THANK YOU for keeping hopes, dreams, & music alive in the hearts of our students and families fighti Checks should be made payable to “LYONS BAND”. O.
More than two months after the “1000-year flood” swept away houses, bridges, roads and destroyed the infrastructure of the Town of Lyons, Colorado, we continue to be overwhelmed by the devastation of water. While our Lyons Elementary School and Lyons Middle/Senior High School have no known physical water damage, the lack of drinkable water, sewer, gas and electricity, along with many washed out ro
ads and bridges keep our families out of our schools and from going home. Our K-12 students are being educated at the Old Longmont High School (built in 1928) in Longmont until ‘further notice’. The devastating ongoing financial and emotional impacts on our school families are incomprehensible. The flood is also threatening to stop our 98 high school band and choir students from participating in a long-anticipated trip to Grand Junction for the Colorado West Music Festival. April 2014 was the “trip year” for the groups, but due to financial hardships on the students’ families, displaced or not, the decision was made to cancel the two- night trip due to lack of fundraising opportunities in our community as people are literally rebuilding their houses and lives, one brick at a time. However, a committee of music parents from throughout the school district is asking the larger community to help raise the needed $34,300 to fund the trip and help the Lyons Middle Senior High School music programs. We want to keep the hopes, dreams, and music alive in the hearts of our students and families fighting for a comeback. With your help, one note ($1, $5, $10, $20, $100) at a time, we can fund the band and choir trip and start to restore some of the music programs for our Lyons students and families. Like each individual raindrop that steadfastly fell from the sky to overflow our rivers and dams that devastated our special close knit community, we believe we can collect these notes to begin to restore music to our Lyons students and families. If you or a group of individuals (work, book club, friends, families, band, chorale, orchestra, bake and/or garage sales, “flood bucket”, use your imagination, etc.) can sponsor one student for the trip ($350), it would be incredible. Donations can be sent to Lyons Band c/o Kim Fong, Paralegal, The Samson Law Firm, P. Box 1079, Longmont, CO 80502-1079. We thank you for your support, and want to let you know that with your help for every note and our hard work, the music of Lyons will be back -- better and stronger than ever. Contact: Kim Fong, Lyons MSHS Band/Choir Fundraising Chairperson, [email protected]
Check out pages 6 & 8-9 for how the Lyons HS Band, family & friends volunteer as part of the Sustainable Festivation Crew (in the infamous bright orange shirts) & get the opportunity to hear/see an incredible lineup!
"The reusable dishware model adopted by Planet Bluegrass for their Lyon's events is progressive and revolutionary in the realm of temporary events." and made possible with the volunteers from Lyons MS High School band members, alumni, parents & friends.
Compostable, reusable dishware brings sustainability to Lyons' Planet Bluegrass
Festival-sustainability pioneer Planet Bluegrass has taken it to the next level — replacing disposable, compostable dinnerware with BambooWare, "revolutionary" plates and bowls that are both compostable and reusable at this weekend's Rocky Mountain Folks Festival.
05/08/2015
Dr. Gregg on her bassoon and graduating Senior Matt Dillon on piano ~ 'Vivace' from Sonata for Bassoon ~ beautiful ending to an amazing school year!
05/08/2015
Ms. Bailey (Choir Director) and graduating Senior Matt Dillon blew us away with Batti, batti o bel Masetto (from 'Don Giovanni')...and I only thought she sang Disney songs...
05/08/2015
Lyons High School Show Choir: Save the World/Don't You Worry Child (as you venture into new horizons as this school year comes to an end) solos featuring graduating Seniors: Ryan Smith, Kevin Mattes & Maddie Wright and the vocal bass of Lars Basey.
05/08/2015
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, as MARY POPPINS would have said at the end of the last concert performance of the year played by the 2014-2015 Lyons High School Concert Band (one of the top 30 high school bands in the State of Colorado)! Splendid (music not the video quality)!
04/21/2015
20150414 Colorado Bandmaster's Association Presents the LYONS HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BAND at the 2015 STATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL ~ our own Officer Fell arranged for an escorted send-off! As two school buses of 72 band members instruments & music, too), our amazing Director, Karen Gregg & chaperones pulled out of the parking lot with Officer Fell leading the procession with lights and sirens, we were cheered along McConnell Dr. by Lyons MSHS students, staff, faculty, community members, the Lyons Fire Dept, & more Deputies! A grand send-off for the only school in the SVVSD to earn an invite to STATE!
04/21/2015
Espana Cani, P. Marquina, arr. Longfellow. Lyons HS Concert band was the only band in the SVVSD to earn a prestigious invite to CBA 2015 State Concert Band Festival!
04/21/2015
2015 Colorado Bandmaster's Association State Concert Band Festival - Come Though Fount of Every Blessing arr. Randall Standbridge. Soooo proud!
03/04/2015
The smallest school has the largest band at the Colorado Bandmasters Association Northern Regional Concert Band Festival. This video was taken during the clinic after their SUPERIOR performance [ we arrived school at 6:30 am to load the busses to Fort Collins on a snowy morning (what was supposed to be a late start day) with the greatest Band Director in the universe]! Their concert tonight at 7 pm is going to be amazing!
11/12/2014
THANK YOU for all who have served our country, especially to those who came to our aide in the aftermath of the September 2013 Flood!
10/17/2014
The 1st band concert of the 2014-2015 school year! Music in Lyons is alive & well, and makes us one!
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