What a great camp we had last week! Percussion M-W, Student staff W, Student staff and Rookies Th, and FULL band on Fri. – each day was better than the day before! THANK YOU ALL for making band camp a priority! During these days of camp, we are investing the equivalent of two months of normal school day rehearsals. The time you invest now raises the bar for success down the road. Please continue to be at each rehearsal.
Tomorrow
We will start learning the pregame drill. We will probably also learn the first set of halftime so on Tuesday we can learn several sets of the opener drill. Make sure you bring a hat, sunscreen, and your own water bottles! In the afternoon, we will begin working on show music! YAY!
Dress Up Days!
The student staff has set up some fun dress-up days for us. We will take pictures each day, so let’s all do our best to join in the fun. It makes camp and rehearsals more enjoyable when we all get involved. Make sure and pass on to your friends as we’ve found a few folks who are not getting these emails.
Monday – Neon
Tuesday – Tropical
Wednesday – Crazy Hat
Thursday – West School Spirit
Uniform Fittings
Hat, Glove and Shoe fittings will begin on Tuesday at 8:00a. We need parents to help us. If you are available, please contact Leesa Yates at leesayates67@gmail.com to volunteer. We could use 4-5 parents to help with this. Our new uniforms have been delayed due to material shortages – I know that is hard to believe. 🙂 When the uniforms are delivered we will need several parents to help us unpack, prep and fit all the students. We will need about 8-12 people for this process over 4-5 days. When we get an ETA on the uniforms, we’ll put out the plea for help. Stay tuned!
Ice Cream Social
Ice Cream Social – THIS Thursday at the practice field behind West. We will gather at 6:45 with the exhibition starting around 7:15 on the turf. Make plans to bring your lawn chair. After tomorrow night’s BAW Exec. board meeting we will send out a list of what we would like everyone to bring.
Administrative News
Corporate Sponsorships – If you or someone you know owns a business and wants to partner with a positive group of young people and help provide for their success, please let Dr. Thomas know. I will get our Sponsorship Brochure ready to send out in the coming days. We have numerous donation levels from $100 to $2,500. As we are looking towards the Hollywood trip in November, we could sure use extra partners. 🙂
Hollywood trip – If you have not signed up, it’s not too late. Please reach out and ask me how YOU can be involved and join us on the trip. We will have a trip meeting soon after school starts.
Forms and Fee Packets – Each Band student will be receiving a packet of forms to sign and return along with a small envelope for payments. In the packet will be Field Trip forms, Medical and Transportation Release forms, and instructions for filling out the appropriate activity forms in Skyward. The small envelope is for collecting fee payments (marching band, shoes, and gloves, instrument rental, and BAW membership) Please return ALL forms (and the small envelope) in the big manila envelope. We would like to have as much as possible returned by Thursday – the last day of camp. IF money is a struggle at this time – PLEASE return the forms now. We’ll work through the financial part. We do NOT want finances to stand in the way of participation!
Let’s keep this momentum going! I’m so proud of all of you!