New Prairie Music Boosters

BBQ COOK OFF AND BLUE DEBUT

2013-07-26T11:36:00.000-05:00

NEW PRAIRIE MARCHING COUGARS BBQ COOKOFF

AUGUST 9TH, 2013 NPHS FOOTBALL FIELD FOOD STARTS AT 4:30 (CT)

PERFORMANCE STARTS AT 6:00 (CT)

THE MARCHING COUGARS WILL BE PERFORMING A PREVIEW OF THEIR NEW SHOW “LOCOMOTION”

COST $5.00 A PLATE DRINKS AND DESSERTS ARE EXTRA

SO COME OUT AND ENJOY SOME GREAT MUSIC AND SOME GOOD FOOD

Items Discussed at the Music Booster Meeting on July 17th

2013-07-26T11:27:00.003-05:00

Items discussed at the Music Booster meeting on July 17th. * Band Camp snacks and drinks need to be there by lunch, 12:00 to 12:45. The kids can bring them in when they come. * Raffle Tickets were given to the kids in June during parade rehearsals. Anyone that has not received tickets to sell please contact Karen Marciniak 219-778-9649 or marciniakfamily@gmail.com. All proceeds will be used toward the purchase of concert blacks. * Blue Debut and BBQ Cook Off -- FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH -- agenda is attached. Freshmen - 12 oz cups and forks Sophomores -- desserts (prepackaged like a bake sale) Juniors -- desserts (prepackaged like a bake sale) Seniors -- side dishes (such as chips and salads) * Ms Galus is looking for volunteers to do a first aid rotation. The parent would administer basic first aid (band aids/ice packs, etc). Please let Ms Galus know if you are available to help a half day or full day of band camp. * Ms Galus will be housing 5 staff members for the duration of camp. We are asking boosters to donate a meal (lunch/dinner). Cooked, ready to eat would be best. Pizza, pasta, subs, were some suggestions. This can be dropped off any time during band camp to Ms Galus. * In need of FIELD CREW people. People are needed on the Friday morning rehearsal on August 9th to teach them how to move equipment for the Blue Debut performance and competitions. Please send an e-mail if interested to Ms Galus or Karen Marciniak. * Due to our size, we no longer qualify for the Scholastic Class for competitions. We are now in the Open Class competition circuit. This pushes our final competition back to October 19th at Chesterton High School. * Since we are staying for the duration of each competition this year, the kids will need to pack lunches, including a drink, to bring with them. It was recommended that the kids put their lunches in a thermal tote or cooler. If they do not have a tote or cooler than they are to talk with their section leader and/or Ms Galus and the section leader will provide a cooler to use. * Looking for help to paint the tarp for our performance. Looking for people who are available during the days of band camp to paint. Please contact Ms Galus. * DOES ANYONE HAVE A TRAIN OR NAUTICAL BELL THAT CAN BE USED FOR THE PERFORMANCE? PLEASE CONTACT MS GALUS. * There was discussion of having reserved seating for concerts. 50 seats would be available for purchase at an additional $1.00 per seat. It was discussed to try this at the Fall Sampler. Family pricing and early seating was also discussed. More discussion on this at the next meeting. * Handicap Parking for concerts/musical was brought up. The Boosters would like to see Handicap Parking only in the drive/parking spaces along the sidewalk. Mr Strasser said he would speak with Mr Williamson about this. PLEASE ASL YOUR CHILD TO PARK IN THE PARKING LOT AND NOT NEXT TO THE BUILDING FOR CONCERTS/MUSICAL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 6PM IS THE NEXT BOOSTER MEETING PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND

Show Choir Car Wash

2013-07-23T10:51:00.000-05:00

Is your vehicle in dire need of a wash and you just can't seem to find the time? Now is your chance to get it washed and help the Show Choir at the same time! The Show Choir will be holding a car wash at AutoZone in LaPorte this Wednesday, July 24th from 4 to 8 pm. and again this Saturday from 12 - 4 pm. Hope to see you there!

Ms. Galus to direct LaPorte City Band

2013-07-21T12:58:00.000-05:00

The LaPorte City Band will be performing it's next summer concert this Wednesday evening, July 24th, at Fox Park at 7:00 pm. Ms Galus will be directing a march with them, so come on out and show your support for Ms Galus, and for the Arts in general!

Summary of the last Music Booster Meeting

2013-06-27T21:21:00.000-05:00

Hi Everyone, Here is a brief summary of the music booster(MB) meeting from last night: * Jodi Walbring will be treasurer * The MB voted to pay for drum major camp for Jordan and Ashley and percussion clinic for Kris and Brad * The Marching Cougars are in need of at least 20 people to be their field crew. Duties include moving instruments, setting up tarps and backdrops and whatever else is needed. Anyone interested please contact Ms Galus or myself. * Denice Tuholski will be in charge of the concession stand this year. We have 4 home games and need people to work. Please contact Denice to sign up at dtuholski@frontier.com. * A BBQ cook-off will be held August 9th, same day as our Blue Debut. As of now we have Andy Walbring and Dean Tulhoski cooking. We are looking for more people to join them. We will be looking for people to help make side dishes, desserts and bring drinks. Jodi and Denice will be helping to organize this. More details to follow. Mark the date. * Raffle tickets will be going home with students Friday. Prizes this year are-- pair of ND tickets, keurig coffee maker, metal butterfly sculpture and an origami locket. All students are urged to participate, student selling the most tickets will get to throw a pie in Ms G's face. Instructions will be with the tickets. More tickets available when students turn in the stubs and money they have sold. The money made from the raffle will go towards the purchase of concert blacks. * Friday is the last day for parents to submit art work for the t-shirts. * The Haunt at Fischer's last year but a big success. Ms G would like to do it again this year but is looking for someone to take over the planning. She has all the information needed. Please contact her if you are interested. * Snacks and drinks will be needed for Marching Band Camp starting 7/29. We still need someone to supply drinks for 8/3, 8/6 and 8/8. There are 85 band and color guards kids. Ms G would like snacks and drinks to be there at noon. Please contact me to sign up. If getting them is a problem, you can bring them to me and my kids would be more than happy to take them in the morning when they go. * Parade Walkers. Brement parade, July 2, needs 4 more walkers. Walkerton parade, July 3, needs 3 walkers. LaPorte parade, July 4, needs 5 people. If someone would like to take charge of the parade walkers I would appreciate it. Duties would be to make sure coolers are filled with ice & bottled water for after the parades. Filled the round coolers with ice water, have the water bottles and misty sprayers ready to go. Have everything loaded into the wagons and put on the buses. Call the parade walkers to remind them of the time they needed to be there and find replacements if needed. And at the end of the night/day unload the coolers and clean everything up. Please let me know if you are interested in helping with this. ***** Next Music Booster meeting will be July 22nd at 7pm in the choir room. **********

Tiffany Galus selected as quarterfinalist for Grammy Music Educator Award!

2013-06-11T12:46:00.000-05:00

Yes, that's right! Tiffany Galus is up for a GRAMMY! She has been announced as one of the 217 quarterfinalists for the first-ever Grammy Music Educator award. The quarterfinalists were selected from over 30,000 applicants submitted from all 50 states.

The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators (kindergarten – college, public and private schools) who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools.

One recipient will be selected from 10 finalists and will be recognized for his/her remarkable impact on students' lives. The winner will be flown to Los Angeles to accept the award, attend the GRAMMY Awards ceremony and receive a $10,000 honorarium. The nine finalists will receive a $1,000 honorarium and the schools of all 10 finalists will receive matching grants.

Read more about it at the links below:
South Bend Tribune
Grammy website

Good luck, Ms Galus! Say hello to Gotye for us!

Coming Soon! Updates to the Summer Schedules

2013-05-16T17:51:00.001-05:00

Hello - The year is nearly over and we are looking forward to a busy summer. Stay tuned for tutorials on adding the band and choir calendars to your calendar feeds, even on your smart phones!

If you have questions, please email me at katel70@hotmail.com.

Thank you,
Kate Leiter

March 4th Booster Meeting!

2013-03-04T06:07:00.001-06:00

Music Booster Meeting Tonight!

Sorry guys for the short notice.

There will be a Music Booster meeting in the High School Cafeteria tonight at 7:00 PM CST.

We will start discussing needs for the spring and summer. We will also be reviewing what is involved in being an officer for New Prairie Music Boosters. There will be key position that will need to be filled next year.

Please start thinking about where you can help.

Yanok Family Benefit Dinner and Winter Concert

2013-01-10T11:56:00.001-06:00

Benefit Dinner for Yanok Family

and Winter Band Concert

January 16, 2013

There will be a Benefit Dinner for the Yanok family before the Winter Band Concert on January 16, 2013.
The dinner will be 5:30 - 6:15pm CST. There will be a time of dessert after the concert as well.

Donation for the Dinner:

Please bring a dish to share for the dinner and/or a dessert if you are able.
Make a donation. If you are staying for dessert after the concert, you will receive a ticket voucher for the dessert time.
Enjoy a meal with friends.

I have set up a file for people to sign up to help. Please visit Yanok Benefit Signup Page to sign up. You may also call or email me and I will fill in the information.

We will need a few people to help with set up and tear down and a couple of people to staff the ticket tables for the dinner and dessert sessions. I am also looking for one more person to staff the ticket table for the concert.

Please check the Benefit Signup Page for more information.

Thanks!
Kate

Sad news... Sending Out Comfort and Support...

2013-01-02T16:50:00.000-06:00

I have been given permission to share the news that one of the band students has suffered a loss in his family. Brad Yanok, our Junior Drum Major, lost his father this past weekend. Funeral arrangements have been made for Thursday at the Welsheimer Family Funeral Home. The viewing will be from 4-7pm EST with services starting at 7:00pm EST.

For more infomation, here is the link to the South Bend Tribune site listing the details;
Philip M. Yanok.

We express our deep sorrow to the Yanok family in this time of grief.

New Prairie Is Hosting a Sectional!

2012-10-09T13:04:00.003-05:00

Good morning all! I have just found out that New Prairie is hosting a Sectional this year! That means that we have another football game for Concessions!

On October 19, NP will be playing SB Clay here. We will need workers for the concession stand once again! Our band will not be playing at this game, so some of them will be joining us to work. I will still need all the positions filled. It will probably be cold again, but the concession stand is always a warm place to be.

I have put a sign-up sheet on our Google Docs page. You can follow the link on the side, or the one here: Sectional Concession Stand Workers.

The time listed is tentative as I do not yet have a confirmation of 6:30pm kick-off. If the time changes, you will be notified.

Thanks for all your help this year!

Kate Leiter

A PACKED October Is Here!

2012-10-02T13:14:00.001-05:00

Well, hello again! It is hard to believe that it is already October! We have a very busy month here at Music Boosters and for the students at NPHS.

We have several events coming up this month!

LAST HOME GAME - This Friday night! We are still in need of a few people to help in the concession stand. Check out our link to the "Concession Stand Worker Signup" page to see if you are already scheduled. If you are willing to stay the end of the game (or a bit after) to help us close and clean the concession stand, please let me or Kathy Jack know.

BAND COMPETITION - This Saturday, Oct. 6th - NP Marching Cougars will be competing in ISSMA's Festival Class at Jackson Middle School in South Bend. Let's cheer on our band!

FALL SAMPLER - Oct. 24. This year we are featuring all the performing arts departments. Marching Band, Choirs and 8th grade band will perform as usual, but the drama department will also be previewing a few scenes from the fall musical, Footloose.

Tickets for all music department events will be $5 for adults and $4 for students. Preschool children attending with their families are free.

HAUNT! - Fischer Farms is letting NPHS Performing Arts departments hold a haunted corn maze this year. The Haunt will be on Oct. 26 and 27. (The corn maze will be open at other times too. Contact Scott and Becky Fischer for more information.)

So, how is that for a packed October?

Next Music Boosters meeting will be held on Nov. 5th at 7pm. Please come in the doors by the cafeteria on the NORTH side of the school (not the pool doors).

Mr. Strasser has let me know that the Choir website is now live. You can find the link on the side bar of this page.

To top off today's post, I'd like to include IU's video from Band Day when the Marching Band traveled to Bloomington last month.

New Prairie is located on the lower left corner, between the 25 and 30 yard lines.

Remember, if you have any questions or want to help out, you can comment here or email me.

Until next time.

Kate Leiter

New Band Shirt and Hoodie order forms are here!

2012-09-28T09:41:00.001-05:00

We have a new design for a new hoodie, t-shirt or long sleeve t-shirt.

The final t-shirt will not have the date printed on front. There is one line of text on the back of the shirt included in the price.

Hooded sweatshirts $23

Short sleeve t-shirts $13

Long sleeve t's $17

(shirts 2X add $2)

If you do NOT want printing on the back of the shirt, there is a $3 discount.

I hope to have a copy of the order form up on this site soon. Your student should also have a copy of the order form.

Thank you to Karen Marciniak for arranging our t-shirt/hoodie orders!

Kate

Music Boosters Parent Meeting

2012-09-17T11:30:00.000-05:00

Booster Meeting

September 24, 2012 7:00-8:00pm Central Time

High School Cafeteria

Next Monday evening we will be having our first Music Boosters meeting of the year. We will be discussing several upcoming events and issues pertaining to both band and choir.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Kate Leiter

ATTENTION BAND PARENTS: Location for Saturday

2012-09-14T06:32:00.000-05:00

Due to the New Prairie Cross Country Invitational, Drop off location for Saturday's IU Band Day is at Rolling Prairie Elementary.

The school is closing the whole parking lot for the Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Busses will be at Rolling Prairie Elementary on Saturday instead of the high school. Students will need to take all equipment, instruments and uniforms with them Friday night after the game.

If you are not familiar with were Rolling Prairie is, I am including a map and directions.

Directions

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Starting from N 700 E/N Cougar Rd

1	Head north on N 700 E/N Cougar Rdtoward E Grace Ave
2	Take the 1st left onto US-20 W (This is the corner with the flashing light at Cougar Rd and US20.)
3	Take the 1st right onto E Bootjack Rd
4	Turn right onto Wiley Rd
5	Continue onto E Michigan St

Arriving at E Michigan St

Total: 3.2 mi - about 10 mins

View High School to Rolling Prairie Elementary in a larger map

"Thank You"s and Concession Stand Worker Updates...

2012-08-29T16:39:00.001-05:00

Hello Music Boosters!

We are well underway for this school year. Your response to the call for workers in the concession stand has been wonderful! Thank you to all who have signed up to work.

If you have not filled out a Boosters Parent Contact Form, please click the Music Booster Sign Up Form link on the right. This just makes sure that we have your contact info. You will be added to our email list. If you know other parents that do not get updates about our blog posts or other email choir, band or color guard news, please share this with them.

A big thank you goes to Kathy Jack who has volunteered to handle the worker assignments and reminders. Another thank you to Tim and Stephanie Rozinski for coming forward to run the stand during the games. Jodi and Andy Walbring have run the concessions stand for "more years than I care to count". With their son playing varsity this year, we needed another manager in the concession stand. Jodi is still working with us to open and close the stand as well as doing the purchasing.

Please check out the concession signup sheet to the right. This link takes you to a Google Docs Spreadsheet. The first page is just basic info, dates, how many workers needed, and who signed up. Each game then has their own tab. Tabs are located at the bottom of your browser window (at the top if you are viewing on a mobile browser such as iPhone). On the game tab, you will find various positions/ places we need filled. For example, if you really want to take the customer orders, we will put you on a "Window." If you want to come early and help make and bag popcorn, we will place you there. If you don't care, your name will go in the "Where Ever" and we will fill you in where needed during that game. We try to honor requests when possible. Just let me know where to add your name!

You don't always need to work the full game either. We have some that come in early and help us open and some that come at half-time and stay till close. We also need some people that are willing to come in and work during 1/2 time so our band parents can get out to see the show. Just let us know when/what part of the game you would like to work so that we can schedule and make sure the stand is fully staffed the whole game.

Another way to help during the game is to help man the ND Ticket Drawing table. We had a parent donate a pair of tickets to a Notre Dame game. We are selling tickets for $5 each or 3 for $10. The drawing will be held at the last home game. We will be having a few people staff the ticket table. This position will be on the Concession Sign-Up soon.

I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you on Friday night at the football game. As always, you can contact me with questions. You can also comment on any of the posts here on the blog.

Concessions and New Signup Form

2012-08-17T04:29:00.002-05:00

Happy first Friday of the school year! I am excited to see your band students perform the Half-Time show on the field for the first time tonight.

We have had a great response to our Concession Sign ups. Tonight's game is staffed. I am still looking for people for the rest of the season. Please follow the link on the side to see the available dates. Then email me or call me so I can add your name!

If you haven't filled out a sign-up form from Music Boosters, either online or paper, I have updated and streamlined our contact signup form. If you did fill one out, you may have received a paper with the information I have on file already filled in. Please review and return to the school with any revisions. If all information is correct, make a note and return it to me. You can also send any changes or verifications to my email, katel70@hotmail.com.

2012 Booster Contact Signup

See you tonight at the game!

Kate

Parent Informational Meeting!

2012-07-28T17:32:00.000-05:00

Good morning Music Boosters!

Can you believe that school is starting in just 2 weeks? Summer has gone by way too fast. Band has started their practices already and Choir will be starting theirs soon as well.

We have a couple Informational meetings planned here at the beginning of the year. Band will have their first meeting on Monday, July 30 at 7:30 – 8:30 PM. Choir parents are welcome to come as well, but we will be talking about a few things that are Band specific. Choir will be having their Informational meeting in a week or two (date and time not set). We are setting these first meetings up to coincide with the end of practices that students have.

At Monday’s meeting we will start talking about what is planned for this fall. We will be talking about Band Camp, Band Fees, Preview Show and dinner, Fall Concessions, Sponsorship forms and Performance Teams.

I look forward to seeing you then.

Kate Leiter

Marching Practice Snacks for the summer...

2012-06-20T23:17:00.000-05:00

Good Evening! How have your kids done so far at Band Camp? I am hearing reports that "Party Rock Anthem" is sounding great and they are starting to "get" the marching exercise. Students have also received the opener for the show this fall.

After all that work, the kids are ready for a snack and a drinks as they go home. We are still needing parents to provide a drink or a snack for several dates. If you sign up, we are providing for 72 kids this year.

I have been trying to get a spreadsheet that you all can just add your own names to, but Google Docs is not letting that feature work for me today. So I have created a spread sheet with all the dates and spaces for Snacks and Drinks. Those who have already signed up, your last names are filled in with your preferred date. Some of you indicated that we could pick a date for you, you will be getting a call soon to schedule a day.

If you would like to pick a date and help us out, you can email or call me, or you can post a comment to this blog post.

Snack Sign up for Marching Practices

Thank you so much!

Kate Leiter

That doesn't means me, does it?

2012-05-19T18:00:00.002-05:00

As I was looking over the sign up form (see the link at the bottom of this post) I noticed that most of these things apply to band, not choir.

If you are a choir parent, please still complete the form, but do not feel that you need to sign up for the summer activities like Band camp and parades. We use this list as a way to contact parents with important information and when we need help at music related activities.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sign up Form

Sign Up Sheet - Did you get yours?

2012-05-18T08:38:00.000-05:00

We all know how it is. Papers that our kids receive never actually make it to Mom or Dad. Or maybe Mom and Dad got the papers, but didn't fill them out. Or then, did the student take it back in to class and give it to the teacher?

In an effort to bypass the "lost paper" syndrome, Music Boosters has set up an online sign up sheet!

Click the link provided and fill out the form. If you have already filled out and returned a form, there is no need to fill out this form as well.

Sign-up Form

A Summer Band Snack signup sheet should be coming home with your student before the end of the year. You can sign up on that sheet or here online.

Feel free to comment!

Thanks for reading.

New Prairie Music Boosters

What is Music Boosters?

2012-05-18T08:22:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the Music Boosters site for New Prairie High School's Band, Choir and Color Guard.

Did you know that there is a Music Boosters organization at New Prairie High School?

Our goal is to provide opportunities and recognize the students of the music department (choir, band, color guard and twirlers) which are not funded by our school corporation, but are necessary to sustain a high quality program to participating students. Some of those benefits include:

v Help paying for Letter Jackets

v Senior Recognition Dinner

v Drum Major Camp

v Cleaning of Robes and Uniforms

v Annual Recognition Awards

v Swing Choir Camp

v Color Guard Funding

v Musical Instruments for Band

Students and staff work hard for these opportunities and Music Boosters is privileged to provide them. As with the success of any organization, our continued success depends of the participation of parents. If all parents of students in one of our music programs would volunteer just a few hours each school year, our Booster Club will continue to grow and support our students.

Our primary source of revenue is staffing the concession stand during home football games. Staffing is a fun way to develop new friendships while supporting out students. In addition there are several other ways to support our music students and we have enclosed is a listing of them for you to review and reference. We have divided our list of volunteer opportunities to include more parents. The response this past year was very good. Please give serious consideration to volunteering a few hours during the 2012-2013 school year.

Please check the other posts to see how you can help support our students through New Prairie Music Boosters.

Thank you.