Newsletter Midweek 10/4

Make sure you have selected a meal choice for the Grand Nats trip. ALL STUDENTS & CHAPERONES/ADULTS GOING TO GRAND NATS SHOULD FILL OUT THIS FORM. During our trip we will stop and rehearse at Grand Park and will have a meal provided there. This one needs to be completed by Thursday the 5th. It is due to Music Travel on the 6th, and we need a day to compile information.

https://forms.gle/CMBNgcmUY1DJ6ZRJA

* Early release on Friday at 12:20pm. Student that must remain on campus must remain in the Band Hall until Game Night Dinners are served. Students must not be roaming the halls and may not visit other LISD campuses.

Plano Senior HS Football Game Itinerary

October 6, 2023

12:20 PM Early Dismissal on 1st Nine Weeks Exam Schedule. Students must remain in the Band Hall if they stay on campus. No roaming the halls or leaving to visit other LISD campuses.

3:00 PM Game Night Dinner Served in the Cafeteria

4:15 PM Student Leadership Team Inspection-Ensemble Room

4:45 PM Full Band Uniform/Equipment Inspection-Auditorium

5:15 PM Load Yellow Buses

5:30 PM Depart for Football Game

6:15 PM Arrive at Clark Stadium-Plano ISD

6600 Stadium Drive

Plano, TX 75023

Unload. Set up Movement Block. Seated in bleachers.

7:00 PM Game Begins. GO HAWKS!

8:15 PM Approx. HALF-TIME Performance

10:00 PM Game Ends

10:30 PM Load buses and depart for Hebron High School

11:45 PM Arrive at Hebron. Unload. Band Meeting/Dismissal. Change and hang Blue.

Take Grey Uniforms home with you for rehearsal in Groovy Grey. Call time 9:30am.

Bands of America Dallas/Bedford Regional

HEB Pennington Field Saturday, October 7, 2023

8:00am Band Hall Opens

9:30am Full Band Rehearsal in Groovy Grey

Black Shoes for Rehearsal

Eat Breakfast/Bring Sack Lunch

11:15am Rehearsal Ends/Load Truck/Change

12:00pm Student Leadership Team Inspection-Ensemble Room

12:30pm Full Band Inspection-Auditorium

1:00pm Load Buses and Depart-HEB Pennington Field 1501 Central Drive, Bedford, TX 76022

2:00pm Arrive HEB Pennington Field - Unload/Check-in immediately

2:30pm Block/Plume/Water

2:55pm Warm-up (Area C)

2:55pm Pit Warm-up (until 3:25pm)

3:35pm Pit Report Time

3:50pm Band Report Time/Gate

4:00pm Prelims Performance Time

4:15pm Group Photo (tentative)

4:30pm Prelims Awards Ceremony - Drum Majors

5:00pm Finalist Directors Meeting

5:15pm Full Band load buses for Central JH - If time allows

5:45pm Buses arrive at Central Junior High - If time allows

3191 W. Pipeline Road

Euless, TX 76040

Dinner Break/Rest Break

• Finals warm-up & performance times will depend on the overall placement in Preliminary competition and draw.

• If we make Finals: Eat and get ready for warm-up. Earliest Finals Warm-up begins at 6:25pm

• If we do not make Finals: Change into Summer Uniform

7:00pm Finals. Ceremonial opening

7:30pm First Finalist competing Band

10:30pm Retreat/Finals Awards Ceremony

11:30pm Load Bus and Depart for Hebron

12:30am Arrive at Hebron. Unload. Meeting. Dismissal. Change. Hang Grey Uniforms.

Bag Grey Uniforms on Tuesday morning. *** No school Monday ***

See separate itinerary and checklist.

Thursday:

Full guard with band after school

Flag line start time will be adjusted to accommodate 8 hr rule and Wednesday morning sectional.

Friday:

Full guard with band morning rehearsal

Notes from Mr. Koch:

Reminder that the battery has a gig at Kings Ridge for their national night out on Tuesday the 3rd. Will be dismissed from rehearsal at 5:30 and need transportation from the parents who volunteered already. Attire is summer uniform.

Just a heads up. The schedule is in flux, but plan for a rehearsal on Monday evening, at the usual times. The band will be off on Tuesday night so that those students taking the PSAT Wednesday morning can be rested.

Performances

· Respect other bands efforts and performances

· Do not enter the stadium during a performance

Ticket Prices:

In Advance Adult $27 Prelims only/$27 Finals only OR $44 All Day

Day Of Adult $34 Prelims only/$34 Final only OR $51 All Day

In Advance Student/Senior $24 Prelims only/$24 Finals only OR $41 All Day

Day Of Student/Senior $31 Prelims only/$31 Finals only or $48 All Day

Arrive early!

Contactless, digital ticketing

Bands of America is fully-digital with ticketing for all our Championships. Guests purchase tickets in advance online, which are delivered by email to present on their mobile device for scanning on-site or print-at-home. Tickets purchased at the ticket window on-site on the event day are a higher price. Please encourage your supporters to order in advance, skip the ticket window line, and save! Get tickets for Saturday, here:

https://marching.musicforall.org/event/bedford23/

BOA Bedford HEB:

What to know before you go! https://marching.musicforall.org/event/bedford23/

Online Spectator Guide

Our online spectator guide includes information on parking, performance schedule, online program book, stadium bag policies, and local safety and health requirements and restrictions.

NOTE: A clear bag policy is in effect for all Bands of America Championships this fall. Please let you supporters know.

Visit the online Spectator Guide

Bandtober is HERE so we will have many volunteer jobs every week for the entire month. Planning ahead will be crucial this month, so please click on the “Click Here to Volunteer” button to go to our volunteer website and view upcoming volunteer opportunities.

Here are our volunteer opportunities for the week of October 1st:

• PROPS! PROPS! PROPS! Thank you to everyone who came out on Monday and Tuesday to help. We plan to continue working Thursday night once the rain passes. PLEASE come help, it is super fun and you do NOT need experience to help.

• Pit Crew! We have about half the amount of people we need to run the Pit Crew. We need a lot more Pit Crew help on Friday night and Saturday for the Full Band Contest! Don’t know what the Pit Crew is? Check out this short video for more information: https://youtu.be/KcKsCal2d9A

• This Friday we have an away game at Plano HS. We need Chaperones, Pit Crew, and Water Crew help.

• Memory Books still needs representatives from Flutes and Tubas. If you have a computer/tablet/phone and can scroll through photos and look for kids, you can do this job! Please signup to help!

Trip logistics are being finalized and the last details are being organized with Music Travel. Room assignments are being made, bus lists confirmed and final details sorted out. Be sure to have your students look out for an email early this week with information about a meal selection for our rehearsal at Grand Park.

According to the Music Travel payment schedule, you should have paid $975.00 into your account. Remember these payments are made directly to Music Travel, and NOT the Booster Club. Make sure to log into your Music Travel Account to verify you are on track. Keep in mind that payments to Music Travel apply ONLY to the trip in November and are separate from the band fees that the Booster Club collects through Presto.

As a reminder all trip fees must be paid in full by October 18th. Double-check your account balance today and make sure you are on track with your payments. Your account with Music Travel must be settled before we depart, or they will not allow your student to board the bus. Contact Music Travel at support@musictravel.com if you have questions regarding your account or balance.

The last payment final amount is being finalized this week but WILL NOT exceed the amount of the previous payments ($325).

It is going to be a fun month now that competition season is in full swing, and our Indy trip details are being finalized! #AIATT

The Hebron Band Booster Club would like to let our parents know that the LISD Board of Trustees has voted to call for a $1.23B bond election and a voter-approved tax rate ratification election (VATRE). Both proposals will be up for voter approval on November 7th.

Registered voters residing within Lewisville ISD boundaries will be asked to consider a total of seven propositions that would generate additional funding to support educational programs and conduct maintenance, repairs and renovations across the district. If voters approve all six bond propositions (totaling $1.23B) and the VATRE, the total tax rate will be 10.6 cents lower than last year’s tax rate, a double-digit decrease in the total rate.

Learn more about the LISD bond package & VATRE at www.lisdbond.com

Important dates to remember:

October 10th - Deadline to Register to Vote - click here to register to vote.

October 23rd - Early voting begins

October 27 - Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail***

November 3 - Early Voting Ends

November 7 - Election Day

*** To be eligible to vote early by mail in Texas you must:

• be 65 years or older;

• be sick or disabled;

• be out of the county on election day and during the period for early voting by personal appearance; or

• be expected to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day; or

• be confined in jail, but otherwise eligible.

For more information on early Absentee and By-Mail Voting in Denton County:

https://www.votedenton.gov/early-voting-information/early-voting-by-mail-absentee/

Registered voters residing within Lewisville ISD boundaries will be asked to consider a total of seven propositions that would generate additional funding to support educational programs and conduct maintenance, repairs and renovations across the district. If voters approve all six bond propositions (totaling $1.23B) and the VATRE, the total tax rate will be 10.6 cents lower than last year’s tax rate, a double-digit decrease in the total rate.

Learn more about the LISD bond package & VATRE at www.lisdbond.com