The District 111 Band Spring concert season has arrived!

Tuesday, May 21 – Liberty Band Concert

Thursday, May 23 – Cadet & Intermediate Band Concert

All concerts start at 7:00pm in the Liberty Jr. High Gym.  Admission is FREE!!!!  Hope to see you there!

The last week of April was a busy week for the Liberty Band.

13 Liberty students were selected to the SWIC All-Conference Band.  All of the students selected from the 10 conference schools, came together to form a mass band at Orland Jr. High on April 23 & 24.  The expereince culminated with a concert on Wednesday.

The Liberty Jazz Band took part in the Reavis Jazz Cafe on Thursday, April 25.  This was a terrific evening of instrumental and vocal jazz and pop music.  The audience enjoyed a relaxed atmosphere in the Reavis Band Room and enjoyed cheesecake and cookies.   All proceeds went to support the upcoming Reavis Band trip to Florida.

Finally, the Liberty 7th grade and 8th grade bands perfomed at the IGSMA State Band contest on Saturday, April 27th.  Both groups earned this honor by receiving the highest rating possible at District Contest in March.  Both groups represented Liberty admirably with a nice performance.

From: Rob Mazurek

President District 111 Band Parents Organization

Tuesday April 23, 2013

Hello Band Parents

We will have our band parent meeting and board elections on Wednesday May 15^th at 7pm in the Liberty Jr High band room. We are looking to fill all board positions. Remember the band program is counting on you to participate in order to keep all of our extras for the kids available. Please come out and get involved.

Our spring concerts are coming up soon. The Beginner Band has their concert at Liberty Jr. High School on Thursday May 16^th at 7pm.

The Cadet and Intermediate bands will be performing at Liberty Jr. High School Thursday May 23^rd at 7 pm in the gym.

The Liberty bands will be performing at Liberty also on Tuesday May 21st starting at 7pm.

We are asking that all of our band parent families bring treats the night of your child’s concert (cookies, cupcakes, etc.. either baked or bought) to share with everyone after the concerts. The Band Parent Organization will provide juice at all the concerts.

We are also in need of volunteers to help set up the refreshments and clean up afterwards. It would be beneficial to everyone if we could the Liberty parents to do the refreshments for the elementary bands concert and elementary band parents to do the Liberty concert. That way everyone can see their child without having to rush back and forth between rooms.

Please be reminded this will be your last chance to pay your Band Parent Association fees. The fee is $20 per family. Children from families that have not paid their fees will not be able to attend the Summer Pool Party this coming June.

Please call me (Rob Mazurek) on my cell 708-805-3135 to let me know what night you can help with refreshments for either concert. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Rob Mazurek

President District 111 Band Parents Organization

The Reavis Bands are having two fundraisers this spring.  Please consider supporting!

1)

Reavis Music Dept. Spring Raffle

The Reavis Music Dept. is holding a raffle which will be taking place at our spring concert on Tuesday May 14^th at 7pm in the Reavis Auditorium.

We have three prizes available to win

3^rd prize $50 cash

2^nd prize $100 cash

1^st prize a 32GB IPad mini (valued at $425)

Tickets are $5

Tickets are available from Mr. Davis

All students in the Reavis Music Program are required to sell 2 tickets.

All funds raised from additional tickets sold will be deposited directly to your students account.

Also the student that sells the most tickets will receive a $25 Best Buy gift card.

Tickets are available now…..all money and tickets are due by Friday May 10^th.

2)

What: Reavis Music Dept. Garage Sale

When: Saturday June 15^th 2013      

Where: 8041 S. Merrimac, Burbank IL

The Reavis Music Parent Organization will be hosting our first annual Garage Sale on Saturday June 15^th.

We are asking all music families for donations. Please talk to your family, friends and co-workers. If they are doing some spring cleaning and want to get rid of some of their clutter we will gladly accept any and all donations.

Looking for furniture, clothing, household items, electronics, tools and anything else they want to get rid of.

All proceeds will go to the Reavis Music Students interested in attending the trip to Walt Disney World next year.

It will be a requirement that in order to get credit for these funds the student and one parent work the garage sale for either set up on Friday or the actual sale and clean-up on Saturday.

We are accepting all donations at the Mazurek house located at 8041 S. Merrimac from now until the date of the sale. Please call 708-805-3135 or email spindocdj@yahoo.com to schedule a drop off time or if you have any questions.

The schedule for the IGSMA state contest has been distributed.  The Liberty Band will perfrom at Memorial Junior High in Lansing, IL on Saturday, April 27.  The 8th Grade Band will warm-up at 1:30pm and perform at 2:00pm.  The 7th Grade Band will warm-up at 3:00pm and perform at 3:30pm.  A copy of the information can be downloaded here.