Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Volunteers needed for EBOP Instrument Rental Night!

Our first fundraising opportunity is here, and we are soliciting volunteers to participate. Golden Music (website: goldenmusic.co) is offering an opportunity to raise funds if we can coordinate groups of volunteers to work several events with them.

Any parents and students interested in helping will need to attend a training session in the HRHS Orchestra room on Thursday, August 31st, at 4 p.m. Then our first event kicks off with EBOP Instrument Rental Night at 6 p.m.!

Approximately 10 volunteering events for this fundraiser will occur over the next few weeks. Golden Music has requested up to 20 volunteers per event. Each event will last approximately 4 hours. We understand that your time available to dedicate to volunteering can be limited, but we would like to supply as many volunteers to as many events as we can to make the most of this fundraising opportunity. Students and families can receive volunteer hours, and Orchestra lettering points for participating in the training and working the events.

More information about the events to be worked, locations, dates, and times will be provided at the training session tomorrow. The HRHS Orchestra Boosters are asking for your help to make this important first fundraising opportunity a success. We hope to see you there. Please contact Ryan Woodworth with any questions you may have prior to tomorrow's training session at rswoodworth@dcsdk12.org.

Monday, August 21, 2017

Required Orchestra Meeting - Tuesday 8/29/2017 at 6:30 PM

Just a quick reminder to mark your calendar for the Required Orchestra Meeting for students and parents on Tuesday, August 29 @ 6:30-8:15 p.m.

Plan at least an hour to get everything done.  Come at 6:30 and hit a few stations before the short 7 p.m. presentation, or come at 7 p.m. for the presentation and do everything afterward.

Here are the highlights of our agenda:
  1. Concert Attire** (scroll to the bottom of this post for details)**
  2. Fundraising for your $100 Student Fee and opportunities for personal orchestra-related expenses
  3. Orchestra Merchandise  
  4. Volunteer Opportunities
  5. Friends of the Orchestra

  • Quick presentation meeting at 7 p.m.
  • Stations remain open for you to finish up until 8:15 p.m.
  • Please bring your checkbook to pay for concert attire and/or the Orchestra Student Fee, or to start in on fundraising opportunities.


  • Do these things at home before you come!





    Looking forward to seeing you Tuesday night!

    Wednesday, August 16, 2017

    Sign-up for Orchestra Parent Text Message Reminders

    HRHS Orchestra Families,

    Orchestra parents/guardians are able to sign up to receive text message reminders of important upcoming events.  These text alerts are infrequent and often used in conjunction with only a subset of the Orchestra e-mails.  Participation is voluntary but potentially helpful if you check your e-mail infrequently or if the Orchestra informational e-mails are getting lost in a sea of spam.

    If you want to receive these messages but do not want to get them via text message, an alternative is to receive these messages via the REMIND app, which you can download to your smartphone.  Your orchestra student should already be receiving similar messages as part of a separate classroom REMIND group set up by Mr. Woodworth.

    To receive these periodic messages, send a text message to number 81010 with @orchparen in the message field.

    Again, enter this number:  81010
    Text this message:  @orchparen

    Participation is optional, and you can leave the group at any time if you no longer wish to receive these messages.