The Dragon Blast
August 2022 - New Palestine Music & Performing Arts
In this edition:
- Fall Concessions info and sign up
- COSMOSIS !!
- Fan Angel Fundraiser
- Booster Board Changes
- Student Accounts & Credit Cards
- Laundry & Dish Detergent Order Form
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Important Upcoming Dates
New Palestine Junior High
New Palestine High School
August 15th: Fan Angel Fundraiser begins
August 19th - 4:30-9:30: Football game for marching band students
August 20th - 9am - 5pm: Marching band mini-camp
August 26th - 4:30-9:30: Football game for ALL NPHS and 8th grade band students
August 27th 9am-5pm: Marching band mini-camp
August 27 - PARENTS - Band Barn Cleaning Day: Help needed to spruce up the band barn and prep for this years prop construction and storage. Hoping to have a big dumpster. (more info to follow!)
October 27: Trunk or Treat!! Mark your Calendars! This is a great evening for the program, and the kids/parents LOVE IT.
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Fall Concessions Sign Up
Not only are Fall Concessions a great way to help the band generate funds to grow our program - it's a great way to get involved and begin to put names with the faces that you'll be seeing at Competitions and Performances.
There are over 250 shifts that need filled. We really do need everyone to chip in.
Highlights:
- The Band program keeps 100% of the proceeds of the events we work (up-sell that candy!)
- No experience necessary
- Earn up to $25 per shift to apply to your Student Acct (already paid for this year? Credits roll over into the next season, or even the next school year)
- Open to anyone over the age of 12 (friends, family, neighbors)
- This is our year to run Fall Concessions. Next year it will be athletics turn. Take advantage of these credits now. Next year, the opportunities will be reduced
Got a big family? Sign everyone up to take a big event and earn all your credits in one big swoop!
Click the link above for more details!
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Marching Dragons 2022 show titled Cosmosis.
The show includes special arrangements from The Planets by Gustav Holst! You can plan on hearing familiar melodies like Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune during the show. From a visual standpoint, there will be a very large field tarp and 8 vertical props stationed in various places around the field. It'll be out of this world! ;)
From Mr. C: "As always, these shows are a long work in progress and the bare bones production currently on the field is absolutely nothing like where it will end! So far, we have about 2:00 on the field of a 7:00 total show and the kids are working hard to add more this week."
PRACTICE PEEK - Color Guard Opener
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FAN ANGEL FUNDRAISER
We are hoping to raise enough money with this fundraiser to pay for some big projects - namely:
We need to wrap the Marching Semi with the new branding for our program!
We also need to build new uniform carts for our growing activity!
If you didn't receive the email, please reach out to Mr. Carney to get it sent again.
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NPHS Band Booster Board Changes
In the past month, we have had two changes to the NPHS Band Booster Board:
1. We officially added our new Concessions Coordinator - Season McMillan
2. The previous Community Liaison/Online Coordinator needed to step down due to time constraints. Following a public vote by the Band Boosters during the parent meeting, Alan Ausbrooks (prior Community Liaison/Online Coordinator) has resumed the role and will be filling in for the year.
We're looking forward to keeping the momentum of the program heading in exciting directions!
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A NEW LOOK FOR STUDENT ACCOUNTS
If you are new to the program, you will never know the challenges our previous accounting software created. Understanding a statement was.. well... it was NOT intuitive.
But all that is behind us!! Granted, we may still run into some kinks, but this new software has made the accounting process MUCH easier for everyone. In addition, we now have the ability - as many of you have already taken advantage of - to process credit / debit card, as well as Apple Pay.
If you ever have any questions about your student account (dues that are owed, credits earned, payments applied) please don't hesitate to reach our to our Student Accounts Coordinator - Brandi.
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FUNDRAISER: Laundry, dishsoap, and trashbags
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DAD JOKE!!
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Pages & Links for New Palestine Performing Arts
HIGH SCHOOL | JUNIOR HIGHJr High Music Twitter Page CLICK HERE | INTERMEDIATEIntermediate Unified Arts Facebook |
