The Century High sophomore AVID class is collecting winter hats, boots, gloves and mittens through November 27. This service project is a partnership with the Mercy Box movement which spreads kindness and generosity in our community by providing red Mercy Boxes in various locations where donations can be collected each month. The boxes will be at CHS until Thanksgiving for donated winter gear items.

The Bismarck Public School district’s Students in Transition Program for homeless youth will be selling tickets for a Calendar Raffle until Thanksgiving. Weekly drawings will be held from December 2^nd to January 31^st, except for during the Christmas break. Tickets are $10 each and there are 42 chances to win cash prizes. Purchase tickets at any Bismarck public school or call 701-323-4051.

1st-2nd: NW Festival of Music—Minot State University—All Day
4th: Invitational Band Festival, Wind Ensemble—Mandan High School/Legacy High School—All Day
5th: Bismarck/Mandan Invitational Band Festival Concert Wind Ensemble—LHS Haussler Gym—7:00pm
5th-8th: HMS Orchestra, Middle Level Auditions—HMS Orchestra Room—Evening
7th: Rita Murphy Elementary 5th Grade Music Program—Rita Murphy Gym—6:00pm
7th: Sunrise Elementary 3rd Grade Music Program—Fleck, Ohlhauser, Weiler @ 6:00pm—Morrow, Spaeth @ 7:00pm
12th: CHS Band, Fall Band Concert—#1, Freshmen Band & Wind Ensemble @ 6:00pm—#2, Symphonic Band & Missouri River Community Band @ 7:30pm—CHS Auditorium
14th: Liberty Elementary 1st Grade Music Program—6:30pm
14th: Rita Murphy Elementary 2nd Grade Music Program—Rita Murphy Gym—6:00pm
14th-17th: BPS District Musical “The Little Mermaid”—Bismarck High School Auditorium—7:00pm on November 14th, 15th & 16th—2:00pm on November 17th
18th: BHS Band, Jazz Band Concert—6:50pm In Band Room—7:30pm
18th: LHS Band, Fall Band Concert—Freshman Band & Concert Band @ 6:00pm—Prep Band & Wind Ensemble @ 7:30pm—Legacy Auditorium
19th: Pioneer Elementary 3rd Grade Music Program—Pioneer Gymnasium—7:00pm
21st: CHS Choir, Fall Jazz Concert—CHS Auditorium—7:00pm
21st: Miller Elementary—1st Grade Music Program @ 6:00pm—3rd Grade Music Program @ 7:00pm
25th: CHS Band, Fall Jazz Night, Jazz Ensemble #2 & Jazz Ensemble #1—CHS Auditorium—7:30pm
25th: BHS Choir, Genesis and New Gen Jazz Concert—BHS Auditorium—7:30pm
25th: Grimsrud Elementary 3rd Grade Music Program—Grimsrud Gymnasium—6:30pm
25th: Jazz Concert (Syncrgy, Evolution, Gold Standard & Jazz Bands)—Legacy Auditorium—7:30pm
26th: Horizon Band, Winter Band Concert, 7th Grade, Jazz Band, Missouri River Winds Community Band—Horizon Gymnasium—7:00pm
29th: BHS Band, Santa Parade—Kirkwood Mall—9:30am

Bismarck High, Century and Legacy students will present The Little Mermaid on Nov. 14-16 at 7 pm and Nov. 17 at 2 pm at the Legacy High School Auditorium.

Ticket sales start November 4th at the Hughes Education Center, 806 N. Washington St., south side, Door #9, in the Activities/Fine Art Department from 8 am to 3:30 pm or call 701-323-4082. Tickets will also be available at the door. Adult tickets are $10. Senior citizen and student (pre-K-12) tickets are $5.

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It’s taken more than 100 years, but Bismarck High School finally has a dedicated school auditorium! The public is invited to tour the new facility on Monday, November 18^th, from 5:30 to 7 pm. There will also be a free jazz concert that night at 7:30. Come and enjoy this momentous occasion!

The week of November 18-22, both Bearscat locations in Bismarck and Mandan will participate in Donuts for Dollars with a dollar for every donut with purple icing and white drizzle going to the Bismarck Public Schools Students in Transition Program as part of Homeless Awareness Month.