Parent Updates 2025/2026

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 Updates

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 22, 2025 Updates

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.

Sept 17th 2025 Reminders

Just a few reminders to share

1. Away Game this THURSDAY 9/18 at Council Rock North- please sign up here if you are able to help with equipment, stands or props. The props are done and will be used.

CR North Away Game-THURSDAY 9/18 signup

2. MONDAY 9/22 is the Sept Booster Parent Meeting. 6pm in the Truman cafeteria.  We had to change it due to back to school night tonight at Truman.  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 head count to set the quote pricing.

3. 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

4. Upcoming signups for future games and competitions are as follows. Please take a look at your calendars and see if any of these dates work for your volunteer contribution.

Sept 26th -Away Game-Truman vs Upper Dublin

Oct 3 rd -Home Game-Truman vs CR South  this is also PINK out night and Homecoming Game

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 9th 2025, Announcement:

Santa Breakfast planning meeting WED Sept 10th 2025 at 6pm in the Truman cafeteria.  This fundraiser is a large event. Please consider joining the team to help coordinate this event.

Please consider the band trip for your student and inform the Boosters of your trip commitment as soon as possible. We are working on quotes and need a head count.

Rita's Ice is for sale for the remainder of this season, only $9 a quart.  

Philly Sports Raffle tickets are still available if you need more tickets to sell.

Parent Meeting will be MONDAY Sept 22nd, 6pm, in the Truman cafeteria.

This Friday is a HOME game and signups are Sept 12th-Home Game-Truman vs Souderton 

Sept 1st 2025,  Announcements:

Membership dues and uniform fees are due now.  These dues/fees must be paid in full to be in good standing and prior to signing up for the band trip.  If there are any questions about account balances, please reach out to Terri S, the treasurer. 

Band Trip Commitment forms and Down payments are due.  Please consider this great opportunity for your student!   The headcount does need to be finalized so we can finalize the quote based on an accurate number.  We are still actively obtaining quotes from other vendors to ensure our current choice has competitive and comparable pricing to other vendors. Check with the Treasurer Terri S to see if you have funds in your student's account that can be used towards the trip.  Fundraising opportunities will continue.

Football Mania Ticket Stubs are due WED 9/3. All stubs must be activated to become an active playing raffle card.  The boosters can activate stubs for you but they must be returned.  All students received at least 1 card that they purchased with their membership dues. These ticket stubs and all additional ticket stubs must be returned for activation. You can do so yourself but it may be easier for you to let the coordinator do it for you.  E-tickets are activated at sale.  All late stubs can still be activated but any game weeks already started by the time activation occurs will not be eligible for inclusion.

FB Game Volunteer Opportunities- You guys were amazing at the first game! 😁👏Our concession stand crew worked the whole night until sold out of product! Our stands, merchandise, and equipment ran smoothly and we completed our 50/50 with $231 going to our general fund! I thank you all for a great 1st game!!  Please see our upcoming signups for volunteer opportunities including this Friday's away game at Pennridge.

Volunteer SignUPs for games and comps

Next Wednesday 9/10 at 6pm there will be a Santa Breakfast planning committee meeting in the cafeteria. Please consider helping plan for our main fundraiser for the year.  This event is very important to the band to help our general fund. We will of course need volunteers on the day of the event, but there is planning involved to make this a successful event.   

The next parent meeting will be MONDAY 9/22 due to the school's back to school night being held on 9/17.

Aug 13, 2025- Game and Comp Sign Up Genius Pages  Hi Parents, Please check your schedules and see which games or comps you could be available to help out the band handling stands, props and equipment. The band appreciates your help.

Volunteer SignUPs for games and comps

Aug 9, 2025- Thank you for all who were able to come Friday to Parent Night.  These were the announcements made.

• Trenton Thunder tickets are distributed. See you tomorrow( family tickets were handed out, Krelove has the students' tickets)  If you did not get your tickets, please come Monday evening 6-8pm

• The Yellow Raffle Drawing was held.  

  • • • 1st Place: Bill Plank

      • 2nd Place: Jen Fender

      • 3rd Place: Ian Ryan

• COIN WARS winning Section was DRUMLINE! 🥳   Thank you to all kids/families for helping us raise money for the general fund.

• Parent Meeting will be Aug 20th @ 6pm in Truman cafeteria

Aug 8,  2025-  Parent Night Tonight at 8:30pm at the field to see the student's hard work they have put in over the last 2 weeks.  Make sure you turn in the yellow stubs before Parent Night begins. Thanks so much!

AUG 4, 2025

Band Camp 2025- Week 2!  1 week down, 1 to go. So much fun!  

Please have your students check their band app for any updates from staff and section leaders.

This Friday 8/8 is Parent Night. Please arrive and be in the field stands at 8:30pm.  We will also draw the winner of the raffle (Yellow Tickets) during Parent night.  Please get your stubs from the yellow raffle books to the office so you can be included in the draw.  More books are available for sale, stop by the Booster Office.

We will be accepting snack donations, water bottle donations, forms (if you haven't done so already) and dues.   

We have the Yellow Raffle Tix and Football mania raffle tickets to distribute during band camp office hours.  Please come in and see us for your pre-purchased raffle tickets and to purchase new booklets to sell( $25 each) AND your football mania tickets with 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 start selling tickets.  Mania tickets can be sold online as well, please see the Fundraising Football mania page to see how to setup a sellers page. Yellow raffle ticket stubs are due back on the last day of band camp, August  8th, for the drawing that will occur during parent night.

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

BAND PHOTOS: we are establishing a date for band photos with the photographer now and ensuring that uniform fittings are complete. the date will be sent out as soon as we agree on a date/time.

COIN WARS: don't forget band camp is the coin wars. Visit our fundraising page for more details but the Winning Section gets to pie the band leaders in the face!  Every students Dream to pie their leader in the face!

July 8, 2025

Hi Parents,

We are looking forward to seeing you at our first parent meeting of the '25-26 season this Thursday, July 10 at 6pm.  We will welcome new and returning parents with light refreshments to give ourselves a chance to have time to meet each other and then we'll get down to business with updates for the '25-26 season.

This meeting MUST be attended by a legal parent/guardian, as some paperwork will need to be signed before any student can participate. 

Our basic agenda is below.  See you Thursday!

Agenda

1. Band Director's Update for the start of the season

2. New Business

   1. Overview of the Boosters

   2. Points of Communication

   3. Volunteering with the Boosters

   4. Review of Events Types

   5. Membership Information 

   6. Explanation of Fundraising with the Boosters

   7. Miscellaneous items

Looking forward to a great season!

Trish Ryan

President

HST Band Boosters 

7/27/24

Good Morning, 

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Parent Meeting on July 17, 2024. If you were not able to attend the meeting, we have attached a copy of our Agenda and Minutes below, as well as a copy of the forms discussed during the meeting.

BAND CAMP 2024:

We are so excited for our 2024 band camp beginning on Monday! As you are preparing for camp this weekend, please remember the following:

• Band Camp is from 7/29-8/2 and 8/5-8/9. Camp runs from 3pm-9pm each day, but students should arrive no later than 2:45pm. Practice will begin promptly at 3pm.

• All paperwork (Emergency Form, Registration Form, Fee Acknowledgement Form and Student Handbook Form) must be turned in prior to your student attending band camp.

• We have music flipbooks for sale for $5.00 each in the booster office should your student need to purchase one.

What should my student bring to band camp: 

✓ Drinks to hydrate them (water / sports drink)

✓ Instrument / Flag

✓ Music 

✓ Lyre (recommended for wind instruments)

✓ Music flip book

✓  Highlighter

✓  Pencil

✓  Snacks for breaks.

Below are a few helpful suggestions/reminders: 

✓ Wear cool comfortable clothing (light colors)

✓ Comfortable sneakers

✓ Extra shirt to change midday 

✓ Sunscreen 

✓ Hat/sun covering recommended

✓ Water (Plan ahead, much better to have TOO much, than not enough) 

✓ Deodorant, body refreshers are recommended, no perfume please!! 

✓ Extra money for drinks and snacks that the boosters sell during the day

✓ Students are to arrive on time and be picked up on time 

Snack Donations:

We are still looking for volunteers to donate snack items for our students during band camp. If you could donate a box of chips, pack of string cheese, box cookies, etc., we would be very grateful.

Every day at Band Camp we like to provide the students with a free 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 80 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)

Week 1 Snack Sign-Up List 

Week 2 Snack Sign-Up List

During band camp, the boosters will be available from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, for payments, questions, etc.

HST Band Boosters 

https://sites.google.com/site/trumantigerband/

07/12/24

Good Evening, 

Please be advised that our Parent Meeting has been rescheduled for Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 6:30pm. Thank you for your understanding this past week. If you are unable to make this meeting, please reply to this email to let us know. 

Uniform Fittings:

We have rescheduled the uniform fittings from last Wednesday, to Monday, July 15, 2024, at 6pm-8pm. If you cannot make it at this rescheduled time, please contact us to make different arrangements.

Sectionals:

There have been some questions in regards to the summer sectionals for your student. Other than Pit, Percussion and Color Guard, summer sectionals are run by the Student Section Leaders. These leaders schedule their sectionals on their own. Some hold these sectionals at their home, while other sections have planned theirs to be held in Truman on the nights when we are holding uniform fittings. If your student is not sure when their sectionals are scheduled, please have them contact their respective section leader.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday (TAKE 2).

THS Band Boosters 

https://sites.google.com/site/trumantigerband/

07/01/2024

Greetings Band Family,

We would like to welcome you to our 2024-2025 Marching Band Program. 

Our first Parent Meeting is scheduled for July 10, 2024, at 6:30pm in the cafeteria at Truman High School.  We ask that you enter through door B-12. This door is located across from the softball field.  

In an attempt to get the most out of the parent meeting, we are asking that you review the attached information, and be prepared for any questions you may have for our meeting ahead of time.

MEMBERSHIP & MEDICAL FORMS:

We are attaching our Parent and Student Handbooks. In the handbook you will find the Membership and Medical Forms. We request that you have those filled out prior to our meeting. Your student will not be able to participate if these forms are not handed in.  

UNIFORM SIZING:

Please click on the link below to schedule your instrumental student for their uniform sizing. We would like to complete all of the sizings before band camp so that the uniforms will be complete for picture day on August 9th. The dates for sizing are 7/10/24, 7/17/24, 7/24/24 from 6pm-8pm, and on 07/15/24 from 10am-12pm.

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

Uniform Sizing Sign-Up

Returning members: please have your student bring their marching band shoes (Dinkles) to their uniform sizing. Please also have them try on their band shirt and dinkles before sizing, to see if they need to order new ones.

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

FEES:

The fees for band this year are listed in the Parent Handbook, but we are also listing them below for convenience.

MEMBERSHIP DUES:

$125 first student

$75 each additional student 

Price includes both mandatory fundraisers: one book of raffle tickets and one Football Mania ticket per student. Also includes $30 volunteer fee per family.  

Volunteer fee will be returned after completion of family volunteer hours.

UNIFORMS: (all members, each year):

Instrumental: $50 cleaning fee

Color Guard: $100 (uniform and show makeup purchase)

New Member Packages (required, first year only):

Instrumental: $62 Includes:

$40 Shoes

$12 Band t-shirt (worn under uniform)

$10 Band baseball cap (worn for games, some parades, events)

Color Guard: $37 Includes:

$15 Practice flag

$12 Band t-shirt (worn for some parades and events)

$10 Band baseball cap (worn for some parades and events)

New Color Guard members are responsible for ordering a long-sleeved black parade unitard.

Not needed until the end of October (in addition to cost above.) Michelle will provide further information.

Color Guard members are responsible for ordering nude jazz shoes. (in addition to cost above.) Michelle will provide further information.

The desire of the Truman Band Boosters is to have all interested students participate in Band. If you have a financial hardship, please talk to the Band Director, Keith Krelove or the Booster President, Rachael Long so that payment arrangements can be made. 

FUNDRAISERS:

Fundraising is an opportunity to help raise money to offset the costs associated with marching band, such as Membership Fees, Uniform Cleaning Costs, etc., as well as to help pay for our bi-yearly trip to Florida.

Please review the sheet of our current fundraisers, and if you have any questions, Denise will be glad to answer them at our meeting. 

SNACK DONATIONS:

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 80 members this year; you are not expected to provide enough for all members but are welcome to if you would like.

Please click on this link to sign up for snack donations:   Week 1 Snack Sign-Up List  &   Week 2 Snack Sign-Up List

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)

WATER DONATIONS:

We are requesting that each band member donate a case of water. We use this water during band camp and at games. You can drop this water off at our first parent meeting or first day of band camp. Water can be brought to the booster office, right across from the band room.

We look forward to meeting you all on June 10th!

THS Band Boosters 

https://sites.google.com/site/trumantigerband/