Support Your Local Band!
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The River Ridge High School Band Boosters need your help! River Ridge High School Band is one of the most community-centered groups in the area and needs help keeping the band running! Your pledged donation will go towards helping the band pay the bills so that we can keep bringing our music and performances to our community and region, as well as giving our students experiences that last a lifetime.
With your help, the Boosters can help bring the costs of the program down to manageable levels for families or even possibly eliminate the cost entirely. Our priority is to put donated funds towards the fees for Marching Band events (entry fees and transportation costs) that families normally pay. That way, the money will have the greatest impact possible on each family. If there are donations above and beyond those needs, the Band Boosters will put the money towards helping to run the rest of the program.
What we do
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School Events
- School assemblies (pep band)
- Veterans Day Assembly (taps, wind ensemble)
- On-Campus Homecoming Parade (marching band)
- Basketball Games (pep band)
- Football Games (pep band & marching band)
- Jazz in the Commons (before school, jazz band)
- Tubapalooza Brass Choir performing before school
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Local Community Events
- Tubapalooza Brass Choir performing in the community during the holidays
- Hawks Holiday Happening Gift & Craft Fair (hosting, jazz band, various small groups)
- Lacey Parade of Lights (marching band)
- Olympia Oshogatsu (hosting, taiko ensemble)
- Lacey Cultural Celebration (taiko ensemble)
- Various Elementary School Cultural Nights (taiko ensemble)
- Lacey Spring Fun Fair (taiko ensemble, jazz band, and Tubapalooza brass choir)
- Procession of the Species Parade (volunteer group)
- Lacey Rotary Duck Dash (jazz band and taiko ensemble)
- Thurston County Fair (taiko ensemble)
- Olympia Harbor Days (taiko ensemble)
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Marching Band Events
- Leavenworth Autumn Leaf Grand Parade
- RRHS Homecoming Parade
- Lacey Parade of Lights
- Football Game Halftime Shows
- Field Show Competitions (usually 3 per year in October)
- Procession of the Species
- Ocean Shores Flag Day Parade
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Concerts
- December
- March
- May/June
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Community Outreach
- Hawks Holiday Happening Gift and Craft Fair
- Olympia Oshogatsu
- Managing Elementary Band Concerts (Dec & Mar)
- Community Taiko Classes (Lacey, Olympia, & Tumwater Parks & Rec)
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Bi-Annual Performance Tours
- Typically including the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band
- Alternating between San Francisco, CA & Anaheim, CA
- San Francisco Tour:
- 6 days on the road, 6 to 7 musical events
- 2 clinics per group & college visits (4 clinics total)
- 2 formal concerts
- 1 possible informal performance @ Pier 39
- Anaheim Tour:
- 8 days on the road, 11 musical events
- 3 clinics per group & college visits (6 clinics total)
- 2 community concerts on the road
- 1 concert per group at the Disneyland resort (2 total)
- 1 backstage recording studio clinic at the Disneyland resort
How to Donate
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You may pledge a one-time or monthly donation for the next year. No fiscal information will be given to the Band Boosters. You can pay one of two ways:
- Online: the Band Boosters will send you an online invoice via e-mail that you can pay securely online through our merchant account processor's website. 1.99% plus 25 cents of what you pay will go towards paying merchant service fees, but the rest will go towards the band boosters' efforts to support the band!
- Cash, Check, or Money Order: Payable to "River Ridge HS Band Boosters". Mail to: River Ridge HS Donation Boosters, PO Box 3035, Lacey, WA 98509
Fill out the pledge form! Thank you!