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By Mike Barnhardt
Enterprise Record

Moravian cookies and sugar cake are music to the ears of supporters of the Davie High School band program.
The band has once again partnered with Dewey’s Bakery of Winston-Salem to offer holiday goodies, with a pop-up store open in the Wal Mart shopping center off Cooper Creek Drive in Mocksville through Christmas Eve.
It’s the major fundraiser for the band. Many don’t know, but donations keep the band going, with the school system paying for little more than the director’s salary, said band booster, Melinda Oldham.
There are 170 students participating in band this year, and proceeds are earmarked to pay for trombones and other items. If enough money is raised, it will help with costs of band members going on an art-based trip to New York in the spring, said Ann Wilson, president of the school’s band boosters.
It takes a lot of volunteers to keep the store open Monday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and from noon-6 p.m. on Sundays.
“We have a lot of amazing band parents,” Wilson said. “And a lot of our band alumni come back to help.”
Of course, band members help, too. You may even hear an impromptu concert from time to time.
“It’s just fun to be in here,” Oldham said.
“We have more arts and crafts this year, donated by and made by band parents and supporters,” Wilson said. “There’s some really cute stuff.”
There’s also all of the baked goods which have made Dewey’s regionally famous. And Mrs. Pumpkins frozen chicken pies and spaghetti meals are available, as well as War Eagle merchandise.
For fresh items such as cake squares, visit the store and order by the end of the day on Wednesday for a Friday pickup. If ordering online, use the code DEWPART5 so that 25 percent of the sale will go to the Davie band.