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Homecoming 2000
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It is Homecoming week. That means it is time for the Alumni Band to start practicing.
Monday, September 18th
This is the first night of practice.
Alumni Band practice for homecoming is optional. As some folks arrived to start unpacking their instruments and warm up, others wandered in, picked up the music and charts for the show, and then waved "good-bye" as they left.
We didn't get a picture of the folks who left. Nor did we get a picture of the folks who aren't going to make their first appearance until Tuesday, Thursday, or even Friday. We did, however, get a couple of pictures of the folks who were there Monday night.
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| Jeff Harriman (that's him on the far right side of the bottom picture) says this is the best first-night turnout in years. If you're in the area, be sure to stop in and help us reach our goal of 200 alumni participating in the Homecoming show! |
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To Tuesday's Pictures
Homecoming
2000 - Be part of the "200 in 2000" -
join the Alumni Band at this year's homecoming.
Jeff
Harriman, the band director at Whitehall Yearling High
School, is hoping to have all of the former WYHS band directors
and over 200 WYHS band alumni at Whitehall's year 2000 homecoming.
If you know anyone who played in a Whitehall band, please
have them contact Jeff Harriman
by E-mail or call him at the high school. The band room phone is still 236-1970.
Homecoming is Friday, September 22nd, 2000. Bring your classmates
and join the fun. March pre-game. March half-time. Visit with
friends and classmates both before and afterwards. You'll
have a great time!
All
rehearsals are optional. Tons of fun, but optional. The band
will rehearse in the band room the Monday and Tuesday before
the game (September 18th & 19th). On Wednesday, September
20, the homecoming parade starts at 6:30. If you're in town,
come and march in the parade. Thursday night's marching practice
will be on the practice field, starting at 7 PM. There will
be a last run-through before the game on Friday, and then
it's showtime!
Follow this link for additional info (and contact information in case you have any
questions or need to borrow an instrument).And if you
were in any Whitehall band at any time (even if it was only
for two weeks in sixth grade), mark your calendar and plan on being
part of the "200 in 2000."
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Fund Raising
It looks like
some of the brass instruments the band uses today were first put
in service back when Nixon was President - evidently the Whitehall
School District has participated in the national trend towards reduced
financial support for the arts.
You wouldn't
know that by listening to the student band play. I was unbelievably
impressed by the way the student band played, by the enthusiastic
attitude of all the kids, and by the way the kids interacted with
the alumni band. Whitehall Yearling has a band everyone associated
with Whitehall can be proud of .
If you'd like
to support this great group of kids by making a contribution to
a "new instrument fund," make your check payable to "WIMBA"
(that's the "Whitehall Instrumental Music Booster's Association)
and mail it to:
WIMBA
c/o Jeff Harriman, Band Director
Whitehall Yearling High School
675 South Yearling Road
Whitehall OH 43213
Have questions
about the WYHS Alumni Band? Debbie (VanDyke) Malmevik, co-president of the
Alumni Band, said I could put her E-mail address here so you can
contact her. Debbie's E-mail address is dmalmevik@yahoo.com
THE
Ultimate Band Fund Raiser
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 "Aunt
Joan, its me. ummmmmm...we just got our order sheet, and I
know you still have some left over from last year, but, ummmm.......oh.
How did you guess the band was selling fruit cakes again?
You will? TWO? Of the large ones? GREAT! You're the BEST,
Aunt Joan! ....And I don't need to bring them over? I can
just give them to mom? Oh...but she's still got two left from
last year....Okay, I won't tell her. I'll just stick them
in the freezer like I did last year. Thanks, Aunt Joan. See
you at the football game!"
And just 'cause SOMEONE is going to ask: http://www.yahoocake.com/Frames/Catalog/Cat_TTMFC.htm
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Anyone know what year the band started selling Texas Manor Fruit
Cakes? And if they're not still selling them, what year they stopped?
e-mail to update@wyhs.org
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