Current News

Savoring Seminole Cookbooks:

"Savoring Seminole" cookbooks are flying off the shelf and headed for the Best Seller List!!! A collection of 369 family favorite recipes, our beautiful HARDCOVER first edition features a custom artwork cover and personal pages that tell about our band. These are easy to sell and a GREAT value at just $16.

Congratulations to Hailey McAuley, winner of the cookbook sales contest which ended Feb. 19th. She sold a whopping 54 books during the contest period, earning a $50 Grand Prize on top of $540 in profit to her trip account! Not to mention, Hailey has sold 72 books total since December and she's still going strong. Way to go Hailey!

Now for the latest: "We Love Our Moms" Cookbook Sales Contest:

• Contest Period begins Monday, 3/10/10 and ends Monday, 5/05/10
• Sell a Minimum of 10 books to qualify
• The student with the most books sold during the contest period will receive $50.00! This may be applied to any trip account OR taken as a CASH PRIZE! (This is in addition to the proceeds from each book sold being applied to your student trip accounts!)

But wait… that's not all! We're taking the guesswork out of Mother's Day gift giving this year. Our top seller will ALSO receive this beautiful Gail Pittman Bountiful Collection Platter AND Gallery Pacific Lidded Bowl from Southern Living at HOME (retail value is over $100!!!).



Be sure to download the cover shot of our cookbook to send out an e-mail to everyone on your contact list! You will be amazed at the number of cookbooks you will sell with a short 'n' sweet e-mail! If you don't ask, the answer is always "no"!

Orders may be filled in the band room at the beginning of 3rd, 4th and 5th periods. If you need books at ANY other time, just call, text or e-mail Kathy Galvin at stargalvin@hotmail.com OR 803-466-0305.

Student order forms are available here. These are for YOUR convenience only, so that you can keep track of your deliveries.

MPA honors: Here are the results from this weekend's MPA Assessments.

Orchestra - Superior Rating
Wind Ensemble - Superior Rating (Straight Superiors!)
Symphonic Band - Excellent Rating Concert Band - Excellent Rating

More honors are available on the Honors page.

Journey Thru Jazz: See the finale of Journey Thru Jazz! The entire finale of this amazing concert is now posted on ShutterFly. So much talent that it fills THREE segments! Whether you attended the concert or wish you had, check out our Jazz Chiefs and the professionals.

The entire concert, including this finale is now available on DVD. An audio CD of high-quality mastered tracks is also available at a discounted package price. All funds benefit the SHS Band. Deadline for orders is next Monday, March 8th, send payment in with your student. Order form.

Pictures of your band student: Pictures of your band student! What a wonderful gift for the grandparents or your coffee table. Complete the order form and drop it and your payment in the photo committee box in the band office. Once we receive your order and payment, we will fill your order. The pictures will be sent home with your child. If this is a present for your child, please include a note with your order form so that we may contact you directly when your order is ready to be picked up. Please note that there are two order forms per sheet in case you have more than one child. You only need to complete one of the two forms. Blank forms will be in the band room on the table outside the band office as well. Any questions, please email the committee at photo@seminolehsband.org.

Make Money for your Trip Account -- any trip! We have an exciting announcement! Effective immediately, we are making it possible for you to earn money for your kids' trip account. This is NOT just for London, but can be applied to any band trip we take. At this time, it is effective for three things:

1. Snow Cone work after school -- every parent who works snow cones after school will earn $10 that will be put into their student's trip account. This will be retroactive -- so all you parents who have worked so hard will be rewarded!
2. UCF events -- every parent (and student) who works a UCF event will earn $25 per worker, again put into the student's trip account.
3. Cookbooks -- our cookbooks are available. Every cookbook sold by a student (or their parents, grandparents, etc.), will earn $10 into the student's trip account. Student order forms are available here.

We are trying to get more things lined up to add to these three opportunities. So, parents, if you want to start putting money into the trip accounts, sign up!

Please e-mail Aurora if you are available to work the Snow Cone machine after school (I'm told it's actually pretty fun!). The UCF events will be sent out as they come out, so watch for them in your e-mail!

seminole hs band blog: We now have a BLOG that you can follow and leave comments on. You can even receive it via RSS feed. Check it out at: http://www.seminolehsband.org/blog.

LONDON Trip:

As most of you know, the Seminole High School Band has been invited to march in the Lord Mayor's Silver Jubilee Parade in London, England, on New Year's Day, 2011. What an incredible opportunity!

The Band Parent Association is committed to doing whatever it takes to raise enough money so that everyone can make this trip. However, it will take your leap of faith right now. The week-long trip will begin right after Christmas and end just after New Year's Day. The cost per person is just under $3,000.00 and includes air fare, two meals a day, hotels, day tours, a show in London, and much, much more. You can look at the brochure at www.Londonparade.co.uk.

To date, almost 70 students have committed to going on this trip. We also have 6 parents committed to chaperone.

In the stands photos: In the stand pictures from the games are on Shutterfly. Go to http://seminolehsband.shutterfly.com, and from the HOME tab scroll down to the "Recent Pictures" section.

subscribe to the e-mail list: If you would like to add your name to the band email list, please go to the Subscribe Page and fill out the form.

We're on Facebook: Anyone on Facebook can search "Pride of the Tribe" and click on the one that has the picture of Mr. Malcolm & Ms. Newhouse. Join the group and you will get Facebook notifications from the band communications officer.