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2007 CNE Marching Band NEWS!
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C.N.E. Marching Rockets Newsletter Click for larger Version for printing Click here for band Pictures Notes from Mr. Moore: The Final Trip Payment for the band trip to Virginia is past due. $386 is the total cost of the trip. March 4th 7:30 PM, Tuesday Band Concert with Anderson Community Band Students need to be at CNE High School at 7:00. Dress is nice clothes-no jeans-no tennis shoes. March 6th, Thursday Originally scheduled band practice for this day after school will no longer be held. March 7th, Friday. (OMEA originally planned for Friday has been moved to Saturday.) March 8th, Saturday. OMEA Band Contest-This is the first time that I have been denied a schedule request. I apologize for any inconveniences. Parents are welcome to attend. We have been working really hard to prepare for this. Students arrive at CNE HS at 10:00AM-change into uniforms. BLACK SOCKS! 10:15AM Depart CNE HS 12:45-Perform at Harrison Performing Arts Center-No Photos/Video/Audio Recording. 1:15-Sightreading-Students and director only. We will wait for our rating. There are concessions available. 3:30-arrive back at CNE HS Work is in progress for the Band Boosters to go ahead with the making of a CNE district wide calendar. The profits will go to the band. The CNE Athletic Department will be hosting a spaghetti dinner on May 16th, 2008 at 6:00 in the high school. This will be a fundraising event to help raise money for the renovation of the football/track/soccer stadium. This will be a reverse raffle and most everyone will leave with at least a door prize. Tickets are $100 dollars a piece and are good for TWO admissions into the dinner. However, if more people (ex. 5) want to go in on a ticket that is fine, it is still only good for two admissions but they can split the money. $12,000 dollars in cash will be given out that night, with the Grand prize being $7,000 (that is if all 300 tickets are sold, if we only sell 240 or something like that then we will pro-rate the prize money to 40% of the money taken in). That's a 1 in 300 chance of walking out with the grand prize or of walking out with some smaller cash prizes such as; $2,000, $1,000, $500, or $100 If you or anyone you know would like a ticket to this event please contact one of the following individuals: Jason Tackett 625-1211 ext. 115 Charlie Tackett 937-213-6814 Jason Kreimer 625-1211 ext. 156 Georgia Snider 625-1211 ext. 110 Kelly Teaney 625-1211 ext. 127 Your support in this event as the staff of Clermont Northeastern will be greatly appreciated Sincerely, Homecoming Game Highlights. The band did an absolutely spectacular job on the routine at Fridayâ€™s Homecoming game. This was a brand new routine, performed for the first time for Homecoming and it looked great. The students performed at the school for the pep-rally, then marched in the parade, then did the game and post show. Give them a hi-five for an exhausting but fun day! (And on top of that, we had our first win of the season!) We had several parents help sell at the bake sale table. Thanks! There were about the same amount of items donated as at other games. But many who brought items brought more than usual. (I know of someone who brought 4 batches of brownies!) Everything sold. The last few items sold during the last 2 minutes when everything was half-price. Whoever normally brings rice krispie bars, they were missed(!) -no one else brought any, so we had disappointed customers! The no-bake cookies are always asked for, too. Band Gear Orders The students were given order forms for Band Hoodies, tour t-shirts, and band booster pullovers. (These are optional clothing items.) Mr. Moore needs those orders in by Monday, Oct. 8^th. The band does not make a profit on these items. Wilmington College Football Game The band will perform the afternoon of October 27^th, 2007 at halftime. We have been given tickets to sell. They are $5 for adults (and, I think $3 for students). The great part about this is we get to keep all of the money we earn from these tickets. So if you havenâ€™t had a chance to watch the band in another setting, you can buy the tickets here and all of the money goes back to the band. Mr. Moore has the tickets. Band Banquet Tuesday, October 30^th at the Owensville United Methodist Church on Route 50. We hashed over several Tuesdays in Oct. and Nov. for the Banquet. The final date was set for Tuesday, October 30^th, 2007. We also discussed if we had enough volunteers to set-up, cook, and clean if we had it in the High School Gym. The answer was no, so we looked at renting a place and having it catered. The caterer that was used last year worked well, and the United Methodist Church on Route 50 rents space that we will use. Cost per ticket will be determined – probably around $13 per person. Varsity Show November 1^st is the Varsity Show. Band members will perform in the High School Gym. Parents, plan to come and watch your kids perform! We will need people to work the merchandise table. We will be selling tour t-shirts, band CDs, and other band items. Upcoming Parade Performances November 11^th. Batavia Veterans Day Parade November 15^th. Miami Township Christmas Parade (They pay us to participate in this one!) Band Concert 3^rd Trimester The Band Concert scheduled for early spring is one week into the 3^rd trimester. This drastically affects the students who will not be taking band the 3^rd trimester. Mr. Moore hopes to work with the students this will affect, since they will be working hard toward the program but not be in band when it is performed. Uniform Capes Nowhere on the band uniform does the name Rockets or CNE show up. Adding capes with that info was discussed. Cost estimates have been about $60 per cape. Money Matters The budget Mr. Moore gets consists of the $100 band fee students must pay each year. Anything else we need, we must earn. The fees help pay for some of the instrument repairs, replacement parts, some extra gloves, and some years it can cover a few pairs of band shoes. Itâ€™s not enough to cover all uniform parts or other needs. That money we get from fundraisers and working the Pumpkin Run. (We earn between $2500 - $3000 working the Pumpkin Run.) Color Guard In past years the Color Guardâ€™s budget was separate from the bandâ€™s. This year it is all in one pot. So the earnings the color guard parents make at the Pumpkin Run will all be put together with the earnings from the band. The flags and uniforms needed by the color guard are now a part of the bandâ€™s financial statement. Candy Sales A new regulation concerning non-nutritious food in school buildings may change the bandâ€™s ability to do candy sales. (Many times another student will buy the candy from a band member while at school. This is in conflict with the new regulation.) Possible Fund Raisers Raffle off a personal performance by the band â€“ winner chooses where band performs (Mr. Moore OKâ€™s the place). Raffle baskets – during Concert by the Lake in the spring; at holiday concert Band Trips Each year the band has taken a long distance trip. Mr. Moore has noticed that each successive year the attendance for these trips has gone down. Some reasons are: – students in both choir and band have to decide which trip they will go on, since the choir also plans a trip, and most cannot go on both. – Each year it costs a lot for the student to go, and doing it each year is too costly for many students. Mr. Moore is considering doing a shorter trip this year, then a longer one next year and alternating each year. His goal for next yearâ€™s trip is to Florida. The band would travel by bus, spend the night in Georgia, performing somewhere that evening, then travel to Disney World, where they would perform and enjoy the park. Tentative cost per student would be in the neighborhood of $700. Booster meeting location Someone asked why we are no longer doing the Booster meetings during the 3^rd quarter of the game. The way the security system is arranged in the building makes it a challenge to keep parents who are in the band room for a meeting out of areas of the school that the security system is still set on alarm mode. Mr. Moore found that he usually was able to stay for about 5 minutes of the meeting before something would come up and he would have to leave the meeting. Too many things couldnâ€™t be discussed with him gone. Basketball Season The band will again be playing for basketball games. Mr. Moore will divide the band into a Blue Team and a Gold Team. Band members are required to play when their Team is scheduled. This should be 5 games plus 1 floor show game where both teams will play together. Students can use a substitute that must be okâ€™d by Mr. Moore. The band will not have Thursday practices during basketball season. Christmas Music The idea was brought up to have any band members who would like to volunteer to perform for some special Christmas outings. Possible locations were Sem Villa in Milford, Children's Hospital, Clermont Nursing home on Route 28. This would have to be a volunteer event and coordinated by a parent or parents. We are asking that all students bring in 48 bottles of water to use throughout the season. We are running low from the high heat. Please drop off water at the band room after practice or before games. - Mr. Moore News Band Website Contact Information Chris Moore, Director Band Office Phone: 685.1396 Email: Moore_C@cneschools.org

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