Welcome To The EHS Band Family
On behalf of The East Penn Instrumental Musicians Club (EPIMC) I'd like to take a moment to welcome all of our new band students and their families to our band family as we anticipate the exciting very fast approaching start of the 2010-2011 band season.
EPIMC is the parent booster organization for the music program. The organization fully supports Mr. Denmead, his staff, and all of our band, color guard, and majorette students throughout the school year to ensure they have everything they need to make band a productive/successful/positive/and fun experience for all.
We invite you and very much look forward to meeting each of you at our band parent meeting on Monday August 16 at 7:00pm in the band room. This will be an informal yet informative meeting for new students and their families to further explain the activities that EPIMC oversees and to explain in more detail volunteer opportunities that are available for you to take part in. (This is a new student/parent meeting however "seasoned" band families are welcome to attend as well.)
It takes many hands to help our band! As a parent it's an opportunity for you to be a part of your student's music experience at EHS. It's an opportunity to meet and befriend other band parents. It's also with great pride that we watch the band start out fresh and new at band camp and continuously strive to move forward and master their show for each performance and band festival that the season holds.
We encourage you to visit our website at www.epimc.org as much as possible throughout the school year. You will find information about upcoming fundraisers, practice and performance dates, and other informative information to help with any questions you might have. Names and Email information for all EPIMC Board Members will be found on the web also. Feel free to contact any board member at any time with questions that arise.
Please plan to join us on August 16, hope to see you there!!
Mark the date - parent preview night picnic and first band performance will be Thursday September 2 (weather permitting).
The picnic for band students and parents/siblings will begin at 5:30pm. The band's first performance of the season will be at 7:00pm. (Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Chips, and Water will be served.)
Calling All Students and Parents
Volunteers Are Needed For Our Applebee's Flapjack Breakfast and Car Wash Fundraiser
Saturday August 21, 2010 Trexlertown Location
Flapjack Breakfast from 8AM-10AM
Car Wash from 8AM-3PM
Student volunteers are needed for the flapjack breakfast to "work" inside of Applebee's as greeters, seaters,
pancake servers, beverage servers, and bussers. (The restaurant will supply the kitchen staff.) Based on the
suggested amount of volunteers needed I am looking for 24 students total. Students must be 16 years of age and will be required to sign a release of liability form the morning of the event. You will need to arrive 30 minutes before the breakfast starts (7:30AM) to receive a tour and to receive instructions from the Applebee's staff.
The car wash will be held at the same time as the breakfast and continue into the afternoon, 8AM-3PM. Based on the recent 7/31 car wash at Binder's (which was a great success!) it would be necessary to have 15 student and/or parent volunteers per shift to wash, dry, and squeegee windows. We will need to fill 4 shifts. Shifts will be from 7:30-9:30, 9:30-11:30, 11:30-1:30, and 1:30-3:30. Cost is $5.00 per car ($7.00 for SUV/larger vehicles).
Please wear your band t-shirts for this event to show support for our music program. (T-Shirts/Sweatshirts...
will be available for new families to purchase or order on 9/2 at Preview Night. We have some currently in stock. If anyone is interested in purchasing prior to the 8/21 Applebee's Fundraiser contact Kathy Norton at the email address below.)
Please refer to the website www.epimc.org to see the Applebee's flyer. It should be posted shortly if it's not
already there. You can print them and pass them out to family and friends while asking them to come enjoy
pancakes, sausage, and a beverage and to help support the band.
Ticket prices are $6.00 ($4.00 for children 10 and under). Tickets can be purchased at the door however if you'd like to pre-sell tickets please contact Karen Bortz at vicepresident@epimc.org for more details. Funds from this fundraiser will be raised for EPIMC which in turn will benefit all band students throughout the upcoming band season. Once I have enough volunteers I will email out a schedule so that everyone knows their assignment. Please email Kathy Norton ASAP with your availability at correspondingsecretary@epimc.org or email with any questions.
2009-2010 Band DVDs
2009-2010 Band Students - Band DVDs will be available at band camp. Please see Mr. Denmead for your copy. As always, thank you for your continued support!
2010-2011 EPIMC Board of Directors
President - Donna Root - president@epimc.org
Vice-President - Karen Bortz - vicepresident@epimc.org
Treasurer - Jenifer Trautmann - treasurer@epimc.org
ISA Treasurer - Jim Zelenak - isatreasurer@epimc.org
Corresponding Secretary - Kathy Norton - correspondingsecretary@epimc.org
Recording Secretary - Pam Hutzayluk - recordingsecretary@epimc.org