June 28, 2013

Post date: Jul 1, 2013 4:31:11 AM

· June rehearsals are now complete! We played through the entire show!! There is still a lot of work to be done to make it great. Please make sure your student continues to practice hard!

· Everyone should have been fitted for his/her uniform unless they were absent from this last June rehearsal. If so, they will be fitted at 11:30 on July 10th.

· Thanks to all who have volunteered to work at the Fireworks Stand so far. We still have slots available to work. Contact Kim Todd if you have not yet signed up to work.

· The Fireworks Stand is open today through Sunday from 4 p.m.-10 p.m. Beginning next week, the stand will have extended hours of 2 p.m. -12 midnight. Come buy your fireworks from the band! Every dollar you spend supports the kids of this band. Every firework is buy 1, get 1 free. Invite your friends, family, neighbors, etc. to the Dyer Food Rite to purchase their fireworks from us!

· The guard will be selling homemade ice cream TONIGHT as part of the Dyer Station Celebration Street Dance! If you have volunteered to bring ice cream, please have it in Dyer between 6 and 6:30 in a disposable container. Thanks to all who have volunteered to bring ice cream, toppings, etc.

· The kids have sold 210 trays of peaches and 50 Boston Butts! Thanks for your efforts to make both of these fundraisers successful!

· All forms (5) and the first band fee payment ($35) was due this past Tuesday night. Forms MUST BE TURNED IN FOR A STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE IN CAMP. If the band fee was not turned in and payment arrangements have not been made then this is considered a debt and needs to be paid ASAP. The band has a lot of expenses this time of year (building of props, guard flags, percussion equipment, guard uniforms, band camp staff, etc.) and we need you to pay your band fees on time if at all possible. The next band fee payment of $125 is due the FIRST day of band camp (July 8th for guard and percussion; July 10th for all hornline members).

· Guard gloves and uniforms have been ordered. If the initial guard fee of $60 has not been paid, then the student will not be issued their pair of gloves at camp.

· July 4th parades are next week! We will rehearse THIS NEXT WEDNESDAY-JULY 3RD from 9-11 a.m. in the band room/outside (dress appropriately). The parades begin Thursday, July 4th at Dyer at 9 a.m. We will meet just across the tracks behind Duncan’s Pharmacy, old F/M Bank…at 8:15 a.m. Immediately following the Dyer parade, we will travel to Kenton for the 11 a.m. parade there. We will meet in Kenton at the old Plastech building at 10:30 a.m. Students will have to provide his/her own transportation to both parades. Mr. Tate will have the band room open 30 min. before the Dyer meet time and 30 after the Kenton parade for students to pick up and/or drop off equipment. The attire for the parades is khaki shorts, a red, white, or blue t-shirt , and tennis shoes. If a student attends rehearsal and BOTH parades, he/she will receive lettering credit for the 2013-14 school year.

· The student leaders (Band Captains, Drum Majors, Section Leaders, etc.) will line the practice field FRIDAY, JULY 5 @ 9 a.m. All student leaders are expected to attend or get someone from within their section to be there to cover for them.

· Band Camp begins MONDAY, JULY 8 for GUARD/PERCUSSION members! CAMP IS REQUIRED FOR ALL MEMBERS. Camp will run from 8-4:30. Students will have a lunch break from 11:30-1:00 and can bring their lunch and eat in the gym or go somewhere off campus for lunch. The guard will be outside to learn drill the first day so dress/prepare accordingly! Bring sunscreen, water/Gatorade, healthy snacks…personal cooler-prepare for a hot day!

· HORNLINE members will BEGIN CAMP, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 THROUGH JULY 12 (FIRST WEEK) from 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED. We will briefly meet in the band room to check roll and then be outside the remainder of time. Plan accordingly with attire, sunscreen, water/Gatorade, snacks, personal cooler, etc.

· Just a friendly reminder that your first deposit toward the Spring 2014 Disney trip of $150 is due by August 15. This include ANYONE going on the trip. We have 76 students who have money in their trip account from fundraising opportunities but no parents/family members have paid toward their trip. One student has raised $433 toward her trip!!! Call Thomas Tours if you want to check your child’s trip account balance. Anyone going on the trip MUST meet this August 15 deadline or they will NOT be reserved a spot.