News

Thanks to all the families who have already signed up (especially those who are taking on multiple shifts), 101 of the 126 spots available for band camp water duty are FULL!! We only need 25 more volunteers to ensure all spots are full.  We do have a critical need the following days this week where only 1 volunteer is signed up for each time below:

Tuesday 3-5
Thursday 1-3 & 3-5

Since all areas of the marching band will be practicing on site everyday, it's important that we have enough volunteers on hands to help.  Thank you for your participation!

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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016

Dress Code – Band Polo, (new students will receive polo at rehearsal) tucked into khaki pants (no shorts, skirts, or capris - no rolled up pants), closed toe shoes, brown belt.

Students Need - $10-$20 for dinner at Trop concessions, and a signed permission slip turned in prior to July 1. (Permission slip included in forms packet)

Students will be expected to sit together as a band for the Rays baseball game vs. the Detroit Tigers. Friends and family tickets will be in the immediate neighboring section.

3:00 pm Student Report Time – Quartermasters load instruments.

3:45 pm Students load into cars.

4:00 pm Depart SHS

4:45 pm Arrive at Tropicana Field, find trailer, and unload.

*If students transported instruments in their own vehicles, cases MUST be moved to trailer at this time*

5:15 pm Warm Up

6:00 pm Move to Staging

6:15 pm Enter Tropicana Field

6:20 pm Performance

6:25 pm Exit Tropicana Field, Load Equipment, Group Picture

6:45 pm Re-enter Tropicana Field

7:05 pm Rays game begins

7:15 pm Students dismissed from seats in groups to eat dinner – ALL STUDENTS MUST REMAIN INSIDE THE TROP AT ALL TIMES. After dinner, students may return to seats to watch game, or they may explore the stadium in pairs or small groups. All students must be back in their seat at the start of the 7th inning, and remain until the Band leaves the stadium.

10:30 pm Approximate - Game Ends

10:45 pm Approximate - Depart Trop

11:15 pm Approximate - Arrive at Seminole HS, unload.

11:30 pm Approximate - Students dismissed once equipment is unloaded.

**Due to the nature of baseball, end time is approximate – please be flexible. Students will be reminded to notify parents when we are approaching SHS. Thanks!**

3:30 pm - New Parent Orientation (need not attend if you came to one of the icebreaker meetings) 

5:00 pm - full parent/student/staff meeting - $100 participation pledge will be collected. Attendance mandatory in order to march in the 2016 field show

5:30 pm - Forms Night & Dessert Social (need volunteers - email Kelly mailto:bjcmom99@aol.com with availability). We still need a Notary Public or two to notarize forms on this night. If you are a notary, please consider helping on this night – email Kelly if you can.

A letter from Barb Rutherford to Senior Parents,

Just a quick reminder, Monday May 23rd at 6:30 pm at Barb’s house is the final planning meeting for the Senior Celebration. We really need help from all Senior families to pull off this fun filled party. If you can not make this meeting please let us know what you would like to help with for the evening of the party.  We will need help with food donation, set up and decorations, serving and clean up.

Thank you to those families that have already sent in their $50.00 and we ask that those who did not yet contribute please have it dropped it in the Blue Box by Tuesday, May 24th. If for some reason this is a hardship please send Barb an email at Goingcrazywith4@aol.com and let her know (all will remain anonymous), so we can plan our budget accordingly. Again this is a long-standing tradition; let us ALL pull together this one last time and give our kids a send off to remember.