FUNCTIONS

FUNDRAISING
Cori Aschkenas - BABandFundraising@gmail.com

MANDATORY CAR WASH JULY 16TH- For information as to where each section will be located, please CLICK HERE. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Parents who would like to help their child wash cars need to contact me ASAP! We also need hoses, step ladders, splitters, and POSTERS! Please let me know if you have any questions!

PRIDE DISCOUNT CARDS - The due date for discount cards was last week. All money and cards is due now. They can be turned in to Lisa Good in the band office. If your student would like to be part of a group that is allowed to sell in front of a store, please send an e-mail to BABandFundraising@gmail.com. This is a GREAT way to bring in extra money for your account!

POPCORN FUNDRAISER - We have started a new fundraiser for July, Ma & Pa Kettle Corn. All orders are due July 12. There are extra order forms in the band office. For more information or to be emailed an order form, please contact BABandFundraising@gmail.com.

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

The Pride Store Closet will be open July 26th from 11 am-1pm. This is the only opportunity to pick up pre orders or purchase any Pride Store items before the August Band Parent Meeting so plan on getting to rehearsal a little early that day. The Closet is located just across the hall from the band room.

Rose Parade dog tags, Rose Parade luggage tags, car decals and Street sign order forms are due no later than the August Band Parent Meeting. You can turn those in at the Band Office, put your form and payment in the Payment locker located next to the Orchestra room, or mail your forms and payment to:

BAHS/ Band
Lisa Good
1901 E Albany St
Broken Arrow, OK 74012

If mailing your form and payment please be sure to send it in plenty of time to get to Mrs. Good before the due date. We can not fill orders received after the due date.

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

Postcards
Every band family is required to send at least 20 postcards. Click HERE (front) and HERE (back) to view a sample. The card will include a photo of your student. IF YOU ARE A ROOKIE PARENT please email a standard headshot of your student to babandspostcards@gmail.com. These are due by July 15th.

Please CLICK HERE to go to the form to fill out. You will need to enter all 20 names at one time. It will not allow you to submit them otherwise. If you have questions or concerns you can email babandspostcards@gmail.com or baroseparade@gmail.com.

July 9th: Movie Night on the Field
Our next feature will be HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Please be sure to share the event on social media and personally invite friends and family to join us. If anyone is involved in an organization for children, we encourage you to spread the word there. We will need volunteers to work ticket sales, concessions, and clean up again.

July 16th: Parking for Taste of Summer
The BA Chamber has given us another opportunity to earn money by running their parking lot for Taste of Summer. A relatively small crew is needed and I have the majority of volunteers. It would be helpful to have 2-4 more people. This is the same day as the car wash so no Pride members can work this. If you are able to work from 8:00am to 3:30pm that day please email baroseparade@gmail.com. (This does require prolonged standing.)

JULY 17th: Inaugural Golf Tournament
Team registration deadline has been extended!  We will be accepting registrations until July 10th.  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 NOW!  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 this is your student’s first year participating we need you to email us a photo for their postcards. Please send a current headshot of your child to babandspostcards@gmail.com. THESE ARE DUE NO LATER THAN JULY 15TH.

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


SPECIAL EVENTS
Thanks to all who’ve signed up to volunteer for Drums of Summer! We had a great response and sign ups are now closed. We’ll send out the schedule and job info soon by email as well as the date for the DoS volunteer meeting where we’ll go over the event.

Look for sign ups to start soon for: Broken Arrow Invitational on Oct 15th, OSSAA on Oct. 26th and OBA to be held in BA on OCt 29th. We’ll need tons of folks for these events

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

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.

If you have a contact at a company that might be interested in sponsoring the Pride, let us know!

Wellspring Family Clinic will be onsite during mini camp (Wedneday after camp) to conduct last minute physicals. To participate in the onsite physicals, your child will need to have the appropriate physical forms filled out and signed.


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
July 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 18 & 19 - Pride Veteran Pep Band at HS (7:15am - 9:15am)
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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