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The Rotary Club of Edmonds Daybreakers sponsors the 17th annual Edmonds Jazz Connection Festival on Saturday, May 20th, 2017 in downtown Edmonds. The all-day event includes high school, middle school, and college jazz bands to help raise funds to support an exceptional music education experience throughout our region. Big Bands - Edmonds Center for the Arts: 9:00 - 4:30 Chorals - Holy Rosary Church: 9:30 - 4:30 Combos - Edmonds Theater: 9:30 - 4:30 Times may change, but this is when Mountlake Terrace bands and smaller combos are due to play. More info at http://jazzconnection.org/ then tap "Schedules." Big Bands At Edmonds Center for the Arts...

Jazz trumpet great Terell Stafford plays for one night at MTHS. Jazz 1 and Jazz 2/3 will participate in a clinic with Mr Stafford and will then perform in concert with him at the MTHS theater at 7 p.m. Suggested $5 donation for admission. Mr. Stafford is also the current Program Director of Jazz Studies at the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University.

Starting with open rehearsal at 10:30 am PT, you can watch all three days of the Essentially Ellington competition in New York City featuring Mountlake Terrace and 14 other jazz bands. Best place to head is the Jazz at Lincoln Center streaming page: https://livestream.com/jazz. There is page for each day, and you should be able to hear MLT along with two other Washington State bands (Edmonds-Woodway and Mount Si) at the open rehearsal today. MLT is scheduled to compete on Saturday morning, about 8 am Pacific time, but that's an estimate since they are the last band in the second...

The end of the school year is within site, but not before Jazz heads to NYC, Orchestra to Disneyland, and Choir to Sliverwood this month. Also, we moved the Boosters meetings a week (now on Monday, 5/15). We will be holding elections in June and would like to hear from you if you are interested. We will post the positions and answer questions at this month's meeting, and you can always reach out to the current board. One bonus for next year: all three of the major event chairs have been filled: Jazz Symposium, Santa Breakfast, and the Auction. FUNDRAISER...

In May, Jazz heads to NYC, Orchestra to Disneyland, and Choir to Sliverwood. A few fundraisers are in place to raise funds for these trips plus end of the year events. Click on the link to learn more. Flower Basket sales end 4/21 (Pickup in early May before Mother's Day) Auditions for MTHS bands are taking place until 4/28 Swing Dance at MTHS April 29: A Night in New York End of the year Jazz Concert at Jazz Alley tickets on sale Lots of events, set-up days, desserts needed (yum!) and more. Check out our Signup Genius site to help out and...

Auditions for the 2017-2018 school year at Mountlake Terrace High School are now being accepted. Please share with anyone who might be interested. Deadline in April 28. See complete instructions.

An evening of swing dancing, live music and dessert to send the Jazz Ensemble 1 to Essentially Ellington in style! The event starts at 7 pm and is open to the public. Admission: $5 ages 5-18 | $10 adults | $25 families Admission includes swing dance lesson, live performances by Jazz 1 and 2 & a dessert buffet. All proceeds benefit Jazz Ensemble 1's trip to New York City to compete at Essentially Ellington in May.

Pacific Growers would like to offer you a great fundraising opportunity.  These wonderful spring baskets are from the same supplier as the poinsettia fundraiser we had last winter.  Many people remarked on the quality of those plants to us and on social media. These baskets can retail for as much as $55 at fine garden centers in the area, so this is a good deal and the baskets are big and beautiful!  This spring, we have four options for fundraising. 4” Zonal Geranium (10 per flat): $25.00/flat *Options include an all red flat or a mixed flat 4” Premium Annuals: (10...