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WHAT IS CAKE WALK?

The Cake Walk is a 70+ year tradition in Grandview Heights and currently serves as a major fundraising event for the GH Band Parents Association. For more details on the history of Cake Walk in Grandview Heights, please click here.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Band Parents are excited to announce the return of a live and in person Cake Walk Event. Here are the particulars:
  • Friday, April 8
  • 6:30pm - 9:30pm
  • OLD Larson Middle School, 1240 Oakland Ave
​             gymnasium and commons
The premise is simple: you purchase a ticket for a chance to walk in a "cake circle" (a circle of chairs, each with a number on it), with a bunch of other people while the GH Bands play music. When the music stops, everyone sits down on a chair. The master of ceremonies draws a number out of a random number hopper and announces it, and the person sitting in the chair with that number wins a cake - huzzah! It's that simple, but it happens over and over again all night long, until all the cakes are gone. 

WHO COMES TO THE CAKE WALK?

Absolutely anyone!
The event is open to the public - please help us spread the word and invite your friends and neighbors. (There is a nominal $1 entrance fee per person.)

IS THERE A CAKE DECORATING CONTESt?

You bet there is! Prizes will be awarded in three categories: Most Bobcat Spirit, Most Creative, and Most Musical, and in two divisions, adult and student. 
To enter, simply drop off your cakes at the OLD Larson middle school commons any time after 3pm on April 8 - please be sure to indicate on the box or carrier that your cake is intended for the cake decorating contest, and identify whether the artist is an adult or a student.

ALL BAND STUDENTS
​DONATE ONE CAKE

The Cake Walk cannot happen without a couple hundred cakes to give away as prizes! Therefore, the GHBPA asks that every family with a band student in grades 5 through 12 donate (at least!) one cake on behalf of each student. This means that if you have two students in your house, please plan to donate two cakes, three students in your house means three cakes, and so on. Good news: you don't have to bake them yourself. Store-bought cakes work just fine for this purpose.
Drop off your cakes any time after 3:00pm on the day of the event (Friday April 8) at the OLD Larson Middle School COMMONS. Look for the cake table, and someone will take your cake and check your student's name off the list. 

WHAT ELSE HAPPENS AT CAKE WALK?

Lots of things!
​In addition to the "main event", here are some of the other activities planned:
  • cake decorating contest
  • concessions sales
  • face painting
  • silent auction
  • "direct the band" for a donation!
  • cake sales (didn't win a cake? we've got you covered!)
  • cupcake eating contest (NEW THIS YEAR!)

WHO PERFORMS AT CAKE WALK?

Band students in grades 7 through 12 will perform at Cake Walk. Grades 7 and 8 cover the first half of the event. These students should report to the HS band room promptly at 6:10pm on Friday, and will be done around 8:00pm. The high school band takes over for the second half - those students should report to the HS band room at 7:45pm, and will be released around 9:30pm. All students should wear a Grandview top and shorts or jeans for the event.  

HOW ELSE CAN I HELP?

It takes lots and lots and lots and LOTS of adult volunteers to make Cake Walk a success. The jobs are all fun and easy and NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY! We know a lot of you are new to Cake Walk since we haven't had one in a few years, and that's OK - we will teach you everything you need to know. If you are the parent of a GH Bands student, please visit the signupgenius asap and add your name - we really need your help.