VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE MUSICAL

This year with 30 less students in the cast it is critical that we get parent/guardian volunteers to help. The following Chairperson jobs are still available;

• Ushers
• Saturday Dinner (between shows)

Volunteer forms will be coming home in a packet to all cast & crew when school resumes after the holiday break. Please look over the different volunteer opportunities and support your student by being involved. We need volunteers at the concession/bake sale, as ushers, at the Kiss the Cast table, to help serve at 2 dinners, and a couple for Lobby decorations. Thank you for your time!

COMMITMENT FEE DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JAN. 21, 2011

The payment of the Commitment Fee is being extended until Friday, January 21, 2011. Checks can be made out to NHSVMB and given to Mrs. Nichols. Thanks!

Commitment Fee Due Date Fast Approaching

Commitment Fees are due by Dec. 22, 2010.
Checks are to be made out to NHSVMB and given to Ms. Nichols. Thanks!

PIZZA UNO FUNDRAISER - THURSDAY, DEC. 2nd

We're raising dough!

Eat In or Take Out from the Langhorne Pizza Uno (near Sesame Place) and Uno will donate up to 20% of your check to Neshaminy Vocal Music Boosters on Thursday, Dec. 2nd.

• Chances are the turkey will be all gone by then, so please come out & support vocal music.
• Pass along coupons to family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and whoever else you can think of.

COUPONS for the event are available from the Booster Executive Board and will be available at the next Booster Meeting, Wed., Nov. 17th and at the Holiday Concert VMB Info table just outside the auditorium, Mon., Nov. 22nd. The coupon has to be attached to your check for Uno to make the donation to NHSVMB. Thanks!

Thanks to all!

Thanks to all of you who attended our last Booster meeting on Oct. 20th and to those who signed up to volunteer. We still need chairpersons for Ushers for the Musical and the Musical Saturday Dinner - all the instructions and info will be provided to you to make these jobs as simple as possible.

If you have a fundraiser idea to share - email us.

If you want to volunteer on a committee - email us.

If you have a question - email us.

Thank you also to everyone who has returned their contact form and paid the committment fee. We are very happy with the response for both.

We are here as the Boosters to make Vocal Music a great experience for our children. Everything we do is for our children. Looking back on your high school experience, even though academics were important, what do you remember most? Probably the extra curricular activities you participated in. That is what made high school enjoyable. So, come join us in making wonderful memories for our children.:)

Next BOOSTER MEETING

This Wednesday, October 20th, 2010, is our next booster meeting in Room C109 at 7pm. Please come and join us to discuss all that is going on with your student's vocal music activities and be a part of this great support organization.

October 2010 Newsletter

NESHAMINY HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL MUSIC BOOSTERS

OCTOBER 2010 NEWSLETTER

WELCOME CHOIR MEMBERS AND FAMILIES

Hillary Rhydderch & Kristen Nichols – Vocal Directors

Greetings! This is going to be another great year for all our high school choir members. NHS choirs consist of approximately 162 students in all. Both, a new NHSVMB Executive Board & a new Student Choir Council are at the helm and they are already making plans for this year.

NEWS: This will be the only mailed newsletter for the 2010-2011 school year. All Vocal Music news and information will be posted on the “new” blog. You might want to make this a favorite site on your computer, http://NeshaminyHSVocalMusic.blogspot.com

Please take the time to read the blog for information about upcoming events, fundraisers, deadlines, monies due, and contact information.

2010 – 2011 Booster Meetings – Will be held at 7pm, Room C109 on the following Wednesdays nights;

10/20/10, 11/17/10, 1/19/11, 2/16/11, 3/16/11, 4/13/11, 5/11/11

Please, come & join us!

COMMITMENT FEE is due by DECEMBER 22, 2010: In order for your child to participate in choir activities, a $60.00 commitment fee must be met. This fee helps provide uniforms, equipment, the Vocal Banquet, and any supplies that can help make your child’s choir experience the best it can be.

• You can fundraise the amount needed
• You can pay it directly
• Checks can be made payable to NHSVMB
• Please write your child’s name and commitment fee in the memo line
• Payment may be given to Ms. Rhydderch or Mrs. Nichols, upon her return

If the commitment fee is not paid by this date your child may not participate in choir trips or the vocal banquet.

Senior Scholarships: Senior choir members must have paid their commitment fee for each year they have been in choir or they are not eligible for a scholarship.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS: In order for this to be a successful year – WE NEED PARENT VOLUNTEERS to chair committees & to help on those committees! Sign up sheets will be available at the next Booster Meeting on WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20^th at 7pm in the choir room C109 or email the Booster Executive Board at nhsvocalmusicboosters@yahoo.com.

Please consider the following chairperson jobs that are still available:

• Concert Patrons
• Senior Flowers
• Banquet
• Musical Rehearsal Dinner
• Kiss the Cast
• Ushers
• Musical Saturday Dinner
• Baked Goods
• Lobby Decorations
• Fund Raisers

PATRONS: Patrons are a way for students to raise money for choir commitment fee or choir trips.

• Family & Friends can purchase patrons which will be published in the concert program
• 100% of the monies collected goes directly into their student choir account
• A Patron form is included with this mailing & extra forms are in the choir room
• Instructions & price are located on the Patron form
• This fundraiser is ongoing until March 2011

HOMECOMING: Homecoming is this Friday, Oct. 15^th. Come here the choir sing prior to kickoff at 7pm and visit the Vocal Music Booth where the students will be selling meatball subs, drinks, chocolate covered pretzels & glow stick bracelets. Take a chance on the raffle basket filled with scratch-off lotto tickets. Come out, enjoy the game, and support the students.

Holiday Concert: The Holiday Concert will be held on Monday, November 22^nd in the Kloos Auditorium. Time to be announced. Family & friends are invited to enjoy our talented students.

Winter Musical: The Winter Musical will be “Beauty and the Beast”. More info will follow soon.

2010 – 2011 EXECUTIVE BOARD                        2010 – 2011 CHOIR COUNCIL

nhsvocalmusicboosters@yahoo.com                                           

President……………………..Deb Buxton                     President…….………..Danny O’Neill

Vice President……………….Lisa Reiser                     Vice President……….….Angie Grau

Treasurer………………….Cheryl Murray                    Treasurer….………..Julie Schweizer

Secretary……………….………..Julie Lieb                    Secretary……..……….Jenna Nelson

Choir Director….……Hillary Rhydderch

hrhydderch@neshaminy.k12.pa.us

The Executive Board is looking forward to an enjoyable year with all the choir students, choir directors, and parents. All of us working together can help to make this a great year! Thank you.

Deb Buxton

NHSVMB President

Commitment Fee Due By Dec. 22, 2010

The commitment fee allows your child to participate in choir activities (trips, banquet, & senior scholarship). This fee helps provide uniforms, equipment, the vocal banquet, and other needed supplies.

• You can fundraise the amount needed
• Or you can pay it directly
• Checks can be made payable to NHSVMB
• Please write your child's name and "commitment fee" in the memo line
• Payments can be given to Ms. Rhy or Mrs. Nichols, upon her return

Thank you!