This week’s important Walton Band news . . .

Parent Meeting Monday Night
Please join us tomorrow (Monday) evening at 7:00 pm for our final Band Parents Meeting of the school year!

Color Guard Q&A Meeting
Immediately following Monday evening’s Parent Meeting, there will be an important question and answer meeting for all Color Guard families.

The Walton Band Awards Banquet is this Friday!
The annual year-end celebration for all band and color guard members is this Friday, May 11th, at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia Hotel (Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia) on Ashford-Dunwoody Road. Doors will open at 7:00 pm and dinner will be served at 7:30. Following dinner, we will acknowledge the accomplishments of our talented students, say good bye and good luck to our seniors, and then top off the evening with the official announcement of next year’s drum majors and student leadership team! Hope to see you there!

Gift Cards Sales – Last Chance to stock up for summer!
SCRIP gift cards are a great way to earn credit for your student's band account, which can then be used to pay for band fees. Stock up now for Mother's Day, teacher's gifts, graduation gifts and Father’s Day! With just a little up front planning, you will start saving money on your band fees!

SCRIP sales this week will be before and after the Band Parent Meeting on Monday evening. This will be your last opportunity this school year to buy SCRIP before we close down for six weeks during June and July, so make sure you order enough to tide you over until marching season starts up again!! Are you taking a road trip? Then buy some Shell gas cards! Need to stock up for outdoor entertaining? Then Kroger, Publix and Whole Foods cards are the answer! Do you have graduation parties coming up? Then try iTunes, Amazon and Bath & Body Works as perfect nods to grads!

This week’s biggest SCRIP special is an iTunes card at 10% (normally 5%). To see the rest of these specials, just click on this link: http://www.glscrip.com/shop/specialoffers.aspx.

Bookmiser Summer Reading Sale extended to May 18th!
Take care of all of your student’s required summer reading needs at Bookmiser! If you purchase a new book before May 18th, you will receive 10% off the price and Bookmiser will give an additional 10% to the Band. (You can find your student’s required summer reading list on the attached flyer.) To get the special discount, just tell Bookmiser that you support the Walton Band. Don’t miss out on this great deal!

Spirit Wear
We have a great selection of Spirit Wear for the whole family including a few additions to the traditional items we offer. If there are any items that you want for the summer, please contact Susan Corley at sakcorley@gmail.com to place your order.

Make sure you have these important dates on your calendar!
May 7 Band Parents Meeting, 7pm
May 11 Walton Band Annual Awards Banquet at the Ravinia
May 24 Last Day of School/Graduation
May 25 Marching Band (#2) and Color Guard (#1) payments due
June 22 Marching Band (#3 and final) and Color Guard (#2) payments due
July 23-27 Band Camp at Walton
July 26 Color Guard (#3 and final) payments due
July 29-Aug 3 Band Camp at LaGrange

Have a great week, and see you at tomorrow’s parents meeting!
Your Band Co-Presidents,
Alan and Margaret Abrams