Sugar Bowl Meeting and...
Before I lose the attention of people whose children are not going to New Orleans, we've had 2 students need to drop out of the trip for pretty serious reasons. Unfortunately we cannot refund them their money or reduce our numbers as everything has already been purchased. If your child was not planning on going but has reconsidered, we are allowed to substitute someone else. Please call or email immediately if you think your child might be interested in taking one of these spots. We also have the same situation with a chaperone and could handle taking one more either male or female chaperone. Please contact me immediately if you are interested.
You would need to let me know by the end of this week if you think you might be interested in one of these spots.
I know there are still many questions about the trip and I think it'd be easiest if we have a meeting for all families/students to attend. That meeting will happen next Thursday, Dec. 20 directly after marching band practice (5pm). I will go over the final itinerary at that time, packing needs and answer any questions you might have at that time.
If possible, please try to send at least one member of your family (or make sure your child can stay) so that someone is there to receive all of the information.
19 days to go...........
Mr. Lundin
Sugar Bowl Trip final payments
Hello Everyone:
We are working hard to try and get final payment amounts out to all students before Thanksgiving. Those amounts will be calculated by the day's end, but students who have band earlier in the day did not receive their payoff amount in class. We will make an announcement for them to come and pick it up later. If your child returns home today without the amount and you need to know over break, you may email Angel Smith at angel.smith@dist428.org to find that information. We will also have the sheets ready to go home on Monday next week, should your child be unable to bring it home today.
The final amount that each traveler will be paying ended up being $882 per person. This includes a number of meals that have been added and the cost of 101 travelers paying for 112 spots on the buses. Those changes account for the slightly elevated cost of the trip (initial estimates were closer to $820 per person). Each student will be receiving $92 from the music boosters and $30 from the various fundraisers that the band has held, meaning that the cost per person is really $760 per person. If your child did no individual fundraising and you have made the $350 deposits requested to date, you would owe us $410 for the trip. The sheets being passed out today will include all deposits and individual fundraising.
In order to give us the time needed to process all of the checks and mail the money to our travel provider, we are asking everyone to return final payments by December 7.
Please feel free to email if you should have any questions.
We will be able to return phone calls next Monday.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving,
Mr. Lundin
IMEA District 8 Jr./Sr. Music Festival
Hello Everyone:
This Saturday DeKalb High School is hosting the IMEA District 8 Jr./Sr. Music Festival. This is one of the largest festivals in the state and will bring almost 1000 musicians together for a day of music making. In order to host such a large event, we need a tremendous amount of help. Areas of need are include set-up on Friday night (from 6pm-approx. 9pm) and for clean-up after the last concert (around 8pm-10pm on Saturday night).
Additionally we will need help with lunches and dinners on Saturday. The Music Boosters will be selling those and all interested volunteers should contact Carol Lee Duffin at duffincl3@yahoo.com.
Finally, we will need helpers throughout the day on Saturday to help with crowd control and traffic flow. If you are willing to help with set-up/clean-up or crowd control please email me as soon as possible.
This is a very prestigious event and DHS is very proud to serve as the host. Please help us put our very best foot forward as a community and join us if you are able.
Thanks in advance for your continued support,
Mr. Lundin
steve.lundin@dist428.org
This Saturday DeKalb High School is hosting the IMEA District 8 Jr./Sr. Music Festival. This is one of the largest festivals in the state and will bring almost 1000 musicians together for a day of music making. In order to host such a large event, we need a tremendous amount of help. Areas of need are include set-up on Friday night (from 6pm-approx. 9pm) and for clean-up after the last concert (around 8pm-10pm on Saturday night).
Additionally we will need help with lunches and dinners on Saturday. The Music Boosters will be selling those and all interested volunteers should contact Carol Lee Duffin at duffincl3@yahoo.com.
Finally, we will need helpers throughout the day on Saturday to help with crowd control and traffic flow. If you are willing to help with set-up/clean-up or crowd control please email me as soon as possible.
This is a very prestigious event and DHS is very proud to serve as the host. Please help us put our very best foot forward as a community and join us if you are able.
Thanks in advance for your continued support,
Mr. Lundin
steve.lundin@dist428.org
Hello Everyone:
I'm emailing today just to clear up a question a few of the students had about tomorrow night's Cajun Kick-Off.
You absolutely may attend if you did not pre-order tickets; you may simply buy tickets at the door. You are of course encouraged to attend (and you may encourage others to attend as well).
The planners have gone through great trouble to ensure an enjoyable evening filled with activities, prizes and some wonderful auction items (and there's even a kid's area). The Jazz Ensemble will be performing some New Orleans themed jazz and the Marching Band will be performing a preview of the music that we will be playing at the Sugar Bowl halftime show. It's sure to be an enjoyable night and a great way to support the DHS band program.
The school will be crowded due to a number of events happening at DHS so there will be overflow parking behind the music wing in the bus parking area opening around 5:30 pm (the dinner starts at 6:00 though).
As always, please let me know if there's anything I can do,
thank you,
Steve Lundin
I'm emailing today just to clear up a question a few of the students had about tomorrow night's Cajun Kick-Off.
You absolutely may attend if you did not pre-order tickets; you may simply buy tickets at the door. You are of course encouraged to attend (and you may encourage others to attend as well).
The planners have gone through great trouble to ensure an enjoyable evening filled with activities, prizes and some wonderful auction items (and there's even a kid's area). The Jazz Ensemble will be performing some New Orleans themed jazz and the Marching Band will be performing a preview of the music that we will be playing at the Sugar Bowl halftime show. It's sure to be an enjoyable night and a great way to support the DHS band program.
The school will be crowded due to a number of events happening at DHS so there will be overflow parking behind the music wing in the bus parking area opening around 5:30 pm (the dinner starts at 6:00 though).
As always, please let me know if there's anything I can do,
thank you,
Steve Lundin
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
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
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
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