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 This Week's Highlights

• Director's Report: Our Marching Band won 5A 1st place on Oct 18 WBA competition 
• Competition Readiness: Important Medication and Dietary Forms
• Volunteer Opportunities: Road Warriors (urgent need!) and Responsible Adults
• Fundraising: Beer Pourer, Spirit Wear and Holiday Shopping
• Senior Spotlight, Band Photos and MB Parent Social Groups

Director's Report

Congratulations to The Marching Dons on their 1st place finish at the WBA competition on Saturday. A special thank you to all of the parents who stepped up to help volunteer at the event. We appreciate you! We look forward to the Foothill Band Review this weekend. An itinerary with all necessary information was sent out earlier this week. And next weekend we hit the road to Southern California for the Bands of America SoCal Regional. Check your inbox for all the information you need on the trip! Go Dons.



For Amador is our name,

Mr. Grantham & Mr. Fell

Competition Readiness

Competition Season is finally here!!!

With our first competition this Saturday we wanted to send out a "Survival Guide" to assist families in helping their student prepare and to make sure you are all ready for the night as well. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me at newmemberliaison@amadormusic.org Looking forward to seeing you all at Independence HS this Saturday evening.  

BOA Regional Championships – Medication Reminder

Our exciting trip to BOA Regional Championships in Etiwanda (October 31 – November 2) is just around the corner! As we prepare to cheer on our amazing students, we want to make sure everyone stays safe, comfortable, and well cared for throughout the weekend.

To help us do that, please review the following important reminders about medications:

If your child will carry their own medication:

Please be sure the Contract to Carry Form has been completed and submitted to the band.

If you would like the RA team to administer or provide medication:

Please complete and submit the Medication Consent Form so we can ensure proper handling during the trip.

We’ll hold a Medication Drop-Off during practice on Wednesday, October 29th, from 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm. If that time doesn’t work for you, please don’t hesitate to contact us to arrange an alternative.

Questions or alternate drop-off arrangements: Email us at avhs.ra@gmail.com

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Thank you for helping us keep our kids safe and comfortable while they represent Amador Valley with pride!

Important Forms

Here's the link to the Fall 2025 Marching band dietary restrictions form.

Marching Band and Color Guard season means lots of snacks during practice/games/competitions and meals at overnight competitions! AFM will do our best to accommodate allergies and dietary restrictions. Please fill out this form.

*If your child has a severe allergy, you may want to consider packing food for the trip that you know is safe, as we will not be able to guarantee there is no cross-contamination. 

https://forms.gle/nxmCkbNaBfd8fB52A

Volunteer Opportunities

Road Warriors needs YOU! -  

No Volunteer Clearance Needed

The band is competing and performing at Foothill High School tomorrow night. Come volunteer and support your kids. As a Road Warriors, you will be right at the front row seats! We have only 70% of the needed volunteers for the Road Warriors. Please sign up here: 

For your convenience, here is a list of next few events! Click each link for details and to grab your spot!

10/25 Foothill Band Review - Sign Up HERE

10/31-11/1 BOA at Etiwanda HS(So. Cal) - Sign Up HERE

11/22-11/23 States in Clovis - Sign Up HERE

LAST CHANCE to volunteer for Clovis/Champs! 

This is our very last competition of the season and last chance to make some great memories for the season! Thank you to those that have already signed up! We can't stay without your help to ensure our students are safe, get the necessary rest and most importantly wake up and eat when starting the day.

Click on the link to check out the sign up and/or contact Susan Bowen at smbowen8@yahoo.com with any questions you might have. Thank you! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094CA9AF2BA64-58595363-overnight

Going to Etiwanda with the Band?

Here's the link for parents who are traveling to Etiwanda and can help us serve the food. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AACAA22A0FEC61-59547810-lunch

Can't make it? You can still help!

And this one's for parents who can't join us at Etiwanda but would like to cheer the band with some treats we will be serving :) The preparations for upcoming competitions is in full swing! If you are unable to travel with the band to LA, you can consider cheering the kids with some of their favorite snacks :) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AACAA22A0FEC61-59552005-snack

Day Time RA

Exciting News! The Friends and Family Event at Amador Valley High School has been added to the sign up - all 22 slots are open! 

Also, We still have a few Competiton RA slots open (2 for Etiwanda,1 for Logan and 2 for Clovis)!

Please check out the sign up. These volunteer positions give you the unique opportunity to experience competitions with your child(ren) - on the bus, for warm ups, possibly even during the competiton!



https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4BA5AC2AA4FEC43-58608770-rasign#/

Fundraising

Calling all beer pourers!

November and December sign ups are still out! These are the last few homes games of the season unless the Niners make the play offs.  

If you are looking for ways to help lower your donation ask, beer pouring is a great option. We have a fun group of parents and enjoy making money to benefit AFM! Contact Susan Bowen at funbpour@gmail.com with questions.

Get Your Spirit Wear!

Parents Get Your Spirit Wear and be part of the SEA OF PURPLE as we cheer on our Amador Marching Band during competitions!  

Pick out your Purple Spirit Wear or grab one of the LAST 12 show shirts Wednesday nights at Practice 

Spirit Wear table is on your right as you head into the bleachers 💜💛💜💛          

Spirit wear web store:                                                                     

https://form.jotform.com/242156691178160

Support Music Programs 🎶 — Just by Shopping!

Planning your Black Friday haul? Buying holiday gifts?



Buy gift cards through AFM’s 2025 Gift Card Fall Sale and a portion of your purchase goes directly to support our music programs.



🎁 It’s the easiest way to give twice—once to your loved ones and once to our musicians!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/afm-gift-card-flash-sale

Band parents! 🎶🎼🥁🎺

Thank you so much for your donations!

Our marching band program is 100% self funded through your generosity. We truly appreciate your support beyond just donations. 💜💛

If you haven’t had a chance to donate yet, it’s not too late! You can still contribute to support our upcoming overnight trips- hotels, buses, snacks and meals! 

Corporate Matching Program

Did you know that many companies will match donations their employees make?

This means if you give a donation to the band, your company might give the same amount, doubling your support!💜💛  

Not sure if your company offers this? You can check using this link.

It’s an easy way to make your gift go even further. Thank you for supporting the band!

Any questions? Please email treasurer@amadormusic.org

Other Important Information

Marching Band & Color Guard Senior Spotlight!

Starting in November, we will be appreciating any Marching Band & Color Guard seniors on social media with our "Senior Spotlight!" post. This is completely voluntary. If your senior would like to appreciated in this way, please have them fill out the form: https://forms.gle/B5VawSrx6nvgw6Vv8

A special appreciation to Samantha Riegels, of Samantha Grant Photography, who took the MBCG Senior Portraits!

Any questions, email Soojin Hwang, bandadminassistant@amadormusic.org

Band Photos Available for Purchase

AGP Photography photographed the band and the pictures are now ready for purchase. Please click on the gallery URL https://www.agpphotos.com/f312785713 to review the pictures and select your favorites.

Email info@agpsports.com if you have any questions.  

Connect with the AFM Community —

Non-Official Chat Groups for Marching Band Parents

Other than the weekly Newsletter, AFM website, AFM Facebook group, text reminder, INSTAGRAM @amadorvalleybands @avcolorguard as our official communication channels, some of our volunteer parents also created non-official social media chat groups for marching band parents to ask questions and share info. Here are a few of them we know and feel free to join if you would like to:

Marching band Whatapp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/C6i6SVcT3KzKZfEA6Tmii8

Korean parents Whatsapp group: 24-25 마칭밴드+컬러가드 https://open.kakao.com/o/gIlXwTGg

Chinese parents WeChat group: scan the below code at your WeChat app.