Music Booster News

Happy Holidays to our Friends and Families from the Lincoln Music Department:
The Music Boosters have much to be thankful for:
The Pancake Breakfast, our first major fund raising event of the 20078-2008 season was a resounding success!  We extend our gratitude to all of our volunteers who labored intensively before, during and after the event. Your hard work was so appreciated! Special thanks to Lincoln’s AP of Activities, Sonia Rebelo, and our committee chairs: Michelle and Ron Leedy, LaVerne Washington, Margaret Hesterberg, Linda Witkop, Gary Deeter and Steve Wincor. We salute our music faculty for their support, help and fabulous direction: Miss Katemopoulos, Mr. Palkki, Mr. McCoy and Ms. Meyer.  Under their expert batons, our bands, choirs, vocal ensembles and orchestras performed beautifully in their first concert of the season to the delight of the crowd who enjoyed a delicious, freshly cooked breakfast.  Special congratulations to our orchestra director, Ms. Kate Meyer, for an outstanding debut and to Mr. McCoy, who had become a new father just days before conducting! Thanks also to our principal, Ms. Jackie Zeller, our former principal, Mr.  Chris Funk, and other members of the Lincoln administration, faculty and the Lincoln community who joined us, and to the PTSA for publicity- your support of the Music Department is very important to us!
OUR UPCOMING EVENTS:
SPIRIT OF THE SEASON: Two concerts, December 10 and December 19 at 7 p.m., featuring bands, choirs and orchestras at West Valley College Theater, 14000 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA.  December 10 Concert features: Beginning Band, Concert Band, Intermezzo Orchestra, Jazz Band, VocalEase and Estetica Vocal Jazz Ensembles. December 19 Concert features: Advanced Orchestra, Chamber Strings, Chamber Chorale, Choral Union, Men’s Choir and Women’s Choir. Season passes are valid at these concerts.Tickets are available on line at [ http://www.lincolnperformingarts.com/ ]www.lincolnperformingarts.com or at the door: $10 general admission, $7 seniors, $3 student/ child.
The Magic of Music – Spaghetti and Strings- All Orchestra Fund Raiser, January 27, 2008 5 p.m. at the San Jose City Hall Rotunda, downtown San Jose.  Enjoy an elegant evening featuring Advanced and Intermezzo Orchestras and Chamber Strings playing Disney and other musical favorites with a catered pasta dinner, dessert, complimentary glass of wine, and silent auction. Tickets can be purchased at the Spirit of the Season Holiday concerts on December 10 and 19, ordered on line at [ http://www.lincolnperformingarts.com/ ]www.lincolnperformingarts.com for $40 per person or from your music student. Contact our orchestra director, Kate Meyer at [ mailto:kathleen%20%20meyer@sjusd.org ]kathleen , or [ mailto:lauranachison7@yahoo.com ]lauranachison7@yahoo.com to volunteer, to contribute to the silent auction, for more information on purchasing tickets or for information.
SUPPORT MUSIC BOOSTERS: Raise the temperature in the winter months! Our fund- raising goal is $26,000 to support instruments, instrument repairs, scholarships for tour, music, and special instruction. Look for our thermometer at all of our events to make your tax deductible donation to guarantee the future of the Music Department at Lincoln for our talented music students.