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Mrs. Sadowski from La Grange NC is requesting musical instruments through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Marching to Our Own (bass) Drum!

Help me give my students the opportunity to properly play concert band music with full percussion parts!

  • $1,291 goal

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My Project

What is the one unifying part in every piece of concert music? The bass drum part! In concert band, students need that solid bass drum line in the background to keep the band together. I teach beginner band to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders and they are unfortunately missing out on hearing that part properly played.

The purchase of this bass drum isn't just for the students playing it, but for the band as a whole.

We have tried to repair the one we have but it is decades old with some damaged spots being unrepairable. My students do their best to perform on this drum but it does not sound as it should and actually hinders our performances.

With a new concert bass drum, students won't have to struggle to keep time, all percussion parts would be properly played, and our performances will be even better!

Mrs. Sadowski
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
7000 Series Intermediate Concert Bass Drum • Woodwind and Brasswind $975.79 1 $975.79

Materials cost

$975.79

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $76.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,096.54

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$193.51

Total project goal

$1,290.05

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,290.05

10 Donors

-$424.43

Donations toward project cost

-$375.02

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$49.41

match offer

-$848.85

Match offer toward project cost

-$721.52

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$127.33

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$16.77

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 $0.00

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