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Monday
5:30 - 8:30 pm / Winter Guard Rehearsal
Wednesday

5:30 - 8:30 pm / Winter Guard Rehearsal
Thursday
5:30 - 8:00 pm / Winter Guard Dance Rehearsal
6 - 9 pm /  Wind Symphony District Contest Dress Rehearsal
Friday
TBD /  Wind Symphony District Contest
Saturday
TBD /  Wind Symphony District Contest
10 am - ? / Winter Guard Hamilton Competition
3 - 6 pm / Winter Guard Centerville Competition

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Concert Wind Handbook

Booster updates 3/6/10
Scrip! Details
Marching Band Calendar
Fundraising Search Toolbar
Kroger Gift Cards

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The most current postings will appear at the top of the page. If there is information to download it will be listed as well.

August 23, 2009
SCRIP! Major Retailers Want To Give Our Band Boosters Money!

Dear Mason Band Booster Parent:

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 the 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 the Boosters keep the difference. And scrip is exciting, because everybody wins:

There is no set up fee. Anyone can use it to help the Band Boosters.
The retailer gets cash up front and repeat business…
You get a powerful fundraising alternative that involves no selling…
The Boosters get a regular source of funds.

The beauty of scrip is that you put your regular household shopping dollars to work. You earn money for the Boosters 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.

After you register and start using scrip the Boosters will receive credit for your purchases. You will be able to order online from your home at your convenience. We will be using the PrestoPay program, which is an electronic fund transfer system. There is a small $0.39 convenience fee per order with PrestoPay. We will not be accepting checks at this time. Since this is a fundraising program, credit cards are not accepted by scrip as it would reduce the money raised. The cut-off date to place your order will be one week prior to the Booster meeting. This will allow time to process the order and receive the cards from scrip so they can be distributed at the Booster meeting. For additional information please see the flyer describing the PrestoPay process and our set up guide to get you started.

For the Scrip registration website and enrollment code, you can contact your gift card committee members Tami Wimmers & Doug Lucy at cards@lucyfamily.com

The Boosters scrip program promises to be a simple and effective fundraising program. Thanks for your support!


MHS Marching Band Calendar on Google

For those of you that use an electronic calendar on your computer or phone, I have published the current season's Marching Band calendar to a Google calendar. You can subscribe to this calendar and so that practices and performances appear on your Outlook, iCal, Google Calendar, or smartphone.

This is a copy of the calendar on the Mason Bands website (http://www.masonbands.com/Calendar/default.asp) so if there is a conflict of information, believe the web site before this copy. But since I help maintain both calendars, they stay in sync pretty well.

If you want to subscribe to this calendar, point to one of the following addresses:

iCal format: http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/2rppnm3urpdfpn3eftbo213or0@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
HTML format: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=2rppnm3urpdfpn3eftbo213or0%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York

// Scott Allen


May 16. 2009
Fundraising Search Toolbar

Information about our latest fundraiser, the web browser toolbar can be found on this page.  Remember, anyone can use the toolbar so invite friends and family to use it.  The toolbar is a great way for them to support the band without buying anything or taking a lot of time.

 

 

Kroger Gift Cards

Welcome to an easy way to help raise money for our band! It is available at each Booster Meeting. We will be selling Kroger Gift Cards at $5.00 each. These cards are already loaded with $5.00 and are programmed to raise funds for the Mason Band Boosters. The process is easy! All you need to do is load additional funds onto the card before you make your purchase via cash, check, or credit card. This can be done at any Kroger register. Then, when you make your purchase at the store or the gas bar, be sure to pay with this gift card.

The Mason Band Boosters will receive a check for 4% of qualified spending at the end of the month once we have reached a cumulative amount of $5,000 (equals $200!). Qualified spending excludes services (Money Orders, Ticket Master, Lottery Tickets, Western Union Money Transfers, Postage Stamps & Gift Cards). Note: You must maintain a balance on your gift card (a gift card with a zero balance for 90 days becomes inactive). If your gift card is lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, it will not be replaced and the remaining value will be lost. Pick up extra cards for friends and family so they can help our earnings grow... these cards can be used at any Kroger store nationwide!

If you have any questions, please contact Doug Lucy at cards@lucyfamily.com or 573-0004. Pick one up from Doug Lucy or Herren Rueda at the next Booster Meeting.

Thank you for your support!


Boosters Email List

We keep this information on another page of the site but I wanted to bring it to everyone's attention.  If you haven't already signed up, please sign up now for our email list.  This allows us to "push" the latest information to you via email.

The Mason Band Boosters uses a Yahoo! Group to distribute the latest information to its members. To join the group enter your email address in the form below and press the purple button.

 

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LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS

The Band Boosters needs YOU! Have any free time? Anything in particular you like doing? Maybe you’re a whiz at sewing … if so, the Flag Committee would like to talk to you! Perhaps you absolutely LOVE working in the concessions stands … if so, we’ve got some concessions stands with your name on it! How do you feel about working in the Pit Crew? You’ll always have a front row seat to see our Mason Marching Band of Spirit perform if you’re working with the Pit Crew! And … if you’d like to help our band students get ready for performances, the Uniform Committee would love to talk to you!

There’s literally dozens and dozens of jobs the Boosters needs volunteers for … and don’t forget … it’s never too soon to begin thinking about Band Camp 2008 … or even the very next Mason Invitational Band Competition held in October 2008! The pre-planning work for all of these events takes place NOW … so don’t be shy! Send your name, contact info and a brief description of what area you’d like to volunteer your time with for the Band Boosters and our Mason High School Marching Band … you’ll be glad you did!