Sousaphone for the Reagan High School Band

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$4,425.00 donated
$8,000.00 goal
Campaign ends on December 23, 2016 Campaign ended on December 23, 2016

New instruments can be costly; and in a time when just having a music program is hard on the school’s budget, obtaining new instruments is almost always out of the question. A sousaphone is the most costly instrument for a band. Our goal this year is to raise $8,000 in order to buy one sousaphone for our students at Reagan High School, who otherwise would not be able to afford one on their own.

The Reagan High School band is an amazing group of 60 students who work and train all year long to perform at the highest level at sports events, competitions, and community celebrations.  Only 1 of the band members is able to own her own instrument. The band owns 3 silver metal sousaphones, and 1 of these has a section that has been covered for years by duct tape. In July 2016 we discovered that, underneath that duct tape, the sousaphone is beyond repair. So the Reagan band is starting the 2016-17 school year with 3 sousaphone players who are using 2 sousaphones owned by the Reagan band plus 1 sousaphone borrowed from the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders (in Austin, TX).

The cost of a replacement sousaphone (Conn 20K Silver) is approximately $8,000. This is our fundraising campaign goal for the 2016-17 school year. Please help the Reagan High School band get the sousaphone it needs. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Austin ISD Tax ID # 74-6000064

If your employer provides matching donations, checks should be payable to “Reagan High School Band” and mailed to Austin ISD, Office of Innovation & Development, 1111 W. 6th St., Suite D300, Austin, TX 78703.

Please help give our music students the opportunity to open their world through music!

Music helps students achieve in the following ways:

  • Enhances fine motor skills

  • Fosters superior memory

  • Cultivates better thinking skills

  • Advances math skills

Thank you for your support!

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Juli Naranjo

We love the Reagan Band!!!!

$25.00
2654 days ago
C Elaine Bohls-Graham

In memory of my mom, Lottie Bolling Hancock Bohls, who instilled the love of music in my soul.

$100.00
2660 days ago
Phillip Guerra
$25.00
2663 days ago
Mark Bentley
$200.00
2665 days ago
Buddy dryden
$50.00
2666 days ago
Bob Allbright

My time in the Reagan Raider Band in the 60's was the best!

$300.00
Choice of 1 CD [either 1967-68 Reagan Concert Band, or 1986 Reagan Jazz Band]
2666 days ago
Peggy Mueller
$50.00
2672 days ago
Judy Purgason

Reagan Raider band member 1968-1972 along with my brother Tommy and sister Laura. We all played clarinet! Our band directors were first Mr. Hunger and later Mr. Richter. My little brother David played baritone and sousaphone from 1973-1977. Those were some wonderful years!

$50.00
2673 days ago
Tina & Dean Leeper
$100.00
2676 days ago
Shannon Bennett

From a parent of LBJ band kids who loves watching the Reagan band

$400.00
2676 days ago
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