Congratulations to the top 4 winners of Money for Music!

• 1st Place – Athens High School ($6,000)
• 2nd Place – Newman Catholic High School ($4,000)
• 3rd Place – Pacelli High School ($2,000)
• 4th Place – Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School ($1,000)

This year, 41 high schools throughout Central Wisconsin competed against one another for their share of $13,000 cash.

With high school budget cuts threatening Arts Programs, Today’s Great Country 101.9 WDEZ, wants to do our part to help keep music departments at our local high schools strong for our youth; that’s why Money for Music was born. WDEZ is proud to support our area high schools and their music programs!

Check Presentations

We will be presenting the winners with their prizes over the next month and posting a picture from each school, below.

Athens

Joe Cassady and Bryan Scott were at the Athens High School Christmas Concert on Sunday, 12/18, to present the 1st place check of $6,000. Congratulations Athens!

Newman Catholic

Bryan Scott and Joe Cassady made the Money4Music Check presentation in the amount of $4,000 to Newman Catholic High School, 2nd Place Winner on Monday 12/5 during Newman's 2011 Christmas Concert:

Wittenberg-Birnamwood

On Friday, January 9th, Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School was presented with a $1,000 check for placing fourth in 2011's Money4Music competition:

Participating School Profiles

Read about the participating schools, including information about music departments and school accomplishments:

• Abbotsford High
• Almond-Bancroft High
• Antigo High
• Assumption Catholic High
• Athens High
• Auburndale High
• Clintonville High
• Columbus Catholic High
• D.C. Everest High
• Edgar High
• Elcho High
• Granton High
• Gresham High
• Iola-Scandinavia High
• John Edwards High
• Laona High
• Lincoln High
• Little Wolf High
• Marathon High
• Marion High
• Medford High
• Merrill High
• Mosinee High
• Nekoosa High
• Newman Catholic High
• Northland Pines High
• Pacelli High
• Prentice High
• Rhinelander High
• Rib Lake High
• SPASH
• Stratford High
• Thorp High
• Tigerton High
• Tri-County High
• Wabeno High
• Waupaca High
• Wausau East High
• Wausau West High
• Wittenberg-Birnamwood High
• Wolf River Lutheran High

Sponsors

Money for Music would not be possible without help from these local sponsors:

• Solarus
• Crossroads County Market
• River Valley Bank
• Ace Hardware Weston
• BRB Autobody
• Rasmussen College
• Auto Select
• Peaceful Pines Pet Memorials
• Raasch's American Car Care
• Baesman's Shoes and Clothing
• Homestead Bar Hwy 52
• Cellcom: Clearly the Best
• Heartland Co-op