BA Bands eNews

March 25, 2018

-Directors Notes-


Teacher Walkout and BA Fine Arts Activities / Rehearsals
With the upcoming potential teacher walkout interrupting classes, there are many questions as to how that will effect band and fine arts events and rehearsals. The short answer is that regardless of the walkout, band activities and rehearsals will continue. There will inevitably be adjustments and changes to events and rehearsals; however, please DON’T make assumptions about changes without confirmation from the Band Office. All changes to band activities, events and rehearsals will be made via the official Broken Arrow Bands social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, or Remind101). We will share any adjustments or changes as soon as they have been confirmed. Additionally, with OSSAA State Band Contest approaching, it is likely that the concert band classes will have additional rehearsals to continue our student musicians in their preparation for the OSSAA State Band Contest. Each band director will directly share any additional rehearsal plans with students in their classes this week.


TCC Band Festival this Thursday
Each of the HS wind bands (BAHS & Freshman Academy) will appear in the TCC Band Festival on Thursday, May 30. CLICK HERE for the festival itinerary. The performances are free and open to the public.


Pride Banquet Save the Date April 26
Save the Date! The Pride Banquet is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, April 26th at the Tulsa Renaissance Hotel, pending school board approval. Ticket Information will be available soon. This will be an amazing event to celebrate all of the successes of the season.


Championship Ring Orders and Sizing
Due to popular demand, we will once again offer Pride Championship Rings to commemorate the Age of Discovery: Return to Xeno season.  More info to come regarding total price and deposit info. This is an optional item that Pride members may choose to purchase. Jostens will size member, take orders and receive all payments. All payments will be made directly through Jostens. See the attached form for pricing info and artwork for the rings.  DATE CHANGE FOR RING ORDERS!  The new date for ring orders will be on TUESDAY, APRIL 17 from 2:30-4:30.


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


2018 Pride Movement Veteran Movement 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


Indoor Percussion
Rehearsal schedule for the week includes the following:
Monday, March 26th: 5:00-9:00PM
Tuesday, March 27th: 3:30-7:00PM
Friday, March 30th: 3:30-7:00PM

Tentative Rehearsal Schedule for the Week of April 2nd
Tuesday, April 3rd: 3:30-7:00PM
Thursday, April 5th: 3:30-7:00PM
Saturday, April 7th: 9:00AM-9:00PM

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:
March 15th- $250 Now 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-

FUNCTIONS

Call for volunteers.

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.

SIGN-UP HERE to help chaperone TCC.

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

We have one more indoor contest coming up on April 14th. This contest is Percussion only and will last approximately 3 hours. As soon as I have more information on what time this contest will take place, I will share with you. Please use the link below to sign up to work. THANK YOU!

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

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.


PRIDE CAR SHOW
We are looking for car enthusiasts, parents and family members who would love to be involved in our First Annual Inaugural Pride Car Show ! First meeting will be March 13th at 6:00 @ the High School Band Hall. Room will be determined that day. If you have any questions, 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

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)

Garage Sale is this week! We need tables, trucks, and help! Please consider helping where you can!tWe need tables and trucks/large vehicles for the 2018 Garage Sale. Please sign up here.

For tables:Sign up to bring tables - CLICK HERE TO DROP OFF TABLES

Drop Off Dates for Table you can lend us:
Monday, 3/26 5:30-7PM on west side of stadium
Tuesday, 3/27 5:30-7PM on west side of stadium
Friday, 3/30 12 noon-1PM at aux gym.
Please sign up with number of tables and on the day you can bring them.Please put your name on each table and plan to pick them up at 4PM on Saturday 3/31 at aux gym after the garage sale.

For trucks/large vehicles:
Sign up to bring your vehicle and yourself to help move items on 3/30 - CLICK HERE TO OFFER VEHICLE
We need as many as we can get to move the garage sale items/furniture from the trailer to aux gym. We plan to start at 12PM noon on 3/30. Please arrive at the aux gym at noon and we will go over to trailer as soon. With a lot of help, it should take 2 hours or less.... maybe more time if we have fewer people.If you sign up here, we will just assume that you will also be helping move so no need to sign yourself up as volunteer if you are driving the vehicle as we move. Thanks!

Volunteers Needed This Week: We are in crunch time and need as many volunteers as we can get!We especially need "muscle" from 12-3PM on Friday 3/30 to move items and furniture!For parents, friends, family, please consider signing up for 3/26 or 3/27 drop off, to help move and set up on 3/30, and/or for garage sale help on 3/31. Sign up here to volunteer your help: CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER

NHS Students can sign up to volunteer for NHS hours (up to 4): CLICK HERE FOR NHS VOLUNTEERS


We need more DONATIONS!!
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:

• Mon 3/26 5:30-7PM
• Tues 3/27 5:30-7PM
  

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.


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 April 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 APRIL 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 in April.

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 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 10 - Band Parent Meeting - 7:00 2 BAHS Band Hall
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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