Alumni Newsletter 4/23/24
Alumni Welcome
Hello ROG Band Alumni,
Welcome to our first Alumni Newsletter. This is a group of former students and parents of the CHS ROG. The Alumni is a place to reconnect, reminisce, and rediscover your connection to the program. Your time with the ROG has left a lasting impact.The Alumni seeks to continue those connections, facilitates networking opportunities, share resources and continue engagement between ROG Band and its former students and parents. Please encourage others Alumni (former students and parents) to join. We will post information regarding upcoming events on the CHS ROG website and facebook page.
ROG Keepsakes
Shako Giveaway
Come get your Shako!!! Friday, April, 26 from 4:30 to 5:30. We will be handing them out Alumni, current students, parents, siblings and friends. First come first served.
Keepsake Pillows
Take home your own piece of ROG history! Our old uniforms are being made into keepsake pillows. Pre-order yours today! The first pillows should be ready in April. After the first run of pillows, we will need to collect enough orders to justify the second run. Get yours quickly by getting in line now!
Pillows are approximately 15” x 15”. Please note that sizes may vary slightly due to various uniform sizes. To order visit the online store.
Upcoming Events
May 15, 2024 / 6:00 PM Area Concert At Cerritos High
May 22, 2024 / 6:00 PM Spring Concert At Cerritos High
Program Updates
Winter Drumline
Congratulations to our students for a successful Winter Indoor Percussion season competing in the SCPA Open /class Division! After qualifying for finals, our battery, front ensemble and visual team had the best performance of their season and placed fourth! What an amazing year it’s been. We’re proud of the hard work, dedication and effort! Each amazing performance was filled with passion, inspiration, and power! The success is well deserved!
Thank you Alumni, Leadership and Parents for your continued support for these awesome kids! Enjoy this moment and we look forward to a very bright future!!
Winter Guard
Congratulations to CHS Winter Guard! What an amazing season this has been! They have worked so hard this year to move up in the ranks from place 8th from last winter guard season to moving up to 4th place and earning a spot as finalists. Your success and accomplishments are very well deserved. A huge thank you to Alumni, Leadership, and the parents that are at each event helping behind the scenes. Your continued support is very much appreciated. I am looking forward to next year’s accomplishments!
Jazz
Welcome to Jazz! This year we are made up of 27 students, mostly under class-men. We’ve participated in Jazz Festivals, including Mr. Westphal’s Alma Matter, Esperanza High School. We look forward to a new year, new music and new experiences.
Ways to Support
We now accept online donations!
With our new website, we are able to accept program donations online! We accept all major credit cards, and PayPal. If you still need to make your program donation, or would like to contribute to the trailer fund, visit our website, click the Store tab, select the fund you would like to donate to, change the quantity to the amount you would like to donate, and enter your payment details! We hope that this makes the process of supporting our program just a little bit smoother.
Online Store
Looking for some Regiment of Gold swag? Our online store has some new items, and is being added to regularly. We have a limited supply of previous years’ show shirts for sale through our online store, and we are working on adding more items.
Looking for Other Ways to Support?
We have an Amazon wishlist now. This is a collection of miscellaneous supplies and equipment that are nice to haves. They are not urgent purchases, but will help the program run smoother. Thank you for your continued generosity and support of the program!