Local schools have been amazing in encouraging their families to attend. We are trying to help the schools fill their second table for an opportunity to win a $500 grant plus the profits from the ticket sales themselves! Many schools need only a handful of tickets for their second table!  Please consider attending. Your ticket could be the final one your school needs!!

Tickets cost $50.00 ($24.00 is tax deductible) and can be purchased by clicking here, where you will also be able to name your school! It should be a great night of entertainment and auction fun at the Oregon Golf Club located at 25700 Southwest Petes Mountain Road West Linn, OR 97068.

The Youth Music Project is offering several cutting edge music camps during Summer 2012.  YMP’s camps provide students with the ultimate music camp experience by combining music training with age appropriate breakout sessions focusing on creating band art, digital recording, setting up p.a. systems, 3D video editing, screen printing, etc.  Students will be grouped according to age, musical ability, and instrument selection.

Space is extremely limited and camps are expected to sell out, so early registration is encouraged.

For more information, go to: http://youthmusicproject.org/programs/summer-music-camps/

or download their registration form here.

Please mark your calendars and lace up your running shoes!  We need your support at the  “For the Love of Schools” Fun Run on June 3rd, 2012 in Wilsonville.

Everyone can participate in this 5k run, and it will bring much needed dollars into the West Linn-Wilsonville school district. When you sign up, you get to choose where the dollars go! (be sure to choose MAP as your selected non-profit!)

Sunday, June 3rd!  Come participate and bring your friends.  Together we can make our schools better.

PLUS!

Be sure to check out the “Everyone Wants Their 15 Minutes of Fame” Challenge at the “For the Love of Schools” Fun Run.

Can you run fast?  Show us! The Tonkins are challenging anyone who can run their 5K course in 15 minutes or less to show how it’s done! The Winner takes home $1000!

Register today at:

www.fortheloveofschools.com

Beauty & the Bridge Open House:
We will host another sneak preview of the public art project that will grace the walls of the Wilsonville Rd. / Interstate-5 expansion. Come see the huge murals depicting flora & fauna of the north Willamette Valley done by students in Wilsonville’s schools. See the laser cut aluminum railings for the bike and pedestrian zones for the bridge project that were designed by the WHS AP Studio Art class. Tuesday, April 24, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the WHS art studio spaces.

NWOC Art Show & Competition winners:
The annual competition featured 15 of the top art students from each of our league’s schools. Milwaukie High School hosted this year’s event on Friday, May 6. These are the Wildcat artists who received awards by the judges:

* Acrylic & Oil painting, FIRST PLACE: Doone Williams
* Drawing, Black & White Media, FIRST PLACE: Brooklyn Cochran
* HONORABLE MENTION: Corinne Luper
* Digital Art, FIRST PLACE: Jason Riggen
* SECOND PLACE: Jason Riggen
* Photography (Digital) HONORABLE MENTION: Sammy Griffin
* Painting, Tempera/Casein/Guache: HONORABLE MENTION: Dillon Silva
* Student Choice Best of Show, SECOND PLACE 3-D: Lauren Salgado
* Faculty Choice Best of Show, THIRD PLACE 3-D: Lauren Salgado

http://www.eticketexpress.com/event/3989540/

You can find more detailed instructions on the Middle School Musical Website, too
Start at the Athey home page, then follow the link to Middle School Musical (on the left!)

“A” CAST SHOWS:  
Thursday, April 12, Saturday April 14 and Monday, April 16th at 7pm
“J” CAST SHOWS:  
Friday, April 13th at 7pm, Saturday, April 14 at 1:30pm & Tues, April 17th at 7pm

Tickets are $8.50 and plenty will be available at the door, so bring all your friends!

For more information contact Dana Edvalson at danaedvalson@gmail.com or  503-657-0521
Barbara Vardanega,
Choral Music and Drama

Congratulations to 2 of our Jazz Band members: Matt Miller and Toni Glausi!! They have been selected for the 2012 NAfME All-National Honor Jazz Band. This is a tremendous honor that reflects their dedication to their craft and commitment to musical excellence. They were selected, NATIONALLY, to be part of the 25 member Jazz Band that takes place from June 21, 2012, through Sunday, June 24, 2012 with a final performance of all ensembles at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 4:00pm.

Please join me in congratulating the following students for their accomplishments this past weekend at the District Solo Competition:

DISTRICT CHAMPIONS (STATE):

Tony Glausi, TRUMPET

Joonas Lemetyinen, TROMBONE

Keven Krause, EUPHONIUM

Jonathan Macemon, MALLET PERCUSSION

Austin Stofiel, BASS

2nd PLACE Finishers:

Caroline Glausi, FLUTE (STATE)

Jenna Tatiyatrairong, CLARINET (STATE)

Sarah Schultz, ALTO SAX (1st alternate to STATE)

Callie Attanasio, TENOR SAX (1st alternate to STATE)

Courtney Mumma, FRENCH HORN (1st alternate to STATE)

Keven Krause, TROMBONE (STATE)

Jono Fung, VIOLA (1st alternate to STATE)

3rd PLACE Finishers:

Hyunwook Kim, OBOE (2nd alternate to STATE)

Kristy Lanz, ALTO SAX (2nd alternate to STATE)

Matt Miller, TROMBONE (1st alternate to STATE)

4th PLACE Finshers:

Connor McWilliams, OBOE (3rd alternate to STATE)

Luke Harju, TRUMPET (1st alternate to STATE)

Ashley Mumma, FRENCH HORN (3rd alternate to STATE)

Zoe Shroy, VIOLIN (2nd alternate to STATE)

5th PLACE Finisher:

Paige Towsey, VIOLIN (3rd alternate to STATE)

Please join me in congratulating the following students who participated at the Three Rivers League Solo contest:

Sam Brown 2nd Place Baritone Horn

Paige Towsey 2nd Place Violin (out of 71 violins competing)

Caroline Glausi 3rd Place Flute

Arianna Robin 4th Place Flute

Connor McWilliams 4th Place Oboe

River Wyatt-Marsh 4th Place Tenor Saxophone

Emma Kennard – 3 Gold keys (2 drawing, 1 painting) and 2 Gold through Sascha Gordon-Manning
Dana Rost – 1 Gold Key Drawing and 2 Silver Keys – Painting
Elaina Schrader – 1 Gold key – Printmaking
Austin Osborn – 1 Silver Key – Comic Art
Julia Tatiyatrairong – 2 Honorable Mentions – Painting and Drawing
Max Gage – 2 Honorable Mentions – Drawing
Ellie Clow – 2 Honorable Mentions – Painting and Drawing
Emma McBride-Waibel – 4 Gold Keys – 1 Printmaking, 2 Painting, 1 Photography and 2 Honorable Mentions – Printmaking

GOLD KEY
Kevin Cathcart Tatoo Duck (ceramic)
Ellie Jones “Shattered Dream” (sculpture) and “Devil Clam” (printmaking)
Chloe McHenry “Button, Button” (embroidery)

SILVER KEY
Ellie Jones “China Window” (printmaking)
Madison Walters (writing)

HONORABLE MENTION
Ellie Jones “Busy Bees” (painting)
Jiangning Lu ” My Chemical Romance” (drawing)

Honorable Mention – Photography
Rebecca Cruze – (2 Honorable Mentions)-Photography

Thanks!

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, MAP, for all you do for us. The funds that MAP creates are invaluable. It helps to have such an advocacy group that values what we do in the classroom (and beyond).”
Diane Gauthier

Last Saturday, they successfully defended the title they won last year as the International Championship of High School A cappella winner of the western United States. Soul’d Out competed against six Oregon schools and a group from Wyoming. They will now be able to go back to New York in April and compete for the National High School A Cappella competition. Ethan Crystal won an individual honor for best musical arrangement and the entire group won best choreo for their entire set of music. The group will begin fundraising for the trip to New York. Please contact Sue Schreiner for fundraising information and to contribute!