STUDENTS: Tell your friends the news if case they did not receive this email. I do not have an email address for every student and his or her family! Last night was the first Band Booster Meeting of the school year. It was great to see so many new parents. Just to bring everyone up to date... The NEW website for the band is www.thelchsband.org. This will become the site to go to in order to keep up on all band news. Thanks to Mendora Servin for getting it up and running. She is welcoming any comments on how the site looks, works, etc. She is also open to having someone work with her on it. (See the Membership Form for a spot to volunteer.) The goal is to put all forms that are handed out on the website so parents will have access to them even though their students neglect to bring them home! For right now, I am attaching several forms to this email. There is a BBC Membership Form, a Student Information Form, and a Pledge Form. Ideally, it would be great if the first two forms were returned this Friday, the first day of Band Camp. Unless you completed a Student Information Form over the summer, please fill one out so that the data bank has all your student's information updated. I have included the Student Information Form in Word...so you can type on it and email it back to me if you would like. Band Camp for NEW students: Band Camp for all NEW students starts this Friday, 8/7, at 9am in the Band Room. Students need to wear comfortable clothes and SHOES as they will be marching out on the grass area in the back of the school. Students should wear or bring sun screen. Students should bring a hat and a bottle to put water in. Label the bottle so your student can identify which bottle belongs to him or her. Also bring a lunch. During this time, new students will meet the student leaders and learn how to march. Rookie Band Camp is over at 3pm....but regular Band Camp starts after that. Band Camp for ALL Students: Students are welcome to arrive at the Band Room any time after 3pm. The actual camp starts at 5pm. From 5pm to 6pm there will be a social hour. There will be some ice breaker games during this time. Also, this is a time to turn in paperwork. From 6-9pm, students will be playing the music for the field show and the march. Bring instruments! Band Camp will continue on Saturday, 8/8 for ALL students. Arrive at school by 9am ready to practice marching and to play music. Instruments are required. All students need to wear comfortable clothes including good shoes to march in. In addition, bring a bag lunch, a bottle for water and a hat. Band Camp will be over at 5pm. Future Band Camp Dates: Band Camp will again be held on Friday, 8/21, from 6-9pm and Saturday, 8/22, from 9-5pm. Marching and the field show will be the focus on these dates. Again, students need to wear comfortable clothes and good shoes to march in. Students need to bring a bottle for water. On Saturday, students need to wear sun screen and bring a hat. A lunch will be provided during the Saturday practice. This is a mandatory band camp!!! I need volunteers to help with lunch. Let me know if you can help that day. Super Saturday Practices: There are FOUR additional Saturday practices. These are MANDATORY!! This is the time when the field show is worked on so that the students can look great in competition during October and November along with the football games. Students need to wear comfortable clothes and good shoes to march in. Students need to bring a bottle for water. Students need to wear sun screen and bring a hat. A lunch will be provided. Parents are asked to donate $10 towards the four lunches or to donate food. More information to follow. The dates of these practices are August 29, September 12, 19, and 26. I will need volunteers to help feed the students...so let me know if you can help and on which date. We will do something simple like sandwiches and chips. Changes to the Calendar: The MANDATORY meeting has been changed from Friday August 7th to Tuesday, September 1st. One parent for each student MUST attend. It will be held at 7pm in either the Band Room, Theater or MP Room. 8/7 No meeting 9/8 Band Booster Meeting...we are meeting on 9/1 as part of the Mandatory Meeting. Finally, although we use 5 gallon containers to provide the band students water throughout the various events, we also use bottled water. For each event, we need a minimum of 4 cases of bottled water. If you are able to provide a case or two of water, please bring it to the band room. If that is not convenient, Mrs. Dillon has offered to store it for me...her address is 6620 DiLusso Drive. You can just leave it on her porch. If you would like a receipt for your tax deductible donation, let me know how much you spent and I will email you a receipt. Please email me and let me know that you read this email. Otherwise, Mr. Edom is going to have a student call you to give you this information! Thanks, Sheron Morris --------------------------------------------------------------------------------