Wow - what a great football game at West Linn! Unless you're a WL fan, and then you probably don't agree...
So now it's on to the Semifinals! Here's the 411:
Semifinals will be played on Black Friday, November 24
Game time is noon, at Hillsboro Stadium
Opponent is Clackamas
Call time is 10:30 am at THS
Buses will transport to and from
Will you be out near Hillsboro Stadium that morning? Email McKee to discuss how you could arrive directly
We will pep, pep, pep! (And this time, we will have seats and be under cover - yay!)
"But McKee, it's Black Friday and I HAVE TO SHOP!!!"
Hey, I have to shop too! And the great thing is that stores open VERY EARLY and you'll have plenty of time to get those half-price socks at Fred Meyer and whatever else is important to you and still come and pep. Why? Because we're the band, and that's what we do!!
When will we be done? Probably around 2:30ish, with a return time to THS around 3:30. WHICH LEAVES PLENTY OF TIME FOR MORE SHOPPING!! AND LEFTOVERS! AND HOLIDAY MOVIE-WATCHING!!
It's been an amazing Marching Band season (can you say Six-Peat?!) and we're going to celebrate at the November Band Boosters meeting this coming Wednesday. Come to the regularly scheduled meeting to be part of it all!
Band Booster meeting is Wednesday 11/15, 7 PM, THS Library
We'll celebrate the 2017 Marching Band
We'll accept the November Disney payments
We'll talk about the Craft Fair
Also, our Tigard Tiger football team continues to win - yay! The next game is this Friday at West Linn, so it's time for a road trip!
Call time is 5 PM
Dress is WARM and WATER PROOF
If you CAN'T come (as in, you're meeting with Governor Brown and it is too late to cancel), PLEASE CLICK HERE to email McKee so that we know what our instrumentation looks like, and tell Irving IN PERSON why you can't be there.
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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.
