2015 Rehearse-A-Thon: Saturday, January 24 9:00am - 4:00pm
Rehearse-A-Thon Letter
Rehearse-A-Thon Forms
WHAT IS THIS REHEARSE-A-THON THING, AND WHY DO I HAVE TO DO IT!?
This is a big fundraiser to help you pay for your trip to New York, or to help provide you with better instruments and equipment. So always remember that we are doing this to help you out! We will be rehearsing on SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 from 9:00AM – 4:00PM. We’ll have lunch and a few other things thrown in there to help you stay focused, but a schedule will be given to you as the day approaches. This is a great opportunity for you to not only fundraise a huge portion of your trip, but also for us to learn a huge portion of our music for our spring adjudicated performances. If you choose to run with this, I know from having done this myself, you can raise a majority of your trip cost with this fundraiser.
DO I NEED TO DO THIS IF I’M NOT GOING ON THE TRIP?
This is required event for all 8th grade band members and any other band member going on the trip. However, you are not required to fundraise. If you are an 8th grader not going on our trip, your contributions in this fundraiser are equally important!! Music, Equipment, Instruments, and everything else that we use to create a successful music program here at Burley costs a lot of money. So money raised by those of you not going on the trip will help us tremendously with making those types of purchases.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
You need to take the letter and provided form around to family, friends, and neighbors, and explain to them that you are trying to raise money for your performance in NYC! When you are asking in person, please be polite, respectful, and appreciative of any quantity of money that someone is willing to offer you – remember, they are helping YOU make it to NYC!
We have also provided a form that you will be able to fill out and mail with a personal note (must be genuinely written) if you will not be seeing certain family members or friends during this fundraiser. All you need to do is fill out the name, address, personal message, and bring it back to Mr. LaPrade or Mr. Jennings by Friday, January 10 and we will cover the mailing costs. You may also mail them on your own.
TIMELINE
December 19 – Fundraiser begins! Ready………Go!
January 9 – Have all mailing forms turned in to Mr. LaPrade or Mr. Jennings
January 23 – Try to have all money collected by this point.
January 24 – REHEARSE-A-THON!!! 9am – 4pm
February 13 – A written thank you note to anyone who contributed to your trip, again if it needs to be mailed, give the letter to Mr. LaPrade or Mr. Jennings. You need to bring in your thank you notes so that I can see that you wrote one to each person!
PARENT HELP
We will need a lot of parent volunteers to ensure that this event runs smoothly! We will provide your parents with a link to sign up online for certain things such as lunch, clean up, etc.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation with this! This is going to be a tremendous help to the program and to you if you choose to take advantage of this opportunity! Have a GREAT winter break – see you in 2015!
Sample Itinerary
9:00am – 10:30am – Full Rehearsal
10:30 – 10:40am – Break
10:45 – 12:00 – Full Rehearsal on Stage
12:00 – 12:40 – Lunch
12:40 – 1:00 – Outside
1:00 – 1:45 – Sectionals with Specialist on Your instrument
1:45 – 3:25 – Full Rehearsal with Guest Director
3:30 – 4:00 – Performance for Parents/Streamed for Donors
Rehearse-A-Thon Forms
WHAT IS THIS REHEARSE-A-THON THING, AND WHY DO I HAVE TO DO IT!?
This is a big fundraiser to help you pay for your trip to New York, or to help provide you with better instruments and equipment. So always remember that we are doing this to help you out! We will be rehearsing on SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 from 9:00AM – 4:00PM. We’ll have lunch and a few other things thrown in there to help you stay focused, but a schedule will be given to you as the day approaches. This is a great opportunity for you to not only fundraise a huge portion of your trip, but also for us to learn a huge portion of our music for our spring adjudicated performances. If you choose to run with this, I know from having done this myself, you can raise a majority of your trip cost with this fundraiser.
DO I NEED TO DO THIS IF I’M NOT GOING ON THE TRIP?
This is required event for all 8th grade band members and any other band member going on the trip. However, you are not required to fundraise. If you are an 8th grader not going on our trip, your contributions in this fundraiser are equally important!! Music, Equipment, Instruments, and everything else that we use to create a successful music program here at Burley costs a lot of money. So money raised by those of you not going on the trip will help us tremendously with making those types of purchases.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
You need to take the letter and provided form around to family, friends, and neighbors, and explain to them that you are trying to raise money for your performance in NYC! When you are asking in person, please be polite, respectful, and appreciative of any quantity of money that someone is willing to offer you – remember, they are helping YOU make it to NYC!
We have also provided a form that you will be able to fill out and mail with a personal note (must be genuinely written) if you will not be seeing certain family members or friends during this fundraiser. All you need to do is fill out the name, address, personal message, and bring it back to Mr. LaPrade or Mr. Jennings by Friday, January 10 and we will cover the mailing costs. You may also mail them on your own.
TIMELINE
December 19 – Fundraiser begins! Ready………Go!
January 9 – Have all mailing forms turned in to Mr. LaPrade or Mr. Jennings
January 23 – Try to have all money collected by this point.
January 24 – REHEARSE-A-THON!!! 9am – 4pm
February 13 – A written thank you note to anyone who contributed to your trip, again if it needs to be mailed, give the letter to Mr. LaPrade or Mr. Jennings. You need to bring in your thank you notes so that I can see that you wrote one to each person!
PARENT HELP
We will need a lot of parent volunteers to ensure that this event runs smoothly! We will provide your parents with a link to sign up online for certain things such as lunch, clean up, etc.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation with this! This is going to be a tremendous help to the program and to you if you choose to take advantage of this opportunity! Have a GREAT winter break – see you in 2015!
Sample Itinerary
9:00am – 10:30am – Full Rehearsal
10:30 – 10:40am – Break
10:45 – 12:00 – Full Rehearsal on Stage
12:00 – 12:40 – Lunch
12:40 – 1:00 – Outside
1:00 – 1:45 – Sectionals with Specialist on Your instrument
1:45 – 3:25 – Full Rehearsal with Guest Director
3:30 – 4:00 – Performance for Parents/Streamed for Donors