Hello again MAST Athletes, Parents, and Fans:
This is a reminder to sign up for our State Fair Horse Barn Cleaning Fundraiser by tomorrow, June 4 at 10pm. Our goal is to have 40+ participants so we need your help! Anyone can sign up (parents, siblings, neighbors, etc). See details below! ******************************************************************************** Want to experience the State Fair, but without the crowds? Join your teammates at the Horse Barn to raise money for the upcoming MAST season. What do you get to do? Well, shovel manure of course! This is a great MAST tradition and our team has been fortunate to have the connection to the fairgrounds and cleaning up after horse shows. We blast good music, put a little workout into our cleaning, and hangout with your teammates, then celebrate our hardwork and fundraising with some pizza. The more people we have, the quicker and more fun the event is. So even if you are a MAST newcomer, (or an experienced senior who wants to re-live MAST one last time, go seniors!) we can show you the ropes and help you meet new people. And our experienced shovelers can show you their best technique. The goal is to get 40+ participants, and this can include parents, siblings, neighbors, and more. I love doing this event and meeting other parents as well as my child’s teammates without their helmets and goggles on. Respond by Tuesday, June 4 at 10pm, and we will commit and raise good money that pays for our awesome coaches and all of the gates you break during the season! Pro Tip: Bring work gloves and a good dust mask! Here is the link to sign up: MAST State Fair Horse Barn Cleanup Fundraiser 1 What? State Fair Horse Barn Cleaning Fundraiser I When? Monday, June 10, 6-9 PM Where? Horse Barn at the State Fair Grounds (Judson Avenue-next to the Sheep Barn). How? Shovels will be provided or you can bring your own + Gloves. Bring a dust mask! Food? Pizza and Beverages will also be provided. Why? To raise $3000 for our upcoming season... Who? Anyone willing to work: athletes, siblings, parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents. How? Sign up by clicking on the link. MAST State Fair Horse Barn Cleanup Fundraiser 1 Thank you. MAST fundraising team Good Morning MAST Athletes, Parents, and Fans:
Want to experience the State Fair, but without the crowds? Join your teammates at the Horse Barn to raise money for the upcoming MAST season. What do you get to do? Well, shovel manure of course! This is a great MAST tradition and our team has been fortunate to have the connection to the fairgrounds and cleaning up after horse shows. We blast good music, put a little workout into our cleaning, and hangout with your teammates, then celebrate our hardwork and fundraising with some pizza. The more people we have, the quicker and more fun the event is. So even if you are a MAST newcomer, (or an experienced senior who wants to re-live MAST one last time, go seniors!) we can show you the ropes and help you meet new people. And our experienced shovelers can show you their best technique. The goal is to get 40+ participants, and this can include parents, siblings, neighbors, and more. I love doing this event and meeting other parents as well as my child’s teammates without their helmets and goggles on. Respond by Tuesday, June 4 at 10pm, and we will commit and raise good money that pays for our awesome coaches and all of the gates you break during the season! Pro Tip: Bring work gloves and a good dust mask! Here is the link to sign up: MAST State Fair Horse Barn Cleanup Fundraiser 1
MAST fundraising team Hi MAST parents!
The newly formed MAST marketing committee is looking to increase our recruiting efforts among students and parents this year. May is a key marketing window for us to increase awareness, primarily to give new families the summer to really consider skiing. We have a May Marketing Blitz happening this coming week: May 20-25th across several schools including Anthony, Page, Sanford, Washburn, Southwest, South, Edison, Roosevelt and more. This May blitz includes posters and yard signs, e-newsletter inclusion, event participation, lunchroom visits and social posts. This is where you all come in – our request: as you see MAST social media posts on Facebook and Instagram – please like, comment and reshare these posts in order to amplify the MAST message. We know that word of mouth is one of the main sources of new recruits for MAST and this is a great way to let your network know about your MAST experience. Again, when you see a post – please like it, comment on it (IE, “we love MAST, reach out if you want to learn more” or maybe share a highlight or achievement about your MAST skier, etc. Your advocacy will help grow the program! Additionally, please mention MAST in your conversations with other parents and students this summer. Point them to the website for all the info they need to explore MAST for their family. http://www.mplsalpineski.org/ Thanks in advance for the support! Go MAST! With gratitude, MAST Marketing Committee Good Afternoon:
I keep forgetting to ask you to look around in your ski bags and anywhere in your house, car, garage, basement, bags or chicken coops for any MAST things that might be still in your possession. Bibs, radios, radio chargers, clipboards.... anything. Bring to banquet please. We will be taking inventory of everything we own next week and packing it away in storage for 2024-25. Thank you. Mark MAST POST SEASON UPDATE #2
Friday, March 8, 2024 Dear MAST Athletes, Parents, Coaches and Fans: Please read for some very important announcements regarding
I. Voting For Next Season’s MAST Captains BEFORE you arrive at the banquet on Sunday, please click on the link below to learn who wants to serve as a captain next year and why. You will be able to cast your vote for 2 girls and 3 boys. A fantastic slate of athletes has expressed their interest in serving as your captain next year. Please honor the courage it takes to put your name in the ring and read their statements carefully before voting. When you log in, use your name (your vote will be kept secret) and use your MPS email address. One vote per current athlete only. We will keep your vote secret, but we will make sure that those who vote are only voting once and are associated with our team. No ballot stuffing. https://forms.gle/6i8ZQUqZAzB6xyqUA Submit your vote no later than 4PM on Sunday, March 10. The link will close at 4PM sharp. This means that if you want to vote, you need to do so BEFORE you come to the banquet. PARENTS: PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR ATHLETE HAS SEEN AND READ AND ACTED ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE. WE REALIZE THAT THEY DON'T CHECK EMAIL OFTEN. II. 2024-25 Hyland Season Pass Spring Sale Once again, we are offering you the opportunity to save some money on your 2024-25 Hyland Season Pass by purchasing the pass with MAST. The price is the same as if you were to purchase it online ($474), but you will not be charge MN State Sales Tax. You can purchase your pass with MAST in one of two ways. A. Bring a check made payable to Mpls Alpine in the amount of $474 to the banquet on Sunday. Hope White will be collecting payment for season passes at the banquet. B. Mail a check made payable to Mpls Alpine in the amount of $474 to: Hope White 4945 Clinton Ave S Mpls MN 55419 Deadline: Checks must be received by Wednesday, March 27. You can also purchase your pass directly from Hyland HERE. The online price increases to $499 on April 1 through October 31. The price increases again to $524 on Nov 1. III. Athlete Race Day Lift Tickets This season we did not ask parents/athletes to pay for lift tickets in advance of our away races as we did last year. As you will learn from the letter posted below from our Board, we made the mistake of thinking that Team Snap gave us the capability of applying athlete credits to the TS invoicing capabilities. We were wrong. So, we are coming to you after the season to collect payment for all tickets purchased for away races this winter for your athlete. Read on for more information on how to pay. Hello, MAST parents. When we made the decision to use Google Spreadsheets for race intentions, we circumvented Team Snap's payment process and lost the ability for parents and athletes to apply athlete credits from coffee and salsa sales against amounts due for their away lift tickets. Next year we will revert to using Team Snap for race intentions to simplify your payment process. For the 2023/24 race season, we've created a list of any away race lift ticket costs by athlete. This list will be posted at the banquet on Sunday where you can pay via either Venmo or check. Any available credits have been applied to balances due and you will see this reconciliation in the list. Apologies for any confusion. Many thanks. The MAST Board IV. Banquet Reminder 2023 - 2024 MINNEAPOLIS ALPINE SKI TEAM BANQUET Sunday, March 10, 4:45 PM to 9:00 PM Arrive at 4:45, Program starts at 5:15. LOCATION: Annunciation Church 509 W. 54th Street, Minneapolis Enter from the parking lot at W. 55th Street, north on Harriet Ave. BANQUET DETAILS: The MAST end-of-the-season celebration will be held at Annunciation Church with dinner and awards. Bring your own water and/or non-alcoholic beverage. All attendees, show your MAST pride! Rock your MAST gear: flannels, race suits, shin guards, hats, goggles, vintage ski wear… Or, show up in MAST colors (red, blue, white). Wear anything that celebrates this community’s love of MAST and skiing. ADDITIONAL INFO: MAST Season 2023-24 Photo Books have been created! 20 books have been pre-printed and will be available for purchase at the banquet. (First come, first served!) If needed, we will take orders for additional photo books to be printed and picked up - same price, payment taken at the banquet. Photobooks are $26. Pay by cash/venmo/check. Thank you to Janna Fraboni for the many hours creating the book and Janna Fraboni and Brien Spanier for their dedication all season long to photographing the team! Follow MAST Facebook and MAST Instagram for Senior Posts and Banquet updates. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We are still looking for volunteers, especially two photographers, two adult clean-up coordinators for the 8th, 9th, and 10th graders and we will need 20 more 9th and 10th graders for clean up! All VOLUNTEER SIGN UP Contact Dianne McConville ([email protected]) or Wendy Moore ([email protected]) with any questions. I look forward to seeing you on Sunday, March 10th! Mark 612-275-8392 Hello MAST Families!
The deadline to purchase banquet tickets is tomorrow, Wednesday, March 6th. Here is the information you need about the banquet... 2023 - 2024 MINNEAPOLIS ALPINE SKI TEAM BANQUET DATE & COST: Sunday, March 10, 4:45 PM to 9:00 PM $15 Per Person ($60 Max Per Family) Under 12 Free Arrive at 4:45, Program starts at 5:15. *Please contact Mark Conway if you need assistance with the banquet fee* LOCATION: Annunciation Church 509 W. 54th Street, Minneapolis Enter from the parking lot at W. 55th Street, north on Harriet Ave. REGISTER HERE DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, March 6th! Contact Dianne McConville ([email protected]) or Wendy Moore ([email protected]) with any questions. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, March 10th! MAST Facebook MAST Instagram 2023 - 2024 MINNEAPOLIS ALPINE SKI TEAM BANQUET
DATE & COST: Sunday, March 10, 4:45 PM to 9:00 PM $15 Per Person ($60 Max Per Family) Under 12 Free Arrive at 4:45, Program starts at 5:15. *Please contact Mark Conway if you need assistance with the banquet fee* LOCATION: Annunciation Church 509 W. 54th Street, Minneapolis Enter from the parking lot at W. 55th Street, north on Harriet Ave. REGISTER HERE DEADLINE IS WEDNESDAY, March 6th! BANQUET DETAILS: The MAST end-of-the-season celebration will be held at Annunciation Church with dinner and awards. Bring your own water and/or non-alcoholic beverage. All attendees, show your MAST pride! Rock your MAST gear: flannels, race suits, shin guards, hats, goggles, vintage ski wear… Or, show up in MAST colors (red, blue, white). Wear anything that celebrates this community’s love of MAST and skiing. Please reach out to Dianne McConville ([email protected]) with any dietary restrictions. *We will not have live-streaming this year, but the event will be recorded. ADDITIONAL INFO:
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: We are still looking for volunteers, especially two photographers, two adult clean-up coordinators for the 8th, 9th, and 10th graders and we will need 20 more 9th and 10th graders for clean up! All VOLUNTEER SIGN UP Contact Dianne McConville ([email protected]) or Wendy Moore ([email protected]) with any questions. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, March 10th! MAST Facebook MAST Instagram Good Evening MAST Families:
Three short announcements. Please read. 1. MAST In The News Fox 9 News and Maury Glover did a good job telling the story of the Washburn boys and girls. See the link below to view the piece. Thank you to all the athletes who came out to Hyland yesterday. It was really nice to see you and watch you ski again. Once again, you made me so proud to be YOUR coach. I know Joel feels the same way. Minneapolis alpine ski team wins state for first time in 48 years (fox9.com) 2. Senior Superlatives.. a request for athlete and coach input. Josie and Lucy are producing the MAST Video. They would like all athletes and coaches to answer the questions posed in the google form. If you have questions, reach out to Lucy Hugunin and Josie Bitney. Senior Superlatives Form 3. A Friendly Reminder To Purchase Your Banquet Ticket By purchasing this sooner than later, you are helping the banquet organizers plan and prepare and enabling them to sleep restfully. Here is a link to order your tickets. https://www.mplsalpineski.org/20232024-mast-banquet.html Thanks Mark Good Evening:
Just wanted to alert you to a story that will air tonight on Fox 9 News at 9:45 and 10:15PM tonight. Maury Glover came out to Hyland today with his cameraman and interviewed our Washburn boys about their victory at the State Meet. Enjoy the early Spring. Mark Good Evening MAST Athletes:
Hopefully you were cheering on Jessie Diggins in today's Loppet Cup World Cup race at Theodore Wirth Park. What a great day for Mpls and for skiing in general. We have a banquet approaching and we are in need of some help from our Seniors. One of the highlights of the banquet every year is the Senior Tribute Video that Daniel makes. He starts with a video clip from your first year on the team that flows into a video of you ripping it up in a course your senior year. Because we have so many seniors on the team, we need your help. Here are some instructions Daniel sent for me to send out: If you want to be in the senior tribute video please email [email protected] the following, a video of your first year on the team, a video of your best skiing senior year, and 2-3 pictures of yourself with the team. You can submit picture of yourself at different ages on the team if you want. Pictures can be found on the MAST website. If you do not send a before/after video you will not be in the senior tribute video. It would be terrific if you can find the time to send these to me before Tuesday morning, but if you can't get it done by then, please have them to me by next Sunday, February 25. For Everyone: There is still a lot of skiing left this winter. Ski Racing Magazine just published this demonstration of five drills to use to improve your slalom, giant slalom, and speed skiing skills. We will be incorporating these into our training next year but watch these and give them a try this year. Just be careful with some of these. Remember to always look up the hill when doing the J Turn drill and be careful using the speed skiing drills on crowded slopes and never use them in Slow Skiing Zones. Here is a link: How To Train: Top Drills For Ski Racing And don't forget that we have video of the demonstration drills we use during our season. Continue to improve your execution of these drills whenever you get out to ski yet this year. MAST Drills To Build the Skills See you at the banquet. Mark |
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