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STEPOFF MARCHING BAND SEASON OPENER MANDATORY MEETING

While this year is quickly winding down, we are simultaneously gearing up for next year's Marching Season! The kids are incredibly excited about the new show theme -- SPLIT, and it promises to be a great year for the Warhawk Marching Band! 

This year we decided to theme our Mandatory Marching Band meeting choosing the name STEPOFF. As many veteran parents may know, this is the kick-off meeting to our new Season! It’s an exciting time for the kids as well as the parents. And we ask that you join us to a Fresh New Start!

As you may know, we have 1 pm-8 pm practices scheduled for all students who are participating in the 2017 Marching Band. Dates are Thursday, June 1st, Friday, June 2nd, and Saturday, June 3rd.

Following the June 3rd practice at 7 pm, there will be a mandatory meeting for ALL students and at least one parent (students will join us after their practice). Each and every student and one or more parents will be required to attend in order to have a spot written for them in the marching show. Any family not able to attend must email Mr. Madrinan at gmadrinan@gmail.com to request an excused absence. If you do not attend and do not request an excusal, you will not be written into the show. Please understand that this is our way of ensuring that we have commitments from families before we incur the expense of designing the drill and writing the musical score for your student. 

Also in this regard, we will be requesting a $100 participation pledge for each student at the meeting on June 3rd. This will go toward your Fair Share, which will be announced sometime in the month of June. The participation pledge can be in the form of cash, check*, or credit card. Checks should be made out to SHSBB, please. (see attachment)

Lastly, we will be holding our first Forms Night on June 3rd as well, following the mandatory meeting. You may pick up your forms packets and take them home, but we encourage you to stay and fill them out on site. We will have a notary public there to notarize the required form. We will also be selling season tickets, taking band camp dinner orders and payment for Band Camp meals, registering new and returning volunteers, and more! This is an important and very convenient night for parents to complete all of the required paperwork for next year, all in one evening! Please plan to attend.  FORMS ARE BEING WORKED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.

LOOKING FOR SOME VALUABLE VOLUNTEERS

We are looking for some parent volunteers that can help during the STEPOFF mandatory meeting and/or possibly at the next forms meeting that we plan to have over the summer.

•  A Doctor that can perform Physicals for $20 (approx.) during the Forms nights or during one of our summer band camp dates.  If you are a doctor or know someone that is and would be willing to come one or two nights to perform physicals for $20 per student (funds going to the doctor), please let me know as soon as possible. 

•  A Notary to help notarize the Liability form in the packets on June 3rd and the second forms night on June 27th.

•  And additional volunteers to help during the STEPOFF meeting on June 3rd with duties such as ordering band polos, collecting forms, helping sign parents up with committees, selling season tickets and more. (6:30-9:30 pm)

Please contact Kim Bernstein @ kbernstein68@gmail.com if you are able to help with one of these valuable positions.

 

NIGHT AT THE RAYS FUNDRAISER

Support the Seminole Warhawk Marching Band as they take the field for a special pre-game performance and playing of the National Anthem at the Rays vs Orioles game on Friday, June 23rd. 

Tickets are $20 with $5 applied to individual ledgers.  Please make checks payable to SSHBB and place in the blue box.  Feel free to contact Lourdes Pickart at luly632@gmail.com with questions or to purchase tickets.

Help us spread the word by sharing the information with family, friends, co-workers, etc. 

 

TROP UPDATE

The link for JUNE has been added under Quick Links.

LIMITED TIME INCENTIVE! If you have completed Orientation, but have NOT had the mandatory alcohol training to work as a cashier, for a limited time if you pay $40 to take the online training, and work four games between now and June 13 TEAM training offered by centerplate, you will receive a credit to your fair share of $40! Contact Kymi Mueller for more information. 

STATE CONCERT MPA - VERO BEACH HS

WIND ENSEMBLE

SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2017

**STUDENTS SHOULD EAT PRIOR TO REPORT**

 

6:30am                                   QM’s load instruments Into Bus Bays

6:45am                                   Students Report to Band Room

7:20am                                   Board Bus

7:50am                                   Depart SHS for McDonalds – 1470 N Broadway Av., Bartow, FL 33830

9:15am                                   Arrive McDonalds – NEED $$

10:15am                                 Load Bus

10:30am                                 Depart McDonalds for Vero Beach HS – 1707 16th St, Vero Beach, FL 32960

12:30pm                                 Arrive VBHS, Unload Instruments

1:00pm                                   Warmup

1:30pm                                   Wind Ensemble Performance

2:00pm                                   Return to Bus, Load Instruments, Change Clothes

2:30pm                                   Board Bus    

2:45pm                                   Depart VBHS for Applebee’s – 5335 20th St, Vero Beach, FL 32966

3:00pm                                   Arrive Applebee’s – NEED $$

4:30pm                                   Load Bus

4:45pm                                   Depart Applebee’s for SHS

7:45pm                                   Arrive SHS, Unload

8:15pm                                   Students Dismissed When Equipment Properly Stored

 

 

BOOSTER BOARD POSITIONS

We are reaching out to every parent to inform you of a dire need in our program right now. Every May we hold the Band Booster Board elections to establish our Booster Board for the upcoming year. We currently have 2 executive board positions that are going to be vacant and do not have a nominee for them.  Our By-Laws state that the executive board positions must be filled in order for us to operate.  The vacant positions are that of VP of Travel and Accounts Payable.  We have experienced members on the board that are willing to help assist and train anyone who is interested in these positions.  We do not want to put our Booster Organization at risk by not having these positions filled with the May elections. We are reaching out to all band parents to find people that are willing to donate some of their time each month to ensure our program can maintain the Tradition of Excellence it is known for.  We also have other board positions that will become vacant after this term, but the 2 executive positions MUST be filled as a priority.  We have included information on all the board positions as well as which positions will have vacancies. If you are willing to help us continue our program’s Tradition of Excellence or have any questions please reply back to Chad Ford via email at cjfkrf3994@gmail.com.

 

 

SENIOR PARTY

The senior party will be held on Saturday, May 6th from 7:00pm - 9:30pm. (Faith Community Church, 11501 Walker Ave., Seminole 33772) All Band/Guard Students & Staff are invited and seniors may bring 1 non-band "significant other" guest plus their Family Members.

The senior families have always in the past provided the food and drinks, however, it would be much appreciated if any underclassmen band families would like to help with refreshments! (Watch for upcoming sign up genius)

Please feel free to contact us with any questions Jackie Evans 687-5205 jacalynevans@aol.com or Denise Mastromarino 254-3359 kmastro8@tampabay.rr.com

TO RSVP for the party, please sign up below.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4ca9ad23a6fa7-senior1

 

BOOSTER MEETING – APRIL 11th

Please plan on joining us for our May Booster meeting, on May 16th at 7pm.

DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED

We always accept donations of Green Band Polos and Concert Attire, including concert dresses and tuxedos, for those who won’t use them again or have outgrown a particular size. Please consider donating back to the band, and bring them the next time you come to a Booster Meeting, send them in with a student to give to Mr. Madrinan or email Kathy Hollaway @ kathy.hollaway66@gmail.com for other options

 

SYMPHONIC BAND/6th PERIOD JAZZ CLASS TRIP

Symphonic Band students that will be attending the Universal trip should report to the school at 5:45 AM.  Please have your concert attire (shoes, dress or tux, tie, shirt, socks, cumberbund) as well as your concert shirt in your hand when you board the bus.  You will be responsible for 5 meals, so a suggested amount of money to bring is $75.  Finally, because the movie we will be seeing at Universal Cineplex is rated PG, a refusal form is being made available for parents who do not wish for their child to see the movie.  This attached form only needs to be signed and returned if you DO NOT want your child to see the movie on Friday night.

CHAPERONE STILL NEEDED! We still need one more chaperone for this trip.  Since it is an overnight trip, Chaperones should be Level 2. There is a fee of $250 to cover your park ticket and hotel room. Please contact Jackie Brochman with any questions at jacquelyn.brochman@duke-energy.com.

To sign up, please go to http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f44aaa62ba46-2017

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