Feb. 26, 2008

Dear Summit Band Fan,

Congratulations to the Winter Guard on their performances in January and February! Your hard work is really showing!! See all the details below in the Winterguard Info section.

Please check below for more opportunities to support your band student. We especially need your help with the Jazz Dinner Dance!

The next booster meeting will be on Monday, Mar. 10th at 7:00pm.

Please check the band website for all the latest news at http://www.summitband.com.

Below is information you will need for your band student:

1. Wind Symphony Sectional schedule for after school rehearsal is

posted on the band website.

Mar. 1 - UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest at Martin HS, (specific

performance times will be available a few days prior to

March 1^st)

Mar. 1 - Summit Varsity Winterguard performance, Aledo HS

PerformanceTime 6:08pm

T.A. Howard Middle School will perform in exhibition at 11:54 am

(Ms. Neugent and the Summit Winter Guard members started a

program this year to work with T.A. Howard as these girls are future

Summit Guard members)

Mar. 8 - 6:00pm - Big Band Jazz Dinner Dance featuring the

Summit HS Jazz Ensemble, Wester MS Jazz Ensemble, and

the UTA Jazz Orchestra, SHS Commons Area

May 5-8: Color Guard training/ auditions, SHS Band Hall

4:30-6:00pm

2. Winter Guard info

    A very special thank you to all of the members of the band who have

   graciously volunteered their time to act as floor crew for the Winter

    Guard during the last two competitions. Your assistance is greatly

    appreciated!

   The Winter Guard will perform at Aledo High School at 6:08pm on

Saturday, March 1st. Contact Ms. Neugent (neugentn@charter.net)

if you would like to volunteer to help on the floor crew. Or, just come

out and support the Winter Guard. Cheering fans would be

   wonderful!!

   The Summit Varsity Winterguard competed January 19th at Keller

High School and placed first in their classification. The score earned

   by the group was so high that the judges further awarded them with

   a promotion to the next classification. Two students also competed

   in the solo competition at Keller High School. Anna Bryan finished

   in 3rd place and Kara Mangum finished in 1st place. Congratulations

to all of the members of the 3 time state champion Summit Varsity

Winterguard for their accomplishments at their first competition of

   the season.

The Summit Winter Guard competed Friday, Feb 22 at Lamar High

School in Arlington , Texas . The Guard finished in 3rd place (just 2.7

points below the first place winner) in their classification “SAAA”, but

scored high enough to again be promoted by the judges to the next

classification “SAA”.

3. $Senior Scholarships$

Mr. Bonebrake has given the scholarship applications to all senior

band students. The deadline to return the applications is April

15th.

4. Dinners to Go

Just a reminder to pick up your Dinners To Go order

at Nelda's on Wed. Feb. 27.

5. The Jazz Dinner Dance and Silent Auction

A Night of Big Band Music and Dancing

Saturday, March 8, 2008 beginning at 6 pm

Plans are underway for our 7^th Annual Jazz Dinner Dance and Silent Auction in the Summit Commons. This year will feature music from the Wester MS Jazz Band, the Summit HS Jazz Ensemble and a special guest performance by the University of Texas at Arlington Jazz Orchestra!

Here is the tentative schedule of events for the evening:

6:00pm Doors open and Silent Auction viewing begins

Serving lines open

Dinner donated by Spring Creek Barbeque

6:30 Wester Jazz Band performs—Nathan Wood, director

7:00 Summit Jazz Ensemble performs—Brad Bonebrake, director

8:30 to 9:30 UTA Jazz Orchestra performs

Dinner tickets are $12.00 for Adults (13 & over) - $7.00 for Children (under 12)

(Tables are $120.00, which seat 10 at a reserved prime seating table)

Dance only tickets are $5.00

Tickets and/or money needs to turned in this Friday, Feb. 29!!

Please remember to drop off items for the silent auction including: section basket items, senior basket items, family basket items, or other individual items. The success of this event determines the cost to our students for the Band Banquet.

Several committees are currently working on this event, but there is still plenty you can do!!

Dessert Committee: We are currently in need of volunteers to donate desserts (either homemade or store bought). The desserts can be pies, cakes, plain cheesecakes, or cheesecake toppings (strawberries, cherry, etc). Please label the dessert with the name of the dessert. You can drop it off at the Summit Commons Area on March 8 from 2:00pm to 5:30pm. We also need donations of bottled water and canned soft drinks to sell at the dessert table. Please contact Mardelle Riley with donations of desserts or drinks at mardelle.riley@sbcglobal.net.

If you have any questions or want to help, please email Barbara Griffin at Treasurer@summitband.com or Joanne Romans at JRomans@sbcglobal.net.

6. Band Banquet

The next committee meeting will be March 3 at 7:00pm in the

Band Hall. Everyone interested in invited.

7. If you volunteered to take some of the hydration packs home for

cleaning, please return them to the band hall.

See you at the next Booster Meeting!!