Quote of the Week

Music Education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them – a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.

Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States

Quote of the Week

During the Gulf War, the few opportunities I had for relaxation I always listened to music, and it brought me great peace of mind. I have shared my love of music with people throughout this world, while listening to the drums and special instruments of the Far East, Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Far North, and all of this started with the music appreciation course that I was taught in a third-grade elementary class in Princeton, New Jersey. What a tragedy it would be if we lived in a world where music was not taught to children.

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, United States Army

We are looking for volunteers to work at the bake sale held in conjunction with the BBQ.

The shift times for the bake sale are 1st, 2:00 – 3:30 (2 volunteers needed); 2nd, 3:30 – 5:00 (2 volunteers needed) and 3rd, 5:00 – 6:30 (2 volunteers needed.)

We also need 10 more volunteers to work the 3rd shift food line from 5:00 – 7:00.

Please consider taking a shift in order to help us raise funds to help maintain the excellent band programs we enjoy.

If interested, please contact Karen Lemle.

Please help spread the word by printing and distributing the flyer (PDF) to places you frequent – work, church, stores, your hair salon, etc.

You can also put an event or announcement on Facebook (or ask your band student to do it!).

The more people who know about it, the more people who will come!

Thanks for helping!

Here is this week’s newsletter (PDF).  Have a great week!

Quote of the Week

Music is exciting. It is thrilling to be sitting in a group of musicians playing (more or less) the same piece of music. You are part of a great, powerful, vibrant entity. And nothing beats the feeling you get when you’ve practiced a difficult section over and over and finally get it right. (Yes, even on the wood block.) Music is important. It says things your heart can’t say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders, turns smiles into frowns, and vice versa. These observations are shared with a hope: that, when schools cut back on music classes, they really think about what they’re doing – and don’t take music for granted.

Dan Rather, CBS News

This is one of our largest fundraisers of the year. We encourage you to form a team (of 2, 4 or more people) to take care of the trash around the tees, greens, fairways and hospitality areas during the tournament. As a volunteer, you can attend the tournament for free, even when you are not working.

Band parents, students, alumni, relatives, neighbors and anyone interested in helping is welcome to volunteer. We especially welcome junior high and middle school families to volunteer: it is a great way to get involved as a booster. There are approximately 100 volunteer slots to fill.

The tournament is again at Highland Meadows in Sylvania. You can learn more at marathonclassic.com.

It takes place from July 15-21, so our ecology duties run from July 14 (setting up the Sunday before) to July 22 (tearing down the Monday after).

Sign up early to get your preferred shift! Monday through Wednesday enjoy a more relaxed atmosphere and great autograph opportunities. Once tournament play begins on Thursday, the golfers are focused on their jobs and those opportunities aren’t so frequent.

Volunteer sign up: Complete the form

Thanks in advance. Look for more information in the coming weeks.

1) 6th grade band performs for 4th graders (Demo Concert), Monday, May 6th at 9:00am.

• This concert is in the HS auditorium and students will need their blue band T shirt and black pants.
• This concert is during school.
• Brass and Perc. students will need to remember to bring their instr. and music with them to school on that day. Woodwinds should already have their instr. and music for Monday class.

2) ALL band students (both 5th and 6th grade) will be performing at our annual Chicken Barbecue concert on Saturday, May 18th.

• The fifth graders perform at 6pm and the sixth graders perform at 5pm.
• Students need to report to the H.S. one half hour before the performance time.
• Students need to bring their instr., music, and their blue band T shirt and blue jeans for this performance.
• Check the F.T. Band Handbook for grading and attendance policies regarding this concert.
• Your student should have brought a blue form home this week asking for dessert donations. Please fill out and return the bottom portion of this form by May 3rd.

3) We will have a Spring Recital on Wed. May 15th at FT (in the bandroom) for those students who take private lessons.

• This event is only for those students who take private lessons.
• Parents and family are invited at 7pm to our band room for this event. Refreshments are served afterwards.

4) Our Awards night is Tues. May 28 in the FT cafeteria at 6:30pm.

• All band students (5th and 6th grade) who complete the year with the band will receive an award.
• Attendance is highly encouraged but not required. Desserts are served.

Thank you for supporting our band students. Have a good week.

Mr. Giffin

Each individual must re-enroll by May 1, 2103 for the Anthony Wayne Band Boosters to receive the greatest reward possible. Current we have 116 Households enrolled. We have over 575 households with just Parents of Band Students.

We encourage you to invite your friends, family, neighbors, co workers and acquaintance to enroll in the Kroger Community Rewards Program even if they did not participant in the past. Be sure to Ask Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles. How much the Anthony Wayne Band Boosters earns will depend on how much members spend compared to other organizations spending.

Every participating member must have a valid Kroger.com account and a Kroger Plus Card.

Go to krogercommunityrewards.com and type in Anthony Wayne Band Boosters or enter NPO number 84007.

Thank you for participating in the Kroger Community Rewards Program and helping the students in Grades 5 to 12 in the Anthony Wayne Bands. Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Bob Krichbaum

Quote of the Week

Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.

Jim Henson, Television producer and puppeteer

Quote of the Week

Should we not be putting all our emphasis on reading, writing and math? The ‘back-to- basics curricula,’ while it has merit, ignores the most urgent void in our present system – absence of self-discipline. The arts, inspiring – indeed requiring – self-discipline, may be more ‘basic’ to our nation survival than traditional credit courses. Presently, we are spending 29 times more on science than on the arts, and the result so far is worldwide intellectual embarrassment.

Paul Harvey