BA Bands eNews

February 25, 2018

-Directors Notes-


Solo and Ensemble Festival - March 13
The Broken Arrow Solo and Ensemble Festival will be held at BAHS Fine Arts Facility. This event is free and open to public. We encourage all family and friends to join us on March 6. Performance schedule will be released and publicized in eNews once the scheduling process is completed. The first performances begin at approximately 5:00pm and conclude by 9:00pm.


2018 Pride Color Guard Auditions THIS WEEK at BAHS!
Auditions for the 2018 Pride Color Guard are this Thursday thru Saturday from 5:00-9:00pm at the BAHS Band Facility and Auxiliary Gym.


2017 Pride Instruments
All Pride instruments need to be in their lockers at the HS and all personal belonging cleaned out THIS WEEK.


Upcoming Band Concerts
All BA Middle School Bands - March 5 - 7:00PM BAPAC
High School Band Concert - March 8 - 7:00PM BAPAC
Freshman Academy Concert - March 9 - 7:00PM BAPAC


2018 Pride Movement Veteran Training Sessions
All 2018 Pride Horn Line Veterans will begin their NEW off-season training program on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings beginning on March 30 & 31. This will be a dynamic and fun way for our members to be visually prepared for the upcoming 2018 season (similar to our Color Guard Veteran training sessions). Veterans will wear appropriate clothing for visual rehearsals (instruments will not be needed).

Training date will occur on:
March 30 - Friday - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
March 31 - Saturday - Brass Only - 9:00-12:00
March 31 - Saturday - WWs Only - 1:00-4:00

April 6 - Friday - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
April 7 - Saturday - WWs Only - 9:00-12:00
April 7 - Saturday - Brass Only - 1:00-4:00

April 13 - Friday - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
April 14 - Saturday - Brass Only - 9:00-12:00
April 14 - Saturday - WWs Only - 1:00-4:00

April 20 - Friday - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
April 21 - Saturday - WWs Only - 9:00-12:00
April 21 - Saturday - Brass Only - 1:00-4:00

May 18 - Friday - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
May 19 - Saturday - Brass Only - 9:00-12:00
May 19 - Saturday - WWs Only - 1:00-4:00


Pride Banquet Date coming soon
We are still finalizing the banquet date. With so many school wide events that continue to add to the school calendar, it has been extremely tedious to lock in a date that minimizes other school conflicts and match with hotel site availability. Date and Ticket Information will be available soon. This will be an amazing event to celebrate all of the successes of the season.


Indoor Percussion
Broken Arrow Indoor had their performance debut of the 2018 season on Saturday, February 17th at Sapulpa High School. Performing to an enthusiastic crowd, Broken Arrow Indoor earned first place in Percussion-Scholastic World and received a score of 75.40. Broken Arrow will be performing again this Saturday March 3rd at the WGPO Broken Arrow contest in Tiger Fieldhouse. Broken Arrow Indoor will perform at 3:53 PM; we hope to see you there!

Rehearsal schedule for the week includes the following:
Monday, February 26th: 5:00-9:00 PM
Tuesday, February 27th: 3:30-7:00 PM
Thursday, March 1st: 3:30-7:00 PM
Friday, March 2nd: 3:30-7:00PM
Saturday, March 3rd: WGPO Contest - Broken Arrow High School

Schedule for Saturday, March 3rd:
8:00-10:30 AM- Rehearsal, Tiger Fieldhouse (All Members)
10:30 AM- Clear Main Gym/Equipment to Percussion Studio
12:00 PM- Contest Begins
2:30 PM- Members Report to Percussion Studio/Orchestra Room- Change into Uniform
3:28 PM- Warm-Up (Band Room)
3:53 PM: PERFORMANCE
4:03 PM: Equipment to Percussion Studio, Change out of Uniform

Tentative Schedule for the week of March 5th:
Monday, March 5th: 5:00-9:00 PM
Tuesday, March 6th: 3:30-7:00 PM
Wednesday, March 7th: 3:30-5:30 PM
Friday, March 9th: 3:30-6:00 PM
Saturday, March 10th: WGI Dallas Regional (Itinerary can be found HERE)

Broken Arrow Indoor Percussion fees for the 2018 season are $1300.
Students should have paid $750 in their accounts to date.
Payment due dates for fees are due on the following dates:
February 15th- $250
March 15th- $250 PAST DUE!
April 15th- $300

-From the Band Office-

Charms - All Pride accounts should be paid to zero. Credit card payments can now be made in the band office with Mrs. Good. Credit cards can be used for student accounts, Pride Store purchases, and other fees. As always, credit payments may be made through Charms and will automatically post to your students Charms ledgers. Payments can also be mailed to BA Bands, BAHS, 1901 E. Albany, Broken Arrow, OK, 74012.



-BA Bands Parent Association-

PRESIDENTS

Are you interested in serving a term for our Band Parent Leadership? Applications are currently being accepted for our band parent officer positions. Complete the attached application and return it to the current BABPA Presidents, Eric and Heidi Cline, no later than 4:00pm on Friday, March 2. Applications may be sent electronically to BABPAPrez@gmail.com OR hand delivered to the BAHS Fine Arts / Band Office.

We encourage interested individuals to complete this application. The BABPA nominating committee will present its nominations for the 2018-2019 officer term at the March band parent meeting.


FUNCTIONS

Call for volunteers.

High School Solo and Ensemble Contest. We need 4-6 volunteers to be room/door monitors for this BAHS only event on Tuesday, March 13. The time required is approximately 5pm to 8pm. 

TCC BandFest, March 29. We need 2-3 volunteers per concert group (a total of 16-24 people) to chaperone each wind group to perform at Tulsa Community College. Times available all day, and commitment is 3-4 hours total.

Please check your calendars now and plan to take part of the day off to help out your student! A sign-up link for BandFest will be coming. You can also email bafunctions@gmail.com.



SPECIAL EVENTS

Indoor Percussion has 2 events that Broken Arrow will be hosting. Click on the links below to sign up to work. Please do not sign your Indoor student, we will work them into the schedule closer to the event.

Saturday, March 3rd - WGPO Guard & Percussion

Saturday, April 14th - WGPO Circuit Championship - Percussion

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



OPERATIONS

Questions? Email baprideoperations@gmail.com



CONCESSIONS

We need your help this Saturday in Concessions for indoor percussion. We need 5-10 more people to help in the concessions. We would like to have 2 shift. The first shift starting at 9:30 second shift starting at 2:30. We will do a walk through Tuesday evening. Email us at baconcessions@gmail.com. Or sign up through the special events link for March 3rd.

If you 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

Looking to add a few more people to the Marketing and Development team.  If you're interested, please email Carrie Crane @ development.bapride@gmail.com.



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

NEW! BA BANDS FUNDRAISER NIGHT AT J SPENCER ON HILLSIDE DRIVE - MARCH 15 4-7PM - 20% OF PROCEEDS GO TO BA BANDS
J Spencer will be holding a FUNdraiser event for BA Bands on March 15 from 4-7PM! This is a new event for us and we so appreciate their support of BA Bands!
J Spencer (located at 870 E. Hillside Dr near Hobby Lobby and Sprouts at Hillside Crossing) will stay open an extra hour past their normal closing time just for us and 20% of the proceeds will go to BA Bands!
You can enjoy light refreshments and snacks as well door prizes at this event! This is a great opportunity to shop for prom and band banquet jewelry, gifts, unique clothing and accessories! Please plan to join us! Spread the word and invite your friends, family and neighbors! Share the flyer - CLICK HERE!

THANKS FOR SUPPORTING BA BANDS THIS WEEK AT BUFFALO WILD WINGS!
A big Thank You to everyone who braved the cold, rain, and ice this week for dine out night at Buffalo Wild Wings! And a very special thanks to Buffalo Wild Wings for their support of BA Bands!


GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER IS MARCH 31 - DROP-OFF, VOLUNTEER, AND DONATION INFO BELOW!!!!
(If you have questions about the garage sale, please contact us at BABandsGarageSale@gmail.com)

DROP-OFF DATES: OUR FIRST TWO DROP-OFF DAYS ARE THIS WEEK!
Our next drop two drop-off dates are Thursday March 1 and Monday March 5.
Stop by our drop-off days with all of your items left over from spring cleaning, cleaning the closets, or that box of stuff you've been meaning to get rid of forever! Please ask friends and family to donate, too!We will have volunteers there to collect the items, sort them, price them and store them!

All Garage Sale Donation Drop-Off Dates Inside the Gates West Side of BAHS Stadium:

• Tues 2/20 5:30-7PM
• Sat 2/24 10AM-12PM
• Thurs 3/1 5:30-7PM
• Mon 3/5 5:30-7PM
• Tues 3/6 5:30-7PM
• Tues 3/13 5:30-7PM
• Thurs 3/15 5:30-7PM
• Sat 3/17 10AM-12PM
  
• Mon 3/26 5:30-7PM
• Tues 3/27 5:30-7PM
  

• Lots of Corrugated Boxes (for storing donated items)
• Box Tape
• Sharpie Pens
• Baggies (sandwich, quart and/or gallon size)
• Grocery bags (plastic or paper, hundreds of them)
• Batteries (AAA, AA, 9V)
• Disposable Gloves
• Disinfectant Wipes
• Hangers
• Box Cutters
• Zip Ties
• Bright/Neon Poster Board (large size- Qty: 25)
  

SPRING FLOWERS FUNDRAISER - This fundraiser has begun - spring flowers from Riddle Plant Farm. Selling period will be February 13-March 6, with no late orders accepted. Delivery will be April 14 in the early morning. Printed order forms are available in the band office reception area at BAHS; they have also been uploaded into the files section of the Facebook group.


BEEF JERKY STICKS - Payment must be made IN FULL upfront (cost and profit), the same as with all other fundraisers. This means you will need to pay $154 per case ordered, and we will turn the profit in to be applied to your student’s account; you then keep the money from your sales. Jerky sticks are available by pre-order and pre-purchase through the band only. 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. Orders are due by the March band parent meeting.


DISCOUNT CARDS FUNDRAISER - We are currently working on the discount cards to offer for this coming Pride year. If you have a connection with a business that may be interested in being on the card and you feel they are a good one to be on it, please let us know by emailing BABandFundraising@gmail.com.


CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER - We have the $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. Chocolate will be available for sale at the March band parent meeting.


::::::: PLEASE READ ::::::: - 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). Also, if you are not receiving our fundraising emails already and you participate in fundraising at all, you need to be added to that email list because that is the best way to receive current news about fundraisers; please ask to be added to that email list if you are not already on it.


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.



PRIDE STORE
Sheri Sharp - BAPrideStore@gmail.com


NEXT PRIDE STORE OPEN BEFORE AND AFTER MARCH PARENT MEETING!

PRE-ORDERED STREET SIGNS ARE IN!
If you pre-ordered street signs, we will have them available for pick up at the Pride Store which will be the night of the March parent meeting.

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
Mar 1-3 - Pride Color Guard Auditions
Mar 3 - Indoor Percussion @ WGPO Broken Arrow
Mar 5 - Combined MS Band Concert at BAPAC - 7:00pm
Mar 5 - Green Country Jazz Festival
Mar 8 - HS Band Concert - 7:00pm - BAPAC
Mar 9 - FA Band Concert - 7:00pm - BAPAC
Mar 10 - Indoor Percussion @ WGI Dallas Regional
Mar 13 - BA Solo & Ensemble Festival - BAHS
Mar 15 - OSSAA JH Band Contest - Owasso HS
Mar 29 - TCC Concert Band Festival
Mar 30 - Pride Veteran Training - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
Mar 31 - Pride Veteran Training - Brass Only - 9:00-12:00
Mar 31 - Pride Veteran Training - WWs Only - 1:00-4:00
Apr 2 - HS Wind Ensemble Clinic - 5:15-8:00pm
Apr 3 - 5th Grade Band Fair - 5:30-8:00pm
Apr 5 - 5th Grade Band Fair - 5:30-8:00pm
Apr 6 - Pride Veteran Training - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
Apr 7 - Pride Veteran Training - WWs Only - 9:00-12:00
Apr 7 - Pride Veteran Training - Brass Only - 1:00-4:00
Apr 7 - 5th Grade Band Fair - 9:00-12:00
Apr 10 - OSSAA State Band Contest - @ Owasso HS
Apr 13 - OSSAA State Band Conctest (WE Only) - @ Jenks HS
Apr 13 - Pride Veteran Training - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
Apr 14 - Pride Veteran Training - Brass Only 9:00-12:00
Apr 14 - Pride Veteran Training - WWs Only - 1:00-4:00
Apr 14 - Indoor Percussion @ WGPO Championships
Apr 18-22 - Indoor Percussion @ WGI World Championships - Dayton, OH
Apr 20 - Pride Veteran Training - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
Apr 21 - Pride Veteran Training - WWs Only - 9:00-12:00
Apr 21 - Pride Veteran Training - Brass Only - 1:00-4:00
Apr 24 - Jazz Concert - 7pm
Apr 25 - OSSAA State Jazz Contest - TCC
Apr 26-May4 - Pride Audition Camp
May 7 - Freshman Academy Concert - 7pm BAPAC
May 10 - HS Band Concert - 7pm BAPAC
May 12 - Rooster Day Parade - 9:15am Report Time
May 12 - Uniform / Instrument Check in - 11:30-1:00
May 15 - Graduation
May 18 - Pride Veteran Training - All Horn Line - 4:00-7:00
May 19 - Pride Veteran Training - Brass Only - 9:00-12:00
May 19 - Pride Veteran Training - WWs Only - 1:00-4:00
May 25 - Tentative last day of School (If ALL snow days are used)

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