HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST!

December 14, 2011

NEW NEWS:

-       County Honor Band Members

-       Distribution of Macy’s Patches and NY ornaments

-       Lost and Found

-       Change to CMEA Solo Ensemble date

REMINDERS:

-       Second Annual Holiday Caroling fundraiser

-       Photos Taken at Macy’s

-       2010/2011 Music DVDs are now available

-       Scrip

-       Volunteers needed for Vanguard Bingo

-       Band room availability

-       School year calendar

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Monday, December 12^th – Thursday, December 15^th

            FINALS

Friday, December 16^th – January 2^nd

            HOLIDAY BREAK – NO SCHOOL

NEW NEWS:

CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNTY HONOR BAND MEMBERS!

(Vicki Feltman)

Flutes - Jenna Mennen & Meia Alsup

Clarinets - Aditya Mishra & Jason Chen

Alto Sax - Annie Rak

Trumpet - Paul Gudan

Percussion - Emily Liu & Gwendolyn Wang

The County Honor Band Concert takes place on Sunday, January 15, 2012, at 2:00 pm in the Spangenberg Theater located at Gunn High School in Palo Alto.

DISTRIBUTION OF MACY'S PATCHES AND NY ORNAMENTS

(Barbara Edmonds)

We have received a Macy's participant patch for each student attending the parade. Additionally, Mrs. Matsuura arranged for a donation of Kurt Adler NY ornaments and snow globes (you may select one). A few students did not take their participant pin from their uniform in NY. We have those pins for you as well.

You may pick up these items from Mrs. Edmonds outside the band room after school on Wed and Thurs from 12:15 - 12:30 (after your last final of the day).

If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Edmonds, edmondsbarb@yahoo.com.

LOST AND FOUND

(DeeDee Wong)

The following items were left behind in the Sheraton ballroom in NY:

1. Nickelodeon "the Naked Brothers Band" bandana
2. Multi-colored grey knitted hat
3. Dark grey Pierre Cardin scarf  
4. Black "Apt 9" size "S" V-neck sweater

If any of these items are yours, please contact DeeDee Wong at 408-245-4239.

NOTE CHANGE IN CMEA SOLO ENSEMBLE DATE!!!

(Vicki Feltman)

Please note, the CMEA Solo Ensemble Festival will be held on Saturday, March 3^rd, at San Jose State University.

REMINDERS:

SECOND ANNUAL HOLIDAY CAROLING FUNDRAISER

(May Zeng)

It's that time of year again! We will be going around the neighborhood playing holiday music in exchange for donations.  This year's Halloween Caroling event was a huge success, raising over $1200, while having lots of fun (last year, we even rescued somebody's dog!). 

There will be two dates and locations:
Tuesday, December 20 at Aileen Luo's house (HHS area), 4-8 pm
Thursday, December 22 at Jenna Mennen's house (Nimitz Elementary area), 4-8 pm

Please email May Zeng at mayzeng29@gmail.com with your name, instrument, and time(s) coming, or sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZ1U3NRZEtGczRPVHJRVHFvQ1VGR0E6MQ if you are interested in participating in this event.

Thanks!

PHOTOS TAKEN AT MACY’S

LINKS TO PROFESSIONAL MACY’S TRIP PHOTOS

To reach Carnegie Hall photos:

www.groupphotos.com/t/categories/private/carnagie-hall/2011/november

            Gallery Name: 112211

            Gallery Password: 112211

To reach cruise photos:

http://ec.printroom.com/pro/ec

Gallery: SONY dinner (SONY stands for Spirit Of New York)

HOMESTEAD MUSIC BOOSTERS PHOTO & VIDEO TEAM

The Homestead Music Boosters Photo & Video team is proud to share our

pictures of your kids through our new website at

https://sites.google.com/site/homesteadvideo/

You will find professional-quality photography of the Marching Band, Color

Guard, and other productions of the Homestead Music Department

throughout that year. All of these photos are free for personal use; the      

limitations on use are described on the website.

Video will continue to be available from Carl's YouTube channel at

http://www.youtube.com/user/carlsgutekunst.

A big thank you to everyone on our Photo & Video team for all their hard

work and generosity!

2010-2011 HHS MUSIC DVD’S ARE READY

(Robbin Kawabata)

The HHS Music DVD's from the 2010-2011 school year are now all ready! Please contact Robbin Kawabata,robbin.rk@gmail.com or at 650-961-5426.

Here is the list of the DVD's:

-  2010 Marching Band (Lacrimosa)

-  2010 Winter Pops

- Orchestra Exchange Concerts (11/2010 and 2/2011)

- CMEA Festival (April, 2011)

- 2011 Spring Bands

- 2011 Spring Orchestras

- 2011 Spring Choir

- 2011 Spring Jazz at De Anza

LIFETOUCH YEARBOOK PHOTOS ARE IN

(Vicki Feltman)

Yearbook photos taken just before the Home Show have been delivered to Mr. Burn. See him to get your photo orders.

SCRIP NEWS

(Carrie Adelman)

Need a holiday gift? Give the “Gift of Choice” at Safeway. Specify any amount and get a beautiful card with a box and a bow with the following message: “The Gift of Choice -

Exchange this gift card for any retailer gift card of equal value at any Safeway.”

You can download an order form at https://homestead.schoolloop.com/mbfund#SCRIP.

Contact any scrip sales team member for pick-up:
Carrie Adelman - carrie.a@comcast.net 
Jenny Haight – TheHaights@aol.com 
Nicolle Sidovar - sidovar_nicolle@yahoo.com 
Cora Ustaris - ust_family@yahoo.com

Enjoy the holidays!

VOLUNTEER FOR SANTA CLARA VANGUARD BINGO TO EARN MONEY TOWARD BAND FEES

(Diane Cressler)

Santa Clara Vanguard has opened their bingo volunteering calendar for November, December and January. This is a great way to "bank" money in your scrip account to pay for band expenses.

For each shift you volunteer, you will earn $40 toward your student’s scrip account. Money in your scrip account can be used toward paying any allowable Homestead Music program costs (Marching Band, Winter Percussion, Winter Guard, Choir, etc). Volunteers must be 18 yrs or older. They do not need to be a parent or relative of the student. They can be a friend working on behalf of the student.

If you are new to the program, please refer to the “Fundraising” section of the HHSMB website for details and for sign-up instructions (be sure to read all the information before signing-up):

http://homestead.schoolloop.com/blast100524

To register for Bingo times, please click the link below.

http://www.scvanguard.org/about/events/

To ensure your scrip account is properly credited, please email Diane Cressler (longdogz@pobox.com ) and let her know the dates you actually work and the name of the student scrip account to credit.

If you have any questions, contact Diane Cressler, longdogz@pobox.com.

BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY

(Vicki Feltman)

The band room will be open from 3-6pm daily during school days.

SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR:

(Changes from last week are marked in red)