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BA Bands eNews

January 8, 2017

Directors Notes

Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade Trip
Wow! What an amazing trip the Pride had to California for the Tournament of Roses Parade. The Pride performed in the famed Rose Parade featuring a 5.5 mile route and nearly 1 million spectators in attendance. The Pride also performed their show, â€œAge of Discovery,â€ to a sold out stadium at the Bandfest exhibition in Pasadena and at the Long Beach Community Performance. The Prideâ€™s Disneyland Parade was also a performance that was extremely well received by those in attendance.

Do you Have Photos to Share?: We would like you to share your photos from the California trip. We are particularly interested in photos from Universal Studios. If you have photos, share them be either copying them to a flash drive to deliver to the HS band office OR posting on the BA Bands Social Media

Do you need to pick up your medication containers?: If so, pick those items up ASAP in the HS Band Office.

Thank you! To all parent chaperones and volunteers for your tireless dedication to serving the members of the Pride of Broken Arrow! There is no way this trip would have been so successful without your volunteerism!

NBDA All-District Honor Bands
The NBDA All-District will rehearse and perform in Bartlesville on January 13 & 14. Students will meet at BAHS after 1st Period on Friday, January 13. Students will need to bring money for Lunch and Dinner on Friday and Lunch on Saturday. The students WILL return to BA on Friday evening after rehearsal and then report again to BAHS on Saturday morning to bus up to Bartlesville for Saturday's rehearsal and Concert. More detailed info will be provided on the student itinerary that will be sent home with students on Tuesday.

Jr. High All-District Auditions
Auditions for the Jr. High All District Auditions will take place at Sand Spring's Boyd Jr. High on Saturday, January 28.

Indoor Percussion
As a reminder, all rehearsals are mandatory for membership; each student is allowed two (2) unexcused absences before the risk of a grade reduction. Absences due to work-related issues are unexcused, and absences due to illness are only excused with a doctor's note. All absences must be communicated to Mr. Wiencken at awiencken@baschools.org. Rehearsal schedule for Broken Arrow Indoor for this week includes the following:

Monday, January 9th: 5-9 PM (All Members)
Tuesday, January 10th: 3:30-7 PM (Battery and Front Ensemble)
Thursday, January 12th: 5-9 PM (Battery and Front Ensemble)

Broken Arrow E-Jazz
Rehearsals for the 2017 E-Jazz Band begin this week! Rehearsals will begin this Monday, January 9th from 3:30-5:00 PM in the BAHS Jazz Room (VPA 140). The roster and full semester schedule can be found at the following links:

E-JAZZ ROSTER
E-JAZZ SCHEDULE

From the Finance Office:
New Transfer Feature in Charms: When you log in to view the finances section there is a button on the top bar to make a transfer request. This automatically generates an email to Mrs. Good for direction to move funds from the miscellaneous ledger. PLEASE MAKE SURE EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE CURRENT IN YOUR CHARMS ACCOUNT. If there is no email for you in Charms you will not get group mails, including statements and other useful information and announcements. If you have any questions, email Mrs. Good - lsgood@baschools.org.

FUNCTIONS
All color guard need to turn both uniforms into the guard room for washing as soon as possible if they did not make it back on the truck.

For directions on how to update your family information and to enter volunteer hours in Charms, CLICK HERE.

FUNDRAISING
Cori Aschkenas - BABandFundraising@gmail.com

XTREME RACING EVENT SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 31ST! Mark your calendars as we will be celebrating the Pride season on January 31st at XTREME RACING. More information coming soon!

PRIDE STORE
Sheri Sharp - BAPrideStore@gmail.com

PORTRAITS- Are you interested in creating a poster of your child to celebrate their time in BA Bands? Imagine being able to select events like Mid West Clinic, Indoor Percussion 2015, or Utopia, Face Me, Orchid or Age of Discovery to CUSTOM MAKE a poster of your child. The photography team is working on setting up actual portrait sessions in early 2017 so pictures can be taken of your child with or without a go-cart, in the new uniforms, FIERCE shots and more! Stay tuned for more details!

SPECIAL EVENTS

Broken Arrow will host a WGPO event of February 4th. We already have 46 groups signed up to perform so we need your help to make this event run smoothly. Please email us ASAP if you're willing to help that day.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at baspecialevents@gmail.com.

OPERATIONS
Feel free to contact us at any time at baprideoperations@gmail.com.

CONCESSIONS
THANK YOU everyone for making the concessions a great and successful season! Thank you to all the volunteers this season we couldn't have done it without you!

CLICK HERE to get your free food handlers card.

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

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! This is a great opportunity that allows your hard work to benefit BA Bands! Most of these grants are around $500. Turn your volunteer hours into money!

If you have a contact at a company that might be interested in sponsoring the Pride, 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
Jan 13 - HS All District Clinic in Bartlesville
Jan 14 - HS All District Clinic and concert in Bartlesville
Jan 17 - Pride Leadership Basketball Band - 6:15-9:30pm
Jan 18-21 - OMEA All State Conference
Jan 27 - HS Concert Band 1 Basketball Band - 6:15-9:30pm
Jan 28 - JH All District Auditions
Feb 4 - WGPO Contest - Broken Arrow HS
Feb 7 - HS Concert Band 2 Basketball Band - 6:15-9:30pm
Feb 9-11 - HS Musical
Feb 10 - HS Symphonic Band 2 Basketball Band - 6:15-9:30pm
Feb 14 - HS Symphonic Band 1 Basketball Band - 6:15-9:30pm
Feb 17 - HS Wind Ensemble Basketball Band - 6:15-9:30pm
Feb 18 - JH Solo 7 Ensemble Contest
Feb 21 - Band Parent Meeting
Feb 23 - Indoor Percussion Preview Performance
Feb 25 - HS Solo & Ensemble Contest
Feb 25 - WGPO Contest - Southmoore HS
Feb 27 - Chamber concert - 7pm
Feb 29 - MS Combined Concert at BAPAC - 7:00pm
Mar 4 - Indoor Percussion - WGI Dallas Regional
Mar 6 - Percussion Ensemble Concert
Mar 9 - MS OSSAA Band Contest
Mar 21 - Solo Recital
Mar 23 - TCC Jazz Festival
Mar 27 - FA Band concert - 7pm BAPAC
Mar 28 - HS Band concert - 7pm BAPAC
Mar 30 - TCC Band Festival
April 1 - Band Fair (9-12pm)
April 1 - Indoor Percussion - WGPO State Championships (Mustang HS)
April 3 - Band Fair (5:30-8)
April 4 - Band Fair (5:30-8)
April 11 - OSSAA State Band Contest - Owasso HS
April 13/14 - OSSAA State BAnd Contest - Jenks HS / OU
April 17 - Indoor Percussion Send Off Performance
April 19-22 - Indoor Percussion - WGI World Championships (Dayton, OH)
April 26 - OSSAA State Jazz Contest - UCO

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