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Friday, November 21, 2014

Selected to travel with American Music Abroad

My daughter has an opportunity in the summer of 2015 to go abroad to Europe with her fellow classmates for three weeks with the American Music Abroad Silver Tour. They will perform at various venues in five different countries: France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. Catherine has never been outside of the United States and this will be an amazing trip.

Catherine has played the trumpet since she was 9 years old; she has played in Concert Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band and Wind Ensemble. She was even selected to play in the County Band last year, which was a huge honor. Her passion for music & learning brings us so much joy and we would love to fulfill this dream of hers. We have taught our children that music can enrich their lives and it has become an essential part of her educational experience.

Catherine is an A student, currently a member of the National Junior Honor Society and a member of the Art Club at her high school.

She has already said to us that she doesn't want Christmas gifts or Birthday presents so that we can put money towards this trip. It looks like her Passport & AMA Uniform will be her Christmas gifts from us this year. She is putting her money towards this trip & we, her parents, will too, but it is a little tough to produce $6,000 for this trip. We will be fundraising to help make this happen. We would really appreciate support in helping us raise funds to cover the cost of this trip.  Any donation you can give is a step closer for her reaching her goal.  We have an account set up at GoFundMe and PayPal to accept donations online.

If you'd prefer to mail a donation, please make checks payable to Catherine or American Music Abroad, with Catherine's full name in the Memo Line & mail to us - let me know if you need our address. - Thank you!