BA Bands eNews

August 30, 2015

Directors Notes


Pride Schedule for this week

Horn Line, Percussion, Drum Major & Crew Schedule
Mon 8/31 - (3:15-6:00)
Tues 9/1 - (3:20-6:30)
Wed 9/2 - OFF
Thurs 9/3 - (5:00-9:00)
Fri 9/4 - (2:00-11:00 approx.) Football Game @ Owasso HS
Sat 9/5 - OFF
Sun 9/6 - OFF
Mon 9/7 - Labor Day - OFF
Note: Due to Labor Day Holiday the Pride will not rehearse Monday, 9/7 but WILL rehearse on Wednesday, 9/9.

Color Guard Schedule
Mon 8/31 - (4:00-6:00)
Tues 9/1 - (5:00-9:00)
Wed 9/2 - OFF
Thurs 9/3 - (5:00-9:00)
Fri 9/4 - (9:00-1:00) AND (2:00-11:00 approx.) Football Game @ Owasso HS
Sat 9/5 - OFF
Sun 9/6 - OFF
Mon 9/7 - Labor Day - OFF
Note: Due to Labor Day Holiday the Pride will no rehearse on Monday, 9/7 but WILL rehearse on Wednesday, 9/9.


West Entrance to High School Unavailable on Monday Afternoon / Evening
Due to the High School Aloha Bash (6:00-9:00pm), the west access road to the back of the campus will be blocked off. To access the back parking lot (South lot) on Monday, use the East entrances to the High School Campus.


Owasso Football Game UNIFORM
All Pride will wear their complete Full Uniform for this week's game.

Full Pride Uniform Includes:

• Members do not take their uniforms home. Parent volunteers maintain the cleanliness and maintenance of the uniforms.
• The ONLY T-shirt that may be worn underneath the uniform is the Black Member Pride / Tradition T shirt. Extras may be purchased for $10 each from the Uniform Parent Volunteers
  
• BLACK "Sliders" must be worn under the uniform. These are athletic leggings and may be purchased at most any sporting good store.
• Full Length ALL Black socks must be worn with the uniform
• No jewelry while in uniform. This includes wrist bands, necklaces, piercings, etc. (a small stud ear ring is the only acceptable jewelry)
• Gentlemen must have haircuts above the collar line and no facial hair
• Ladies with long hair must be able to put their hair "up" in a "performance bun" inside their shako
• Gloves (Horn Line only)
• These may be purchased for $5 per pair
• Woodwinds must cut out the fingers on their gloves at the "first knuckle". Don't wait until the last minute to do this.
• All members will need to shine / polish their instruments before each performance
  
• Color Guard will wear their Practice Costume
  

School Transportation for School Activities
It is the policy of the school that all students travel to and from school activities via school provided transportation. Therefore, students may not ride to a school event with their parents and meet the band at the travel site. Nor, may students be released to parents to travel home in a personal vehicle instead of returning to BAHS on the provided school transportation. While this may not be the most convenient method of picking up your child from a school event, it does maintain consistency, safety and accountability for each band member on a school trip.


Tradition Rehearsal Another Success
Thanks to all the efforts of our students and staff that made Saturday's Tradition Rehearsal such a success. It's amazing to see the efforts to coordinate an entire Pre-Game Show with over 450 performers in just one Rehearsal!! The Pride and Tradition will have a dress rehearsal on each HOME GAME Friday at 6:00pm on the Track Turf Field in the back of the school.  Please note that the Tradition has one more rehearsal on Saturday, September 12th from 2:00-5:00pm at the BAHS Band Room.


High School Wind Ensemble - Thursday Rehearsal and Performance
The High School Wind Ensemble will perform on Thursday for the BA Teachers In-Service and also be a demonstration group for the band staff professional development. Report time on Thursday will be at 7:45am (wearing jeans and a Pride/Tradition T shirt). Time commitment on Thursday: 7:45am - 11:00am


Next Band Parent Meeting - September 8
The next meeting of Broken Arrow Band Parents Association will be at 7:00pm on September 8 in the BAHS Band Hall.


Pride and Concert Band Instrument User Fees due September 11
All Pride members that play a school owned instrument must submit their $35 Instrument User Fee no later than this Friday. All User Fees not submitted by Friday will have that charge deducted from the member's Student Account.


Attendance Communication
As a reminder, members must communicate all Pride rehearsal absences by emailing attendance@brokenarrowpride.com. Please remember that ALL rehearsals and performances are mandatory.

FUNCTIONS
Please submit student special diet information, allergies, and/or medical conditions here: SPECIAL DIETS

Uniform reminders:

• No Food or Drink is allowed in the Shako box, in the uniform garment bags, or in the kids while in uniform!  Thank you for your cooperation with this!

• If you washed uniforms this week, please have them returned to the uniform room by Tuesday evening
  

FUNDRAISING
Cori Aschkenas - BABandFundraising@gmail.com

New Fundraiser - Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Dough begins on September 8th.


PRIDE STORE
Cori Aschkenas - BAPrideStore@gmail.com

DID YOU KNOW? You can have your child’s instrument, the BA Logo, OR the Pride logo added to ANY shirt for just $5? Come check us out at the next band parent meeting on September 8th! Full Pride Store will be open in the Orchestra Room from 6:15 until one hour after the meeting!

Store Hours this week: THURSDAY 6:00-8:15

http://Pridepictures.dotphoto.com is where to go to purchase pictures taken by the Pride Photographers.


OPERATIONS
Meetings are MONDAY - FRIDAY @ 6:00pm and SATURDAYs @ 9:00am at the stadium. We are making great progress on the props, only a few weeks to go! We will be using the same shirts as last year so stop by Yvonne’s and purchase one if your are a part of the operations team.

Email baprideoperations@gmail.com anytime.

Concessions
This week's football for Monday is taken covered, thank you to those volunteers! A couple more volunteers would be a great help for Tuesday's game and we need two more for Friday's NOAHs game held at The Freshman Academy.

Many more volunteers are needed for our first home varsity game against Union.

Sign up to volunteer through your Charms account on the calendar.  Email baconcessions@gmail.com to sign up or with any questions




Special Events

Broken Arrow Invitational - Saturday, October 3
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP NOW TO HELP WITH BAI.

You must sign up before Sept 18th to reserve an Event Staff shirt for yourself. Pride kids are allowed to work in the afternoon and are encouraged to do so. They must sign up using this form and choose Pride Member from the pull down menu. Guard members should check with Wes first for practice schedule that day.

OSSAA State Marching Contest - Wednesday, October 28 - During the school day. 8am-3pm

If you can be available to help during the day, if you don’t work during the week or if you can take off that day, Please email me at baspecialevents@gmail.com and put OSSAA in the subject line.

Thank you volunteers!


Marketing & Development
Ky and Michiele Vargas - development.bapride@gmail.com

Road trip Inspection

Hercules Tires, at 805 W Kenosha ((918) 251-1987), is offering a free vehicle inspection for all Pride families. With the driving season upon us, Hercules wants to make sure your family cars are road ready. Stop by anytime, mention you are with the BA Pride, and they will take care of you!

Sponsors Needed

Speaking of feeding the Pride, we are still looking for a few more restaurants who can help us with food. If you have contacts at a restaurant, please let us know!

We are also looking for other companies to partner with us through sponsorships.

Volunteer Grants

Did you know that some companies pay volunteer grants for their employees who volunteer hours for organizations. Is your company one of those? Do you work for Walmart, DirecTV, IBM or State Farm? Those are 4 companies of the many who offer volunteer grants. Check with your HR department!



Upcoming Dates and Events
Sept 4 - Game: BA at Owasso
Sept 8 - Band Parent Meeting - 7:00pm
Sept 11 - Game: BA at Coppell, TX - Tentative 7:30am Departure
Sept 12 - Arrive at BAHS from Coppell, TX - Tentative 3:30am Arrival
Sept 18 - Game: BA vs Union
Sept 19 Pride Saturday Rehearsal - Time TBA
Sept 25 - Game: BA at Yukon - Assigned Pep Band
Sept 26 - Pride Saturday Rehearsal & Dress Rehearsal Performance - Time TBA
Oct 2 - Game: BA vs Putnam City
Oct 3 - BAI - Broken Arrow Invitational Band Contest
Oct 6 - Band Parent Meeting - 7:00pm
Oct 8 - Game: BA at Norman (Pep Band to be assigned)
Oct 9 - Pride Rehearsal - 3:30-7:30pm
Oct 10 - Pride Rehearsal / Dress Rehearsal Performance - 3:00-9:00pm (9:00 Performance)
Oct 13 - High School Band Concert @ BAPAC - 7:00pm

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