Welcome to the Sun Prairie Band Boosters!

The Sun Prairie Band Boosters (SPBB) is a volunteer parent organization in which all parents/guardians of SPASD band students are members. We encourage you to get involved by sharing your time and talent wherever possible. It is a great way to get to know the staff, kids and other parents.       Please scroll down to see some of our upcoming events!

Saturday, July 4, 2009 ~ FLAGS OF FREEDOM BAND RALLY ~

• Parade starts at 2 pm and will go south on Columbus Street (from Laura) and onto King Street due to construction on Main Street this summer. The judges' stand will be located on the corner of Columbus and Gerald Street. For route map, click here.   Parade participants contact: FlagsParade@spbb.org.
• Field Show at SPHS' Ashley Field. Opening ceremonies begin at 7:15 pm. Advance tickets available for $8 at Sentry Foods in Sun Prairie. General admission will be $10 at the gate, $6 for senior citizens and $3 for children.
• No parking will be available at the high school due to the remodeling/construction.  Shuttle service will not be available as previously announced. FREE PUBLIC PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLE at the (former) Hanley's Hardware on Main St and the downtown lots.  Limited handicapped parking will be available near the SOAR building next to Ashley Field (access from Linnerud Drive). For details, see  map.
• Raffle tickets and the 2009 Flag Program will be sold along the parade route and at the field show. Raffle tickets may be purchased individually for $2 or 3 tickets for $5. Ten prizes will be awarded with $400 as the first prize. Proceeds from the raffle will be used for the band’s stop at Great America on the way to the MACBDA finals in Traverse City.

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 Sunday, July 12, 2009 ~ "Thank You Show" ~ 8:30 pm at Ashley Field

Click here for your latest issue of the Booster Beat. It contains important end-of-the-year announcements and Sound season information!

Ongoing fundraisers: Ask for your Funds for Friends sticker on your SENTRY grocery reciept. Turn in at music office.

Please save your crushed aluminum cans for our Kans for Kids pickup on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009.

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Jazz I receives 3rd place award in New York!

Jazz I placed third in the Essentially Ellington Competition!  Congratulations to the entire band!   Special recognition awards were also presented.   

Sections that stood out: 

   Trombones 

   Trumpets ("most ernest looks on their faces")

Outstanding Soloist Awards:  

   Mike Nonte - Saxophone

   Ben Acton - Banjo

Soloist Honorable Mention: 

   Trae Titus - Trombone

Top Placing Bands:  First:  Roosevelt High School, WA; Second:  Garfield High School, WA; Third:  Sun Prairie High School, WI; and Honorable Mention:  Shorewood High School.

Thank you to the Chaperones:  Mrs. Mertes, Mr. Mesner and Mr. Gleason!

Our biggest thanks to our outstanding band director, Mr. Sveum, for all that you have done to give our kids this awesome experience! 

To view pictures from Essentially Ellington and NY, see the Jazz photos page,  in the "Ellington_#" folders.

Wind Ensemble Performs at National Association for Music Education Convention in Milwaukee

"More people in Wisconsin need to hear this band play - they clearly set the bar for music education in Wisconsin,"  college professor UW Whitewater.

"I am so thrilled I got to hear this performance, I can't wait to tell my students about what is possible,"  Patty Schlafer - Wisconsin Middle school band director.

"Hearing this band has made my trip worthwhile, if I didn't hear another thing this trip has been worth it, and I'm from South Carolina!,"  Band Director from South Carolina.

The Wind Ensemble performed twice at the conference on Thursday, April 10.  Their first performance, at 12:30, was attended by approximately 125 teachers, and included Redwoods, Windsprints, Lux Aurumque, Mother Earth, and Incantation and Dance.  The second, at 4:30 PM, included only Requiem.

The invited school bands attending this music educators convention came from states as distant as Florida and Washington State.  Join us in congratulating our Wind Ensemble Band for their well earned invitation!  "They represented Sun Prairie under a national spotlight in a very positive way, not only in their beautiful performance, but in the professional way they handled themselves - you all can be very proud of your kids!," Steve Sveum, SPHS Wind Ensemble Band Director.

If you would like a recording of the performance, it was recorded professionally and we will mass order next Friday.  Please make a check out to "Sun Prairie High School" for $16 by April 17th and turn it in to Rita Bogosh in the High School Music Office.

Pictures of the Wind Ensemble at the conference are posted here. 

Jazz Band Successes

Jazz I performed at the state celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Day at the State Capitol on January 21. This performance was broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio and streamed live on the internet as well as taped in HDTV for later airing on public TV across the state! 

Congratulations to our Sun Prairie High School Jazz Ensemble on being chosen as one of only fifteen national high school finalists in the prestigious Essentially Ellington event held in New York City. We will need help fund-raising to lower the cost of the trip for all kids involved. Please get involved - just like the jazz ensemble itself - we are a small group whose success depends on everyone!