BA Bands eNews
April 8, 2019
-Directors Notes-
OSSAA State Band Contest THIS WEEK
This week, 7 wind bands from BAHS and the Freshman Academy will appear in the OSSAA State Band Contest. For specific information, refer to itineraries that will be distributed by your student's band director. The performances are free and open to the public.
Tuesday, April 9
OSSAA Band Contest Performance Schedule - at Owasso High School's Auditorium
9:15
- BAHS Concert Band 2 - Kyle Smith, conductor
9:40
- BA Freshman Academy Symphonic Band - Trey Lack, conductor
10:30
- BAHS Concert Band 1 - Kelli Pence, conductor
11:20
- BA Freshman Academy Wind Ensemble - James Morrison, conductor
1:50
- BAHS Symphonic Band 2 - Kyle Smith, conductor
4:20
- BAHS Symphonic Band 1 - Kelli Pence, conductor
Thursday, April 11
OSSAA Band Contest - at The University of Oklahoma - Catlett Music Center’s Sharp Performance Hall
3:25
- BAHS Wind Ensemble - Darrin Davis, conductor
Click Here for All HS Band’s Itinerary (Except HS Wind Ensemble)
Click Here for HS Wind Ensemble Itinerary
2019-2020 Proposed Broken Arrow Band Booster Club Officers
After receiving the submitted Band Parent Associaiton Officer applications, the nominating committee has selected the following slate of officers for the membership’s approval at the April band parent meeting.
President - Jason Barnes
Vice President - Loretta Turner
Treasurer - Kerwin Brown
Secretary - Cindy Cantwell
Director of Marketing & Communications - RJ Butefish
Director of Concessions - Hollie Thompson
Director of Merchandise & Sponsorships - Melisa Mons
Director of Fundraising - Erika Maxey
Director of Operations - Brandon Disney
Director of Special Events - Jered Henry
Member At Large / VP Elect - Amy Bowman
Member At Large / Dir of Concessions Elect - Dusty Courtney
The next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 16 at 7:00pm in the HS Band Hall. Many important tpoics are on the agenda for this meeting that will include: Pride Banquet Info, Officer Elections, Broken Arrow Band Booster Club non-profit update, Pride 2019 Audition info, Pride 2019 Fall Season Info, and much more. See you there on April 16
Upcoming Band Concerts
Jazz Concert - April 23 - 7:00PM - BAPAC
Freshmen Academy Band Concert - May 7 - 7:00PM - BAPAC (NOTE: This is a change from last eNews)
High School Band Concert - May 9 - 7:00PM - BAPAC (NOTE: This is a change from last eNews)
NOTE: The High School Concert IS the night AFTER Graduation and all Seniors are obviously required to attend the concert for afternoon sound check. Sound check schedules will be distributed during classes.
Carol Davis Memorial Scholarship
The Carol Davis Memorial Educational Scholarship is awarded to a Broken Arrow High School Senior who is a current member of the Pride of Broken Arrow Band and plans to enter an institution of higher education. The Scholarship of $1,000.00 may be utilized to cover the costs of tuition, books, fees or other expenses while attending an institution of higher education. The application form is an online form and is due in the band office by April 29. Supplemental materials are to be submitted to Mrs. Good in the Band Office. CLICK HERE for the Scholarship Application Form
2019 Pride Information
- Color Guard Auditions are completed
- Percussion April 29 - May 3
- Pride Leadership Leadership applications are available next week.
- Drum Major Clinic is scheduled for April 17 (3:00-5:00) and the Audition is on April 25 (3:00-6:00)
- Horn Line Audition Camp is April 29 - May 3 from 4:00-5:30
...more specific information coming soon…
2019 Pride Veteran Movement Training Sessions
All 2019 Pride Horn Line Veterans will continue their off-season training program on Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings on April 12 & 13.. This will be a dynamic and fun way for our members to be visually prepared for the upcoming 2019 season (similar to our Color Guard Veteran training sessions). Veterans will wear appropriate clothing for visual rehearsals (instruments will not be needed).
Training dates will occur on:
April 12 - Friday - 4:00-7:00
April 13 - Saturday - 9:00-12:00
2019 Brass Clinic with Guest Artist - Freddy Martin
All Pride Brass will participate in a clinic afer school on Friday, April 19 from 3:00-5:00 with guest clinician and BOA Hall of Fame Member, Freddy Martin.
Pride Banquet Save the Date - April 26
Save the Date! The Pride Banquet is tentatively scheduled for Friday, April 26th at the Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center. Ticket Information will be available soon. This will be an amazing event to celebrate all of the successes of the season. Tickets are on sale at the HS Band Office. Tickets are $50 each (2019 members receive a free ticket with a $0 balance account). The banquet is moving this year to the Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center in Broken Arrow. Seating is limited in this venue and tickets sales will end once the first 700 tickets have been purchased (including 2018 Pride members). This will be a great event to celebrate the incredible 2018 season! Check out additional information regarding submitting a table reservation for the banquet in this eNews edition.
Banquet and Account fees!
Banquet is coming up! All Pride members receive a ticket as part of their season fees; however, any student account having a balance due results in that student not receiving their banquet ticket. ALL accounts should now be paid in full. Please check your balances by logging on to www.charmsoffice.com or contact Lisa Good in the band office, lsgood@baschools.org.
Indoor Percussion
Congratulations for Broken Arrow Indoor, who placed 2nd in Percussion-Scholastic World at the NTCA Circuit Championships this past weekend! This is has been a monumental year for the program, and a gigantic step forward in the overall growth of the young program. Thank you to all of the students, staff, designers, parents, and volunteers for helping make 2019 Indoor Percussion such a huge success, and we thank the seniors for their years of dedicated service and investment in the program. We are already looking ahead to another special program for the 2020 season!
Indoor Percussion Payments and Dues
All Student Fees are past due. Checks can be given to Mrs. Good in the Band Office or place in the payment dropbox in the Hallway.
Broken Arrow Jazz Bands
Congratulations to Broken Arrow Jazz 1 and Broken Arrow E Jazz, who were named the most outstanding bands at the Oklahoma State University Jazz Festival this past Monday, April 1st! Outstanding work! Broken Arrow Jazz 1 and E Jazz will be performing at the annual Spring Jazz Concert Tuesday, April 23rd at the Broken Arrow PAC at 7:00 PM. Additionally, the jazz ensembles will travel to the University of Central Oklahoma on Wednesday, April 24th to participate in the OSSAA State Jazz Contest. E Jazz perform at 1:25PM and Jazz 1 performs at 3:33PM. The itinerary for the event can be found here.
Broken Arrow Bands - Percussion Auditions
Percussion Auditions for the 2019-20 Broken Arrow Bands were due on Canvas submission Friday, April 5th. All Percussion students in current Grades 9, 10, and 11 must complete the audition.
Charms Service will be Ending and we will be using a NEW account management Software called “CUT TIMEâ€
We are in the process of transitioning to our NEW student / parent account management software called “CUT TIME.†Stay tuned to eNews for the latest info and tutorials to access your parent and student account info in Cut Time.
-BA Bands Parent Association-
FUNCTIONS
- April 9th we will need 3 chaperones to travel with HSl SB2 and FA Symphonic Band to Owasso. To sign up to help, CLICK HERE.
You may also bookmark the link on your phone, tablet or computer so that is easily accessed once it goes live on April 8. Each table sits up to 8 people. You do not have to have a party of 8 to make a reservation. Parties smaller than 8 will be grouped with other smaller parties so that each table has 8 people. Each reservation submission is automatically timestamped and table availability will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Table numbers will be emailed on or before April 26.
To make a reservation you will need the following information:
- Email address and phone number of 1 person in the party as a designated contact person.
- Ticket number and name for each person in your party, and whether or not they are a Pride member.
- Any dietary needs for each member of your party.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Thanks to all the volunteers that made the last WGPO event successful. We appreciate all the hard work and was excited about the outcome. Next event will be in June the Car Show. Get geared up for another great volunteer opportunity and fund raiser for the Pride.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at baspecialevents@gmail.com.
OPERATIONS
If you have any questions regarding our operations team, please email us at:
baprideoperations@gmail.com
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
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 !
Second Annual Concert of Cars!
The Car Show committee meeting will be announced later this week!
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.
NEXT FUNDRAISER STARTS APRIL 16 - BA Bands Discount Cards
Starts Tuesday, April 16! Cards sell for $12 each with $9 going to individual account. Payment must be made upfront when cards are picked up. Limit of 10 cards per pick up (at least until we gauge how many are participating). Discounts from Smokies, Los Mariachis, Happy Plate, Forest Ridge, Wild Meadows, Cicis, Pride Store, and many more! More info later.
FLOWER FUNDRAISER PICKUP -
Flower orders will arrive on the morning of this Saturday, April 13 approximately 9am. Exact time and location for pickup will be announced soon and emailed to those who ordered. Please begin making arrangements to be available to pickup your fundraising order that morning.
CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER - 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.
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 2019 Indoor Percussion and 2019 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
NEXT PRIDE STORE - The next Pride Store will be open at 6PM on April 16 before the band parent meeting. We will be open 6-7PM and again after the meeting.
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
Apr 9 - OSSAA State Band Contest at Owasso (All FA & HS Bands except HS WE)
Apr 11 - OSSAA State Band Contest at OU (HS WE Only)
Apr 12 - Pride Movement Training - Indoor Facility - 4:00-7:00
Apr 13 - Pride Movement Training - Indoor Facility - 9:00-12:00
Apr 16 - Centennial Band Concert
Apr 16 - Band Parent Meeting - BAHS Band Hall - 7pm
Apr 19 - Pride Brass Clinic with Freddy Martin - 3:00-5:00
Apr 23 - Jazz Concert
Apr 24 - OSSAA State Jazz Contest
Apr 25 - Oneta Ridge Band Concert
Apr 26 - Pride Banquet
Apr 29 - May 3 2019 - Pride Hornline / Percussion Audition Camp
May 2 - Oliver Band Concert
May 7 - FA Band Concert
May 8 - Graduation
May 9 - HS Band Concert
May 11 - Rooster Day Parade / Uniform & Instrument Check in
Broken Arrow Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs or activities.
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