Weekly News

Mmmmmmmmmm – pancakes and sausage. And you don’t even have to get your kitchen dirty – what a deal!!!! Saturday, August 28 is the flap jack fundraiser at Applebees in Brier Creek from 8 – 10 AM. Tickets are $7 per plate. Look for an e-mail with an order form to order advanced tickets. We’d like each band student to sell at least 5 tickets – hopefully that won’t be too difficult as they’ll want to eat as well as parents/siblings/aunts/uncles/grandparents, etc. We’ll also need band students to volunteer to work at the event – you must be at least 16 to work. Parents – this is living proof that your band student can actually clean dishes off the table – not only do you want to attend, you might also want to bring a camera! Questions – please contact Lauren Ciepial at lauren.cierpial@gte.net.

As Mr. Weiss announced earlier, band students will get dog tags to commemorate the show. They may order a personalized tag honoring a member of the military. Family members and friends may also order dog tag sets for $3 each. Mr. Weiss wants to order these by Aug. 27 so please contact him at Andrew.weiss@dpsnc.net as soon as possible. Please provide him with the following information for the tag – your name, e-mail address, how many tags being ordered, name and rank of service member, branch of military, service dates (e.g. – ’03 – ’06). You may send your money in with your student to be given to Drew Stutts.

All band students will receive show shirts. Family members and friends who would also like them may order them. Mr. Weiss is placing an order on Monday – if you’d like your shirt to wear to the first home football game, you’ll need to have your order to him by Monday, August. 23rd. We will be placing a second order a little later.

Since students will be marching in the old uniforms for at least the first few football games, we need to round up as many pairs of WHITE marching shoes as possible. If you are a graduate (or know a recent band graduate) and are willing to donate your shoes, please bring them to Jordan before the first football game.

After school starts, rehearsals will be held from 4 - 7 PM every Tuesday and Thursday.

Teenagers/sweaty uniforms --- are you getting a picture? We need some additional brave people to sign up to help wash uniforms after games and competitions. Please – I’m begging you – there’s not enough Febreeze in the world to fix this!!!! We could use another 10-15 volunteers. The more people we get to sign up, the fewer times each person will have to help out. Please sign up at:

We’re doing pretty well on football games – we could use more help on competitions. Please consider signing up – think of it as a chance to observe your band student in their native habitat….

Questions? Please contact Lisa Goss, volunteer coordinator extraordinaire, at lgfloss4u@msn.com.

Even if you can only help a few times, we still need you. To find out more, please contact Roger Fortman at roger_fortman@hotmail.com. Also, if you’ve signed up to help and want a polo shirt, please contact Roger by Monday morning so that he can place orders.

If you are able, please consider making a contribution to the uniform fund. All donations are tax deductible. Check the Jordan Band website for donation forms.

Jordan Band has a Facebook page – JHS Band 2010-2011. Please sign up to get the latest news.

Be sure to use the GoodSearch charity search engine to help raise funds for the band all year long. Searches and purchases made on GoodSearch earn funds for the JHS band account. We earn 1 penny per search and can also earn up to 37% of purchases made using Goodshop, depending on the vendor. Consider doing your online holiday shopping using Goodshop and raise money for the band at the same time. Visit http://www.goodsearch.com/ for details of the program and to see all of the vendors represented.

Band Booster Mailing Address

Jordan Band Boosters

P.O. Box 52445

Durham, NC 27717

Ellen Schrader Stutts on behalf of the JHS Band Boosters Board