Wishkah Band Fall Activities

October 10 – Homecoming Football Game

              7^th-12^th grade band members who came out to support our football team at the Homecoming game were met with severely stormy weather. We tried playing the Star Spangled Banner, but our wet music blew across the football field. Then the power went out! It was a crazy adventure.

October 21 – Dallas Brass at HHS

              7^th through 12^th grade band students were able to spend the day with professional musicians from around the country. We learned what inspires them, and we shared what inspires us. We saw what happens when you work hard to pursue excellence. At the end of the day, we watched an amazing performance! Some of our students even performed on stage. The concert was longer than we expected, but we are grateful to have participated in this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

November (TBA) – Firewood sale

There has been no donation of mill ends this year. We’ll try again next year!

December 4^th – Parents’ Night Out

              From 5:30-10:00pm, parents can drop off their children at the school. Secondary band members will organize and run a craft area, a holiday cookie decorating station, gym sports, board games, and a movie room. Hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, veggies, and juice will be served for dinner. All ages, from infants to sixth grade, are invited to participate. We will need a few parent volunteers, as well as donations of craft, cookie decorating, and dinner items.

December 15^th – Winter Music Concert

              Starting at 6:30PM, Wishkah students in grades k-12 will perform. There will be singing, band music, and percussion. And maybe some dancing!

Later in the year…

• Late January/Early February – Wishkah pep band (All band students grades 5-12) plays at a home basketball game.
• February – Traveling Bake sale. Wishkah band kids sell baked goods door to door on a Saturday.
• April 29^th-May 1^st – Spring band trip to the Long Beach Loyalty Days parade. Camping two nights at Cape Disappointment State Park.
• June – Spring music concert

Shirts

Realtree camouflage, notes & staff, front& back

Traveling BakeSale

Saturday, April 19^th

Same drivers?  Amanda, Linda, Jennifer/Kelly, Jina?

Donation Letters –

                Tinaneeds 2 (Done on Wed, March 5th)

Food Donations(Tina)

                Franz,Jays, Grocery Outlet, Swansons

Dinner 1 (TacoSoup) We'll need several Crock Pots

                TortillaChips – Stankavich

                Cheese,Ground Beef – Ferry

                BlackBeans, Corn – Perron

                TacoSeasoning – Ken

                Case ofChili – Linda

                PlasticBowls/Spoons/Napkins, bottled water – Seguin

Dinner 2(Burgers/Dogs/Chips)

                HotDogs, Condiments – Fultz

                BurgerPatties – Linda Ellis

                Buns –Franz (Tina)

                PaperProducts, bottled water – Seguin

                Soda/Gatorade? –TBA, Costco?

                Grill,Propane – Ken Smith

                Snack-sizebags of chips – Grocery Outlet (Tina)

                Fruits/Veggies– Grocery Outlet/Jay’s Farm Stand (Tina)

Campfire

                Wood,Kindling, Paper – Dzuibak

                Smores –Baltzell

                Tablesfor meals/buffet/smores prep – Linda Ellis

Breakfast (x2)

                Cocoa –Seguin (Done)

                Milk –TBA (Costco?)

                Pastries/Bagels– Franz Outlet (Tina)

                PancakeMix (Linda Ellis)

                Fruit –Jay’s Farm Stand/Grocery Outlet (Tina)

                Syrup -Seguin (Done)

                OrangeJuice – Costco?

                PaperProducts - Seguin

Lunch (Saturday –Sandwich Bar)

                PeanutButter, Nutella – VanBlaricom

                Jam?Honey? Other sandwich toppings? – TBA, Costco?

                Bread –Franz(Tina)

                Fruit/Veggies– Jay’s (Tina)

                Gogurt,String Cheese – Costco?

                Drinks –TBA? Costco?

Post ParadeRefreshments

                Gatorade– TBA. Costco?

                BottledWater - Seguin

***Wishkah Band***

v Homecoming Game – Saturday, October20^th, 12:15PM at Stewart Field in Aberdeen

o  REQUIRED performance for every band member except football players and cheerleaders

v Wishkah Band Parent Meeting:Thursday, October 18^th, 6:30-7:15pm

o  Please come help us plan our Halloween fundraiser! We can’t do it without you!

v Wishkah Band Halloween Party Fundraiser: Sunday, October 28^th from 4pm-7pm

v Christmas Concert – December 18^th, 6:30PM in the Wishkah Gym

o  Nice dress/skirt or pants, shirt tucked in

v January – Pulled Pork BBQ and Chicken Bingo FUNDRAISER!!

For more information, contact Mrs. Patterson at spatterson@wishkah.org or 532-3128x1010

Dear Parents,

Hello everyone!  The school year is over halfway done and it’s time to solidify our plans for the annual band trip to the Long Beach Loyalty Days in Long Beach, WA.  This experience is a lot of fun for the kids, and it builds pride, skills and character.  But the best part of the Long Beach trip is the Wishkah community involvement.  Family members are a welcome and important part of our trip – they made SO MUCH happen for our kids last year!  It was the Wishkah band families who:

·         Hauled our instruments & gear

·         Brought a grill and cooked our burgers & hot dogs

·         Camped in yurts, cabins, RVs & tents with their children and their children’s friends

·         Chaperoned their child and a small group of friends during activities and free time

·         Brought younger siblings to march with the band and carry the Wishkah banner

·         Helped with loading and unloading equipment, and with setting up camp

·         Cheered for us along the parade route and congratulated our band kids on a job well done!

As you can see, the Long Beach Loyalty Days trip is a great experience for the whole family.  We have many parent-involvement roles to fill for the trip, and all volunteers can count on a fulfilling and rewarding experience.  These memories last a lifetime for parents and kids alike! 

Which Kids Go On This Trip?

Please understand that the Long Beach trip is a required performance for all band students, grades 5-12.  Whether or not their family can come, students are counted on to march in the parades and represent our school.  Students who do not come on our band trip leave holes in our parade block and in our sound.  If your child absolutely cannot attend our spring parade trip, it is critical that you let me know AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  That gives us an opportunity to fill your child’s spot, and it gives your child time to make up lost performance points.

Where do we stay?

Students sleep in chaperoned tent sites with friends of the same gender and an adult chaperone.  If you are planning on accompanying your child on our trip, you may make reservations at Cape Disappointment State Park (www.parks.wa.gov, then select Cape Disappointment at the top left of the page).  I would like band families to feel free to reserve any campsites they choose.  But if you’d like to stay together with our group, let’s look at reserving the yurts and RV/tent sites in the B loop (look at RESERVATIONS map online), such as sites 81 through 90.  I will reserve a couple of tent sites for chaperoned tent camping.  Otherwise, students can stay with families.

Itinerary

The Long Beach Loyalty Days trip itinerary is both fun and full.  Here is the basic outline.

Saturday, May 5^th

·         8:00AM – Load busses

·         8:45 – Leave for Ilwaco

·         11:30 – Parade line-up begins for Ilwaco Children’s Parade

·         Noon – Ilwaco Parade begins

·         12:45PM – Snacks & Awards, kids eat their sack lunches

·         1:30 – Load equipment & bus, leave for Long Beach

·         2:00 – Chaperoned free time in Long Beach (laser tag & go karts, plus shopping & sight-seeing)

·         4:00 – Meet at bus, leave for Cape Disappointment State Park

·         4:30 – Set up camp, snack, chaperoned free time in woods/beach/trails/campground

·         6:30 – BBQ burgers and hot dogs, chips, veggies, etc.

·         7:30 – Campfire, chaperoned free time

·         9:00 – Be quiet, settle down, continue campfire

·         10:00 – In tents/yurts for the night (quiet!)

Sunday, May 6^th

·         8:00AM – Wake up!  Breakfast, Pack, Clean-up and Load Bus/Trucks

·         10:00 – Check out of campground and leave for Long Beach

·         10:30 – Arrive parade line-up area, unload bus & trucks

·         10:45 – Lunch provided at Long Beach Fire Hall

·         11:30 – Line up in parade formation

·         1:00PM – Grand Parade begins

·         3:00 – Load bus/trucks, snacks & drinks for everyone!

·         3:30 – Awards Ceremony

·         4:30 – Leave for Wishkah

·         6:30 – Arrive Wishkah, unload and go home.  You did it!!

PARENT MEETING

In order to plan a successful trip, we will have a parent meeting on Wednesday, March 7^th at 6pm.  Please try to attend this meeting!  Kids are welcome.  We need to make plans for chaperones, firewood, pickup trucks, grill, little sisters & brothers to carry our banner in the parade, paper plates, tents and more.  Please mark your calendars for March 7^th at 6:00pm.

FUNDRAISERS

Chicken Bingo - We will have a Chicken Bingo and BBQ night the week of June 11^th.  More information on this will come home in a month or two. 

Traveling Bake Sale – Tirzah Taylor will be calling band parents for baked donations for a traveling bake sale to benefit the band.  Thank you for your baked goods and for your support!

World’s Finest Chocolates – I will place an order for World’s Finest Chocolate bars on Wednesday, February 22^nd.  I will be ordering 50-bar variety packs of candy bars to be sold for $1 per bar.  Chocolate bars will be sold out of the band room before school and at lunch.  If you and your child would like to sell World’s Finest Chocolate Bars outside of school, I will order 50-bar variety packs for you to sell.  You will have two weeks to sell the candy bars and return the money.

That is all I have to report right now.  If you have any questions about our trip or our fundraisers, please call me at 532-3128 or email me at spatterson@wishkah.org.

Thanks,