BA Bands eNews

July 1, 2018

-Directors Notes-


Band Office Closed this Week
The Band Office will be closed this week (July 2-6) and will open again on Monday, July 9.


Pride Summer Conditioning - Every Tuesday and Thursday!!
Pride Summer Conditioning Sessions will continue each Tuesday and Thursday until we begin the Pride Camp on July 23. However, we will NOT have conditioning sessions on Tuesday, July 3 AND Tuesday, July 17.


Upcoming 2018 Pride Rehearsal Dates
Horn Line

• - July 10-12 Mini Camp #3 12:00-6:00
• - July 17 DCI Tour of Champions 7:00 (2018 members get in for free)
• - July 23 MANDATORY PRIDE CAMP BEGINS - 1:00pm

• - July 9 Rehearsal 12:00-4:00
• - July 10 Movement Training 3:00-6:00
  
• - July 16 Rehearsal 9:00-12:00
• - July 17 DCI Tour of Champions 7:00 (2018 member get in for free)
• - July 23 MANDATORY PRIDE CAMP BEGINS - 9:00am
  

• - July 17 DCI Tour of Champions 7:00 (2018 member get in for free)
• - July 23 MANDATORY PRIDE CAMP BEGINS - 9:00am
  

• - July 17 DCI Tour of Champions 7:00 (2018 member get in for free)
• - July 23 MANDATORY PRIDE CAMP BEGINS - 9:00am
  

Drums of Summer - DCI Tour of Champions Show in Broken Arrow
The 2018 DCI Show hosted in Broken Arrow will be on Tuesday, July 17 at BA's Memorial Stadium. This year’s event features many of DCI’s top groups in the WORLD: Blue Devils, Blue Knights, Bluecoats, Boston Crusaders The Cavaliers, Phantom Regiment and Santa Clara Vanguard. WOW!! What an amazing line up. Tickets are on sale now at DCI.org. There are also many opportunities to volunteer. Contact VP of Special Events at BASpecialEvents@gmail.com for more info…. Tickets are selling fast and most of the chairback seats have already sold, get your tickets today! (All 2018 Pride members receive G.A. through the pass gate with your student ID)

-BA Bands Parent Association-


FUNCTIONS
New!  Sign-up for volunteers for the 2018-19 school year for Feeding Frenzy, Uniforms (washing and sewing), Hospitality, Popsicles, and Medical help is now underway.  Sign-up through THIS LINK to get notifications.

SPECIAL EVENTS


2018 DCI Tour of Champions - Broken Arrow will host the 2018 DCI Tour of Champions on Tuesday, July 17th at the Broken Arrow Memorial Stadium. We have several jobs available and would love to have you join us! To volunteer for this event, click on the following link , CLICK HERE

WE NEED EVERYONE TO HELP OUT WITH THIS EVENT!

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



OPERATIONS
Appreciate the great turnout at the volunteer fair, and all the parents that signed up! We have a couple projects in the works: cleaning out the Pride Force 1 trailer, assembling new music stands, and some maintenance on supplies under the stadium.

Those that supplied phone numbers will be added to our GroupMe text group with dates and times of future projects in the coming weeks. Looking forward to our first get together of the summer season!

Questions? Email baprideoperations@gmail.com



CONCESSIONS

Upcoming volunteer opportunities

To sign up for concessions for DCI in July 17th CLICK HERE When filling out the form add Concessions in the area of “Have you worked Drums of Summer”

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're interested, please email Carrie Crane @ development.bapride@gmail.com or call me 918-902-3710



COMMUNICATIONS
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.


THANK YOU!
A big thank you to everyone who volunteered, coordinated, donated, participated in and attended the Concert of Cars Car Show on Saturday, June 23! We are also so thankful for our vendors and sponsors for this fundraising event. It was a really fun day with close to 100 absolutely beautiful and unique cars!


NEW!! PRIDE CAR WASH FUNDRAISER IS BACK! TWO LOCATIONS - SATURDAY, JULY 14 10AM - 3PM
Mark you calendars! We will be holding a Pride of BA Car Wash Fundraiser on Saturday, July 14! We will wash cars at Wendy’s (County Line/Kenosha) and Ace Hardware (101st/Aspen). This is a group fundraiser that benefits the entire band.

ALL Pride Members will be required to volunteer for one shift at one of the locations for the car wash. These times/locations will be assigned by section/group.. Mr. Davis will send more information out about that later.
ALL Pride Members will be required to bring 3-5 towels.  They can be old towels and can be returned to the student if needed.
Pride Members are encouraged to make poster board signs for street corners since this will be part of participating in this fundraiser.
We also will need parent volunteers and many supplies like soap, sponges, towels, hoses and more.

Here is a link to sign up to help and/or bring supplies needed!  CLICK HERE to sign up!

Please stay tuned to Facebook, E-News, and email. Please write us at babandfundraising@gmail.com to get on our email list for fundraising updates!



SONIC CARDS FUNDRAISER - We still have Soniccards available for purchase - no limit to how many you can purchase!  Contact Debbie by calling or texting her if you have her number already or emailing her at  BABandFundraising@gmail.com to get that info to arrange a time to purchase them. The cards must be pre-paid, and the cost is $5 per card.  Cards will sell for $5, so they are 100% profit to your student account. Available on a first come basis, and when they are gone, they are gone.


DISCOUNT CARDS - Discount cards are still available for checking out!  To pick up discount cards outside of scheduled fundraiser pickup dates/times, please contact Debbie Gowriluk at BABandFundraising@gmail.com. This is the ONLY fundraiser we offer that you do not pay for upfront. You can check out up to 5 cards the first time. Once those cards are sold, you can check out more cards at the same time you turn in the money for the sold cards to Debbie. IMPORTANT INFO: If you checked out cards and need more, you need to turn the money in to Debbie to get more cards; if you turn the money in to Mrs. Good, there WILL be a delay in getting more cards because she will need to let me know that the money has been received and recorded before I can check out additional cards to you.  IMPORTANT UPDATE: This fundraiser is scheduled to end on July 31. Many still have cards checked out since April with no money or cards returned yet; please remember that these cards and/or money need to be returned by July 31, or student accounts will be charged per the agreement that was signed when the cards were checked out.


CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER - The next opportunity to purchase chocolate will be on Wednesday, July 11 from 4:30-5:30pm in the band hallway.  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.


JULY FUNDRAISER - There will not be a new individual account fundraiser for July. The next one will be in August. We still have Sonic cards, discount cards, and chocolate available for individual account fundraisers. Fundraising will be set up in the band hallway for your convenience on Wednesday, July 11 from 4:30-5:30pm. (Remember, chocolate is only available when fundraising is open at the school, so this will be your time to pick some up before the August band parent meeting.)

::::::: PLEASE READ ::::::: - 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.


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.


* 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

NEW!  JULY DATES FOR PRIDE STORE!

Thursday, July 12 - 11AM-7PM (in the band hall)
Tuesday, July 17 at DCI


PRE-ORDERS and FORMS: We offer a variety of shirts, luggage tags, dog tags, decals, show buttons, ornaments, street signs and more.
We will have these forms anytime we open the Pride Store. You may also print these forms from the band website. CLICK HERE for all order forms.

***The deadline for ordering backpacks, duffles, and sporty shorts has passed.  When we receive these items, we may have a few extras which we will sell as first come, first served.  Thanks for supporting the Pride!***

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
June 13-15 - Pride Horn Line Mini Camp - 12:00-6:00
July 10-12 - Pride Horn Line Mini Camp - 12:00-6:00
July 17 - DCI Tour of Champions in Broken Arrow
July 23 - Mandatory Pride Camp begins
Aug 14 - Band Parent Meeting 7:00pm BAHS Band Hall

Volunteer With BA Bands!

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