Taste of Sequoyah Promises Food, Fundraising

The Sequoyah High School Band of Chiefs just got back from marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City, but that doesn't mean they're taking a break to rest on their laurels.

Ensembles from the Band of Chiefs will be playing at "A Taste of Sequoyah," a fundraiser on Tuesday, March 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the high school. Hosted by the Sequoyah High School Musical Arts Booster Club and The Sequoyah Instrumental Music Foundation, the taste will feature the culinary stylings from 13 local restaurants accompanied by live music from the Band of Chiefs.

Some of the restaurants that will be offering samples or full plates are as follows:

• Bodocks Bar and Grill
• Panda Express
• La Parilla
• Shane's Rib Shack
• Smoothie King
• Frosty Frog
• La Bamba

"The fine arts budget is usually the first one cut when school districts need to save money," said Sequoyah Instrumental Music Foundation President Virginia Roberson. "We parents end up paying for a lot of our kids out of pocket."

Roberson said that bands are part of the communities in which they serve, and are important parts of sporting events and other school functions.

A Taste of Sequoyah is the big, all-band fundraiser held every year to help shoulder the costs of maintaining the band and its members. Although band members will intermittently raise money by hosting car washes or selling wrapping paper, A Taste of Sequoyah is the largest fundraiser held.

Admission is $1. Sample plates may cost more depending on the restaurant. Roberson says that $5 will easily feed one person.

According to Roberson, , an amount she hopes will increase in 2013. Roberson is also hopeful that turnout will top the 300 mark, another improvement over 2012's event.

To learn more about the event, visit the Holly Springs-Hickory Flat Patch events page.

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