w e b s i t e . u p d a t e s Whats happening?... News about latest website updates... Friday, August 10, 2007 Sorry, It's been awhile since I've updated this. Added the 2007-2008 pages and The Official show programs for years 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-00 Friday, December 2, 2005 Our thanks to the generous businesses and families that made donations to our 9th Annual Reverse Raffle and Chinese Auction held October 29, 2004 at LaMalfa Party Center . Little Mountain Golf Course . Quail Hollow . Jennifer & Co. . Slice of Cleveland . Wing Stop . Hooters . Bennigan’s . Branding Iron . BP . Sudden Urge Tattoos . Deanne’s Salon . Annie’s Nailz . Personal Image . Weber’s Ice Cream . Luchita’s . Bellezza Hair and Nails . Manhattan Deli . Francesco’s . Hungry Howie’s . East of Chicago Pizza . The Metro . Signature Salon . Steven Mathews Hairdressers . Wing House . TJ’s on the Avenue . Ladies and Gentleman’s . Dino’s . Pet Glow . TNT Tanning . Molinari’s . Gallery One . Olive Garden . Barnes and Noble . Cabana . Café Europa . Dunkin Donuts . Concord Beverage . Fracci Florist . Icing on the Cake . Culinaire Pavane . Giant Eagle . All About Karaoke . Great Clips . Enger Tire and Auto . Spuddy’s Tavern . Tana’s Italian Treats . Capps Pizza . Curves . CK’s Steakhouse . Mentor Heisley Racquet and Fitness Club . Willoughby Fine Arts . Home Depot . Buffalo Wild Wings . Pure Romance by Laura . Heisley Tire and Brake . Steak and Shake . Stadium Grill . Heinen’s . Lake County Captains . Great Harvest Bread . Arby’s . CC’s Pizza Tuesday, October 25, 2005 Updated the performance calendar and performance schedule. Thanks Laurie! Sunday, October 9, 2005 A few tickets are still available for Saturday Oct. 29's Reverse Raffle at LaMalfa Center. Please click on the Fundraisers link above for further information. Thanks Beth And Laura! Updated the 2005-2006 webpage. Added several new performance dates, fundraisers, plus pictures from Septembers' It's Better in Mentor Performance. Thursday, August 18, 2005 Sorry I have not been keeping up on this update log with all the recent news and all. As you can see the 2005-2006 Mentor Top 25's web page is well under construction and up to date. This year I've add a calendar for the groups schedule and where they will be performing. Ms. Kunes will be updating the calendar as more of the groups events are booked. Tuesday, June 1, 2005 Completed the redesign/the new fresh look for the New Year. Today, Top 25 tryouts begin. Best of luck to everyone! Check back on the site Saturday evening, Sunday morning.... It’s possible the results may be posted here before being available in the music wing on Monday morning. Hope you enjoy the new layout of the site. Please feel free to send in your comment. Thanks Russ Saturday, May 28, 2005 Working on a new look for the 2005-2006 Season. Sunday, March 27, 2005 Added a few video clips of the 1995-1996 group on their web page. They're not of the best quality, but I'm learnin. Russ Thursday, March 17, 2005 Mrs. Jude' Kraus sent me some recent pictures from a show the group performed at. Thanks Jude'!!! I've really missed the group alot. I will have the larger sized pictures up on the site shortly. Russ Thursday, Feburary 17, 2005 Wow, its been awhile... Sorry, but no info comming my way this year. There will be a Spring show, see performance schedule. Thursday, October 28, 2004 Our thanks to the generous businesses and families that made donations to our 8th Annual Reverse Raffle and Chinese Auction held October 9, 2004 at LaMalfa Party Center . Lake County Captains . Cleveland Cavaliers . Marlo's Jewelers . Lowe's . Mentor Heisley Racquet Club . Ladies and Gentleman's Salon . Heisley Tire & Brake . Wingstop . Curves . Bruegger's Bagels . Cookies by Design . Home Depot . MW Biggs Snowplowing . Spa Parties by Laura Biggs . Pure Romance Parties by Laura . Eshelman Enterprises . Mularkey's . Bobicks . Nadines Tanning . Winghouse . Marc's . TJ's on the Avenue . Luchita's Mexican Rest. . Max & Erma's . Quail Hollow . Little Mtn. Country Club . Lost Nation Golf Course . Hooters . Grimestoppers . Willoughby Fine Arts . Noosa Bistro . TJ's on the Avenue . Branding Iron Cookhouse . Slice of Cleveland . Yours Truly . Aladdin Carpet Cleaning . Brennan Maid Service . Western Reserve Harley Davidson . Attitudes Salon . CK's Steakhouse . JD Ballantine's Florist . Jennifer & Co. . Meximilian's Steak House . Applebee's . Casa D'Angelo . Amish Attic . Canine Designs . JD's Post House . Smokey Bones . Bennigan's . Signature Salon . Tuthill's Floral Peddler Donations received after October 21st may not be listed due to a printer deadline. Sunday, October 10, 2004 The Reverse Raffle at LaMalfa Center was a huge Success! A good time was had by all. Thanks to everyone that helped to make this years Raffle a memorable one. Laura, excellent job! Check out the Fundraiser page I've posted a few picture from last nights raffle. I've also added more pictures from Better in Mentor Days. Tuesday, October 5, 2004 A few tickets are still available for this Saturdays Reverse Raffle at LaMalfa Center. Please click on the Fundraisers link above for further information. Thanks Beth And Laura! Updated the 2004-2005 webpage. Tuesday, September 28, 2004 My sincere apologies to Corey for the misspelling. Thanks for catching the error. Russ Tuesday, September 21, 2004 Added a few pictures form the groups performance at Better in Mentor Days. Wednesday, September 8, 2004 Coming up this Sunday, September 12, 2004 "Top 25 Car Wash/Bake Sale/Dog Wash" at Marathon @ corner of 615 & Munson 9:00am - 3:00pm - *Donations Accepted*. Thursday, September 2, 2004 Come see the group perform at this years "It's Better in Mentor Days" on Sunday, September 19, 2004 @ 3:00pm. Tickets are available for the October 9, 2004 Reverse Raffle at LaMalfa Center. Please click on the Fundraisers link above for further information. Thursday, August 5, 2004 Added a picture of the 2003-2004 trophies from the competition season on the competition page. Wednesday July 14, 2004 The 2004-2005 Top 25 annual summer camp will be held August 2-13, 2004. Please check soon for details. Saturday, June 12, 2004 Working on creating web pages for the 2004-2005 group. Those that made the group will be listed on the site within the next few days. Monday, August 2, 2004 Added the Fundraiser & Performance Schedule pages. Thanks Holly for the info! Russ End 2003-2004 Season...................................................... Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Added an additional 25 pictures from the spring show. Thanks again Ginnie!! Friday, May 7, 2004 Added over 50 pictures from the spring show that was this past weekend. All the photos on the show page were taken by Ms. Ginnie Jeschelnig one of the Top 25 parents. Exceptional Ginnie! you really made this page awesome!! Thanks Russ Saturday, May 2, 2004 Added a page for the Spring Show last night, More pictures will be added soon. Props to the Group!.......... Wednesday, March 31, 2004 The FAME, Show Choir America results are in........... Sunday, March 21, 2004 The Watseka Invitational results are in........... Sunday, Feburary 8, 2004 The Danville Midwest Classic Competition results are in........... Wednesday, January 21, 2004 Updated the Competition page for Findlay Fest last Saturday. Congrats on 1st RU T25! Awesome performance! Thanks to Bob Klass for all the photos he took and sent me for the site. You made the page Bob! Wednesday, January 14, 2004 Oh how time does fly... Busy, Busy, Busy. I attended last weekends MFAI Wow!! Awesome day for sure. I've got about half of the over 400 pictures that Ginnie and Bob took Saturday up on the site so for. Boy I love this!! Top 25 will be performing at their first competition scheduled for this year this Saturday in Findlay, Ohio. The Competition is called “Findlay Fest”. If you can't attend the competition this weekend, please stop by the site early next week to see the results. Wednesday, January 7, 2004 The offical show progarms for years 1997-1998, 1998-1999 & 1999-2000 were just donated to the site by Rebecca Reichert, a Top 25 Mentor High Alumnus from those years. Thank-you Becca! Russ - Please bear with me I will first be working on scanning in the bio pictures for the three years. None down and 120 to go. Wednesday, December 31, 2003 Pages 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 are now complete, just finished adding all the bios. Have a Happy New Year everyone! Sunday, December 28, 2003 Updated the Mentor Fine Arts Invitational web pages. Added lots of pictures from last years Invitational on the 2003 MFAI page. (Pictures courtesy of Bob Klass, a current Top 25 parent) Thanks Bob! Friday, December 19, 2003 Now open the "Top 25 Store". You can now purchase tickets to upcomming Top 25 events and shows or purchase one of several Video CD's we have avaiable. Shop on-line or by mail. All proceeds from sales will go to the general fund to defer the cost of the groups travel/costume expenses. Thursday, December 18, 2003 Working on adding bio text for season 1995-1996. A slow process, lots of scanning to do. Thank goodness for editable text! Four down, twenty-eight to go..... Thanks to Mrs. Terry DiFranco Herschman for the 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 show programs. Sorry its taken me so long to get the information on the site. Sunday, December 14, 2003 Added remaining bio picture for season 2000-2001, page is now complete. Thank-you to Mrs. Kovach that supplied me with the show program and pictures you see on the page. Saturday, December 13, 2003 Updating the pages for the MFAI. Get your tickets early!! The Inventational is Saturday, January 10, 2004. This year’s participants are now listed. Added the Combo's and Stage Crew's Bios. Some pictures of the members are not avaiable at this time and need to be added. Wednesday, December 10, 2003 Added the list of our 2003-2004 Top 25 Sponsors on the "Our Sponsors" page. Please visit this page. A very Special Thank you!!! to everyone that has shown their support for the group this year and in the past. Tuesday, December 2, 2003 The memories just keep coming in! The Information/photos & captions for years 1977-1978 & 1978-1979 web pages were submitted by Top 25 Alumnus Susan (Steinicke) Keene. Thank-you for sharing it with us! Russ Sunday, November 30, 2003 Its been a fantastic Holiday weekend for me! Thanks Dr. T! Within the last five years web pages, heres what I've done with the over 500 meg of AWESOME Video footage you've sent me. Thanks Dr. T! R Friday, November 28, 2003 Dr. Touchton and I have been very busy this Holiday weekend.......... PLEASE NOTE!!! Video links have been added on the pages for years 1999-2000 thru 2003-2004, the links are only working for 1999-2000 as of today. Friday at 6:30pm. As you can see all the links are in place for videos from years 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003 & 2003-2004 - Problem is, I have a dial-up connection and its going to take awhile to get the video files uploaded on to the server to the site. Please bear with me.... UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now ready for your viewing and listening pleasure is the Competition set from the 1999-2000 group. Select the "Top 25 Sounds" link above or go to the "1999-2000" link on the left. Video files are a bit on the large size but of excellent quality! Theres approx. 1/2gig to upload to the site. Thanks, Dr. T and Russ Tuesday, November 25, 2003 Added over 90 pictures from the fall show that was this past weekend. All the photos on the show page were taken by Ms. Ginnie Jeschelnig one of the Top 25 parents. Exceptional Ginnie! you really made this page awesome!! Thanks Russ Saturday, November 22, 2003 The Fall Show "The Big Noise" made its debut last night at the Mentor Schools Fine Arts Center. Tonight's show starts at 7:30pm. Hope you enjoy the Show! Remember you can catch the show for a second time on Sunday afternoon at 2:30pm. Sunday, November 16, 2003 Look carefully there's alot new on the website. To list just a few..... I've added all the groups individual pictures along with their bios. You can now meet all the kids before you see them perform at the show. The Show program order has now been finalized. Tuesday, November 11, 2003 Updated the Mentor Fine Arts Invitational web pages. Will soon be adding pictures from last years Invitational to the 2003 MFAI page. CHECK BACK! (Pictures courtesy of Bob Klass, a current Top 25 parent) Thanks Bob! Sunday, November 9, 2003 I've learnt to do a few new graphic and programming things, hope you like them and it makes navigating the site a little bit easier. Sorry bout the white behind the new "Cardinal" I'm workin on him. Also Updated the "Top 25 Sounds web page" Russ Wednesday, November 5, 2003 Updated this years group’s web page. Including bios, list of songs the group will be performing at the Fall Show “The Big Noise” and added the list of Sponsors from the Reverse Raffle. Sunday, November 2, 2003 Added several pictures from last nights Akron 25 Plus Club Show on this years group web page. Thanks as always Ginnie for the great camera work! Russ Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Added several training videos for this years group on their web page. Friday, October 15, 2003 Working on completeing group pages for years 1985-1986, 1995-1996 & 2000-2001. Still need to scan in a few bio pictures and add the show programs etc. Will try to complete this weekend. Check back soon. Sunday, October 12, 2003 The Reverse Raffle at LaMalfa Center was a sell out this year! A good time was had by all. Thanks to everyone that helped to make this years Raffle a huge success. Tina and Cyndi, excellent job! Check out the Fundraiser page I've posted a few picture from last nights raffle. Thursday, October 10, 2003 The Reverse Raffle at LaMalfa Center has been sold out. Thanks to everyone that sponsored, donated, supported and helped out this year!! Sunday, October 5, 2003 A few tickets are still available for this Saturdays Reverse Raffle at LaMalfa Center. Please click on the Fundraisers link above for further information. Thanks Tina And Cyndi! Updated the Competition Page. Thursday, October 2, 2003 Thank-you to Ms. Robin Hyett, Top 25 Mentor High Alumnus and owner of Family Designs Consulting Services for the New Design of the Splash page. Thanks to Robin, the pro at Web Page Design you will most likely be seeing some major changes/improvements to the site. Thanks Robin!!! Sincerly Russ Monday, September 29, 2003 Updated the Groups fundraisers page. Please check it out. You can help support the group and also get in on some great deals at the same time. Monday, September 22, 2003 Pictures from yesterdays show at "It's Better in Mentor Days" are now posted on the page. Click on either of the pitures above to access. Sunday, September 21, 2003 Show time: 3:00pm Place: “It’s Better in Mentor Days” Mentor, OH Contest: First person to correctly e-mail me with the list of songs sung at today’s show, (in the correct order) will win two tickets to the upcoming Fall Show “The Big Noise” in November at the Mentor Schools Fine Arts Center, Mentor Oh. (travel expenses are solely the responsibility of the winner) and a Twenty-five dollar gift certificate for dinner at The Golden Crown Restaurant in Painesville Contest Rules: Members of Top 25, Combo and/or immediate family of, including relatives are not eligible. In case there are several correct entries the entry with the earliest time and date will be the winner. Please include a day time phone number with your entry. The winner will notified by e-mail and will be announced on the site immediately upon receipt of his/hers winning entry. Contest void where prohibited, enter are often as you’d like and no purchase necessary. E-mail entries to rlm1975@hotmail.com Monday, September 15, 2003 The new fall issue of "Top 25 Notes" is now avaible. Click on the Top 25 Notes Link above. Sunday, September 14, 2003 Updated the 2003-2004 Performance schedule tonight - "See you at It's Better in Mentor Days" on Sunday, September 21, 2003 @ 3:00pm September 8, 2003 ATTENTION: Corporate, Local Businesses and/or Individuals interested in Supporting/Sponsoring Top 25, Please check out the "SPONSOR US" link above. Or contact Gayle and Dave Eble Mentor Top 25 Show Chairs Phone: 440-255-0386 E-mail: dse55osu@aol.com September 7, 2003 Just posted this years Show Design and Competition Schedule. Thanks Dr. T. Also added a few of the participants that will be competing in this years 2nd Annual Mentor Fine Arts Invitational being held in January. September 1, 2003 Wow! Welcome to fall, turn up the heat. I hope the holiday went well for everyone. Just found out the name of the upcoming fall show. Its "The Big Noise" and your among one of the first to find out. Catch a preview of the fall show by stopping at "Better in Mentor Days" on Sunday, September 21, 2003. The show will be held at the Gazebo at 3:00pm. This years show defiantly has something for everyone and a few surprizes. Before or after the show be sure to stop by this years Top 25 booth, among other fun things you'll find there, you can also take your best shot at dunking a dancer. Check back soon for a list of songs they'll be performing. Hi to Paige in Albertsville! Russ August 28, 2003 The MFAI web page is complete. The entire web site has now been updated using the new format that Rachel Borovic, (Of the Mentor High School Web Team) redesigned for faster page loading and ease of navigation. Thank you Rachel. I'd also like to thank Mr. Tom Ramsey and the Web Team for all of their help with the site, especially for creating the new version of the Alumni Bios page. Russ August 26, 2003 Working on updating the "Mentor Fine Arts Inventational" web page. I should have it completed and up and running by the end of the week. August 22, 2003 The Parents Preview Show was awesome! Your hard work over the ten day camp surely showed. Congrats group, hats off to everyone on a fantastic job! I've added a test video on the main page. Hope it works for everyone. I will try to add videos from the Preview Show soon. August 20, 2003 Todays the final day of camp, it concludes this evening with a performance at the annual Parents Preview Show. From what I've seen these past few days, the kids have a fantastic sound and all the right moves! Check back in a couple of days for some photos from this evenings performance. Thank you Dr. Touchton for the opportunity to once again re-experience the love for music! UPDATE: I've posted several pictures I took at tonights show. They are on the dark side. I'm not the pro.... Ginnie.. Please help me out! Thanks Keith & Mike for the extra blocking you did for me tonight. Russ August 15, 2003 Top 25 Camp is now well under way. Pictures of the Music and Choreography camp have been posted on the page. Special thanks to Ginnie Jeschelnig for the shots from the Camp yesterday and also the picture from the 2003 Great Lakes Show Choir Camp. Would'nt of been able to make this site what it is today without you Ginnie! Thank-you Russ July 28, 2003 In early August the Top 25 will be having their annual summer camp at which they will learn the music and choreography for their upcomming season.