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Band Booster Website: www.carlislehighschoolband.org

Important Dates

April 5th - Car

Show Clean up 8 AM to 1 PM

April 12th—Car

Show Clean Up 8 AM to 1 PM

May 1st—Spring

Concert @7:30 PM Clyde and Lyn Barr

Auditorium

May 13th—Spring

“Formal” Banquet @ 6 PM Whisper-

ing Pines Banquet Hall

May 26th—

Memorial Day Pa-rade Downtown

Carlisle

June 5th—Graduation Ken

Millen Stadium

Car Show Clean Up We will clean and prep our car show concession stand on April 5th and 12th. To sign up for this event, follow this link:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/8050B49A4AE2A1-14car1/1572800

You will receive car show credit for 4 hours of work. We will

demonstrate food preparation on the 12th. Thank you!

First Car Show The car show season is upon us once again! Our first car show is

the Spring Carlisle show which is a 5 day show. This is from April 23—27. Please watch your e-mail for the sign up sheet.

As stated in numerous prior newsletters and e-mails, the car

show concession stand is the lifeblood of our organization. All of our other fundraisers benefit the student and the his/her ex-

penses for the band trip. If we did not have the car show con-cession stand we would not be able to provide your band student

the following for their band: quality staff, flags, costumes for guard, quality drill and music, possible uniforms in the next 5

years, equipment maintenance, varsity jackets, competition fees,

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and truck rental to name a few. Volun-

teering by all parents is expected. Please sign up and help at the car show.

Thank you.

Spring “Formal” Banquet When: May 13th

Time: 6 PM Where: Whispering Pines Banquet Hall,

1538 McClures Gap Road, Carlisle Cost: $6 for adults, $4 for students,

graduating seniors are free.

A flyer with reservation instructions will

come out in April. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations! Congratulations to Annie Griggs and Will Morris for making state band in

Hershey, PA!

Our band students are living proof that music enhances their academic en-

deavors. Our band students excel in many areas other than music. Con-

gratulations to the following:

Brodie Robinson—Silver medal for the National Scholastic Art and Writing

Awards. His award will be presented

to him on June 6th at Carnegie Hall, NY

Caitlin Dull—1st place at the Regional PA Junior Academy of Science. She

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He who sings scares away his woes. ~Cervantes

also received the Ed Owens Memorial

Scholarship. Her project will go on to the state level at PSU.

Kim Reisch—3rd place for her microbiol-

ogy project at the Capital Area Science and Engineering fair.

Joe Hocker—His culinary group partici-

pated in “taste of Carlisle” making pump-kin whoopee pies

Adolfo Alverez—He will attend the Inter-

national Career Development Conference for DECA.

Regional History Day: Andrea Readshaw—2nd place for senior

group exhibit Francesca DiPaola—Honorable Mention for

senior individual website Yujin Yang—1st place for senior group

website. 1st—3rd places will move on to the state

competition at Millersville University.

Brain Busters Team: Kim Reisch and Ben Ulrich

2014 Scholastic Art and writing Con-

test: Julia Lello and Jackson Hoch—

Honorable Mention Michael Anderson and Kyle

Whitlock—Silver Key Katie Dworak, Bodie Robinson, Jas-

mine Sheaffer and Kyle Whitlock—Gold Key

CHS Et Cetera Drama Troupe placed

4th at state competition. Erica Buck-ley was part of this group and also

was named in an additional award for her work with another student.

Great job to all our students! (Source: CHS school website)

Board Elections At the Spring Banquet we will elect our officers to our Executive commit-

tee. These parents will conduct the day to day business of the Band

Boosters. We still have not received any nominations for Vice President.

We will take nominations

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for all positions up to the election at the

banquet.

Distinguished Alumnus Award

We are currently accepting applications for

next year’s Distinguished Alumnus. Please follow this link for the parameters and ap-

plication. http://carlislehighschoolband.org/

distinguished-alumnus-award/. Thank you!

Did You Know? That the Carlisle High School Band per-formed its first concert on May 5, 1927 at

the First Lutheran Church. There were 55

members in the band. All the band mem-bers were boys. Just to give you a per-

spective of what the times were like as compared to today, the price of gas in

1927 was $0.12 a gallon!

Attention Parents of Graduating Seniors or Last Year Students All graduating seniors or last year stu-

dent’s Student Accounts through the Trip Accounting System will be zeroed out on

May 31st. You have three choices for the credits in the account:

1. Transfer to another current student

2. Transfer to the General Trip Account

3. Use towards musical expenses as out-

lined in our Trip Accounting System in the Parent Handbook. (Seniors only)

If you do not designate where the credits

will go, they will automatically go to the General Trip Fund. Any questions should

be directed to Cheri Keller at cjkeller@juno.com.

Concessions Schedule Spring Carlisle: April 23—27

Carlisle Performance and Style: May 10—11 Carlisle Import and Kit: May 16—18

Carlisle Ford Nationals: June 6—8 Carlisle GM Nationals: June 20—22 Carlisle Chrysler Nationals: July 11—13

Carlisle Truck Nationals: August 1—3 Corvettes at Carlisle: August 22—24

Carlisle Sports and Outdoor: Sept. 5—7 Fall Carlisle: October 1—5

Contact Information President: Randy Readshaw Randy.Readshaw@us.army.mil Newsletters: Rhonda Readshaw Readshawrw@aol.com Band Director: Byron Mikesell Mikesellb@carlisleschools.org

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