News and Notes October 3-8
Great job last week at our third performance of the year! We put out a bunch of new content and it held together well. Visually and musically we were much cleaner than a few weeks ago. Let’s keep pushing!
I want to thank all of the parent volunteers who made Saturday a huge success. Folks worked for many hours fitting uniforms, ironing, counting money, setting up and executing Cow Chip Bingo, and working to get our parade equipment ready for next week. It really takes a village to pull off what we do, and we are very fortunate to have so many great people around. We managed to fit the majority of students into their uniform. There is still some ironing and adjusting to do, and we have a few folks who missed the day that will need to make up their fitting.
Congratulations to everyone who made our Cow Chip Bingo Fundraiser a huge success. We sold about 90 percent of our tickets, for a current profit just shy of $15,000! This will go a long way into funding our season. For those who didn’t sell all of their tickets or didn’t turn them in, we’ll talk on Monday about a plan for the funds and how to pay that off. As a reminder for all who may be having financial hardships, we try hard to make the program as affordable as possible, but we need money to function. We do have a sponsorship program available on our website under the sponsor-a-saxon page. Check it out, you may get sponsored!
There are many folks willing to help.
Our winners were ticket numbers 0320, 2944, and 0493. We will be contacting the winners this week to give them their prize money!
This week is all about Parade Band since we have our first competition on Saturday. Each 0 period will be focused on Parade, while Wednesday we will be on the field. The Placentia Parade will be a morning event. Our call time is 8am, to leave at 8:30am. We are on the line at 11:15am in competition and will then perform in the city parade. After we are done, we will load and come home. Band Reviews are free to attend. The competition zone is in Placentia on Palm Ave between Rose and Yorba Linda Blvd and the city portion is down Kraemer between Yorba Linda Blvd and Tri City Park. Parking can be tricky so plan on arriving early or coming with us as a chaperone! Only Parade Band students MUST attend but all students are welcome to tag along and help out.
Parades are long and tiring, and this one is the longest that we do. I would like to provide something for the kids to eat once we arrive, water for them to drink, and food for when they are done. Students need to consider a few important things things while getting ready for parade competition:
M - 0 period Parade
T - 0 period Parade
W - 0 period Parade, After School Field, Booster Meeting 7pm
Th - 0 period Parade
F - 0 period Parade
S - Placentia Band Review 8am-1pm
Great job last week at our third performance of the year! We put out a bunch of new content and it held together well. Visually and musically we were much cleaner than a few weeks ago. Let’s keep pushing!
I want to thank all of the parent volunteers who made Saturday a huge success. Folks worked for many hours fitting uniforms, ironing, counting money, setting up and executing Cow Chip Bingo, and working to get our parade equipment ready for next week. It really takes a village to pull off what we do, and we are very fortunate to have so many great people around. We managed to fit the majority of students into their uniform. There is still some ironing and adjusting to do, and we have a few folks who missed the day that will need to make up their fitting.
Congratulations to everyone who made our Cow Chip Bingo Fundraiser a huge success. We sold about 90 percent of our tickets, for a current profit just shy of $15,000! This will go a long way into funding our season. For those who didn’t sell all of their tickets or didn’t turn them in, we’ll talk on Monday about a plan for the funds and how to pay that off. As a reminder for all who may be having financial hardships, we try hard to make the program as affordable as possible, but we need money to function. We do have a sponsorship program available on our website under the sponsor-a-saxon page. Check it out, you may get sponsored!
There are many folks willing to help.
Our winners were ticket numbers 0320, 2944, and 0493. We will be contacting the winners this week to give them their prize money!
This week is all about Parade Band since we have our first competition on Saturday. Each 0 period will be focused on Parade, while Wednesday we will be on the field. The Placentia Parade will be a morning event. Our call time is 8am, to leave at 8:30am. We are on the line at 11:15am in competition and will then perform in the city parade. After we are done, we will load and come home. Band Reviews are free to attend. The competition zone is in Placentia on Palm Ave between Rose and Yorba Linda Blvd and the city portion is down Kraemer between Yorba Linda Blvd and Tri City Park. Parking can be tricky so plan on arriving early or coming with us as a chaperone! Only Parade Band students MUST attend but all students are welcome to tag along and help out.
Parades are long and tiring, and this one is the longest that we do. I would like to provide something for the kids to eat once we arrive, water for them to drink, and food for when they are done. Students need to consider a few important things things while getting ready for parade competition:
- No Make-up or Jewelry
- Wear calf length black socks
- Hair must be up (nothing that touches the shoulder)
- Wear your Loara Shirt and either basketball shorts or spandex shorts underneath your uniform. You change in public, so you need to consider modesty
- Band Shoes must be clean. We will distribute the band shoes that were ordered this week on Friday
M - 0 period Parade
T - 0 period Parade
W - 0 period Parade, After School Field, Booster Meeting 7pm
Th - 0 period Parade
F - 0 period Parade
S - Placentia Band Review 8am-1pm
