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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Greetings Fellow DHS Band Parents, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> “Music
to Your Ears” </span></i></b>campaign is underway, and you should have
received a mailed letter introducing it and campaign form to return. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Please help in anyway you are able. This is our major
fund-raiser for the year to support the band programs directly. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Spring Trip committee has been hard at work building the
foundation for a fun and exciting trip to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Victoria</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We will be flying up to <st1:City w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City>
and taking a combination of busses and ferries to get to & from <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Initial payments to the airlines, bus companies, hotel and
event locations are quickly coming due.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So we will be starting to collect for the trip soon. The
anticipated installment dates are likely going to be around these times (some
may change):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1st installment by
12/10/2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2nd installment by
01/21/2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> 3rd
installment by 03/04/2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> final
installment by 04/01/2011</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We will be sending out a Victoria Trip letter around 11/15
or 11/16 with information that you need to know for the upcoming trip. Please
keep an eye out for it, and ask your student about it. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>It will be sent home with them</span></b>. We wanted
to get this information out to you before the Thanksgiving holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We will also be sending out a snapshot (via email) of your
student’s credits and how that affects the estimated cost of the trip for
each person before the 1<sup>st</sup> installment date to help you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It is important for you to realize that there are two
distinct types of money that the band boosters deal with. First, there is
fund-raising money, which comes from the fund-raising activities that the band
boosters sponsor. This money can only be used for DHS Band trip expenses or
specially designated band events which require funding. These funds are not
actually the students and can not be refunded to them. Some of the
fund-raising events allow the students who participate in them the opportunity
to get credits which are kept track of and will help to reduce the recommended
cost of the trip for that student. The second type is the money that we hold “in
escrow” for the family which is applied directly toward their student’s
accounting for the trip. This money is not actually the band boosters and any
remaining portion can be refunded to the families if the trip is canceled, ends
up costing less, or is not all needed due to fund-raising dollars being applied
first. Both the fund-raised money as well as the “escrow” money
are used to pay the costs of the trip as they come up (hotel, airline, bus,
food, etc). Both types of money can roll over to the next year for any
returning students. Please feel free to talk with me at one of the band
booster meetings or at any of the band events if you have more questions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cheers, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>~JAH<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John Horn, DHS BB President<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:dhsbbpresident@gmail.com">dhsbbpresident@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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