BA Bands eNews

September 29, 2019

-Directors Notes-

• 1) Be selected by directors to participate in the Pride; and
• 2) Compete in a contest with the Pride, either by participating on field or by traveling with the band as a shadow, crew member or alternate (a shadow being defined as a student who may travel to a competition as a substitute but may not take part in an on-field performance at each event).

-BA Bands Parent Association-



PRESIDENTS

Thank you Volunteers!
The organization couldn’t be successful without the tremendous support of parents and other supporters. Reminder: Each parent is expected to work in concessions for at least one home football game. If you haven’t signed up yet, please do so today! It’s fun, and you can spend time getting to know other parents in the organization.

This is a very busy week. We need a lot of volunteers this week, particularly Friday and Saturday. Over those two days, we need more than 250 volunteers to make everything run smoothly. I hope we can count on every parent to choose a day, if not both days, to serve in order to make this weekend a huge success.

Hopefully everyone is getting excited about the show. The students are bringing it all together to make it another fantastic production. Hope to see you this weekend playing your part in the best band organization in the nation.

Thanks to all that have helped with uniforms, concessions, and operations. We are about to get into the meat of our schedule and a lot of things happening. Please remember we have several things we need to handle as volunteers and parents:

• Accounts needed to be up to date for your kids to get bus assignments ect...
• Volunteers for BAI and concessions we have several home games in October Sign up now for both.
• Parent forms need to be completed
• Need to have information in CUTTIME up to date that is our main communication mechanism.
• Input volunteer hours in new volunteer form. Volunteer Time Form
  

CUT TIME
Text Message Information: In order to receive text messages from Cut Time, please verify your phone number and mobile carrier (Verizon, AT&T, etc.) are entered correctly in your settings. If you need help with this, or other Cut Time issues, email lsgood@BAschools.org or BABandpresident@gmail.com.

VICE - PRESIDENTS

babandvp@gmail.com

Seniors. Senior Night will be Friday, November 1. Senior reception will be Tuesday night, November 5 following Sounds of the Stadium. Seniors need to submit one baby picture and 4 other band related photos to BABAndVP@gmail.com . Please put the student name in the file name of each picture AND in subject “Senior Pics - Student Name.” Pictures are due by October 21.

Junior & Sophomore Parents: Senior Reception Planning has begun. All junior and sophomore parents are asked to support this night as a “pay it forward” for when your student becomes a senior! To signup to volunteer or donate items CLICK HERE.

BAI Volunteer hospitality room needs donations. CLICK HERE to donate items.

Prescription Medication for Trips. Our Orlando Trip is quickly approaching and it is time to give instructions on how students prescription medication will be handled. This is for prescriptions only. If your student has a prescription medication, it must be turned into Ms. Good no later than close of business Monday, October 7. You should only send the exact amount needed for the trip and it must be in the original prescription package with the students name and dosage instructions.

SPECIAL EVENTS

BAI -
BAI is here this weekend. We have spots for everyone, can’t stand for long periods? We have a spot for you. Want to see the Pride perform in full competition form? We have a spot for you and you won’t have to buy a ticket. Have another child with you? We have a spot for you both.

We will have schools from OK, AR, MO, and TX coming joining us on our campus and it is crucial that we provide a great level of service to be a first class organization. This is one of our largest events and contributes heavily to the band programs overall costs for this year and next. We still need 50-60 more volunteers to make sure we can deliver that first class service we are so well known for providing. Please sign up, reach out to friends, grand parents, aunts and uncles, and alumni and ask if they have signed up. Let’s show the visiting schools how much we love our kids and support them and this organization by being a friendly face and helpful guides as they join us Saturday.

We will have a volunteer meeting on Tuesday October 1st, 2019 at 6:30 pm at BAHS in the Band Hall. We will discuss positions and duties, as well as answer any questions.

You can find the sign up form linked below:
2019 BAI Volunteer Sign Up

OPERATIONS

If you have any questions regarding our operations team, please email us at:

BABandoperations@gmail.com



CONCESSIONS



Upcoming this week...
 

• JV @ HS 9/30
• 8th & 9th @ FA 10/1

Concessions Volunteering CLICK HERE

Volunteer Food Handlers card CLICK HERE

BAI CONCESSIONS CLICK HERE

For any concessions questions email BABANDconcessions@gmail.com



MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

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.


BA BANDS DISCOUNT CARDS
We are still offering BA Bands Discount Cards.  Cards sell for $12 each with $9 going to individual accounts.  Payments must be made upfront when cards are picked up (cash or check only)  Discounts from smokies, Los Mariachis, Happy Plate, Forest Ridge, Wild Meadows, Cicis, Pride Store, and many more!


Popcorn Fundraiser is closed!
We will turn in orders this week.  There is a 2 week turnaround time.  Be watching facebook and your cuttime email for information on picking up your order.

CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER - We will have chocolate available for purchase this week on Monday evening from 5:00-6:30 in the band hall.  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.  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.


AMISH JAM FUNDRAISER
Amish Bakery Fundraiser is in full swing. Check out the Broken Arrow Band Members and Supporters Facebook page on the “files” tab for current order forms and information. This fundraiser will end October 16th. Please email babandfundrasing@gmail.com with any questions.


PRIDE WORK - Earn Money For Your Band Trip Account -
If you are working the Tulsa State Fair, I have your buttons that you will need to gain entry into the “employee parking” areas as well as the Expo building itself. Please email babandwork@gmail.com to coordinate pick up. Also, we still have several spots not covered for this week. If you can help cover any night this week, please send an email or use the sign up link to register.

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 babandwork@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 babandwork@gmail.com

*ABLE Commission License:  If you plan to work events, all vendors require the ABLE License which costs $30 for a 2 year permit and can be optained using this link:  ABLE Commission License - CLICK HERE


PRIDE STORE
BABandStore@gmail.com
Pride Store Online

"Pride Store" is a bit of a misnomer. It isn't actually a store. We have a closet that everything is kept in and we set up before and after parent meetings wherever we find space. Just because something is paid for online instead of at the meetings, it doesn't mean it will be available at a time other than the parent meetings. There isn't a way for the online store to know that, so it might say something will be available in 2 days even if it won't. Please plan ahead, especially for volunteer shirts. We are NOT actually at the school for people to drop in and pick things up at will. In my opinion, every Pride Family should have a volunteer shirt. Get one at the next parent meeting and then volunteer to support our kids. THANKS

We could use some help distributing the free shirts and buttons to the kids on Friday after the game. Be one of the first to see the new show shirts!! Plus, the joy of seeing the kids' faces is a great bonus!

The only preorders we still have are decals (window, jug and koozie), embroidery patches, coasters, ornaments and street signs. Ornaments and streets signs are due at the October BABBC Parent Meeting, currently on the calendar as October 7th. We are on track to have show items available at that meeting so they can be taken to Orlando that weekend.  Unfortunately, GoBA shirts will not be available.

Upcoming deadlines:
  October 7th - ornaments and street signs

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
Sept 30 - Professional Day - Pride Schedule - See Above
Oct 1 - Tradition Rehearsal
Oct 4 - BA vs Norman football game at BA
Oct 5 - Broken Arrow Invitational
Oct 7 - BA Band Booster Club Meeting
Oct 10 - Pride Departs for Orlando
Oct 11 - Disney World Magic Kingdom Parade (1:30pm)
Oct 12 - BOA Orlando Regional - Camping World Stadium
Oct 13 - Pride to Walt Disney World
Oct 14 - Pride to Walt Disney World / Depart home to Broken Arrow
Oct 15 - Arrival in Broken Arrow (approx 2:00am)
Oct 15 - Pride Rehearsal in BA - 5:00pm
Oct 16 - Pride Rehearsal - 10:00am
Oct 17 - Pride Rehearsal / BA Home Football Game vs. Edmond Santa Fe
Oct 18 - Pride Departs for St. Louis
Oct 19 - BOA St. Louis Super Regional - Dome at America's Center
Oct 20 - Return to Broken Arrow
Oct 22 - HS Band Concert
Oct 24 - BA Homecoming Parade - Main Street - 4:30pm
Oct 25 - BA Football Game vs. Yukon (Middle School Band Night)
Oct 29 - BA Community Performance
Oct 30 - OSSAA Marching Contest - Tahlequah (during the day)
Nov 1 - BA Football Game vs. Edmond Memorial
Nov 2 - OBA Marching Championship at Owasso HS - All Day
Nov 5 - Pride Sounds of the Stadium Concert - BAPAC - 7:00pm
Nov 8 - BA Football at Enid
Nov 9 - All State Auditions Round 1 (All District Auditions) at BAHS
Nov 12 - BA BAnd Booster Club Meeting
Nov 15 - BA Football Playoffs - All Pride
Nov 21 - HS Chamber Concert - BAPAC
Nov 22 - BA Football Playoffs - All Pride
Nov 23 - All State Jazz Auditions @ Midwest City HS
Dec 2 - Pride / Tradition Reheasal - 3:30pm
Dec 3 - Jazz Concert
Dec 4 - Pride / Tradition Rehearsal - 3:30pm
Dec 5 - Pride / Tradition Rehearsal - 3:30pm
Dec 6 - All Pride at BA Playoffs
Dec 7 - BA Christmas Parade
Dec 7 - All State Band Auditions - Final Round
Dec 10 - Freshman Academy Band Concert
Dec 12 - HS Band Concert

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