'Anything Goes' tickets on sale now! Walled Lake Northern’s Musical "Anything Goes!” Performances are Thursday-Friday March 8,9 @ 7:30pm, and Saturday March 10 @ 2pm and 7:30pm. Tickets are $15* adults, $12* students/senior citizens. Call the box office @ (248)956-5465 or purchase tickets online at www.wlcstickets.com

*$2.00 Additional charge rows B-L

Final Disney payment is due March 1st. Students will receive a notice/statement of their final balance-due after mid-winter break. If you are planning to use Student Incentive (SI) money toward your final payment, you need to turn in an SI Disbursement form on March 1st as well.

Everyone's SI balance is posted so you can check to see how much you have in the account. Look to the right side and click on Ending Balances PDF.

The MSBOA Festival Schedule has been released, all 3 bands perform on Saturday March 17th. Wind Ensemble performs at 8:00am, Concert Band 10:00am, Symphony Band 2:15pm and Full Orchestra at 4:00. Student volunteer sign ups are posted in the band room. Water and Pop donations are now being accepted, please bring them to the band room! Parent volunteers, keep your eye out for opportunities soon!

February 16th is our Band pre-festival concert, please join us for the exciting night. Guest Clinician Robert Ambrose will be working with all the groups as we prepare for our festival performance. We are proud to share the stage with the Banks MS bands and orchestras as they prepare for their festival performances too. Concert begins at 7:00, students should wear their concert uniforms and will not be required to stay for the concert. Please come out and hear our work-in-progress, you will be impressed with the growth between this concert and our festival performance!

Last weekend, our WLN Orchestra students participated in the MSBOA Solo & Ensemble event at Hartland High School. Congratulations to all our participants and to those listed below who received a I or II ranking. The students with I rankings have qualified to participate in the State S&E event in March.

• Devon Pawloski -violin (I) 
• Christine Konicki -violin (I) 
• Brianne Recker - violin (I) 
• Daniela Muhleisen - violin (I) 
• Stephen Criss - violin (II) 
• Maddy Melton - cello (I ) 
• Julia Korde - cello (I) 
• Emily Borneman - string bass (I) 
• Maddy Melton/Alayna Biggs -string duet (II) 

Congratulations to our Band students who attended District Solo & Ensemble this past weekend! Many of our students will be moving on to the State Solo & Ensemble festival on March 24th at Stoney Creek High School.

Band and Orchestra families are needed to donate a case of bottled water and a 12 pack of name brand soda. These items are needed to sell for this concession event, as well as, the next concession event the boosters will manage later in the spring. Details about delivery dates will be posted soon. There are plenty of opportunities during the two-day event to help out, parents and students alike! 

Festival Volunteers Needs for
Friday, March 16, 2012

Email Sue Reuter at suzette60@comcast.net to sign up

Set Up Duties
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm (need 3)

Bus Greeters and Signs
3:30 pm – 6:00 pm (need 6)
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm (need 6)

Circle Desk
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm (need 1)
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm (need 1)

Medals Table
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm (need 2)
7:00 pm. – 9:30 pm (need 2)

Loading Dock
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm (need 2)
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm (need 2)

Auditorium Doors
3:00 pm – 6:00 (need 2)
6:00 pm – 9:00 (need 2)

Kitchen Certified Volunteers
2:30 pm – 6:00 pm (need 1)
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm/clean up (need 1)

Hot Food Workers (prep hot dogs, serve pizza, coffee/hot water set up and monitor)
4:00 pm – 6: 30 (need 2)
6:30 pm – 9:00/clean up (need 2)

Cold Food duties (sell food, drinks, candy, ice cream, coffee, wrapping muffins/donuts
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm (need 2)
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm/clean up (need 2)

Judge/Directors Duties (supply water/pop, snacks, pencils, arrange/assist with meal)
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm (need 2)
5:00 – 8:00 pm (need 2)
7:30 – 9:00/clean up (need 2)

Traffic Flow Duties (check volunteers in, monitor hallways, lock/unlock rooms, etc.)
2:30 pm. – 5:30 pm (need 2)
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm/cleanup (need 2

Festival Volunteers Needs for
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Email Sue Reuter at suzette60@comcast.net to sign up

Set Up Duties
6:30 am – 10 am ( need 2 people)

Bus Greeters and Signs
6:30 am – 10:30 am (need 6)
10:00 am– 2:00 pm (need 6)

Circle Desk
6:30 am – 10:00 am (need 1)
10:00 am – 2:00 pm (need 1)
11:00 am – 4:00 pm. (need 1)

Medals Table
9:00 am – 12:00 pm (need 2)
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm (need 2)

If your student participated in the CR Fundraiser last fall and their name is listed below, please make sure you have filled out a Student Information Sheet.  Once this sheet has been turned in, the fund raising credit can be set-up in a Student Incentive Account.  This credit can than be used toward your Disney trip, solo and ensemble fees, summer music camps, music lessons and more.  If you have any questions, please contact Barb at barb.rosenberg@sbcglobal.net.

BAND

Brian Arteaga
Christian Carroll
Alex/Katie Czarnik
Damien Davis
Nicole Dillon
Breanna Espinoza
Emma Fagan
Jake Finney
Alyssa Gray
Skyler Jackson
Conor Jacoby
Alyssa Joachimi
Kyle Knight
Tyler McKinney
Abbie Mundy
Travis Nichols
Danielle Sparks
Trace Tretinik
Shelby Watton
Kenton Wise

ORCHESTRA

Ian Anderson
Lauren Barlass
Emily Borneman
Joshua Cooper
Nathan Coppinger
Semaj Davis
Sydney Fine
Keeley Higgins
Charles Hurt
James Kelleher
Julia Korde
Caroline Majewski
Kaitlyn Nasrey
Nicole Rapacki
Brianne Recker
Jasmine Taiwo
Gabe Wilder-Chis
Brittany Williams
Delaney Zaloga

CHOIR

Kayleigh Damon
Simone Desir
Aubrey Dunn
Claire Durivage
Amanda Erhardt
Melissa Frasca
Jessie Glander
Tiffany Griffiths
Hailey Hayes
Elena Herrerias
Mikayla Kasparian
Colleen Kingsbury
Madison Koppelo
Marissa Livernois
Alexandra McMellen
Britany Miller
Emily Peters
Clara Wilson
Lindsey Wilson
Claire Wolfe

Next weekend, February 3rd & 4th, is the annual Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association's Solo and Ensemble Festival event at Hartland High School (10635 Dunham Road, Hartland, MI. 48353). Performers should arrive at least 1/2 hour before their scheduled performance time in order to properly warm-up. The schedule is posted below. Good luck to all!

The Walled Lake Northern Music Boosters are hosting a Pampered Chef® Fundraiser to help with the Band’s Disney Trip!

How can you help raise funds for the trip to Disney?

First, please help us spread the word. Forward this information to everyone you know, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbor, co-worker or other Walled Lake Northern families. Remember, the more people who buy, the more money we get to help our wonderful students.

Sign on to the secure website: http://www.pamperedchef.biz/kbkhome. Click on “shop online”, type in “Walled Lake Northern Boosters”, and shop away!

• Our fundraiser is currently open and will remain open until January 31st @ 5:00 p.m.
• There’s no need to attend a “party”.
• You can shop from the Pampered Chef online catalog
• Purchase and place your order via our secure website right from the comfort of your own home.
• You can have everything delivered directly to your home by FedEx.
• The more you purchase, the more funds go to the booster to offset the cost of their trip.
• We have hundreds of high-quality products priced for every budget, so everyone can support your efforts to raise money for the Walled Lake Northern Boosters.

Walled Lake Northern Boosters receives:

• 10% for fundraisers with $599 or less in sales.
• 15% for fundraisers with $600 or more in total guest sales.
• An additional $3 for each new Show booked at your fundraiser.

Happy New Year from the Walled Lake Northern Music Boosters (WLNMB). We hope that you will come to our next meeting Wednesday, January 11th, at 6:45 p.m. in the Choir Room. Meetings last about 1 hour as we plan our next activities and opportunities to support the music programs of WLN. Thank you for supporting your student's desire to make music. We all benefit from their talents!