HORIZON BANDS

Good evening band families,

We have had an amazing first week of our online campaign! Because of your help with getting this campaign out to others, and the work of our students, we have raised almost $30,000 in less than 1 week! We have been able to purchase new field mics, solo mics, a sound board, and a new sound cart. We would still love to hit our goal of $50,000, which would help us fund our transportation for the year, and purchase other new musical equipment that is desperately needed. Please continue to share our campaign with your family, friends, neighbors, co workers, and your social media accounts. Every bit counts! Online Fundraising Campaign

This week we have our first football game. The game is on Thursday at North Stadium. We are still in need of chaperones and help with the Hawk Haulers. If you would like to help, sign up here: 

Chaperone Sign Up

Hawk Haulers Sign Up

If you sign up to chaperone, please be sure to go through the school’s Raptor Check. You need to go to the front office of the school and give them you driver’s license, it takes all of a couple minutes. If you have questions about helping with either of these, please email me, I would be happy to answer any questions.

We are also needing more snacks and water for football games and competitions. If you are able to donate water or individually wrapped snacks (gold fish, cheese its, granola bars, fruit snacks, etc…) please drop it off in the band room before or after Monday night rehearsals. 

If you purchased a senior banner, please find us at the stadium and hang their banner on the fence to celebrate our seniors! Please make sure that either you grab their banner after the game, or you arrange for another parent to grab it. Also, the photographer still has all the images from the photo shoot and has made those available for purchase, if you are interested follow this link: Senior Banner Photos

If you would like to order a button with your students picture in their uniform, please fill out this form AND make the $10 payment by Tuesday night. We will be taking photos on Thursday (make sure you let your student know they need to get their photo taken if you ordered buttons, we will have the list, but we want to make sure everyone gets their picture taken). 

Button Form

If you haven’t ordered your swag bag for this year’s show (cowboy hat, badge, bandana) place your order here (please ensure payment is made ASAP):

Swag Bag Order Form

Good afternoon band families!

We have to give a huge shout out to all of our students, directors, and parent volunteers that helped with yesterday’s Mile of Money event, it was a HUGE success! We were able to raise $3,741.96! In comparison, last year we only performed at King Soopers and raised around $1800. So thank you so much for everyone’s participation!

Tomorrow, we will kick off our online fundraising campaign. Last week, your student was given a sheet to collect contact information from 25 people. Please check with your student to see if they were able to get all the information they need. The campaign will kick off tomorrow, we are hoping to raise $60,000. We can only achieve that goal with your help. This is a great way for any family or friends that are near or far to support the band. This year, our goal is to purchase a new sound system, ours is in DESPERATE need of replacement, and this campaign will help us achieve that goal. Please remember that our budget this year is $153,270.00. The band fees that you pay only cover 44% of that number, we have to raise the remaining amount. If every student has 25 contacts that can give $17, we can reach our goal of $60,000, so please help us find those contacts.

If you pre ordered a swag bag at the Show N’ Tell, they will be ready on Friday. We will label them if your student would like to grab it after rehearsal on Friday. 

If you didn’t pre order a swag bag, but would like one (includes cowboy hat, bandana, and badge), they are $10 each. Please fill out this form and we will get them ordered: Swag Bag Order Form

If you would like to order a button with your student’s picture they are $10 each,  please fill out this form and pay by Monday August 25th: Button Order Form

Monday night rehearsal’s start tomorrow for the students. They will rehearse from 6-9pm. Please make sure that your student hydrates after school, and eats something before evening rehearsal.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Good evening band families!

Thank you to all who came out to the Show N’ Tell on Friday, we had a great turnout! The students are off to a great start, I cannot wait to see where they go this season. Thank you to those who donated money to help support the purchase of new sound equipment, we raised enough to purchase new microphones and the Mac Mini was purchased off the Amazon Wish List, thank you so much!

This year, we would like to give everyone the opportunity to wear their student’s picture with pride! We will be taking student’s photos in their uniforms at the first football game (08/28) and making buttons. The buttons will be available for pick up at the Showcase on September 13th. Each button is $10. We started a pre-order sheet for them at the Show N’ Tell, if you didn’t get a chance to order one, and would like one, please fill out this form. Please be sure to place your order AND pay by Monday August 25th. We will not make a button that has not been paid for. Button Order Form

We still have 3 slots available for the Fun Services Pipefitters event. This is a great way to earn money for your student’s account. Fun Services is putting on an employee picnic for the Pipefitters and in need of helpers. You must be 15 years old to sign up, if you sign up, please give your t-shirt size. You will earn minimum wage and that money will go into your student’s account. Sign up here: Fun Services Pipefitter Event

We have a restaurant day THIS Wednesday ALL day at Rushbowls at the Hilltop Shopping Center at 136th & Colorado. Mention you are with the Horizon band and we will receive 20% of the day’s proceeds (that is huge!). Please go treat yourself with Rushbowls!

A reminder that our annual Mile of Money fundraiser is NEXT Saturday (08/16) from 10am-12pm. We will be playing at reo locations this year. Lowe’s on 136th & Orchard Pkwy and the Hilltop Shopping Center (King Soopers) on 136th & Colorado. With two locations we are hoping to double the amount fundraised to help go towards a new sound board. Please make sure your student attends.

We will be kicking off our annual online campaign on Monday August 18th. We need your help. We will be asking your student to provide a list of email addresses to share our campaign with. This is our largest fundraiser of the year. Last year, we made a little over $20,000, which is great, but with our growing band, comes a growing budget. We desperately need to increase that number to $30,000-$40,000. Other bands that we compete with at State bring in $60,000 with their online campaign, so please help us find email addresses. Also, if you work for a company that would like to give, there will be a company sponsorship link this year.

Lastly, we would like to quickly remind you that payments were due last Friday. To make a payment, visit the Pay Fees page. The list of payment options are shown once you are logged in.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us. Thank you, and have a great first week of school!