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MERCH! SWAG! TShirts from your favorite Band!

Why dig out your vintage Bon Jovi denim jacket or that Billy Ray Cyrus T-shirt that you swore you would never wash? Instead click on the link below to find the latest merchandise to support your local band program.

This merch is available until December 4th so you have time to get some of these items wrapped up and under the Christmas tree. Every purchase goes to support the band so it's a win-win for everyone! 

Get your merch here: https://goldenpride2022.itemorder.com/shop/home/

The Washington High School Band Boosters Association will be participating in the "Giving Tuesday" fundraiser with the Daviess Community Foundation.

Please consider donating to the music program through this local foundation.

More details can be found here: https://localforever.org/

The Golden Pride Marching Band continued their competition season Saturday at Evansville Harrison. The heat and humidity was brutal all week and made for difficult practices and a tough competition. The students pushed through the conditions and were able to secure a third place finish while competing in open class!

The band looks forward to continuing their success as they prepare for next week's competition at Evansville North. 

You can also see them perform at Hatchet Hollow on Friday night as the Hatchets host the Princeton Tigers.

This year for the marching band, we are offering a “Buy A Day” fundraiser/raffle for the month of October! 

The price of the ticket corresponds to the date of that day (Day 1- $1, Day 2- $2, etc.). Each band student only has one ticket for each day. For example, if there are 40 band students, there are only forty Day 1 tickets. If you buy one of these tickets, it will cost you a dollar and that raffle will be held for the Day 1 prize. This goes on for each individual day. There are 31 days in October so that means there are 31 raffles. The higher the date, the higher the cost of the ticket but the value of the prize increases as well. Shown here is a picture of the Yeti cooler being raffled for Day 31.

Please reach out to the students on how you can buy an available ticket.

Thanks to all business who supported the Golden Pride by donating some of the items for the raffle! Your support is very much appreciated!  

We are pleased to introduce to you Mr. Branden Burris, Washington Community Schools new Band Director!

Mr. Burris is a native of Kalamazoo Michigan, where he received his degree in Music Education from Western Michigan University. He was a Drum Major for the WMU Bronco Marching Band where he also met his wife, Marleigh Burris, who was the feature twirler. Branden and Marleigh have two children, Pearson (4) and Paisleigh (2), and two miniature dachshunds. Mr. Burris has spent the last five years of his career teaching at Gull Lake Community Schools, where his band programs consistently finished Top 10 in the MCBA State Championships and with Superior Ratings at MSBOA District Band & Orchestra festivals. Mr. Burris is excited to join the Golden Pride band family, and looks forward to a bright future for our Washington Band Programs!

If you haven't had a chance to meet Mr. Burris and his family, please take the time to stop by and say hello. The season has kicked off in a great way as he continues with the program that Mr. Brandon Hagen passed onto him. We are very proud of what he has accomplished so far and excited to see what the future brings.

A new link has been posted below for our apparel store! The link and ordering is good until October 14, 2021.

Get your items soon!

https://goldenpride2021.itemorder.com/sale 

If you have any questions, please let us know. 

The Golden Pride Marching Band started their competition season Saturday at Evansville Central. With the introduction of a new instructor, the GP got right to work and did what they do by bringing home more hardware! Those rewards included:

• FIRST PLACE for Overall Performance
• BEST Percussion

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

A great way to kick off the new season! The band now sets their sights on next week's competition at Evansville Harrison. Hope to see you there!

As a reminder, please use the link to the right for your Amazon purchases. When using that link, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase of eligible products back to the band!

Please click on the picture to the right to access our Amazon Smile fundraising site!

                                                                                                    Published - November 26, 2018