Thanks for checking in prior to our important Monday meeting! Among other things, we'll be talking about the topics listed below and if you haven't already chosen your RhythmFest specialty, you'll make that choice at the meeting. In addition to the list below, we have added these categories:
Judges' Airport/Amtrak Pickup/Delivery
Local Parking Shuttle
We're especially interested in your input for Raffle Items, including combo baskets and individual items.
We also must get your shirt size, so that the order for RhythmFest Volunteer Staff shirts can go in this week!
Remember, here are the other categories - and we need your help!
GBX and BBX vs. TuHS - and THS Pep Band is there! 5PM call time, and PIZZA to get you through the evening - what could be better?!? And working concessions will be Jordan L, Lydia F, Renae W, Nicki R, and Jon Sch (parent), and Larry S and Scott W on the grill!
We're grillin' burgers for the Burger Basket Deal at the THS/TuHS Doubleheader this Friday, and we need a couple of grillmasters! Do you qualify? Do people come from miles around for your burgers? If so, check outMcKee's Band Page! and sign up!
Time to play the Canby Cougars, and pep, pep, pep! Friday January 23 is the night, and it's Silly Hat Night - what a great idea! Wear your silly hat (nothing McKee or Irving wouldn't approve of), and have a ball. Call time is 6:15 - in place, and ready to play! And as far as concessions goes, workers are Stephanie H and Peggy M (parents), and Alex S, Chris S, and Nicky. See you between 5:30 and 6!
The distance between the Capitol Building and the Washington Monument is just under 1 mile, with the crowd for the Inaugural Ceremony estimated at 1,000,000. The 1.7 mile parade route, which leaves the west side of the Capitol Building and heads east on Pennsylvania Avenue, will be lined with people who have left behind any umbrellas, bottles, coolers, signs, and strollers. With temperatures hovering around 30 degrees (with a 19 degree windchill!), many will wish they had a nice thermos of hot chocolate, but no thermoses allowed...
Hey, let's feed those hungry parents and students who come to see our guys take on the McMinnville Grizzlies! Working this game will be Greg D and Karen D (parents) and Brenden D. See you then!
Yes, we know it's a day off from school, but you'll done by evening anyway, so come to the Commons at 7PM and get set to put on a great RhythmFest Show! Be thinking about what you would really like to do. Here's a list of some of the categories we will need to have handled:
It's THS vs. TuHS tonight - let's get ready to rumble! And all those rumblers and their supporters will be hungry - yay! Working tonight will be Luann L (parent), Jason C, MacKenzie S, and Dev S.
Come support the Tigard Girls as they take on those Timberwolves!
Many have spoken about their disappointment in missing out of Christmas Eve bells, because of the nasty road conditions. If you're looking for your bell fix, I'll again be filling in at Newberg Friends this Sunday January 11, at both the 9 and 11 am services. We play both prelude and offertory music, so if you're interested, be there by 20 minutes prior to the service time and you'll hear a bunch of dingalings! (Groan...) :)
Newberg Friends is between 3rd and 4th on College Street in Newberg - just a few blocks south of Highway 99W.
It's time for Basketball Pep Band - Yay! We play this Friday, January 9, and it's Slipper Night! Call time is 6:15 PM - remember, that's not when you arrive, that's when you're in place, ready to warm up. Wear your pep shirt, jeans, and slippers, and get ready to be peppy!
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Why Newberg is Important to Me
Newberg holds a special place in my heart. Although I have not lived there since 1977, I am a proud Newberg High School graduate. It was at NHS that band director Dick Elliot gave me the confidence to become a life-long percussionist, and choir director George White helped me develop the singing voice that led to my participation in the Portland Symphonic Choir, the chorus of the Oregon Symphony. Social studies teachers Dan Lever and Ed Wiesehan instilled in me the understanding that the names and dates of events are such a small part of learning about history – they helped their students see the how and the why, and led us to discernment and interpretation, essential components of critical thinking. And for me, the influence of these four educators and several others at Newberg High helped me to decide to pursue a career in education.
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Newberg is where I met the man I married, introduced by a friend in the lobby of Pennington Hall at George Fox College (now University). Newberg is where both of my daughters moved for their own post-secondary experience, each graduating from Fox. I have many dear friends in Newberg, including those in my faith community. Newberg is where my parents-in-law retired, living the final years of their lives at the aging-in-place community at Friendsview.
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Newberg is a town of 25,000+ in the heart of Oregon Wine Country, with both small-town shops like Chapters Books & Coffee and suburban-type businesses including Fred Meyer. Community events include the 1st Friday Artwalk, Wednesday (evening) Market, the Summer Concert Series at the Chehalem Cultural Center, the yearly Old Fashioned Festival, and much more. Newberg is one of my favorite towns, for so many reasons.
