Panther Pride Band

Awesome showing by all of our talented musicians and amazing director at District MPA on Saturday, March 6! Concert Band showed tremendous growth and improvement and earned straight 2s (Excellent)! Symphonic Band played beautifully as well and earned straight 1s (Superior!) Symphonic Band has qualified for and will be attending State MPA. (More details to come!) Congratulations on a job well done!

The minutes from the February 9, 2010 General Meeting are now posted on the Booster page. Especially if you were unable to attend the meeting, please take a moment to review them and keep up to date on the latest Nease Band happenings!

Congratulations to all who participated in District Solo and Ensemble over the weekend of February 12 and 13! Be sure to check out the Band page on the left for a complete listing of all of the talented musicians who participated, including the 17 soloists and 2 ensemble groups who qualified for State Solo and Ensemble, to be held on April 5. We are proud of all of you!

Congratulations to Nease Winterguard AAA for winning their class at Fleming Island with a 48.5. Nease Winterguard A (National Team) won their class by 9 points with a score of 69.5. Nease Indoor Percussion Ensemble scored a 77.38, placing second behind Fleming Isand (78.30). Currently Fleming Isand and Nease have the two highest scores in Scholastic A percussion in the FFCC and South Florida Winterguard Association (SFWGA).

Congratulations to the Panther Pride Band for a spectacular showing at the Chick-fil-A Bowl festivities! Concert Band and Jazz Band both earned first place trophies in their class and the entire band scored a second place trophy in the parade competition! Finally, be sure to check out our uniform sponsors on the Sponsors page as well as our "Is this seat taken?" Chick-fil-A Bowl sponsors. Many thanks to these generous contributors!

We're pleased to share some exciting news about a new fundraising program! It's called Scrip and it's the fundraising program that works while you shop. With the Scrip program, you purchase gift certificates (the same ones that you would buy at the store from national and local retailers) through the Nease Band Bucks program for your use or as a gift and the band will receive a percentage of the sale. That's it! No selling! View the informational flyer here and then visit the Boosters page on the left for all the details including downloadable order forms.

Be sure to visit Nease Band alumnus Melina Vastola's website to view professional photos she took of the band at band camp. If you missed Melina at the Potluck dinner, you may conveniently order prints online at  www.melinasphotography.com. Thank you to Melina for volunteering her time and talents to take required band photos for seasonal programs! Please consider supporting Melina in turn by checking out the prints available for purchase on her website!

Way to go Panther Pride Marching Band! Straight superiors earned at District Marching MPA at Fleming Island on November 7! Congratulations also for two consecutive sixth place finishes at the Ancient City Presentation of Bands (St. Augustine, October 24) and the Southern Showcase of Champions (Santa Fe, October 31). All of your hard work this marching season has definitely paid off!

We are selling ads on our Band Trailers this year to help fund our new uniforms! With your sponsorship, your company will benefit from an advertisement of your company logo on our band trailers, which travel with the band to every away game and competition during the football season as well as to Indoor Percussion and Winterguard competitions in the spring. Click here to view the brochure! Contact Leslie Caruso at leslienolecomcast [dot] net for additional information! Thank you for your support!

Click HERE to fill out the student information form referenced in your 2009-2010 information packet. Every band member including guard and percussion MUST fill out this form online. The Medical and Liability Release Form  (green) as well as the Parent Waiver and Student Agreement Form (orange) should be filled out and mailed to Sherry Zastera in the envelope provided. Additionally, you may also send the volunteer form (pink)to Sherry Zastera.  Thank you!

Nease Flip Flops now for sale! Get your pair of the latest spirit wear! Email Susan Cummick at SCummickaol [dot] com to order!