BA Bands eNews

October 9, 2017

-Directors Notes-


The Broken Arrow Invitational another huge success
The volunteer efforts of our parents and students are truly what made this event so successful. The overwhelming feedback that we have received from the competing band directors has shown their excitement for how professional the event is run and how kind and friendly our parent and student volunteers are to our visitors. That is FANTASTIC! Thank you to all that were involved in producing this first class event.


Band of America Super Regional NEXT WEEK!
This is an exciting time in the Pride’s preparations! The St Louis Super Regional Championship will be here next week! I know that the Pride members have been looking forward to this week for a long time to perform in one of the nation's most premier acoustical environments for a dome stadium. It is always amazing to see the number of BA parents, alumni and fans that will make their way to the Dome at America’s Center to see and hear some of the finest bands in the nation. There will be MANY bands from our area and state competing at the BOA Super Regional and I know that all Broken Arrow supporters will show their generosity and enthusiasm toward our band friends from Oklahoma!


Oklahoma, BAI Bands & Area Bands’ Prelim Performance times in St. Louis*

• Collinsville HS, OK - Friday - 1:15pm
  
• Bartlesville HS, OK - Friday - 6:30pm
  
• Kickapoo HS, MO - Friday - 6:45pm
  
• Owasso HS, OK - Saturday - 7:30am
  
• Bixby HS, OK - Saturday - 12:15pm
  
• Jenks HS, OK - Saturday - 2:15pm
  
• Mustang HS, OK - Saturday - 3:15pm
  
• Broken Arrow HS, OK - Saturday - 4:00pm

Pride Schedule for This Week

  Horn Line & Percussion
      Mon 10/9 - 3:15 - 6:00
      Tues 10/10 - 4:30 report time for Homecoming Parade (Parade finished by 5:30)
      Wed 10/11 - 3:20-6:00
      Thurs 10/12 - 5:00-9:00
      Fri 10/13 - 3:20-10:00 (Home football game)
      Sat 10/14 - 8:00-4:00

  Color Guard
      Mon 10/9 - 3:30-6:30
      Tues 10/10 - 4:30 report time for Homecoming Parade (Parade finished by 5:30)
      Wed 10/11 - 4:00-6:00
      Thurs 10/12 - 5:00-9:00
      Fri 10/13 - 3:20-10:00 (Home football game)
      Sat 10/14 - 8:00-4:00
   **Guard Schedule is subject to change.  Finalized guard schedule will be sent to members via the private email group.


BA Homecoming Parade on Tuesday
All Pride members will report to the BA First United Methodist Church at College & Main Street by 4:30 for the Homecoming Parade. Pride members arrive in Full Uniform and with the equipment by 4:30 (school transportation is NOT provided for this event). The Parade will begin on Main Street at 5:00pm and (tentatively) move SOUTH on Main Street and end at the BA PAC.


Next Band Parent Meeting - October 10
The next meeting of the Broken Arrow Band Parents Association will be at 7:00pm on October 10, THIS Tuesday, in the BAHS Band Hall.


Upcoming HS Wind Band Concert - October 16
The wind bands at BAHS will present their first band concert of the school year on Monday, October 16. This concert is free to the public at will be held at the Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center beginning at 7:00pm.


OBA Finals Reserved Tickets
Ticket Requests may be placed in the HS Band Office with Mrs. Good for OBA Finals Tickets. The BA Band will be able to secure a limited number of tickets in the "BA Section”. Tickets are $15 each and will assigned on a first come, first served basis. Tickets may also be purchased at the stadium on contest day, but can't be guaranteed to be placed in the "BA Section." Place ticket orders with Mrs. Good at the HS Band Office. Tickets will be delivered once we receive them from OBA (typically the week prior to the contest). NOTE: Previous eNews editions have advertised the ticket price at $10, however, OBA has made a price increase to $15. If you have already placed your OBA ticket order, we must receive the ticket price increase in order to pick up your tickets. Tickets will be delivered once we receive them from OBA (typically the week prior to the contest).


Pride Account Payments / Pride Member Charter Bus Seat Assignment
NOTE: Upon completion of our travel expenses from Bands of America for the 2017 season, the all inclusive Pride fee for 2017 must be raised by $50. It is important that all Student accounts are current to remain in good standing. At this point all members should have either paid or fundraised at total of $1750 toward their accounts. With a remaining balance of $600. The 2017 Color Guard additional fee is $300. Please check the status of your student account and make sure you are up to date with your account payments. Pride members will be allowed to sign up for their reserved seat on the charter buses, provided their accounts are paid.




-From the Finance Office-

Band Finance Office - Charms
Charms accounts are ready for all Pride members. Login is "brokenarrowband" and your password is your student's ID# (unless you have already changed it). Payments can be made via PayPal through Charms, PayPal charges a small service fee. Cash and Check payments can be made to the Fine Arts Finance Office during regular business hours, mailed to the school, or dropped into the payment box in the hallway near the orchestra room. Please BE SURE to note where you want your payment applied. Please take the time to update your personal information where it is lacking. This will keep us in touch with you. For more information on using Charms, see the attached sheet.

Mailing address for payments:
   BA Bands
   Broken Arrow High School
   ATTN: LISA GOOD
   1901 E. Albany
   Broken Arrow, OK 74012



-BA Bands Parent Association-

FUNCTIONS

In preparation for the St Louis trip, all prescription medications for students must be turned into Ms. Good in the band office no later than Friday, 13 October 2017. Please send only enough medication needed for the trip and it must be in the original container, with instructions, dosage, and name of student.

Sophomore/Junior parents. Sign up here to help bring food or help with setup/cleanup for senior night, October 19. Donations will also be accepted to help with items for the night at the band parent meeting Tuesday night.

We still need sewers! If you have a machine and can sew a straight line, your help is still needed for alterations. We will be working every night the band is rehearsing this week.



SPECIAL EVENTS

Thank you to all who came out to work BAI. What an amazing day, we had amazing weather and, even more amazing volunteers. A super huge thank you from both of us for all your help and hard work. Don’t forget to enter your volunteer hours into Charms.

OBA - Saturday, Oct., 28th - We still need volunteers for this event. This is an all day event so, we have multiple shifts available to work. We really need everyone to find away to help with at least one shift. If you have any questions regarding this event, please email us.  If you loved your job at BAI, sign up ASAP so we can put you there again.  Please use the link below to sign up. One form per person.

To sign up to work OBA, CLICK HERE to fill out a Google Form.

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



OPERATIONS
We are already in the process of preparing for the upcoming season and need your help! If you are interested, please contact us at baprideoperations@gmail.com



CONCESSIONS

Thank you to everyone who volunteered in concessions at BAI. We appreciate you all!!

We will be stocking concessions on Thursday October 12th for the homecoming game.

October 13th is homecoming, we need 30 more volunteers.  This game will be very busy!  WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

October 19th is Senior night we need 30 more volunteers to sign up. If you are a senior parent please enjoy watching your child on senior night. Parents of freshman, sophomore, and juniors let's show our support to the senior parents and fill their spots in concessions so they can enjoy their child's last performance at a high school football game!!

We have NO volunteers signed up for October 8th grade, 9th grade, and JV games.  We need 2-3 people for these nights.  Please, if you have not been in concessions and would like to know what it is like, these games are for you!

Tuesday, Oct 10 @ FA

Monday, Oct 16 @ HS

Tuesday, Oct 17 @ FA

Monday, Oct 23 @ HS

Sign up to volunteer for concessions CLICK HERE

Thank you for volunteering with BA Band Concessions

If you would be willing to volunteer or have any questions about concessions email Baconcessions@gmail.com

To get your food handler card for this season CLICK HERE.



MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT
Carrie Crane -- 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 ! We have several levels of sponsorship, we have general sponsorships and special event sponsors.  Email: development.bapride@gmail.com for more information



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.



FUNDRAISING
Sheri Sharp - BABandFundraising@gmail.com

If you would like to view the Fundraising and Pride Store Schedule for 2017, Fundraising Information Sheet, and External Fundraising Information, CLICK HERE for links to that information. If you would like to receive Individual Fundraising and Pride Store update emails, CLICK HERE to be added to our email list.


MARK YOUR CALENDARS! OCTOBER DINE OUT NIGHT - PANDA EXPRESS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 at 1314 E. Hillside Dr from 3-10PM. 20% of sales will go to band program. Participants must present a flyer (paper or on phone) on the day of our fundraiser to get credit for the band. To print the flyer, CLICK HERE.


BEEF JERKY STICKS - Jerky sticks are available by pre-order and pre-purchase through the band only; the turnaround time to get them is quick - usually about a week once we place an order (orders will be placed at the beginning of each month; the next order will be placed after the October band parent meeting). We can also email you an order form if you need one or CLICK HERE to print one. Please contact Debbie at BABandFundraising@gmail.com with questions. This is the ONLY fundraiser we offer that you will pay ONLY the cost upfront, not the profit as well, due to the cost of the sticks. You will still be responsible for turning the profit into the band office for this fundraiser.


CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER - The only chocolate we have available currently are the chocolate covered almonds and the caramel whirls. We will have those for sale at the October band parent meeting on Tuesday night. More chocolate is in the process of being ordered, but it will be approximately two weeks before we get more. Also, important to remember - if you turn in money from selling chocolate, please mark it as a band payment so that it gets posted to Charms that way; you will have already paid the profit upfront. CLICK HERE for the chocolate fundraiser guidelines.


NEW FUNDRAISER - CHEESECAKES !!!! Arriving just tin time for the fall season of festivities!  Have your customers order enough to last through Thanksgiving and Christmas.  This fundraiser will begin at the parent meeting on October 10.


IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING FUNDRAISERS!!! - You MUST include your contact information (email address and phone number) on ALL fundraiser order forms before turning them in (even if the form doesn't ask for that info).

For more information on ANY of the fundraisers listed above, please contact Debbie Gowriluk at BABandFundraising@gmail.com.


Earn Money For Your Band Trip Account - For up-to-date information on work opportunities, CLICK HERE to sign up to receive Pride Work emails. All signs-ups are on a first come basis and everyone on the email list receives the opportunities at the same time. ***If you are having trouble getting spots, one way to make sure you can make the email a priority is to set up your phone or device with a special tone so that you know when the emails from bapridework arrive. You can also set up a special folder on your desktop or device to see more easily when the emails arrive.***

Also, you can work stadium cleanup!  $7.50 per hour.  Contact bastadiumcleanup@gmail.com or email them to get on the sign up list for notification of opportunities

IMPORTANT!!! IF YOU SIGN UP TO DO PRIDE WORK OR STADIUM CLEAN UP, YOU MUST DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO BE THERE! We have had way too many cancelling after committing to work!! This makes it difficult to cover shifts, puts pressure on those who do so show up, and it reduces the money we raise if no one shows up in certain spots. We will begin to limit opportunities for those who don't show up! We recommend that you only sign up if you know you can fulfill the commitment. If you can't fulfill, we recommend you line up someone to fill your spot and let our Pride Work and Stadium Cleanup leaders know ASAP. Thank you!

* Food Handlers Permit - If you plan to handle food at any of these events, you will need a Volunteer Food Handler’s Permit. You can acquire the permit online and it only takes a few minutes to complete. CLICK HERE to take the course and print your permit online.



PRIDE STORE
Sheri Sharp - BAPrideStore@gmail.com


A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who helped with Pride Store at BAI on Saturday! We had a busy, busy day! You all worked hard and for long hours! And a special shout out to the dads/husbands who brought vehicles and helped us load and unload!!! We appreciate everyone of you!


BAI PATCHES AND SHIRTS - We will have BAI patches and shirts in the Pride Store on Tuesday. We have only a few smalls and a few 2X and above sizes left in the BAI shirts. Patches are $6 and shirts are $15.

PRIDE STORE WILL BE OPEN THIS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10 from 6-7PM and again after the parent meeting that night. We will be set up in the orchestra room.

These items may still be pre-ordered:

• 2017 Street Sign Order Form
• 2017 Car Decal Order Form
• 2017 Ornament Order Form
  

• 2017 Show Button Order Form
• 2017 Dog Tag Order Form
• 2017 Luggage Tag Order Form
  

• Duffle Bags
• Decal C (orders placed on or before 9/12/17)
• Decals A &B (orders placed on or before August 22 (parent meeting)
  
• Ornaments (2017 Show ornaments will come later)
• Active Jackets w/embroidered Pride of BA
• Pride of BA/BA Bands Spirit Jerseys 

• 2017 Show Shirt Order Form
• 2017 Pride of BA Embroidered Active Jackets
• 2017 Duffle Bag Order Form
• 2017 Pride of Broken Arrow/BA Bands Spirit Jersey Order Forms
• 2017 Pride of Broken Arrow Cuffs/Bracelets Order Form (We have lots of these for sale in Pride Store! Pre-Order no longer needed)

HAVE YOU SEEN THE LATEST BAND PHOTOS FROM PRIDE CAMP? - Our Pride photographer, Vicki Webb, has already been busy taking wonderful pictures of our kids at practice. These pictures can now be purchased online only. We will no longer have the photos at the Pride Store. Ordering online is easy and you can see ALL of the photos you wish to see. CLICK HERE to see the photos and purchase. All profits go to our band booster account!



Upcoming Dates and Events
Oct 10 - Homecoming Parade (4:30pm Report time to Main Street)
              Band Parent Meeting - 7:00pm - BAHS Band Hall
Oct 13 - Game: BA vs Edmond Santa Fe - Homecoming
Oct 14 - Pride Saturday Rehearsal (8:00-4:00)
Oct 16 - HS Band Concert - BAPAC - 7:00pm
Oct 18 - WW Choreography (9:00-10:30)
              Brass Choreography (10:30-12:00)
              Pride Rehearsal (12:00-5:00)
Oct 19 - Brass Choreography (9:00-10:30)
              WW Choreography (10:30-12:00)
              Pride Rehearsal (12:30-5:00)
              BA vs Norman - Pride Senior Night
Oct 20 - Pride Rehearsal (9:00am-1:00pm)
              Leave for St. Louis BOA Super Regional
Oct 21 - Perform in prelims at BOA Super Regional (3:45 tentative)
              Perform in finals at BOA Super Regional (should we advance)
Oct 22 - Return to BA from St. Louis
Oct 25 - OSSAA Regional Marching Contest - at Tahlequah
Oct 28 - OBA State Marching Championship - Broken Arrow HS
Nov 2 - BA at Sapulpa
Nov 4 - All State & District Auditions at BAHS (8:00-4:00)
             Pride Rehearsal (5:00-9:00)
Nov 6 - Pride Grand National Send Off
Nov 7 - Expo Rehearsal
Nov 8 - Depart for Indianapolis - approximately 12:01am
             Arrive in Indy - late afternoon / check into hotel 1 / evening rehearsal
Nov 9 - Grand National Championships - Preliminary Performance tentatively at 3:45pm / Check into
             hotel 2 / evening rehearsal
Nov 10 - Watch bands in Friday Prelims / Rehearsal
Nov 11 - Grand National Championship Semi-Finals & Finals Performances - should we advance
Nov 12 - Depart Indy for Broken Arrow - approximate 7:00pm arrival in Broken Arrow
Nov 16 - Sounds of the Stadium Concert - BAPAC 7:00pm
Nov 28 - HS Chamber Concert - 7:00pm
Nov 29 - Christmas Parade Rehearsal for Pride and Tradition - 3:30-5:30
Nov 30 - Christmas Parade Rehearsal for Pride and Tradition - 3:30-5:30
Dec 1 - Christmas Parade Rehearsal for Pride and Tradition - 3:30-5:30
Dec 2 - BA Christmas Parade - 9:15am Report Time
             All State Final Round Auditions in Westmoore
Dec 3 - Jazz Concert
Dec 7 - Freshmen Academy Fine Arts Concert
Dec 14 - Freshmen Academy Band Concert
Dec 15 - HS Band Concert

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