Welcome Back to School! Fall 2019


Welcome back to school! We hope everyone has had a restful summer and we are now ready for a great year. The BBMS Music Boosters are excited about all the great music opportunities and events this year, and we hope all of our music parents can join us and support the boosters
The Boosters are kicking off the year with our annual fall fundraisers - Yankee Candle and Claire's Gourmet.  Parents should have received information on both fundraisers in packets sent home with your music students. As always, if you prefer to donate directly to the BBMB program, you can contribute to the Giving Team.  There are tabs above with information on all three fundraisers. As a reminder, the money raised in these go to directly support music activities, equipment and education for your music students. Last year we were able to provide the directors (Band, Orchestra, Choir and General Music) with $1,000 each to supplement their music programs. 

  • Key Dates coming up:
     9/5-10/5/19  Yankee Candle & Claire's Gourmet Fundraiser
     9/12/19        Back to School Night
     10/1/19        Fundraiser order due
     10/8/19        BBMB meeting, 6pm
     11/9/19        Pyramid Concert - Chorus (7pm, Howard HS)
     11/20/19      Pyramid Concert - Chamber Orchestra (7pm, Howard HS)
     11/21/19      Pyramid Concert - Wind Ensemble (7pm, Howard HS)
     12/17/19      Band and Orchestra Concert (7pm, Howard HS)
  • We will need new officers next year in the Vice President and Secretary positions. Please join us for a fall meeting!  Our next meeting is October 8th at 6:00pm at BBMS.

This Year's Goals

All of last year's accomplishments (see below) PLUS:
  • Bring on new volunteers that will carry the BBMS Music Boosters traditions forward into the future!!
  • ​Look for new fundraiser opportunities - perhaps some healthier options
  • Looking for new grant resources to continue to bring additional programming and opportunities to our students
  • Create a monthly newsletter and new method to email communications.​

Last Year's Accomplishments

  • Maintained our official non-profit status as a 501 (c)(3) organization
  • Maintained this website!​
  • Continued the tuxedo shirts, ties, and cummerbunds as our uniforms.
  • Produced new BBMS Music Program t-shirts that music students wore for many special events, including Hershey Park
  • Provided grants that allowed us to bring master musicians to work with our music students respectively
  • Held our 12th annual Music with the Sharks concert ​
  • Held our End-of-Year Awards Celebration (dessert bonanza!!) at BBMS
  • and much more!
Music Booster Board 2018-2019
President- Carole Veihmeyer
Vice President- Open
Secretary- Open
Treasurer- Seth Churchill

Quick Notes...


Stay in touch! Signup to receive emails from us.  Also an option to be a part of the Howard County Parents for school music!  Go to our Want email? page.

Our calendar will be updated for 2019-2020 music events soon. Mark your calendar now! Click here for Calendar
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Please consider donating to the Music Boosters receive reserved seating at concerts! Just go to The Giving Team web page 

You can also receive reserved seating at concerts if you volunteer to help the BBMS Music Boosters at a concert or in some other way 

Follow us on Facebook- Bonnie Branch Music Boosters Page


Join Us!

Join the Music Boosters NOW so that you can "learn from the experts" before they "graduate" at the end of this school year.

Our next meeting will be in September in the Band/Orchestra room at Bonnie Branch Middle School. Look for announcements about time/date when students come back to school!

What do the Music Boosters do??

We have been helping the music programs at Bonnie Branch since the fall of 2008.  The band, orchestra, and chorus programs have grown tremendously since we began.  We have many more students participating in the Solo and Ensemble Fair; and many students achieved high ratings!  We have 2 jazz bands now.  Parents working together with our outstanding music directors have made all of this possible.  

These are some of the items and activities we support:
  • Music uniforms - assist in providing shirts, ties, & cummerbunds to foster a sense of pride in performances, facilitate self confidence and just to look good! 
  • Creating opportunities for students to perform inside & outside of school to foster confidence in performing. 
  • Hosting an end of year awards picnic to recognize hard work done all year. 
  • Bringing in professional musicians to school to work with the students and prepare them for key assessments or improve playing skills.
  • Assisting with work around Concert performances to help support the music teachers.
  • Communicating Music News in the Bonnie Branch monthly email newsletter.
  • Providing additional funding for music directors to purchase music and instruments for our music programs. 

Above all, we try to make music fun for students so that they will love it and continue to make it a part of their life... forever.

Encouraging middle school students to participate and continue in music is a great way to volunteer. Join the Boosters -- You will be amazed at how satisfying and fun it really is. 

NOTE: whether you volunteer behind the scenes or on concert nights, all volunteers receive reserved seating at concerts. 
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO bbms.music.boosters@gmail.com