5/1/2022
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Important Dates
- Intermediate Band/Concert Band/Jazz Band Spring Concert – May 5, 7:00 p.m. Instruction Sheet
- Symphonic Band Spring Concert – May 6, 7:00 p.m. Instruction Sheet
- Field Trip to Carowinds – May 7 Instruction Sheet
- Barbecue Fundraiser – May 14, 11:00-2:00
- Next Bands Club Meeting – May 24, 7:00 p.m.
Announcements
Spring Concerts
We need volunteers to help with receptions after both concerts. Please sign up to help where you can!
- Thursday, May 5 – Intermediate Band, Concert Band, and Jazz Band perform. Sign up to help HERE. We are also looking for somebody to take pictures at this concert. Please let Susan Davis (suebee70@outlook.com) know if you can help.
- Friday, May 6 – Symphonic Band performs. Sign up to help HERE
Barbecue Fundraiser
Please pre-order tickets for your family and friends here! We need to have an idea of how much food to prepare. Please share this LRHS Band BBQ flier with all of your local friends and family! Spread the word so we can raise money for the LRHS Bands!
Symphonic, Intermediate, Concert Bands Carowinds trip – May 7
Music in the Parks Competition @ Carowinds
- Date: Saturday, May 7
- Cost: Students: $170 Chaperones: $80 Full payment was due March 15
- What’s included: Food during the day, park admission, and transportation.
Itinerary
- 6:00am-6:20am
- 9:30am
- 10am-12:00pm
- 12:45pm
- TBD
- 10:00 pm
- 12:45 am
- Board buses
- Arrive at South Point High School
- Bands warm up & compete
- Arrive Carowinds
- Awards Ceremony @ Carowinds
- Board buses
- Arrive LRHS
Questions?
Symphonic Band – Ann Longrie – ann.longrie@icloud.com
Concert Band – Leslie Mason – mason_leslie@yahoo.com
Intermediate Band – Mary Eliza McRae – mountaingirl88@gmail.com
Easy ways to help the LRHS Band!!
Help the General Bands Fund
Use Amazon Smile when ordering items from Amazon
- Use this unique link to get you started https://smile.amazon.com/ch/561884114
- Already an Amazon user? Just go to smile.amazon.com, then sign in using your Amazon username and password. You may be prompted to choose a charitable organization. Search and select Leesville Road High School Bands Club. Each time you sign in to smile.amazon.com, our organizations should be at the top left corner of the webpage. Supporting: Leesville Road High School Bands Club.
- If you need to change your choice to LRHS Bands Club, just sign in to smile.amazon.com, then click on ‘Your Account’ at the top right side and Scroll down to Change your Charity. Search and select: Leesville Road High School Bands Club.
Get money for your student’s band account
See this flyer for our magazine fundraiser. Create an account, send out the information to your friends and family, order a subscription (or more) and 90% of the profit will be put directly into your student’s band account each quarter (10% will go towards the General Bands Club).
Need to go grocery shopping at Food Lion or Lowe’s Foods? Why not get a gift card to pay for your groceries? Susan Davis (suebee70@outlook.com ) has a supply of gift cards in different amounts that you can purchase. For Food Lion 4.85% of the card purchase price will go to your student’s band account. For Lowe’s Foods 5.82% of the card purchase price will go to your student’s band account.