Coleman Band on YouTube (at Universal)

Coleman Cobras marching at Universal - playing "Louie, Louie"

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Coleman Band Booster Meeting, Tonight! (Thursday, May 21)

Tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in the bandroom. We'll talk about some of the band's accomplishments during the 08-09 school year, and vote on board members for 09-10.
See you there!

and don't forget about the End of Year Picnic
Picnic Island - Saturday, May 30th UPDATED TIME: 5 to 7 p.m.

Below is the official agenda:

Coleman Band Booster General Meeting Agenda

May 21, 2009

Sign in


Introduction of Board Members

Kathy, David, Drew, Angela, Andrea


Finances:

Finances

Fundraisers

Dues


Old Business:

Past events - Solo Ensemble, FBA Concert, Spring Concert

Banner


Upcoming Events:

Spring Picnic


Expenditures:

Where to start?


Call for Nominations for Board 2009-2010

Nominations

Vote


Next General Meeting – Fall 2009

Spring Band Concert - This Monday, May 18!

The Coleman Band spring concert is THIS MONDAY, May 18 at 7 p.m. at the Robinson High School Auditorium.

Parents, family and friends -- Please come and support your band students.

Robinson is at 6311 S. Lois Ave., south of Gandy.

Students: Please be at the auditorium, dressed and ready to play, by 6:15 p.m.

See you there!

Band Booster Meeting!

Just in:

Coleman Band Booster Meeting - May 21, 2009 @ 6:30pm - in the Band Room

News from Mr. Dunn:

"We will be having our last band booster meeting of the year on Thursday, May 21. We will be discussing the picnic, budget for instruments, and voting on booster officers.

If you are interested in becoming an officer, please mark any of the offices you are interested in and return it to Mr. Dunn by May 20. We will vote on the nominees at the meeting.

Thanks,

Chris Dunn, David & Kathy Longacre , Co-President’s"

Nomination form (you can print and return)


Name_______________________________________________


Student Name________________________________________


Phone#_____________________________________________


E-Mail_____________________________________________


Please circle all of the offices in which you want to be nominated:


President Vice President Secretary


Treasurer Volunteer Coordinator

Spring Concert - May 18

The Spring Concert is now set for Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m. at the Robinson High School auditorium, 6311 S. Lois Ave. (south of Gandy)

Students should be at the auditorium, dressed and ready to play, by 6:15 p.m.

Uniform---------------
7th and 8th graders - Concert uniform: black pants, black socks, black shoes, white long-sleeve dress shirt, cummerbund, bow tie

6th graders - Coleman Band shirt, jeans, sneakers

Instruments: Students are responsible for bringing their own instruments to and from the Robinson auditorium. Percussion, tubas and baritones are the only instruments that will be transported to the concert.

Chaperone list for Universal trip

From Mr. Dunn:

The following is the list of Chaperones for the Universal trip. We had over 40 parents ask to chaperone and Universal is giving us only 18 tickets. We changed bus companies and saved some money, so the band is buying an additional 10 tickets due to the parent support to bring us to 28 spots.

I drew the names of the parents randomly from a bowl to make it fair. There is also a list of alternates that was also drawn in case any parents cannot make it. Thanks for your support
Thanks,
Chris

Chaperones List

Elizabeth Blaschka
Pam Ashe-Oldaker
Keith Elkington
Julie Jenkins
Kathy Hansen
Debbie Brooks
Grace Daguier
Rebecca McKenzie
Karen Fate
Jeanne Seaberg
Anne Knapp
Monica Marselli
Andy Hafer
Suzanne Keys
Elaine Lee
Kathy Quirke
Colin Roberts
Jacqueline Hiatt
Tammy Zinkosky
Lynne Webster
Kimberlee Vickers
Ken Mersereau
Wanda West
Vincent Ramos
Cathy Harris
Mr. Glenn
James Cloonan
Susan Spoor

Alternate List

James Nenno
Beth Mann
Karen Siebert
Kathy McElwan

Congrats to Coleman bands: Superior ratings at MPA

Below is a note from Mr. Dunn concerning the Coleman Band's great performances at the Florida Bandmaster Association MPA - Music Performance Assessments -- at Leto High School. Each group performed three prepared pieces and did sight-reading of two pieces.

From Mr. Dunn:

"This past week was an historic week for the Coleman band. 2nd and 3rd period band both received a superior rating, which is the highest rating you can receive!!!!! We were also the only band on this side of the county where both bands received a superior.

Your students have worked really hard and I am very proud to be apart of their band. It is amazing to see the growth in maturity and musicianship from your students over the past year. They were one of the best behaved and focused bands at the event.

Thank you to all of the parents for supporting them in their music. Your students really appreciate it!!!!

Remember students your teacher and permission slips for the Universal trip are due Monday, April 13.

Have a happy and safe spring break!!!!

Thanks,
Chris Dunn

Band updates: Fundraiser, Universal Trip, Concert MPA

Updates from Mr. Dunn:

1. The "Enjoy the City" coupon book fundraiser has been extended to Monday, March 23. Students who have already finished selling their coupon books can turn in the funds any time.

2. Permission forms and $65 fee for the Universal Studios trip (Thursday, April 16) are due Monday, March 23.

3. This year's Concert MPA for the Florida Bandmasters Association (FBA) will take place Wednesday, April 1 at Leto High School.
2nd period and 3rd period students will participate in this event.
Bands will perform three pieces each and read sight-read music for judges.

Schedule:
12:30 p.m. -- 3rd period band
3:00 p.m. -- 2nd period band
Admission to the concerts is free and open to the public.

Spring Fundraiser Now in Full Swing: Fight the Recession with Valuable Coupon Book

The spring fundraiser, designed to help get instruments into the hands of all band students, kicked off on Monday. It continues through Monday, March 16.

Coleman Band students this week brought home "Enjoy the City" coupon books, priced at $20 each. The goal: Each student should sell at least five books. If all of our more than 240 students meet that goal, the results will be record-breaking!

What to know about the fundraiser:

* "Enjoy the City" coupon books can be a tool to fight the recession. Pay a little, and save a lot.

* The book offers 64 pages of coupons for savings at restaurants and businesses in Hillsborough County, and throughout the Tampa Bay area -- pizza restaurants, ice cream places, and donut and sandwich shops.

* Also included are coupons for entertainment/recreation providers like the Florida Aquarium, the Florida Orchestra, Grand Prix Tampa, USF Performing Arts, and various carpet golf places.

* The book pays for itself with the grocery store coupons alone. And the Albertson's coupons -- six coupons offering $5 discounts -- can also be redeemed at Publix stores.

* The band receives more than 50% of profits from sales.

------------PRIZES------------

* Get a free coupon book and entry to the pizza party. How? Sell five books.

* Get $10 cash for every 10 books sold.

------------LIST OF MERCHANTS------------
The coupon book offers coupons for the following:

Restaurants
Acropolis Greek Taverns, All Star Celebrity Cafe, Arby's, Athen's, Atlanta Bread Co., Baskin Robbins, Beef O' Brady's, Bennigans, Burger King, Caramba's, Carvel, Checkers, Cherry's, Church's, Cinema Cafe, Clubhouse, Coconuts, Consciousness-Blossoms, Dairy Queen, Domino's Dunkin Donuts, East Coast Pizza, Fuego, Gengiz Khan, Hershey's Ice Cream, Ho Ho, Jake's, Jalapeno, JJ Conch's, Ledo's Pizza, Marco's Pizza, Mr. Empanada, Nicola's Donuts, O'Brien's, Papa John's, Pita Pit, Pita Republic, Popeyes, Royal Pizza, Shish, Smokey Bones, Sonic, Sophia's, Steak Escape, Subway, Tampa Pitcher Show, TCBY, Thai Laguna Cuisine, Tia's Tex Mex

Entertainment/Recreation
688 Skatepark, Ace Golf, All About the Game, Bloomingdale Golf, Captain Bligh's Landing, Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Coconuts, Dunedin Blue Jays, Florida Aquarium, Florida Orchestra, Forest Hills Golf, Fort Desoto Park, Gator's Parasail, Grand Prix Tampa, Great Explorations, Johns Pass Watersports, Pebble Creek Golf, Planet Jump!, Rocky Point Golf, Rogers Park Golf, Silverado Golf, Summerfield Crossings Golf, USF Performing Arts, Walden Lake Golf

Retail/Services
Alamo, Albertsons, Dick's, Doctor on Call, Enterprise, ETC Vacations Direct, Firestone, House of Quality Cedar Cleaners, It's Bucs & Bulls Heaven, Kidz IDZ, National, Payment Alliance, Quality Plus Cleaners, Time Magazine, USA Grocers & Gourmet Deli

Solo and Ensemble Evaluations

About 40 Coleman band students participated in Solo and Ensemble contest, Feb. 20-21 at Alonso High School.

They did a great job representing the band, and the school: Judges offered positive -- and valuable -- feedback following performances.

And many students received superior (I) and excellent (II) ratings.

More details on the results are TBA.