Congratulations to our Silent Auction Basket Winners!

BBQ Basket	Susan Smith
Large Spice Basket	Susan Smith
Large Candle Basket	Susan Smith
Purple Easter Basket	Tammy Harshey
Small Bath and Body Basket (yellow)	LaDonna Arnold
Bake Your Own Basket	LaDonna Arnold
Avon Bath and Body Basket	Dana Kaps
Bake Your Own Basket	LaDonna Arnold
Gift Box Bath and Body Basket	Dana Kaps
Bake Your Own Basket	LaDonna Arnold
Childrens Bath and Body Basket	Louise Cruse
Bath and Body Pink Basket	Jeannine Anson
Tea for Two Small Basket	Kim Freudenberg
Tea for Two Large Basket	LaDonna Crouse
Office Stationary Basket	Bill Devore
Blue Easter Basket	Shelby Secor
Large Gardening Basket	Susan Pugh
Car Care Basket	David Rios
Pet Supplies Basket	David Rios
Bath and Body Red Bag Basket	Chuck Rector
Pink Easter Basket	Monica Pierce
Chocolate Basket	Monica Pierce
Small Spice Basket	Bonnie Pierce
Scrapbook Basket	Kellee Traylor
Winter Basket	Linda Durham
Small Gardening Basket	Linda Durham
Small Candles Basket	Amanda Durham
Yellow Bath and Body Basket	Amanda Durham
Christmas Basket	Lori Gator

Thank you all for supporting the Silver Creek Middle and High School Band Programs!

Bandstock 2 Review

Our reporter was sent out to capture the event and will be posting his review shortly! But, please feel free to add your comments by clicking on the comment button below.

Reporter's Review

Under the blue sky and cool spring temperatures, spectators entered the gymnasium to hear this year’s Bandstock 2. They peered down to chairs and music stands set in a fashion to form three semi circles side by side each other. These seats were slowly filled with young musicians poised and ready to provide their audience a top notch performance.

Band Booster President Rick Durham gave some opening remarks and turned the show over to Band Director Mr. Hoover. The sixth grade captivated everyone with sounds from musical compositions appropriate for their skills and talent.

The middle school band had the center section. Their guest conductor, Dorthy from The Wizard of Oz (aka Ashley Parker), conducted a melody of those favorite songs from the movie. And who wouldn’t think happy thoughts about the movie while watching this young guest conductor in pig tails, a blue and white checkered dress, and those sparkling ruby shoes all the while listening to those songs being played.

The dark and brooding, lush and romantic, and wild and manic styles of Danny Elfman’s film scores were played by the high school band. The more noticeable was the theme from Beetlejuice.

Middle and high school jazz bands each played the unique genre of songs that only can be described by Duke Ellington’s definition of jazz: “It’s all music.”

The finale was a small group of students with dark sunglasses, spiked hair, bandanna wearing, sixth graders led by Ashley Parker. Their music was the result of a unique way to introduce and educate them to the percussion section of a band. This educational method definitely has merit as the group “cranked out some tunes.”

The overall experience was delightful. It was evident that a lot of hard work was done by these young musicians and also by the Band Booster’s to make Bandstock 2 another successful event. Bandstock 2 was a spectacular expression of sound through melody, harmony, rhythm, and yes, even a little acting that provided an entertaining Spring Sunday afternoon.

See pictures of Bandstock 2 online.

Bandstock 2

We hope to see you at Bandstock 2 on Sunday! There are going to be some terrific tunes and some amazing auction baskets to bid on. This year I'm proud to announce that we have over twenty (20) baskets ranging from car care items to chocolate to pet supplies to bath and body items! Wow!!!

Click on the comments section at the bottom of this post and wish our young talented musicians well during their performance Sunday!

Admission: $2.00

Market Day Information

The sale date is changed to March 21st which is next Wednesday due to Spring Break. The next sale following this will not be until May 1st. This is quite a time span between sales so we want to make sure you were aware of this so you could order accordingly.

Don't forget orders need to be turned!

Spring Ahead!

At 2:00am tomorrow (Sunday) morning, many of us will move our clocks ahead an hour. Why do I blog about this? Daylight savings time is not some new concept. Ben Franklin mentioned casually mentioned it in a in a humorous letter urging Parisians to save money by getting up earlier to use morning sunlight, thereby burning fewer candles in the evening. He did not directly call it 'Daylight Savings Time', but the insinuation was there.

Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United States during World War I in order to save energy for war production by taking advantage of the later hours of daylight between April and October. During World War II the federal government again required the states to observe the time change. Between the wars and after World War II, states and communities chose whether or not to observe Daylight Saving Time. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act which standardized the length of Daylight Saving Time.[1]

The Energy Act of 2005 extended Daylight Savings Time about one month by beginning it about three weeks earlier and lasting about one week longer. This is to go into effect tomorrow at 2am.

Now I'm sure all of you appreciate the history lesson, but are asking yourself why Silver Creek Band Boosters would be addressing this. Because there is an correlation between Daylight Savings Time and your computer. And since your webmaster is a computer guru, I want to make sure this event doesn't play havoc with your system. The solution is simple if you have your Automatic Updates in Windows XP turned on (which I hope that you do). Microsoft already fixed the problem for you. If you don't have Automatic Updates turned on, then Microsoft has a website to help you with the update.

Time on the computer is used by many things. The Windows operating system is designed to automatically update the time for you if you live in a Daylight Savings Time Zone area. Not updating the operating system to automatically coincide with current daylight savings time for your area can be devastating. Appointments can be off if you use a calendar program. File stamps for when files are created or modified would be off. And date/time insert in a word processing program will be wrong. These are just a few of the simple things that can occur by not making sure you have the daylight savings time fix.

So, if you don't want to be running around like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, check and double-check to make sure that your computer has the fix and springs ahead tomorrow!

[1]Daylight Saving Time (Not Daylight "Savings" Time), about.com

The new uniforms are here!

 They're here! They're here!

Take a bow. Jump for joy. Our new marching band uniforms are here!

Mr. Hoover thanks ALL those who worked hard in making this dream come a reality for the marching band program.

Color Guard Meeting

Meeting

Do you know or are YOU interested in meeting new friends, doing a little traveling, and having a GREAT time?

Do you know or are YOU interested in becoming a member of Color Guard and being part of our marching band?

Then,

WE INVITE YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BEING A MEMBER OF THE COLOR GUARD UNIT!

When: March 12th, 3:00p-4:30p

Where: High School Band Room

Silent Basket Items Needed

The Parent Boosters is having a Silent Basket Auction for Bandstock! But, we need assistance from each grade level to make this a success. Each grade is asked to bring in the following items to Mr. Hoover by March 9th (next Friday):

6th Grade - Pet Supplies (Dog & Cat)

toys, treats, blanket, leash, collar, brush, how-to books...anything you find in a pet store. Keep it simple.

7th Grade - Gardening

flower and/or vegetable seeds, gloves, hand tools, knee pads, pots, decorative items, watering can, gardening books/magazines...anything that can be used in a garden. Keep it simple.

8th Grade - Candles

jar candles, holiday candles, tea lights, candle holders, votives, etc.

9th Grade - Herbs & Spices

cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, garlic, sage, rosemary, mint, basil, oregano, any McCormick's seasoning grinder, etc. Keep it simple.

10th Grade - Spa (Bath & Body)

bubble bath, body lotion, shower gel, body wash, bath sponges, nail polish, emery boards, etc. Keep it simple.

11th Grade - Tea for Two

Flavored teas - Lipton, Bigelow, Celestial Seasonings, etc.

12th Grade - Chocolate

any kind of chocolate candy (not just a candy bar), chocolate flavored coffee, hot chocolate, etc.

Band Boosters - Bake your own

cake mixes, cookie mixes, dessert mixes, cookie cutters, measuring cups/spoons, recipe cards, plastic spoons, cookbooks, cookie sheets, cupcake pans, etc.

* All items need to be new and food items should be wrapped and sealed.

Baskets that are being donated by parents:

Winter - Linda Durham
Christmas - Linda Durham
Car Care - Tammy Harshey

Anyone is welcome to donate a basket of their choice. Here are some ideas: movie/snack, outside fun, pool toys, Easter. Please contact Linda or Vicki if you are going to donate a basket so that we may include it in the program.

All basket items need to be turned in to Mr. Hoover/band boosters NO LATER than March 9th.