Tom Padgett, Director Tennessee High School 1112 Edgemont Avenue Bristol, TN 37620 padgettv@btcs.org ~Life long memories of a High School Extra Curricular Activity~ Band Room Telephone: 652-9315 Happy Thanksgiving! THANK YOU to our generous Sponsors, Suppliers and Contributors of Music in the Castle 2010! W e l c o m e t o t h e 2 0 1 0 / 2 0 1 1 M i g h t y V i k i n g B a n d!!! w w w. b t c s. o r g / t h s / b a n d N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 0 QUOTABLE 2010 THS MVB-Exhibition Performance at MITC Photo By: Mark Trivette The 60th MUSIC in the CASTLE was a GREAT success! Thank you to all our students, parents and volunteers for their hard work, dedication, time, donations and contributions! not be successful without you! It could MITC is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Band and it helps to defer a lot of costs that would otherwise be on the families to provide. We thank all our Committee Chairs for stepping up and taking on this fundraiser. takes a lot of time, planning and effort to make this event successful, most of it done behind the scenes months in advance. Since Marching Band is an extra curricular activity, volunteering for our Band is essential in the success of it. We encourage all our parents to participate. ****************************** Volunteers don t get paid, not because they re worthless, but because they re priceless. ~Sherry Anderson It Alpha Natural Resources Applebee's Arby's Bella's Pizza Bojangles Brian Lewis Insurance Ms. Denise Byer-Allen Central Presbyterian Church Chick-fil-A Chili's Cracker Barrel Domino's Pizza Dr. Mark Webb Edgemont Presbyterian Church Fellowship Chapel Fishtails Pigtails Food City Highlands Fellowship Hunter Smith & Davis JA Street JC Penney Kentucky Fried Chicken King College KVAT Food Stores LaQuinta Inns Little Ceasar's Pizza O'Charley s Pardner's Pepsi Bottling Company Pizza Hut Sam's Wholesale Club #6518 Tri-City Tent & Event Vance Middle School Band Boosters Walmart Wellmont Wendy's Woodlawn Baptist Church Wright Equipment For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson NOTICE There is NO parking on Southside Ave from the steps leading up to the castle to the steps leading up to the school at the crosswalk when buses are expected from away games or trips. The buses need to pull in, park and let the students off. Please park behind the cross walk or in the parking lot across the street. Page 2: Finances Calendar of Events Page 3: Fruit Sales... Board Members Notes of Interest Page 4: Upcoming Events Page 5: MITC Pictures Page 6: Congratulations Page 7: Spring Trip... Winter Percussion... The Mighty Viking Band Monthly Newsletter Page 1
Do you shop at Food City for your groceries, gas or prescriptions? You can help THS Mighty Viking Band by purchasing Food City gift cards from us! Food City will donate 5% of all gift cards purchase through them to the THS Mighty Viking Band. We will be selling these cards in denominations of $25, $50 and $100 at the Band Booster Meetings. (4th Monday of every month) or you can send a request with the money to the PO Box below. You can pre-order cards before the meeting by picking up an order form in the Band Office or printing one off the Band Booster site and mailing it to: The THS Band Boosters P.O. Box 1172 Bristol, TN 37621 ATTN: Food City If you have any questions, please contact Tracy Griffith at 423-652- 1879;ggwine@aol.com or Lora Fuller 423-306-5184; lfuller@highlandsfellowship.com. STUDENT FEES/PAYMENTS ALL FEES NEED TO BE PAID ASAP. Marching Band is an extracurricular activity and the Band relies on the fees to help cover the cost of the program. Mail payments to: THS Band Boosters P.O. Box 1172 Bristol, TN 37620 Attn: Lora Fuller If you have any questions, please contact Lora Fuller at lfuller@highlandsfellowship.com or 423-306-5184. Statements will be mailed monthly for students with outstanding balances. Thank you for supporting your student and the band! Please DO NOT leave money in the band room! November 2010 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat S c h e d u l e o f E v e n t s Nov 2nd-School Closed-Inservice Day Nov 5th-Winter Percussion Mtg, 3PM-Vance Band Rm Nov 6th-Veterans Parade 1 2 School Closed 3 4 5 Percussion Mtg 3PM @ Vance Band Rm 6 Veterans Parade/ Pictures Nov 6th-2PM Pictures in Band Rm Nov 7th-Daylight Savings Time Set Clocks back 1 hour 7 Daylight Savings Time 8 9 Fruit 14 15 Colorguard Deposit Due Orders Due 21 22 23 Spring 28 29 Booster Mtg / Christmas Tree Lighting 10 11 Veterans Tribute- Paramount 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 Trip Deposit Due 24 School Closed 30 Dec 1 Dec 2 25 26 School Christmas Parade Closed 27 Dec 3 Dec 4 Pick up Fruit Orders Nov 9th-Fruit Orders Due Nov 11th-Veterans Day Tribute at the Paramount Nov 15th-Colorguard Winter Fee Deposit Due $ Nov 23rd -Spring Trip Deposit due of $75 Nov 24-26 School Closed- Thanksgiving Break Nov 29th-Booster Mtg and Christmas Tree Lighting-Bristol Downtown Dec 2nd-Christmas Parade- Evening, Downtown Dec 4th-Pick up Fruit Orders 10AM-Noon Viking Hall Loading Dock The Mighty Viking Band Monthly Newsletter Page 2
FRUIT SALES Fruit Sales information was distributed to your student at the end of September. Orders will be due Nov 9th with fruit delivered on Dec 3rd. Contact is: Gina T a y l o r 4 2 3-3 6 6-9 7 9 6 o r gt1210@charter.net Fruit can be picked up at the loading dock of Viking Hall on Southside Ave between 10AM and Noon on Saturday, Dec 4th. The person who sells the most fruit will be throwing a pie at Mr. Padgett! Make those sales and then take aim! 100% of the profit will go into a travel account for the student for this year s spring trip. If the stuent doesn t participate in the trip, the funds will be moved to the band general account to comply with the IRS rules. ~SELL~SELL~SELL~ If you haven t had the chance to see the Band perform, it is quite a different view to see our kids perform from the press box than from the stands. Be sure to see the video from Mr. Trivette s website to truly see the beauty of all the hard work of our kids. http://mightyvikingband. wordpress.com/ 2010/2011 Booster Board Members President: Mike Fuller, 423-306-6900, mfuller@highlandsfellowship.com 1 st Vice President - MITC: Sally Eskridge, 360-7292 sallyeskridge@yahoo.com 1 st Vice President - Fundraising: Gina Taylor, 366-9796 - gt1210@charter.net 2 nd Vice President - Viking Hall: POSITION IS VACANT 2 nd Vice President - Italian Ice: Jennifer St. John, 423-990-2028 jennifer.m.crain@jci.com Recording Secretary: Jennifer Hicks, 423-341-9403 jenniferhicks29@yahoo.com Correspondence Secretary: Jeanie Granger, 423-573-2541-jgranger1104@gmail.com Financial Treasurer: Lora Fuller, 423-306- 5184 lfuller@highlandsfellowship.com Parliamentarian: Mitch Powers, 423-652- 1704-mitch@powersindustrialhardware.com Other Committees: Uniforms: Susan Hughes, 423-538-4006- zaksmom95@hotmail.com Hospitality: BJ Garst, 423-335-2751 - bjgarst@embarqmail.com House and Grounds: David Snipes, 360-1887 nurseman98@msn.com Public Relations: Teresa Martin, 423-764- 2582 tgm2424@gmail.com Race Track Supervisor Beth Wilson, 423-646-3746 gw93sw@hotmail.com Board/Booster Meetings are held the 4th Monday of each Month (Unless otherwise noted) ********** The Board Meets at 6:00PM ********** Booster Meeting is November 29th 7:00 PM in Band Room Notes of Interest Please sign up to work Viking Hall Concessions when needed. The Band Parents provide the labor at all Viking Hall Events. The Band receives funds which make it possible for this extra curricular activity program to continue. Don t forget the November Booster Meeting, Monday, Nov 29th at 7PM in the Band Room There will be no Booster meeting in the month of December RECYCLE Aluminum Cans! Drop off bags at band room. If you have a large amount to donate, contact Amy Gibbon at 423-968-5505. The Band earns.65 a pound! The Band will gladly accept cash donations, please send to PO Box or PayPal is available at website. We are a non-profit organization...your donation is tax deductible Nov 6th Mr. Padgett needs several strong handy Dad s/men to move cabinets and build shelves. Contact Mike Fuller for more information. 423-306-5184 The Mighty Viking Band Monthly Newsletter Page 3
MARK YOUR CALENDAR Upcoming Events... The THS MVB will be marching in the Veterans Day Parade, Saturday, November 6th. Parade starts at 10AM. Line up on Morrison Blvd at 8AM Davis Photography will be taking Individual Student Photos Saturday, November 6th at 2PM in the Band Room. Envelopes will come home with your students, it is a prepaid transaction. Parents you CAN write checks even though the envelope may say they don t accept checks. The THS MVB will be performing in a tribute to Veterans Day on Thursday, November 11th at the Paramount Theatre at 6PM. Line up will be at 5PM. The THS MVB will march in the Bristol Christmas Parade on Thursday evening, December 2nd on State Street. Parade starts at 7PM. Line up on Morrison Blvd at 5PM Fruit orders can be picked up between 10AM Noon on Saturday, December 4th at the loading dock at Viking Hall which is located on Southside by the practice field/track. The THS Band will perform their Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 7th at Viking Hall at 7PM. The Mighty Viking Band Monthly Newsletter Page 4
Music in the Castle October 2, 2010 THS MVB Exhibition Performance Stone Castle Color Guard looks terrific!!! The Mighty Viking Band Monthly Newsletter Page 5
Congratulations to the THS MVB! We participated in the Appalachian Classic Band Festival at Sullivan Central High School and had the best performance of the season! Their show The Streets of London was well received as they won all of the following awards! 1st Place music in Class AAA 1st Place visual in Class AAA 1st Place general effect in Class AAA 1st Place Colorguard in Class AAA 1st Place Percussion in Class AAA 1st Place Drum Major in Class AAA Highest Colorguard score of the day Highest overall band score of the day Grand Champion of Class AAA, AAAA and AAAAA Photo by: Mark Trivette The Mighty Viking Band Monthly Newsletter Page 6
SPRING TRIP Apr 27th-May 1st THS MVB will travel to Scranton, PA and perform a concert at Mary Wood University and tour the set of popular TV show The Office and then on to New York City and many popular landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Times Square, Broadway, Little Italy, Chinatown and many other fascinating locations! Don t miss out, FUNDRAISE NOW!!! $649 for 4 persons to a room Deposit of $75 due Nov 23rd Dec 15th $144 Jan 15th $144 Feb 15th $144 Mar 15th-Remaining Balance due WINTER PERCUSSION Winter Percussion Fee is $350 per student Winter Guard Fee is $275 per student There will be an informational meeting on Friday Nov. 5th at Vance Band room from 3 to 3:30ish for interested members. Audition practices are every Tuesday and Thursday in the THS band room from 3:30 to 5:30. We are trying to have 30 girls involved in the winter guard program this year. If anyone knows of any 8th grade girls that even might be interested to spread the word about the informational meeting. The fee is $275 and needs to be paid by Feb. 15, 2010 with a $125 deposit due (for current girls Nov. 15) and for 8th grade girls Dec. 15. Students who wish to participate will have the opportunity to sell candy bars to help cover some of the cost of the extracurricular activity. 100% of the profit from the candy bar sales will go toward the student s fee. Funds not used by the student for the 2010-2011 Winter Percussion or Winter Guard, will be moved to the band general account to comply with IRS rules. Contact Teresa Martin to participate 276-791-2970 or 423-764-2582. We are trying to set up tables for sales of the candy bars at Lowe's on Saturdays Nov 13th and Nov 20th for students to man and sell! Sign up! FUNDRAISE NOW! The Mighty Viking Band Monthly Newsletter Page 7