Reminder! You will be excused at 11 am via an announcement for the freshman assembly! Come to the band room, grab your instruments quickly and we will head to the gym together to play. You’ll be excused back to class partly through 5th hour.
See you tomorrow!
– Mr. Dailey
Hello Band Families!
I wanted to send out a bit more information on Snap Raise, our online fundraiser that was kicked off by Mile of Money, and also thank everyone for their help this last weekend! We had an excellent turn out of band students, they represented HHS with pride, and we raise $1800 in cash donations which is such an amazing start to our fundraiser!
Beyond this, we have the online campaign going on, which students could put in emails or phone numbers in to get the word out. If your student did not make an account yet, here is the link:
https://raise.snap.app/donate/horizon-high-school-band-2024
The “magic” number is 20 emails or numbers, HOWEVER, I highly suggest sharing on socials! This spreads the word out to the community, and doesn’t just reach out toward family members. Neighbors, businesses, and others may be interested in donating but we will need the help getting the word out! Right now, 60 percent of the funds raised are from email, 30 percent from texts, and about 10 from socials and direct links, so there is still a huge untapped market to get more exposure for the program! You can share through the main fundraiser page linked below.
We’ve already raised over 6,000 dollars which is an incredible start! Thanks to those of you who have shared this out so far or even donated!
#marching_hawks
– Mr. Dailey
This week the marching band will have rehearsal after school on Monday from 5:30-9pm. These evening rehearsals are a critical part of bringing their show together, so please plan accordingly so your student is able to attend.
Wednesday, the Wind Ensemble will have rehearsal after school from 3:30-5:30pm. These rehearsals will be every other Wednesday for the first quarter. This is ONLY for students in Wind Ensemble.
Thank you so much for all who helped on Saturday’s Mile of Money and for all the student participation. We raised over $1800! This is a great kick off for our month long campaign to raise money for our general fund.
The Snap Raise portion kicked off yesterday as well. This is our BIGGEST fundraiser for the general fund, and we need your help to make it successful. Last week your student was asked to provide email addresses so Snap Raise could send out our fundraising campaign information. Please continue to share this via email, text, and on your social media sites. Last year we raised over $20,000(!) which is this year’s goal as well. We use this money to pay for busing, equipment, props, music, staff, and so much more (see fundraising for more details). We would love to see this be our most successful year yet. LINK BELOW for the main Snap Raise Campaign. Your students will have sent out the individual portions of their campaigns via text message to their contacts.
https://raise.snap.app/donate/horizon-high-school-band-2024
If you are a senior parent and would like to have a giant poster of your student made, we need to know by next week. We would love to give you the opportunity to have a poster made with your senior’s photo (them in their uniform) to hang up at football games. Currently, the football team and cheer squads do this and we thought we should join in the fun. A photographer would come to the school to take the photos, and the posters would be done within a couple weeks. The cost would be $75 per student. We need at least 15 parents interested in doing this, or we will not be able to have them made. I currently have 9 senior parents interested. Please fill out the interest form below if you are interested (if you already filled it out, you do not need to do it again).
Hawks!
School theater doors will be open at 8:45 so you can grab your instruments before the fundraiser! If possible, wear hawks/band gear. I’ll see you all at Kind Soopers by the Subway at 9:45 am!
– Mr. Dailey
Hey all! School starts tomorrow! Reminder we will be playing in the morning for everyone walking in. Try to be in the band room between 7:10-7:15 so we can be outside and ready to play by 7:20 am.
I will have the back theater doors open and you should be able to get through the front as well. Thanks in advanced for playing and bringing some hype to our first day for all of the HHS students!!!
See you in the morning! #marching_hawks
– Mr. Dailey
Don’t forget to eat at Freddy’s tonight! Mobile orders are accepted (code is on the flyer), and in-store dining. Tell everyone you know!
– Melissa
Hey all!
Don't forget we have rehearsal tonight at 4:00 pm! We will be on the turf field, and need to be wearing white shirts as the news crew is here today and will arrive around 5:00 pm. Logos or different types of shirts are totally fine, we're just looking to have some uniformity to how we look on the field. We will be done by 7:00 pm.
Please try to be early! There is a lot that needs to be moved from the band room (and cleaned up from camp) that we will need help with to get things kicked off on time.
See you tonight! #marching_hawks
– Mr. Dailey
Band camp is over and the marching season has officially started! The students did such a great job last week, it was great to see their first movement on the field at the Show N’ Tell last week.
This week, the students have rehearsal on Tuesday from 4-7pm. Please remind them to wear a white shirt. 9 News will be there and doing a spotlight piece, it will look really nice to have all the students in white shirts.
We have our first restaurant night this Wednesday at Freddy’s from 4-8pm, see the post below. Make sure to mention that you are with Horizon Band and we will receive 15% of sales. Pass it along to friends, family, co workers, and share it on your social media so we can get a large turn out.
On Saturday August 17th we will have our annual Mile of Money fundraiser at the King Soopers on 136th and Colorado. The students will perform while parents collect donations. We will need a couple volunteers to help collect donations, you can sign up here if you would like to help:
Along with the performance and money collection at King Soopers, we will run an online Mile of Money through Snap Raise. Your students will be asked to provide email addresses of friends/family and Snap Raise will send out an invite to support the band. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, we usually collect around $20,000 each year for our general fund, which is amazing! Please help support your student in providing email addresses. This will be kicked off once school begins. Mr. Dailey will go over this in band class, we just wanted to give a heads up that it is coming.
We are also asking for snack donations for performances. If you are able to donate individually wrapped snacks or water, please drop it off at Mr. Dailey’s office on Tuesday after rehearsal.
If you have any questions, please let us know.
Hey Band Families!
Head out to Freddy’s on Wednesday August 7th anytime between 4-8pm, mention you are with the band, and we will receive 15% of sales.
Tell your family and friends!
Show and tell run through!
8.2.2024
– Ellie Vogelsberg
