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December 2014
Hello,
It’s hard to believe we’re already in the midst of the holiday season. The Zelienople Christmas Parade and
Winter Concerts certainly help to put us in the holiday spirit! Thank you to the Directors and the students for all
of your hard work and awesome performances!
Congratulations to all of the students
who were chosen for the PMEA Honors Band. Seneca always has a large number of musicians selected,
which shows what an excellent band program we have! See the article
later in this newsletter from the Directors.
Also, December 1 students planning to
join the spring trip to the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washing-ton D.C. will need to have their
$375.00 in their trip account. Please be prompt with your payment so we can meet our due date with the travel
agency.
I encourage you all to get involved. Your support is much needed and
greatly appreciated.
Hope to see you at the concerts!
John L. Campbell
President
President’s Gavel
Seneca Valley Band Booster Newsletter
Inside this issue:
President’s Gavel 1
Director’s Note 2
Ways and Means 3
Pasta Dinner Recap 3
Uniform Collection 4
Pastries by Andrea 5
Band Trip Info 6-7
Mattress Sale 7
Trip Chaperones 8
Website Photos 9
Volunteer Corner 10
Pastries Flyer 11
Calendar 12
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December 2014
December 2014
It is that time of year again for various festival bands to begin. Most recently Seneca
Valley students auditioned for PMEA District 5 Honors Band at Westminster College. We would like to sincerely congratulate ALL of the students that tried out this year. It takes a tremendous amount of time, effort, and dedication to prepare for honors band. What
you learn by working on the solo and through the audition process is extremely benefi-cial to your musical development.
District 5 is comprised of schools in Butler, Beaver, Lawrence, and Mercer counties.
Approximately 300 students auditioned for a band of 125 players. We are extremely proud to congratulate 46 Seneca Valley students who earned a position in the band. Musical excellence is the goal of the Seneca Valley band program and these
fine musicians are continuing the tradition. We would like to also take this time to encourage other students to get private lessons and consider trying out for next year’s honors band. Set your sights high and go for it!!
Once again, Congratulations to the following students:
A Note From the Directors
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Please check the
band website
calendar to stay
informed!
www.svband.net
Click the ’Calendar’
link on the left-hand
side menu.
BAND
CALENDAR
Katie Platt Alto Sax
Julia Scanlan Alto Sax
Dan Singer Alto Sax
Rebecca Danik Bari Sax
Mitchell Topf Bass Clarinet
Ariella Meltzer Clarinet
Hanna Behr Clarinet
Urvi Gupta Clarinet
Sarah Kochis Clarinet
Lauren Stanick Clarinet
Allison Love Clarinet
Alison Vlasnik Clarinet
Sammi Logan Clarinet
Sofia Salgado Clarinet
Carinne Geil Flute
Ally Tice Flute
Jason Johnson Flute
Brendan Kennelty Percussion
Jordan Bender Percussion
Austin Landgraf Tenor Sax
Zach DeDionisio Tenor Sax
Aaron Jackson Euphonium
Austin Treu Euphonium
Lauren Agnello French Horn
Zoie Kondos French Horn
Kim Fitz French Horn
Miya Paserba French Horn
Alex Miller Trombone
Martin Chrzanowski Trombone
Nate Fritch Trombone
Patrick O'Connor Trombone
Bethany Sager Trombone
Seb Demetter Trombone
Katy Kolor Trombone
Adam Johanknecht Trumpet
Mitch Weaver Trumpet
Connor Griffith Trumpet
Maddy Sinan Trumpet
Calynn Rosenbaum Trumpet
Dan Popp Trumpet
Jared Famiglietti Trumpet
Aaron Wolf Trumpet
Hayden Goodzinski Tuba
Courtney Wahlstrom Tuba
Emily Scanlan Tuba
Luci Ferraro Tuba
Bravo!!
Musically, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Babick, Mrs. Snyder, Mr. Eisenreic
December 2014
Thank you to everyone who came out to
the dinner this year. It was a great success! Our evening was filled with great food, conversation, fellowship and
celebration of our outstanding band program at Seneca Valley.
Special recognition goes out to Bruce
Lazier and Theresa Shearer from Lazier’s Harmony Music Studio for coordinating the musical performances for the evening.
The music is a wonderful addition to the evening. Congratulations to all of the performers!
Numbers from the evening:
392 people attending the dinner
65 people who paid for tickets but could not attend 52 walk ins
20+ musicians performing 28 student volunteers serving food, cleaning tables and washing dishes
49 adult volunteers preparing and serving food, desserts, selling tickets, manning the basket raffle table and washing dishes
1 cafeteria cook 1 custodian Immeasurable – smiles and laughter.
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THANK YOU to everyone who helped out
in any way. We could not put on this event without your support.
Roberta Love
Pasta Dinner Chair
Special Thanks go to:
Armstrong Cable “In the Loop” for promotional video.
HIP Printing and Copies 115 W New Castle Street in Zelienople for donating pasta dinner tickets.
Lazier’s Harmony Music Studio 250 Mercer Street in Harmony for the entertainment at the dinner.
Seneca Valley Senior High School Cafeteria and Custodial Staff for providing facilities and food for the
dinner.
Seneca Valley School District Administration and Athletic Depart-
ment for their support of the Band Program.
Zelienople Rotary Club for the use of
their sign in Zelienople.
Pasta Dinner/Basket Raffle Recap
out with the operations of our
events…what an exceptional group of
volunteers! And of course a very spe-
cial thanks to all of you who bought,
sold and came out to support our
fundraising activities this year. I will
be providing a breakdown report of all
our activities at the January Booster
meeting, so everyone can see the re-
sults and appreciate all the hard work
and commitment you all provide to our
organization . We are working on
some exciting new initiatives for next
year…more on that also at the January
Booster meeting.
Peter Grewar
At the time of this writing, we will have just
wrapped up another successful mattress
sale. Thanks to Karen Johanknecht for all
her hard work in coordinating another suc-
cessful event and of course many thanks to
all those who volunteered to help out at the
sale. We had a great turn out of volunteers.
Pastries by Andrea is currently underway
and will be our final fundraising event of the
calendar year.
We’ve had a successful run of excellent
fundraisers this season and I want to once
again thank all of those who volunteered
their time and energy to coordinate our
fundraising initiatives this year and of
course to everyone who volunteered to help
Ways and Means
Pastries by Andrea
December 2014
MUSICIANS:
If you are NOT going on the spring
trip there are 2 opportunities to return
your CLEANED band uniform. Both
are BEFORE the upcoming concert
report times. Collection will stop at
report time. Remember, there are
others that are returning their uniform
and not everyone can be checked in
at the last minute so plan on getting
to the school early.
Thursday, 12/4 – collection will
begin 30 minutes before the TBD report time in a band practice rooms in the IHS.
Wednesday, 12/10 - collection
will begin 30 minutes before the
TBD report in the band room closet in the SHS.
Instrumentalist uniforms being turned
in must be dry cleaned. Please leave
them in the plastic bag. Anyone
turning their uniform in on 12/4 will
have to drop their uniform off at the
dry cleaners on Saturday or Monday
after the Zelienople Christmas Parade.
Dirty uniforms will not be accepted.
Bring all the items:
Uniform jacket (dry cleaned)
Uniform pants (dry cleaned) Hat and hat box Rain jacket
Garment bag (do not remove your name tag)
AUXILIARIES:
Drop your clean uniform off to one of
the band directors by Wednesday,
December 10th. Remember to bring
your CLEAN uniform, scrunchie(s),
rain jacket and garment bag. Do not
remove your name tag from the
garment bag.
Marching Band Uniform Collection
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Homecoming King and Queen
Brendan Kennelty and Jordan Harris!
December 2014
It’s time once again for the
PASTRIES by ANDREA fundraiser.
If you’ve done this before you
already know how happy you are
going to make peoples taste buds!
YUMMY doesn’t begin to describe the
Baklava (sweet, flaky, Greek/Syrian
pastry), Kolachi (large nut or apricot
roll), and Ladylocks (traditional puff
pasty with sweet cream filling) that
Andrea personally creates by hand
for us.
PASTRIES by ANDREA is helping
us in two ways. First, she will be at
our SV Christmas Concert on
December 4, 2014, selling her
wonderful pastries and donating 30%
to our general fund. This helps
everyone with the band trip and
expenses for the band. Second, if
you are interested in raising money
for your individual band trip account,
you can take orders in advance.
You’ll receive a flyer with instruc-
tions, and ordering is done online
now. Individual orders must be
submitted online by November 28, and
will be picked up at the Concert. There
are options to prepay or to pay the
night of pickup. The profit for the
individual sale is between $4 and $6 per
item, which goes into your individual
trip account. This is a great way to pay
for a nice chunk of your band trip!
This fundraiser takes place over the
Thanksgiving Holiday, so you should
have ample time to sell to friends,
neighbors and families. All items freeze
well, and the ladylocks are especially
tasty right out of the freezer!! (Thanks
to Mr. Chickness for that great tip!!) If
you have questions, please call Mrs.
Erin Scott at 724-772-7499 or email
[email protected]. Thanks,
and GOOD LUCK SELLING!!
Pastries by Andrea
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Pastries by Andrea
Online orders to go
toward individual
trip accounts due
Nov 28.
Pickup at Winter
Concert on Thurs,
December 4
Kolachi
Baklava
Apricot Cookies
Ladylocks
December 2014
Takin’ it to the Streets—Band Trip 2015
Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
Friday, April 10 – Monday April 13
New this year! Early Bird Room Sign Up
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PAYMENT SCHEDULE:
December 1st
Halfway Payment
Due ($375)
February 2nd
final balance must be
paid in full (must be
paid in order to sign
up for your room)!
Any bander that has paid in full by Friday, January 23, 2015 is eligible to sign
up for their room and bus early. The Band Boosters must have the payment
in hand—mail it in plenty of time to arrive in the PO BOX by the 23rd.
Early Bird Rules:
Everyone in the requested room MUST be paid in full by January 23rd
Seniors & Juniors early bird sign up is Wednesday, January 28th
All other grades will be on Thursday, January 29th
Any room that is not paid in full will be removed from sign-up sheet.
See “Room and Bus Request Rules” below for further details.
1. Verify all of your roommates have
agreed to be in your room and everyone has made their FINAL payment. If you or any of your
roommates have not made the final payment of $750, the
roommate/bus request will not be honored.
2. Everyone must sign up for a
roommate accord ing to the following schedule. Please notice when the sign-up sheets will be
posted for your grade. Everyone in your room rides the same bus.
Feb. 2nd and 3rd: Senior & Junior
room sign up. There MUST be at least one Sr. or Jr. in your room. Early sign up is Wed., January
28th.
Feb. 4th – 6th: Everyone else signs up. If your name is not
listed in a Sr. or Jr. room, sign up now. Early sign up is Thurs., January 28th.
Feb. 6th: If you are not signed
up for a room by the end of the day you will be assigned to a room!
3. Three-person rooms may be necessary based on the final number
of student participants. Email Linda O ’ C o n n o r ([email protected]) with
the names of the 3 roommates if you wish to be considered for one of these rooms. This email submission
does not guarantee that you will be in a 3-person room. You will be notified by email closer to the early
bird sign ups if you will be in a 3-person room.
4. Unless you receive an email
confirmation that you are in a 3-person room there MUST be 4 students per room. If you do not
have 4 roommates your name will be removed until your room is full. Girls may room with other girls in
any combination of musician and auxiliaries.
ROOM AND BUS REQUEST RULES FOR THE BAND TRIP
Starts Monday - February 2nd – 1 week only!!
December 2014
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PAYMENT SCHEDULE:
December 1st
Halfway Payment
Due ($375)
February 2nd
final balance must be
paid in full (must be
paid in order to sign
up for your room)!
5. Your roommates can be from any
grade level, but you cannot sign up until your scheduled date. Senior rooms must have at least 1 senior
and any other grade level combina-tion. Junior rooms must have at
least 1 junior. The list will be removed daily for review. It will be posted again the next morning.
Your room will be removed from the list if you sign up early or if someone in your room has not
made their final payment! Again, if you have not signed up by February 6th you will be assigned roommates.
6. You must sign up using a black or blue ink pen! You must print legibly your first and last name and
your adult t-shirt size. Once you have signed up for a bus you must contact Linda O’Connor for ANY
changes or corrections.
7. You may sit with anyone on your
bus.
8. You and your roommates may request any bus. There will not be
a special bus for auxiliaries.
9. If there are duplicate names found
on the list in different rooms, both rooms will be removed.
10. If you do not sign up for a room
during the times listed, you will be assigned to a room and a bus.
11. The trip chairpersons reserve the
right to make changes to the bus lists.
ROOM AND BUS REQUEST RULES FOR THE BAND TRIP
Starts Monday - February 2nd – 1 week only!!
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7
Congratulations…
Congratulations to Riley Stoltenburg who had 4 referrals! Riley earned $150
toward the trip!
Congratulations to the other 18 students who also had
referrals! Thanks for their efforts in helping our sale be
a success! 31 total mattress sets were sold!
Mattress Fundraiser Recap
December 2014
Applications to be an adult chaperone
or medical attendant for the band trip
will be accepted now through
Monday, December 1st. Applica-
tions received after the 1st will not be
considered. All applications should
be completed and submitted using
the on-line form found on the band
website (www.svband.net).
Chaperones will be selected based on
booster involvement. You will be
notified if you have been selected or not.
Selected chaperones are required to
obtain and submit for approval an Act 34
Criminal History Report, an Act 151 Child
Abuse Clearance, and Act 114 FBI
Clearance. As a chaperone you do not
pay for the trip. This is a fun and
incredible opportunity to spend 4 days
with our wonderful students. Contact
Linda O’Connor
([email protected]) with any
questions.
Band Trip Chaperones & Medical
Attendants Needed!
Page 8
Mail band trip
payments to:
Seneca Valley
Band Boosters
P.O. Box 303
Zelienople, PA
16063
If you are going on the trip and have
a food allergy you must submit that
information by email to Linda
O’Connor by January 15th. Plans
are being made now for meals. With
a group this size it takes a great deal
of planning. Mentioning an allergy at
the trip meeting is too late for special
accommodations to be made.
Questions can be directed to Linda O’Connor:
Takin’ it to The Streets – Band Trip April 2015!
Food Allergy—Important Information
December 2014
Don’t forget to check out the fantastic
photos taken by Rhonda Maloney that
can be accessed through the band
website, www.svband.net .
Just click on the link below the
preview photo from the main page to
view all of the albums from band
camp, football games, parades, and
other band events.
Page 9
Link
Check Out the Photos!
December 2014 Page 10 Volunteer Corner Band Booster Officers Position Name Phone E-mail President .......................................... John Campbell .......................... 724.452.0834……[email protected] Vice President .................................. Jon Singer ................................. 724.538.3878 ......... [email protected] Treasurer .......................................... Neal Jackson ............................. 724.452.1733 ......... [email protected] Recording Secretary......................... Christine Bench ......................... 724.772.0354……. [email protected] Corresponding Secretary ................. Karen Brickley ........................... 724-316-1981 ........ [email protected] Committee Chairpersons
Band Banquet ............................. Kim Grasso ............................... 724.772.7857 ......... [email protected] Band Camp ................................. Bettie Sager ............................... 724.742.2684 ......... [email protected] Band Pictures .............................. Terri Seltzer ............................... 724.453.1929 ......... [email protected] Chaperones ................................. Joni Parise ................................. 412.600.7792 ......... [email protected] Database ..................................... Linda O’Connor ......................... 724 234.2373 ......... [email protected] Decorations ................................. Jane Meltzer .............................. 412-401-3555 ......... [email protected] ................................................... Marie Paserba ........................... 724.814.1169 ......... [email protected] Equipment Manager .................... Jeff Maloney .............................. 724.772.4852 [email protected]
First Aid ....................................... Jamie Smith ............................... 724.776.9545 ......... [email protected] Foundation .................................. Vic Peffer ................................... .724.452.5791 ....... [email protected] Half-time Treats ........................... Diane Campbell ......................... 724.452.0834 ......... [email protected] Handyman ................................... Jeff Maloney .............................. 724.772.4852 [email protected]
Newsletter ................................... Mary Barnes .............................. 724.538.8905 ......... [email protected] Photography ................................ Rhonda Maloney ....................... 724.772.4852…[email protected] Publicity ....................................... Sara Snyder .............................. 724.538.4893 ......... [email protected] Recruitment ................................. Sara Snyder .............................. 724.538.4893 ......... [email protected] School Board ............................... Sara Snyder .............................. 724.538.4893 ......... [email protected] Uniform ........................................ Cheryl Ferraro ........................... 724.432.3155 ......... [email protected]
......................................................... Linda O'Connor ......................... 724.234.2373 ......... [email protected]
Trip
Band Trip Chairman .................... Linda O’Connor ......................... 724.234.2373 ......... [email protected] Band Trip Accounts ..................... Lori Griffith ................................. 724.538.3697 ......... [email protected] Band Apparel/Trip T-shirts .......... Linda O’Connor ......................... 724 234.2373 ......... [email protected]
Fundraising
Ways & Means...Chairman .......... Peter Grewer ............................. 74.432.2012 ........... [email protected] Fundraiser’s which benefit trip accounts Andrea’s Pasries (fall sale) .......... Erin Scott ................................... 724.719.8959 ......... [email protected] Enjoy Books. ............................... Neal Jackson ............................. 724.452.1733 ......... [email protected] Mattress Sales ............................. Karen Johanknecht ................... 724.452.5665 ......... [email protected]
General Fundraising
Big Band Dance........................... Jon Singer ................................. 724.538.3878 ......... [email protected] Concession Stands...................... Kevin & Bettie Sager ................. 724.742.2684 ......... [email protected] Dining for Dollars ......................... Adam Kennerdell ....................... 724.831.8918 ......... [email protected] Driving for Dollars ........................ Neal Jackson ............................. 724.452.1733 ......... [email protected] Homecoming Booth ..................... Kevin & Bettie Sager ................. 724.742.2684 ......... [email protected] Lottery 50/50 ............................... We need an individual to chair this Pasta Dinner & Chinese Auct ...... Roberta Love ............................. 412.352.6381 ......... [email protected] Pie Festival .................................. Michelle Popp ............................ 724.779.7677 ......... [email protected] Football 50/50 .............................. Jim Kosinski .............................. 724.789.7805 ......... [email protected] Sheetz Books .............................. Jim Kosinski .............................. 724.789.7805 ......... [email protected]
Band Leaders
Band Director ................................... Varden Armstrong ..................... 724.452.6042 ext.2060 [email protected] Band Director ................................... Robert Babick ......................... 724.452.6043 ext 3080 [email protected] Band Director ................................... Sam Eisenreich ......................... 724.452.6041 ext.1062 [email protected] Band Director ................................... Sara Snyder ......................... 742.538.4893 [email protected] Color Guard Sponsor ..................... Andi Wisniewski ........................ 724.584.7470 [email protected]
Pom Pon Sponsors Missy Armstrong & Katie Huttinger
S.V. Band Website .................... http://svband.net
S.B. Band Foundation page… https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seneca-Valley-Band-Foundation/175430352605891
December 2014
SV BAND is Sponsoring
A Holiday Kolachi and Pastry Sale
Kolachi is a delicious long nut roll packed full of
moist nut filling. Enjoy the traditional or apricot.
Baklava is a Greek/Syrian pastry made with Filo
dough, honey and walnuts.
LadyLocks are a flakey cream horn brimming with a
light fluffy filling.
Bakery registered with the PA Department of Agriculture.
Pastries by Andrea www.PastriesAndMore.com
Orders begin November 10, 2014 and must be placed online by November 28, 2014.
The form below is only for keeping track of your customers and not to be handed in.
Students should go to www.PastriesAndMore.com to input their order. Go to the fund-
raising page, fill in SV Band Boosters where it asks for your group, and your email where
that is asked for. Each student should input the total number of each item needed, NOT
separate orders for each customer. You will receive an email response to let you know
that your order has been placed. Pick up will be at the Winter Concert on Dec. 4, 2014.
All pastries freeze wonderfully, so stock up for future events and unexpected guests!
Contact Erin Scott for questions: 724-772-7499 or [email protected]
Name Phone/
Location
Apricot
Roll
$15
Nut
Kolachi
$15
Small
Baklava
(12 ct)
$10
Large
Baklava
(18 ct)
$15
Lady-
Locks
(18 pk)
$12
Customer
Total
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December 2014
Tentative Calendar of Events for 2014 Use a pencil to mark your calendar with the following dates, as they are tentative and subject to change.
Date Event Time
December
1 Band Trip Half-way Pmt Due
4 Winter Instrumental Concert ................ 7:30 PM IHS Auditorium
10 Winter Jazz Concert ............................. 7:30 PM SHS Auditorium
11-13 Honors Band Festival ........................... Westminster College
January 2015
8-10 District Band ......................................... Greenville
13 Booster Meeting ................................... 7:00 PM
15 Articles due for newsletter
30-31 District Jazz .......................................... SRU
