sale!!!!!!

UPDATE ON BAND BUDGET CUTS

A BIG THANK YOU goes out to all who made their voices heard over the last several months! It looks like someone was listening. As you may recall, there were two budget cut proposals that would have had a negative impact on band. One was to "suspend band trips". The latest word is that we WILL receive funding for transportation in the same amount as last year. However, keep in mind that costs have sky-rocketed so we may have to supplement our budget with band fund-raiser money. This is something we have always been willing and able to do.

The 2nd proposal was to eliminate zero-period PE. Our principal Mr Gisbertz recognized what a blow this would be to the Warrior Band and came up with a plan to reduce the cost to the district while still preserving Zero PE for those band students who want and/or need it. We have some students who could not even have been in band at all this coming year without zero period PE, so this is extra good news for them!

A word of caution.... as the state has still not approved a final budget, all of this good news could change if we receive bad financial news from the state when the budget finally is settled! Keep you fingers crossed.... better yet, contact your state legislators and tell that education is important to you!

CG Happenings

2008 CG Camp went very well! All squads learned 2 complete routines, one for competitions and one for KC Fair!

After school practicescontinue TuTh until 4:45pm

MWF parctices have started. Arrive at school NO LATER than 7:25 pm. Band room doors are locked by 7:30, so if you arrive late you will have no access to equipment in the band room!

SMS at the KC FAIR! Saturday 9/20. Meet outside the main gate at noon. Members get in FREE. Performance is scheduled for 1-3pm, but usually is over before 3pm. Location is in a grass area next to the Budweiser stage area bleachers. Girls will be wearing their guard shirts.

ATTENDANCE POLICIES: all members received a copy at camp. If you know in advance that you will be missing a practice, then Mr W should also know. If you are at school, you must be at practice. ALL absences must be cleared with MR W ASAP after they occur!

REMEMBER ......

Drum Major .... CONGRATS to our new DM for 2008-09, Lindsey D and 8th grade assistant Breanna F. 7th grade assistant will be Olivia V. They kept SMS proud traditions alive at USA DM Camp. Lindsey and Breanna were 2 of the 3 finalist for the "most distinguished" award with Lindsey winning. BOTH girls also came home with award plaques 7th grade assitant DM Olivia, despite having NO marching experience, received a "Superior" evaluation for her final marching and spinning routine.

Warrior Band percussion section is to be congratulated on a great summer and a great camp as well. Section Leader Marissa and 7th grader Andrew were the only members at evey summer practice. they will now have after school practices on Thursdays until 4:45. These practices will continue at least thru end of October. Big thanks to our volunteer coaches Ashley and Joel and for GiGi for help with mallets.

Congrats to all of our BAND and COLOR GUARD 2007-2008 award winners. Perpetual award winners included: JOHN PHILIP SOUSA AWARD Nicole N and Haley A ... BAND DIRECTORS AWARD Rory H and Ali T ... 6th grade JESSICA HYLTON AWARD Shawnee T and Katie B ...CG DIRECTORS AWARD Courtney C and Stephanie G

MARCHING AWARDS 2007-08 (Centennial performance is on YouTube!)

GARCES results (8 schools competing overall, SMS vs Beardsley and Richland in division 3A): DM 1st place in division (highest overall), PERCUSSION 1st place in division (highest overall), COLORGUARD 1st place in division (highest overall), BAND- HIGH MUSIC SWEEPSTAKES (2nd year in a row for 1st time ever!), SMS WMB&CG - SWEEPSTAKES AWARD for highest overall score!! ..... WEST HS (5 schools competing) SMS makes history by winning SWEEPSTAKES for 2nd weeek in a row! (no high music award was given) SMS placed 2nd or 3rd in perc, DM, and CG but WHS did not give trophies for those awards .... Veteran's Day Parade: best MS/JH CG (bands were not judged)..... CENTENNIAL: (6 schools competing) 1st place CG (2 tenths of a point from Sweepstakes), DM SWEEPSTAKES, PERCUSSION SWEEPSTAKES, MUSIC SWEEPSTAKES, and OVERALL SWEEPSTAKES!!!! First time ever that we won SWEEPSTAKES at ALL of our competitions!!!!! marching_band

MARCHING AWARDS 2007-2008

GARCES results (8 schools competing overall, 3 schools in our division 2a): DM 1st place overall, PERCUSSION 1st place in division (2nd highest overall), COLORGUARD 1st place in division (highest overall score), BAND (and entire unit) 1st place in division plus BAND HIGH MUSIC SWEEPSTAKES ........ STOCKDALE results: CG 1st place by a landslide 8 points, PERC 2nd place by just 1/10th of a point, DM 2nd place, BAND 1st place ......... CENTENNIAL results: CG completes a season sweep by winning SWEEPSTAKES, PERC 2nd place, DM 1st place, band 2nd place

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