Maintaining a superior high school music program such as the CD
RamBand requires commitment from students, educators, parents and
boosters. It also requires the financial support of generous sponsors in
our community. Click here for more
information.
Click here for more information about
RamBand Sponsorship!
Band Fair
On
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, the Central Dauphin Band Boosters will host
the Annual Central Dauphin RamBand Fair/Pigskin Preview (BFP2). Band Fair
will be held from 5:30pm - 7:00 pm, at which point we'll begin the Pigskin
Preview. We invite only the RamBand members' families, but also the
football players' families, the cheerleaders' families, and the CDHS alum!
Click
here for more information on Band Fair.
Membership Drive:
Join the Boosters!
Please
click here for this year’s Enrollment Form!
The
the 2010-11 Central Dauphin Band Boosters Association's Annual
Membership Drive started a few weeks ago. And now we're sort of
stalled. Only a few dozen of you have joined and we're still 140
members shy of our goal. Marching Band folks- you're coming to school
throughout the summer, why not print out the Enrollment Form, grab your
checkbook, and get it ready to bring to practice? Concert, Jazz,
and Indoor ensemble members, please drop it in the mail today!
Last year we had over 100 families join our group. This year, our goal
is to have every single family with a student in a RamBand performing
ensemble (Marching, Indoor, Concert, or Jazz) join our organization.
And since Marching Band is the first group to convene and work together,
we're starting with you!
Please
click here for this year’s Enrollment Form and submit as soon as
possible.
Semper Fi!
Marine Band at Band-a-RAMa!
We're
thrilled to announce that The 2D Marine Division Band - "The
Division's Own" - from Camp Lejeune, NC, is
scheduled to perform at
the 29th Annual Band-a-RAMa to be held at Landis Field on the
campus of the Central Dauphin Middle School on Saturday,
September 18, 2010, starting at 7:00 pm. An evening of great
music, pageantry and color, Band-a-RAMa is the perfect family event,
featuring performances by not only the 2D Marine Division Band, but also a dozen high school marching bands and a college
marching band, food, and fun! Click here for more information on
Band-a-RAMa.
Introducing Charms
Band
Families: Watch your mailboxes for important Log In information for the new
Charms software! Starting in 2010-11, students
will submit Practice Logs required for their band classes to Mr. Ceresini
via a new online computer program called Charms. (If you do not have access
to a computer, or if submitting Practice Logs via the Charms online system
imposes a hardship upon you, please see Mr. Ceresini to discuss
alternatives.)
Charms also will provide our Band Families with many great features,
including instant access to your Student Ledger information and the ability
to check on volunteer needs online for specific shifts at specific events,
and to volunteer for those spots instantly.
Of course, as with any major software implementation, we’ll have to
undertake the learning curve. To help ease you into using the Charms
System, we’ve put some information online at
http://www.cdramband.org/charms.htm, where you’ll find basic Log In
information, as well as a link to a Charms Handbook.
We’ll also be reviewing Charms at the next Band Boosters Association
meeting, on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 7:00pm. Questions? Just send an
e-mail to boosters@cdramband.org.
Ram Alumni Band 2010!!
Alumni Band News! Are you a Ram Marching Band alum? Whether you graduated
in 1955 or 2010, you’re invited to relive your RamBand glory days with us at
CDHS Homecoming on September 24th for the Rams game against Mechanicsburg!
Get together a group of your old high school band friends and join us on the
field & in the stands! We’ll meet Friday afternoon so we can rehearse, have
dinner, and enjoy another Friday night football game at Landis Field!
Click here for more information and for a link
to the Reservation Form!
Unofficial Band Parents' Handbook
The
RamBand and the Band Boosters are unimaginably busy! Without exaggeration,
there is something going on almost every week of the year. And for incoming
band families, sometimes it’s a lot to try to take in at once. Because the
RamBand family is so large (170+ students), it’s almost impossible to
contact everyone at once, so we thought it would be a good idea to try to
create this Handbook. This is not an “Official” Handbook, nor is it designed
to be a comprehensive list of Band Booster stuff. Mr. Ceresini provides his
Official Student Handbook to all students participating in a RamBand
ensemble at the beginning of the school year. Instead, the
“Unofficial” information will familiarize you with our Band Boosters
Association organization, its functions, projects, events, and committees.
Click here for
a copy.
Save
the date…. August 18, 2010…. and plan on taking the family out to the
ballpark to see our very own 2010 CD Ram Marching Band. Plans include
performances both before the game and perhaps during the 7th inning
stretch. We hope to fill at least a section or two with Ram Band fans, and
maybe even a few people who have come to see the baseball game too! And in
the meantime, if you’d like to catch a Senators game or two, even without
the added attraction of the Ram Band, please be sure to purchase from the
band your ticket vouchers which are valid for any of the home games the
Harrisburg Senators will
play
this year, including August 18th. Click
here for the Order Form.
Simply present the voucher at the
Senators Box Office on City Island and choose your Box Seat. Please note:
Vouchers may be used for any home Senators Game, including August 18th. For
any game other than August 18th, the voucher should be present at the ticket
booth and exchanged for a seat assignment. On August 18th, in order that
our group is able to sit together, vouchers will be pre-purchased and then
presented that evening at a designated table that will be set up in the main
entry ticket booth area. A Senators representative will exchange your
voucher for a ticket in our designated seating area. If you wish to sit
with the group you will need to present your pre-purchased (and discounted)
voucher at the entryway table on game day. If however you'd prefer not to
be acknowledge your association with our group that's fine too- but you'll
pay full price for your ticket and then you can sit as far away from the
rest of us as you so desire, but we don't know why you'd want to do that! Click here for the Order Form
United States Navy Band Coming in 2011!
We
are proud to announce that the United States Navy Band will perform at
Central Dauphin High School during its 2011 tour! The Navy’s premier musical
organization was established by Congress on March 4, 1925, and presents
honors at official ceremonies and memorial services and performs hundreds of
public concerts annually throughout the Washington area and around the
country. Recognized as "The World’s Finest," the band features some of the
nation’s top musicians and performs a variety of music from classical
orchestral works to original arrangements of current popular favorites, as
well as traditional marches and patriotic fare.
During early spring 2011, the band will tour for approximately 21 days in
an area including the states of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and portions of
Pennsylvania and Maryland. Central Dauphin is proud to host the Navy
Band on March 31, 2011. Watch this website for more details!
RamBand Scrip:
Fundraising While You Shop!!!!
Orders
Due: First & Third Tuesday of Each Month
Exciting RamBand Scrip news! Now by using the
RamBand's new ShopWithScrip.com online ordering system, you
now can order RamBand Scrip from home, school, or office! Click here for
details on how to sign up.
And we now offer a way to pay, too! Sign up to use Presto-Pay™, a convenient way for your family
to pay for RamBand Scrip on-line at the time you place your scrip
order! Presto-Pay uses ACH, which is the same process used for direct
deposit of your paycheck. Click here for
complete Presto-Pay instructions.
We’re pleased to share some exciting news about a great fundraising program
for the Central Dauphin Band Boosters Association. It’s called “scrip,” and
it’s the fundraising program that works while you shop. Scrip is a term we
use to denote gift cards from national and local retailers-- they’re the
same gift cards that you'd buy at the store. But when you buy them from us,
you're helping the Central Dauphin Ram Band programs. Many popular retailers
participate in the RamBand Scrip program including Giant, Weis Markets,
Karns, Home Depot, Office Max, Rite Aid, Gap, Macy's, Sears, Borders, Pizza
Hut, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Starbucks, and scores of others. We're
talking about money you're going to spend anyway!
RamBand Scrip Upcoming Order & Pickup Dates
So, in that sense, RamBand Scrip is "shopping cart fundraising”
that costs you nothing except a little bit of time to plan ahead. RamBand
Scrip Upcoming Order & Pickup Dates The more you shop, the more you raise
. . . Scrip revenue adds up fast, because each item you purchase with scrip
accrues a little bit for the RamBand. Carmel Macchiato at Starbucks? Yep.
Wendy's Bacon Double Cheeseburger? Indeed. New pair of jeans from the
Gap? Uh-huh. Home improvement supplies from Home Depot? Check. Canoe
from LL Bean? Sure! Tank of gas from Sheetz? Yesirree, Bob. So,
click here to get started.
Click here for more
information on RamBand Scrip!
RamBand Tunes
For more information on the Central Dauphin HS Marching Band,
click here.
Click the bars to turn off the music (not sure why you'd want to, though)
On
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, the Central Dauphin Band Boosters will host
the Annual Central Dauphin RamBand Fair/Pigskin Preview (BFP2). Band Fair
will be held from 5:30pm - 7:00 pm, at which point we'll begin the Pigskin
Preview. We invite only the RamBand members' families, but also the
football players' families, the cheerleaders' families, and the CDHS alum!
Please
We're
thrilled to announce that The 2D Marine Division Band - "The
Division's Own" - from Camp Lejeune, NC, is
scheduled to perform at
the 29th Annual Band-a-RAMa to be held at Landis Field on the
campus of the Central Dauphin Middle School on Saturday,
September 18, 2010, starting at 7:00 pm. An evening of great
music, pageantry and color, Band-a-RAMa is the perfect family event,
featuring performances by not only the 2D Marine Division Band, but also a dozen high school marching bands and a college
marching band, food, and fun!
play
this year, including August 18th. 
We
are proud to announce that the United States Navy Band will perform at
Central Dauphin High School during its 2011 tour! The Navy’s premier musical
organization was established by Congress on March 4, 1925, and presents
honors at official ceremonies and memorial services and performs hundreds of
public concerts annually throughout the Washington area and around the
country. Recognized as "The World’s Finest," the band features some of the
nation’s top musicians and performs a variety of music from classical
orchestral works to original arrangements of current popular favorites, as
well as traditional marches and patriotic fare.
Orders
Due: First & Third Tuesday of Each Month
