MVHS Band Tour 2018 Newsletter December 12, 2017

Newsletter containing updates, reminders, and information regarding the MVHS 2018 Greece tour—MVHS Greece planning committee. Payment Deadlines Fundraisers $600 due January 12, 2018 Students can check the chart in the band room Balance due Feb 16, 2018 to see how much is in their fundraising account. • The mattress fundraiser sold 36 Get your passport now!!!! mattresses and raised $5355. We will do You will need to apply in person if this is this next year also. your first passport. You will need • The first Davanni's Day raised $91.08. citizenship evidence, identification, proof • The next Davanni's Day is Jan 9. of relationship (for under age 16), and a • ButterBraid/Fruit pickup day is Wed. Dec photo taken in the last 6 months. https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/ 13 at 2:15. en/passports/apply.html • Grocery Bagging at Cub on Hwy 96 & Centerville Rd on Dec 16. We are Tour Details looking for students to play music as Number of students + adults going well as do the bagging. on trip is still 71. • Pancake Breakfast Jan 20. Tickets will be sold in advance. Apparel • A Greek Dinner is in the planning Student Band Leadership Team is stages. working on apparel. Identity Store will visit MV to show styles. Next planning meetings is Jan 8.

History and facts about Greece-Olympia Olympia was an important site of the most famous games in history, Olympic games. The first games dated back in 776 BC as they prepared a festival to honor . It is however believed that the games are much older dating back to 10th century BC. Olympia is located on the western edge of the Greek and it became a center of worship of Zeus and . The sanctuary spread on the natural terrace of Kronion hill, at the conjunction of the rivers and . At that time, the valley was full of olive trees, oaks, pines and plane trees, and we can only imagine how spectacular the sight was. According to mythology, the olympic games were founded by Zeus himself as a memory for the victory over his father and the . It is unknown why the event was held every four years. The closest idea comes from a myth of the hero who had won a race at Olympia and then commanded that the race should be repeated every four years. Winners were crowned with a branch of crown-shaped olive tree that stood near the temple of Zeus. This crown shined the greatest honor on the athlete, his family and his native city.