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Don Dabney

Over the years many of you have become friends with Don Dabney (WaruBand family, instrument repair guy, former brass instructor, former president of the Band Parent Council) and are aware of his battle with cancer. We wanted to let you know that he has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center.

According to his wife, Lisa, the doctors are no longer treating the cancer and only administering pain medication. She would like to invite those of you interested to stop by and visit before his condition worsens.

Don has been part of our band family for many, many years and we can only wish him, Lisa and his kids Alex, Meredith and Emily the best as he continues this fight.

Make a difference!

The band festival season is a tremendous memory for the kids, and it takes work and commitment from the parents to make it possible.  Fortunately, the band has overwhelming support from our parents.

For the past several years, the job of coordinating all of the volunteers and activities has been in the superhumanly capable hands of Jonette Penton.  Next year, Jonette is looking for a helper to run or assist with Saturday events for Marching season as the volunteer coordinator. She will still be available to plan and coordinate the gathering of supplies, etc. but may have conflicts at one or more of the Saturday events.

If you feel you can help with this responsibility, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Pep Band CDs

If you enjoy rocking out during basketball games, hearing your favorite band play rock classics, or simply have the Marching Band CD and want to complete the set, the Pep Band CD is for you! The order form is attached and CDs will start being delivered soon. A $15 purchase of the CD puts $6 in your band account, so this is a great fundraiser too. Checks need to be made to Eric Aspegren and either handed in to the band office or sent to the address on the form. Marching Band CDs are still available as well.

Attachments:

CD Order Form

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Thank You

As much as it pains me to say it, I will not be returning to Washburn Rural next year. I have taken a position at Millard West HS in Omaha (my alma mater) and Lindsey and I will be moving over the summer. My 3 years here have been an absolute BLAST (especially for a first job out of college!!) and I will really miss the support, work ethic, and energy that this band program has to offer. Telling the students this morning was hard enough. I'll be keeping in touch - I'm proud to be your assistant director!!

Thank you,
Mr. Bogatz