BA Bands eNews

October 7, 2018

-Directors Notes-

Broken Arrow Invitational - THANK YOU!
The volunteer efforts of our parents and students are truly what made this event so successful, despite all of the weather delays. 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! This year’s BAI tested us as an organization to be quick on our feet, serve our guests and keeping everyone safe with the severe weather in the area. We are thankful for everyone’s efforts to continually make adjustments throughout the day with all of the weather issues. Thank you to all that were involved in producing this first class event.


Next Band Parent Meeting - October 9
The next meeting of the Broken Arrow Band Parents Association will be at 7:00pm on October 9 in the BAHS Band Hall.


Upcoming HS Wind Band Concert - October 15
The Wind bands at BAHS will present their first band concert of the school year on Monday, October 15.  This concert is free to the public and 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). Tickets will be delivered once we receive them from OBA (typically the week prior to the contest).

PRIDE SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK

Horn Line / Percussion
  Monday  3:15-6:15
  Tuesday  3:20-6:30
  Wednesday  OFF
  Thursday  5:00-9:00
  Friday  3:30-End of Game to Edmond
             Pit Percussion will rehearse on Friday from 3:30-7:00
  Saturday  1:00-9:00

Color Guard
  Monday  4:00-6:15
  Tuesday  5:00-8:00
  Wednesday  OFF
  Thursday  5:00-9:00
  Friday  5:00-9:00
  Saturday  9:00-1:00 and 5:00-9:00


Pride Schedule Next Week (Fall Break) - subject to change

Horn Line / Percussion
  Monday OFF  (HS Band Concert)
  Tuesday  5:00-9:00
  Wednesday  9:00-5:00
  Thursday  2:00-9:00 (Choreography Rehearsal 9:00-12:00 TBD)
  Friday  9:00-5:00
  Saturday  OBA State Marching Band Championship - All Day
                  8:00am Report Time

Color Guard
  Monday OFF  (HS Band Concert)
  Tuesday  5:00-9:00
  Wednesday  9:00-5:00
  Thursday  9:00-1:00 and 5:00-9:00 TBD
  Friday  9:00-5:00
  Saturday  OBA State Marching Band Championship - All Day
                  8:00am Report Time

Tradition of Broken Arrow
The Tradition of Broken Arrow is comprised of all Freshman and Sophomore band members AND the Pride of Broken Arrow members. The following is a list of upcoming dates and performances for the Tradition of Broken Arrow.

• Nov 1- 6:00-10:30- Home Football Game - BA vs. Enid (NOTE: This is a THURSDAY game)
  
• Nov 28-30- 3:30-5:30- Christmas Parade Rehearsals at BAHS
  
• Dec 1- 9:00-11:00- BA Christmas Parade - Main Street
  
• May 11- 9:00-11:00- BA Rooster Days Parade - Main Street
  
• May 11- 11:30-1:00- Uniform Check in at BAHS
  

Closed and Open Rehearsals
As always, our Pride rehearsals are closed to the public. However, in these beginning stages of learning the show, we will open rehearsal to family and friends periodically.


Copyright - Photos, video, Audio Recordings are prohibited
The following is a copyright reminder to our family, friends and fans of the Pride of Broken Arrow. In order to protect the rights of the original composers and copyright owners who license their music to the Pride of Broken Arrow, Bands of America and Broken Arrow Public Schools strictly prohibit the use of audio and video recording technology - including mobile devices and live streaming applications - during and rehearsal or performance setting. We thank you for your cooperation and for complying with the law.

-BA Bands Parent Association-


FUNCTIONS

More sewing, ripping, pinning to be done.  We start again Monday night.  We need everyone that can come help!

SPECIAL EVENTS
We would like to extend a huge “thank you” to everyone who contributed to the success of this year’s Broken Arrow Invitational. While the weather may have altered some of the day’s events, it didn’t seem to diminish the great attitudes of our wonderful volunteers! Once again we heard from many parents and directors how much they appreciate our hospitality (and flexibility) this year!

• OK Bandmasters Association Competition- Saturday, October 20, 2018
  
  If you haven't done so yet, please consider serving during OBA coming up in a mere two weeks.  If you have worked at a band contest before, let us know if you prefer the same job again, or you would prefer to try something else.  This is a great way to connect with oter bad parents and be involved in something important to your student.
  
    Sign up for OBA
  

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



OPERATIONS

On this week's "To Do" list:

• Re-measure / Dot the fields (to include, stadium, practice field, and indoor facility)
• Move screen carts to greenhouse storage area.
  
• Dry-run load semi with front ensemble carts, numbering for easier loading once competition travel begins.

baprideoperations@gmail.com



CONCESSIONS

THANK YOU to all the concession volunteers who volunteered stocking on Thursday, volunteered Friday’s Homecoming game and Concessions for BAI!!! You all did a fantastic job!! We appreciate all of you!

The next concession event will be for OBA!!

We have several JV, 9th, and 8th grade games coming up starting October 15th. Sign up below!

October 15th we need freshman parent volunteers at BAFA concessions. This is the band concert for the high school bands. We would love to give the high school parents a chance to go the concert.

OCTOBER 20th is OBA - We need 35-70 people, volunteers for concessions the option will be to sign up for shift work.  (we close down for BA's performance)  CLICK HERE

Sign up to volunteer in the concessions CLICK HERE. Click on the form select the dates you are able to volunteer.


We appreciate everyone who volunteers in the concessions!

For any questions 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 are interested, please email Carrie Crane @ development.bapride@gmail.com or call me 918-902-3710.

SPONSORSHIPS:
Pride parents, if you own a business or work for a business that would like to become a sponsor, we have many levels to get involved with Broken Arrow Bands. Businesses can show their support and be acknowledged with several forms advertising. Please contact me for more information. Carrie Crane 918-902-3710 or development.bapride@gmail.com.

Remember to support our supporters !




COMMUNICATIONS
GET UPDATES ON YOUR PHONE AS TEXT MESSAGES! Join the BA Band Parents 2018 group in Remind. Text @babandpa to 81010. You can also send a blank email to babandpa@mail.remind.com to get messages as emails. You can also join at https://www.remind.com/join/babandpa.

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 receive fundraising emails, please email us at BABandFundraising@gmail.com and let us know you’d like to be added.


CHRISTMAS WREATHS FUNDRAISER - It’s that time of year again! Our October fundraiser, beginning October 9 at the band parent meeting and ending Tuesday, October 23, will be our popular live Christmas wreaths. This fundraiser includes wreaths, sprays, table top centerpieces, and garland. In addition, your customers can purchase holiday gifts that can be sent directly from the company to others. Because of the timing necessary to place this order, absolutely no late orders can be accepted after October 23, so plan accordingly and be sure to get your orders in before school closes that day.


CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER - The next opportunity to purchase chocolate will be the October 9 band parent meeting.  Note: Chocolate is ONLY sold during scheduled fundraiser pickup dates/times and band parent meetings.  Cash/checks for payment only please. 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.


FUNDRAISING VOLUNTEERS - Want to help us?If you would like to volunteer with fundraising, we would like to hear from you. We are looking for 2-3 people to join this team. Let us know by emailing at babandfundraising@gmail.com and mention that you are interested in helping with fundraising.


::::::: PLEASE READ - IMPORTANT UPDATE::::::: - 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.  Finally, be sure to join the Broken Arrow Bands Members and Supporters Group on Facebook.  We will upload fundraiser order forms and guidelines to the files section there each month once they begin.


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!


PRIDE WORK - 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.

For Stadium Cleanup, please send an email to bastadiumcleanup@gmail.com

* 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

For the latest information and updates on the Pride Store, join our e-mail list by writing to us at babandfundraising@gmail.com


A BIG THANK YOU to all who volunteered in the Pride Store at BAI. It was some crazy Oklahoma weather, for sure. Thanks to all who spent hours drying out T-shirts and products at home, too! And a big thanks to all who stopped by to purchase items and support the Pride of BA!

IMPORTANT: 2018 SHOW SHIRTS and BUTTONS FOR PRIDE MEMBERS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 9PM AFTER PRACTICE AT SOUTH END OF STADIUM!!
Students can stop by on their way out of practice to pick up their show shirt and button. Remember that one show shirt and one button are distributed to the kids as part of their membership in the Pride of BA. Please have your student stop by on Thursday!!

(Please note that any pre-ordered shirts and buttons ordered through the Pride Store will be ready for pick-up on Saturday, October 13. These will be distributed separately from the kids’ shirt/button.)

PRIDE STORE OPEN TWICE THIS WEEK!

• * Open Tuesday, October 9 before and after parent meeting. 6-7PM and approximately 8-9PM
  We will have lots of great show items, BAI shirts and patches, and all of our regular Pride Store items!! Most pre-orders are ready for pick-up as well! (See below)
  
• *Open Saturday October 13 Time TBD! (We will announce time later this week)
  This is your chance to get there early and buy EXTRA 2018 Show Shirts! All pre-order show shirts and buttons will be ready for pick-up as well.

• Band/Guard mom tees
• Flag Logo tees
• Soft shell jackets
• Luggage and Dog Tags
• Decal orders placed on or before 9/29

• GOBA Shirts
• Pre-Order Show Shirts (kids will receive theirs on October 11 - see info above on that)
• Pre-Order Show Buttons (kids will receive theirs on October 11 - see info above on that)
• Decal orders placed on or before 9/29 

• All decal orders
• Ornaments

• Street Signs

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
Oct 9 - Band Parent Meeting
Oct 12 - Pride Hornline & Battery Perc to FB Game @ Edmond Santa Fe (Guard and Front Ensemble Rehearsal)
Oct 13 - Pride Saturday Rehearsal & Parent Performance - Time TBA
Oct 15 - HS Band Concert - 7:00 BAPAC
Oct 20 - OBA State Marching Band Championship - All Day - at Broken Arrow
Oct 22 -  Indoor Percussion Info Meeting - 6:30pm - BAHS Band Hall
Oct 24 - OSSAA Marching Contest - All Day - at Tahlequah
Oct 26-28 - BOA St Louis Super Regional Trip
Nov 1 - Game: BA vs Enid (home). Pride Senior Night
Nov 3 - All State / All District Auditions at Broken Arrow
Nov 3 - Pride Saturday Rehearsal
Nov 5 - Send Off Dress Rehearsal Performance
Nov 6 - Pride to Expo Center (all day)
Nov 7 - Pride Leaves for Indianapolis (11:00pm approx.)
Nov 8 - Arrive in Indianapolis / Rehearsal Day
Nov 9 - BOA Grand National Championship Prelims Performance (3:15pm approx.)
Nov 10 - BOA Grand National Championship Semi-Finals and Finals (should we advance)
Nov 11 - Return to Broken Arrow
Nov 12 - Pride Rehearsal - Grand Nationals Wrap up, Sounds of Stadium prep
Nov 13 - Sounds of the Stadium Concert - 7pm BAPAC
Nov 15 - Pride at BAHS Bonfire Pep Rally / Photos at Stadium
Nov 16 - Game: Playoff Game 2 TBD
Nov 19 - Indoor Percussion Auditions (3:30-6:00)
Nov 20 - Indoor Percussion Auditions (3:30-6:00)
Nov 27 - HS Chamber Concert - 7pm BAPAC Lobby
Nov 30 - Game: State Championship Playoff Game TBD
Dec 1 - All State Auditions
Dec 1 - BA Christmas Parade
Dec 2 - Jazz Concert
Dec 6 - Percussion Concert
Dec 11 - Freshman Academy Band Concert
Dec 13 - HS Band Concert

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