January 22, 2008
Kwik Trip Temporarily Unavailable Please advise your member families that Kwik Trip is having trouble getting cards to us at this time. GLSC has a limited number of Kwik Trip $100 gift cards available and they will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.The $20 denomination is sold out.Kwik Trip is anticipating this to be resolved soon and we will advise our customers as soon as that happens.

January 24, 2008
Golden Corral To Be Discontinued Golden Corral will no longer be available once current inventories are depleted. The remaining certificates will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.Please notify your member families as soon as possible.

January 24, 2008
Barnes & Noble $100’s Now Available Great Lakes Scrip Center is pleased to announce that Barnes & Noble is now available in a $100 gift card, in addition to the already convenient $10, $20 “Teacher Card”, and $25 denominations. The benefit and guidelines remain the same.Please notify your member families.

January 18, 2008 - Kay Jewelers Advisory Please note…Kay Jewelers cards can no longer be used towards payments on accounts. The denomination and NPObenefit remains the same.

January 21, 2008 - Don Pablos To Be Discontinued Don Pablos will no longer be available once current inventories are depleted. The remaining certificates will besold on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Bridgett Rose Byrum

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January 15, 2008  
Pizza Hut Contribution Change

Effective Saturday, February 2, the Pizza Hut non-profit contribution will change to 8%.  Please update your records accordingly.

January 14, 2008:  Amazon.com $100s Now Available

Please advise your member families that Amazon.com is now available in a convenient $100 denomination, in addition to the already available $25s.  The non-profit benefit remains unchanged at 4%.

NEXT ORDER DATE WILL BE

 Monday, June 30th! 

The Scrip Coordinators will be available to take orders before and after Band Rehearsal that day.

Bonuses: visit www.glscrip.com “What’s New” to see a full list of bonus offers available.  Bonus offers are based on the date you place your order on ShopWithScrip, not the date the order is processed by the coordinator.

Are you planning to give any gifts for: ~ BIRTHDAYS ~ WEDDINGS ~ BABY SHOWERS?  Give a gift card and get a little kick back into YOUR CHILD’S BAND ACCOUNT!

Are you planning a vacation?  Check out the gift cards you can get for hotels, airlines, cruise lines, gas, Wal-Mart.

Please remember to . . . . log on to www.shopwithscrip.com and place your order, print off your receipt, write your phone numbers on it and bring it with your money (cash or check made out to DCS Scrip) + $2.00 S&H.  Or you can pay with PrestoPay thru ShopWithScrip (there is a small service charge for this option).

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 Your Scrip Coordinators now have an email address: dcscrip@comcast.net.  Please contact us with all of your questions, concerns and suggestions.

Thanks!  Julie, Karen, Debbie & Leigh

 Long day. The students spent the morning rehearsing for the big halftime show. The mass band including all eight high schools and both university bands will provide the halftime entertainment at the BCS Championship Bowl. The event will be carried live on the local Fox affiliate, with the game itself starting at 7pm. The big news of the day came at the end of rehearsal when the results of the previous day’s competition were announced. Among the eight bands and two divisions, The Pride received top honors, being named grand champion of the Bowl Games of America field show competition. The band also took the caption awards for color guard, marching, percussion, and visual effects. The rest of the day was spent touring the French Quarter and shopping. The day was capped off with a lavish ball held at Mardi Gras World, where all of the Mardi Gras parade floats and costumes are designed, built and stored.

In their first ever appearance in a NCAA Bowl sponsored band competition, The Pride walked away with first place overall and a near sweep of the caption awards. Top high school bands from around the nation showed up to participate in the Bowl Championship Series event which was held on Saturday at a local high school football stadium. The staff and students were a little apprehensive about the performance. It was the first time since mid November that they had put the 2007 halftime show, entitled “Realizations”, on the field. The few days of practice before leaving for New Orleans was enough, however, to seal the win. The Pride also grabbed the caption awards for color guard, marching, percussion and visual effects.

CONGRATULATIONS PRIDE!