(2 ½ to 3 hours) You are asked to report for your "shift" at 3:00 p.m. You will be responsible for setting up in the cafeteria for dinner. Tables should already be there but all utensils, plates, napkins, etc. will need to be set up. Someone will be bringing in the food which is ordered ahead of time. Once the food is there you will assist in setting it up in the serving trays. The kids will come in around 4 or 4:30 to eat and you will serve them as they come down the line for food. We make sure everyone has eaten before we call for seconds (in the event there is enough for seconds). Once the kids are done eating, they will head out to get ready and you will be responsible for cleaning up the cafeteria, wiping down tables, packaging up leftover food (if there is any), washing utensils and taking out the garbage. Once this is complete your "shift" is over 

(4 to 5 hours) You are asked to come around 5:30 pm. You will be responsible for making sure we fill a wagon with water for the kids and take it out to the field. The band will sit in the stands over by the score board and the pit goes on the track over the side so we want to make sure we have enough water for the kids out there so they can grab water after they perform (and possibly before). Your main job is to just keep an eye on them as they hang out in the stands and walk around to make sure everyone has everything they need. Once the game is over, you'll bring any water that is left back into the Booster storage room and put it away along with the wagon. You'll also need to stick around to make sure that all the kids are picked up or have a ride then your "shift" is over. This "shift" is basically the duration of the game. You'll stand on the track out front to watch the performance. You'll also have a volunteer chaperone badge and won't have to pay admission to get into the game.  

(1 to 1 ½ hours) You are asked to come back into the band room at the end of the game so when the band comes in to take off their uniform, they will make sure the uniforms and rain coats if passed out, go where they need to go and everything is turned in. Once all the uniforms are turned in and in place your "shift" is over.

(2 ½ to 3 hours) Much like football games the duties are the same BUT the times will change based on the time they need to leave for competition. It's usually going to be about 2 hours before they need to leave so for example if the band leaves GB at 1 pm then "lunch" will be served around 11:30 am and you would need to be there around 10:30 to help set up 

(8 to 10 hours) You will be taking the bus with the kids. We will have 2-3 chaperones per bus. Using the example of GB leaving at 1, chaperones will need to be at the school by around 11:30 am. You will fill a bus bin with snacks, grab cases of water, a first aid backpack and a bus binder. The wagons will also come with you. You will get a list of who is on your bus and you will want to make sure you have all of those people with you before the buses roll out. You will text Hutch (or one of the chaperones will) when you get there so he can come meet you and let you know where you are going to go once you get to the competition. Once there you will load water into the wagon and walk around to find your groups (pit, winds and guard will all be separate) to pass out water or see if they need anything. Then you just wait and kind of just follow the groups. You will get to go into the stand or on the field for the performance then you will meet the group back at the bus and truck. If there is time for the concession stand you will want to make sure the students have a chaperone to and from and just be around to make sure that no students are left at the concessions or bathrooms alone (they should be buddied). Once it's time to go you will again make sure that all students that are riding the bus are on the bus (If a student is going home with a parent you will need to have a form ahead of time and that parent will need to meet you at the bus to check them out). You will ride the bus home, pass out snacks and water, text Hutch when you're almost home (around when you get off the expressway or 10 minutes away) and ask the students to text a parent or whoever is picking them up. When back at the school you'll unload the bus bin and put the binder and first aid bag back in the band room. Before your "shift" is over you'll want to make sure that all students have left or have a parent there to pick them up. This "shift" is the longest but a lot of fun. Don’t let this job scare you. It is so awesome and rewarding to watch your kid with their friends and be a part of it while being “out of the way” 

(1 ½ to 2 ½ hours) You will meet the band at their semi at the competition location 1 hour before they are to go on. You will be responsible for unloading the truck at the competition site and helping the band get their prop and pit equipment to and onto the field. We will be able to help them get their stuff into place and then off the field after competition. The teams only have so much time to get on and off (I think it's 3 minutes) so this is a high paced job. Once the competition is over, we will take everything back to the semi and reload it. Once everything is reloaded onto the truck and/or in trailers your "shift" is over. 

(1 to 1 ½ hours) You will meet the band back at the school. You will want to be there when the truck arrives but you don't need to be there much before that. You will be responsible for unloading the truck and/or trailers and making sure all stuff goes back where it belongs. Your "shift" is over once all of this is done. 

It's just a longer day. You must have volunteered for at least 1 other competition to volunteer for state finals. It is the most stressful and fast paced with getting everything on and off the field so you have to know exactly what you're doing.