●Important Information

OCT 5th Update

1. The Students were Awesome at the Comp!!  2 more comps to go in the season. :)

2.  THANK YOU so much to all the parent volunteers on Friday Night and at the Comp on Saturday. everyone worked together to get the equipment and props to all the staging areas.  so much appreciated!

3. This Friday is a Home Game with Senior Night, PINK OUT and Middle School Night.  Senior night reception will begin at 4pm. Seniors are encouraged to come a few min earlier to get into uniform.  For those helping setup please arrive by 3pm.  It is also Middle School Night.  The middle school students will come and play in the stands with us. 

   1. Oct 10th -Home Game-Truman vs Quakertown  

4. Parent Meeting is Oct 15th 6pm in the Truman cafeteria.

5. Water Bottle Donations (small bottles preferred please) are needed to finish out the season to supply water during practice, games and parades.We are almost out of water.  Please bring your case of water to the booster office Monday(tomorrow) or next week.

6. Band Jacket Orders will be taken from now until Oct 31st. 

7. GIFT CARD CALENDAR RAFFLE slots are for SALE. Students will earn $7 per slot sold.  See Fundraising page.

8. DINE TO DONATE: HONEY GROW OCT 14th- USE CODE GIVE145 during your order process and share the date and Code with your social network!

9. Monthly trip payments are due by the end of each month.  Please contact us if you have any questions about your student's account.
   continuing the payment plan at $285/month leaves a larger last payment as the balance needed to cover the trip.  The quote is estimated now between 1900-1950.  If you made the downpayment in August, you can make the Sept payment now to help reduce the Feb payment. But if you joined later and made the downpayment in Sept, if you would like a smaller last payment, please make higher monthly payments, perhaps $320/month

10. Santa Breakfast is Dec 13th. Please mark your calendars. We are currently in the search for donations, sponsors and vendors.  Please let Tricia M know if you have ideas/info on possible leads to help make our event successful and reduce the overhead for this event.

11. Fundraising-check out our Band Fundraising Opportunities website page. We have many ongoing fundraising programs running and we would like to encourage you to participate in ones that work for you and your students. 

12. It's BANDTOBER! lol...  We have Games and Comps Volunteer SignUps- Please check your calendars and consider giving the kids a hand. Volunteers get into events with the volunteer badge.

Oct 17th -Away Game-Truman vs Cheltenham

Oct 24th -Away Game-Truman vs Bensalem

Oct 18th -Competition-Kaleidoscope-Neshaminy

Oct 25th -Competition-US Bands Abington

SEPT 28th Update

1. This Friday 10/3 is a Home Game- It is Homecoming. Please use the signup here. Oct 3 rd -Home Game-Truman vs CR South 

2. There will no office hours this Wednesday 10/1 due to the homecoming dance/ No practice. 

3. Water Bottle Donations (small bottles please) are needed to finish out the season to supply water during practice, games and parades. Please bring your case of water to the booster office Monday(tomorrow) or next week.

4. Band Jacket Orders will be taken from now until Oct 31st. 

5. We will need extra volunteers for Senior Night 10/10.  We have the Senior Reception starting at 4 and there will be a signup for the set up/clean up of this part of the evening.  For the field show we will have senior parents with the students so a few extra hands for props/equipment would be great. please see the signup.

6. We are taking trip down payments until Tuesday Sept 30th(last in person payments will be at Monday office hours). Please contact us if you have any questions about your student's account. Once everyone has made the downpayment we will continue to collect monthly payments from Oct to Feb until the balance is paid off. 
   continuing the payment plan at $285/month leaves a larger last payment as the balance needed to cover the trip.  The quote is estimated now between 1900-1950.  If you made the downpayment in August, you can make the Sept payment now to help reduce the Feb payment. But if you joined later and made the downpayment in Sept, if you would like a smaller last payment, please make higher monthly payments, perhaps $320/month
   
   

7. Santa Breakfast is Dec 13th. Please mark your calendars. We are currently in the search for donations, sponsors and vendors.  Please let Tricia M know if you have ideas/info on possible leads to help make our event successful and reduce the overhead for this event.

8. Fundraising-check out our Band Fundraising Opportunities website page

9. Future Games and Comps Volunteer SignUps- Please check your calendars and consider giving the kids a hand. Volunteers get into events with the volunteer badge.

Oct 10th -Home Game-Truman vs Quakertown  this is also our Senior Night and Middle School night Game.  Band Seniors and families are invited to the Senior Reception, details to follow

Oct 17th -Away Game-Truman vs Cheltenham

Oct 24th -Away Game-Truman vs Bensalem

Oct 4 th -Competition- US Bands Pennsbury

Oct 18th -Competition-Kaleidoscope-Neshaminy

Oct 25th -Competition-US Bands Abington

Sept 22nd 2025

1. Away Game this Friday 9/26 at Upper Dublin- please sign up here if you are able to help with equipment, stands or props. 

Sept 26th -Away Game-Truman vs Upper Dublin

Thank you to all the volunteers so far this season!  The band really appreciates the time the parents are contributing to help the band be able to focus just on doing their best!  Be a roadie, come join the volunteer crew to help with equipment, stands, or props to help the kids! 

2. Tomorrow MONDAY 9/22 is the Sept Booster Parent Meeting. 6pm in the Truman cafeteria.    We have updates on the trip and fundraising. We also will have fundraising items for sale such as wawa hoagie certificates and Rita's Ice quarts.  We are still accepting FL trip down payments until the end of September. But we do need to finalize the headcount to set the quote pricing.

3. FL trip commitment forms are due and the down payment has been extended until Sept 30th.

4. Tuesday 9/23 is the DAIRY DELIGHT dine to donate event. DD will be donating 20% of the sales so please join us and get a sweet treat. see flyer on band website

5. Philly Sports Raffle ticket stubs and money are due on Oct 8th 

6. Band Jacket Orders are now being taken from now till Oct 31st.

Band Photos Date: August 27th starting around 4:30 which will go into rehearsal time until finished.  Arrival time to get into uniforms will be announced later. 

Order forms will be available at the Booster Parent meeting,  but you can also order afterwards from the the website. Here are last year's photos to give you an idea. 

NESHDAD Photography- Truman 2024 

Football mania raffle tickets are for sale during Booster office hours.  Please come in and see us for additional tickets to sell ($20 each)  This is a fundraiser that after the first tickets are sold you can get a portion of the sale to your student's account so please consider this fundraising opportunity.  Mania tickets can be sold online as well, please see the Fundraising Football Mania page to see how to setup a sellers page. 

T-shirts/hats/flipbooks purchases: Items that were purchased thus far were distributed last week.

Just a friendly reminder for next week's snack signups

Band Camp Sign-Up Genius for Snacks

Every day at Band Camp we like to provide the students with a snack.  It is a time the students look forward to and they are always so appreciative for the snack and the break!  If each family can donate a snack it really helps to spread out the costs for everyone.

Some past donations have been fruit, chips, cheese sticks, cookies, brownies, ice pops and ice cream.  Snacks can be homemade or store bought. We have approximately 90 members this year; you are not expected to provide enough for all members but are welcome to if you would like.

Suggestions: 

Monday:        Sweet Snacks (Baked Goods, Pre-packaged Cookies, Fruit Snacks, Rice Krispies Treats, etc.)

Tuesday:       Fruit Day (Fresh Fruit - Apple Slices, Watermelon Slices, Melon Slices, Grapes)

Wednesday:  Cold Snack Day (Ice Cream Sandwiches, Cups, Cones / Freezer Pops)

Thursday:      Salty Day (Chips, Pretzels, PopCorn)

Friday:           Cheesy Day (Cheese Sticks, Cheese & Crackers)

'25/26 Band Camp Snack Donation Week 1 

'25/26 Band Camp Snack Donation Week 2 

Uniform Sizing

Uniform sizing this '25/26 season will be done during band camp hours. More information on exact schedule coming soon.

This sizing is for instrumental students only. Color Guard members will do their sizing with Michelle at another time.

Returning members: please have your student bring their marching band shoes (Dinkles) to their uniform sizing.  Returning members are encouraged to check the condition and sizing of their current shirts and shoes 

New members: please know your dress shoe size and/or be prepared to try to sample shoes. Please wear socks!