Fine Arts Boosters
2022-2023
The Fine Arts Boosters have all new board members for the 2022-2023 school year and have plans to increase the awareness of the group.
The following is what we purchased and supported in 2022-2023:
- Banners for 3 fine arts seniors
2021-2022
The 2021-2022 school year has been a quiet year for the Fine Arts Boosters. We still have funds remaining and continue to support the fine arts activities as much as possible.
The 2021-2022 school year has been a quiet year for the Fine Arts Boosters. We still have funds remaining and continue to support the fine arts activities as much as possible.
The following is what we purchased and supported in 2021-2022:
- Banners for 3 fine arts seniors
- $350 toward the purchase of a new French horn
- Flowers for 8 All-State Choir members
- Donation of Quiz Bowl Supper profits to the band
- Casey's pizzas for 60 middle school cast and crew members of Moana, Jr.
- $100 scholarships for 2 students to attend Junior Honor Choir
- Goodie bags and $5 gift cards to Culvers for 20 cast and crew members who took their one-act play, Appropriate Audience Behavior, to the state competition in Rapid City
- Casey's pizzas for 35 cast and crew members of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- More Casey's pizzas for 35 cast and crew members of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
2020-2021
During the 2020-2021 school year, many of the fine arts activities were altered or delayed until spring, due to COVID-19. The marching band's marching season was cancelled. The quiz bowl team competed via Zoom every Monday after school and their home quiz bowl meet, tentatively planned for March, was cancelled. All-State Choir, postponed until April, was also cancelled. The Pops Concert and Dinner Theatre were also cancelled for this year. The Fine Arts Boosters did not do any fundraising for the year, but we continued to support the fine arts with funds remaining from last year.
The following is what we purchased and supported in 2020-2021:
During the 2020-2021 school year, many of the fine arts activities were altered or delayed until spring, due to COVID-19. The marching band's marching season was cancelled. The quiz bowl team competed via Zoom every Monday after school and their home quiz bowl meet, tentatively planned for March, was cancelled. All-State Choir, postponed until April, was also cancelled. The Pops Concert and Dinner Theatre were also cancelled for this year. The Fine Arts Boosters did not do any fundraising for the year, but we continued to support the fine arts with funds remaining from last year.
The following is what we purchased and supported in 2020-2021:
- Banners for 11 fine arts seniors
- Themed team shirts for 18 Quiz Bowl members
- Treats for 9 pep band seniors at the Pep Band Senior Night
- Flowers for 8 All-State Choir members, recognized at the spring choir concert
- Casey's pizzas and pop for 58 cast and crew members of The Little Mermaid
- Custom framing/matting for 3 visual arts pieces to compete in the state visual arts competition
- Dells Theatre gift cards for 23 fine arts seniors
- New marching band banner for the junior high marching band
- Full page yearbook ad
During the 2019-2020 school year, we completed a few goals from the previous school year. The stage curtains were replaced over the summer before school started and we also purchased a set of intercom headsets for the drama department to use for plays. The other major purchase was a new low light zoom lens for journalism. They purchased a better camera with their club funds and requested a lens to go with it so they can take better football and play photos. We also supported the visual arts department for the first time this year, by purchasing the framing and matting for five projects that were to be entered in the state visual arts competition.
Our fundraising numbers are lower this year with the stage curtains out of the way. We raised over $1200 from the chili supper and serving super nachos at the home quiz bowl meet, as well as from generous donations. Unfortunately, our planned dinner theatre for Clue On Stage was cancelled due to COVID-19. We opted out of doing concession stands this school year.
The following is what we purchased and supported in 2019-2020:
- $7000 donation toward the purchase of new stage curtains
- Casey's pizzas and pop for 25 marching band members at the end of band camp
- Banners for 11 fine arts seniors
- Set of 7 intercom headsets and 7 spare batteries for drama tech
- Flowers for 8 All-State Choir members
- Themed team shirts for 18 Quiz Bowl members
- Served free quiz bowl supper meals to the 24 readers/timers at the home meet
- Low light zoom lens for Journalism
- $150 toward the purchase of reeds for band students to buy
- Pizza Ranch pizzas for 50 band and choir students when they performed in Pierre
- $100 toward Pizza Ranch buffets for 25 espresso choir students on their caroling day
- Treats for 3 pep band seniors at the Pep Band Senior Night
- Custom framing/matting for 5 visual arts pieces to compete in the state visual arts competition
- Dells Theatre gift cards for 16 fine arts seniors
- $50 private lesson scholarship for 1 music student
- Full page yearbook ad
2018-2019
During the 2018-19 school year, our focus has been on the future replacement of the aging stage curtains. We have pledged $7000 toward the curtains. (The DRHS 2 Bean or Not 2 Bean Coffee Cart we helped start last year has pledged $1000 of their earnings as well!) We've also worked on a few smaller projects, such as the new marching band banner and quiz bowl shirts.
We added a well-received and very successful dinner theatre for one night of the Grease musical. And, once again, we hosted a successful chili supper with the Pops Concert and served super nachos to the participants at the home quiz bowl meet. Other fundraisers include four concession stands, driveway stenciling, and Jazz Fest Parking. So far this year, we have earned $5049 and the following is what we have purchased:
During the 2018-19 school year, our focus has been on the future replacement of the aging stage curtains. We have pledged $7000 toward the curtains. (The DRHS 2 Bean or Not 2 Bean Coffee Cart we helped start last year has pledged $1000 of their earnings as well!) We've also worked on a few smaller projects, such as the new marching band banner and quiz bowl shirts.
We added a well-received and very successful dinner theatre for one night of the Grease musical. And, once again, we hosted a successful chili supper with the Pops Concert and served super nachos to the participants at the home quiz bowl meet. Other fundraisers include four concession stands, driveway stenciling, and Jazz Fest Parking. So far this year, we have earned $5049 and the following is what we have purchased:
- New marching band banner for the high school marching band
- Banners for 11 fine arts seniors
- Donuts for 33 members of the marching band
- Themed team shirts for 27 Quiz Bowl members
- Served free quiz bowl supper meals to readers and timers at the home meet
- Flowers for 8 All-State Choir members
- Treats for 14 pep band seniors at the first Pep Band Senior Night
- Subway giant subs, chips and pop for 70 members of the cast and crew of Grease
- Casey's pizzas and pop for 70 members of the cast and crew of Grease
- Casey's pizzas for 15 helpers on "May the 4th Be With You Backstage Clean-up Day"
- Dells Theatre gift cards for 38 fine arts seniors at the Fine Arts Awards Night
- Sundaes for Fine Arts Awards Night
- $100 camp scholarships for 4 music students
- Full page yearbook ad
During the 2017-18 school year, we worked on several projects, including a coffee cart for the drama department to use for their own fundraising, a new camera and lens for the journalism staff, a custom-built percussion cabinet for the bands, as well as custom-made t-shirts for the quiz bowl team and recognition for the seniors in fine arts.
We added a very successful chili supper to the Pops Concert and we served super nachos to seventy-five quiz bowl participants at the DAKXII Quiz Bowl meet. Other fundraisers included two concession stands, driveway stenciling, street dance cleanup, and Jazz Fest parking. We earned over $3200 this year and the following is what we purchased:
- drycleaning of 33 marching band uniforms
- banners for 5 fine arts seniors
- themed team shirts for 24 Quiz Bowl members
- coffee cart for Drama Club to do fundraising (they've raised over $1000 as of 3/18)
- flowers for 8 All-State Choir members
- donation to the Booster Club for our share of the cost of the electric panel for concessions
- gift cards from Dells Theater for 20 Class of 2018 Fine Arts Seniors
- locker decor for all groups
- percussion cart for the band room
- camera kit and lens for journalism
- 10 pizzas for the pep band on their trip to the State A GBB tournament in Watertown
- $50 scholarships for 2 fine arts students
- our first full page yearbook ad
Music Boosters
2016-2017steel stencils for pride paint fundraiser
roses for senior parents
flowers for All-State Choir members
pizzas for All-State Choir members
donation of student account funds of $11938.05 to DRHS Music Club
2015-2016
Clavinova piano
3 iPads with cases
kazoos for one of the bands
ribbons for the middle school solo contest
color guard uniforms
a director's music association membership
instrument repair
flowers for All-State Choir members
roses for senior parents
senior trip to Minneapolis
2014-2015
jazz band music cards
hotel room for Mrs. Ziebarth for a 2 day event in Sioux Falls
flowers for All-State Choir members
bouquet for Mrs. Ziebarth's retirement
senior trip to Minneapolis
2013-2014
band and choir trip to Chicago
8 chaperones for the trip to Chicago
bluetooth speaker that looks like an amp and can be used with MP3 player
2 black and 2 orange P-bone trombones
hotel rooms for Quad State Band
$5000 donation toward the purchase of new band uniforms
flowers for All-State Choir members
2012-2013
guest conductor stipend plus mileage for day of spring concert
hotel rooms for quartet to sing National Anthem in Rapid City
bouquet for Mrs. VanVoorst
flowers for All-State Choir members
senior trip to Minneapolis