BA Bands eNews

November 5, 2017

-Directors Notes-


What and AMAZING WEEK OF REHEARSALS!
The staff and I are so impressed with the commitment of the Pride members in this week’s rehearsals. The quality of the show design and performance skills have both been dramatically elevated this week. The members and staff are so excited for this final week of the competitive season and are eager to push our performances to the highest levels of quality that are possible. This is going to be a fun and exciting week!

Pride Send Off Dress Rehearsal for Grand Nationals - MONDAY NIGHT!!!
The Pride Send Off Dress Rehearsal will be on Monday, November 6. This will be an excellent opportunity to see the final version of the Pride’s show “Age of Discovery: The Return to Xexo“ before they depart for the BOA Grand National Championship in Indianapolis, IN. The Pride will, once again, sponsor this event as a benefit to BA Neighbors. Admission fee for the event is a canned food or non-perishable food item. This is an excellent opportunity to give back to our Broken Arrow community. The gates to the Grand Stand seating will open at 8:30pm and the program will begin at approximately 8:45pm. We will once again sponsor this event as a benefit to BA Neighbors. Bring a canned food item and come out and watch the Pride. Invite your friends! At the conclusion of the event the Pride members will need to load the trucks for equipment to be ready for their EXPO Indoor rehearsal the following day.





Expo Square Rehearsal
The Pride will hold a special rehearsal in the Tulsa Expo Square River Spirit Center on Tuesday, November 7. ALL Pride members will meet at the High School on Tuesday morning (freshman will also meet at the HIGH SCHOOL).  All members will meet in the High School Band Hall at 8:45am for a quick meeting before loading the buses.  The Pride will have an extended rehearsal (indoors) until 6:30pm. Lunch will be provided upon the students' arrival at Expo Square. At the conclusion of the rehearsal, the Pride will load up the buses and return to to BAHS. We expect to arrive at BAHS by 7:30pm. This will be an amazing opportunity for the Pride to put the finishing touches on their show in a controlled “dome” environment. As is previous years, this entire event is a closed rehearsal.


Indianapolis Trip to BOA Grand Nationals
Broken Arrow's trip to Grand Nationals will be here soon.

• Monday (11/6) - Send Off Dress Rehearsal Performance!
  
• Tuesday (11/7) - Expo Square Private Rehearsal - All Day
• Wednesday (11/8) - Rehearsal and Depart for Indianapolis (leave at 2am)
• Wednesday (11/8) - Arrive in Indianapolis / Rehearsal Day
• Thursday (11/9) - Pride Performs in Grand National Prelims (3:15pm)
• Friday (11/10) - Rehearsal Day / Watch Bands in Lucas Oil Stadium
• Saturday (11/11) - Grand National Semi Finals and Finals (should we advance)
• Sunday (11/12) - Return to Broken Arrow (7:30pm approximate arrival time)

Click on the following links for detailed information about the BOA Grand National Trip to Indianapolis:

• Notes / Code of Conduct / Information
• Trip Itinerary
• Grand National Prelim Schedule - Thursday
• Grand National Prelim Schedule - Friday
• BOA Grand National Championship Daily Schedule
• Lucas Oil Stadium Site Overview Map
• Downtown Indianapolis map
  

All District and All State Auditions
Congratulations to all students that auditioned at the NBDA/OMEA event. We are very proud of the efforts of these talented students. Also, a special THANK YOU to all of the parent and student volunteers that help organize and run the All-District/State auditions! The following are dates of note relating to All District (NBDA) and All State (OMEA) Band.

• December 2 - Final Round Auditions for All State at Westmoore HS (CLICK HERE FOR 2ND ROUND AUDITION MATERIAL)
  
• January 12 & 13 - NBDA All District Band Clinic and Concert at Bartlesville HS
• January 18-20 - OMEA All State Band Clinic and Concert at Tulsa PAC

Broken Arrow Christmas Parade
Saturday, December 2nd - 9:30am report time


BA Tiger Football Playoff Game #1
The BA Tiger Football team will play its first round playoff game this FRIDAY night at Tiger Field. Our BA Middle School Advanced Band members will play this game as a pep band. Specific details for the report time and location will go out to students in their band classes this week.


BA Tiger Football
All Playoff football games are required and schedule will TBD based on the BA football team's progress throughout the 6A Football Playoffs.


Sounds of the Stadium - Pride PAC Concert
Join us in for a truly unique experience — Sounds of the Stadium on Nov. 16 at 7:00pm! This concert will feature the full Pride of Broken Arrow performing all your favorites that they perform at football games, only this time in the confines of the The Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center! It’s going to be loud and it’s going to be a blast!





-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

Please make sure your student has extra uniform items, such as black socks, tradition shirt, gloves, etc for the trip. Additional items can be purchased by your student from the uniform room.

Washer parents: Thank you for all you have done this season. There will be a very tight turn around on washing Monday night/ returning Tuesday morning so trucks can be loaded and head to Indy Tuesday. Please return uniforms on time Tuesday!!

Special Diets: Your students diet information has been shared with the hotel. When eating meals at the hotel, they just need to inform the wait staff of their need and it will be provided.

Any questions or needs during the trip can be sent through bafunctions@gmail.com and we will do our best to take care of needs for students.



SPECIAL EVENTS

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



OPERATIONS

Want to help? Email baprideoperations@gmail.com



CONCESSIONS

PLAYOFF GAME 11/10 this Friday.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! We will be hosting the 1st round football playoff game this Friday while the band is at Grand Nationals!! We need parents and alumni who will be in town this Friday to sign up to work concessions. SIGN UP HERE

Kickoff is at 7:30. Gates will Open at 6:00. Help will need to arrive between 5-5:30.

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

PANDA EXPRESS DINE OUT NIGHT IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14!! After technical issues a couple of weeks ago, Panda Express has graciously rescheduled Dine Out Night for us to November 14. Panda Express is 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. CLICK HERE for the most recent flyer. You can also show the flyer electronically on your phone! Spread the word!

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 around the first of December.) 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 - We have the $1 variety bar boxes, $1 caramel bar boxes, and $2 almond boxes available. 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.


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 - If you would like to work certain events (like Drillers, Expo, etc) and earn money for your band trip account throughout the year, please CLICK HERE to sign up to receive Pride Work emails. Also, during certain times of the year, you can work stadium cleanup! CLICK HERE or email them to get on the sign up list for notification of opportunities.



PRIDE STORE
Sheri Sharp - BAPrideStore@gmail.com


THANK YOU! And GO PRIDE! - It is our pleasure to get to sell so many cool Pride of BA items to everyone! This Pride season we’ve met a lot of new people, received great ideas and suggestions along the way, and had so many great volunteers I could not possibly name them all! I just wanted to say THANK YOU to every parent and family member, community member, staff member, and student for the ongoing support of the Pride Store and all of our efforts to support BA Bands! GO PRIDE!!!! Have fun and be safe in Indy!

LAST CHANCE FOR PRE-ORDER PICK UP AND EXTRA SHOW SHIRTS BEFORE INDY! MONDAY NIGHT 7:30-8:30PM OUTSIDE VISITOR GATES AT STADIUM (before send-off performance)-

Need your buttons, tags, show shirts, etc for Indy? We will have pre-ordered buttons, shirts, jackets, luggage tags, and dog tags Monday night before the send off show. We will be outside the gates with tailgate open from 7:30-8:30PM. We will bring extra show shirts and show buttons for sale also! Last chance before Indy!

2017 SEASON PRE-ORDERS HAVE ENDED. PLEASE PICK UP YOUR ORDERS MONDAY! - We are no longer accepting any pre-orders for the 2017 season. Most pre-orders are completed and can be picked up with the exception of the following. We will let you know when these are available for pick-up:

• *Car Decals - Design A & B
• *Street Signs
  
• *Ornaments
  

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS SEASON'S PRIDE PHOTOS OF BAND CAMP, COMPETITIONS, REHEARSAL AND MORE? - These pictures can be purchased online only.  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
Nov 6 - Pride Grand National Send Off
Nov 7 - Expo Rehearsal
Nov 8 - Depart for Indianapolis - leave at 2:00am
             Arrive in Indy - late afternoon / check into hotel 1 / evening rehearsal
Nov 9 - Grand National Championships - Preliminary Performance tentatively at 3:15pm / 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 8:00pm 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

Note:  All Playoff football games are required for all Pride members and are scheduled based on the BA Football team's progress through the OSSAA HS Playoffs.

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