Final Competition

Hello Everyone:

As I'm sure you're aware, Saturday is our final competition.  As usual, we would like to have some volunteers help move equipment.  If you would like to ride the bus with us, please let me know as I kind of think there might be more of you interested in doing that than normal.  If you'd like to meet us there, that's great too, please just let me know.

Also, for people who are planning on driving down, I'm wondering if someone might be willing to stay for the awards ceremony.  We have decided to bring the band home after our performance so that we can actually get home on Saturday (hopefully).  Awards will not end until about 10:00 pm for those of you who might consider staying.  You'd likely still be able to arrive home close to when the busses do, given the travel time of the buses. 

Music Boosters still needs volunteers to help provide lunch to CRMS, HMS, and DHS band members at the end of the Pumpkin Parade! Volunteers will meet at Southeast School in Sycamore at 11:00, and preparations will be done in time for you to watch the parade. Then you will return to the school to help serve. Please notify Carol Lee Duffin at duffincl3@yahoo.com or 815-754-1479 if you can help.

Lastly, pep band games have been added to the calendar.  For those of you who are new to this, students are assigned to one of two bands.  They are then required to attend all but 2 of the games for that band (they can miss any 2 without penalty).  They may also makeup games as well if needed.  One band will mostly play on Tuesday nights and one band will mostly play on weekends.  Our schedule is relatively light this year and the weekend band will actually have to play 3 Tuesdays, because there are many more weekday games this year.  If your child has a preference on which band they should be in, please make sure they know this by next week when I start placing students into pep bands.

Thanks everyone for your continued support (and thankfully we're almost done with the busiest part of the season).

Mr. Lundin

Y'all Come to the Cajun Kick-Off

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Today's the day!

Hello everyone:

I'm sending this email because I'd received a few requests regarding how to complete the online registration for students coming to New Orleans with us. Simply visit www.worldstridesheritageperformance.org and click on the register tab. Our group code is 76931. Everything after that should be pretty self explanatory.

Also, fundraising sales and trip deposits are due today. If your child forgot to bring their stuff to school, please remind them to bring it to Marching Band this evening.

Additionally, we're still desperately in the need of volunteers to help us on Sunday. Please let me know if you're able to join us.

Finally, I had to make changes to the marching band practice schedule next week. We were set to begin after school practices, but with the choir and orchestra concerts and one more competition, we've decided to rehearse on one more Wednesday evening and then Friday after school. The online calendar now reflects this change. I'm terribly sorry about the late notice. We will begin rehearsing after school on October 29.

Thank you,

Mr. Lundin

Upcoming Deadlines

Hello Everyone:

This is just a reminder that we have a couple of deadlines coming up for marching band events.  This Friday, October 19, is the last day to turn in orders for the Great American Fundraiser.  It is also the same day that second deposits are due for the Sugar Bowl trip.  Additionally students have been asked to sign up for hotel rooms for the trip.  While they can sign up here at school, I cannot complete the hotel booking process until everyone has also completed heritage's online registration.  If your child has not done that, please ask them to do so as soon as possible.

Also, this evening a number of pep band students will be performing at Noodles and Co. before tonight's practice.  Noodles is kicking off some new menu choices and is having bands play at their store locations all over the US today.  We will receive a portion of the profits from all sales of the new menu items.  So if you're looking for something to do for dinner tonight, please consider supporting a company that has been very generous to our band program.

Finally, we have another marching competition this Sunday.  We are performing at 7 pm at Sandwich High School.  This will be the closest location for us in a competitive setting if you're interested in seeing the band in a more band-centric performance setting.  We are of course in need of volunteers to help move equipment on Sunday.  Please feel free to email if you are able to help.

Thank you as always for your help,

Mr. Lundin

Congratulations to IMEA District 8 Qualifiers

The following students won auditions to be accepted into IMEA District VIII Festivals. The listing order is the same as they appear on the festival acceptance sheet. There is no implication of seating at this point.

IMEA District Band, hosted at DHS on Nov. 17:
Matt Eaton, Sean Holly, Allison Hunter-Rosene, Misha Ryhzov, Michael Verbic, Adam Weiss, Caleb Weiss, Samantha Click, Taylor Ihm, Saavana Robles, Spencer Zick


IMEA District II/VIII Orchestra, also at DHS on Nov. 17:
Evan Taylor, Isaac Hietanen, Emily Johnson


IMEA District Jazz Festival, hosted at Rochelle HS on Nov. 10:
Angelo Barone, Marshon Campbell, Nelle Conley, Ian Dougen, Merrick Haji Sheikh, Sean Holly, Ben Smelser, Owen Smith, DeQuan Webb, Spencer Zick



Congrats to everyone who auditioned. You're all better players today than when you began this process whether you were accepted or not. Keep up the hard work!

Volunteers Needed

Hello everyone:

I'm emailing because we are in need of volunteers for a few upcoming events. This weekend we could use a couple of adults to help move gear at the competition on Sunday. We like to have about 3-6 extra adults at all of the competitions to help with the pit and guard equipment. You are welcome to ride the bus with us as well. This is something we need at all of our competitions, so even if you can't come this time, please consider helping another time. If you are interested, please contact me via email.

Today in class, students received the Great American catalog fundraiser. All profits that students take in from this particular fundraiser go to help the student who sold those items directly. It's a great way for students to lower the cost of this trip.

Additionally, the music boosters are planning a large fundraiser for the New Orleans trip. I'm attaching a form seeking volunteers to help with that event as well.

The music boosters fundraiser will include a dinner and solicitation of donations. Ticket/ donation forms for that event will be sent him with students shortly. We will need everyone to mail those letters to anyone you think might be willing to support the band. Donations can be a major source of funding for events such as these and when lots of people give just a little, we can really do some wonderful things for our students.

Finally, for those of you interested in attending the competition on Sunday, the following information has been provided by Marengo:

The address of Marengo High School is 110 Franks Road. I do not recommend using Mapquest or Google Maps because they have a habit of telling you to drive to the wrong street.


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