Weekend Thanks, Panda Express, Football Game
Week at a Glance
Monday 8/26: Rehearsal 3:30-6:30pm
Tuesday 8/27: Wind rehearsal 3:30-5:00pm, Panda Express Fundraiser (Online)
Wednesday 8/28: Wind rehearsal 3:30-5:00pm, Percussion rehearsal 3:30-6:30pm
Thursday 8/29: Rehearsal 3:30-6:30pm
Friday 8/30: Football game vs. Gahr @Rants Field (details to come)
Saturday 8/31:
Monday 9/2: Labor Day, no rehearsal
Tuesday 9/3: Wind rehearsal 3:30-5:00pm
Wednesday 9/4: Wind rehearsal 3:30-5:00pm, Percussion rehearsal 3:30-6:30pm
Thursday 9/5: Rehearsal 3:30-6:30pm
Friday 9/6:
Saturday 9/7:
Panda Express
Our last August night-out will take place on August 27th. Please note this is for online orders only. Please place your order on www.pandaexpress.com and use code 924966.
28% of your purchase will come back to our program to support our students. Thanks for your support!
Updates and Thanks!
This weekend was a busy weekend for our program! This past booster meeting we approved funds to purchase storage sheds, and a refrigerator. If you have spent any time in and around the band room in the past, you know that our storage has been whatever space is available on the floor. Behind the band room had become a graveyard old gear mixed with currently used equipment that was homeless. These sheds have already helped clean up our space, and make access to needed equipment easier! We also try to feed your students and make sure they have cold water for practices. The fridge will make this so much easier.
Special thanks to all of the volunteers that spent hours Saturday morning building the sheds!
We also purchased a new (to us) vibraphone for our percussion section, and picked up props that we will be using for the fall show. I want to give a huge shoutout to Victor Puccio and John Costa for driving over 100 miles with a trailer to pick everything up. They drove out to Rancho Cucamonga and stopped in Chino Hills before coming back to CHS. Thank you! Their efforts will be seen on the field very soon!
Booster Membership Drive
From our wonderful Boosters:
“This year we are asking for your help in growing our team and asking for every parent or guardian to join our CHS Music Booster Family! The Band Boosters are parents and guardians that support our Music program with vital logistics for our groups including the marching band, color guard, concert bands, jazz bands, winter guard, and winter drumline. Your donation will go directly towards the needs of our growing program.”
Volunteers Needed!
As we kick off the new year, we are in need of volunteers! It truly takes a village to run a successful program. Even if you can only help a little, let us know and we can find something that works for you. Thank you in advance for supporting your students!
Click here to fill out our interest form.
Athletic Clearance
Each year, students need to complete a physical and athletic clearance packet for the school. This paperwork needs to be done BEFORE band camp, and turned in to the school. This does not come to the band program! Below you will find a link to the Athletic Clearance packet, the Physical Examination form, and a link to a local doctor who provides physicals for $25 and has worked with some of our students in the past.
Urteaga Chiropractic & Sports Medicine - Artesia
Donations
Please make your first donation to the program as soon as possible! The first installment is $300 and the recommended due date was June 1. Donations can be made on our website here. Just change the quantity to the amount that you want to donate and checkout. The full donation amount is $800. Feel free to pay any portion of that amount.
The recommended due dates for donations are as follows:
June 1: $300
July 1: $300
August 1: $200
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to Mr. Westphal or our treasurer Mike Mendez.
Communication
As we are getting rolling this year, more and more information will be going out. I will begin posting weekly updates on our website, and will send a link to the updates via email.
A few things to note:
The Band app is not a monitored communication avenue. We have the Band app to send our last minute updates and information changes. (Ex.: We are headed home from a competition and there is an accident on the freeway. Our arrival time will be significantly different. We will send out an update via Band app to notify parents of the change.) Please do not try to contact Mr. Westphal via Band app.
If you have a question about something in an email update, please do not reply to the email. Those emails go to a mailing list of almost 500 people. Inevitable a few bounce back. When people start replying to the emails, the threads get very messy. Please start a new email thread and send it to Mr. Westphal. Chances that a reply to the mailing list emails gets missed are excellent.
Calendar
This year’s calendar continues to be updated. Many of the events will will participate in this year are already on the calendar, but please note that the calendar is still tentative and subject to change. You can view it here.
Wishlists
The Boosters are in need of your help. We are looking for donations as we prepare for the upcoming Fall Season. Please take a minute to check out our link and sign up. Donations due the week of Band Camp #2.
