Announcements

Thank you to all of the parents who have helped make this year a success!!!  We are looking forward to new parents getting involved next year!

The 6th Annual CRBPA Golf Tournament fundraiser is planned for Friday, June 6th at Wild Quail Golf and Country Club. Click on the links below for more information. Please have reservations in by May 20th.

Golf Flyer                  Player Registration Form                Sponsorship Letter

Some very special "thank yous" go out to the following local businesses for their generous support of the CR "Rider" Marching Band program. Shown here with the business representatives are Drum Major Alana Weber and CRBPA President Scott Weber:

Mr. Papen, owner of Papen Farms   Fern, Regional Manager of Chik-Fil-A  Rich, owner of Curtiss Landing Pizza  Heather, employee of Fifer Orchards

                          Please visit these businesses as a thank you for their continued support throughout the years.

Check out the updated Jolesch Photography site for professional photos from ACCs. at http://jolesch.com/csEventPhotoBrowse.aspx?EventID=27393&Group=50317&Cat=0&PartID=0.

Please encourage your child to consider getting involved with the Blue-Gold All*Star Band benefiting the DFRC (Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with intellectual disABILITIES). While the Blue-Gold All*Star game will be played at the University of Delaware on June 18th, the band practices and meetings will be held in Dover. What a wonderful way to help an important organization while having fun with new friends from around the state. (It will also look good on a college application or resume!)  Forms are attached below. More information will be given at the next band parents meeting. Visit http://blue-gold.org/ to see what it is all about.

Band Member Permission Form                Band Member Verification Form

The due date for the forms is in May, but please send them in as soon as possible for the coordinators to get an idea of how many students will participate. Many activities go on throughout the school year on the weekends, although they are not all mandatory. Practices will not begin until June.

Congratulations to John Vitale for his selection to the 2011 US Army All-American Marching Band!!! (John is also the winner of  the 2010 Youth Competition, Dover Symphony Orchestra!)

                                                                              (Photo taken at ACCs. Full name used with parent permission.)

Congratulations to Alana Weber for winning of the 2010 Tournament of Bands Chapter Scholarship and for her selection to the 2010 Macy's Great American Marching Band!

Congratulations to DuWane Sandlin for being named one of "50 Directors Who Make a Difference" by School Band and Orchestra! Click on the CR Band website for the complete article.

Attention parents who are not CRBPA members:

• Please join us! Print and fill out the membership form. Bring it to the next band parents' meeting, or have your child place it in the band box along with the $5 family membership fee.

• If you are not planning to become a member, please fill out the website permission form, and have your child place it in the band box.

 Congratulations to Matt Rothenberg for his selection to the 2010 U. S. Army All-American Marching Band!!!

                                                                        (Photo taken at ACCs. Full name used with parent permission.)

Check out professional photos taken at the Broadneck 2009 TOB and Chapters 2009 at http://www.bhsmusic.smugmug.com/Bands-by-the-Bay-2009.

Caesar Rodney Fight Song (Lyrics by Keith McCarthy, DuWane Sandlin, and Vanessa Sandlin)

•  Caesar Rodney, Caesar Rodney, fight 'til vict'ries won.
•  Ride to glory, ride with pride, the battle's just begun.
•  Caesar Rodney, Caesar Rodney, cheer both young and old,
•  Fight Riders, fight, fight, fight, for blue and gold!