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COVENTRY HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTERS WELCOME THE RED SATIN BAND IN A BENEFIT CONCERT
Coventry High School Music Boosters will be hosting Red Satin Band Friday, March 23rd 2012 at 7PM in the Veterans Auditorium located at Coventry HS 78 Ripley Hill Road, Coventry, CT 06238.
The CHS Music Boosters are proud to present the Red Satin Band in a benefit concert to support the music programs of Coventry High School. Members of this twelve piece band have a long history of performance with top names in the industry including names like The Temptations, Chubby Checker, The Drifters, & k.d.lang. In addition they are known for performing at many local and national venues as well as many benefits like Madison Square Garden, Hartford Riverfest, CT Children’s Hospital Gala, & WFSB’s “Better Connecticut”. CHS Jazz Band had the pleasure of hosting Red Satin Band last spring at their first ever Coventry Jazz Festival. Including local high school jazz bands from Bolton, NFA, & Cheney Tech, the Jazz festival brought high school jazz musicians together with the talented members of Red Satin Band for an afternoon of music workshops and rehearsals culminating in an evening of performances by all bands, as well as fantastic finale by Red Satin Band.
This year the CHS Music Boosters and CHS Jazz Band look forward to welcoming the Red Satin Band members back to our home stage for a full evening of swing, standards, and contemporary pieces that span the decades.
Red Satin Band is proud to support this fundraising effort for the CHS music programs with the additional honor of promoting the National Music in Our Schools Month (see http://www.menc.org/events/view/music-in-our-schools-month for more info)
Tickets are on sale in advance from any of the CHS Band Members, CHS Music Boosters, on line at www.chsmusicboosters.org, and local participating businesses. Tickets for the full evening of music and entertainment are $5.00 in advance /$7.00 at the door for Adults, $3.00 for Seniors, and Free for Students in advance /$2.00 at the door. Seating is limited for the event and sure to sell out quickly. Please purchase your tickets now in order to ensure a spot for you and your family. All tickets ordered online will be available at Will Call the night of the performance.
For more information, please contact Ned F. Smith, Director of Instrumental Music
posted Oct 6, 2011 12:16 PM by CHS Music Boosters
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The 1st meeting of the CHS Music Boosters is tonight, Thursday, October 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the chorus room. All band and chorus parents are encouraged to attend!
posted Sep 30, 2011 8:38 PM by CHS Music Boosters
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updated Oct 6, 2011 6:40 PM
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For Immediate Release:Friday, September 30, 2011
Contact: Ned F. Smith
Director of Instrumental Music
Coventry High School
78 Ripley Hill Road
Coventry CT 06238
(860) 742-7346
COVENTRY CT, USA ---
COVENTRY HIGH SCHOOL BAND GOES FOR WORLD RECORD:
Several members of the CHS Band are set to make an attempt at a new world record this October 29th & 30th, 2011. The members will be engaged in a continuous group drum roll for 30 hours at the Veteran’s Auditorium Coventry High School 78 Ripley Hill Road, Coventry CT, in their bid to overtake the current record of 27 hr 23 sec, played by students of Rock Hill High School, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA, from 8-9 May 2009.
The CHS Band is actively looking for sponsors for this fundraising event in order to raise needed funds for equipment purchases, repairs, & replacements, recording equipment, and travel expense reduction for their spring tour to Cleveland, Ohio. Additionally the band is in need of support personnel as determined by the Guinness World Book guidelines to assist with record keeping & validation of the record-breaking attempt
The CHS Music Boosters will be supporting the event by contributing foods or other supplies, beverages, supervision, and encouragement as well as help with publicity, securing sponsorships & financial donations.
Donations for the CHS Band Guinness World Record attempt can be made out to:
CHS Band
C/O Ned F. Smith, Music Director
Coventry High School
78 Ripley Hill Road
Coventry CT 06238
Please note in the memo line "Guinness Record Attempt 2011"
For more information please contact Ned F. Smith Director of Instrumental Music at 860-742-7346 x 249, email @ nsmith@coventryct.org, or visit the CHS Music Boosters on the Web at: www.chsmusicboosters.org/
posted Sep 28, 2011 8:38 AM by CHS Music Boosters
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September 25, 2011
Dear Music Supporter:
As we quickly approach October, our sights are firmly set upon the upcoming world record-breaking event set for the weekend of the 29th. And as daunting as the attempt of drumming continuously for thirty hours seems, the task on hand for the Boosters is seemingly as daunting.
We need help from everyone involved in and around the music department. From record keeping & validation of the attempt, to set-up/break- downs, contribution of foods or other supplies, as well as help with publicity, securing sponsorships & financial donations, it is going to take a large team to help support this once in a lifetime event for these kids.
In the next few days, you are going to receive some letters from the Boosters as well as others, asking you to offer your assistance with this project. I hope that you can find a way to support this challenge in whatever means you can. Remember, many hands make light work. For the meantime, can I please ask that you visit the link below and make a commitment today to this project?
I cannot begin to think what it will mean to our sons and daughters to be part of this history making moment and the memories that they will have to share for the rest of their lives. Please say you will be part of that memory.
