January 18, 2012 | Olentangy High School Band's Top News
TODAY'S HEADLINES
Pep Band - 1/20
Our next pep band performance will be Friday, January 20 vs. Dublin Scioto. Volunteers should plan to arrive at OHS no later than 6:00pm and will play between the JV and Varsity games as well as at Half-Time of the Varsity game (we should be done before 10pm). This is a great relaxed atmosphere for members to come, enjoy the basketball game and play some of their favorite stand tunes.
Winter Guard Practice - 1/25
Due to unforseen circumstances, the OHS Winter Guard will be inactive for the 2012 competition season.
Winter clinics will continue for interested members on Wednesday afternoon's from 4:30pm - 6:30pm.
Winter Drumline Rehearsal - 1/25
The second of the Winter Drumline Rehearsals will be on Wednesday, January 25, from 6:00 - 8:00pm.
Solo & Ensemble Contest - 2/11
All S&E Forms have been entered and we should have a final schedule sometime early next week. Most ensembles have already set up a regular rehearsal schedule, if your member has not, it might be a good idea to ask when they are planning to practice their ensemble. :)
I will forward schedule information and Tips & Tricks For A Successful Solo & Ensemble Performance as soon as they are available.
Pancake Breakfast - 3/3
The new date for our Pancake Breakfast is March 3. We will be hosting this event at Champp's on East Campus View (near the Crosswoods Movie Theater). More details to come.
Event: The Pride of Olentangy Marching Band and Color Guard Pancake Breakfast
Date: March 3, 2012
Time: 7:30-9:30 AM
Cost: $6 each (Children under 6 are free)
Band/Guard are responsible for:
- Set-up crew to arrive at 7:00 AM to ready everything
- Providing our own cups for the orange juice
- Waiting tables for the full two hours
- Provide a clean-up crew to return the restaurant back into order for business
Band Pride Signs and Clings
We have finalized all the information for Pride Signs and clings for the music department. All instructions are included on the attached order form. Orders are sent to the address on the order form with a check.
Band Web Sites
Don't forget that you can access a lot of material on the band websites listed below.
ohs.olentangy.k12.oh.us/teachers/ian_brun
Additional Fundraising Opportunities
SHOP WITH SCRIP
We’re pleased to share some exciting news about a new fundraising program for our organization. It’s called “scrip”, and it’s the fundraising program that works while you shop.
Scrip is simply a word that means “substitute money” – in other words, scrip is gift certificates from national and local retailers. They’re the same gift certificates that you buy at the store. Many popular retailers participate in our scrip program including JCPenney, The Gap, Shell, Pizza Hut, Red Lobster and many, many others.
You’re probably asking yourself how these stores help us raise money. It’s simple -- scrip participating retailers agree to sell gift certificates to our organization at a discount. Member families like yours buy the certificates for full face value, they redeem them for full face value, and our school keeps the difference as revenue. And scrip is exciting, because everybody wins:
The retailer gets cash up front and repeat business…You get a powerful fundraising alternative that involves no selling…Your account gets a regular source of revenue.
The beauty of scrip is that you put your regular household shopping dollars to work. You earn money for our school without spending a single additional penny. Just spend your regular shopping dollars with scrip at the stores that participate in the scrip program! And scrip can be used for just about any household purchase including food, clothing, entertainment, gasoline and even dining out.
Each family’s purchases will be credited to a student account for their own child.
- Log into www.shopwithscrip.com<http://www.shopwithscrip.com/> Click on Family registration.
- Your non-profit's enrollment code is: 14F86B9617329.
- Fill in the information for new customers. Use the enrollment code above for our music boosters.
- Be sure to register for Presto Pay. We do not handle any money on our end. Everything is paid through the website.  Please do this ASAP so that they can verify your bank information.
- Once everything is entered in you will receive two very small deposits from your bank. Once they have been verified on-line, you will be ready to order.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Thanks for your participation!
KROGER REWARDS
Families who have enrolled over this past year must re-enroll as Kroger begins a new year of their program. Please note: Kroger stopped credits as of April 1st. Kroger will issue credit back to April 1st if you have receipts between re-enrollment and April 1st. Call Kroger customer service at 1-800-KROGERS with any problems.
- Go to: www.krogercommunityrewards.comÂ
- Click on “Already enrolled? Sign-in”
- Enter email and password information
- Update/edit your community rewards information
- Enter: 81283 for Olentangy Music Boosters
- Select Organization
- Save Organization
You are now re-enrolled for the next year!
Remember to have your Kroger Plus card scanned for every purchase to accumulate money for your musically talented student. If you are currently not enrolled in the program, it is not too late to start.
BATTERIES PLUS
As you may be aware, one of the Olentangy Music Boosters fundraising opportunities is the Batteries Plus monthly “Secret Shopper” visits and phone evaluations of their five stores, which are located at:
        8593 Columbus Pike, Lewis Center
        5010 N High St, Columbus
        4514 Cemetery Rd, HilliardÂ
        5960 Scarborough Blvd, Columbus
        4681 Morse Road, Gahanna  (New Location)
This involves a monthly in-store “Secret Shopper” visit, as well as monthly telephone calls, to all five stores. While the store visits can be conducted by different individuals, the five monthly telephone calls need to be conducted by one individual.
Effective December 2009, the Music Boosters Board decided to credit the funds to individual student accounts. Each in-store “Secret Shopper” visit receives $20, and each monthly phone evaluation receives $15. Also, for any items purchased during an in-store visit, the student's account will receive a “refund” of the difference between the purchase price of the items purchased and the store cost of the items purchased.
If you are interested in earning funds for your student’s account by conducting one of the monthly in-store “Secret Shopper” visits at one of the Batteries Plus locations, or by conducting all five of the monthly phone evaluations, please contact Roseanne Price, at (740) 548-6380, or at pthomas669@aol.com. This opportunity will be made available each month on a first-come basis.
Thank you for your support of the Music Boosters!     Â
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Roseanne Price
Ian Brun
Director of Bands
Olentangy High School
675 Lewis Center Rd.
Lewis Center, Ohio 43035
(O) 740-657-4171
(C) 740-201-9761
(F) 740-657-4199
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