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<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Dear Band Booster
Parents,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">The Davis Jazz
Festival is only 18 days away. This is a free event on Saturday, October
10th in front of Borders and the Natsoulus Art Gallery. The Band Boosters
and all band students make the event successful by
volunteering. (Please refer to the previous Volunteer List that
was sent out on Sunday, September 13th.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">To raise funds,
the Band Boosters put a raffle together for the day of the Festival.
These items are raffled off between the many performances
between 11:30 and 6:00. The only way that the Band Boosters
receive financial benefit from the Festival is from the sale of the raffle
tickets. <U>T</U></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><U>he money from raffle tickets sold by your student
prior to the Festival is credited directly to your student's travel
account.</U> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><STRONG><SPAN
class=626175415-21092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">To make raffle tickets
attractive, we need awesome raffle
items.</FONT></SPAN> </STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I have already
contacted 45 businesses. Times are tough and donations are few. There
is no doubt that parents need to step up and help by donating
attractive items that will help sell raffle tickets. To date from
parents we have received a wonderful donation of a framed photograph
from a renowned photographer, a week-end get away in a mountain cabin, gift
certificates for The Artery, and the latest model of
the I-pod touch. (Suggestion: In years past, band families have
also donated "dinner and a movie" packages as raffle
prizes.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Please, do what
you can to help our students and our Band Program.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=626175415-21092009><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I can be
contacted at <A
href="mailto:desdhunt@comcast.net">desdhunt@comcast.net</A> or 750-5824 or
902-8394.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Stephanie DeGraff-Hunt</FONT></DIV>
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