$5,000 GoodSearch Giveaway - Three Days Only!

Posted by GWAA Blogger on May 19, 2010

GoodSearch will donate $1 (up to $5,000 total) for every toolbar that is downloaded between May 19th at 12 noon and May 21st at 12 noon Eastern! To help GWAA benefit from this contest, please download our toolbar now by following this link - http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/golden-wave-alumni-association

Our new toolbar is free to download and allows you to raise money for us virtually every time you search or shop online! Once added to IE or Firefox, each time you shop at more than 1,400 stores (from Amazon to Zazzle!) a percentage of your purchase will automatically be donated to our cause - at no cost to you (and you may even save money as the toolbar also provides you thousands of discount coupons and free shipping offers!). The toolbar also has a search box and each time you search the Internet, about a penny is donated to GWAA.

Please hurry and do this now so that we can earn the $1 bonus per toolbar!

And, please pass this along to all of your friends. The two minutes it takes to add this toolbar to your browser can make huge difference for the Golden Wave Alumni Association!

Get the toolbar NOW! http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/golden-wave-alumni-association

GoodSearch is Good for GWAA!

Posted by GWAA Blogger on May 18, 2010

Here’s a new easy way to raise money for GWAA. Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they’ll donate about a penny to your us every time you do a search!

In addition, do all of your shopping through their online shopping mall, GoodShop.com, where you can shop at more than 900 top online retailers and a percentage of your purchases will go to the Golden Wave Alumni Association. You pay the same price as you normally would, but a donation goes to your cause!

Here’s the web site — http://www.goodsearch.com. You can also read about GoodSearch in the NY Times, Oprah Magazine, CNN, ABC News and the Wall Street Journal.

Baylor Wind Ensemble Concert April 30, 2010

Posted by GWAA Blogger on April 18, 2010

On April 30, 2010, at 7:30 pm in Jones Concert Hall in Waco, TX, the Baylor University Wind Ensemble will be performing their final concert of the semester.  This concert is part of the Lyceum series and will include guest conductor Allan McMurray. Allan McMurray is Distinguished Professor and Director of Bands at the University of Colorado at Boulder. This Lyceum Series event is free of charge and open to the public.  Please see http://www.baylor.edu/music/event.php?event_id=60224 for further information.

GWAA Spring Newsletter Available!

Posted by GWAA Blogger on April 9, 2010

The Spring edition of our Newsletter is now available on the web!  Please see the link http://www.goldenwavealumni.org/docs/GWAA_Down_the_Years_vol.2_issue%203.pdf to download your copy today!

Baylor Symphonic Band Concert 4/26/2010

Posted by GWAA Blogger on March 31, 2010

Come hear the Baylor Symphonic Band play a concert on April 26, 2010 at 7:30pm at Jones Concert Hall.  The concert is free of charge.  See the Baylor School of Music website for more information! http://www.baylor.edu/music/

Baylor Summer Music Camps

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Do you have a child in middle school or high school that is musically inclined?  If so, consider sending them to one of the summer music camps at Baylor University.  What better way to get your child or relative interested in your alma mater than by sending them to have a wonderful musical experience on one of the most beautiful campuses in the nation?  For more information about the Baylor University Summer Music Camps, check out the following link:

http://www.baylor.edu/busmc/

Calling all Previous Alumni Band Officers!

Posted by GWAA Blogger on March 4, 2010

If you or someone you know was a previous officer of the alumni band program please send their name, office, year, & contact information to president@goldenwavealumni.org

We are trying to compile a more complete roster for our history and would greatly appreciate your help with this project!  Thanks so much!

Baylor Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble joint concert!

Posted by GWAA Blogger on March 2, 2010

On March 4. 2010, the Baylor Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will perform a joint concert at 7:30pm in Jones Concert Hall.  The Symphonic Band will play Procession of the Nobles by Rimsky-Korsakov, The Engulfed Cathedral by Debussy, and the Symphonic Suite by Clifton Williams.  The Wind Ensemble will continue the program with the Fanfare from Festmusik der Stadt Wien by Strauss, The Passing Bell by Benson, Sinfonia for Winds by Donizetti, and Rocky Point Holiday by Nelson.  This event is open to the public and free of charge. For more information about this concert, please visit http://www.baylor.edu/music/index.php?id=71704.

Baylor Faculty Woodwind Quintet CD Available

Posted by GWAA Blogger on January 26, 2010

The Baylor Woodwind Quintet has recorded a compact disc of works by Baylor composers, a release that is now available from Centaur Records. The new CD, entitled The Baylor Woodwind Quintet: Music by Richard Willis, Scott McAllister, Paul Richards, and Charles Rochester Young, features the talents of flutist Helen Ann Shanley, oboist Doris DeLoach, bassoonist Matthew Morris, clarinetist Richard Shanley, and hornist Jeffrey Powers, along with percussionist Todd Meehan. All selections on this CD were written by Baylor composers (faculty and students, past and present) expressly for the Baylor Woodwind Quintet. Support for this project came from Baylor University Research and Arts & Humanities Grants and through the Baylor Summer Sabbatical program.

from http://www.baylor.edu/music/index.php?id=50127

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ATOC Registration Form Now Available!

Posted by GWAA Blogger on December 14, 2009

Our Alumni Take on Courtside (ATOC) event is swiftly approaching!  The event will take place on January 16, 2010, when the Baylor Bears take on the OSU Cowboys at 3pm.  Registration for the event includes entrance into the game, playing with the BU Courtside Players at the game, and a meal.  The downloadable registration form is now available on our website, www.goldenwavealumni.org.  From the homepage, click Events, and then click on the Registration Form link next to ATOC. This will provide you with a pdf form that you can download and mail in with your payment.  All forms must be returned bu January 9, 2010, to reserve your spot, so make sure you send your form in ASAP!! Online registration will be live and available shortly, so stay tuned to our website for more information!