Winter Band Concert

Wow! We've had an exciting few weeks! The marching band was featured on Fox 2 news and recognized for our awards won during marching season 2012!
Just because marching season is over does not mean that band is done!

McCluer North Stars Band

Annual Winter Concert

Tuesday  December 4, 2012 @7pm

to be held at McCluer North just outside the Library

All District Band

CONGRATULATIONS
Zach Tatar for making 2nd chair tenor sax and to Cameron Gallagher for making 1st alternate bass clarinet in this years all district band!

Vandalia and Mt Zion Competitions 9-29-2012

We, WE DID IT AGAIN! 

The Marching Stars are definitely on a roll this year.

 Yesterday at our first competition of the day (we participated in parade and field show) in Vandalia, IL, we achieved

3rd in parade guard

2nd parade percussion
Best Color guard in field
Best percussion in field
FIRST IN OUR CLASS IN FIELD COMPETITION!

At our second competition of the day(we participated in field show only), Mt. Zion, IL
FIRST IN OUR CLASS IN FIELD COMPETITION!

and 

Best percussion in field!

Mr.Schryoer is definitely proud! His comments were "two competitions two best drums in field, one tied for first in parade, one best color guard in field, two 1st place in class in field, and the last show was by far the best show our school has put on in several years. I'll take it :-)"

 

 

Competitions 2012

WRIGHT CITY COMPETITION ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Grand Champions

Class champions

  Best Drum Major- 2nd time this season!

  Best Percusion

 Best music in class

  Best visual in class

 Parade 2nd place

 Best music in parade

 Murphysboro- 1st competition of 2012

Best Drum major in class!

Home Game / Competition on Sep 15, 2012

Dear Marching Band Parents,

 

Our first competition is this Saturday, September 15th and we will be doing a football game first! This is a significant challenge for all of us, and our students will need as many of us as possible to assist at every stage of the day. Below please find the list of things that need to be done, by time of day. Please volunteer to assist by responding to this email,and please be specific as to what you would like to do, and what time frame you will be available to help.

 

Before the Game: beginning at 10:30:

Fill water jugs for stands, put out cups

Fill/ice coolers for soda/water for lunch and trip 

tape off band bleachers

Fit freshman hats

Supervise students cleaning their hats

Uniform sewing repairs

Move pit instruments, podium to field

Set up 50/50 table

Collect airgrams and money

 

During the game: (game starts at 1pm)

Supervise students in bleachers, including confiscating cell phones

Make sure students do not leave without permission

Sell 50/50 tickets

Crew the pit on and off the field at halftime

Move pit instruments, podium onto the truck after halftime

Pick up pizzas at Little Caesar's

Set up lunch for students

 

After halftime:

Serve lunch

Clean up: students will be on the bus afterward (some parents not going to competition will need to stay to finish clean up.)

Load truck for competition

See students off (around 4:30PM possibly sooner)

 

At the competition:

help unload truck

help students with equipment, hats and plumes

crew band to warm  up area\field

cheer for students

help reload equipment and instruments onto truck

 

After the competition:(will return to school around 12:30 to 1am)

Assist with unloading

Assist with stowing equipment

(If you are in your car waiting for your student, please consider assisting....students are not dismissed until all the equipment is put away. We can all go home sooner if we all help.)

 

It will be chilly at the competition! Make sure your student has warm clothes to wear after they compete. Students should either bring a sack lunch to eat after they compete, or bring money for a meal/snacks.

 

Let us know if you have questions!

 

Pashiea Webb, Vice President

Stacy Brewer, Treasurer

Lynn Grames, Secretary
McCluer North Band Boosters

2012 Show Shirt

HERE IT IS THE 2012 SHOW SHIRT

Special thanks to Beau Shoulders for designing this years shirt and to Lynn Grames who was our Patron project chair person.

Meeting on 8-21

Thanks to all who came to our monthly meeting on Tuesday. We got many things accomplished and are ready to enter football/competition season! In the next week or so, we will be ready to issue uniforms to the students, so if you can help at any time, let us know! For the freshman and their parents, a uniform is issued to each student at the beginning of the season, however, students are not allowed to take them home. They will stay at school and only be removed from school property during competitions. Make sure that for all home games and competitions your student wears their show shirt and shorts which will be worn under the uniform. If your band dues order form has not been turned in, please do so immediately. We need to get the shirts ordered so they are back in time.

We have also decided to extend the TJ's fundraiser. Orders will now be due no later than Monday September 24th. There may have been a miscommunication earlier stating that orders were due on August 24th and this was incorrect. We'd like to give our students at least one month to collect orders. 

Mr. Schroyer told us this was one of the best band camps yet! The entire show was learned within the two weeks so now it's just being perfected! Way to go Stars! There is still  a possibility that one more song may be added with the next few weeks, but this is not definite. Come to next months meeting to find out more information on what's going on with the band.

 On a positive note, which we are very excited about, The band will be sitting with the rest of the fans during our home games this year!!!!! We are so excited about this! And as an extra bonus, we will be performing the music that the pommies with dance to during half time as well. Songs include, Fireworks, All I do Is Win, Give Me Everything, and Moves like Jagar!  This is a great bonus for our band and allows us to show a little more of what we can do!

Irene Evans
President
McCluer North Band Boosters

It's that time again!

Please check with your student as we started another TJ's fundraiser yesterday! Our last one was a big success and we hope to have the same outcome  for this one. Almost everyone eats pizza so why not order TJ's and help the band earn some money as well. We have not had a lot of success with the smaller fundraising done the past couple of months so it was decided to focus on a couple of big projects. The patron project being one, which if you didn't hear already, we earned $3313! Top fundraisers will be announced with the distribution of our show shirts at a later day.  Our top 5 fundraisers for this project will have their choice of seats on the bus for all competitions.

We will have one month to complete the collection of orders which will be turned in no later than September 10. After that it will take about 2 weeks for orders to be processed. If we have late orders, this will only delay in our delivery so please be prompt with turn ins.

The next big Fundraiser we would like to do is a "music wear". We are hoping to sell t-shirts, with a McCluer north music theme. Every sport has them, why shouldn't we? We are still looking for a parent to Chair this fundraiser so if you are interested please let us know ASAP! We would like to do this in October to have everything back in time for the holidays. 

And as always, thank you for all of the support that you show to our band!

Irene Evans

President

McCluer  North Band Boosters

Late Patron Project Packet/Band Dues

No worries! We will continue to take patron project packets through Wednesday July 18th! And Don't forget your band Dues!(Aug 8)  Please get them turned in ASAP

JULY MEETING

Just a friendly reminder that this months Meeting will be held this Tuesday July 10 at 7pm. Since the Northwinds band uses the band room directly following our summer rehearsals, we will meet in the concourse area outside the cafeteria

This month we will be discussing things such as the results of our last few fundraisers, and the participation we have had involved in them, as well as our upcoming band camp. We are hoping since the date has changed from a Thursday to Tuesday and since it's right after rehearsal, we will see lots of new faces! Please bring any thoughts or ideas you may have as well.

Annual Concessions Tent @

4th of July Fireworks

 

Look for our 2 tents on the grounds of

McCluer North High School

July 4, 2012 From 6pm-dusk

We will have the following items available for sale:

Soda            Chips

           Water             Cotton Candy

Glowsticks

All proceeds to benefit the band via the band boosters, a non for profit organization.

Car Wash Fundraiser

UPDATE!!!! Due to the hot weather This event will begin at 10am instead of 11am, most likely to end earlier than 3pm.

McCluer North High School Band

Fundraiser

All proceeds to benefit the band via the band boosters, a not for profit organization

Saturday, June 30, 2012

From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Advance Auto Parts

and

Dairy Queen

Corner of Lindbergh and Trotter Way

Patron Project 2012

                                

      

McCluer North Stars 2012 Marching Band

Yes! I would like to become a patron of the McCluer North Stars Marching Band! 

Cash donations are preferred, and are tax deductible. We will accept checks from businesses. Donation levels are as follows, please check desired level:

$20 or more (name will appear on show shirt)______________

$50 or more (name on show shirt and in all concert programs )___________

$100 or more (name on show shirt, in programs, on parade signs)_________

               

 

It is the Band Boosters’ wish to provide our students with food, equipment, and supplies that will add to the enjoyment of your competition season, and there are significant expenses to meet. To this end, we are asking for participation in a fundraiser for the band.  Parents, relatives, neighbors, teachers, principals, school staff, friends  and businesses can become a McCluer North Marching Band Patron. 

  An individual or a family can become a patron for a cash donation of $20 or more. Each patron’s name will be printed on the back of the Marching Band Show shirt, to be seen at each competition and home football game.

If you are a friend or relative from of town,you are invited  to become a patron via text or email. If you know a student, please contact them to find out how to arrange payment  or simply email the booster organization at mccluernorthbb@gmail.com

 

For a $50 donation, a patron can not only have the name on the shirt, they can have their business card placed in all the concert programs this year. This is a good option for businesses.

For a donation of $100 dollars, a patron can have their name on the shirt, their business card in the programs, and their names on a sign on the Boostermobile in all parades in which the band marches.

 Please provide your name exactly as you would like it to appear on the shirt. 

Here is what our show shirts have looked like the past 2 years