W-F Music Booster Club hosts event
By Angie Landsverk
The Weyauwega-Fremont Music Booster Club will present “Dinner and a Show” from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, March 10, at the Gerold Opera House.
The evening will include a spaghetti dinner and student performances.
“We will have choir solos. We’ll have band solos. The jazz band will play, and we will also have one of the songs from the upcoming musical (The Addams Family),” said Elisha Barnett, the club’s president.
The cost for tickets is $15 for adults, $10 for children and no charge for children age 5 and under. A table of eight is available for $100.
Tickets are available in advance and at the door.
People may email Barnett at [email protected] or call her at 920-867-4707 to arrange the purchase of tickets.
The opera house in located in downtown Weyauwega, and this is the second year the event is taking place there.
The funds raised will go toward scholarships for graduating seniors and for students to attend music camps this summer.
Barnett said the club also helps to provide scholarships for boys involved in the Appleton Boys Choir.
The music booster club is interested in helping all W-F students interested in pursuing music programs.
About 125 people attended last year’s event.
“Last year, because of the spaghetti dinner, instead of giving just one $1,500 scholarship, we were able to give $1,500 and $500 and eight scholarships to summer music camps,” Barnett said.
Barnett said Thrivent donated $250 toward this year’s “Dinner and a Show” to go toward the purchase of the food for the dinner.
Pizza Hut is donating breadsticks, and families donate desserts, she said.
The dinner includes water and coffee. Wega Arts will sell soda.
The evening will also include gift baskets and a 50/50 raffle.
Barnett said the students will handle everything that night, from the setup to the serving and cleanup.
That is in addition to their performances.
“We have kids who are on stage when they are performing. When they’re done, they do the serving,” she said. “They’re the ones who do it.”
Last year, a local family was among the performers, and Barnett said they are expected to be part of this year’s program as well.
The music booster club also appreciates having a venue like the opera house for its event.
“The Gerold has worked very well with us to include music for the entire community,” Barnett said.