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BAND CALENDAR

November

3rd:  Remote Learning Day
5th:   1/2 day school
5th - 7th:  "A Midsummer Night's Dream" presented by HHS Drama in the Rod Bushey Auditorium
10th:  Band Booster Meeting - 7 pm in the band room

11, 16, 18:  Fantasy of Lights Parade practice (2:30 to 3:30 pm) - Marching Band
24 - 28:  No School - Thanksgiving break
26:  Fantasy of Lights parade 

December
8th:  Holiday Concert at 7 pm in the Rod Bushey Auditorium
20th - Jan. 2nd:  Holiday Break - no school!

Marching Band Photo Orders - DUE NOV. 4TH!

• ORDERS & PAYMENT DUE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH!! Dan Zeppa from DZ Productions/Photography took photos of our entire marching band and individual photos, if requested.  If you are ordering individual photos, please include your image number on the order form (if you already turned in your order form without the image number, that's okay. I"ll fill that in for you)!
• SENIORS!  You can order a 30 x 42 banner with grommets for $30!  Great for grad parties!  Sample is on the back of the order form or here:  CLICK HERE FOR SENIOR BANNER SAMPLE!
• ORDER FORMS available in the band room or by clicking here:  CLICK HERE FOR MARCHING BAND PHOTO ORDER FORM!

Marching Band Schedule?

We will let you know as soon as we have more information about possible home football play-off games.  The first round play-off schedule will not be determined until this weekend or Monday 10/25.  We would perform as a "pep band" for any home play-off games.  

We are currently not having marching band practices until the Fantasy of LIghts parade practices which are November 11, 16 and 18.  The parade is on November 26th.  This is totally optional but lots of marching band students like to participate in this. I'll let everyone know as soon as we have the playoff schedule. Stay tuned for more info!"

FUNDRAISERS!

• SCRIP PROGRAM

PAY FOR BAND CAMP AND OTHER BAND EXPENSES BY SHOPPING!

How much money do you spend in a month for regular expenses-  $600 for groceries, $200 for gas, $100 dining out…?  If you paid for those regular expenses using a gift card purchased from the HHS Band Scrip Program, you would get a rebate on each purchase, a rebate that  goes straight into your student's CHARMS account. You could easily pay your entire Band Camp bill just by spending the money you have to spend anyway- for whatever you need wherever you normally shop.

HHS Band Scrip uses the Great Lakes Scrip Center for ordering cards. 

CLICK HERE FOR SCRIPS INFORMATION!

Beth Wagner is in charge of the SCRIPS program - you can email her at lisbethwagner@yahoo.com with any questions.

Once you learn how the ordering system works, this is the easiest money you will ever earn for band expenses. And you earn the rebates on money you have to spend anyway. Put your spending to work for you!

• AMAZON SMILES

If you already shop on Amazon, this is an easy way to earn money for the band program! If you have not already used the AmazonSmile program, you can select Howell Band Boosters as your beneficiary, and every time you shop on Amazon, you raise funds in support of band initiatives. Thanks to the efforts of parents and students, this year we are able to dedicate $1,500 to new, drum major podiums and $1,500 for marching band scholarships.

Once you set eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the customer's selected charitable organization. 

• In order to participate, you can use our unique charity link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-4579875

This link will take you directly to smile.amazon.com in support of your organization so they won’t have to search for your charity among almost a million other organizations. You will not see “Howell Band Boosters.” Instead you’ll see "Parent Booster USA Inc” in Howell MI. This is normal and expected.

BAND VS. CHOIR!

Join us as we fight the K-wing battle against choir!  We are collecting items for Clara's Hope: https://www.clarashope.org/  The class with the most "points" wins!  See the flyer for more info:

CLICK HERE FOR INFO ABOUT THE K-WING BATTLE! AND SUPPORTING CLARA'S HOPE!