Venue Change

Hello!

We just got done finalizing our performance details with Disney. Due to some construction, our performance will no longer be at Downtown Disney. We will now be performing on the Melody Gardens at Innovations West in Epcot. Our performances will be on Tuesday March 18 at 1pm (Band) and 3:15pm (Choir). The music is sounding really good and I hope to post some of our performance here afterwards. To get a taste of what we will be performing in Disney before then, join us for the Pop's Concert Tuesday March 4 at 7pm in the High School gym.

Look at Those Great Looking Kids!

Hello everyone!
Did you know that we head to Florida in just 30 Days! We are all getting really excited around here and are working hard on the music we are going to perform when we are down there. Things are going really well and we will send our last payment in this week.

Yesterday we took yearbook pictures of all our groups, and I thought I would pass along the picture of the kids going on our trip. Don't they look snazzy in their AGWSR polos?

Happy New Year

Happy 2014 Everyone! We are finally in the same year as our trip, it is so exciting. In fact, according to the counter on the site, we head out in 72 days. YAY! Even more exciting, temps in Orlando in March are usually in the 70s...won't that be wonderful!

I just wanted to remind everyone that the January payment will be due Tuesday Jan. 7.  The amount due is on your student's My Big Campus accounts, or you can email me to find out. Thanks for reading.

Performing at Disney

Mr. Winkey and I got some exciting emails today. Disney has given us our performance times! We are excited to be performing in Downtown Disney on their Waterside Stage March 18, 2014. The band will perform at 1:30 eastern time and the choir at 4:00 eastern time. It is really exciting for us to be getting information from Disney! It reminds us of just how close our trip is getting...only 100 days from today, according to the count down on this blog.

We finished the butter braid fundraiser last week, and the kids did a really good job. We made more than $3,000 profit. The braids themselves come in on Monday Dec 9, and will be available to pick up after school. Please pick them up as soon after school as possible as it is also the night of the concert. Luckily, it will be really cold outside, so your car will act as a freezer till you can get them delivered.

Hope to see everyone at our Winter Concert Dec. 9, 2013 at 7:45pm in the High School Gym.

Butter Braid Reminder

Hello again,
 I just wanted to remind everyone that Butter Braid forms and money are due back to the HS on Monday Nov. 25. I am sending the order in on the 26th no matter what. It sounds like the kids have been out selling so hopefully we have a good turn out. They will be delivered on Dec. 9, 2013. That is the night of the High School Concert, but the braids are coming in early afternoon so they should be picked up after school is possible. I hope that everyone has a good holiday.

Butter Braids Are Here!

Hello!
We are excited to announce that we are starting Butter Braids sales today! I know that the community has been asking about it so it is time for us to get started. We will be selling from Nov. 14- Nov. 25. I will send in our order to the company on Nov. 26. the day right before our Thanksgiving break. Students will receive $6 for every braid they sell and the money they earn will be added to their accounts for the January payment.

We will also be working concessions Dec. 3, Jan. 7, Jan. 23, and Feb. 7.

We have now made three payments on our trip and have two left. The next payment of $230 is due January 7 and the final payment will be due February 7. We will have the final total for the February payment after the January payment.

 Mr. Winkey asked the kids the other day what they were looking forward to with the trip so I thought I would share a couple of their answers. Thanks for stopping by.

I went to Florida in June, but I'm excited to go back for a week and go back to Disney, and the beach. Hopefully I can go on some rides I missed last time. I'm excited to spend it with my friends! When we went we went to Cocoa Beach, and I think that's where we're going? It's really nice :)
                                                                                                                -Abbie

On the Florida trip, I'm looking forward to just be going to Florida in general! I've never been, unlike most of the people I talk to. I'm excited to spend a week with my band family. And I'm excited for the beach. And the tan I'm praying to get.
                                                                                                              - Kaitlyn

October Update

Hello!
Sorry it has taken me so long to put in another update, but we have been really busy in the music department as of lately.

Fundraising-
  Thank you to everyone who bought, sold, or painted paw prints. We made about $900 profit on the paws so we did really well. They all look really great out and about throughout our towns. Go Cougars!

      Our next fundraiser is our annual Butter Braid sale, and the community is starting to look for them! We will begin our sale Nov. 14 and go through Nov. 25. We back upped the dates a little to accommodate  the musical so they will miss Thanksgiving but will be in for Christmas. Students should get $6 a braid. They are also introducing a chocolate braid, so there will be something new for all you chocolate lovers.

Payments-
       We made our Oct. payment for the trip and are now looking forward to the one in November. This payment is $230 instead of $100 and is due Nov. 1. We will be contributing the fundraising to this payment as well, but it will not include the money earned from Butter Braids as we will not sell until after the payment is due. I am going to hand out information about how much each student owes in the next few days. If your fundraising covers the payment, I won't give them a paper. If you are curious, the payment amount is on My Big Campus in the Music Trip Group Resources. Your student will need to sign in to see it, or if you would like send me an email and I will pass along the information. There is not a payment in December.

I didn't get to ask any of the students what they are looking forward to before I sat down to write this, I will try and do that in the next few days, but I can ask Mr. Winkey. He jokingly said the sun and I agree, but he also said that he is excited to have the student perform in an environment that is so different from the environment we perform in here. He is excited to give them new opportunities. Besides the sun and Harry Potter World, I am excited to see your  kids perform for an international audience and to create memories that they will carry with them for all of their lives.

Thanks for catching up with us, and if you have nothing else to do Nov. 9-10 you should come check out the musical Back to the 80s. Saturday Nov. 9's show is at 7pm with a dinner theater at 6pm. and Sunday Nov. 10's show is at 2pm. Tickets to the show are $5 and to the dinner theater are $15 (it includes the ticket for the show). Show tickets are available at both banks in Ackley or can be purchased at the show, and dinner theater tickets are available from Carol in the HS office.