A publication for Mills E. Godwin Marching Eagles Band Boosters October 8, 2009 Booster Board PRESIDENT Laura Hudson 360-2946 president@godwinband.org 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT Logan Kelly 741-2137 1vp@godwinband.org 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT Angie Smith 364-9031 2vp@godwinband.org SECRETARY Patti Thompson 364-9294 secretary@godwinband.org President s Message Hi Boosters, Our first competition last weekend was a huge success! CLASS AAA - 1st Place overall, 1st Place Marching, 1st Place Percussion. 3rd Place overall among all the bands. Congratulations to our great kids. Thank you to everyone that came to our Band Booster Meeting on Monday, October 5. Our next meeting will be on Monday, November 2 right before our field show. Hope you plan to attend. Our game this week is against Hermitage at home on Friday night. The children will stay after school to practice, dinner will be provided for them in the commons (Rudino s Pizza), they will dress and then prepare to march to the stadium. The children will dress in their band uniforms. Please have them bring their band shoes and black socks to school on Friday. They should wear their band T-shirt Legends to school on Friday. TREASURER Marilyn Moore 740-7747 treasurer@godwinband.org BAND DIRECTOR Leon Auman 750-2657 vlauman@henrico.k12.va.us NEWSLETTER EDITOR Melinda Whitehead 539-6872 newsletter@godwinband.org Websites GODWIN BAND www.godwinband.org GODWIN COLORGUARD & WINTERGUARD www.godwinguard.org GODWIN DRUMLINE See link at godwinband.org The new Color Guard uniforms were fitted last week. Final alterations are being done and the trim is going on. We hope to be wearing them this week. Please have them bring their black uniform to school on Friday just in case. Please have them bring their band shoes and black socks to school on Friday. They should wear their band T-shirt Legends to school on Friday. The Color Guard will practice on Saturday, October 10 from 9:00 a.m. to noon and then follow the itinerary for the Bluestone Show for the remainder of the day. The 8th Graders are coming! This Friday, October 9 the eighth graders from our feeder schools will be our guests for an evening of fun and getting to know what marching band is all about. They will have dinner with the band after a quick practice, and then they will march to the stadium with the band. They will have the opportunity to play with the band in the stands and of course to watch our award winning show at half time. Let s make these future Godwin Marching Eagles feel welcome! BLUESTONE COMPETITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 This weekend s competition is at Bluestone High School. The itinerary for Saturday is included in this newsletter. Please read over the itinerary so you know what your child is responsible for and when to pick them up once we return to Godwin. We will be taking two charter buses to Bluestone and we have a two hour ride each way. Bluestone has a small bleacher area. We may be sitting on the ground, so please have your child bring a blanket to sit on. IMPORTANT: If your child gets motion sickness, please send a note along with them for Vicki Deland, so that she can administer Dramamine before we depart Godwin and again before we depart Bluestone. FIELD SHOW SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Thank you very much to our parents that have volunteered to be coordinators. Our Volunteer Coordinator will be contacting everyone very soon to find out where you would like to volunteer your time on the 7th. Please be as generous with your time as you can. Our show continued on page 2
A PUBLICATION FOR MILLS E. GODWIN MARCHING EAGLES BAND BOOSTERS PAGE 2 is a success because of our parents! FOR ALL COORDINATORS: There will be a planning meeting on Tuesday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the band room. All parents are encouraged to attend. You could sign up to help that night! In next week s newsletter there will be an itinerary and schedule for our next competitions at Hanover High School and Oakton High School on Saturday, October 17. Any questions or concerns please contact me at 360-2946 or president@godwinband.org. Let s impress those 8th graders this week! Good luck at Bluestone this weekend. GO MARCHING EAGLES!! Sincerely, Laura Hudson 2009-2010 Band Booster President Thanks! A huge thank you to two of our Color Guard Dads!! David Stanley and Bill Fielden did a lot of work, for free, on our ailing ATV and got it feeling much better. Thank you guys for your time and effort. Note to Parents Mr. Auman has informed the children again, but for those parents that do not know; the children are not to leave the school premises for any reason on Friday evenings prior to the end of the game without permission. If your child leaves school premises without permission it is the same offense as leaving during the school day without permission and the consequences would be the same. Chaperones have been instructed to stop any children leaving without permission. 26th Annual Bluestone Band Invitational The 26th Annual Bluestone Band Invitational will be held at Bluestone Senior High School on October 10, 2009. Gates will open at 2:00 pm with the first band scheduled to perform at 4:00 pm. This year s event consists of 11 bands competing plus Bluestone performing in exhibition. Class A starts with 4 bands, Dinwiddie, Randolph-Henry, Goochland, and Nottoway. After their performances, Clover Hill and Lee County will take the field in Class AA Competition. After a short break, Park View and Douglas Freeman will continue their performances in Class AAA with Needham B. Broughton and Mills Godwin finishing the night in Class AAAA. Finally, Bluestone will end the night with their exhibition performance. Ticket price for this event is $5.00 for adults (6 and under free). Programs are $2.00. Concessions will be provided on premises.
Itinerary for Saturday, October 10, 2009 2:00pm 3:30pm 5:30pm 6:10pm 6:30pm 6:50pm 7:40pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:30pm 11:30pm Warm up & run through show at Stadium. Depart Godwin Arrive Bluestone High School Dress Warm up On Deck Perform Performance by Bluestone HS Awards Depart Bluestone High School Arrive MEGHS You are responsible for: Uniform and all parts. Your instrument under your bus. Any food that you wish to consume, concession stands will be open, & you will have time to eat. We will NOT be stopping on the way home!!! BRING BLANKETS TO SIT ON IN THE EVENT THAT THE BLEACHERS ARE FULL!
A PUBLICATION FOR MILLS E. GODWIN MARCHING EAGLES BAND BOOSTERS PAGE 3 Band Booster Meetings Parents, Godwin Band Boosters hold monthly meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the first Monday of every month. The Executive Board and Standing Committees meet at 6:30 p.m. DATE TIME LOCATION Monday, October 5 7:30 p.m. Band Room Monday, November 2 7:30 p.m. Band Room Monday, December 7 7:30 p.m. Band Room Fundraising by Angie Smith, Ways and Means Chair Fundraising season is zipping right along this year. The pizza kit/flag fundraiser is now over and we are moving straight into the Citrus fruit sale (starting Oct. 1). The final sales will be announced at the Booster meeting on Monday night. Please mark your calendar for the delivery of the pizza and flags on Tuesday, October 20 at 4:30. The pizzas arrive frozen and need to be picked up and delivered quickly! If you cannot be there, please make arrangements for someone to pick up your order--we have no way to properly store them. We should have the orders in the commons area of the school. The Citrus fundraiser will run until November 4. We are trying a new fundraiser this year, Yankee Candle. The candle fundraiser will run from Oct. 13 to Oct. 27. Please note that this one occurs during the citrus sale. If you would like to order the adult polo shirt (order form is on the website), please let me know. We have enough verbal orders to place another order, if you get your forms and money into me this week, I can go ahead and place our order. You can leave the order form and money in the booster mail box located in the band room (just put my name and "shirt order" on the envelope). Thanks for participating in the Band Booster fundraising this year! Please contact me if you have any questions by email or phone 364-9031. Senior Night Dinner November 6th by Corrine Cooper, Hospitality Coordinator The Godwin library has been reserved for Friday, November 6th s Senior Night Dinner. We need volunteers who can help with the following: lead the invocation, bake and decorate or purchase a cake for the event, decorate the library, purchase food, cook food, serve food, set up, clean up, make corsages, create invitations and a photographer for that evening. Contact Hospitality chairperson Corrine Cooper at 346-4722 or by email at corrinecoop@comcast.net.
A PUBLICATION FOR MILLS E. GODWIN MARCHING EAGLES BAND BOOSTERS PAGE 4 12th Annual Godwin Invitational Field Show Saturday, November 7, 2009 Reminder: All parents and students are needed to work during all or part of the show. What is an Invitational? An invitational is a marching band field show in which high school marching bands are judged in a number of categories (such as music, marching & maneuvering, etc.) and then ranked with their class. Bands are grouped in classes (A,AA,AAA,AAAA) based on their size and/or ability. Godwin is a AAA band. The Godwin Band Boosters sponsor the Godwin Invitational as a major fundraiser. We earn money to buy instruments and equipment, subsidize the cost of parents chaperoning the Spring Trip, as well as other necessities required by the band. WE NEED YOU!!!!! Our major fundraiser is a little more than a month away and we need all parents on deck. This show requires MANY volunteers (adults and students) for both leadership and non-leadership positions to be a success! Regardless of which area you choose, working at the Field Show benefits our students directly and you ll have fun working with our great kids and parents in the process. Alumni members and parents are welcome to help. Most of these volunteer positions do not require any prior knowledge or specific skills; just a willingness to support this great event and our kids. If you have any questions or concerns, please don t hesitate to call or email Laura Hudson at 360-2946 or president@godwinband.org for more information. We have many volunteer opportunities and shifts available in the following areas: Setup, Ticket Sales, Program Sales, Air Gram Sales, DVD Sales, First Aid, Gate Monitors, Stand Monitors, Parking, Registration, Guides, Building Monitors, Competition Staging Area Monitors, Concession Sales, Bake Sale Sales, Equipment Movement, Maintenance, Clean-up and Floaters. Our Volunteer Coordinator will be calling all of our parents beginning next week to find out where you would like to volunteer your time. Know that whatever amount of time you are able to give is much appreciated and truly helps our Godwin Marching Eagles family. Concession Needs - Drinks and Baked Goods Each student is asked to bring in a 12 pack of either Coke or Pepsi products, Gatorade (a hot seller) or bottled water. If you would like to donate more than a 12 pack it is much appreciated and benefits the band. These items will be sold at the Field Show, so please don t send in generic brands as they do not sell well. We also need baked goods from everyone. Best sellers from previous shows have been brownies (all kinds), bar cookies, Rice Krispy treats and of course cookies (especially chocolate chip). These treats need to be individually wrapped in plastic wrap or enclosed in plastic baggies. (Packaging tips: 2 to 3 cookies in a bag depending on size, 1 large or 2 smaller brownies in a bag, etc.) Use your best judgement. The drinks can be brought into the band room anytime prior to the show and we ask that you bring in the baked goods the morning of the show. There will be a planning meeting Tuesday, October 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the band room. All parents are encouraged to attend. The more parents we have, it s less work for all of us. Corrine Cooper, our Hospitality Chair, is looking for parents to donate food for our Director s Tent at the show. If you have a yummy recipe you love to prepare please contact Corrine at 346-4722 or hospitality@godwinband.org. TROPHY SPONSORSHIPS Trophy sponsorships will be available beginning next week. When you sponsor one of our trophies at the field show your child presents the trophy to the winning band. Feel free to sponsor a trophy in honor of your child, a section of the band, a parent, a grandparent or anyone else you wish to honor. These sponsorships will be announced as the trophies are presented. The sign-up sheets will be posted in the band room by the middle of next week. Keep checking the newsletter each week for any additional information!
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October 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Citrus sale begins!! 2 Home Game 7pm John Marshall 3 Deep Run Field Show 4 5 Band Boosters Meeting 7:30pm 6 7 8 9 Home Game vs. Hermitage 7 pm 10 Bluestone Field Show Skipwith, VA 11 12 Student Holiday 13 Yankee Candle Fundraiser Begins 14 PSAT morning Colorguard Practice 7 pm 15 16 17 Hanover H.S. Field Show 18 19 20 Pizza & Flag fundraiser pick-up 21 22 23 Homecoming Parade & Game Thomas Jefferson High School 24 Homecoming Dance NO BAND EVENTS 25 26 27 Candle Orders Due 28 29 30 Away Game vs. Tucker 7 pm 31 VBODA at Massaponax HS Notes: Please be sure to check the calendar page at www.godwinband.org for the most current schedule each week.
GODWIN INVITATIONAL PROGRAM SPIRIT EMBLEMS AND QUOTES During our invitational we would like to give you the opportunity to show your child that you ve got spirit by sending them a personalized emblem and quote in our program. Please complete the information below. Circle the emblem you wish to represent your child: Emblem and Quote $5.00 Child s Name: Child s School: Quote: (15 words or less) Phone #: Please make checks payable to Godwin Band Boosters and return form and check to: Laura Hudson Must be postmarked by: 2129 Kelly Ridge Road Richmond, VA 23233 Monday, October 26, 2009