Mission Viejo High School Music

The Mission Viejo High School Music program is one of the most successful in the Western States. As well as the World-Class Mission Viejo High School Marching Band, Color Guard and the 2001 & 2007 World Champions Drum Line, other groups including the Jazz Band, Orchestra and Winter Guard were placed in many major competitions last season. Much of this success is due in part to the strong support from all the volunteer parents in the Mission Viejo High School Music Booster's Association as well as the dedicated and talented teaching staff. We hope that all MVHS music student parents will continue to provide the much needed support for such a great program!

Latest News

MVHSIMBA ELECTION OF OFFICERS

URGENT !

The Nominating Committee is looking for booster parents who are interested in serving on the 2008/2009 MVHSIMBA Board. The election process and the duties associated with each board position are documented in our By-Laws. The committee is particularly looking for people to fill the following positions:

SECRETARY

MEMBERS AT LARGE

HOSPITALITY MANAGER

NEW PARENT REPRESENTATIVE

HISTORIAN

The Committee's Slate of officers will be presented at the May Boosters meeting which is when we will also be accepting nominations from the floor.

If you would like to volunteer or you have any questions, please contact one of the Nominating Committee members listed below:

Appointed Nominating Committee Members
Richard Saunders 770-5099
Jennifer Hall 770-0405
Chris Rottenberg 422-0040

(email addresses on the Booster Page)

Jazz Under the Stars

Friday May 30, 2008 7-10 pm

John Hannan’s home

25932 Portafino Drive, Mission Viejo

Come prepared for a Raffle and Silent Auction

Ticket prices include dinner, dessert and beverages

Cost is $15 per person

ticket info...

Calgary Meeting

The Calgary 2008 trip is fast approaching and we are busy with the plans. We’d like to share those with you at a Parent Meeting on Wednesday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the MVHS MPR. We will have the most updated itinerary for you as well as airline information, t-shirts samples to verify sizes, and more. In the next few days, we’ll send out forms that need to be completed and turned back in to us at that meeting (or earlier!). Students are also welcome to attend the meeting. If there is a question you would like us to address at the meeting, send us an e-mail, and we’ll be able to address it for the good of the group.

***Copies of Passports Urgently Needed***

Thank you to those of you that have already sent in copies of your passports. We need copies of the main page (black and white is fine) because we have to supply certain pieces of information to the airlines for our tickets. We must have that information by May 21. It is their deadline, not ours, but if we don’t have it, it will interfere with our ticketing. You can turn it in at the Parent Meeting, however, if you can mail it sooner, it would be appreciated (address is below).

More information about Calgary 2008 Information is here.

Calgary Rehearsal Schedule - Calgary Rehearsals.pdf

A preliminary 2008 Marching Band Schedule can be found here. NEW

Jim Wunderlich Joins Pro-Mark...more.

Scrip closure 6/30 for end of the year inventory.

Did you follow the adventures of our Drumline in Drumline Dayton Diary ? Click on the diary link for details.

Jeff Portwood featured on WGI... more...

World Class Drumline Wins Gold at SCPA Championships - Next stop - Dayton !

Color Guard finishes 14th in Nationals. Congratulations ladies - we're proud of you all !

Drumline Perform at Save Our Schools Rally

A huge rally was held at the MVHS Stadium on Tuesday 8th to protest the recently announced budget cuts (see below). Our very own drumline started the event by playing Cadence as they marched in front of the capacity crowd. The event was so well attended that many were not able to get in because of the traffic that it generated and lack of nearby parking. The drummers performed a stand-still run of their 2008 show and then returned for the finale and played Cadence once more as the cheerleaders formed the letters S.O.S. (Save our Schools) on the field. There was a live segment covering the event on the 10:00pm KTLA news with video clips including our snare line marching down the track.

Music Program Parents:

As you know the SVUSD is considering a $19M budget reduction for the District. While this does not directly impact the MVHS Music Programs it could:

1) As teacher reductions are made, MVHS Musical Staff could be replaced with other teachers with more seniority or even reduced.

2) Musical programs at the Elementary and Middle School level could be reduced or cancelled. Without this feeder of new students interested in music, you will see the award winning MVHS music program decrease in size and quality over the coming years.

How can you help?

Sacramento must hear from parents saying a our children come first and a 10% cut across all state agencies is not watching out for them!

Write, fax, phone or email your representatives:

Governor Arnold Schwarznegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.445.2841
Website

Senator Dick Ackerman
17821 E 17th St, Ste 180
Tustin, CA 92780
714.573.1853
Website

Assemblyman Todd Spitzer
1940 North Tustin Street, Ste 102
Orange, CA 92865
714.998.0980
Website

Budget Letter - Sample Letter
Contacts - Who to contact
Contact Letters - Contacts and samples

We will post any new information here as it becomes available.

Thanks for supporting music education, Kelley Saunders, President MVHSIMBA

If you would like to make a donation to help pay for Gavin's trip to Calgary please use the Paypal button below...

Calgary 2008

It is still not too late to sign up for this once in a lifetime opportunity !

We need a few more musicians, especially DRUMMERS and TRUMPET PLAYERS. If you are interested, please sign up now!

ALL members of the 2007 Marching Band and Color Guard are welcome.

We will also accept alumni members.

More information about Calgary 2008 Information is here.

Calgary Rehearsal Schedule - Calgary Rehearsals.pdf [new]

WITH SINCERE APPRECIATION . . . .

On behalf of John Hannan, Music Director of Mission Viejo High School; the MVHS Music Boosters Association; and all of our Music Students, we would like to extend our sincere appreciation and thanks to all of the schools, booster organizations, students, and parents for their generous donations and support during the recent Southern California wildfires and the cancellation of our Marching Band Field Tournament. Your understanding of our plight and your generosity made a huge difference to our Music Program this year, and we are all extremely grateful. Thank you all for supporting music education! Happy Holidays and all the best for the coming New Year!

Dominos Pizza Card

As a new "General Fund" fundraiser this year, the Music Boosters have purchased 1,000 Dominos Pizza Cards. These cards sell for $10 each; are valid for pizza purchases at the Dominos Pizza on La Paz & Marguerite and in Rancho Santa Margarita; and entitle the buyer to a "2 for 1" pizza deal on 10 separate purchases! We are encouraging all music students to sell these cards to family, friends, and neighbors. Mr. Hannan will be hosting a BBQ for the section with the highest percentage of students who sell cards. This has the potential to be a huge fundraiser for the Music Boosters if all music students participate! We hope that you will help our fundraising efforts by purchasing and selling these cards. Please see Wendy Adams at the Stadium during Monday Night Practice to purchase cards or to obtain additional information, or contact Wendy at VPWaysandmeans@mvhsmusic.com.

Update !

As of 10/8 the Color Guard is leading to race for the BBQ !

YAHOO! Group

I have recently started a Yahoo group for MVHS Music parents. This is a way for parents to share ideas and information (including photos) with each other. Other uses might be arranging car pools, buying or selling used instruments and tuxedos etc.

Click to join mvhsmusic

PayPal

Paying your "fair share" contributions is now even easier. We are pleased to announce that you can pay your fees or make donations to the program using PayPal.

Click here for details

Scrip Info

Scrip closure 6/30 for end of the year inventory.

New Scrip vendor - Mervyn's at 6% contribution.

Scrip will be closed on Memorial Day.

If you have any questions, please e-mail Jennifer Hall at
Scrip@mvhsmusic.com

Details are:
Monday from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
26632 Carretas Drive
Mission Viejo

Scrip master list (Updated Monthly)

Mission Viejo

All images displayed on the mvhsmusic.com web site are intended for the entertainment of the Mission Viejo Music Program students and their families. To protect the privacy of the students, no images on this site are shown with names or captions that will identify any individual. I will immediately remove any images if requested to do so by any Mission Viejo music student, parent, instructor or MVHSIMBA Board Member.

Images from this site may not be reproduced or displayed without written permission from the Mission Viejo High School Instrumental Music Boosters. Richard Saunders - webmaster@mvhsmusic.com

Latest Updates

Marching Band

Color Guard

Percussion

4/30

CALENDAR

(aka our email list)

All music students and their parents are encouraged to sign up for email updates containing the latest information about upcoming events.

Sign up one email address at a time in the space below. You may return and sign up as many addresses as you like (e.g. Student, Parents, home, work etc.)

Broadcast emails will be limited to about 3 per month and your email address will not be disclosed.

DVDs:

Various Band Video DVDs (including the 2004 Marching Band Season) are available from the Booster Historian.