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October 2008
The well attended October 24th Autumn Gala raises nearly $10,000! The following, written by Harwich H.S. student parent and FOTA member, Pat Sanzo, sums it all up:
"Harwich High School Friends of the Arts is hoping the successful fundraiser it held on October 24th becomes the annual event not to be missed.
Whether it was the spirited bidding for premier seating Red Sox tickets between well known locals, gray haired dancers grooving to memorable 50’s, 60’s and 70’s songs or enjoying the impeccable experience of the Wequassett Inn, there were plenty of smiles in the crowd.
Much credit for the evening’s success was the result of the generosity of the gracious Wequassett Inn, local legendary band “The Total Strangers” and entertaining auctioneer Ken Wade. The ambiance of the evening was enhanced by the participation of The Guild of Harwich Artists, 820 Main Gallery and many local businesses who donated items for the auctions and raffle.
The students, teachers and families who benefit from the generosity of Harwich High School Friends of the Arts are thankful to all of the people who participated. The funds raised will allow the nonprofit organization to continue to fund items such as the Apple Computer Lab they purchased for the high school Arts Department, field trips and scholarships.
Thank you all for your outstanding generosity." |
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June 2008
Scholarship Winners for 2008: |
| Dock Howard - $1,000 Montserrat College of Art, Illustration major |
| Patrick Blute - $1,000 Columbia University |
| Janet DeFillippo - $1000 - New England Institute of Art |
| Jillian Kelley - $500 - Boston University, Music minor |
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| May 2008 |
Senior Arts Night, May 29, 2008 |
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Harwich Port artist, Bill Lutz, generously made it possible for Harwich High School senior art students to exhibit their two and three dimensional work at his W.H. Lutz Studio and Art Gallery , 544 Main Street, Harwich Port where an opening reception was held.
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.........Pilgrim Congregational Church, Harwich Port, opened its doors for the musical part of the evening. |
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| Fine and Performing Arts Students Support Battle of the Bands |
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| A Battle of the Bands sponsored by STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) was held on Friday, May 2 at Harwich High School to raise money and awareness for the victims of genocide in Darfur. Approximately $1200 was raised. Harwich music students and alumni participated. Band members, Tim Mason and Michael Raneo, were 2006 Friends of the Arts scholarship recipients as was Brian Boyle, who provided the light show. Visit http://www.hhsstand.blogspot.com/ for more photos and videos. Thanks to all for "giving back". |
The scholarship committee is busy reviewing applications for $4000 in scholarship monies that are available this year.
Friends of the Arts will fund a booklet highlighting the six seniors who completed Advanced Placement requirements in the Visual Arts.
Plans are underway for a gala event at the Wequasset Inn on Saturday, October 25, 2008. New officers are being recruited for next year.
March 2008
Friends of the Arts is continuing the tradition of funding the cast party for the spring musical. The funds for this endeavor will be raised by selling refreshments (water and snacks) during intermissions of all performances. Volunteers are needed to sell the refreshments.
Please contact a FOTA member or email us at  for more information.
January 2008 Approximately $1500 was raised at the Winter Silent Auction held during the Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 18. Art students contributed ceramic platters, ornaments and gift tags to the sale. Gift baskets proved to be popular and will return next year in greater numbers.
All proceeds from the Alumni Show/Concert to be held Friday, January 11 will benefit Friends of the Arts. The Art Show opens at 6:30 PM in the high school lobby. The concert will be held in the auditorium at 7:30 PM and features selections from Jesus Christ Superstar, Top Gun and the Lion King. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.
Music students will be participating in the Southeast District Music Festival at Barnstable High School on Friday, January 11 and Saturday, January 12.
String, bass and guitar students will be participating in a Fiddle Workshop at Mattacheese Middle School on Tuesday, January15.
Our next meeting, Tuesday, February 12, will be a dinner/social/business meeting at the 400 East Restaurant at 6:30 PM and we encourage all to bring a friend.
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December 2007
Thanks to the generosity of Ay Caramba Cafe approximately 50 people enjoyed a Tequila Tasting on Sunday, December 2. Proceeds totaling $1400 benefitted FOTA.
Our next fundraiser is a silent auction to be held on Tuesday, December 18 (6:30 PM through intermission) in the high school cafeteria in conjunction with the Music Department's Winter Concert. Donated items include holiday themed gifts, baskets and gift certificates. It is a great way to finish your holiday shopping! |
Glass ornaments
and ceramic platters
created by Harwich High School art students will also be available for purchase/bidding.
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Friends of the Arts Receives Grant |
Lynn Van Dine and the Weller Family Foundation have awarded Harwich High School Friends of the Arts a $500 grant in recognition of "superlative efforts to provide learning opportunities, a wide range of arts experiences and good quality supplies to support and enhance the excellent arts program for students of Harwich High School." HHSFOTA is deeply grateful for this grant and appreciates the donors’ kind words of endorsement for our efforts.
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October 2007
Rehearsals are underway for "The Outsiders" which will take place on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3.
At our October 9, 2007 meeting, up to $800 was earmarked to provide transportation to the All Cape and Southeast District music auditions and the Performing and Visual Arts College Fair at Northeastern University as well as up to $1000 for display panels. There are approximately 300 students enrolled in the Arts programs and many students will benefit from these opportunities.
Harwich High School Friends of the Arts will be participating in Farm Day on the grounds of Harwich High School on Saturday, October 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (rain date is Sunday, Oct. 28). This event will help students raise funds for the Heifer Project. Liane Biron has exciting plans for a scarecrow making booth. Proceeds will also benefit Harwich High School Friends of the Arts.
Volunteers are needed to help on that day and donations of jeans, shirts, hats etc. would also be appreciated. |
September 2007
Through the hard work of Friends of the Arts members, teachers and student volunteers, approximately $1200 was raised at the concession stand during the Cranberry Harvest Festival.
Friends of the Arts provided transportation funding for art students to visit the Higgins Gallery at Cape Cod Community College to view the exhibit entitled "Continuity", a multi media installation by artist, Heather Blume of Harwich Port.
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July 2007
In Tune With Harwich, our annual live and silent auction, was held Thursday, July 26th at the Fairway Cafe, Cranberry Valley Golf Course, Harwich. As our main fundraiser, it featured donated art work of area artists as well as donations from local businesses.With their generous support and that of our community, we exceeded our goal and raised $8,000! |
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Class of 2007 |
One of the main fundraising goals of the Harwich High School Friends of the Arts is to provide scholarships for Harwich High School seniors pursuing degrees in the arts. At the June 3rd graduation ceremony, a total of $2500 in scholarships was awarded to Maribeth Falvey ($1500), Molly McCaffery ($500) and Allison Brookhart ($500). They were too busy to track down for a group photo after graduation but we have individual photos to share. |
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Allison Brookhart will attend Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts where she will double major in Elementary Education and Musical Theater. |
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Maribeth Falvey
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New England Institute of Art
in Brookline, Massachusetts where she will major in Interior Design. |
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Molly McCaffery will attend Syracuse University where she will major in Industrial Design. |
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Seniors, Kelly Amber, Kathleen Arregoces, Allison Brookhart, Kate Heemsoth, Madison Hogan, Casey Keyes, Natalie Pons, Sunnie Raftery and Allysia Roderigues were soloists. |
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| Student Exhibition |
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Two and three-dimensional art work of Harwich High School students in grades 9-11 was on display June 7 -12 in the high school lobby.
The exhibit was a fitting backdrop for the Monday, June 11, evening performance of the Harwich High School Select Choir and Hyannis Sound.
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This was the third appearance of the ten member a cappella group ,
Hyannis Sound www.hyannissound.com at Harwich High School. |
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Hyannis Sound members greeted the audience after the show.
Admission proceeds benefited the Music program at Harwich High School. |
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Harwich High School Awards |
Congratulations to the following students:
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| Congratulations, Chris Morris! Harwich High School Hall of Fame Member |
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Chris Morris, a 1996 Harwich High School graduate, has been chosen as a member of the Harwich High School Hall of Fame-Class of 2007. He attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio where he received both a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Music Education. While there, he received the Carol Nott Piano Pedagogy Prize for his promise as a future piano teacher. |
Now a familiar face in the Harwich High School Arts Departments, he can be found accompanying on the piano during classes, rehearsals and performances as well as the spring musical. He serves as a musical coach and inspiration to Harwich High School students. |
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Chris was honored with four other inductees (Albert Raneo, William Crowell, Richard Besciak and Bill Higgins) at a ceremony on Saturday, June 9, at the Community Center. |
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Friends of the Arts Spring Open House Held May 1, 2007 |
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The impressive Harwich High School Jazz Band entertained as a prelude to the meeting. |
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The Friends of the Arts Spring Open House held Tuesday, May 1
at the Fairway Cafe was a celebratory event that: |
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highlighted accomplishments... |
Purchase of a $9,384 Mobile Apple Computer Lab |
$3,500 in scholarships awarded to Class of 2006 |
Up to $4,500 in scholarships to be awarded to Class of 2007 |
Donation of $2,000 to teachers for special purchases |
Transportation funding provided for Music Festivals |
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recognized support & contributions of... |
Parents |
Administration |
Community |
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Special guest, Supt. of Schools, Dr. Carolyn Cragin highlighted the role of the Arts in the Harwich Public Schools'x"Small Community... Big Opportunities" theme. |
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saluted outgoing officers, introduced new officers... |
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and welcomed new members. |
Please join us in supporting the Arts at Harwich High School! |
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APRIL
Mobile Apple Computer Lab Purchased |
| Harwich High School Friends of the Arts reached their fundraising goal of $9,383.92 to purchase a Mobile Apple Computer Lab for the Fine and Performing Arts Department. It consists of ten MacBooks (wireless laptop computers) and a mobile cart in which the laptops will be stored and secured as well as recharged. With Finale and Photoshop software, all three teachers have exciting plans to use the computers in their classrooms. |
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Liane Biron, Rose Richard and Deb Donovan with Friends of the Arts Check |
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Rose Richard and student explore the newly unpacked Mobile Apple Computer Lab. |
MARCH
Thanks to the incredible generosity and hard work of our members (Friends of the Arts), we raised $1000 during Grease performances to fund the cast party. The four performances were overwhelming and we enlisted men, women, and children in our efforts. Like the old days at Boston Garden, we took advantage of the auditorium heat and sold water up and down the aisles. This was a new and very successful tactic!
Thank you to all who donated water and goodies and/or volunteered time selling them as well as flowers and "Break-a-legagrams". We appreciate all those patrons who supported us in our efforts. The cast was able to celebrate, unwind and socialize in a safe environment.
A special "thank you" to Liane Biron who gets the prize for running the front of the house. She made everyone happy who came thru the door, even while she was turning back disappointed ticket seekers. She and her pottery students created the ceramic sunglass pins that also added to the fundraising effort.
A check in the amount of $608 was presented to Ellen Brookhart to help defray the cost of her trip (with husband, Larry) to Miami on the occasion of their daughter performing with the National Multicultural Honor Choir. Read more here.
FEBRUARY
HHS Friends of the Arts helped fund transportation for music students to attend the All Cape Music Festival and Southeast District auditions.
JANUARY
At the January 9, 2007 meeting of the HHS Friends of the Arts, members voted to approve the following:
- an allocation of $4000 for scholarships for the HHS Class of 2007 (an increase of $500 from 2006)
- $500 toward replacement of the High School kiln
- $500 to the After School Pottery Program
- $500 to each of the Arts teachers to use as they choose for their Arts Programs
And.....Scholarship checks in the amount of $3500 were recently written to the five 2006 HHS Friends of the Arts Senior Scholarship winners:
Anthony Harris - Moravian College (PA)
Michael Raneo - The New England Institute of Art (MA)
Brian Boyle - Fitchburg State College (MA)
Jen Hill - Cedar Crest College (PA)
Tim Mason - UMass-Dartmouth (MA)
Fundraising News
Harwich High School Friends of the Arts raised over $2800 at the Winter Concert held on Thursday, December 21, 2006 at Harwich High School. The Silent Auction generated the bulk of the proceeds but sales of poinsettia plants, roses, bottled water and 50/50 Raffle Tickets were also exceptional. Thank you to all who participated by donating or purchasing items.
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Last Updated
Friday, June 4, 2008 |
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Harwich High School Friends of the Arts is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization ©2008
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