Mt. Carmel Band Boosters

We will be selling Butter Braids starting February 22nd, and orders are due March 12th.  Click here for more information, and here to download an order form.  See Sharon Rohlfing for more details (dnnpds@aol.com)

The See's Spring Fundraiser is starting now. Click here for order form.

Old Harbor Video is again videotaping the Marching Sundevils during the 2009/2010 marching season. Also, Old Harbor Video will again videotape and produce DVDs for the spring concerts (Wind Ensemble I, Wind Ensemble II, Concert Band).

To order your copy of the marching season/concert season DVD's and the concert season DVDs, go to the Old Harbor Video website.  (Creditcards and Paypal are accepted.)  You may also click here for an order form.

PUSD is looking at another $17-24 MILLION in cuts.  This is in addition to the cuts made last year.  Below is a link to the Ninth District PTA's website that includes a link to locate your state legislator.  There are also 12 sample form letters that can be used to express your views to your state legislator. 

http://www.ninthdistrictpta.org/LegislativeMeeting.html

When preparing the form letter, remember that elementary school music programs are VITAL to a healthy high school performing arts program.  All high school music and guard students got their start in elementary school.  SAVE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC.

The volunteer site is now up.  Click HERE.

Mt. Carmel is hosting a Winter Guard tournament on March 28, 2010.  There will be 40 performing units visting our campus.  Please volunteer to be a part of the tournament.  We need your help to provide our visiting guests a safe, fun event.

Tournament meetings are every Wednesday at 6:30 pm.  Join us.

We are asking for donations, including water, soda (Coke and Pepsi brands only), and gift basket items.  We are looking for:

*Relaxation Bath Basket: Body lotion, bath gel, Barnes & Noble/Borders gift cards, candles, ...
*Movie Night: Microwave popcorn, movie passes, Blockbuster gift card, Candy, ...
*Baking Time: Cookbook, Cake Mix, Brownie Mix, Chocolate chips, Cookie/Muffin Mix, ...
*Beach Time: Suntan lotion, beach ball, beach bag, ...
*Memories: Photo album, picture frames, disposable camera, digital camera memory stick, ... 

Please contact Odette Ada (todada@cox.net) if you can donate gift basket items.  Contact John Helenschmidt (jhelenschmidt@sbcglobal.net) if you can donate water or soda.

March 10th, 7:00 pm Pre-festival concert (Concert Band, Wind II, Wind I)

March 13th Esperanza Jazz Festival

March 17th 7:00 pm Pre-festival concert Orchestra (guest appearance Black Mountain Middle School)

March 20th Irvine Jazz Festival

March 31st 8:00 pm Poway Music Festival (Orchestra)

April 1st Poway Music Festival (Concert Band, Wind II, Wind I)

April 30th/May 1st Mt. Carmel SCSBOA Regional Festival

There will be full orchestra rehearsals after school every Tuesday from 6:30-8:00 pm.  NOTE: During the holidays (2/16 and 4/6), there will be no rehearsals.

February 20th Mission Hills High School

February 27th Rancho Bernardo High School 

March 13th Mira Mesa High School

March 20th Westview High School

March 28th Mt. Carmel High School (tournament hosts)

April 3rd Eastlake High School

April 18th TBD

Calling All Mt Carmel Band, Color Guard and Orchestra Parents…..

Did you know that Mt Carmel is a test center for the SAT exams? And did you know that the Mt. Carmel Band Boosters administer the SAT exams as one of our very profitable fundraisers? MCBB receives an honorarium from the testing company and those parents who volunteer receive a stipend that is credited to their student’s account. The balance of the honorarium goes to the MCBB General Fund.
 
When you volunteer, not only are you adding a large amount of money to your student’s account but you’re helping to keep our music program running by providing the funds for instruction, equipment, instruments and travel expenses. In addition, having Mt. Carmel as a test center is valuable service and convenience for your own child when it comes time for him/her to take the SAT exams. Being able to take the exams at their home school is a great advantage to a student. Volunteers can earn between $35 and $52 for one morning’s worth of work! Every test day, we need a total of 35 volunteers to accommodate the 600 students who are registered to take the test. There are two jobs available—classroom test administrators and hall proctors.

Want to learn more about this opportunity to put boatloads of money into your student’s account? Come to the SAT exam orientation/training meeting so see just how easy it is to be part of the SAT Administration team.

When: September 16, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: MCHS Orchestra room

Please contact Barb Romano at 672-3825 (bromano@san.rr.com)

Revised on May 29

Here's the tentative schedule for the Mt. Carmel Marching Sundevils band and guard.

Tournament chair meeting: August 26, 2009 7:00 p.m. (and every Wednesday evening until Tournament week)

Orchestra New Parent Orientation: August 31, 2009 6:30 p.m.

Band Mom Training: September 16, 2009 6:30 p.m.

SAT Training: September 16, 2009 7:30 p.m.

General parent meeting: September 28, 2009

2009-2010 Booster Membership

The students in all three branches of the Instrumental Music Program at Mt. Carmel work enormously hard and make a stellar name and reputation of excellence for this school. I am proud to be a member of the Mt. Carmel Music Boosters and support these fine students and their Directors. After just one year, I have seen a tremendous amount of growth in confidence and responsibility in my own student. I can tell you that the field shows are thrilling, the concerts are wonderful and wherever the band, orchestra and color guard travel they garner major accolades. I hope you will join me as a Mt.Carmel Music Booster and support this exceptional program; I am sure you will enjoy the camaraderie and spirit of this great family.

Join the Mt. Carmel Band Boosters(MCBB) and help the Band, Orchestra, and Color Guard program. You get special benefits too! Go here to get more information.

Please call me with any questions about membership. April Cresse 484-5279

The 2008 Marching Sundevils event calendar is available to download here.  

Multiple DVD's are currently available and more coming later in the year. The following DVDs can be odered now:

Wind I concert of December 18th 
Wind II & Concert Band concert of December 19th

Order Form 

Old Harbor Video donates 10% of all purchases back to the MCHS program. Contact george@oldharborvideo.com if you have any questions.