Cantonstock is MusicCounts! primary fundraiser for the year. All elementary, middle, and high school bands, choruses and orchestras perform in a casual and fun setting!
In addition to music, games, food, and auctioning and raffling merchandise donated by our corporate sponsors, we rely on all of the student performers to reach out to family, relatives, friends, and neighbors to ask to sponsor them for the event. These Cantonstock sponsors simply visit our 'Sponsor or Donate' page to make a donation in that student's name. If the student collects $50 or more, they will receive this year's version of the Cantonstock T-Shirt that they can proudly wear at the event. (The T-Shirts change color and design each year, so they become treasured collectibles for the students!)
In addition to music, games, food, and auctioning and raffling merchandise donated by our corporate sponsors, we rely on all of the student performers to reach out to family, relatives, friends, and neighbors to ask to sponsor them for the event. These Cantonstock sponsors simply visit our 'Sponsor or Donate' page to make a donation in that student's name. If the student collects $50 or more, they will receive this year's version of the Cantonstock T-Shirt that they can proudly wear at the event. (The T-Shirts change color and design each year, so they become treasured collectibles for the students!)
Won a silent auction item? Congratulations!
You can click below to pay online if needed!
You can click below to pay online if needed!
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Click below to view the video playlist of the Jazz Band performance from the Cafeteria! (Courtesy of Scott Leno)
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Students:
Get to have fun playing in a fun and informal atmosphere! (For some students, its the first time they will ever perform in front of an audience!) Students get as many friends and family to sponsor their performance as possible, and depending on their success, may be eligible for prize drawings or our coveted Cantonstock t-shirt! |
Volunteers:
Get to choose from a variety of different 1 hour shifts! We simply could not run this event without you. This is a great way to meet other music parents and supporters and get involved. |
Parents / Attendees:
Get to enjoy all the student performances in both the high school auditorium and cafeteria. In addition, there are raffles, a silent auction, snack bar, face painting, cookie decorating, and games such as Recorder Ring Toss, Tambourine Toss, Cakewalk, Guitar Mini-Putt, and more! |
2016 pictures Below
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11/9/17 - Canton Citizen Features Pictures from Cantonstock!
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11/10/17 - Cantonstock recap Email
Email sent 11/10 to all MusicCounts! supporters:
We wanted to update you now that we've had a minute to catch our breath and count up the cash boxes ... thanks to support from every kid who raised student sponsorships (and of course the parents and family who sponsored performances!), music parents who rushed their kids from music to soccer and on to the next activity, local businesses, CHS and adult volunteers, the wonderful musicians who played all afternoon - and of course the hard work and enthusiasm of the Canton music teachers - Cantonstock raised more than $16,000 to benefit music education in Canton! Wow!
You know what comes next - deciding how to spend that money to support all music teachers and students in the public schools.
So far this year, MusicCounts! has marshaled all of your donations to:
1) join with CHSAA, Canton High School Theatre, Bank of Canton and generous anonymous donors to purchase new auditorium lights for the CHS stage where every musician will perform;
2) purchase amps and pickups for string players at the Hansen;
3) purchase new ukeleles to support the GMS general music program;
4) join with Canton High School Theatre and the English Department at Canton High School to bring The Bay Colony Shakespeare Company to CHS;
5) purchase sheet music for a dedicated group of chamber musicians at CHS who've started their own club to play and perform (how cool is that?); and
6) fund ENCORE scholarships for kids to take private lessons when it's not in the family budget.
We've approved expenses to support GMS Chorus in its annual trip to perform at the State House, and we expect some requests for funding the new music program at the Rodman preschool, too.
We couldn't be happier to coordinate all of your support for music education in Canton! Do you have great ideas for where we should spend money next? Let's keep this going! Join us for our next meeting - Wednesday, December 6, at CHS teachers' lounge. Email us your great ideas, too! Thanks!
We wanted to update you now that we've had a minute to catch our breath and count up the cash boxes ... thanks to support from every kid who raised student sponsorships (and of course the parents and family who sponsored performances!), music parents who rushed their kids from music to soccer and on to the next activity, local businesses, CHS and adult volunteers, the wonderful musicians who played all afternoon - and of course the hard work and enthusiasm of the Canton music teachers - Cantonstock raised more than $16,000 to benefit music education in Canton! Wow!
You know what comes next - deciding how to spend that money to support all music teachers and students in the public schools.
So far this year, MusicCounts! has marshaled all of your donations to:
1) join with CHSAA, Canton High School Theatre, Bank of Canton and generous anonymous donors to purchase new auditorium lights for the CHS stage where every musician will perform;
2) purchase amps and pickups for string players at the Hansen;
3) purchase new ukeleles to support the GMS general music program;
4) join with Canton High School Theatre and the English Department at Canton High School to bring The Bay Colony Shakespeare Company to CHS;
5) purchase sheet music for a dedicated group of chamber musicians at CHS who've started their own club to play and perform (how cool is that?); and
6) fund ENCORE scholarships for kids to take private lessons when it's not in the family budget.
We've approved expenses to support GMS Chorus in its annual trip to perform at the State House, and we expect some requests for funding the new music program at the Rodman preschool, too.
We couldn't be happier to coordinate all of your support for music education in Canton! Do you have great ideas for where we should spend money next? Let's keep this going! Join us for our next meeting - Wednesday, December 6, at CHS teachers' lounge. Email us your great ideas, too! Thanks!