BA Bands eNews

June 13, 2016


Directors Notes



Drums of Summer - DCI Show in Broken Arrow
The 2016 DCI Show hosted in Broken Arrow will be on Wednesday, July 20 at BA's Memorial Stadium. This year’s event features: Blue Knights, Blue Stars, The Cadets, Colts, Crossmen, and many others. WOW!! What an amazing line up. Tickets are on sale now at DrumsOfSummer.com. There are also many opportunities to volunteer. Contact Joe Kesterson (VP of Special Events) at BASpecialEvents@gmail.com for more info.... Do you have your tickets yet? Tickets are on sale now at DrumsOfSummer.com

NEW INFO for ALL PRIDE MEMBERS! All Pride members may receive free General Admission Access to the DCI Drums of Summer. This offer applies to all current 2016 members and can't be traded, upgraded or refunded from a previous purchase. We hope to see all of our Pride members at this amazing event at BA’s Stadium on Wednesday, July 20.

Drums of Summer prep is in full swing! Please click on THIS LINK to volunteer for this event on Wednesday July 20th. Ticket Sales start at 3pm, most other jobs from 5-6pm. WE NEED YOU!

Cut off to reserve a volunteer t-shirt will be July 5th. This gives us just enough time to order those and write the schedule before the event so please sign up before then. You only need to fill the form out once.

We have a new Facebook page for drums of summer and need to get the word out to all the former fans and followers. www.facebook.com/drumsofsummerba is where all the info about the show will be posted. Please go like, follow, and share to help us up the page views and sell as many tickets for this show as we can to support the Pride!


CAR WASH
Attending the Annual Car Wash on June 18th is REQUIRED and all attendance issues should be communicated to attendance@BrokenArrowPride.com. (Unforseen conflicts such as vacation or church camp will be excused). At this time, we are asking PARENTS who are interested in watching and helping the kids to contact Cori Aschkenas @ BABandfundraising@gmail.com. Please note, each student should bring sun block, water to drink, and either A TOWEL, DISH SOAP, OR A SPONGE!


School Owned Instrument Check Out
All students that need to check out a school owned instrument may pick them up on Tuesday, June 7 at the HS Band Office from 4:30-6:00pm. In order to pick up an instrument a student AND parent signature are REQUIRED. Also, the Fall Semester User fee of $35 must be paid in order to take your instrument for the summer. REMINDER: You MUST have a parent signature to check out your instrument.


Midwest Clinic - Percussion Ensemble
TRIP UPDATE- Mark your Calendars!
The Broken Arrow HS Percussion Ensemble will be performing at The Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic on Friday, December 16th from 1:30-2:30 PM.

Tentatively, we are planning to leave Broken Arrow on Wednesday, December 14th and return on Saturday, December 17th; more details will be released when available.


*MIDWEST PERCUSSION STUDENTS ONLY*:
- JUNE 27TH: First deposit payment of $200 due to Mrs. Good (checks made out to BA Bands)


2016 Pride Membership
A complete listing can be found on the Pride’s website at www.BrokenArrowPride.com.

2016 Pride Horn Line dates:

  • June 28-30 (12:00 - 5:00) Pride Horn Line Mini Camp #2
  • July 12-14 (12:00 - 5:00) Pride Horn Line Mini Camp #3
  • July 20 - DCI Drums of Summer at BA Stadium
  • 7/25 MANDATORY PRIDE CAMP BEGINS


Pride Color Guard Rehearsal and Camp Dates

  • June 20-23 (TBA) Color Guard Mini Camp #2
  • July 25 MANDATORY PRIDE CAMP BEGINS


Pride Percussion Rehearsal and Camp Dates

  • June 27 (1:00-4:00) Pride Mallets
  • June 27 (12:00-4:00) Pride Tenors
  • June 28 (12:00-4:00) Pride Tenors
  • July 1 (12:00-4:00) Pride Bass Drums
  • July 2 (12:00-4:00) Pride Bass Drums
  • July 11 (12:00-4:00) Pride Bass Drums
  • July 16 (12:00-4:00) Pride Snares
  • July 18 (12:00-4:00) Pride Snares


2016 Pride Performance Schedule!
The Pride will once again travel to unique locations and provide amazing experiences for our students. Mark your calendars for the Bands of America Super Regional in St. Louis during fall break AND the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in Southern California during winter break.
   Dress Rehearsals - October 1 & 8
   Broken Arrow Invitational - October 15
   St. Louis Super Regional - October 21-23
   OSSAA Regional Marching Contest - October 26
   OBA Marching Championship - October 29
   Sounds of the Stadium Concert in the BAPAC - November 1
   Pasadena Trip - December 29-January 4


St. Louis BOA Super Regional Trip Information
Depart: October 21
Travel by: Charter Bus
Arrive in BA: October 23
Projected preliminary Performance time: 3:45pm on October 22
Projected hotel: Holiday Inn, 811 N 9th, St. Louis 63101


Pasadena Tournament of Roses Trip Information
The Rose Parade (not the Rose BOWL Parade) predates the football game as will be celebrating its 128th trip down Colorado Boulevard. The Rose Parade boasts a live audience of 1 MILLION spectator and a worldwide television audience of over 350 MILLION viewers in over 40 countries.

Depart: December 29 (early)
Travel by: Charter planes
Arrive in BA: January 4 (very early morning)
Performances: Bandfest (Date TBD), Disneyland (Jan 1), Tournament of Roses Parade (Jan 2)
Hotel Info: Currently unavailable

Projected Itinerary to include:
Dec 29 Fly to LAX, Bus trip to sights including, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Hollywood Bowl, Farmers Market, and others
Dec 30 Rehearsal, Santa Monica Pier for shopping, entertainment, walking the beach and watching the sun set over the Pacific Ocean
Dec 31 Bandfest Performance (tentative), view the Rose Parade floats, Photo at Rose Bowl Stadium, New Year’s Eve Celebration
Jan 1 Disneyland Theme Parks
Jan 2 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, Hollywood Private Party event at Madame Tussauds
Jan 3 Universal Studios Theme Park with the New Harry Potter World, late evening departure from LAX
Jan 4 Early morning arrival of Charter Flights from California to Tulsa International Airport


Pride Account Payments / Charms / Group Fundraising / Payment Schedule
Until notified in an upcoming eNews, all payments to 2016 Pride New-Member Student Accounts must be made by delivering to the BAHS Band Office OR by mailing to BAHS. New Pride Member Charms accounts are still under construction to be set up for each member. We will make an eNews notification once the Charms accounts are set up for the 2016 Pride season. The next payment of $250 is due. The June payment is $300. Band Summer Office hours are Monday through Thursday from 9:00-4:00pm. NOTE: The additional Color Guard fee is currently undetermined and will announced asap (previous year’s Color Guard fee is typically around $300)

      Payments may be mailed to:
      BAHS Bands
      1901 E Albany
      Broken Arrow, OK 74012



2016 Pride Payment Schedule:
Feb / Mar $250
May $250
June $400
July $400
August $400
September $400
October $400
November $400
December $450 REDUCED to $350 based on current GROUP
Fundraising efforts Total $3350 REDUCED to $3250


Attendance Communication - Attendance@BrokenArrowPride.com
All members must communicate all Pride absences by emailing attendance@BrokenArrowPride.com Please remember that ALL rehearsal and performances are mandatory beginning July 25. All mini camp and rehearsal sessions prior to July 25 will allow absences based on vacation or attendance to a ‘camp’ (music camp, church camp, etc), however, ALL absences must be communicated in advance.


Family & Friends Tours to California from GMT (Grueninger Music Tours)
In conjunction with Grueninger Music Tours, the BA Bands are pleased to offer 4 different “Family & Friends Tours” to the Pasadena Tournament of Roses in Southern California. The packages through GMT range from “Fully Escorted” (including airfare) to “Independent”. Refer to the attached literature and registration form for additional info. PLEASE NOTE: The BA Bands is not organizing this event or accepting any funds for the “Family & Friends Tours” and all questions, payments and other info should be communicated directly to the GMT website or offices.

GMT BA Family Tours
GMT BA Family Registration

Grueninger Music Tours
Meridian Tower
10201 N. Illinois St, Suite 380
Indianapolis, IN 46290
(800) 225-9919
info@GoGMT.com
www.MyRoseParadeTrip.com
User Name: BAHS
Password: DavisTofR17


Pride Physicals Due by July 22
All Pride members must have a new physical on file for the 2016 season. You may choose the physician of your choice BUT MUST SUBMIT THIS ATTACHED 2 PAGE OSSAA FORM. The BA Bands intend to host a physical session with one of our sponsors onsite at BAHS in the month of June or July; however, ALL physical forms must be submitted to the Mrs. Good in the band office no later than July 22.


Midwest Clinic - Percussion Ensemble Summer Rehearsals
The following is the summer rehearsal schedule for the Percussion Ensemble heading to Midwest:

  • June 27 (4:00-7:00)
  • June 28 (5:00-7:00)
  • July 16 & 18 (4:00-7:00)

Due Dates and Items
- JUNE 27TH: First deposit payment of $200 due to Mrs. Good (checks made out to BA Bands)


June Band Parent Meeting
The next band parent meeting will be on June 28 at 7:00pm in the HS Band Hall


From the Band Office:

Band Office Hours:
The band office will be closed for Memorial Day, May 30th. Mrs. Good will be away from the office from May 31st through June17th. You may still mail payments to the high school. Address them to BA Bands, Attn: Lisa Good, 1901 E. Albany, Broken Arrow, OK 74012.

Charms/Pay Pal
Parents, if you make PayPal payments they must go through the Charms site or they may not post correctly to your student’s account. If you’ve made a PayPal payment and you don’t see it posted to your student’s account in a few days please contact Mrs. Good.


FUNCTIONS
V.E.S.T. (Visual Effects Support Team) is looking for new team members and will be using the Remind app to send out notifications when help is needed with uniform and flag sewing, cutting, washing and inventory. If you would like to receive these, please text “@vest20” to 81010.

Mentor/Mentee Sign-up. Our mentor program is a way for us to connect parents that have been serving in the BA band parent association with those parents that are new to our organization. We will connect parents of students in the same section to help new parents navigate this wonderful world of Pride!!! If you are a new parent that wishes to be assigned a mentor OR are a veteran parent that would be willing to serve as a mentor, please sign-up Here!!

Special Diets/Medical Conditions. We will feed your students several meals both home and away. If your student has special dietary considerations or medical conditions that you wish us to be aware of, please fill out the form at this Link.


FUNDRAISING
Cori Aschkenas - BABandFundraising@gmail.com

RUSTIC CUFFS- Rustic Cuffs should be available for pick up late this week. We will send a notice out through social media to let you know the exact date and time!!

CAR WASH INFORMATION- Please CLICK HERE for Shift Information and where each Pride Member will work. Please remember that each student is required to attend AND required to bring an item. I AM LOOKING FOR PARENT VOLUNTEERS TO WASH CARS! If you are interested in working a shift with your child, please contact Cori Aschkenas at BABandfundraising@gmail.com. WE NEED YOU! Also, if you happen to have a step ladder, extra hoses or sprayers please contact me as well! Thank you!

PRIDE DISCOUNT CARDS--The due date for discount cards is Thursday, June 30. All money and cards must be turned back in by June 30. This is just over two weeks. Please make every effort to sell the cards you have checked out. For more cards or to turn in money, please contact Debbie at 918-691-5311; For more information please contact BABandFundraising@gmail.com.

CHOCOLATE FOR SALE--The response to the chocolate bars and almonds has been overwhelming this past week. We are out of almonds and almost out of chocolate bars. There is a limited amount of chocolate bars available still, and we are looking into placing another order. If you would like any of the chocolate bars or want to be placed on a waiting list for almonds, please email BABandWFC@gmail.com. Chocolate must be paid for when you pick it up.

FUNDRAISING NEWS UPDATES
We send out updates often regarding fundraisers specifically. If you would like to be added to this email list, please let us know by emailing BABandFundraising@gmail.com and asking to be added to the list.


PRIDE STORE
Cori Aschkenas - BAPrideStore@gmail.com

CHAMPIONSHIP SHIRTS
2015 Pride members who have not picked up their free Championship T-shirt need to pick it up at the June band parent meeting. This is the last day we will be hold these shirts for Pride Members. If you are not sure if you have picked up your shirt, we will have a list at the meeting. The list is currently packed away in the closet with the t-shirts so we will not know who has or who has not picked up shirts until the night of the meeting.

The Pride Store will be open again at the June band parent meeting.

ORDER FORMS FOR 2016 - CLICK HERE! Order forms for 2016 will be available online on the Pride Web-site under Resources and and the Pride Store tab. We will not be accepting any orders requested through email or Facebook. We must have your form and payment turned in before the deadline.


ROSE PARADE FUNDRAISING
Movie Night was a big success! A HUGE thank you to all of the volunteers and the members of the community who showed up to support the event. Our next movie night on the field will be July 9th. We’ll be announcing the movie choice in the next eNews.

JULY 17th: Inaugural Golf Tournament
WE NEED YOUR HELP SECURING TEAMS TO PLAY IN THE TOURNAMENT!!! I’M BEGGING HERE FOLKS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS, ETC AND HELP US SIGN UP TEAMS. The event will be held at the Battlecreek Golf Club. CLICK HERE for information on the event and registration form. We ask you to talk to your friends, neighbors, family members, and co-workers and invite them to participate in the tournament. If you would like to serve on a variety of committees to make the event a success please email Marci Hinnen at baroseparade@gmail.com. If your business or someone you know of would be interested in sponsoring the golf tournament CLICK HERE for detailed information on sponsorship. We NEED every member’s family to help us find teams to play and companies to sponsor this event in order to make it a huge success. Please download and email the attached flyers to anyone you think would be interested.

ANDY’S COUPONS ARE SOLD OUT!
Thank you everyone who participated in the group fundraiser to sell Andy’s coupons. We no longer have any coupons to sell. IF YOU CHECKED OUT ANY CARDS THE MONEY IS DUE NO LATER THAN THE JUNE 28TH BAND PARENT MEETING. To skip long lines at the meeting please email babandsandys@gmail.com to make arrangements to turn in your money prior to the meeting. ON JULY 1ST ALL MONEY NOT TURNED IN WILL BE CHARGED TO YOUR STUDENT’S ACCOUNT.

ATTENTION ROOKIE PARENTS:
If you missed the Special Edition Rose Parade Fundraising eNews, please CLICK HERE for that information!


SPECIAL EVENTS
Drums of Summer prep is in full swing! Please click on THIS LINK to volunteer for this event on Wednesday July 20th.  Ticket Sales start at 3pm, most other jobs from 5-6pm.  WE NEED YOU!

Cut off to reserve a volunteer t-shirt will be July 5th. This gives us just enough time to order those and write the schedule before the event so please sign up before then. You only need to fill the form out once.

We have a new Facebook page for Drums Of Summer and need to get the word out to all the former fans and followers. www.facebook.com/drumsofsummerba is where all the info about the show will be posted. Please go like, follow, and share to help us up the page views and sell as many tickets for this show as we can to support the Pride!

To be put on the email list for Special Events this year, please email us a baspecialevents@gmail.com.  If you have any questions feel free to email us at the same address.


OPERATIONS

Email baprideoperations@gmail.com anytime.

CONCESSIONS
To renew your food handlers or if you are new to Pride CLICK HERE and take a few minutes to answer a few questions and you will be ready for the next Pride year!!!! If you are interested in finding out more about concessions or volunteering email baconcessions@gmail.com

Thank you to all the volunteers for movie night!!!  Concessions was a great success!!!!  We appreciate all your help!!

Sign ups for concessions at Drums of Summer on July 20th through THIS LINK


MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT
Ky and Michiele Vargas - development.bapride@gmail.com

We are putting together a list of companies that can help us by providing funds if pride families use their services. For example, Protection 1 Security Solutions (through LaShona McWhirt) can donate $50 to your individual account if you switch or start new security service with them. If you are part of a company that offers this type of fundraising, please let us know. We are hoping to have a list of such opportunities for the next band parent meeting.

We are looking for restaurants that would like to help feed the Pride in the fall. We feed the Pride before every Friday football game and several Saturdays during the season. If you have a contact at a local restaurant, let us know!


COMMUNICATIONS
CHECK YOUR JUNK MAIL FOR BA BANDS E-MAILS! Please check your Spam or Junk mail folder for emails from any BA Bands email addresses. These include but are not limited to: BAConcessions@gmail.com; bapridework@hotmail.com; BABandFundRaising@gmail.com;; BASpecialEvents@gmail.com; and BAStadiumCleanup@gmail.com.

If you see any of these emails in your Junk or Spam folder, add the email address for those emails to your contact list. That should ensure you receive future emails correctly. If you wish to be removed from any of these mailing lists, send a message to the appropriate address and ask to be removed.

If you continue to have problems, email James Royal at babandcommunications@gmail.com for help.



Upcoming Dates and Events
June 14 - Color Guard Rehearsal (5:00-8:00)
June 18 - Pride Car Wash - All members will work a shift
June 20-23 - Color Guard Mini Camp #2 (times TBA)
June 27 - Pride Mallets (1:00-4:00)
June 27 & 28 - Midwest Percussion Ensemble (4:00-7:00)
June 27 & 28 - Pride Tenors (12:00-4:00)
June 28-30 - Pride Horn Line Mini Camp #2 (12:00-5:00)
June 28 - Band Parent Meeting - 7:00pm
July 1, 2, & 11 - Pride Bass Drums (12:00-4:00)
July 9 - Movie Night int he Stadium
July 12-14 - Pride Horn Line Mini Camp #3 (12:00-5:00)
July 16 - Pride Car Wash - All members will work a shift
July 16 & 18 - Midwest Percussion Ensemble (4:00-7:00)
July 16 & 18 - Pride Snares (12:00-4:00)
July 17 - Pride Open Golf Tournament at Battle Creek GC
July 20 - DCI - Drums of Summer in Broken Arrow
July 25 - Mandatory Pride Camp Begins
Aug 13 - Movie Night in the Stadium (including Historic Pride of Broken Arrow shows)
Oct 8 - Run with the Pride - Tenative


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