Band members from Lakota East and Lakota West will be going door-to-door seeking donations next Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The annual Tag Day fundraiser will benefit all bands at both high schools.
Donations will be used to purchase and maintain uniforms for the instrumental groups.
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Band members from Lakota East and Lakota West will be going door-to-door seeking donations next Saturday, Sept. 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The annual Tag Day fundraiser will benefit all bands at both high schools.
Donations will be used to purchase and maintain uniforms for the instrumental groups.
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Lakota West and Lakota East marching bands both ended their 2011 competitive seasons by earning superior ratings at the Ohio Music Education Association state finals Oct. 29 in Dublin.
For Lakota East, it was the 15th straight year that the band earned the highest possible ranking.
>>>PROVIDED PHOTOS OF LAKOTA BANDS AT STATE FINALS<<<
DVD and T-shirt order forms are available on lakotawestbands.org.
Pictures from the OMEA state finals have been provided by community members. To add your own pictures to the photo gallery, email photos to akiefaber@westchesterbuzz.com or share your photos through the Photos page.
There are also many other great moments captured on our Flickr photostream. And more West Chester and Liberty Township related photo galleries on our Photos page.
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Band members from Lakota East and Lakota West will be going door-to-door seeking donations this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The annual Tag Day fundraiser will benefit all bands at both high school and freshman campuses.
Donations will be used to purchase and maintain uniforms for the instrumental groups.
“Our marching bands are totally self-funded through student fees and community support,’’ said Jill Cleaves, chairwoman of Lakota East’s Tag Day.
“Both West and East high school bands greatly appreciate all the support provided by the community for this fundraiser and throughout the year.”
Lakota West and Lakota East could still use the help of adult volunteers (21 years and older) to transport students to neighborhoods. To volunteer for Lakota West email tagday@lakotawestbands.org with your name, address, phone number and size of vehicle. To volunteer at Lakota East, email Cleaves at jcleaves@cinci.rr.com.
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Band members from Lakota East and Lakota West will be going door-to-door seeking donations Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The annual Tag Day fundraiser will benefit all bands at both high school and freshman campuses.
Donations will be used to purchase and maintain uniforms for the instrumental groups.
“Our marching bands are totally self-funded through student fees and community support,’’ said Jill Cleaves, chairwoman of Lakota East’s Tag Day.
“Both West and East high school bands greatly appreciate all the support provided by the community for this fundraiser and throughout the year.”
Lakota West is currently seeking adult volunteers (21 years and older) to transport students to neighborhoods. To volunteer, email tagday@lakotawestbands.org with your name, address, phone number and size of vehicle.
Lakota East also needs drivers. To volunteer to be a driver for Lakota East bands, email Jill Cleaves at jcleaves@cinci.rr.com.
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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 Mother’s Exchange Fall Sale and Vendor Event will take place this Saturday, Sept. 11 from 8 a.m. to noon at Lakota West High School.
Approximately 100 local moms will be selling their gently used children’s clothing (sizes infant through teen), furniture, equipment, toys (Little Tikes, Fisher Price, Step 2, Barbie), books, sports equipment, computer and video games, nursery items and more.
Admission into the event costs $1. All sales are cash only.
A portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to the Lakota West marching band for their trip to Orlando, Fla.
It is recommend to bring a laundry basket for easier shopping.
The event will also feature the following vendors: The Daisy Chain Boutique, Momma Drama, Juice Plus, Tastefully Simple, Tupperware, Premier Design Jewelry, Pampered Chef, Discovery Toys, Usborne Books, Mary Kay, Sabrina’s TuTu Boutique, Thirty- One, Sarah’s Custom Jewelry, Miche Girl, Uppercase Living, and more.
For more information, e-mail mothersxchange@hotmail.com.
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The Lakota West High School marching band led the way during a “pink parade” of about 1,000 people, who traveled from the Duke Energy Convention Center to Great American Ball Park before Cincinnati Reds’ baseball game, Aug. 31.
The parade’s purpose was to raise awareness of breast cancer. Participants, carrying pink umbrellas, included people attending BlueStar’s Vartech USA trade show at the convention center and breast cancer survivors.
The band departed the convention center at 6 p.m., headed east on Fifth Street, south on Main Street and east on Mehring Way to the ballpark.
At 6:30 p.m. participants marched around the ballpark’s field while statistics about breast cancer were announced over the public address system. Before the first pitch, a donation was presented to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization.
Pictures of the marching band can be found below. More pictures from the parade including helicopter views of the parade can be found in Cincinnati.com’s photo gallery.
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