What an incredible night! Thank you to all of the volunteers who made our End of Year Marching Band Banquet such a success! Thanks to all of the staff, boosters, parents, and students who have made this such a special year! A special shout out to our Seniors who have mentored and led the band with such grace, humor, and dedication! It was on full display during the awards this year. Thanks to everyone who participated in the silent auction!! We raised nearly $2000! If anyone would like copies of the "Pictures" that our drum major took, they are available in the Google drive, along with all the senior photos and others that were included in the slideshow.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/100lq501icRd0lqUBVngT6KJeLnDmPoGC?usp=sharing
Marching Band Banquet tonight at Tinucci’s Restaurant 5:30-8:30pm. We are excited to celebrate the Marching Raptors!! π€πΆπ
There will be a silent auction with lots of great items including the “Pictures” vinyls!
The Direct Donation Fundraiser Kickoff Party was a lot of fun and a great way to get the momentum going for our largest fundraiser of the year! We were so excited to have many of the band students participate in the fun and get their accounts started tonight! If you still need to set your account up to start earning donations click on the link below. Tonight we raised $1,400 and the donations are still coming in! πKeep up the great work! Thank you to those who have already donated! We appreciate your support! A huge thank you to Green Mill Restaurant for donating the pizza for our band students! It was a big hit! π
https://givebutter.com/RaptorBand2026
Our Marching Band End of Year Banquet is this Sunday and we are doing a Silent Auction again! Last year's was a big success, raising over $1600! This year there will be some incredible items available to bid on: MN Orchestra tickets, St Paul Chamber Orchestra tickets, restaurant gift cards (Tono's Pizza, Hazelwood, Olive Garden, Punch Pizza, Texas Roadhouse), Woodbury 10 movie theater tickets, OrangeTheory class pack, Grocery Store gift cards (Lunds & Byerly's, Kowalski's), Custom Raptor Band wooden signs and much more! Lots of fun surprises are in store!
FOUND: There is a cooler that was in the band room that we are not sure who it belongs to. If this is yours, please reach out to the band boosters email at eastridgebandboosters@gmail.com so we can return it to you!
Band Students
Join us today (10/23) at 4:30pm in the Band Room for our Direct Donation Fundraiser Kickoff Party! Band Boosters are providing pizza π from Green Mill Restaurant and other snacks/desserts. During this time we will be launching our direct donation fundraiser campaign with chances to win prizes and pulls from the cash grab bag!! π°
Right after the kickoff we’ll be loading buses to head to TCO to play in the pep band for the Raptors vs Royals football game!
Go Raptors!! π€π
An amazing performance by The Paper Clips trombone quartet for our band and orchestra members at East Ridge this morning! Thanks to Minnesota Public Radio’s Class Notes program for making it possible!
We're getting the year-end slideshow together for the Marching Band banquet this Sunday. We already have a lot of great photos, but we know students and parents have a lot more! Please share your photos in the Google drive so that they can be included!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/100lq501icRd0lqUBVngT6KJeLnDmPoGC?usp=share_link