Feeling that post-tax deadline burnout and want to take a break from cooking dinner? You're in luck. Wednesday 4/27 is our dine-out fundraiser at Luna Mediterranean Kitchen & Grill in Lake Forest. Treat your family to a delicious Mediterranean dinner while benefiting your favorite high school music program!
The fundraiser will be hosted from 4 PM to 7 PM. Many of us will be gathering at 6:30 PM and eating-in for a social hour. Please join us then, if you can.
Luna Grill Lake Forest offers Orange County fresh Mediterranean cuisine such as kabobs, gourmet salads, hummus, house-made falafel, pita wraps, desserts, craft beer and wine in a contemporary, fast-casual setting, serving REAL food that contains no added hormones, no GMOs, and no preservatives whenever possible. Gluten-free, vegetarian, and organic options are available. For further details, the Luna Grill menu can be viewed online here.
20% of all proceeds will be donated to the program. Please be sure to present the flyer below to the cashier upon ordering (on your phone is fine). Please see the flyer for further details.

On Sunday, April 24, 2022, El Toro High School Music's Winter Guard performed at the WGASC Championships SAA, A Open & World Finals at the UC Irvine Bren Center. For more details, see the WGASC website.

The Winter Guard finished second place in the Regional Championship. Congratulations, and go Chargers!

Friday, April 22nd, is the last day to order the 2021-22 Music Program Book.

Price is $25. Payment can be made using check, or PayPal. Checks should be made out to "ETHS IMPB", and submitted with the PDF order form below. The PayPal payment button is below.

ETHS 2021-22 Music Program Book Order Form

Tonight the ETHS Jazz Band will be performing Jazz Night. They will be joined by guest trumpeter Sean Billings of the Grammy Award-winning Brian Setzer Orchestra!  The Serrano Intermediate School Jazz Band, led by their phenomenal instructor, Mr. Brian Ngo, will open the evening.
Tickets are $8 for General Admission, and $10 for premium seats. You can purchase your tickets in advance here.
Parents are encouraged to bring baked items and beverages to donate to our Bake Sale. Please click here to sign-up.
Please come out to enjoy a beautiful evening of live jazz, with a fantastic profession guest performer, and show your support of our Jazz Band music students!

Happy Easter from the ETHS Music Boosters!

Spring recess is this week from the 11th to the 15th. Winter Guard and Winter Percussion will have practice and competition during the week.

School is back in session on the 18th. Enjoy the holiday break!

Winter Perscussion will be competing in the SCPA Semi-Finals on Sunday, 4/10, at Great Oak High School in Temecula, hosted by the Spirit of Great Oak Wolfpack Drumline. The students will be performing this season's show, "Enclave."

General admission tickets will be $20. Details available are:

• The map of the campus, with parking lot and gymnasium locations, is here.
• SCPA information on the show is here.
• The SCPA show schedule is here.

The full itinerary is here. The basic itinerary for the day is as below. We will be serving the kids both breakfast and lunch. NOTE: the itinerary is subject to change, so please check back here the day of the performance.

• Student call time is 6:28 AM at El Toro at the music room.
• Departure time is 7:28 AM.
• Breakfast will be served at around 9:43 AM.
• Trailer unloading will be at 10:43 AM.
• Performance time is 12:43 PM.
• Awards are at 2:01 PM.
  
• Lunch will be served after awards.
  
• Departure is at 5:10 PM.
• Pick-up at El Toro High School is at 8:10 PM.

We need volunteers from our wonderful and dedicated Booster parents! Please click here for volunteer duty sign-ups.

Kids should plan to bring:

• Secret Buddy gifts.
• Musicians — show costume, marching shoes, letterman or warmup jacket.

The map to Great Oak High School, along with directions, is below.

We hope to see you out there. Please join us in supporting our kids, and let's do our best to help them get to the championship round!

Click here for directions to Great Oaks from El Toro High School. Travel distance is approximately 72 miles and will likely take around 1 hour 10 minutes in Sunday morning traffic.

Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 5th, from 7:30 PM. All Booster parents are encouraged to attend (i.e. every parent with a child in the music program). We will also be voting to elect new executive board members for the 2022-2023 school year. Both the current board and myself would really appreciate your attendance.

We will be meeting in the band room on campus. Coffee and snacks will be served.

We look forward to seeing everyone tonight.

The April newsletter is out, hot off the presses, produced by our hard-working Parliamentarian, President, and Booster Board members! In it is information about current sales, the April music schedule, the Dine-Out Night at Luna Grill, the Program Book, donations, volunteering, Project Inspire, and the Music Angels sponsorship program. Please click below to view it.