BA Bands eNews

May 14, 2018

-Directors Notes-


THE FIRST BAND PARENT MEETING FOR THE 2018-19 PRIDE SEASON IS MONDAY NIGHT!!!
This is a mandatory meeting. It will kick off at 7 p.m. Monday in the high school band room, but you'll want to be there early to check out the Pride Store and our Volunteer Fair, which will be set up in the lobby of the Field House starting at 6 p.m.

We recommend you park behind the school and enter through the Field House entrance so you can check everything out.

The Pride Store will be selling all the great Pride gear you could want as well as taking pre-orders on everything from show shirts to decals to our new sports shorts and more! You can get a jump on things by printing out and filling out your Pride Store PRE-ORDER FORMS HERE

The Volunteer Fair will be your opportunity to sign up to help out the Pride! We have a TON of volunteer needs, and if you have a talent, we can probably find a way to use it. Come by and talk to your fellow Pride parents who are heading up each volunteer area, ask questions and get signed up to help!

The Pride Store and Volunteer Fair will also be open after the meeting.


High School Band concert on Tuesday, May 22
Don’t miss the final HS Band Concert of the year on Tuesday (5/22). This will be a great concert to celebrate an end to a great school year. Also, the HS Wind Ensemble will present a concert featuring Multi-media Concert Experience of “A Night at the Movies.” Be sure to be at this concert for some special surprises! Symphonic Band 1 and Wind Ensemble will check in their concert attire at the PAC after the concert has ended.




2018 Pride
This is going to be an amazing Marching Band; ALL sections are looking VERY strong for this season!  An Informative and Required Parent Meeting will begin at 7:00pm THIS WEEK on MONDAY, May 14th in the High School Band Room. All parents plan to attend this meeting.


Upcoming Pride Rehearsal Dates
Horn Line

• - May 14 Required Parent Info Meeting 7:00 BAHS Band Room
• - May 18 (Veterans ONLY) Movement Rehearsal 5:00-8:00 - Indoor Turf Field
• - May 19 (All Horn Line and Battery Perc) Movement Rehearsal 9:00-12:00 - Indoor Turf Field
• - May 30 Mini Camp #1 5:00-6:30 (Note this is an ending time change)
  
• - May 31 Mini Camp #1 12:00-6:00
• - June 1 Mini Camp #1 12:00-6:00
• - June 14-16 Mini Camp #2 12:00-6:00
• - July 10-12 Mini Camp #3 12:00-6:00
• - July 18 DCI Tour of Champions 7:00 (2018 members get in for free)
• - July 23 MANDATORY PRIDE CAMP BEGINS - 1:00pm

• - May 14 Required Parent Info Meeting 7:00 BAHS Band Room
• - May 19 Movement Training 9:00-12:00 - Indoor Turf Field
• - May 29 Rehearsal 4:00-7:00- June 5 Rehearsal 12:00-4:00
• - May 31 Movement Training 3:00-6:00
  
• - June 12 Rehearsal 12:00-4:00
• - June 13 Movement Training 3:00-6:00
  
• - July 9 Rehearsal 12:00-4:00
• - July 10 Movement Training 3:00-6:00
  
• - July 16 Rehearsal 9:00-12:00
• - July 18 DCI Tour of Champions 7:00 (2018 member get in for free)

• - May 14 Required Parent Info Meeting 7:00 BAHS Band Room
• - June 12-14 9:00-12:00
• - July 18 DCI Tour of Champions 7:00 (2018 member get in for free)

• - Monday Sabre training 6:00-8:00 (indoor facility)
  
• - Friday 5:30-9:30 in Band Hall
• - Saturday 9:00-1:00 in Band Hall
• - May 14 Required Parent Info Meeting 7:00 BAHS Band Room
• - Other Dates TBA from Guard Staff
• - July 18 DCI Tour of Champions 7:00 (2018 member get in for free)

• - May 17 Clinic 3:15-5:00
• - May 24 Audition 3:15-5:30

BAHS Graduation
Congratulations to our 2018 Graduates as you complete your High School careers! This is an exciting time to reflect on the great memories and look forward to their exciting futures! All Sophomore & Juniors from the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band 1 are required to perform at the 2018 BAHS Graduation Ceremony on Tuesday, May 15 at the Downtown Tulsa BOK Center. After school rehearsals for these students are May 9, 10 & 14 from 3:15-5:00pm. On Graduation day, all Graduation band members will bus to and from the BOK Center.  The Graduation Band will depart BAHS on school transportation at 3:45pm (wear dress up clothes) and should return to BAHS from the graduation ceremony at approximately 8:00pm


Drums of Summer - DCI Tour of Champions Show in Broken Arrow
The 2018 DCI Show hosted in Broken Arrow will be on Tuesday, July 17 at BA's Memorial Stadium. This year’s event features many of DCI’s top groups in the WORLD: Blue Devils, Blue Knights, Bluecoats, Boston Crusaders The Cavaliers, Phantom Regiment and Santa Clara Vanguard. WOW!! What an amazing line up. Tickets are on sale now at DCI.org. There are also many opportunities to volunteer. Contact VP of Special Events at BASpecialEvents@gmail.com for more info…. Tickets are selling fast and most of the chairback seats have already sold, get your tickets today! (All 2018 Pride members receive G.A. through the pass gate with your student ID)

-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

Help is need for the High School Band Concert on Tuesday, May 22. Cookies and punch supplies as well as help serving are needed. Please select this link: HERE to sign up to help.

Also, immediately following the concert help is needed to collect concert wear and launder them. We will meet in the front of the auditorium.

SPECIAL EVENTS


2018 DCI Tour of Champions - Broken Arrow will host the 2018 DCI Tour of Champions on Tuesday, July 17th at the Broken Arrow Memorial Stadium. We have several jobs available and would love to have you join us! To volunteer for this event, click on the following link , CLICK HERE

WE NEED EVERYONE TO HELP OUT WITH THIS EVENT!

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



OPERATIONS

Questions? Email baprideoperations@gmail.com



CONCESSIONS

Upcoming volunteer opportunities

Mark your calendar for June 23rd and July 17th.

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

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 or call me 918-902-3710

PRIDE CAR SHOW
The Pride of Broken Arrow is proud to announce Concert of Cars. June 23, 2018. Please share on social media as much as you can. This event is open to the public. No admissions!

For the Registration form CLICK HERE

Sponsorship Form CLICK HERE

We will also need lots of hands for this event ! Sign up will come soon. Response has been great, keep sharing. For more information regarding registration or sponsorships, please email bapridecarshow@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

Congratulations and welcome to all of our returning and Rookie families!!! We have opportunities for individual fundraising every month. We regularly post these opportunities here in Enews, on Facebook, and email. If you would like to receive fundraising emails, please email us at BABandFundraising@gmail.com and let us know you’d like to be added.

PRIDE OF BROKEN ARROW NIGHT AT THE DRILLERS MAY 17! OUR OWN PRIDE ENSEMBLE WILL PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM! YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS IT!
The Drillers are supporting the Pride with a night of baseball. This is a fundraiser and we will receive a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales (Use link below for purchasing tickets so we get credit for the sale) The more people we have at the game, the bigger our share of the ticket sales!The Pride will have an ensemble playing the National Anthem! A fun night for families, Pride sections, friends, celebrate graduation, and more!

• Thursday, May 17 Drillers play Springfield that night and game starts at 7:05PM.
  
• Gates open 6PM
• National Anthem by our own Pride Ensemble around 6:55-7:00PM
• Game starts at 7:05PM
• We have a special link for purchasing tickets. CLICK HERE to buy tickets!

LEGENDS CAR WASH FUNDRAISER - CODE 1219 IS GOOD YEAR ROUND!
Need a car wash? Each time the code 1219 is entered, the BA Bands program gets 20% of the sale at Legends Car Wash at Kenosha and Aspen (2300 W. Kenosha). This link has a bar code and the code number. CLICK HERE for the link. Download the graphic to your phone so you can show the barcode or give them the code each time you have your car washed at Legends! Thanks to Legends Car Wash for their support of the Pride!


NOTE TO MEMBERS ABOUT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT FUNDRAISERS - Individual account fundraisers such as the ones below are offered year round for all Pride members (color guard and hornline), whether new or old.  The profits from each individual account fundraiser goes directly to the Pride member who did the fundraiser.  Go ahead and start fundraising!


DISCOUNT CARDS - They will be available the night of the May band parent meeting. To get discount cards before then, you need to contact Debbie Gowriluk at BABandFundraising@gmail.com to arrange a pickup time. This is the ONLY fundraiser we offer that you do not pay for upfront. You can check out up to 5 cards at one time. Once those cards are sold, you can check out more cards at the same time you turn in the money for the sold cards to Debbie. IMPORTANT INFO: If you checked out cards and need more, you need to turn the money in to Debbie to get more cards; if you turn the money in to Mrs. Good, there WILL be a delay in getting more cards because she will need to let me know that the money has been received and recorded before I can check out additional cards to you.


CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER - The next opportunity to purchase chocolate will be at the May band parent meeting. 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.


MIXED BAG DESIGNS - This is our newest fundraiser and it starts after the band parent meeting on Monday. This fundraiser also includes the opportunity for online sales; that means family members and friends from other cities and states can support your Pride member and get some great items in the process! The catalog for this fundraiser is BIG! Lots of items to choose from... bags, organization items, kitchen items, outdoor living items… something for everyone!

::::::: 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 - There are so many ways to earn money for your band trip account! Start earning money now for the 2018 marching season.

Many of these opportunities go quickly. The work sign-ups are sent via email to those on the Pride Work email list. Please ask to get on the Pride Work email list by writing to bapridework@gmail.com.

Current Work Opportunities:
May BOK - CLICK HERE
Drillers May 15-21 - CLICK HERE
June 9 - Taste of Summer - Look for sign-up soon!

* 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. You can take the course and print your permit online at this link: Volunteer Online Food Handler’s Permit For more information, please email bapridework@gmail.com



PRIDE STORE
Sheri Sharp - BABandFundraising@gmail.com or BAPrideStore@gmail.com

WHAT IS THE PRIDE STORE? The Pride Store is a mobile store that we set up before and after parent meetings, sometimes during Pride Camps, and at BA Bands local events! The best place to get updates on when we will have the store open is via e-news, social media, and via e-mail. (Join our Pride Store/Fundraising e-mail list by writing to us at babandfundraising@gmail.com)We sell lots of Pride of BA and band items that the kids (and parents) love and you can purchase them on the spot! We also offer pre-order forms for shirts and other items that you will want to have in the fall when band season hits full speed! We take cash and checks made payable to BA Bands!

PRE-ORDERS and FORMS: We offer a variety of shirts, luggage tags, dog tags, decals, show buttons, ornaments, street signs and more. This season we also are offering NEW Pride of BA Sporty Shorts and Pride of BA Show Candles.
We will have these forms anytime we open the Pride Store. You may also print these forms from the band website. CLICK HERE for all order forms.

BRAND NEW ITEMS!!!!!  PRIDE STORE WILL BE OPEN AT THE MAY 14 PARENT MEETING AT 6PM AND AGAIN AFTER THE PARENT MEETING!
May is a big meeting and we will have LOTS of new items to purchase!  You will be missing out on some great new Pride items unless you stop by the Pride Store on May 14th!

CLICK HERE for a preview of our new items! We will have these items in stock along with all of our other Pride Store Items:

• NEW! Pride of BA Backpacks in store (limited number available in store - so get yours early!) - These will be great for school and Pride Camp!
• Pride of BA Duffle Bags -new style with shoe compartment in side pocket! (limited number available in store - so get yours early!) Great for Pride Camp!
• NEW! White Practice Tanks for Hornline - available in Mens and Ladies sizes - New band meme graphic!
• NEW! Black Color Guard Glitter tanks - new graphic with flag and sabre silhouettes
• NEW! White Practice Tees with new Pride Marching Band graphic
• NEW! Pride of Broken Arrow Keychains - Plastic and Metal
• NEW! Secret Gardens Pride of BA label candles!
  

PRIDE STORE VOLUNTEERS - Want to help us?
If you would like to volunteer in the Pride Store, we have fun and will welcome you to join our crazy crew!  Let us know by emailing at babandfundraising@gmail.com or bapridestore@gmail.com

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
May 14 - Graduation Band Rehearsal - 3:15-5:00
May 14 - Band Parent Meeting - 7:00 BAHS (volunteer Fair begins at 6:00)
May 15 - Graduation
May 16 - Special Olympics Send Off for All Sophomores and Juniors - 7:00am Indoor Facility
May 18 - Pride Veteran Training - VETERANS ONLY - 5:00-8:00
May 19 - Pride Training - All Horn Line and Battery - 9:00-12:00
May 22 - HS Band Concert - 7pm BAPAC
May 30 - Tentative last day of School
May 30 - Pride Horn Line Mini Camp - 5:00-6:30
May 31 - Pride Horn Line Mini Camp - 12:00-6:00
June 1 - Pride Horn Line Mini Camp - 12:00-6:00
June 13-15 - Pride Horn Line Mini Camp - 12:00-6:00
July 10-12 - Pride Horn Line Mini Camp - 12:00-6:00
July 17 - DCI Tour of Champions in Broken Arrow
July 23 - Mandatory Pride Camp begins

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