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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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-

letter is published at the

beginning of every

month except January

and July. Send your

articles via e-mail to:

1320barnes@gmail.com.

Please use “band news-

letter” as your subject

line.

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!

Page 3

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 (jen.neal@verizon.net) 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 jen.neal@verizon.net

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

gereesemr@zoominternet.net.

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 – mariaxxhaas@yahoo.com

2014 Band Trip!

Azalea Festival Parade of Nations-Norfolk, Virginia

Page 7

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…….jc1963@zoominternet.net Vice President ................................... Jim Kosinski ............................... 724.789.7805 .......... jkosinski@zoominternet.net Treasurer .......................................... Neal Jackson.............................. 724.452.1733 .......... jen.neal@verizon.net Recording Secretary ......................... Karen Johanknecht .................... 724.452.5665……. karens@johanknecht.com Corresponding Secretary .................. Christine Bench .......................... 724.772.0354 ......... chrisb4@zoominternet.net

Committee Chairpersons Position Name Phone E-mail Band Banquet ................................... Kim Grasso ......................... 724.772.7857 ......... kim@kimtom.net Band Camp ....................................... Bettie Sager ......................... 724.742.2684 ......... bettiesager@yahoo.com Band Pictures ................................... Terri Seltzer ......................... 724.453.1929 ......... mrsterriseltzer@yahoo.com Band Trip .......................................... Maria Matchett ......................... mariaxxhaas@yahoo.com Band Trip Accounts .......................... Lori Griffith ......................... 724.538.3697 ......... lagriffith@zoominternet.net Big Band Dance ................................ Jon Singer ......................... 724.538.3878 ......... jsinger.svband@techriver.net Chaperones ...................................... Joni Parise ......................... 412.600.7792 ......... parise.joni@gmail.com Concession Stands ........................... Kevin & Bettie Sager .................. 724.742.2684 . . . . bettiesager@yahoo.com Database .......................................... Guy and Gereese Ruwe ............ 724.772-2915 gereesemr@zoominternet.net Decorations ....................................... Gereese Ruwe ......................... 724.772-2915 gereesemr@zoominternet.net Dining for Dollars.......................... .... Kevin & Joyce Delaney ............. 724-772-7997…….. kjbcd@zoominternet.net Equipment Manager ......................... Jeff Maloney ......................... 724.772.4852 First Aid ............................................. Jamie Smith ......................... 724.776.9545. . . happywer5@zoominternet.net Foundation ........................................ Vic Peffer ......................... 724.452.5791 Half-time Treats ................................ Diane Campbell ......................... 724.452.0834……mrsc64@yahoo.com Handyman ........................................ Jeff Maloney ......................... 724.772.4852 Homecoming Booth .......................... Kevin & Bettie Sager .................. 724.742.2684 . . . . bettiesager@yahoo.com Lottery Fund-raiser ........................... Newsletter ......................................... Mary Barnes ......................... 724.538.8905. 1320 barnes@gmail.com Pie Festival ....................................... Michelle Popp ......................... 724.779.7677……poppma1@gmail.com Photography ..................................... Rhonda Maloney ........................ 724.772.4852. . .helpmerhonda@rhondamaloney.com Publicity ............................................ Sara Snyder ......................... 724.538.4893 .......... tomsnydr@zoominternet.net Recruitment ...................................... Sara Snyder ......................... 724.538.4893 .......... tomsnydr@zoominternet.net School Board .................................... Sara Snyder ......................... 724.538.4893 .......... tomsnydr@zoominternet.net Spag Dinner & Chinese Auct ............ Lynne Rodrigues ........................ 724.538.5162 .......... lhr1@zoominternet.net .......................................................... Roberta Love ......................... 412.352.6381 .......... lovefamily@zoominternet.net Trip Shirts ......................................... Suzanne Fenello ........................ 724 316.3631 .......... sfenello@zoominternet.net Uniform ............................................. Cheryl Ferraro724.432.3155 ...... clferraro@gmail.com .......................................................... Linda O'Connor724.234.2373 .... goconnor@zoominternet.net Ways & Means (Fundraising) ........... Kathleen Sinan ......................... 724 816.2566 katsinan@zoominternet.net

Voice of Marching Band ......................... Neal Jackson .................................. 24.452.1733…….jen.neal@verizon.n

Band Leaders Band Director .................................... Robert Matchett III ..................... 724.452.6041 ext.1062....matchettrk@svsd.net Band Director .................................... Varden Armstrong ...................... 724.452.6042 ext.2060...armstrongve@svsd.net Band Director .................................... Robert Babick ......................... 724.452.6043 ext 3080..babickrm@svsd.net Band Director .................................... Sara Snyder ......................... 742.538.4893 tomsnydr@zoominternet.net

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