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HAVE A SAFE & HAPPY SUMMER!

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Trivia Question:

What do the NHS Marching Band members have in common with 2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Darlene Love?.........................................................

Answer: Both performed at the South Street Seaport (NYC) Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony this year. Darlene Love sang just before Santa was ushered in by the NHS Marching Band.

"Darlene Love was a high-school sophomore in California with a powerful church-choir voice when she joined the popular girl group the Blossoms as their first lead singer in 1958. They shot to immortality in 1962, when producer Phil <http://rockhall.com/inductees/phil-spector/> Spector used them as surrogates on his new Crystals’ singles. With “He’s a Rebel” and “He’s Sure the Boy I Love,” Darlene Love turned into a familiar (though uncredited) voice on radio and records; she also became a member of Spector’s Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans. Darlene’s own 1963 hits – “(Today I Met ) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry,” “Wait Till My Bobby Gets Home,” “A Fine Fine Boy,” “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” – made her a household name. By 1964, the Blossoms, who were regulars on TV’s Shindig, had graduated to first-call A-list session singers (check them on Elvis Presley<http://rockhall.com/inductees/elvis-presley/>’s ’68 Comeback Special). Darlene left in 1973 to start a family, but the early 1980s roots-rock revival drew her back. She starred in the Broadway “jukebox” musical Leader of the Pack (based on the Ellie Greenwich songbook). U2<http://rockhall.com/inductees/u2/> later invited her to sing on their 1987 remake of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” Ever since, Love’s annual wall-of-sound performance of the song (with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra) on David Letterman’s final pre-Christmas-hiatus show has been a high point of the season." (Source: http://rockhall.com/inductees/darlene-love/bio/)

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Any family that has not submitted their NMBPA registration form and dues they are still being accepted. Go to forms and links page to print out form; send in with your child or mail it in.

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Marching Band shoes are available at a cost of $27 made payable to the

Neptune Marching Band Parents Association (NMBPA).

These shoes are designed to give your child better foot support while marching.

See Order Form on Forms & Links page

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Welcome to the official website of the Neptune Marching Band Parents Association.

We are excited to finally be online! Our mission is to support the educational and musical goals of the Neptune High School Scarlet Fliers Marching Band. We raise funds to support activities, provide scholarships and participate in musical events. Come back often so you can check schedules, upcoming events and details about the many fundraiser's we have planned. Please see any Executive Board member if you would like to become a member. Membership is open to all parents, grandparents and legal guardians of marching band students as well as alumni of the

Neptune High School Marching Band.

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Neptune Marching Band Parent Meetings

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Volunteers are needed to help with the many fundraiser's we have planned.

Sign up sheets are posted at all activities and meetings.

We also need parents to volunteer for meal set up and clean up before the band heads out to games

and other events as well as on the buses to and from games & events.

Grandparents are welcome too!

Please speak with any Executive Board Member or email inquiries to:

neptunehsmarchingband@gmail.com