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the Mokena Messenger | February 8, 2018 | 9<br />
The band was a-howlin’<br />
The Summit Hill Junior High School Pep Band traveled to the All-<br />
State Arena on Jan. 21 to perform at the Chicago Wolves hockey<br />
game. The pep band is comprised of seventh- and eighth-graders.<br />
Members of the Summit Hill Junior High Pep Band pose at the All-State Arena Jan. 21, where<br />
they performed before the start of the Chicago Wolves hockey game. Photo submitted<br />
Students teaching students<br />
Mokena Elementary School second-grade student Mshenda<br />
Diming recently taught his classmates in Mrs. DeSalvo’s and Mrs.<br />
Meehan’s classes how to read and write braille.<br />
Mokena Elementary student Mshenda Diming teaches fellow students how to read and<br />
write in braille. Photo submitted<br />
LWC Music Boosters hold Trivia<br />
Night fundraiser at The Alley<br />
Laurie Fanelli<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Lincoln-Way Central Music Booster President Karen<br />
Bussean, of Mokena, enjoys her food and wine pairing<br />
during the trivia contest fundraiser at The Alley Grill and<br />
Taphouse Friday, Feb. 2. Laurie Fanelli/22nd Century Media<br />
While sports fans were<br />
gearing up for Sunday’s big<br />
game, supporters of high<br />
school music were engaging<br />
in an epic competition<br />
of their own during a Friday<br />
night fundraiser.<br />
Trivia was the MVP of<br />
the LWC Music Boosters<br />
first-of-its-kind fundraiser<br />
— which took place on Friday,<br />
Feb. 2, at The Alley<br />
Grill and Tap House — and<br />
the delicious food and wine<br />
pairings served during the<br />
event were all-stars in their<br />
own right. Prizes and splitthe-pot<br />
added to the fun and<br />
gave attendees additional<br />
ways to raise money in support<br />
of the music programs<br />
at Lincoln-Way Central.<br />
LWC Music Booster<br />
Treasurer-Elect Linda Marquardt<br />
explained that the<br />
fundraiser was designed not<br />
only to raise money for the<br />
school’s music program, but<br />
also as a way for parents to<br />
spend time together.<br />
“We wanted to have an<br />
adult event that would give<br />
parents a chance to meet<br />
each other and greet each<br />
other and have a good night<br />
together while raising funds<br />
for our kids,” she said.<br />
Entry to the event cost<br />
$40 and included five tickets<br />
for food, wine and<br />
beer, and additional funds<br />
were raised throughout the<br />
trivia competition as players<br />
could purchase “mulligans”<br />
to eliminate wrong<br />
answers. Money raised will<br />
go toward supporting the<br />
students in Lincoln-Way<br />
Central’s music program<br />
as they grow as singers and<br />
musicians.<br />
“We give scholarships for<br />
summer camps and private<br />
lessons and we just commissioned<br />
a piece of music,”<br />
Marquardt said. “Lincoln-Way<br />
Central is hosting<br />
the Mid-America Guitar<br />
Festival and the Boosters<br />
commissioned a piece that<br />
they are going to debut at<br />
that event.”<br />
Mokena residents Sharon<br />
and Keith Koc were among<br />
the 60 attendees at the fundraiser.<br />
Their son Joey is a<br />
percussionist at Mokena Junior<br />
High School and he will<br />
be attending Lincoln-Way<br />
Central for high school.<br />
“This is going to be his<br />
future and Lincoln-Way<br />
Central will be his school.<br />
We would love to see him<br />
stay involved with music,”<br />
Sharon Koc said, adding<br />
that the event itself was also<br />
a motivating factor in attending<br />
the trivia night.<br />
“We’ve got some really<br />
good friends who are already<br />
involved in the LWC<br />
Booster program as well,<br />
and, add a little trivia, food<br />
and wine, we thought it<br />
would be a fun night,” she<br />
said.<br />
Brad Aronson of Pub<br />
Trivia USA hosted the trivia<br />
portion of the evening, during<br />
which guests were able<br />
to enjoy food along with<br />
drink pairings from Louis<br />
Glunz Wines. Everyone<br />
was divided into six teams<br />
and whichever team had the<br />
most points at the end of the<br />
competition won a prize.<br />
“I ask a variety of questions<br />
in a variety of categories<br />
as easy as a first-grader<br />
can answer and as hard as<br />
your high school kid would<br />
say, ‘Who knows that?’” Aronson<br />
said. “The first round<br />
has a wide range of categories<br />
including history, children’s<br />
literature, one-sentence<br />
movies, sports venues<br />
and American history.”<br />
Parents had a great time<br />
during the competition but,<br />
ultimately, the event was<br />
about the kids.<br />
“I have two sons that<br />
have been in the music program.<br />
Jason is in Orchestra<br />
and Will is in the Chorale.<br />
We just want to support<br />
them,” Marquardt said.<br />
“That’s what we do, that’s<br />
what all the LWC Booster<br />
parents do, and we want to<br />
raise funds to help them get<br />
the best musical experience<br />
possible.”
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