Broken Arrow Bands

BA Bands eNews

January 18, 2017

Directors Notes

Future Band Travel Opportunities
Look for an announcement in the coming days regarding unique travel and performance opportunities for the BA Bands...much more info to come!!

Sale of Old Pride Uniforms
The sale of the old Pride uniforms has been approved. The old Pride uniforms are now offered for sale to current and former students at a cost of $75.00 per uniform. If you are interested in purchasing your uniform bring payment to the band office. Unfortunately, no student account funds may be utilized for this transaction and no partial uniforms will be sold. Specific uniform part #â€™s canâ€™t be guaranteed. All uniforms must be paid for by Feb 27.

Uniform Check-In for Old Pride Uniforms
All Pride uniforms must be checked in on Monday, Feb 27 after school. You have the option to purchase and keep your uniform.

Pride Go Cart Sale
Info will be available soon regarding the opportunity to purchase an "Age of Discovery" Go Carts.

Age of Discovery Helmets for Sale
Helmets are available for sale for $20. Color Guard will have first opportunity to purchase their helmet until January 26. All other Pride members will have an opportunity to purchase the helmet beginning on January 27. The Helmet sale will end on February 10.

Empty Medication Containers
Any empty medication containers left over from the Pasadena trip need to be picked up this week. Unclaimed medication containers will be discarded on January 27.

2017 Pride Color Guard Training Sessions
All current color guard members and prospective guard members will begin their training sessions and rehearsals on Friday, January 27 at the Freshman Academy Gym from 5:30-8:30pm. Wear comfortable black attire. $30 instructional / participation fee. Sessions run each Friday night until auditions on March 6-7.

Next Band Parent Meeting - February 21
The next meeting of the Band Parent Association will be on Tuesday, February 21st at 7:00pm. This meeting will review and recap the 2016 Pride of Broken Arrow Rose Parade trip to California, and the Percussion at the Midwest Clinic.

NBDA All-District Honor Band Cancellation
Due to the weather, particularly north and west of the Tulsa area, last weekendâ€™s All District Honor Band Clinic and Concert were cancelled. Based on past experience, it is unlikely that this event could be rescheduled. However, NBDA officials are currently exploring all options. If and when any new information is made available from the NBDA, we will share that info on eNews.

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 16th: 5-9 PM (Battery and Visual Ensemble)
Tuesday, January 17th: 3:30-7 PM (Battery and Front Ensemble)
Thursday, January 5-9th: 5-9 PM (All members)

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

Winter Guard and Percussion Contest @ Broken Arrow!
Broken Arrow Indoor Percussion needs your help! Broken Arrow HS will be hosting its first Winter Guard and Percussion contest on February 4th at BAHS, and we need a full roster of volunteers to make it a success. If you are available to help any time February 4th between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., please email baspecialevents@gmail.com with the subject "WGPO BA" and include your name and phone number. A pre-contest meeting is tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 31 in the BAHS Band Room. Please sign up to volunteer, as this will be an important event for BA Indoor as the program continues to build off the success of its first two seasons!

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

FUNCTIONS
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

INDOOR PERCUSSION SHOW SHIRT ORDER FORMS NOW AVAILABLE - The forms were handed out at practice on Thursday and will be available again at practice next week. You can turn in the order with check or cash to Lisa Good or put the form and payment into the payment slot near the orchestra room. Email us if you need a form. These must be returned with payment no later than end of day, Monday, January 23, 2017!

AGE OF DISCOVERY SHOW BUTTONS AND ROSE PARADE BUTTONS - We know some of you didn't have a chance to order Age of Discovery show buttons and/or Rose Parade Buttons. They are $5 each and we are going to offer orders for these one last time. You can turn in the order with check or cash to Lisa Good or put the form and payment into the payment slot near the orchestra room. Email us if you need a form. Please return the forms with payment no later than Monday, January 30, 2017!

STREET SIGNS - Pre-Ordered Street Signs will be available for pick-up at the February band parent meeting.

BIG GARAGE SALE - We are planning our big fundraising garage sale for Saturday, March 25th. More details on location and times will be available later. For now, keep all of your extra items after cleaning the garage, the closets, and the kidâ€™s rooms! We will need lots of items for the garage sale!

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 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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