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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=five_below@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:five_below@sbcglobal.net">Greg
Brucker</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 17, 2008 1:03 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: We did it everyone!! Congratulations to you
all!!!</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hello
Everyone,</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR>I
wanted to tag along to Angelo's great message and give you all a big heartfelt
THANK YOU for all you have done to make this possible. It really has been
inspirational to watch everyone do everything they can to help, and all of you
contributed, whether in thought, spirit, energy, hope, action, or donation. What
we experienced is what can come of true community action, and this is a great
lesson for all of us in how to pro-actively and very positively create our
future paths and ways for the benefit of everyone involved. I am beyond
impressed with everyone in our orchestra programs, our band and choral programs,
our parents, and extended music family that all put everything they could
into reaching this phenominal goal. I've never been so proud to be associated
with such an incredible group of students and parents, as we are a big orchestra
family together. And a great many thanks to the parents on the front lines of
this effort who are part of the SOM! Committee and DSOMA. Thank you all for your
hard work and dedication to music in the schools. We couldn't have done this
without you. </DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">As well,
I know many of you supported the DSF in thier great efforts, and I want to give
you a HUGE thanks for being a part of the greater fundraising campaign. With the
greater Davis community effort, an incredible goal was reached, and many
teachers in all areas of study, and many programs will be saved due to your
efforts. I couldn't be more proud to be a citizen of this great town, and be
associated with all of its amazing and dedicated people. Thank you for
supporting the greater cause and helping to bring back our librarians and elem
science programs, and all the other teachers that will be able to be rehired due
to everyone's efforts.</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">From the
bottom of my heart and all my soul, THANK YOU ALL for everything. I am indebted
to this community and look forward to many many more years teaching music in
Davis, and advocating for music in our schools, while supporting the general
community. </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR>Congratulations
everyone, as this is our success together. Everyone made this possible, and we
should be proud of what our greater orchestra family can do and become. </DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Onward
and forward, </DIV>
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size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mr.
Brucker<BR><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">-----
Original Message ----<BR>From: ANGELO MORENO <A
href="mailto:angelo.moreno@sbcglobal.net">angelo.moreno@sbcglobal.net</A><BR><BR>
<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">To all Orchestra Families and
students, </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">This has been an incredible past
8 weeks being a part of and witnessing the hard work done by so many
to save this most precious gift we have the joy of sharing together. It has
been an inspiration beyond words to see how the music students, music families,
friends, businesses and the Davis Community as a whole stepped up to say we
want and hold dear the music in our schools!! </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Last night I had the honor of standing
along with my music colleagues and members of DSOMA-SOM committee in font
of the board and delivering the good news that music will be in our schools next
year!!! A check for $204,977 was handed over from the Save Our Music members to
the members of the Davis Schools Foundation (DSF) to donate to the
District, as a standing ovation and the roar of applause and cheers of
congratulations rang out. It was an emotional and uplifting moment, one I
will never forget. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The collective power of all us working
together to achieve an unimaginable goal is in essence what makes great musical
accomplishments possible in performance. These life lessons of determination,
commitment to achieving excellent results, and team work are what make us
stronger as music students and as a community. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am proud to announce that due
to our fund raising efforts we were able fund the Elementary Music Program, and
reinstate the Secondary Music Teachers that were to be laid off- Angelo Moreno,
Greg Brucker , William Zinn, and Clyde Quick, and protect six secondary music
classes from being cut due to low enrollment. In addition, we asked DSF to
redirect the bulk of the funds they had collected for music in their general
fund raising to other program categories to bring back two non-music teachers
for our kids.<SPAN> </SPAN>In the end, this fund raising effort was not
just for music, but for all of our programs.
<SPAN> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>I want to thank our partners throughout this fund raising effort from the
Davis Schools Foundation, our DSOMA-Save Our Music Committee Hiram Jackson,
Jenny Decker, Lisa Nelson, Robert Chung, Devi Eden, Lani Fulcher, Carol
Mathisen, Melissa Gregg, Sarah Rock, Sharon Premzic, Russ Hobby , Debbie Finley,
Marian Bilheimer, and many more!! As well thanks to all the students and parents
for your support and your unbelievable generosity! </FONT></DIV>
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size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>We did it everyone!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Yours, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Mr. Moreno</FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>