Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We hope you all enjoyed the week off from school and had a chance to celebrate the holiday. Here are some events to look forward to in the coming weeks:

• RBR Holiday Awards Banquet on December 6th
  
• Instrumental Music Holiday Concerts (all ensembles) on December 7th and 8th
  

Hope to see you all there!

The Boosters General Working Calendar has been updated by our hard-working Boosters President! Please download it, below.

Please check back regularly for calendar updates.

Congratulations go out to the members of the Royal Blue Regiment!  This past Saturday they competed in their fifth and final competition of the season at the Trabuco Hills "Tournament in the Hills" WBA Regional Championship. The regional championship was held for schools in Southern California in lieu of the normal statewide competition, which was preempted this year due to pandemic cautions. Competing in the 3A Division, the R-B-R earned second place in their division with a score of 87.000, a mere 0.15 points behind first place! They also won a Caption Award for Color Guard (1st Place), and 1st place in Music Ensemble. Complete results can be viewed on the WBA site.

This was a phenomenal showing in the first full year of competition since 2019. Many thanks go out to Mr. Miller, the technical staff and coaches, and the Booster Board, volunteers, and parents, for all your hard work and support this season. YOU made this triumph possible for our children.

And congratulations, Chargers!

RBR's fifth and FINAL competition of the season will be at the Tournament in the Hills on Saturday 11/13 at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo, hosted by the Trabuco Hills Thundering Mustangs Marching Unit. Again, the students will be performing this season's show, "Building Towards Tomorrow," featuring a musical piece entitled, "A Bridge Between Two Eras." The title is a reference to the building of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge.

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

Kids should plan to bring:

• Dinner — a packed dinner, or money for dinner from Mustangs Stadium concessions.
• Secret Buddy gifts.
• Musicians—black socks, show shirts, marching shoes, (instruments, reeds, mouthpieces), letterman/warmup jacket.
• Color Guard—shoes, hair stuff, makeup, letterman/warmup jacket, costume.

The basic itinerary for the day is as follows:

• Student call time is 11:15 AM at El Toro at the stadium.
• Lunch is at 12:15 PM.
• Departure time is 1:13 PM. Approximately 25 minutes.
• Performance time is 4:38 PM.
• End-of-day pick-up time is at 12:10 AM at El Toro.

The full itinerary is below, along with the map to Trabuco Hills High School. Please note that the itinerary is subject to change, so be sure to keep your eyes on this space for updates.

We hope to see you out there. Please join us in supporting our kids!

Wednesday is our dine-out fundraiser at Wahoo's Fish Taco in Foothill Ranch. Take a night off from cooking and treat your family to a Mexican-style (with hints of Brazilian, Asian, and Greek) meal while benefiting your favorite high school music program! Wahoo's will donate 20% of the proceeds to the ETHS Music Program.

The fundraiser will be running all day. But from 7 PM we will be holding the drawing to determine the winners of the Disney Opportunity Drawing Fundraiser! So please come out to have some great food, support the program, and see if you're the big winner!

Please be sure to present the flyer below upon ordering at the register (on your phone is fine).

The November newsletter is out, hot off the presses, produced by our hard-working President, Parliamentarian, and Booster Board members! In it is information about current sales, the Disneyland Opportunity Drawing Fundraiser, the November RBR schedule, the Dine-Out Night at Wahoo's, upcoming fundraisers, donations, Project Inspire, and the Music Angels sponsorship program. Please click below to view it.

Please find below this week's practice schedule. This week's message from Mr. Miller is below.

This is the final week of marching band! The students, staff, boosters, and volunteers have been working really hard this season and the show has been turned into a fantastic production as a result of the efforts. Thank you everyone for all of the hours of work you have put in so far!  Let's keep it going until Champs!

• Monday 11/8
  Full practice for Band and Guard from 3:20 to 6:30 PM in the stadium.
  
• Tuesday 11/9
  Full practice for Band and Guard, 4:30 - 9 PM in the stadium.
  
• Wednesday 11/10
  No practice today. Dine-out fundraiser and Disney Raffle at Wahoo's tonight.
  
• Thursday 11/11
  We will have an extended rehearsal since there is no school. Call time will be at 11:30 AM, and pick-up time will be at 8 PM.
  
• Friday 11/12
  Minimum day.  Call time will be 1:45 PM and pick-up will be 7 PM.
  
• Saturday 11/13
  Tournament in the Hills at Trabuco Hills High School, which is our final tournament performance of the season. Please find details and itinerary here.
  

Remember, no schedule is concrete and always subject to change.

Please continue to push the sales of the Disney Opportunity Raffle Tickets.  This is an amazing fundraiser for us, and the tickets basically sell themselves if promoted correctly.  Consider that for a $10 ticket, people can win Disney Gift Cards valued at over $850!  These cards can be used any time and at any Disney location in the world. So if you have family near Florida, or in France, these cards could be used to go to Disney World or Disney Paris! Parents and students—please do what you can to promote this fundraiser as we are rapidly nearing the end of the season! This fundraiser will end on Wednesday, November 10th, during the dine-out at Wahoo's Fish Taco, where the winners will be announced at 7 PM sharp.

Hope to see you all there on Wednesday night for the announcement of the winners. Until then, good luck with your sales efforts!

We are still working towards meeting our projected budget for this season, which is rapidly coming to a close. Our program is funded by parent contributions. If you have not yet made your contributions and are able to, please get those in ASAP! That would help the program tremendously, as we always try to end the season in the positive.

Please see the letter below from our Boosters President, with details on our financial situation and fundraising efforts, and on how you can help.

Click here for information on how to make your tax-deductible donation.

Thank you for your generous support of the program!

Congratulations go out to the members of the Royal Blue Regiment!  This past Saturday they competed in their fourth competition of the season at the Don Lugo "Conquistador Classic" Field Show Tournament. Competing in the 3A Division, the R-B-R earned fourth place in their division with a score of 79.775. They also won a Caption Award for Color Guard (1st Place). Complete results can be viewed on the WBA site.

Congratulations Chargers!