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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,45,34)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">PLEASE do not reply to this email,</span><span class="gmail-s2" style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> contact Christine Staples <a href="mailto:christineannestaples@gmail.com?subject="><span class="gmail-s3" style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">christineannestaples@gmail.com</span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">Dear Lovers of Music and Supporters of our Student Musicians, </span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>We are less than a week away from The fifth annual Music and Wine Tasting Party!</b></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">Please join us on <b>Saturday, January 12, 2019 from 7-9:30 p.m.</b> at St. Alban’s in Albany. (Thank you, St. Alban’s, for hosting us for the FIFTH time!) We have kept the ticket prices at the same bargain rate as previous years; $35 for one person, $60 for a pair. The event benefits the Berkeley High Band and Orchestra program; proceeds will be used to pay for sheet music, instruments, supplies, field trip scholarships, instrument coaches, scholarships for this year’s road trip, and more. <b>ADULTS ONLY, PLEASE!</b></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Music</b> from Anna Presler and Leighton Fong (Left Coast Chamber Ensemble), blues singer (and BHS parent and alum) Lissy Walker, jazz/blues singer Kyra Gordon, jazz pianist Erica Oba, Alicia Telford (French horn) Carly Jacobs (violin) and BUSD music teachers and coaches Karen Wells, Mary Dougherty, Nancy Boyles, Michael Hammond, Divesh Karamchandanhi, Roland Brown, Caroline McCaskey, Georgia Martin, Amy Loftus, Emily Sapa, Marilyn Marbella, and Melissa Williams. With our ever popular emcee (and BHS alum) Robin Claire Barnes!</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Delicious Treats:</b> wine, cocktails and finger foods - admission includes two drink/raffle tickets!</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>Silent Auction: </b>BAO parents Patty Coe and Barry Freifeld have donated two nights in their Donner Lake cabin for a silent auction at the party. Three small bedrooms, (sleeps 4) two baths (!) AND it comes with kayaks, SUPs, an electric piano, and there’s a boat dock across the street. If you can’t make it to the party, a proxy bidder can take care of your needs.</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>In-House Raffle:</b> We will once again be holding a raffle <b>JUST</b> for those at the party. Prizes include: private instrument instruction with Karen Wells and Mary Dougherty; a private singing lesson with Kyra Gordon; tickets to Cal Shakespeare Festival, Shotgun Players, Youth Musical Theater Company, Woodminster Theater, and Berkeley Symphony; a gift certificate to Forrest’s Music, bottles of wine, and more wonderful prizes yet to come...</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>THE HALL ONLY HOLDS 120 PEOPLE.</b> Don’t miss out!</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>TICKETS:</b> available online through Eventbrite and at the door - follow this link to purchase them: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y775w2t9"><span class="gmail-s4" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">https://tinyurl.com/y775w2t9</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px"><b>CHECKS: </b>Please make checks payable to <b>Berkeley High School Development Group, (BHSDG) with a note in the comments line: Band and Orchestra (BAO)</b></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">All donations to Berkeley High Band and Orchestra are entirely tax deductible via the Berkeley High School Development Group, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation (tax ID number 94-3173406). </span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;min-height:16px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p4" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span class="gmail-s1" style="letter-spacing:0px">Many, MANY thanks to our donors, volunteers and musicians!</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p8" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(71,135,255)"><span class="gmail-s6" style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(87,124,173)">BUSD 2018-2019 Calendar: <a href="http://bit.ly/BUSDCalendar1819"><span class="gmail-s5" style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(71,135,255)">http://bit.ly/BUSDCalendar1819</span></a> </span></p>
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