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1/25/04
ATTENTION GOLFERS and anyone interested in helping THE FAB! The time is upon us to get the ball rolling for the 8th Annual FORE KIDS CLASSIC, June 16th, 2004. WE NEED YOUR HELP! This is the largest fundraising event that we are involved in to date. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, THE FAB and the Ferndale Educational Foundation Co-coordinate this event and share the revenue. You can help us in many ways; we need people to help with DOOR PRIZES, "GOODIE BAGS", EVENT DAY VOLUNTEERS, and coordination of mailings. If you have any experience working on a golf outing, or would be interested in helping, please contact Bruce Bethuy or Theresa Dery @ 248-541-5787. Watch this web site for updates on the event as they become available. |
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12/10/03
I would like to extend my personal heartfelt thanks to all of you that have expressed your sympathy to me over the loss of my Father this past Friday. Through your encouragement, and the memory of his strong sense of commitment, I will proceed...and life moves on. Thank you one and all. Bruce |
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11/26/03
The DDA has generously offered the FAB the opportunity to run the 2 "warm up" stops during the Ferndale Winter Tale event Dec. 11-14th. We need volunteers to staff two locations from 6-9pm on Thursday and Friday and from 12-5pm Saturday and Sunday. It is up to us to determine what to sell and what to charge...we keep all profits! If you would like to help with this in ANY capacity, for ANY amount of time PLEASE contact Bruce Bethuy |
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10/28/03
A HUGE THANK YOU AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION IS IN ORDER FOR EVERYONE THAT MADE THIS YEAR`S MARCHING SEASON A SUCCESS! Many people are visible every week; like the GREAT people that make up the PIT CREW, led by the ultimate PIT BOSS Jon Taisey; and the great Hospitality moms, Pat Taisey and Michele Podzikowski; but there are many others who make this marching band season run smoothly. These folks are pretty much "invisible" to the rest of us, and never seem to get recognized for everything that they do...and it is allot!! The asterisk (*) denotes "alumni" parent. (That means their kids have already graduated, yet they continue to dedicate their time for the benefit of OUR kids!!)
Shoe Cleaning (they cleaned all the marching shoes... a section at a time)
Cheryl Moldenhauer, Ken Urban
Uniforms (fitting, hemming, cleaning, mending, and hanging them up properly after every wearing)
Carol Digby*, Sharon Bibik*, Becky Hammond*, Cheryl Moldenhauer
Flags (made new flags and mended....every week)
Carol Digby*, Sharon Bibik*, Connie Jacobs
Guard Outfits (sewed new outfits)
Carol Digby*, Judy Donlin*, Judy Bethuy
Guard Uniform Laundry (this is a biggie, not only did she wash every guard uniform each week, she washed the scarves by hand, and inspected and mended each uniform)
Marie Haener-Patti
Glove Laundry (another biggie, washed every pair of gloves and then matched them back up and placed in each band member’s assigned bag, each week)
Sue Rowe
Chaperones
Carol Digby*, Sharon Bibik*, Carol Olsen, Cheryl Moldenhauer, Connie Jacobs.
(if I have inadvertently overlooked someone, I apologize.please contact me so that I may correct the situation) |
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10/14/03
THANK YOU to everyone that attended our 2nd annual "Dessert Social" last night. A great turn out enjoyed a beautiful fall evening, wonderful desserts, and a chance to watch the band go through a typical practice session. A 21 pit salute is also in order for every one of the Pitt members that provided all of the fantastic desserts! These parents are extraordinary in all of their efforts they put forth in support of our Marching Band. Don’t forget to come out and watch us perform this Saturday at Lamphere. |
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9/28/03
WOW, WHAT A WEEKEND!! It started with the football game Friday night and just blended into the B.O.A. REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP event Saturday...
1st the football game, THANKS AGAIN to Connie Jacobs and all of her helpers for another Fantastic job running the General Store! The next home game is HOMECOMING Oct. 10th, it should be a huge night!! contact Connie Jacobs if you would like to help out!
A HUGE THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS IS IN ORDER FOR EVERYONE THAT HELPED MAKE THE B.O.A. REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP A GREAT SUCCESS!! This was the first time that we have been involved in "hosting" an event like this and what a fantastic job everyone did. The students that helped out especially deserve a THANK YOU you for all of their efforts and long hours, we couldn`t have done it without them! A special "Golden Eagle" award should be given to Mr. Smith, Matt Rossman, Connie Jacobs and everyone else that spent the entire day, from 5:30 am to "after midnight" helping run this event!! And remember, we pulled this off on such short notice (less than 2 weeks)!! If we get the chance to do this again, with more notice it will be fantastic. I heard a number of great ideas on how we could do even better. THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE THAT HELPED MAKE THIS A SUCCESS!
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9/21/03
Congratulations to the students and staff for another outstanding performance at the Flushing competition @ Eastern Michigan!! The pit crew and Props were awesome once again also.
Watch for information on how you can do the one thing I am always stressing...GET INVOLVED! Next Saturday, Sept. 27th there will be an opportunity for you to help the boosters in a BIG WAY...watch for news on the home page soon... |
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9/14/03
The first competition was a great success! As we started the new season, there were a few bumps, but we worked our way through them. Congratulations to the students and staff for an outstanding performance!! The pit crew deserves a standing ovation too. The props were erected (more then once) just to make sure we knew what we were doing!! (although the absence of Jim Chouinard was indeed felt, Jim Pfleger did a great job of keeping us on track.) I want to thank Jon and Pat Taisey for all of their outstanding efforts to keep us well fed and hydrated both during the competition, and especially afterward with the awesome bonfire and eats back at their house!
If you don’t know what I am talking about, then you NEED TO GET INVOLVED!!
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8/29/03
As our 1st home football game is in the books, (I wish Ferndale had been victorious!) I need to recognize and congratulate some very important people: 1st, our general store coordinator Connie Jacobs and all of her dedicated helpers, Eileen Wunderlich, Tammy Dengate, Laurie Scott and others who stopped by to help! (Don`t worry, this was only the first game and now that people know they can get all of this great band stuff at the home games I am sure that they will support us!!) 2nd is our Awesome Hospitality leaders, Pat Taisey and Michele Podzikowski for providing our kids with some refreshments after their performance. Of course I have to thank the Pit crew for all of their help, under Jon Taisey`s direction, and to Tim Hubert (our webmaster extraordinaire) who secured the donation of our hard hats! (watch for these hats to change as we progress into the season...all I will say is think "Tempered Steel") Thanks to everyone who supports the Fine Arts Boosters in Ferndale!
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8/19/03
Thank you to everyone that helped make the 50th celebration a great sucess!! click here for more information |
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8/4/03
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE GREAT VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED MAKE THE RECENT ART FAIR CONCESSIONS A SUCCESS!! Thanks to the tireless efforts and generous support of the volunteers from the Fine Arts Boosters, we earned over $330 for this next year!! The volunteers were: Carol Olson, Kathy Wiley, Susan Papi-Wark, Nate Papi-Wark, Maddie Papi-Wark, Laura Mahler, Laurie Scott, Kathy Wildfong, Tim Hubert, Joan Weidner, Cyndi and Megan Chouinard, Jerry and Jan Price, Judy Bethuy, Bill Frazer, Mary Frazer, and Amanda Jacobs. SPECIAL THANKS are also due to Paul Schlottman for letting us use some of his art display tent during the rain; and to Connie Jacobs and Pat Frazer for all of their efforts to help organize this event and put up such a great display! |
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