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QRCODEOctober and November are busy months for the Band! Here’s a brief schedule of all upcoming events.
October 28th Extended Practice, Macy’s Picture, CHS Stadium
October 29th ISSMA State Finals, Lucas Oil Stadium
November 4th Potential Pitch-in/Carmel Home Football Playoff Game
November 5th BOI Indy Regional, Lucas Oil Stadium
November 9th Walled Lake Band Arrives CHS
November 10th BOA Grand Nat’s Prelim’s, Lucas Oil Stadium
November 11th Walled Lake/Carmel Band Dinner (Freshmen Cafeteria)
November 12th BOA Grand Nats, Lucas Oil Stadium
November 13th Walled Lake Band Departs CHS
November 14th Band Banquet @ Ritz Charles
Nov 21st – 26th Macy’s Trip
November 28th Jazz Band Practice Begins!REMINDER: Please e-mail Mr. Kreke if you will be absent or late to rehearsal.ISSMA STATE FINALS TICKETS ON SALE AT THE CHS BOOKSTORE
Tickets for ISSMA State Finals are available for purchase today, tomorrow and Friday during regular school hours at the CHS Bookstore. Avoid the lines at Lucas Oil Stadium this Saturday and purchase your tickets early!
SCRIP UPDATE
SCRIP pickup, this week, will be on Thursday 5-6 pm – in the practice lot if the kids are outside; in the band hallway if they are inside. As always, there’ll be a terrific selection of scrip cards in stock and available for immediate purchase as well.
MARCHING BAND UPDATE
Parents…our next performance is Saturday, October 29th, ISSMA State Finals at Lucas Oil Stadium. The current full schedule will always be posted on the
website.
Extended Rehearsal Schedule • Friday, October 28, 2011 • Carmel HS Stadium
ISSMA State Finals Competition • Saturday, October 29, 2011 • Lucas Oil Stadium
Friday Schedule (10-28)
7:00 AM: Regular Morning Rehearsal
3:45 PM: Afternoon Rehearsal
5:45 PM: Dinner on your own
6:40 PM: Report back to stadium and change into uniforms
7:00 PM: Macy*s Photo, Performance of full show in uniform
7:45 PM: Change & Dismissal
Saturday Schedule (10-29)
12:00 PM: Rehearsal
3:00 PM: Load Trailer and Trucks
3:15 PM: Winds and Percussion: Dinner on your own
Guard: Report to E157 for Lunch, Hair and Make-up
5:05 PM: Load Buses (Take small instruments on the buses in cases)
5:15 PM: Depart CHS
9:24 PM: Performance Time
9:34 PM: Stage in Exit Tunnel for Retreat
9:50 PM: Awards
12:30 AM: Arrive CHS
PLEASE WELCOME NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZA TO THE BAND FAMILY!
Please welcome Neighborhood Pizza as an official Corporate Sponsor of Carmel Bands. Neighborhood Pizza is one of Carmel’s original Food Trucks! For the past nine years, this pizza truck has been making and delivering hot, fresh gourmet Pizzas to homes, schools and businesses on the west side of Carmel. For more information on Neighborhood Pizza, click
hereor find them on Twitter
@nhpizza
SPIRIT SHOPPING:2011 GOING VIRAL YEAR-END DVD
The 2011 Going Viral Year-End DVD order forms are now available! Orders are due December 3rd. You may also order last year’s Stop and Smell the Roses DVD. For more information and to download the order form, go to the website: DVD
GOING VIRAL 2011 & CMB COMMEMORATIVE ORNAMENTS
Commemorate this ‘Going Viral’ season with a keepsake ornament. Each ornament has the QR code, the show’s title and year, yellow shimmery ribbon to symbolize the guard’s costume, black and white ribbon to symbolize the QR code, and a royal blue ribbon to symbolize the band’s uniforms. Each ornament is filled with black, white, and yellow glass beads and each ornament also contains a glass red star bead to symbolize the trip to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. “Carmel Marching Band” ornament is filled with blue, black and silver glass beads and has musical note ribbon, silver, and royal blue ribbon. Price for the ornaments is $10 each and all proceeds go to the band and guard. Ornaments will be delivered at the band banquet on Nov. 14. See the home page of the website for more information. You can pay by check by delivering the order to Kim Ware or you can buy with PayPal or a credit card using the link on the website.
LAST CHANCE TO ORDER SPIRIT BUTTONS…Only $3 each!
Many parents like to wear a button with their child’s picture to complement their Carmel Marching spirit wear. If you want to order a spirit button this year, orders must be placed by Monday October 31st. Custom orders are always welcome, any picture in jpeg format can be made into a button. 
If you have already ordered a spirit button, they are now ready for pick up! Look for JoAnn Albright after practice or the next Pitch In or Send-off. Last pick up for all button orders will by November 4th after practice. As a reminder, each button is $3. Exact change is appreciated or make your check payable to Carmel Band Boosters. Questions or need instructions on how to make a custom order? Contact JoAnn Albright. We are also selling buttons with the QR code.
LAST CHANCE TO ORDER BAND AND GUARD SPIRIT BANNERS!
Go to the WEBSITE to view samples and download the order form. Banners are $45 and can be customized. Color options include blue with gold lettering or gold with blue lettering. Orders MUST be placed by this Friday, October 28th. Questions about ordering? Contact Dawn McGrath.
LAST CHANCE TO ORDER MACY*S SPIRITWEAR AND QR CODE SHIRTS!
Due to numerous inquiries by those who missed the first deadline, a second round of orders for our Macy’s Parade commerative spiritwear is now being accepted! If you are interested in ordering some of the Macy’s spiritwear, please download an ORDER FORMand complete. DEADLINE TO ORDER IS THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH!Orders can be given to Lisa Harbour at Saturday’s Send Off or can be mailed to Kim Greene at 4952 Deer Ridge S., Carmel 46033. Likewise, if you wish to order a QR code shirt, please email Lisa Harbour BEFORE Saturday!
BAND BANQUET, RESERVATION FORM DUE Nov 1st
Thank you to everyone who have submitted their RSVP forms for this year’s banquet on November 14th at Ritz Charles. The deadline for submitting reservations (and we need to hear from everyone even if you cannot attend!) is November 1st, making this weekend’s ISSMA State Finals the last opportunity to leave it with Lisa or Angela in the Parent Pep Band during the send-off. Reservations may also be mailed to Angela at the address on the reservation form or given to Maddy Jones (timpanist) at rehearsals. For more information contact Angela or download the Banquet form from the website: RSVP FORM You won’t want to miss this highlight of the marching band season! It’s a celebration and awards banquet.
MACY*S PICTURE OFFER, DEADLINE THANKSGIVING DAY
Group Photos, Inc. is Macy*s official photographer and is offering our band the opportunity to prepurchase 8×10 high quality photographs at $20 each. With the pre-purchase of three photos, a video DVD and shipping are included free. This offer expires on Thanksgiving Day. We are offering this as a courtesy to our Membership, the Band Boosters have no business relationship with Group Photos, Inc. See the website for more information and the order form: MACY*S PICTURE OFFER
MACY*S TRIP UPDATE
Please check the website often for the most current information regarding the Macy*s Trip. Use this link: MACY*S
Going to Macys on the fan bus or your own transportation and looking for a way to coordinate sight-seeing and other fun activities in the Big Apple with other marching band families? Check out the newly formed group “Carmel Marching to Macys Fan Trip” on Facebook and join up.
Also, if you are traveling by bus to New York, EVERYONE needs a sack dinner on Monday evening. The buses will not be stopping for a dinner break. Our corporate sponsor, Fresh Market is donating meals at no charge for students, staff and chaperones on the buses. Fans have the option of pre-purchasing a meal for $8.00. The meal includes a sandwich of your choice, chips, fruit, cookie and bottled water. Purchase of the meal is optional; however, if you choose not to participate, please note you will be responsible for providing your own sack dinner. If you are traveling by fan bus and want to participate, please submit the menu (Use the MACY*S link above) with choice of Sandwich circled and $8.00 payment to Lisa Harbour or Robin Ridge no later than Friday, November 11, 2011. PLEASE NOTE: EVERYONE on the buses must fill out the form! Students, Staff, Directors, Chaperones & Accompanying Fans!
BAND PHOTOS – SmugMug – Where are They?
To see the wonderful, inspiring images of our Members and Staff, go to WEBSITE, click “Band Photos”, click “SmugMug Galleries”, click “SmugMug”, enter password “3xc3ll3nc3″. SmugMug is a generous corporate citizen, providing this $160 a year professional photographer’s site for free to us. You can download all images, and even order prints from SmugMug, if you like. They are pros; you won’t be disappointed. Questions? Email Joe Pfister.
NEW WEBSITE POSTS:
MEMBER CLASSIFIEDS
NEW FEE REDUCER OPPORTUNITY
PAT GERBER’s BLOG PAGE Updated!
CARMEL MARCHING “C” SECOND CLASS VIDEO
BAND INSTRUMENT LOCKERS:
As a friendly reminder from you Band Directors: If your son or daughter is storing an instrument in one of the instrument cages at school, be sure they are keeping a combination lock on the door at all times!!!
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You can always go to our website and find an archive of the Announcements under the LATEST NEWS tab.
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