December 2013
Hello Everyone,
It’s hard to believe we’re already in the
midst of the holiday season. Hope you all
have a wonderful Thanksgiving! The
Zelienople Christmas Parade and Winter
Concerts will certainly help to put us all in
the holiday spirit!
By January 1, all students who are
planning to go on the trip to the Azalea
Festival/NATO Parade of Nations should
have half the funds required in their trip
account. Please be prompt with your
payment so we can meet our due date
with the travel agency.
Congratulations to all of the students who
were chosen for the PMEA Honors Band.
The large number of musicians who were
selected from our school shows what an
excellent band program we have! See the
article later in this newsletter from the
Directors.
I would also like to thank all of the
Concession and Chaperone volunteers who
worked so hard during the football games
over this past season. I encourage all
Booster parents to get involved. Your
support is much needed and greatly
appreciated.
Hope to see you at the parade and
concerts!
John Campbell
President
President’s Gavel
Seneca Valley Band Booster Newsletter
Inside this issue:
President’s Gavel 1
Director’s Note 2
Thank You’s 3
Driving for Dollar$ 4
Dining for Dollar$ 4
Pasta Dinner & Raffle 5-6
Band Trip 7
Volunteer Corner 8
Calendar 9
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December 2013
December 2013
Congratulations to all of the students who auditioned for PMEA District 5 Honors Band at Westminster College. We are proud of each and every one of the SV students who had the courage to audition for the group. A total of 45 Seneca Valley students were selected for this elite ensemble. The following list represents the students who were successful in the audition process and will participate in the group on December 12, 13, and 14. PMEA District 5 represents all public and private school districts in the following counties: Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer. We are thrilled to work with these amazing students. Happy Holidays to all.
A Note From the Directors
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Name Instrument Grade Carinne Geil Flute 10 Jason Johnson Flute 10 Ally Tice Flute 10 Nataleigh Kerr Flute 12 Sarah Kochis * Clarinet 11 Urvi Gupta Clarinet 9 Ariella Meltzer Clarinet 10 Bailyn Bench Clarinet 11 Hanna Behr Clarinet 9 Lauren Stanick Clarinet 10 Alison Vlasnik Clarinet 9 Ian Ferraro Clarinet 12 Mitch Topf Bass Clarinet 9 Stefany Baron * + Bass Clarinet 12 Dan Singer * + Alto Saxophone 10 Julia Scanlan Alto Saxophone 10 Alex Taylor Alto Saxophone 12 Zach DeDionisio * + Tenor Saxophone 10 Nick Hepp Tenor Saxophone 9 Rebecca Danik * + Baritone Saxophone 11 Mitch Weaver * Trumpet 11 Matt Ruwe Trumpet 12 Scott McKinney Trumpet 12 Daniel Collier Trumpet 12 Adam Johanknecht * Trumpet 11 Luke Barnes Trumpet 10 Maddy Sinan Trumpet 9 Dan Eppler * + French Horn 12 Chrissy Otteni French Horn 12 Patrick O'Connor Trombone 11 Natalie Byers * Trombone 12 Nikko Paserba Trombone 12 Bethany Sager Trombone 11 Nathaniel Fritch Trombone 10 Martin Chrzanowski * + Trombone 11 Kathryn Kolor Trombone 10 Seb Demetter Trombone 9 Alex Miller Trombone 10 Sam West * + Euphonium 12 Aaron Jackson * Euphonium 10 Austin Treu Euphonium 9 Emily Scanlan Tuba 9 Hayden Goodzinski Tuba 11 Luci Ferraro Tuba 9 Brendan Kennelty * + Percussion 11
* These students received an automatic selection into Dis-trict Band based on their au-ditioned chair at Honors Band.
+ These students earned first
chair in their section.
Mr. Matchett, Mr. Armstrong,
Mr. Babick, and Mrs. Snyder
Note:
This newsletter serves
as the main form of
communication for the
Band Boosters organiza-
tion as well as all band
activities. You are
welcome to submit
articles by the 15th of
the month before you
want the information to
be printed. This news-
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beginning of every
month except January
and July. Send your
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December 2013
We had another successful Mattress
Fundraiser Sale and we thank you for all
of your efforts to contact family and
friends to encourage them to attend.
A special thank you goes out to:
**Our Band Directors for all of their time
and efforts to publicize the sale and offer
support;
**Several Key Club members at Seneca
for volunteering to wear mattress
costumes during a home football game;
**All of the student and parent volunteers
who came out the day of the sale to increase
our visibility!!;
**The Rodriguez Family for painting the sign
located on the Zelienople sign board;
**The Jackson Family for picking the sign up
and delivering it as needed;
**Anyone that I may be missing that offered
time and assistance to help get the word out
about the sale – thank you for your help!!
Thanks to all who participated in the Enjoy
Coupon Book sale. Many students were able
to earn significant funds towards their band
trip. The Boosters sponsored a contest for the
top two sellers who each won $25.00 for their
achievements. Tabby Laine sold 16 books
followed closely by Sammi Logan with 15
books sold. Congratulations girls on a great
effort!
Mattress Fundraiser Thank You!
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Thanks to all of the chaperone helpers this
past season!! It was a great season and
appeared like we might have been playing
even later into November. But, like always, it
came to an end. It was wonderful to see a lot
of new faces and welcome back many of the
old (I mean parents who've helped in previous
years). I appreciated having as many volun-
teers as I did, and all of you did a great job in
keeping things run smoothly!
A Big Chaperone
Thank You!
If you ordered a
Poinsettia, don’t
forget to pick it up at
the Winter Concert
on December 5th!
Call Gereese Ruwe at
724-772-2915 with
questions.
Thank You For...
Your attendance at
the November Band
Booster Meeting!! It
was great to see so
m a n y f a m i l i e s
represented and your
time was greatly
appreciated!
We hope that you
found the information
regarding the Band
Foundation, Honors
Band, our upcoming
concerts, the Band
Trip, and all of our
fundra isers very
helpful!! Your partici-
pation and support is
greatly appreciated!
Woodland Hills Game
Enjoy Book Sale
Winners
December 2013
Buying a car? Get your best deal and help support the SV Band! Simply bring the form at www.svband.net “Driving for Dollar$” with you and the dealership will donate a “referral fee” to help support the Seneca Valley Band. It’s really easy: 1. Print out the DRIVING for DOLLAR$
form.
2. Bring the form to the dealership and tell
them SV Band sent you.
3. DRIVING for DOLLAR$ helps you get a better deal and helps the SV Band.
4. Print out extra DRIVING for DOLLAR$ forms, put them in your glove box, give to anyone looking at buying a car.
5. Tell your friends! You don’t have to be
in the band to help the band with DRIVING for DOLLAR$.
If you buy are car from any of our dealers please email me ([email protected]) so that I can follow up on our “referral fee”. SVBB’s “Driving for Dollar$” helps you get a better deal and then helps the SV Band. Neal Jackson [email protected]
Driving For Dollar$
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Dining for Dollar$
For the Driving
for Dollar$ flyer,
click the Driving
For Dollar$ link
on the side menu
of the SV Band
website:
www.svband.net!
Cranberry Chick-fil-A Spirit Night was
a huge success. Thank you to everyone
who came out to support the band.
Total sales were $1658.46 and Chick-fil-
A donated 20% to the band in the
amount of $331.69. Thank you to Cran-
berry Chick-fil-A for their generous sup-
port. Continue to visit Cranberry
Chick-fil-A and then turn your receipts
into the SHS/IHS band office. Cranberry
Chick-fil-A will donate 20% of our total
receipts to the band in the form of Re-
ward Dollars that the band can use for
anything at anytime. SAVE THOSE
RECEIPTS. Thank you to those families
who have already sent in their receipts.
This will be a Year-Round effort.
Buffalo Wild Wings in Cranberry
(724.742.9464) and Monte Cello’s Zel-
ienople (724.453.3200) will donate 10%
of your check to the SV Band when you
use your LOYALTY CARD …dine-in or
take-out. Thank you for being a year
round supporter.
Printable Loyalty Cards for Monte Cello’s
and Buffalo Wild Wings can be found on
the SV Band website.
Everyone has to eat!
Joyce Delaney
December 2013
staff available to us each year for our
dinner.
Many thanks go out to all of our parent
and student volunteers. Thank you to
everyone who set up the cafeteria, served
food, cleaned tables, sold tickets, manned
the basket raffle, made desserts,
decorated, washed dishes and cleaned up
at the end of the night. We appreciate
everyone’s efforts and flexibility. Special
thanks go out to the students who
stepped in to help where it was needed;
many who did so without being asked.
We are proud that our band students
continually participate in the many
Booster events to support the band
program. Kudos to all of you!
Roberta and Lynne
Pasta Dinner & Basket Raffle
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The Band Booster’s Annual Pasta Dinner
and Basket Raffle was a huge success! At
this year’s dinner we served nearly 350
diners and sold over $1,200 in raffle tickets.
This is a great fundraiser with the proceeds
supporting ALL of the SV bands and
auxiliaries.
There are many people to thank for the
success of the evening. First, thank you to
our school administration, food services
department and our band directors.
Without their support, we could not hold
this event. The cafeteria cook and
custodian who were on duty that night
were very accommodating to our group
working hard to keep people fed and keep
the cafeteria clean. We are very grateful
that the school makes the cafeteria and
Basket Raffle Winner!
A challenge was issued to the different band sections for the Basket Raffle for this year’s
Pasta Dinner: The section who could create the best themed basket and sell the most
tickets for their basket, would win a pizza party for their section. This challenge pro-
duced some beautiful baskets and sold hundreds of tickets. All of the baskets were
filled with donations from students and band families. Thank you to everyone who do-
nated to the baskets and purchased tickets at the dinner.
And the winner is . . .
Trombone Section
Ice Cream Basket
Thank you to the following parents who coordinated the basket for their band section.
Clarinets Chris Bench Cupcake Basket Flutes/Piccolos Shana Reinhart Movie Night Basket Saxophones Rachel Scanlan & Laurel Rae Pitt Football Basket Trombones Carolyn Miller Ice Cream Basket Low Brass Terri Otteni Fall is for Planting Basket Percussion Petra Beck Chef’s Helper Basket Color Guard Melissa Foley Chocolate Lovers Basket Poms Pam Villegas Pet Care Basket
Database:
If you no longer belong to
the marching band or any
other band (freshman, sym-
phonic, wind ensemble, Jazz
I, Jazz II), if you change
your phone number or have
an address change, please
notify Gereese Ruwe at
724.772-2915 or email her at
Please, also notify Gereese
about any misspellings. This
will greatly help the
Newsletter & Ways and
Means chairpersons to better
do their jobs!
December 2013
This year’s Pasta dinner featured musical
entertainment provided by Lazier’s
Harmony Music Studio. Bruce Lazier was
kind enough to organize the many
performers to provide music throughout the
night. All of Seneca Valley performers are
students at Lazier’s studio. Several of the
ensembles included the students with their
studio instructors. Did you know that last
year 34 instrumentalists from Lazier’s
Harmony Music Studio placed in the PMEA
District Honors Band? Bravo to all of our
Pasta Dinner performers. Thank you for
adding a “touch of class” to the evening.
Clarinet Stefany Baron
Saxophones
Kyle Morgan Danny Singer
French horn Dan Eppler
Zoey Kondos Chrissy Otteni
Miya Paserba
Marimba Andrew Strutz (from Mars High
School)
Trumpet
Eli Coyle Adam Johanknecht
Jeremy O’Connor Jeremiah Scanlan
Mitch Weaver
Katy Kolor Alex Miller
Patrick O’Connor Nikko Paserba
Bethany Sager
Matt Sloan Mary Taylor
LHMS Staff
Randy Bibri – Piano, Jazz Piano, Jazz Improvisation, Low Brass
Mario Butera -- Percussion
Heather Johnson – F horn Bruce Lazier – Low Brass
Theresa Shearer – Clarinet, Oboe, Saxophone
Trombone Natalie Byers
Martin Chrzanowski
Pasta Dinner Entertainment
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Reminder:
Pastries by Andrea
Online orders to go
toward individual
trip accounts due
Dec. 1.
Pickup at Winter
Concert on Thurs,
December 5
Additional pastries
can be purchased at
the concert. Funds
from those sales to
go the general trip
fund.
December 2013
Parents - You should have already received a letter in the mail indicating how much money your student has in their account and the amount needed to meet your halfway point. Please make preparations now to have this payment available for January 1. Collection calls will be made to homes starting January1st.
All students planning to participate in the trip must have a total of $393.00 in their
grade level combination. Junior rooms must have at least one 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 28th you will be assigned roommates.
7. You must sign up using a black or blue ink pen! Include all information and print legi-
bly. Please make sure you print your first and last name. Once you have signed up for a bus you must contact Mrs. Matchett for ANY changes or corrections.
8. Please be sure that all 4 people that you sign up have agreed to be in your room.
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.
Questions can be directed to Mrs. Matchett – [email protected]
2014 Band Trip!
Azalea Festival Parade of Nations-Norfolk, Virginia
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Band Trip
Thursday, April 24
through
Monday April 28
Mail band trip
payments to:
Seneca Valley
Band Boosters
P.O. Box 303
Zelienople, PA
16063
Bus Sign Up for Band Trip
Begins Monday, February 18th
Room and Bus Request Rules
1. Verify all of your roommates have made their FINAL payment. If you or any of your roommates have not made your final payment of $785.00, your roommate/ bus request will not be honored.
2. Everyone must sign up for a roommate according 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.
February 18th – 21st Senior & Jun-ior rooms sign up (Must have at least one Sr. or Jr. in your room).
February 24th – Feb 28th Everyone else signs up. (If your name is not on the list in a Sr. or Jr. Room, you should sign up now).
If you are not signed up for a room by February Feb 28th you will be assigned to a room!
3. Requests must have 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
4. You may sit with anyone on your bus.
5. You and your roommates may request any bus. There will not be a special bus for auxiliaries.
6. Your roommates can be from any grade level, but you cannot sign up until your date is scheduled. Senior rooms must have at least one senior and any other
trip account by January 1, 2014.
The remainder of the $785.00 will be due on February 1st 2014. A second letter will be sent out in late January indicating the final balance due.
Payments can be made at any other time by sending a check to the Seneca Valley Band Boosters, P.O. Box 303, Zelienople, PA 16063. Please remember to write the student’s name on the memo line of the check.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE:
November 1st
$50.00 deposit due
January 1st
halfway point
($393.00)
February 1st
Final balance must
be paid in full (must
be paid in order to
sign up for your
room)!
December 2013 Page 8 Volunteer Corner The Seneca Valley Band Booster organization supports the band program by soliciting help from the parents of Banders. If you would like to volunteer, please contact John Campbell or the chairperson of the committee to volunteer your assistance.
Band Booster Officers Position Name Phone E-mail President ........................................... John Campbell ........................... 724.452.0834……[email protected] Vice President ................................... Jim Kosinski ............................... 724.789.7805 .......... [email protected] Treasurer .......................................... Neal Jackson.............................. 724.452.1733 .......... [email protected] Recording Secretary ......................... Karen Johanknecht .................... 724.452.5665……. [email protected] Corresponding Secretary .................. Christine Bench .......................... 724.772.0354 ......... [email protected]
Committee Chairpersons Position Name Phone E-mail 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] Band Trip .......................................... Maria Matchett ......................... [email protected] Band Trip Accounts .......................... Lori Griffith ......................... 724.538.3697 ......... [email protected] Big Band Dance ................................ Jon Singer ......................... 724.538.3878 ......... [email protected] Chaperones ...................................... Joni Parise ......................... 412.600.7792 ......... [email protected] Concession Stands ........................... Kevin & Bettie Sager .................. 724.742.2684 . . . . [email protected] Database .......................................... Guy and Gereese Ruwe ............ 724.772-2915 [email protected] Decorations ....................................... Gereese Ruwe ......................... 724.772-2915 [email protected] Dining for Dollars.......................... .... Kevin & Joyce Delaney ............. 724-772-7997…….. [email protected] Equipment Manager ......................... Jeff Maloney ......................... 724.772.4852 First Aid ............................................. Jamie Smith ......................... 724.776.9545. . . [email protected] Foundation ........................................ Vic Peffer ......................... 724.452.5791 Half-time Treats ................................ Diane Campbell ......................... 724.452.0834……[email protected] Handyman ........................................ Jeff Maloney ......................... 724.772.4852 Homecoming Booth .......................... Kevin & Bettie Sager .................. 724.742.2684 . . . . [email protected] Lottery Fund-raiser ........................... Newsletter ......................................... Mary Barnes ......................... 724.538.8905. 1320 [email protected] Pie Festival ....................................... Michelle Popp ......................... 724.779.7677……[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] Spag Dinner & Chinese Auct ............ Lynne Rodrigues ........................ 724.538.5162 .......... [email protected] .......................................................... Roberta Love ......................... 412.352.6381 .......... [email protected] Trip Shirts ......................................... Suzanne Fenello ........................ 724 316.3631 .......... [email protected] Uniform ............................................. Cheryl Ferraro724.432.3155 ...... [email protected] .......................................................... Linda O'Connor724.234.2373 .... [email protected] Ways & Means (Fundraising) ........... Kathleen Sinan ......................... 724 816.2566 [email protected]
Voice of Marching Band ......................... Neal Jackson .................................. 24.452.1733……[email protected]
Band Leaders Band Director .................................... Robert Matchett III ..................... 724.452.6041 [email protected] Band Director .................................... Varden Armstrong ...................... 724.452.6042 [email protected] Band Director .................................... Robert Babick ......................... 724.452.6043 ext [email protected] Band Director .................................... Sara Snyder ......................... 742.538.4893 [email protected]
Silk & National Line Sponsor . . . .
Majorette & Pom Pon Sponsors Missy Armstrong & Katie Osan
S.V. Band Website .................. http://svband.net S.V. Alumni Website .............. www.svbandalumni.net
S.B. Band Foundation page… https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seneca-Valley-Band-Foundation/175430352605891
December 2013
Tentative Calendar of Events for 2013-2014 Use a pencil to mark your calendar with the following dates, as they are tentative and subject to change.
Date Event Time
December
5 Winter Instrumental Concert ................ 7:30 PM IHS Auditorium
11 Winter Jazz Concert ............................ 7:30 PM SHS Auditorium
12-14 Honors Band ....................................... Westminster College
January
1 Halfway point for band trip accounts—$393
14 Band Booster Meeting ....................... 7:00 PM SHS Auditorium
15 District Jazz Auditions.......................... Slippery Rock University
15 Articles due for February newsletter