YEAR ROUND FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES

SOGO Car Wash
Albertson's, Tumwater
(Date & Times to be announced)

Thriftway
Storman's Community Rebate Card valid at Ralph's Thriftway and Bayview Thriftway provides SOGO with a 1% rebate on all qualifying purchases.

These cards can be used at Bayview Thriftway and Ralph's Thriftway

Albertson's
We are excited to participate in Albertson's Grocery Store Community Partners Program.  A percentage of your purchase will benefit SOGO.  Please ask at rehearsal.

Amazon.com

Amazon.com also has a similar program in place.  Remember to visit the SOGO Web Site and click on the Amazon Logo when you are about to purchase something.

Fast Facts

• SOGO musicians are not only talented musicians, hard working, very photogenic, and a lot of fun; they are academically talented too.
   

• SOGO’s music theory and history program provides our musicians with a strong foundation in music education. Very few youth orchestras offer this important piece of music education to their musicians, but most college music departments expect freshman students to arrive with a basic knowledge of music theory.
   

• There is no truth to the rumor that brass players tend to suffer from high blood pressure as adults because they are such hams.
   

• More SOGO musicians than ever are getting a chance to perform in the community as part of ensembles.
   

• Individual parts of each music score cost $5.00 or more to replace. At times a publisher won’t sell single parts and it is necessary to buy a whole set to be able to replace a missing part.
   

• The hours that are spent at rehearsals and concerts represent only a fraction of the time that conductors and staff devote to SOGO. Based on their current stipends, their pay rate is less than $4 an hour. It’s a good thing they are dedicated and really love what they do – and have other sources of income.
  
   

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