Denim & Diamonds tickets on sale
Tickets to this year’s Saturday, Nov. 12, Denim & Diamonds gala and fundraiser, hosted annually by the Hays CISD Education Foundation, are on sale now. Proceeds from the event go directly to providing innovative teaching grants to local classrooms, honoring the district’s top graduates, celebrating annual teachers of the year and providing professional development grants for teachers. Tickets are $75 for individuals and $125 for couples. To purchase tickets online, visit hayscisd.revtrak.net and click on “Hays Education Foundation.”
Rebs still seek help for concert
Hays High School students are still seeking all area supporters of Rebel Pride as they ask for help winning a free concert by The Josh Abbott Band through a KVET radio competition. To help, log onto KVET.COM and cast a vote. Voting continues through this Friday, Oct. 28.
Live Oak forms fishing club
Live Oak Academy librarian Alex Gloria is organizing the Live Oak Academy Fishing Club for students on that campus and he’s asking the community for some help. Gloria asks that supporters of the idea take a look in their garage, storage shed, or attic and see if there are items that could be donated to help the cause. Rods and reels, tackle boxes, and lures are surely among the most needed items. For more information or to donate, contact Gloria at [email protected].
Hemphill, Camino Real seek readers
Camino Real Elementary School and Hemphill Elementary School are both still needing readers to volunteer for their respective Storybook Festivals next Monday, Oct. 31. Students are encouraged to dress as their favorite storybook character to promote reading and readers may do the same if they wish. For more information or to volunteer at Camino Real, write [email protected]. At Hemphill, it’s the 11th annual Storybook Festival and librarian Lourdes Cervantes asks that readers stress to students how important reading is to them. To volunteer at Hemphill, contact Cervantes at 268-4688, etc. 7312, or write [email protected].
Glaze-a-thon at Hays HS in Nov.
The Hays High School Art Club invites the community’s participation in its Saturday, Nov. 5, “Glaze-a-Thon,” the follow-up to its earlier “Bowl-a-Thon” and next step in its Empty Bowl Project. Students, staff, parents, and their friends are all encouraged to come to Hays High Room B100 (main building) from 9 a.m.–noon on Saturday to apply the glaze to the earlier thrown bowls. It all anticipates the club’s Dec. 1 Empty Bowl Event, a charity to help fight hunger. For more information, contact club sponsor Starr Cruz at [email protected] or call 268-2911, ext. 6253.
Marathon runner raising funds
Hays CISD band director Amanda Brandt is planning to run in the Boston Marathon April 16 through the American Liver Foundation/Boston Marathon Run for Research. She is attempting to raise $4,000 for the charity and she said, “Every little bit helps!” To support Brandt’s effort by donating to the American Liver Foundation, visit http://go.liverfoundation.org/site/TR/RunforResearch/RunforResearch?px=1731779&pg=personal&fr_id=2820.
Lobos offer ‘Beauty and the Beast’
The Lehman High School Theater Department presents a musical version of “Beauty and the Beast” Thursday, Nov. 3, and Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 5-6, at 7 p.m. The presentation, set for the Lehman Theatre, is also being offered at a Sunday, Nov. 6, matinee at 2 p.m. For the first time ever, the theater production will include the participation of the Lobo Band and Lobo Choir.
Hays theater production nears
Hays High School Theater Department presents James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” on consecutive upcoming weekends in the Burdine Johnson Theatre. Play notes tease audience goers, asking, “An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Riding Hood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A witch who raps? All of it leads to a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.” Opening weekend shows include a 7 p.m. Saturday evening, Nov. 5, production and a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee Nov. 6. The production continues the following weekend with a 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, show and a 2:30 p.m. matinee Sunday, Nov. 13. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults and are available on the department’s website, no-nameplayers.weebly.com.
Dia de los Muertos for Mariachis set
The 2011 Dia de los Muertos Mariachi Extravaganza is set for Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Kyle’s Gregg-Clarke Park. Presented by the Lehman High School Band Boosters, the festival offers $5 BBQ chicken plates, a silent auction, parade, vendors, games “and lots of fun” according to organizers. The extravaganza includes a long list of performers and special guests, a few of which include Mariachi de Lehman, Lehman Los Lobos, Wallace Middle School Mariachi del Campo, Simon Middle School Mariachi, Chapa Middle School Mariachi Juvenil de Armando Chapa, the Fuentes Elementary School Glee Club and Ballet Folklorico de Central Cultura de San Marcos. For more information, contact Daphne Tenorio at 293-0966.
