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~AFM Weekly Newsletter~

November 8th, 2024

Director's Report

The trip to Southern California for Bands of America was one of the best marching band trips we've taken with the band in many years. The students were well behaved, performed wonderfully in both prelims and finals and the army of parents who made the trip were incredible. We are so thankful for this community.

We are approaching the final 3 weeks of the marching season and there is plenty to keep track of as we look to finish strong! Please see the flyer below with upcoming events.

For Amador is our name,

Mr. Grantham & Mr. Fell

Thank You ALL Volunteers!

A BIG THANK YOU to ALL of our VOLUNTEERS who helped with the Bands of America/SoCal Marching Band Trip this weekend.

A special thank you to our lead volunteers:

*Head RW: Sam Li/Hans Riegels

Logistics Head: Dennis Yang

*Head RA: Jennifer Gable

*Head Hotel RAs: Susan Bowen & Cindy Rader

*Med Person: Donalyn Harris & Shilpa Panech

*Grub Team: Radhika Sahasrabudre & Rajani Prasad

Thank you for taking care of and moving our Big Purple Band!

We need more Road Warriors for Rest of the Season

We have three more events for this Marching band/CG season, please sign up as Road Warriors!

Thurs, Nov 14, Friends 'n Family Night at Dublin High, Dublin

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4CAAAC28A5FFC52-51920591-friends#/

Sat Nov 16, Comp 4, James Logan High, Union City

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4CAAAC28A5FFC52-51723482-competition#/

Nov 23-24, Comp 5 (1-night WBA State) Clovis, CA

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4CAAAC28A5FFC52-51723503-competition#/

Special Thanks to the Grub Team

The Grub team would like to thank the current and alumni parents who helped with shopping, hauling, cooking, and serving 5 meals in one day on Saturday Nov.2nd at Etiwanda. Thank you to the families who donated fresh fruits, baked goodies and fruit snacks to serve the kids.

A special shout out to a generous donor for sponsoring a late night Banh Mi sandwiches meal for the Big Purple Band. The kids loved the special treat.

Beer Pouring Update

We had a great beer pouring event the last weekend of Oct and brought in over $1,200 for just the one event. These contribution donation funds, as well as your donation ask, helped to fund the Etiwanda trip and all trips the band competes in. We would love it if more volunteers could join as each volunteer will bring in at least $225 per event. This will also offset your own donation ask.

December sign ups are out and available for those that are certified. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Susan Bowen at funbpour@gmail.com.

Spirit wear need Wed Volunteers

AFM Spirit Wear has a booth set up every Wednesday practice for band families to buy and collect items. Volunteer parents or siblings (age 18+) are needed to set up the tables, staff the booth and tear down, along with Spirit Wear Lead. No experience and clearance is needed.

Please sign up here.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A48ADA62EABF5C07-52677262-afmweekly?useFullSite=true#/

AFM Spirit Wear webstore @ https://form.jotform.com/242156691178160.