Archive for October, 2008

Honoring Dr. Kelly E. Ludwig

Friday, October 31st, 2008

The family and friends of the late Dr. Kelly E Ludwig are establishing a scholarship in his name. Help us carry on his name so that he may always have a hand in helping a student learn! Here is the flyer for the fundraiser. Here is a Chicago Tribune article that touches on a few [...]

Journey items for sale

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

We have 2 “Journey” show items available for sale: 1 Large show shirt 1 Medium show hoodie

The packet for the Stagg Jamboree is online

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

The Stagg Jamboree (there is no way to be unhappy when you say the word ‘jamboree’) is this Saturday. Please print out and read the packet, which can be found here.

The Raffle Ticket Sale has been extended

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

The Raffle Ticket Sale has been extended until October 27th. If you have any questions or need additional tickets please contact Renae at 708-429-3057. Also, her e-mail address is in the contacts page.

VJA Marching Band at St. Louis

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

The Andrew Marching band traveled to St. Louis on Friday to practice for the Bands of America Super Regional Championships. On Saturday, they performed in the new Edward Jones Dome where the St. Louis Rams play. The competition was extremely tough, but every musical section, the color guard, and the drum majors performed extremely well. [...]

BOA at St. Louis is this Friday

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Here is some information about the BOA St. Louis trip: Schedule of bands Tickets online PDF Ticket order form Directions

Lancer Joust T-shirts and Pins Available for Sale

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

As we all know, we didn’t get to purchase t-shirts at Lake Park this year due to it being cancelled. These shirts are available to us at a cost of $8.00 (cash only). $6.00 will cover their cost of the shirt and the other $2.00 will be a donation we’ll give back to them to [...]

Illinois State University Invitational Marching Championships

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Here are the preliminary scores. Here are the finals scores. Here are the percussion and guard scores.

Andrew takes 3rd in their class and 5th overall at State!

Monday, October 13th, 2008

The Andrew Marching Band competed in a very challenging competition this past Saturday, 10/11/08. They came away with a 3rd place trophy for their class, a 1st place trophy for percussion, and a 5th place trophy overall. It was a long day, starting with practice at 8:00am and arriving back at Andrew about 1:30am the [...]

The Andrew Marching Band has fun with the Dist. 140 Band at Step-up Day

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

To get ready for Illinois State Championship, the VJA Marching Band hosted a Step-up day for the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders from District 140. This took place before and during the football game on Friday, 10/10/08. We want to thank the D140 kids and parents for coming out. This was a great opportunity to [...]