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The Lakota East music program will receive 25 percent of all food and product purchases tomorrow, Nov. 9, at the City Barbeque in West Chester. Gift card purchases are not eligible in this promotion.

In order for the Lakota East bands to receive credit, guests must turn in a copy of the promotion’s flyer. Copies of the flyer can be found on the Lakota East bands’ website at www.lakotaeastbands.org.

Food can be ordered in advance by using the City Barbeque online ordering feature.

The promotion will take place the entire day.

City Barbeque is located at 7796 Voice of America Center Drive in West Chester.

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Prior to the kickoff of tonight’s Lakota East at Lakota West football game, each school’s marching band will perform together. According to the Lakota East Upbeat Club, there will be 750 band students jamming out to Journey songs “Don’t Stop Believin” and “Any Way You Want It.”

“We are so hoping for a positive message that impacts any last-minute voters to understand how much our music program means to the students and really, our community,” said Cindi Dawson, communications coordinator of the Lakota East Upbeat Club.

The Lakota school levy will be decided Tuesday, Nov. 2. The levy, or Issue 2, is a 10-year, non-continuing, 7.9-mill emergency levy that will cost approximately $242 per year per $100,000 home valuation.

If the levy fails, the school district will make $12 million worth of reductions, which includes the elimination of many Lakota extracurricular programs.

Both Lakota West and Lakota East currently feature award-winning music programs.

At halftime, Lakota East will perform its fall 2010 show “2010 A Space Odyssey.” Lakota West will also play its fall show “The Journey.”

Visit each band’s website (Lakota West band and Lakota East band) for more information.

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The Lakota East Marching Thunderhawks earned its fourth Grand Champion award this fall at the Springfield Shawnee March-O-Rama Saturday, Oct. 23.

In addition to being honored as Grand Champion at each of the four Ohio Music Education Association contests that they competed in this fall, the band also received numerous awards at each event including best music, visual, general effect, field commander, percussion and auxiliary.

Lakota East’s show, “A 2010 Space Odyssey”, features music by Richard Strauss, John Williams and Gustav Holst.

The band will perform their award-winning show three more times this season, including at the OMEA State Finals in Dublin Oct. 30 and at the marching band concert held in the Lakota East gym Nov. 3rd.

For more information about the Lakota East Marching Thunderhawks, visit www.lakotaeastbands.org.

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The Lakota East at Lakota West football game will feature a food drive and a special performance from the school’s marching bands.

The Lakota Board of Education recently announced that would have the second annual “Reach In for Reach Out” food drive for Reach Out Lakota at Lakota East at Lakota West football game, this Friday, Oct. 29.

There will be storage bins, which are being donated by Planes Moving and Storage, to hold the food donations. Those donated items will then be delivered to the Reach Out Lakota food pantry.

According to the recent press release, those attending the game are being asked to bring a few items to donate and help those families in our community who are facing difficult times. The bins will be located at the main entrance to the Lakota West Football Stadium.

The football game will kickoff at 7:30 p.m., but fans will be rewarded prior to the game with a special performance from the Lakota East and Lakota West bands. During that pregame performance, the freshman band students will join the marching bands from both Lakota East and Lakota West. There will be more than 750 band students performing together on the field.

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Lakota East Marching Thunderhawks participated in the “Parade of Bands” competition at Ottawa Glandorf Sept. 18. In addition to receiving a Superior Rating, the band brought home ten trophies.

In both Class A/AA as well as overall awards, the Marching Thunderhawks won Best Music, Best Marching, Best General Effect and Best Field Commander. They also received 1st Place in their class and Grand Champion.

>>>>>Photo gallery of the Lakota East Marching Thunderhawks<<<<<

The Marching Thunderhawks also performed well at the 43rd annual Miami Trace Marching Band Invitational this past weekend, Oct. 2. In addition to a Superior (1) rating, they brought home six trophies.

The band received Outstanding Percussion and 1st Place in Class AA. They also received overall awards in Outstanding Visual, Outstanding Music, Outstanding General Effect and Grand Champion.

For more information on Lakota East’s band accomplishments, visit its website.

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