• Cathy Cline, Christy Harris, Barbara Cullison & Peggy Greenway for helping with the donations for the Silent Auction and prize giveaway.
• Daphne & Robert Perkins for helping decorate/clean up after both events and Silent Auction donation. Daphne also helped to serve food at the awards ceremony.
• CeJae Hanke for helping decorate/clean up after both events
• Misty Munck for help serving food and clean up after both events
• Kaley Elliott for assistant with prize patrol
• Jennifer Stephenson and Mecca Baxter for help serving food at the awards ceremony
• Sherry Mobbs & Jo Hanke, band booster officers for help with everything!
• Tina Barron sign-in help at the awards ceremony
• Hilda Sisk for making treats for band members to take home after concert. Mrs. Sisk is the mother of booster VP, Jo Hanke, the grandmother of band member CeJae Hanke and booster president Christy Wilson, and the great-grandmother of band member Perri Wright.

Thanks to each and every one of you for assisting me as I tried to put this all together – Christy

In addition to the fund raiser mentioned last night, we will also have a Silent Auction (those items are listed at the bottom). The Silent Auction will be held during the final concert on May 20. You MUST be present to take your item with you.

If you would like to make a donation and be entered to win a package, please contact Christy Wilson or Jo Sisk Hanke. THE PACKAGES (photos included):

Package 1 – Memphis getaway
$50 Visa Gift card (for gas)
$15 Gift card from Huey’s Restaurant
4 Tickets to Memphis Redbird game
10 Concretes from Andy’s (have dessert when you get back home!)

Package 2 – movies/family fun
4 tickets Paragould Cinema
Fred Claus DVD
Box of microwave popcorn
2 small boxes of candy (Jr. Mints, Reese’s Pieces)
Guitar Hero III for Xbox 360 (game only, no guitars)

Package 3 – music
4 tickets to 3 symphony performances
Fleece blanket (musical design)
2 Brookland Band t-shirts (size XL and L)
2 Brookland Band hoodies

Package 4 – for the ladies
BeautiControl Pedicure Set $127 value:
Spa Foot Scrub, Spray & Salve
Manicure on the Go Bag
Cheetah Socks
On-the-Go Mug
Luxuries of the Sea Body Conditioner
Pedicure Tool Kit
Avon products (lotion, bubble bath)

Package 5 – cooking
Pampered Chef Essentials Set $120 value:
Family Size Pitcher
Ultimate Mandoline
Easy Opener
Bamboo Spoons(2)
Quickcut Paring Knife
Twixit Clips
Egg Separator
All-Purpose Spreader
Help Whip Cancer Clip
Lemon Pepper Rub
I-Slice
(3) Recipe Cards:
10 concretes from Andy’s

Package 6 – dining
$25 Don Jose gift card
$25 Grecian gift card
4 small combos/Hardee’s of Jonesboro
10 concretes from Andy’s

Package 7 – Bearcat spirit
2 car flags
1 vintage pin
2 Bearcat water bottles
10 Bearcat plastic cups
Goobertown t-shirt from Rock City Outfitters
2 Bearcat sweatshirts (NOT hoodies as previously stated) (L & XL)
2 embroidered knit hats

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS

* Jimco Lamp ($80 value)
* O’Reilly’s car jack
* Napa Power Sander
* Oakes Tires – oil change
* Decorative vases
* $30 gift card from NEA Uniforms in Paragould
* Blood pressure monitor ($60 value)
* RC Soda Dispenser (Value $200)
* Lead Apron Catering fruit OR vegetable tray for the silent auction (Value $50)

There will be NO car wash tomorrow as originally scheduled.

There will be no silent auction but for a $5 donation to the Band Booster, you will receive a ticket that might be drawn for a prize! More details on what prizes we will have will be available soon.

April 24 – Car Wash at Hilltop Auto Zone from 7:30a – 12 noon.

May 14 – Year end award banquet. Band students and siblings grades 3 and under eat for free; all others will be $5.00 each (includes drink). Tickets will be sold, more info will be made available ASAP.

May 20 – Year End Concert. A silent auction will be held that evening. Please email Christy if you have any items you would like to donate or ideas for donations.

May 25 – Band will play at graduation.

Again, all events are on the calendar. Emails will be sent and the online calendar updated as more details become available.

Of the 32 who were part of the band assessment, three are 7th grade beginners having only played their instrument since January, nine are second year band students in the 8th grade, and seven are freshmen. Only two are seniors, five were juniors and six were sophomores. They were all playing and being assessed on a SENIOR high level. To put it in perspective, imagine your 7th and 8th graders taking 10th grade End of Course exams and getting 90%.

The band meets in FOUR different class periods. As a result they have rehearsed for this performance in combined form only FOUR times; three of those requiring them to stay after school. As for the fourth time, Dearest Junior High teachers, and Mrs. Keller and Mr. Bell, I love you for not complaining when I needed to get the kids out of your class 5th period on Friday for one last group rehearsal! Nearly every other band at the regional assessment meets as one class period. To put that in perspective, imagine the football, basketball, or volleyball team practicing as a team once a week for four weeks.

Finally, we could not have done this unless the KIDS chose to do well. The kids chose.

I am proud to be their teacher.

Jacob Perkins, Junior High Second Band Alto Sax
Dillan Lawrence, Junior High Second Band Tenor Sax
Perri Wright, Junior High Second Band Tuba
Michael Baxter, Senior High Second Band Oboe
Destany LaFerney, Senior High Second Band Clarinet
Jozee Mobbs, Senior High Second Band Clarinet
Bobby Shipman, Senior High Second Band Bari Sax
Austin Baxter, Senior High Second Band Percussion
Dylan Forrester, Senior High Second Band Percussion

Oboe – Michael Baxter, 1st chair;
Clarinet – Destany LaFerney, 4th Chair; Jozee Mobbs, 6th Chair;
Baritone Sax – Bobby Shipman, 1st Chair
French Horn – Ariel Bowen, 5th chair
Trombone – Wesley Perkins, 2nd chair; CeJae Hanke, 7th chair
Percussion – Austin Baxter, 2nd chair; Dylan Forrester, 3rd chair

Christmas parade, December 13, 2009: