Hello Band Family,

I apologize for the tardiness of this email, however, we have had an actioned packed two days of school! This has been an outstanding start to our 21-22 school year and I look forward to what this year will bring! This email focuses on just two updates.

FCMBE Parent Meeting (Tuesday, August 17th, 7:00pm - Cambridge Band Room)
Back the Band Fundraiser Update

FCMBE Parent Meeting:

Next Tuesday, August 17th at 7:00pm EST in the Cambridge Band Room we will be having our first Parent Meeting to discuss the Fulton County Marching Band Exhibition that we will be hosting on September 18th! We will need ALL HANDS ON DECK! At this meeting we will be discussing parent participation, plans for the event, ways to help, and ways to make everyone in Fulton County see why Cambridge Band has the BEST parents in the entire district. Our FCMBE lead, Cindy Roberts, has been hard at work getting this information ready for you and we are excited to share all of the details!

Back the Band Fundraiser:

The Back the Band Fundraiser is off to an inspired start. So far, we have had 23% of the program begin with online sales! We are looking for 100% participation in this experience and are in need of every student to jump into donation game to ensure this fundraiser is a success. The funds raised in this event helps keep student cost low, allows for the program to bring in private lesson coaches/clinicians to the classroom, purchases new equipment for the band, and provides the funds for our program to hire full time directors/staff.

If a student is collecting cash donations, we have a Safety Deposit Lock Box in the band room that students can place their donations in an envelope to be picked up by our treasurer every week.

The report for this past week is attached. Each student is shown listed with the name of their donor and how much of their calendar they have completed.

That's all for now! Let me know if you have questions,

DMS