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Copies of the AFM Newsletter mailings just in case you've misplaced yours. October 18, 2006 Director's Report
Jon Grantham
Amador wow's 'em again!
As the surprise "hit" of the season (no suprise to us though!), the Marching Band and Colorguard turned in another outstanding performance at the Gilroy competition on Saturday. Setting a season high score of 80.00 and earning a 2nd place trophy in the 5A division, Amador had audience appeal and favorable feedback from the judges to stay in the thick of the mid-season push towards WBA championships in November. Additional congratulations to the colorguard and percussion for bringing home 2nd place honors in their repsective cagtegories. Amador enjoys a deserved weekend off for homecoming and hits the road on Friday October 27 at 4:00 p.m. for the Bands of America regional in Los Angeles.
In this Issue:
Food At BOA!!!
Attention parents driving to BOA in Los Angeles!!!
Championships’: Reserve your room now (Almost Sold Out)
RA News
Purple Clothes - 10% goes to band's General Fund!!!
"I'm with the Band!" shirts
Working Together to Make a Difference!
Update from the Band Webmaster
Repeat of Saturday's Special News Flash
FOOD AT BOA!!!
Joni Hirth
A pasta lunch will be available for all on Saturday Oct 28th after our 1st performance that day... there will be a selection of salad, bread and 3 pastas for all to enjoy. We will ask a $5.00 donation from kids and adults alike in order to offset the cost. Please bring that money with you and it will be collected as you select your food. The restaurant has gotten rave reviews from the Los Angeles locals.....so don't miss out....Remember that $5.00!!!!!!!!!
Attention parents driving to BOA in Los Angeles!!!
Joni Hirth
I need your help!! I need volunteers who can fit 1 or 2 ice chests in their cars on the way down to Los Angeles. There is very little room on the busses and we need to transport sodas and snacks down to the competition.
I will bring sodas/snacks over and fill your ice chests..( no ice) and then if you could transport them..that would be super. Once we arrive at the Embassy Suites and the kids unpack ...we can store the ice chests under the bus and stage them for ice on Saturday morning. You will then need to collect them Saturday night/ Sunday morning and take them back home.
Please call me at 426-9069 or email me at hirthgang@sbcglobal.net if you can help me out with this task!! Much thanks....Joni Hirth
Championships’: Reserve your room now (Almost Sold Out)
Roland Ellingsen
November 18 & 19, 2006- Fresno CA- Reserve a room for your family.
Don’t Miss The Last Chance to see our kids perform in 2006!
Championships are rapidly approaching, Saturday, Sunday - November 18, 19. We have secured 103 rooms for Saturday evening at America’s Best Value Inn. While not quite the Hyatt, the hotel is perfect for our winning band and great parents. We have a few rooms left for families w/ a continental breakfast included for all guests. The fee is $85.00 per room for our one night stay. Please send an email with the following information to Roland Ellingsen – roland.ellingsen@comcast.net
* Full Name- total # in room
* Phone- cell and home
* Home address
* Email address
* Name of your student
Note- Payment of $85 to be made to, Amador Valley Friends of Music (AFM) and is due by Monday, October 30th. Please send checks to Roland Ellingsen – 2801 Victoria Ridge Court, Pleasanton, CA 94566
BTW- Our Kids will have a huge cheering section for our upcoming LA Trip, October 27-29. With 120 rooms (53 for kids) secured, we will have a great presence. Thank you!! All my best, Roland Ellingsen VP Transportation (925) 895-1041
RA News
Trish Moosbrugger
Thank you for the great response for the November events. We still have need of a few more bus/event RAs for Nov 11 at Logan HS and for the Nov 18-19 trip to Fresno for the championships. No one will have to miss the show, so don't let that stop you from volunteering. Contact Trish if you'd like to sign up for one or both of those bus trips.
Snacks for the bus trip:
The RAs would welcome donations of healthy, individually wrapped snacks for the BOA trip. Snacks should be able to travel well in the luggage compartment of the bus. They will be part of the overall food plan being arranged for competition day. Granola and cereal bars are a good example (and they are on sale at Safeway this week!). No cookies or other sweets, please. Students can bring them to the football game or to the band room any day next week. Thanks in advance. Any questions, contact Trish.
PURPLE CLOTHES-10% goes to band's General Fund!!!
Ellen McMahon
Anyone wanting purple clothing, please let me know asap. I will be putting in a final order by Oct. 23.
Purple sweatshirts --unisex $25
Purple polo shirts-mens and womens sizes $20
Purple fleece lined jackets --unisex $45 (some already in stock)
Please give me a call or e-mail me with your order, size or questions thank you, Ellen McMahon 925-484-5202ellenmcmom@mindspring.com
"I'm with the Band!" Shirts
Kimberly Ansell
I have had many requests for "I'm with the Band!" shirts. I will be taking one additional order this year. Please email your orders to KimberlyAnsell@comcast.net and I will try to get them turned around in a week or so.
Ladies polo shirts are available in XS-S-M-L-XL-XXL
Mens polo shirts are available in S-M-L-XL-2XL-3XL
The cost is $25 each.
Kimberly Ansell Cell: 925-413-8810
Magic of Music logo
Working Together to Make a Difference!
Dianne Jones
Reminder: Come join the Magic of Music Donations Committee for our first meeting this Thursday at Dianne's house- 2824 Foothill Oaks Terr. at 7:00PM. (Bernal, Right on Foothill, left on Jorgenson immediate left on Foothill Oaks 2nd house on the right)
The Amador Music Program needs your help to ensure that we stay on a path of continued excellence! Bring your ideas, have a glass of wine and meet our new Community Donations Chair, Bill Brown. Bill is an experienced fundraiser and is sure to provide us with great ideas and direction and help us in reaching our goal of offering even more wonderful items for our live and silent auction. Bill can be reached at bill.brown@lmco.com
If you are interested in other Magic of Music volunteer opportunities, please contact me at dodijones@comcast.net.
Update from the Band Webmaster
Emmie Stenstedt
The web site has been updated! Updates will continue. Let me know if you find mistakes.
The forms for Magic of Music can be downloaded from the web. Staff pictures are mostly loaded.
A large number of pictures have been loaded. Some browsers might get a generic pop up box asking for a username and password when accessing the SnapJot site (SnapJot’s still in beta release with its service). If you get that just type in snapjot as the username and realsoonnow as the password. All of the pictures can be downloaded in full resolution. Downloading is free, but you will need to register your email with snapjot.
We're looking for more pictures, video of the show, and write ups to add.
Football Game Pic
Repeat of Saturday's Special News Flash
Here is a repeat of Saturday's special newsflash for those of you who missed the information last week about the changes to the band website, a description of a new service we are being offered from Snapjot.com, and our desire for many photos.
We Need Your Photos!
If you are one of the many parents taking pictures at the competitions - We would love to have your photos! We would like to use them on the band website, in our publicity, in our newsletter, and in our band yearbook.
If you are willing to share, please email your photos to our webmaster, Emmie Stenstedt, at estenstedt@yahoo.com, or better yet, deliver your pictures to her via photo CD through Mr. Grantham.
Please read a message below from Emmie about an additional opportunity AFM has to publish our photos!
Offer from Snapjot.com
We are collecting digital photos. The pictures we upload will be accessible through the band web site , may be used in the band yearbook, and may be used for fundraising. The photos will be downloadable, in full resolution, and without cost. Snapjot.com is donating $300 to the band and helping us accomplish this. If albums are purchased through Snapjot, a portion will be donated back to the band.
Please send your favorite pictures to estenstedt@yahoo.com, or give Emmie Stenstedt (Sophia Dunworth's mom) a CD, or get a CD to Mr. Grantham and he will forward it. Check back at the band website, www.amadorband.org, toward the end of October to look at pictures.
Thank you very much, Linda and Emmie
Clip Art Courtesy of DiscoverySchool.com
Linda Ethier - AFM Secretary
slethier@pacbell.net Updated: October 21, 2006 |
