PLANT SALE
Come help at the Band Program Plant Sale on Saturday, May 11th. Early and late shifts available for students and parents. Incoming freshman and parents – this is a great opportunity to begin to get involved and meet other band families!! Student volunteers earn scholarship credits. Work involves sorting plants & organizing orders (early shift) and delivering plant sale orders to customer cars & clean up (late shift.) Questions to Wendy & Joel Ley @ 630/362-2926 or 630/362-2937 or email them at joeldley@sbcglobal.net
Sign up and more information by following this link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094BAEAB2EA1F58-band1
Come help at the Band Program Plant Sale on Saturday, May 11th. Early and late shifts available for students and parents. Incoming freshman and parents – this is a great opportunity to begin to get involved and meet other band families!! Student volunteers earn scholarship credits. Work involves sorting plants & organizing orders (early shift) and delivering plant sale orders to customer cars & clean up (late shift.) Questions to Wendy & Joel Ley @ 630/362-2926 or 630/362-2937 or email them at joeldley@sbcglobal.net
Sign up and more information by following this link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508094BAEAB2EA1F58-band1
GERMAN MUSIC EXCHANGE
We have an exciting opportunity before us: the DGN and DGS Bands will be hosting the Concert Band students of the Musikschule in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany April 14 - 20, 2019.
Please take a few moments to read about the exchange program, and consider serving as a host family for 1-week. This program is now 30+ years old, and every family that has ever served as a host has raved about the positive experience.
The informational letter is posted here https://tinyurl.com/GermanExchange19HostLetter
If you are ready to sign-up, please go HERE to express your interest!
Finally, we are looking for a small-team of parent volunteers that would be able to help us place the German students with our local host families. This involves reviewing the information sheets we are sent from our colleagues in Germany, comparing this data to the list of local hosts, and determining excellent matches. If you are someone who would be willing to help with this you may express that interest on the host-family sign-up form.
We thank you for considering this opportunity to welcome a teenage musician from Germany in April!
We have an exciting opportunity before us: the DGN and DGS Bands will be hosting the Concert Band students of the Musikschule in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany April 14 - 20, 2019.
Please take a few moments to read about the exchange program, and consider serving as a host family for 1-week. This program is now 30+ years old, and every family that has ever served as a host has raved about the positive experience.
The informational letter is posted here https://tinyurl.com/GermanExchange19HostLetter
If you are ready to sign-up, please go HERE to express your interest!
Finally, we are looking for a small-team of parent volunteers that would be able to help us place the German students with our local host families. This involves reviewing the information sheets we are sent from our colleagues in Germany, comparing this data to the list of local hosts, and determining excellent matches. If you are someone who would be willing to help with this you may express that interest on the host-family sign-up form.
We thank you for considering this opportunity to welcome a teenage musician from Germany in April!
BAND BOOSTER BOARD HELP
The Mustang band boosters need to fill several key vacancies in the board for 2018-2019. We have a strong program and the kids had a great season, but we cannot do it without parent support in leadership positions. I have listed the open positions below with a short description of the responsibilities. Some positions require more of a time commitment than others. If you are interested, I can put you in touch with the outgoing volunteer for more information. In some cases, you will the opportunity to shadow the position for a few months in order to learn the ins and outs before you take over.
Secretary – The Secretary is also an executive board position and attends each meeting, takes the minutes and sends them to the executive board prior to each meeting.
Music Bowl Co-chair Shadows - Both of our amazing co-chairs are parents of seniors and this is their last year. This is the most important vacancy that we need to fill. The Music Bowl raises more than 25% of the operating budget and helps to keep the marching band fees at the current level. Other marching band programs in our area that do not host a home competition often pay much higher dues. The largest chunk of time commitment is August through October, but there is some activity during the rest of the year. The Music Bowl co-chairs are executive board positions and they attend the monthly Booster meetings which are held primarily on the first Monday of the month.
There are also some vacancies for this year’s Music Bowl, including one Volunteer Co-Chair, one Stadium Co-Chair, one Sponsorship Co-Chair, and one Hospitality Co-Chair. For sophomore parents who have already experienced one Music Bowl, please consider taking one of these leadership positions.
VP of Uniforms (Shadows) – We have a dedicated team of parents who take care of the uniforms. They oversee the uniform fittings in the summer and then supervise the uniform check out and check in for football games and competitions. Our lead Uniform mom is also a mother of seniors and is “graduating” this year. If you have any interest in this, please stop by the loft and talk to Teri to see if this might be a good fit for you.
Video Coordinator (Shadows) – Our videographer, Mike Legel, is an alumni parent who has come to almost every competition and recorded the videos that we all enjoy. The videos are also very helpful for the Marching Band staff as they work with the students. Mike is planning to move next year and sadly, this is his last year. This a great opportunity to work with Mike during the Music Bowl and the last few competitions to learn from him. If you love to take videos, this is the position for you. Note: they don't have to be as highly polished and edited like Mike has done - we would be happy with an iphone video uploaded to YouTube!
Water Coordinators (Shadows) – The boosters provide water for the band before and after each performance. The water coordinators handle this and it is helpful to have two parents so that they can trade off if necessary. This job is only during the marching band season.
Spirit wear Coordinator (Shadow) – The boosters offer Mustang Band spirit wear for sale several times a year. The merchandise orders are taken using an on-line webstore. The coordinator works with the vendor to select the merchandise, pick it up, and distribute it. The spirit wear coordinator also works with the directors to order the Marching Band staff shirts. Most of this activity takes place in the summer and fall, but there is usually a general band sale in the winter.
Please contact Gretchen Shearer to get involved! Thank you!
The Mustang band boosters need to fill several key vacancies in the board for 2018-2019. We have a strong program and the kids had a great season, but we cannot do it without parent support in leadership positions. I have listed the open positions below with a short description of the responsibilities. Some positions require more of a time commitment than others. If you are interested, I can put you in touch with the outgoing volunteer for more information. In some cases, you will the opportunity to shadow the position for a few months in order to learn the ins and outs before you take over.
Secretary – The Secretary is also an executive board position and attends each meeting, takes the minutes and sends them to the executive board prior to each meeting.
Music Bowl Co-chair Shadows - Both of our amazing co-chairs are parents of seniors and this is their last year. This is the most important vacancy that we need to fill. The Music Bowl raises more than 25% of the operating budget and helps to keep the marching band fees at the current level. Other marching band programs in our area that do not host a home competition often pay much higher dues. The largest chunk of time commitment is August through October, but there is some activity during the rest of the year. The Music Bowl co-chairs are executive board positions and they attend the monthly Booster meetings which are held primarily on the first Monday of the month.
There are also some vacancies for this year’s Music Bowl, including one Volunteer Co-Chair, one Stadium Co-Chair, one Sponsorship Co-Chair, and one Hospitality Co-Chair. For sophomore parents who have already experienced one Music Bowl, please consider taking one of these leadership positions.
VP of Uniforms (Shadows) – We have a dedicated team of parents who take care of the uniforms. They oversee the uniform fittings in the summer and then supervise the uniform check out and check in for football games and competitions. Our lead Uniform mom is also a mother of seniors and is “graduating” this year. If you have any interest in this, please stop by the loft and talk to Teri to see if this might be a good fit for you.
Video Coordinator (Shadows) – Our videographer, Mike Legel, is an alumni parent who has come to almost every competition and recorded the videos that we all enjoy. The videos are also very helpful for the Marching Band staff as they work with the students. Mike is planning to move next year and sadly, this is his last year. This a great opportunity to work with Mike during the Music Bowl and the last few competitions to learn from him. If you love to take videos, this is the position for you. Note: they don't have to be as highly polished and edited like Mike has done - we would be happy with an iphone video uploaded to YouTube!
Water Coordinators (Shadows) – The boosters provide water for the band before and after each performance. The water coordinators handle this and it is helpful to have two parents so that they can trade off if necessary. This job is only during the marching band season.
Spirit wear Coordinator (Shadow) – The boosters offer Mustang Band spirit wear for sale several times a year. The merchandise orders are taken using an on-line webstore. The coordinator works with the vendor to select the merchandise, pick it up, and distribute it. The spirit wear coordinator also works with the directors to order the Marching Band staff shirts. Most of this activity takes place in the summer and fall, but there is usually a general band sale in the winter.
Please contact Gretchen Shearer to get involved! Thank you!