Auction To Raise Money for Governor Livingston Band

The annual Highlander Auction has always served two purposes — it gives donors a chance to win great prizes while also raising a lot of money to offset the cost for running the Governor Livingston High School Marching Band.

This year's fundraiser will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at Governor Livingston High School. The grand prizes at this year's Highlander Auction include a $2,000 gift certificate to Camp Horizon, a $650 gift certificate toward tuition at a summer musical theater, rock or jazz band camp, and an iPad. 

This annual family-friendly event includes other prizes, including more than 200 other baskets of prizes. Some prizes include Orchestra seats to the Gala at NJPAC, restaurant/spa/gym gift certificates, overnight accommodations at hotels, a Kindle, designer handbags, and two cash 50/50 raffles. Admission is $10, which includes a block of tickets, a beverage and dessert.

This past season was an exciting one for the Highlanders band, which won the Atlantic Coast Championships in the Group 1 Open category. The Highlanders were also Chapter 10 (North Jersey) and New Jersey State Champions. Please visit www.highlanderband.org for the event flyer, or email questions to the chairperson at: ileneoliner@gmail.com.

The Highlander Marching Band raises money to support music opportunities for the students including trips, providing clinicians to the students, and to run their annual marching band  pageant. In 2014 the band will perform in Edinburgh, Scotland, near the birthplace of Robert Livingston, the grandfather of NJ’s first governor (William Livingston, elected in 1776), from which the school gets its name.