<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear Families of Middle School Band Members:</span></div><br class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The popular Band Fest is happening <b class="">tomorrow</b>, Wednesday, March 6th at 7:00 pm in the <b class="">High School gymnasium!</b> This is a family favorite where we see the progression from 4th grade band to the high school bands.</span></div><br class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the large numbers of student musicians and their families attending, we will follow the procedures below to accommodate the crowd.</span></div><br class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><ol class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" class="" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Student musicians should enter through the doors by the gym/auditorium. If parents accompany them, they will be asked to drop off their student so our parent chaperones can bring them to their grade-level warm-up room. Parents/guests are not allowed to wait in the gym or enter the warm-up rooms, instead they will exit outside and walk a short distance to the main entrance where they can pay admissions and wait in the cafeteria.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" class="" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">All families and guests should enter the High School through the main doors (next to the cafeteria). Admissions will be paid at this entrance so that families/guests can wait in the cafeteria, or they will be directed through the HS hallways to the gym (and they can wait in those hallways until the gym opens).</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" class="" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: decimal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">At 6:45pm the gym doors will open for general seating in the bleachers. The concert lasts approximately 1 hour.</span></div></li></ol><br class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you to those who have volunteered so far to help out tomorrow! </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b class="">We still need 2-3 more </b></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">volunteers</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to make this concert a success!</span></div><ul class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" class="" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Middle School volunteers from 6pm to 7pm</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> to chaperone student musicians to warm-up rooms and direct traffic flow in gym once doors open.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" class="" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">High School volunteers from 5:50pm to 7pm</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> as door ushers, line directors, admissions table/programs. Volunteers will direct parents to the cafeteria; direct parents/families in the hallways; assist with younger students in the gym hallway.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" class="" style="margin-left: 15px; list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">ALL volunteers will be able to go into the gym early and put their coat on a seat to reserve it. </span></div></li></ul><br class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please let us know if you can volunteer by responding to Cynthia Gumbert (<a href="mailto:cyngumbert@gmail.com" class="">cyngumbert@gmail.com</a>)</span></div><br class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Admission is $5.00 per family. Students, faculty, grandparents, and seniors are free. Exact change is always welcome.</span></div><br class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you in advance for your support, and we look forward to an incredible concert!</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Regards,</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cynthia Gumbert, Middle School Band Chair</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Weston Friends of Music</span></div></body></html>