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1 Illinois Valley Central High School Band Boosters 1300 W. Sycamore St Chillicothe, Il / Dan Dietrich, Director of Bands Matt Chapman, Mossville Director Kim Tegg, CEC Director Leo Vandervlugt, Booster President Sue Hartley, Vice President April Newsletter Please read this Parents!!! Most of your questions regarding the IVC Band Program will be answered below!!! IVC Band Booster s Meeting Next Booster gatherings will be at the Dinner/Concert on Wednesday, May 5 th and Awards night the following Monday, May 10 th. The Booster Board will have a couple organizational meetings for the coming year over the summer, so the next general meeting will be announced for sometime in August. 615 W Truitt Ave, Chillicothe (309) Willis Electric Inc. Commercial - Industrial - Residential 24 Hour Service - Licensed P.O. Box 545 (309) Fax: (309) the following IVC students for being selected as members of the 25 th Annual Bradley Honor Band: Rebekah Durig, Cassidy Losey & Tyler Sutton They will perform Tuesday evening, April 27, on the Bradley Campus, under the direction of renowned band composer/ conductor Samuel Hazo. Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Including Daily Specials, Greek Cuisine GRECIAN And the Best Steaks & Prime Rib From Peoria to Chicago 304 Plaza Drive (309) Page 1 Tuesday thru Sunday 6:30AM 8:00 PM Friday and Saturday until 9:00 PM GARDENS Closed Monday Carryout available

2 NCIC Results Special thanks go out to ALL the parents that helped in some fashion at this event, especially to Michelle Fritz for organizing the meal. The other schools were very impressed with our organization, facilities and support. It was an honor for IVC to host the last large NCIC festival. Next year only 5 or 6 of the smaller schools will be involved as the larger schools are leaving the NCIC to form another conference. Foundation Jazz Night Thanks to Becky Pence for organizing the food service at this wonderful evening of Jazz and thanks to the IVC Educational Foundation for once again supporting this event. The music was hot, the crowd large, and our guest soloist, IVC alum, Nathan Heffron was amazing. AND once again thanks for IVC alum, Jim Burnham for attending and making his annual donation of $1000 to our camp scholarship fund in memory of his high school director, Robert Allan. IHSA Organizational Contest Results IVC was represented by SEVEN performance groups at IHSA State Music Contest in Tremont on April 16 th. All the groups performed very well, however the IHSA has changed the scoring system to include 1/10 s of point now making it much more difficult to get a Division I rating. Therefore only the school s top groups, the Wind Ensemble and Chorale, received Superior ratings. M il River Valley Second Chances LLC New & Hand Crafted Dan Sarver Margi Carlson FAX es Bannister Brianne Daly Nicole iardina Aubrey Marquardt Hannah Morris Megan Otto Leah Ramseyer State Farm Insurance Scott Thulean 404 N. Fourth St. Chillicothe IL, Village Eye Care 937 N. Second Street Lori Sarver, O.D. (309) Page 2

3 Trivia Night Special thanks go out to ALL the parents that helped in some fashion at this event. Trivia Night was a BLAST!!!! OK, just picture this, Matt Chapman in black spandex pants and a white sleeveless tux shirt. That is what you missed if you didn t come to the Trivia night. OR our wonderful Booster President, Leo Vandervlugt, as one of those Wild and Crazy Czech Brothers. A GREAT time was had by all and the only question of the night was WHERE WERE YOU!!!!! Thanks to the Darryl and Beth Durig and Scott Lawson for setting this up. Peoria Area Conductor Visits IVC Maestro Brett Mitchell, currently of Houston, spent an afternoon working with the IVC Wind Ensemble as part of his audition process for the position of Conductor of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra. Very Special thanks to Becky Pence for setting this up and it was an amazing experience for all. The kids had a great time and the Maestro worked his magic making our contest selection sound even more amazing!! Camp Scholarships Available We have quite a bit of money to use on summer music camp scholarships. We have the aforementioned donations from jazz night plus funds from others sources if kids are interested. Get signed up soon before enrollments close. Check with Mr. D for camp suggestions. Robb Hulsizer 300 W. Pine St., Suite 1 Chillicothe, IL Phone (309) Fax (309) chc@omnilec.com 310 N. 4th St. Chillicothe, IL Katie Shaw Tyler Sutton Abby Velazquez Sarah White taci Buster Rebekah Durig The weekly hometown newspaper read around the world N. Second St., Chillicothe

4 Tom and Ann Geiger 307 W. Walnut Pet Dept Plumbing - Electrical Paint Hardware Reny Brothers Roofing Matt G. Reny & Erik Q. Reny Licensed ( ) and Insured Free Estimates Tear offs Modified Bitumen Shingles Single Ply Call: (309) Pork Chop Dinner & Spring Concert Event Chairs, Pam Orton, and Mary Totten are seeking workers and donations for the Pork Chop Dinner fund-raiser, May 5 th. Please call Pam or Mary and offer some help. Tickets are out so if you can t help at the event at least get out and sell your quota of tickets. The Concert starts at 7:30 PM. Concert Band students need to report early enough to be in uniform and ready to warm up at 6:45 PM in the band room. Wind Ensemble members need to be in uniform ready to warm up in the Choir Room at 7:15 PM. This will be the seniors final performance at IVC so lets all get out and enjoy a great concert North State St P.O. Box 199 Mossville, IL Phone: Fax: Sales - Service Installation Band Awards Night May 10th at 7:00 PM, with set up starting at 6:30 PM. Every student will be acknowledged for their contributions to this fine program. Senior Awards will be presented as well as other highlights of our year. It is a Dessert night, so do bring a sweet to share. Award Policy: I want to remind parents and students of our award policy. All first year band members will receive the First Year Certificate. Band students with 4 semesters or Guard members with three seasons earn the Band letter. Band members with 6 semesters or Guard members with two seasons earn their special pins and Band members with 8 semesters and guard members with 4 seasons receive a senior plaque unless they were also previously in the band and decided to not perform second semester. We will acknowledge all Seniors in attendance at the Awards banquet and I will do my usual chitchat about each one, but only those that qualify will receive a plaque. Continued... Gary Crull Plumbing 530 N. Bradley Avenue (309) Page 4

5 Authentic Mexican Restaurant Two Locations: Chillicothe Washington Daily Food and Drink Specials All you can eat Lunch Buffet $6.49 Open for Lunch and Dinner Dine In and Carry Out available Find the Latest Band Graduation Band All Non-Senior Band members need to report by 1:15 PM on Sunday, May 23rd and they will be done shortly after 3:00 PM. This is a graded event and a required performance and our LAST ONE!!! Students need to dress comfortably but appropriately for this service, NO SHORTS. Freshmen & New Student Orientation Meeting April 27, 6:00 PM in the Band room (South Side - Entrance 25). Very Important information regarding the logistics of this program is run. Mini Camp May 25, 26, 27, at the IVC Band room 6:00-8:00 PM.. Students need to bring their instruments and 2010 show folder/music. We begin at 6:00 PM, not 6:05 PM. If you need a school owned instrument, you will need to come to the band room at 5:30 PM on Tuesday the 25th. Drum line and color guard are expected to also show up. Claud-Elen Days Parade June 12, 2010 Parade begins at 2:00 PM. We will meet at Pearce CC under the street sign at 1:30 PM. The band room will be open at 12:30 PM. for those that need to get their instrument. We will be wearing parade shirts and black or blue jean shorts and proper sneakers (no flip flops please). Summer Lesson Sign-Ups Summer lesson sign-ups are mailed. Participation in this program huge for our program's success. All winds are highly encouraged to attend these lessons! 322 Plaza Park Dr. (309) Page 5

6 Complete Dry Cleaning including Wedding Dresses, Leather & Shirt Service Drop Off & Self Service EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS Mike Denzer 823 N. Fourth St. (309) Insurance & Financial Services Cameron Parr, Agent 213 W. Walnut St Buy Kroger Gift Cards Pay for all students band bills without any money from your wallet. Gift cards available at Mediacom, High 5 Sports Cornerstore Video 420 N. Fourth Chillicothe, IL (309) We cater to Tape Worms Mon. - Sat. Sun. Open: 7 am - 8 pm 10 am - 8 pm 706 4th St., Chillicothe, IL (Across from Pizza Hut) Notes From Mr. D Wow, I can t believe I am writing this for the last time!!! Way back in the early 1980 s, the Booster President, Jerry Constantino and I started this newsletter. It started out as a two page dot matrix printed monthly blurb keeping band parents informed of the growing activities of a growing band program. A few years later we added advertisements, graphics and logos. Then came the webpage which just recently took this document to its current electronic stage. I have written quite of few of these notes in 30 years and I am pleased to recall that most were positive, upbeat, highlighting the great accomplishments of all the great people associated with the IVC Band. If someone would have told me 33 years ago when I started out that this career would offer so many amazing and wonderful experiences, incredible performances and amazing people, I would never have believed them. Through the efforts of many, we have taken this band from our Nation s Capitol to Pearl Harbor, Winnipeg, Canada to Orlando and so many numerous spots in between. We have brought home 12 state marching band championships, finished Second nationally one year and at one time was one of the most feared marching bands in the Midwest. Our Jazz Bands set the standard for central Illinois and placed more students in All State Jazz Bands that anyone else in the Peoria area. The band room walls are literally covered with trophies and plaques honoring the accomplishments of our kids. Students from IVC have gone on to perform in collegiate ensembles all over the country, some are now performing professionally, some composing, some teaching, but all have gained a love of music through this program. The IVC Band program has supervised nearly 40 student teachers since 1981 and unfortunately some of those kids are now our main competitors!!!! To be a part of all this has been an amazing experience for me and one that I will treasure forever. When I first hired on at IVC, one former band member told me about the rich heritage of this program starting with Bob Allan back in the 50 s. He impressed upon me that Chillicothe was a Band town and that I had better be ready to maintain the rich traditions. Continued Off Route 29 Corner of Washington & River Beach Road, Rome, IL Phone: Dine In or Call for Carryout Call for Private Parties Daily Pizza Special: Order a 16 pizza and get a 12 for $4.99 During The Month of October - A pitcher of soda for $.99 with any purchase Page 6

7 Summitt Photography Bob Summitt, Owner 424 Edward St Henry, IL (309) Pretty scary stuff for a rookie to hear!!! Since that time I have always considered myself a temporary custodian of this program. This is the IVC band, not the Dan Dietrich Band. This is a community program, one that everyone should be very proud. I will always consider the day I was hired as one of the luckiest of my life. Thanks so much to the Board and Administration for making Music an important aspect of student life at IVC. To individually mention and thank all the people who have helped me over the past 30 years would take too long and I would likely leave out someone important. Simply put, you know who you are and thanks for helping make this band great. Thanks for putting in the time selling tickets, citrus, pizzas, bulbs and other fund raising efforts so these kids could have amazing, life changing experiences. Thanks for being chaperones, sewing, building moveable mountains and air cannons, truck driving, and thanks for your kind words of support and guidance through the years. Most of all thank you for allowing me to share in the guidance and upbringing of your children. Getting to know so many great kids over the years has been a true blessing. I do need to acknowledge my three Band Moms and sadly two are no longer with us. Pam, Charity and Gail you will never know how much you have meant to all these kids, this program, and to me. Thanks to all the great bus drivers, custodians, cooks that do so much for our kids. I should also thank my colleagues with the IVC band over the years. Rich Sparks, Jerry Orrison, Rex Benson, Dave Kinney, Sarah Nudd, John Larson, Kim Tegg, and Matt Chapman have all made major contributions to the success of this program in the past 30+ years. We share in its great legacy. Finally, thanks to my lovely wife, Christine and children, Abby and Alex. Being married to another band director certainly has its advantages as we both understand the time and commitment required of our gigs. It s also been great sharing stories about our schools, kids and literally making beautiful music together on many occasions. Some of my proudest moments at IVC were when Abby was in school and it really was ONE OF MY KIDS performing. It is too bad that Alex was not able to attend IVC as I know he would have been able to contribute to the recent legend of football here. I could on forever with the memories and thanks. Thirty years of great times, thirty years of great kids, thirty years of wonderful music and wonder experiences. Best of luck to Matt Chapman as he becomes the next custodian and adds his name to the list of Allan, McCutcheon, Cosmano, York, Sparks, and Dietrich. Mr D. Chillicothe Times-Bulletin Chillicothe s Choice Since N. Fourth St., Chillicothe Office Hours: 9 a.m.--5 p.m. Thurs W. Maple Galena Road Gravel, Inc E. Truitt Avenue P.O. Box Rich Lucas-General Manager Kenna Wagenbach-Office Manager Go Ghosts! Signature HomeStyles Ideas for Everyday Living!! Janet Johnson Senior Representative Admiral Dr, Chillicothe, IL Cell: homeideajj@mchsi.com Page 7

8 Find the Latest Band Notes From Mr. C Congratulations Dan on an amazing career that has impacted so many people from this town, central Illinois area and our state. It is amazing to me that Mr. D is retiring from IVC. We have been great friends and a wonderful team for the past 20 years. Dan has been an amazing mentor and I have learned a great deal from him. Having him around to answer the tough questions, understanding the "ins" and "outs" of this program and being a giant in the Illinois band world has been the best teaching experience I have ever had over the years. I hope I can live up to the tremendous legacy this program has offered the young men and women of the IVC district. I hope that he can't stay away and comes out to see how things are going because he is always welcome! The IVC students, faculty and band family wish you all the best and want to say congratulations on an amazing run. Mr. C Post N Santa Fe Ave Our mission is to "honor the dead by helping the living" through veterans' service, community service, national security and a strong national defense. Page 8

9 Spring Semester Fundraising Events Fundraising The REALLY good news is that we completed four non-budgeted fund raisers this semester that have all gone pretty well and that have helped make up for losses in first semester. Talent Night, NCIC, Foundation Jazz Night and the Trivia Night combined added about $3200 to our treasury. Thanks again to the parents and students that contributed to these success stories North River Beach Drive ph: fax: Buy Kohl s Gift Cards Kroger Gift Cards This is ongoing and in spite of the company dropping the percentage to 3%, we still have a good amount of families building their band accounts by shopping at Krogers. Last month the Boosters made $ Still don t understand?? Come to the next meeting and learn how to earn FREE MONEY!!! Three Sisters Park: Summer Camp AND Balloon Fest Be ready to make some major bucks Memorial Day weekend parking cars for the 10 th Annual Summer Camp. Last year we made around $8000 in four days!!! We have done such a great job in the past that we have been asked to park cars for the new Hot Air Balloon Festival coming to Three Sisters in July!!! Earn 4% for your Student s Acct $25, $50 $ 100 Denominations For More Info: Contact Avis Sutton High-5 714C N. Fourth Street (309) Your school spirit headquarters for all athletic equipment, uniforms, and screen printing. Gary W. Sutton, Architect AIA, ALA, CSI ILLINOIS LICENSED ARCHITECT REGISTRATION NUMBER N. WAYNE RD. PHONE: (309) POST OFFICE BOX 44 FAX: (309) CHILLICOTHE, IL ARCHITECT@GWSUTTON.COM A-PLUS AUTOBODY, INC. FOR ALL YOUR AUTOBODY NEEDS Out of Pocket & Insurance Repairs Loaner Cars Available Spray-On Truck Bed Liners 5610 Knox St PO Box 502 Rome, IL Tim Krause Page 9 (309) In Business For Over 20 Years

10 IVC High School Music Department Remaining Band Calendar 13 Band Booster Meeting April 16 IHSA State Band/Choir Tremont HS 27 Freshman/New Student Orientation Meeting 05 Spring Band Concert & Pork Chop Dinner 10 Awards night 23 Graduation Performance May 25 Mini-Camp for Band Season 26 Mini-Camp for Band Season 27 Mini-Camp for Band Season June 12 Claud Elen Days Parade Get the most up to date calendar information at: For the latest Band Information visit our website Page 10

11 2010 Marching Grey Ghosts Schedule (As of 15-JAN-2010 Things can and will change but this schedule is very close) Mini Camp IVC Band Room for all members May 25, 26, 27-6 to 9 PM, (28 th - if any additional snow days after Jan. 12th) Please wear proper marching shoes (i.e. tennis shoes). Drum line sticks needed. Incoming freshman If you played a school owned instrument at your jh s, (i.e. tuba/euph/tnsax/ bass cl), you will receive an instrument on the first day of mini camp. Please arrive early so those arrangements can be made. Summer Lessons Sectionals for those that want to take advantage of becoming a better band and musician). Tuesday Night Rehearsals Again in June, but probably expect fewer rehearsals, but extended time changes. Pre-Camp IVC Band Room for all members July 26, 27, 28, pm Please wear proper marching shoes (i.e. tennis shoes). Band Camp Allerton Park for all members July August 1 st through 6 th. More information to come as the date approaches. Tentative Fall Schedule September October 04 Kewanee parade 06 Toluca parade 10 Home Football Game 11 Possible Morton 17 Home Football Game (Homecoming) 25 Possible Northern Illinois University 02 Possible 09 Possible Metamora 15 Home Football Game 16 University of Illinois Parade & Field Show 22 Home Football Game 23 Illinois State University State Finals Geneseo & Washington are possible field shows. Will know once dates are posted. For the latest Band Information visit our website Page 11