The Weekly Trumpet October 6, 2017

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1 The Weekly Trumpet Octber 6, 2017 Ntes frm Pulaski Cmmunity Schl District s Music Prgrams DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEER NEEDS CHOIR, BAND, & DANCE TEAM DINNER - LAMBEAU FIELD TICKET SCANNING - RESCH CENTER WEEKLY MUSIC CALENDAR Always duble-check the nline calendar n ur website hmepage fr the latest updates PHS Octber 6: Chamber Chir rehearsal, 6:30am Octber 6: Red Raider Jazz Cmb Rehearsal, 7:00pm Octber 9: Red Raider Jazz Band Rehearsal, 6:30am Octber 9: Descant rehearsal, 6:30am Octber 9: Red Raider Jazz 2 & 3 student meeting, 5:30pm Octber 9: Bster meeting, 7:00pm, PHS rm LG-1 Octber 10: Shw Chir rehearsal, 6:30am Octber 10: Red Raider Jazz Cmb Rehearsal, 7:00am Octber 11: Chamber Chir rehearsal, 6:30am Octber 12: Red Raider Jazz Band Rehearsal, 6:30am Octber 12: Descant rehearsal, 6:30am Octber 12: Marching Band rehearsal, 4:30pm drumline; 5:30pm winds, 8pm dismissal Octber 13: Chamber Chir rehearsal, 6:30am Octber 13: Red Raider Jazz Cmb Rehearsal, 7:00pm Octber 13: Ftball game perfrmance, Band & Chir, 4pm band reprt PCMS Nne Cmmunity Band/Chir Octber 11: Cmmunity Band rehearsal, 7:00pm, PCMS Octber 12: Cmmunity Chir rehearsal, 7:00pm, Sunnyside Elementary Bster Website: Subscribe t the newsletter at

2 ANY UPDATES AND NEW ITEMS FROM PREVIOUS NEWSLETTERS ARE NOTED IN RED Frm D. Thmas Busch, PHS Band Directr On Thursday, Octber 12 at 7 PM we will be having a meeting fr all interested parties that will be directly invlved with the upcming Mackinac Island Trip (June 2018) and the decisin making prcess f the 2019 PHS Music Department trip. This wuld include future and current students f the PHS music department, bth band and chir, and their parents. Destinatins t be chsen frm include: Hawaii - Nv Waikiki Hliday Parade & Chir Perfrmances New Yrk City - Nv Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade & Chir Perfrmances Clrad: July 2019, Denver, Grand Lake, Clrad Springs. Wild Western Rund-Up Parade & Chir Perfrmances. Tampa Bay - Dec. 2018, Outback Bwl & Chir Perfrmances. Frm Kathy Brwn, PHS Chir Directr Here are several things cming up n the calendar: We will be having several extra rehearsals fr the Red Raider Shwcase. I m including a link t the schedule s that yu can get them n yur calendar. 3HxIlWjvWk/edit We are als in need f dnatins 18 z cups, plastic spns, 2 liter bttles f rt beer and range sda, pails f ice cream, and ice fr ur flat sale during Spirit Day next Friday, Oct. 13. Please let me knw by ing r calling what yu might be able t help with. We are having an infrmal chir get tgether/rrsc rehearsal with the 7 th and 8 th graders n Wednesday, Oct. 25. If yu can help with chaperning r prviding snacks, please let me knw. I m attaching a link t the permissin slip fr this event There will be a parent meeting n Thursday Oct. 12 fr infrmatin abut the upcming Mackinac Island trip as well as future trips. This is yur pprtunity t find ut what pprtunities we are lking at fr 2019 and give yu a chance t weigh in n yur thughts abut the ptential trip. The Music Bsters will be feeding the chir befre the Fall Festival Ftball game n Friday, Oct. 13 at 4:30 pm. Then we will warm up and rehearse the anthem n the field. The students will be getting shirts t wear fr this event. I Let me knw if yu have any questins r cncerns that cme up. The students are ding a great jb preparing fr Red Raider Shwcase. They have recrdings they can use t practice with n Canvas, s encurage them t practice n their wn. Thanks fr yur supprt f the chir prgram at PHS Frm Kathleen Bader, Cmmunity Chir Directr: Cmmunity chir will be ding a cncert f light jazz at Muntain Bay Cffee n Nvember 7 at 7 PM.

3 Frm Renee Slezewski, PMB President: LAMBEAU TICKET SCANNING. This is a fun and easy earn sme mney fr bth yur student accunt and the bster general fund fr chir and band. Sign up at SINNED VINEYARD Band and Chir students and families--as yu knw we are planning a trip fr the music department t Mackinac Island next summer. The bsters wuld like t prvide transprtatin, including an upgrade t cach busses rather than schl busses (which is VERY welcme fr this lng ride). There is an pprtunity t raise mney fr the bster fund fr this as shwn belw. Octber 1-6 (any day) and Octber 8-13 (any day), any time between 7am-5pm. Sinned Vineyard at 9489 Suth Chase Rd., Pulaski (a mile ut f Pulaski ff highway 32, 1/2 mile dwn Suth Chase Rad). Pick grapes and the vineyard will dnate 5 cents per pund picked t the Music Bsters. This may nt sund like a lt but it adds up fast. Any aged student r adult can help. Individual vlunteers r any size grup can help. G fr an hur r an afternn. Just tell them yu are with the bsters when yu arrive. There are n dress requirements and n need t bring anything ther than a water bttle as there is n drinking water at the vineyard. RESCH CENTER DATES AVAILABLE. Gd pprtunity fr band and chir families t earn $ fr their student s accunt. Frm Mindy Jensen PMB Vice-President: MUSIC DEPARTMENT FALL FESTIVAL DINNER. Band, Chir, and Dance parents! Our next dinner will be n Friday, Octber 13th and we are feeding chir, band, and dance team members. Please drp ff nn-perishable fds in the band rm the week f the feed. Please bring perishable fds t the schl n Friday, Octber 13th by 3:45 p.m. Vlunteers d nt need t be there the entire time, but the mre peple we have t clean up, the faster we can get ut t watch the perfrmance. Sign up at A huge thank yu t everyne wh brught the dnatins they signed up fr and t everyne wh vlunteered fr last Friday's band feed. We had a large, wnderful grup that fed ver 200 kids and cleaned up in an hur! CHILIRIFIC MUSICPALOOZA. We are lking at putting tgether a Dr Cunty Getaway package as big raffle item. Items that culd be included are a htel stay, dinner certificates, glf packages, turs, certificates fr any wineries, etc. If anyne has cntacts in the Dr Cunty willing t dnate such an item r allw us t purchase an item at a reduced rate, please cntact Lisa Velker. Dnatin letters went ut last week. If anyne knws f ther businesses we can ask, please let me knw. Fr bargain shppers, yu can start picking up items fr the Chilirific Musicpalza silent auctin gift baskets. Baskets are als needed fr the silent auctin gift baskets. If anyne is interested in helping with the planning prcess, please cntact me. This is a great way t get invlved and bring fresh ideas! Within in the next cuple years, we will need new leads fr this event and getting invlved early will help with the transitin. Mindy Jensen mmjensen59@gmail.cm r Frm Lisa Velker PMB Treasurer: GAS AND GROCERY CARD PICKUP TIMES: Octber 12, band hallway, 7:15-8;00pm (end f marching practice). Or Cntact Lisa Velker, lisa@thevelkers.cm, If yu purchase gas & grcery gift cards, there is nw a handy frm available t make it easier fr ur card prcessing flks t ensure credit ges t yur student's accunt. See the fundraising page n the website. Our card prgram is a great way t raise mney fr yur student s music accunt in bth band and chir! Fr grceries, we ffer Wdman s and Festival gift cards. Wdman's prfit is 5%, and Festival is 3%. We will split the prfit between student accunts and bster general fund. We are ffering $50 & $100 cards fr bth stres. We als ffer Kwik Trip cards with a 5% prfit t

4 student accunts, in $25, $50, and $100 amunts. Send any requests r questins t Lisa Velker, lisa@thevelkers.cm, YOUNKERS DISCOUNT BOOKS. Available thrugh Octber 31 and available at card pickup. $5 fr each bk. 100% ges int student accunt. See the end f this newsletter fr mre details. Frm Deb & Bill Larscheid, METFrce: METFORCE LEAD NEEDED. Our time as METFrce crdinatrs will cme t an end at the end f this schl year. We wuld like t have smene step up t take ver s that we can shw them the rpes nw. Cntact pmbmetfrce@gmail.cm.

5 Always use the Pulaski Music Bster website calendar fr current updates PHS Bands & Chirs During the schl year: RR Jazz Rehearsals Every Mnday & Thursday 6:30am RR Jazz Cmb Rehearsals Every Tuesday & Friday 7:00am Chamber Chir Rehearsals Every Wednesday & Friday 6:30am Shw Chir Every Tuesday at 6:30am until RR Shwcase Descant rehearsals Every Mnday & Thursday at 7:00 am Jazz 2 & 3 Rehearsals Every Mnday evening 5:30pm & 6:30pm respectively, watch fr start date PCMS Bands & Chirs PERFORMANCES & EVENTS Always use the Pulaski Music Bster website calendar fr current updates SEPTEMBER Hme ftball game BAND NIGHT OCTOBER Hme ftball game FALL FESTIVAL Band and chir perfrm NOVEMBER Red Raider Shwcase perfrmance 1 5 Red Raider Shwcase perfrmance Winna Hnrs Band 11 Veterans Day dinner dance DECEMBER Wind Ensemble Sunds f the Seasn 18 Band and Chir Hliday Cncert JANUARY Chilirific Musicpalza FEBRUARY , 11, 17, 18 - Musical MARCH District sl & ensemble 16 Music fr Mderns 22 Large Grup Ensemble APRIL Jazz Guest Artist 25 Lakeshre cncert band Rncali High Schl 30 Chir Hnrs Recital MAY State sl & ensemble small grup 5 State sl & ensemble 18 BACAS 20 Spring cncert JUNE Mackinac Island (All music students.) Cmmunity Band & Chir Nvember 7 Cmmunity Chir Muntain Bay Cffee and Gifts Nvember 9 Cmmunity Band Cncert December 21 Cmmunity Band & Chir Christmas Cllage Cncert

6 Cntacts PHS Music Department & Music Bsters Mr. D. Thmas Busch PHS Directr f Bands Music Department Chair dtbusch@pulaskischls.rg Renee Slezewski Music Bster President renee@letsgetmarried.rg Mr. Michael Guerrer PHS Assistant Directr f Bands Directr f Jazz Studies maguerrer@pulaskischls.rg Mindy Jensen Music Bster Vice-President mmjensen59@gmail.cm Mrs. Kathy Brwn PHS Directr f Chirs kabrwn@pulaskischls.rg Lisa Velker Music Bster Treasurer lisa@thevelkers.cm Lisa Evensn Music Bster Secretary levensn819@gmail.cm Glria Mrgan Band Unifrm C-Manager glmrgan56@gmail.cm Rlean Wernicke Band Unifrm C-Manager 27missfit@gmail.cm Michael Velker Cmmunicatins Crdinatr michael@thevelkers.cm Renee Slezewski Publicity Crdinatr renee@letsgetmarried.rg Bill & Debbie Larscheid METFrce Crdinatrs pmbmetfrce@gmail.cm (Debbie) (Bill) Crystal Wagner PHS Clr Guard Advisr lannyecj@gmail.cm Adam LeGrave PHS Drum Line Cach adamlegrave@gmail.cm PCMS Music Department & Music Bsters Mrs. Michelle Henslin 6th Grade Band Directr mahenslin@pulaskischls.rg Mrs. Valerie Spaulding 7th Grade Band Directr vjspaulding@pulaskischls.rg Mr. Tim Kzlvsky 8th Grade Band Directr tfkzlvsky@pulaskischls.rg Mrs. Amy Wright 6th/8th Grade Chral Directr alwright@pulaskischls.rg Open Music Bster President Elizabeth M. Nickel Music Bster Treasurer enickel@neidanatin.rg Bster Website: Subscribe t the newsletter at

7 Music Bster Fundraiser The Music Bsters have Yunkers Cmmunity Days cupn bks fr sale. Bks are $5 and cntain a tn f cupns such as: $10 ff a $10 purchase 30% ff regular and sale price apparel 30% ff regular and sale price shes and much much mre! Fr this event nly cupns can be used n Bnus Buys! Cupns are gd fr Wednesday Nvember 8-11, 2017 at yur lcal Yunkers stre Entire purchase price f $5 will be credited t the Music Bster Student accunt f the student selling the bklets. Please use the belw rder frm t rder bklets. Payment must be received with the rder frm (Make checks ut t Pulaski Music Bsters). All rder frms are due back in the clrful music bx in the band rm alng with payment by Octber 31. Orders may be placed earlier and bklets picked up at Scrip card pick up and befre the marching band perfrmance n Octber 14. Orders placed n Octber 31 will be available fr pick up by the students at the Red Raider Shwcase rehearsal n Nvember 2. Fr yur recrds: Persn Ordering # Bks Ordered Ttal Due Paid? Return with full payment t Bsters t rder Cupn Bks: Student: Ttal # f cupn bks needed: Ttal Due: Paid with? Cash Check (check number: )