The funds raised by PUPs will go to scholarships benefiting all Performing Arts students (Band, Choir, Color Guard, Theatre, Orchestra and Tech). In April 2007, the Marching Band, Color Guard and Orchestra was invited to march in Bendigo, Australia! Your donations helped students attend this event and broaden their education in another part of the world that experienced a Gold Rush similar to California's. A rich Chinese history is woven through the social fabric of Bendigo; the world's longest imperial dragon "Sun Long" is the centerpiece of the city's annual Easter Parade. The performing arts students, staff and parents thank you for your generous support! See photos from Bendigo.

Bendigo is a rural city of 60,000 people in southeastern Australia, built in the 1850s on what was, at the time, the richest gold field in the world. Bendigo was the heart of the great Australian gold rush that gave it so much fame and beautiful Victorian-era buildings. The gold was mined out, but the people stayed on. The trams continued rattling down the main street and the city's Chinese population still paraded with their amazing imperial dragon at Easter.