Louisburg High School FFA member Jamie Atkinson helps Teresa Wyatt select some marigolds during the FFA plant sale Saturday morning at the West Gym. FFA advisor Jim Morgan estimated the sale raised about $2,000. FFA still has bedding plants available to purchase at the high school’s greenhouse. (Doug Carder / dcarder@miconews.com)
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LHS band, FFA chapter reap rewards of garage & plant sales
Band’s 18th annual fund-raiser garners about $9,300 during three-day event at West Gym
By Doug Carder, dcarder@miconews.com
Rain dripped from Frank Burrow’s purple Louisburg Wildcat jacket as the paramedic manhandled a heavy music console. Soaked to the bone and tired, he took stock of the furniture lining the south wall of the West Gym. Let the sale begin.
The Louisburg High School marching band’s 18th annual Super Garage Sale and Silent Auction raised $2,000 on the opening night last Thursday as community members flocked to the gym looking for bargains on clothes, furniture, tools, toys and hundreds of knickknacks during the band’s largest fund-raiser of the year.
On Friday afternoon, Burrow toted one end of a dresser as he helped other band parents move out some of the same large pieces he had helped them move into the gym the night before the three-day sale kicked off. Only this time, the mahogany dresser was tagged with a white piece of tape marked SOLD in black ink.
Burrow paused in front of a small wooden stand that looked like a combination table and cabinet. He took a wireless phone, marked $1, and placed it on top of the stand.
“It needed a prop. You have to show them what it could be used for,” he said with a grin.
Jenifer Kisor smiled as she picked up a plastic Santa Claus. Her auburn ponytail swished from the back of her gray Army cap as she turned to show Saint Nick to her friend, Debbie Newman.
“You can get all kinds of Christmas decorations here,” Kisor said. “I just had surgery and should be home resting, but I couldn’t pass up coming to this sale.
“This is better than most garage sales.” Kisor scanned the gym floor. “Where else can you find all this stuff under one roof?”
Kisor’s daughter, Haylee Thompson, plays trombone in the middle school band. Mom and friend Newman were glad to do their part to help out the band.
“I played violin and piano, and I thought Haylee might play the flute or clarinet. But she came home with this big trombone,” said Kisor as she mimicked moving the trombone slide. “She absolutely loves it.”
Jessica Ray absently tugged several shirt sleeves as she circled a clothes rack. In her left hand, she clutched a glass ashtray etched with a schooner design.
“My husband likes sailboats, so I bought him this,” Ray said. “You can always find good bargains here. There’s always a nice variety of good clothing.”
Band director John Cisetti scanned the silent auction tables appreciatively as he strolled through the gym Saturday morning. In a short while, his 112-member band would debut the fall program it will perform at halftime of home football games — sans the marching routine.
“It’s a NASCAR theme, and we’re calling it Acceleration,” Cisetti said. “It should be fun.”
Cisetti said he was pleased with the sale thus far.
“I was just adding up the bids on the silent auction tables, and I’d say there’s roughly $4,000.”
FFA advisor Jim Morgan leaned against a bleacher rail as he watched one of his students, Jamie Atkinson, show bright orange marigolds to Teresa Wyatt. Like the band’s new program, the FFA plant sale appeared to be a hit with patrons.
“I’ve been really pleased with how the sale has gone,” Morgan said. “We usually aren’t this busy on Saturday morning.”
Morgan said Monday the plant sale raised about $2,000, up slightly from last year.
“We had a strong Thursday night, which helped.”
Cisetti said in an e-mail Sunday night the band’s garage sale and silent auction brought in more than $9,000.
“We had a very good sale. At latest count we have grossed $9,300. There may be a little more yet coming in,” Cisetti said. “The hard work of many, many students and parents made the whole thing go smoother than ever.”
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The Louisburg High School marching band’s 18th annual Super Garage Sale and Silent Auction raised $2,000 on the opening night last Thursday as community members flocked to the gym looking for bargains on clothes, furniture, tools, toys and hundreds of knickknacks during the band’s largest fund-raiser of the year.
On Friday afternoon, Burrow toted one end of a dresser as he helped other band parents move out some of the same large pieces he had helped them move into the gym the night before the three-day sale kicked off. Only this time, the mahogany dresser was tagged with a white piece of tape marked SOLD in black ink.
Burrow paused in front of a small wooden stand that looked like a combination table and cabinet. He took a wireless phone, marked $1, and placed it on top of the stand.
“It needed a prop. You have to show them what it could be used for,” he said with a grin.
Jenifer Kisor smiled as she picked up a plastic Santa Claus. Her auburn ponytail swished from the back of her gray Army cap as she turned to show Saint Nick to her friend, Debbie Newman.
“You can get all kinds of Christmas decorations here,” Kisor said. “I just had surgery and should be home resting, but I couldn’t pass up coming to this sale.
“This is better than most garage sales.” Kisor scanned the gym floor. “Where else can you find all this stuff under one roof?”
Kisor’s daughter, Haylee Thompson, plays trombone in the middle school band. Mom and friend Newman were glad to do their part to help out the band.
“I played violin and piano, and I thought Haylee might play the flute or clarinet. But she came home with this big trombone,” said Kisor as she mimicked moving the trombone slide. “She absolutely loves it.”
Jessica Ray absently tugged several shirt sleeves as she circled a clothes rack. In her left hand, she clutched a glass ashtray etched with a schooner design.
“My husband likes sailboats, so I bought him this,” Ray said. “You can always find good bargains here. There’s always a nice variety of good clothing.”
Band director John Cisetti scanned the silent auction tables appreciatively as he strolled through the gym Saturday morning. In a short while, his 112-member band would debut the fall program it will perform at halftime of home football games — sans the marching routine.
“It’s a NASCAR theme, and we’re calling it Acceleration,” Cisetti said. “It should be fun.”
Cisetti said he was pleased with the sale thus far.
“I was just adding up the bids on the silent auction tables, and I’d say there’s roughly $4,000.”
FFA advisor Jim Morgan leaned against a bleacher rail as he watched one of his students, Jamie Atkinson, show bright orange marigolds to Teresa Wyatt. Like the band’s new program, the FFA plant sale appeared to be a hit with patrons.
“I’ve been really pleased with how the sale has gone,” Morgan said. “We usually aren’t this busy on Saturday morning.”
Morgan said Monday the plant sale raised about $2,000, up slightly from last year.
“We had a strong Thursday night, which helped.”
Cisetti said in an e-mail Sunday night the band’s garage sale and silent auction brought in more than $9,000.
“We had a very good sale. At latest count we have grossed $9,300. There may be a little more yet coming in,” Cisetti said. “The hard work of many, many students and parents made the whole thing go smoother than ever.”