FOFA Has Flowers!

Just a friendly tip/reminder: FOFA has flowers for sale at tonight's and Saturday's "Clue" performances!

Flowers are a great way to celebrate and congratulate your DGN Fine Arts thespian and purchasing said flowers at the performance supports FOFA's mission of helping fund various projects and happenings across ALL DGN Fine Arts programs. (Plus, it eliminates the need to remember to pick up flowers beforehand, and that lousy sinking feeling you get when you show up and realize that - oh, man! - you forgot to pick up flowers...) So do yourself a favor and purchase your petals at the play.

Thanks for your consideration and support!

Well Here's Another "Clue" For You All...

It's the play this Fall!

Come out and enjoy an evening of wonderful amateur theater presented by our DGN thespians and lend your support to the Fine Arts program at the same time.

Performances are this Thursday the 26th and Friday the 27th at 7 p.m., and Saturday the 28th at 5 p.m. in the Clarence Johnson Auditorium

Hope you can come out and enjoy the show!

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The First DGN FOFA Meeting of the New School Year is This Tuesday, September 10th!

Summer is in the books and we are already nearly a month deep into the new school year! Hopefully you've made a smooth shift into the Fall gears. 

This is the official announcement that the first FOFA meeting of the school year will be held on this Tuesday, September 10th at 7 PM in the DGN Alumni Room. Please join us as we discuss FOFA plans for what promises to be an exciting year in the Fine Arts Department! Meet and greet new and returning Board Directors, officers, chairpersons, volunteers and Fine Arts teachers, and find out how you can help the Friends of the Fine Arts in making the 2019-20 academic year an amazing one for our DGN Fine Arts students. 

All are welcome - we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

And please mark in your calendar all of the upcoming FOFA meeting dates:

• Tuesday September 10th
• Tuesday October 8th 
• Tuesday November 12th
• Tuesday December 17th
• Tuesday January 14th
• Tuesday February 18th
• Tuesday March 24th
• Tuesday April 21st
• Tuesday May 19th

Marching Band/Football Season Returns to DGN!

Thursday night's NFL showdown on the Chicago lakefront between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers ought to whet your appetite for the event we have all long been waiting for: the return of Friday Night Lights at Carstens Field as our Downers Grove North Trojans take on the Blazers of Addison Trail in a week 2 non-conference gridiron clash!

Bracketing the evening's football game with pomp and tradition, and featured at halftime performing their "...AND BEYOND!" musical program will be the internationally renowned DGN Trojan Marching Band! 

Come early and stay late - you don't want to miss any of the band's performance and you'll want to lend your voice and support to the Trojan football team (We love our team, we love our team, we love our team. WE LOVE OUR TEAM!) as they give it their all on the field.

For you newbie Marching Band families, here's a few tips:

• Come early to watch the Drum Line escort the team onto the field for pregame warm-ups. A cool football moment.
• Watch the band and Color Guard forming up in the field house as they prepare to march onto the track. A great photo op of your student musicians looking amazing in their uniforms.
• Catch the pre-game show, including the playing of the visiting team's school fight song. A wonderful tradition that underscores the true sense of sportsmanship between rival schools. 
• Don't miss the band's stirring rendition of The Star Spangled Banner.
• Gather near the south end of the bleachers just before the kick-off as the band, massed on the track, plays "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (the "2001 Space Odyssey" song - you know, Duuuhhh daa daaaa! DUH DAAA!) It's a super cool lead in to the kick-off that you don't want to miss, trust me...
• Catch the half time show, natch....
• At the end of the 3rd quarter join in with the band on a "Hey! Baby" singalong. It's fun.
• Stay till after the final gun for the post game tradition of the Alma Mater song and the mutual shout-outs between the band and the football team. Quite moving, even if you never attended DGN yourself.
• Follow the band back to the field house entrance for more tradition (and photo ops)
• And when the Trojans win, catch the drum line celebrating with the team.
• Plus, as an added bonus, this week's Game Day hoopla includes Senior Night, a pre-game recognition of Football, Marching Band, Cheerleaders and Athena seniors and their parents/guardians. Be on hand to recognize and celebrate their years of hard work and DGN dedication.

And don't forget, there will be plenty of DGN FOFA-sponsored Spirit Wear available for purchase, with proceeds benefiting ALL DGN FINE ARTS PROGRAMS!

It's going to be a great season - hope to see everyone out there!

Go DGN! #WeAreDGN