BA Bands eNews
April 15, 2019
-Directors Notes-
OSSAA State Concert Band Contest
The BA Bands have just completed their most successful OSSAA Contest season in school history! 7 High School & Freshman Academy Bands received Superior Ratings on the Concert Stage as well as the Sight Reading Contest. This paired with the Pride’s Superior Rating last fall at the OSSAA Marching Contest make 7 BANDS OSSAA Sweepstakes Awards Recipients. Congratulations to all of our band performers and their directors!
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 - Becky 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)
Rooster Day Parade - May 11 - 9:45 report time at College and 1st Street
NOTE: The High School Concert IS the night AFTER Graduation and all Seniors are obviously required to attend the concert for the 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 and Audition details are TBA. Clinic will not take place this week due to the existing events this week
- Horn Line Audition Camp is April 29 - May 3 from 4:00-5:30
...more specific information coming soon…
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.
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.
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-
PRESIDENTS
As our time in office comes to a close, we would just like to say thank you to everyone that has supported us through the past 4 years. Our job would have been impossible without you and we look forward to cheering you on from here! With that being said, please make plans to be at our band parent meeting on Tuesday, April 16th, at 7:00 pm. We will be voting on the proposed slate of officers and making it official. See you there!
FUNCTIONS
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
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.
THANK YOU PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS - I would like to thank each of you who have taken on leadership roles and those who have supported Fundraising, Pride Store, Pride Work, Stadium Cleanup, Dine-Out nights, and so much more over the last 2 years. This is my last E-news as a member of the Band Parent Board so I want to take this chance to say how much I appreciate so many of you who have stepped up to make our fundraising programs a success through leadership, moving boxes everywhere, planning, coordinating, selling, creating, cleaning, and more. It takes a big team and great leaders. I am so grateful for all you have helped us accomplish and I look forward to seeing the continued fundraising success next year (my last as a band parent).
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
--Sheri Sharp
NEXT FUNDRAISER STARTS APRIL 16 - BA Bands Discount Cards
Starts Tuesday, April 16 from 6-7pm and then again after the band parent meeing! 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.
PRIDE OF BROKEN ARROW SPIRIT NIGHT AT MARBLE SLAB CREAMERY- MAY 7 FROM 5-8PM
Join us for a fundraiser dine out at Marble Slab on May 7 5pm to 8pm.20% of sales will be donated to BA Bands. Invite your family and friends!
For more info and link to FB event page, CLICK HERE.
CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER - Chocolate will be available for purchase at the Tuesday band parent meeting at 6:00pM before the meeting and again after the meeting ends. Remember, it is $60 per box paid upfront, with half of that going into your child's account. 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 correctly; 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
BAPrideStore@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 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 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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