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Marching Tiger Families,
This week's FYI is going to cover a wide-range of topics, I do apologize in advance for the jumping around various upcoming events. UA at Home this Friday We are hosting our final Home football game of the season on Friday. If we win this week then all additional football games in the playoffs will be held at neutral sites. Fortunately the weather looks like it is working out in our favor and will warm-up for Friday's game. So lets enjoy our last night with a "home" game. Halftime this Friday will look vary familiar. With a large portion of our leadership participating in Capital University's Honor Band Weekend we will do another simple halftime performance. Winter Concert There has been some issues surrounding the scheduling of our winter concert, the logistics schedule for London and our students who are involved in both Christmas Chorale and Band. Without getting too deep I will simply say, we can't have a concert with instruments that are in a shipping container headed to London... (The previous solution was a concert date swap with Ridgeview) The finalized plan for the winter concert was decided by prioritizing the student opportunities to perform, both in band and chorale. I realize the changes made might inconvenience some families but we felt it is necessary for students to meet the expectations of their previously made commitments vs convenience to families and friends. We will use the following Schedule for our Winter Concert. And I do apologize for all the confusion caused by my quick solutions without taking an additional step back and seeing the complete picture before communicating home to you. The PHSC High School Winter Band Concert will be held on December 10th at 5:00pm. The Ridgeview Junior High Concert will also be held on December 10th but at 7:00pm. Solo and Ensemble Solo and Ensemble is early this year. Every 3 years the Districts in OMEA rotate though a 3 weekend cycle, There is an early, middle and late weekend which ensures that there are enough judges to go around the state. As luck would have it, we are the first weekend this year on January 17th at PHSN. In the next few days I'll be sharing forms with students to enter their plans for Solo and Ensemble. Students in Wind Ensemble are required to participate in this event, Symphonic band and concert band are not required but encouraged to participate as Solo and Ensemble promotes the most individual growth for student musicianship. Please start making those final selections for S&E so that I can start finding accompanists and selecting music for everyone. Uniform update for the UA game We will wear our purple uniforms and maintain the same expectations for uniforms inspection. As a quick reminder, face paint is not allowed in uniform as it can stain the white portions of our uniform jackets. The weather looks good for Friday but as the weather gets colder, we are still required to be in proper uniform. No winter hats when on the field and no hoodies popping out the back of your uniform jackets. Any blankets need to be pre-placed in the band stand for the home games in advance as we will not get to the bleachers until after we march pregame. This November 19 London Parent meeting If you are traveling to London we will have our Final Parent Meeting virtually at 7pm on November 19th. Please plan to come to the meeting as we will cover the travel plans, explain flight groups and protocols and more. The final Chaperone Meeting is December 3rd at 7pm. This is an organizational meeting for directors and chaperones. Students and followers do not need to attend. Friday Timeline 5:00 - Band room opens 6:00 - Meet at Flagpoles in uniform 6:40 - March to stadium 6:45 - enter stadium 6:50 - Begin Pregame 7:00 - Kick-off Parent Volunteers Nurse: Julie Ketcham Guard Help: Anne Shreffler Field Help: Chris Mirakian Emily Haverfield Lisa Mezquita Hope Hill Heather Edwards Jennifer Dryer
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Good Morning Marching Tiger Families,
We are into week 2 of the playoffs! After a successful competition season we are also in full swing converting to concert band. You could call this portion of the fall "limbo" between marching and concert seasons. This essentially means we are switching our focus from 100% marching band to 20% marching 80% concert band. This will outwardly look like less involved halftime shows on Friday night. Uniform update We will wear our purple uniforms and maintain the same expectations for uniforms inspection. As a quick reminder, face paint is not allowed in uniform as it can stain the white portions of our uniform jackets. Uniforms for week 3 as with any additional playoff game will be determined based upon the weather forecast in the weekly FYI. Additionally as the weather gets colder, we are still required to be in proper uniform. No winter hats when on the field and no hoodies popping out the back of your uniform jackets. Any blankets need to be preplaced in the band stand for the home games in advance as we will not get to the bleachers until after we march pregame. November 19 London Parent meeting If you are traveling to London we will have our Final Parent Meeting virtually at 7pm on November 19th. Please plan to come to the meeting as we will cover the travel plans, explain flight groups and protocols and more. The final Chaperone Meeting is December 3rd at 7pm. This is an organizational meeting for directors and chaperones. Students and followers do not need to attend. Friday Timeline 3:10-4:10 Dress rehearsal in Tiger stadium 5:15 - Band room opens 5:45 - Meet at Flagpoles in uniform 6:20 - March to stadium 6:30 - enter stadium 6:45 - Begin Pregame 7:00 - Kick-off Parent volunteers Nurse Julie Ketcham Field Help Chris Mirakian Lisa Mezquita Emily Haverfield Hope Hill Anne Shreffler Miranda LeMaster Tony Gerardi Tracy Gerardi Good Morning Marching Tiger Families, It is was a wonderful weekend hopefully filled with memories that will be kept forever. The kiddos did a fantastic job and the boosters were amazing as well. Thank you for such a memorable weekend of music and friendship. Before we breakdown the final weekend of the competitive marching season, I'd like to explain playoff football band expectations. For the playoffs we do not march our competition show, we let the final performance at SMBF stand as the last performance. Instead, we will use music that we are prepping for our London trip and other selections we try to reserve for later in the season when not preparing for a large trip. Because we aren't performing our competition show, we no longer rehearse our 6 hours throughout the week. Instead we will rehearse outside on Fridays during class and a brief afterschool rehearsal before we load and depart. If weather becomes a factor, we will adjust what day we go outside. The attendance expectations for playoff football is simple, if there is a football game, all members of the band band are expected to attend. Playoff football is a reality of living in Pickerington and the additional games each year should be expected when looking at the band calendar. With that said, please use the Planned Absence Forms for any family events/emergencies that might come up. Friday @ Reynoldsburg We will have a dress rehearsal after school, students are not permitted to leave campus between the dress rehearsal and buses departing. This expectation is simply to keep kids safe and limit the opportunities for things to go wrong due to young drivers and an unnecessary sense of urgency. Plan accordingly Friday and Saturday Uniforms Purple pants and black socks for the game on Friday. White pants and socks for Saturday. Hair always needs to up or pulled back into a bun. Ear rings are also something I keep asking kids to remove. Small studs are perfectly fine, we do not want students wearing dangly or hooped ear rings. We want to look uniform, not pretty! Friday Timeline 3:10 - Dress rehearsal on the practice field 4:30 - Load/Snack/Change 5:30 - Load buses 6:15 - Arrive at Reynoldsburg HS (Livingston campus) 7:00 - Kickoff TBD - Arrive at PHSC (Color guard Final Room Clean-up) Saturday SMBF Timeline 10:00 - Dress Rehearsal 11:00 - Load/Snack/Change 12:00 - Depart For Hilliard Bradley 1:00 - Arrive at Hilliard Bradley 2:00 - Warm-up 3:00 - Perform 3:30 - Stay on track for Central Crossing performance followed by awards (Students who need to leave for The Diary of Anne Frank performance in the evening are dismissed as soon as we finish performing. Parents please have a note for your child or the children you are shuttling back to Central and give it to a director before departing) 3:45 - Load EQ 4:15 Depart 5:15 Arrive at PHSC The Website for OMEA has details for parking, tickets and Merch. Please use this link to go to the OMEA SMBF website. Parent Volunteers for the Weekend
Friday @ Reynoldsburg Load Truck: John Mezquita Josh Warmund Chris Mirakian Nurse: Brittany Long Chaperone/Field Help: Chris Mirakian Athe Norris Dan Kruse Emily Haverfield Heather Edwards Hope Hill LIsa Mezquita Guard Help: Anne Shreffler Holly Jean Hummel Saturday @ SMBF Load Truck: James Pelfrey John Mezquita Josh Warmund Chris Mirakian Nurse: Julie Ketcham Chaperone/Field Help: Chris Mirakian Heather Edwards Hope Hill Emily Haverfield Janel Theiss Joy Shaw James Pelfrey Guard Help: Anne Shreffler Marching Tiger Families, We have a busy week! Friday we have Senior Night at the football game which will change some of our normal Pregame activities and a double competition on Saturday. I'll go though the FYI for the weekend in chronological order for everyone. Senior Night Senior Parents, your report time to the field is 5:40. The Athletic Department handout says 5:40 report, I would encourage all the senior parents to be in the stadium by 5:30, just to make sure there is enough time to organize the line-up. When you arrive Lisa Mezquita will be there to help arrange you in alpha order for the presentation of Seniors. The presentation begins at 6:00pm. The band Seniors will join you at this time as well. After the senior recognition the seniors will head back to the band room to prepare for Senior Night shenanigans. The Freshmen-Junior classes will perform the SSB.  Friday Timeline
3:10 Dress Rehearsal, turf field (no seniors) 3:50 Dismiss 5:30 Band form block at Flagpoles. (Seniors and families report to track) 5:45 Parade to stadium, form tunnel. 6:00 Senior Recognition begins 6:45 Band head back field for pregame. 6:50 Pregame 7:00 Kickoff Saturday Double Competition Our two competitions are both North East of Pickerington. Competition 1 is at White Field hosted by Newark High School. N. 11th St. Newark Ohio 43055. Take note the parking for spectators can get interesting at Newark. There is handicap parking close to the stadium but the majority of parking is a shuttle from the HS to the stadium. It is free and runs frequently. I would allow some additional time to make sure you are not rushed by the shuttle service. After Competition 1 we will travel to Dillion State Park. The boosters rented a shelter house where we will serve a picnic style meal for the kids. I heard at the booster meeting the donations for this are going well, but please feel free to check with Emily if there are any additional or last minute needs. Specifically we be at Big Run Shelter House at Dillion State park. Natural resource Rd 1, Zanesville Ohio, 43701 Students are encouraged to bring blankets for a picnic, yard games/tailgating games are allowed. We have storage under the semi trailer to house things like corn hole boards and other activities. (No Lawn darts, please!!!) Our final stop of the night will be to Tri-Valley High School. This will be our last stop before returning home. Tri-Valley High School is located at 46 E Muskingum Ave, Dresden, OH 43821 Parking for this competition is much easier on the spectators and honestly has a great viewing point for anyone that can't climb steps. Spectators enter from the top of the stadium which allows spectators will limited mobility to have a better view of the field from above than other typical stadiums. Tri-Valley Stadium is on a hillside. Saturday Timeline 10:00 - Band Room Opens 11:00 - Depart for Newark 12:00 - Arrive at Newark 1:00 - Warm-up 1:45 - Perform 2:00 - Start Load-in 2:30 - Depart for Dillon Lake 3:00 - Arrive 5:15 - Load and depart for Tri-Valley 5:40 - Arrive at Tri-Valley 6:30 - Warm-up 7:30 - Perform 8:35 - Awards 9:00 - Depart for PHSC 10:30 - Arrive at PHSC Parent Volunteers - Friday Nurse: Julie Ketcham Field Help: Athe Norris Chris Mirakian Dan Kruse Heather Edwards Hope Hill Lisa Mezquita Kristie Blanton James Pelfrey Guard Help: Holly Jean Hummel Load Truck: John Mezquita Josh Warmund Chris Mirakian Parent Volunteers - Saturday Nurse: Julie Ketcham Field Help/Chaperone: Brittany Long Chris Mirakian Heather Edwards Hope Hill Jennifer Dryer Joy Shaw Janel Theiss Lisa Mezquita Josh Warmund (ride bus only) Guard Help: Anne Shreffler Holly Jean Hummel Marching Tiger Families,
This week is a big week! On Saturday we compete at our first competition where we can earn a rating and a ranking. (we are eligible for caption awards since this isn't our show) The FYI will be short this week, mostly uniform information and a timeline for Saturday. We will not be traveling to the game this Friday. Instead we will be having practice from 3:00 (asap after school) to 5:00pm. On Saturday we will have one final dress rehearsal to touch things up, then head out. See Timeline for details. Uniforms On Saturday it is full whites. Just remember your white socks and no jewelry or hooped or dangly ear rings. Regardless of gender all hair needs to be up inside of the hat. (gentlemen....) Reminders No Bluetooth speakers on the bus. Bus drivers and chaperones are there for your safety. Do as you have been instructed. Good manners go along way! Each bus driver is different when it comes to food. The policy is, "No Food". Pack snacks at your own risk and be respectful with your trash. Timeline 2:00 - Dress Rehearsal 3:30 - Load EQ, eat, change 4:40 - Buses arrive and load 5:30 - Arrive at GCHS 6:30 - Warm-up 7:20 - Perform 8:30 - Awards (students must sit in visitor's bleachers) 8:45 - Load buses (Stowe & Hakes at Director's Clinic) 9:00 - Depart for PHSC 9:45 - Arrive at PHSC (unload all EQ) Mellophones - Final Clean-up Duty Load Truck: John Mezquita Chris Mirakian Josh Warmund James Pelfrey Nurse: Melissa Wyatt Field Help/Travel with Band: Chris Mirakian Athe Norris Heather Edwards Emily Haverfield Joy Shaw Hope Hill James Pelfrey Brittany Taylor Therera Garee (not on bus) Guard Help: Anne Shreffler We had a fantastic Band Fest. Many thanks to everyone who participated. I think my Social Media post from this weekend summed up the feeling of gratitude I felt as I sat with the heating pad on my back late Saturday night.  I love the pure joy on their faces! Looking ahead, the show isn't finished and we have already started making improvements to the production. This week the goal is to get the final sets of the drill learned and start cleaning back at page 1. Even if that means in the rain on Wednesday. Please make sure your kids come to school with old shoes and maybe a raincoat if needed this Wednesday. (We won't bring instruments out in sustained rain)
Homecoming We won't be doing a run of the competition show this Friday, instead we will be participating in the Homecoming presentation. Pregame will be as normal. Uniforms Uniforms are operating as they should. Shoes are a big problem. They need to go home with the students. They get left out and mixed up or lost when left in the room. All I can do to help is say, you should have taken them home... Timeline No Dress rehearsal 5:00 - Band Room Opens 5:45 - Full Band Report to Flag poles. 6:00 - Warm-up/ pep session 6:30 - Parade to stadium. 6:50 - pregame 7:00 - Kick-off TBA - Tuba section, Final Clean-up Important Dates 10/4 - Grove City Competition 10/18 - Double Header comp 10/25 - ***Tentative*** State Marching Band Finals @ Hilliard Bradley. (Requested 12-3pm) Parent Volunteers Nurse: Melissa Wyatt Field Help: Chris Mirakian Athe Norris Jennifer Dryer Heather Edwards Kristie Blanton James Pelfrey Tony Phan Guard Help: Anne Shreffler Marching Tiger Families,
My apologies for the late FYI. It was written and lost this morning when I attempted to upload to the weebly site. Makes the day frustrating, but here it is! This week is going to be a busy one. My suggestion is to get as much sleep as you can before this weekend. With two events happening I'll cover the game on Friday then Band fest specifically. Friday We are away at Canal Winchester. Due to the field being close in proximity to the bus and equipment parking we will start our load after halftime and leave mostly leadership instruments out to finish the 4th quarter of the game. This will ensure a timely departure and return home. We will not unload any gear once we return. The equipment trucks will park in the gravel lot next to Tiger Stadium and we will have our dress rehearsal on Saturday in Tiger stadium. Uniforms Everyone should be well aware of uniform expectations by now. I do want to reiterate there is no face paint, glitter or accessories while in uniform. This is to keep the uniforms looking sharp and clean. If it is unseasonably hot again on Friday we will shed the jackets. Be sure to wear your white show shirt under your bibbers. Friday Timeline 3:10 - Dress Rehearsal 4:10 - Load EQ, Snack, Change (Do not leave campus, pack what you need and bring to school) 5:15 - Buses depart for CW 5:45 - Buses Arrive at CW 7:00 - Kick off TBD - Return Home, (Students be sure to text rides in advance) TBD - Clarinets have final clean-up duty Saturday Band Fest Band fest still needs volunteers. We host this event every year and always need last minute parents to step up and help out. Please email Emily Haverfield our booster president to get the latest regarding volunteer needs. [email protected] In addition to our competition Saturday, PHSC Cross Country is hosting their Invitational on campus. It will be in everyone's best interest to take home everything they need for dress rehearsal the night before and report to Tiger Stadium via Pickerington road. Hill road is a part of the cross country meet and you WILL get stuck in traffic due to the XC track. All students and staff should plan to park in the Tiger Stadium parking lot and overflow onto the streets next to Tiger stadium. Please plan ahead for this! Uniforms for Contests We wear our white contest pants for competitions. This means that white socks are needed and students should be mindful of the shorts worn under their bibbers. Light colors work best, grays and lighter. Avoid dark or neon colors as we will be able to see your shorts through the white bibbers!!! (yikes...) Busing for Pick Band Fest Busing for Band Fest is 1 way! We do this to save a few $1,000 in transportation budget and to encourage parents to come to the competition to see their child perform. This group is really finding their stride, please come celebrate their hard work with us by attending Band Fest. You will have to pick up your kid anyway!!!! When At Pick Band Fest I plan to let students who don't have unload responsibilities to dismiss to the stadium once we arrive at North to take care of any last minute needs. Bathroom, water, etc. (No pop/soda). I will give them a specific time to return to the EQ trucks before we head to warm-up. After we perform, students involved in presenting awards will need to quickly celebrate our run with friends then report to side 1 of the home sideline to get ready for the awards ceremony. Booster parents will be there to help you get lined up in order and hand you the trophy to present. After Awards we will perform Amazing Grace with North. Do not rush the field, we will call both bands out. North will set their music arc and we will fill in between based on instrumentation. Once Amazing Grace is complete, Central will block up on the track and Cadence back to the EQ trailers for a load-in. Once students have loaded EQ you are dismissed. Please return to central to hang uniforms. Saturday Timeline 12:00 -2:00 - Dress Rehearsal in Tiger Stadium. Avoid Hill Rd. entrance. 4:45 - Band room opens. Parking lot reopened next to tennis courts. (do the normal thing) 5:45 - depart 6:15 - Arrive at PHSN 7:20 - Warm-up 8:30 - Perform 9:00 - Awards TBD - Amazing Grace TBD - Parade to EQ truck, Load All students return to Central to unload EQ and hang uniforms. TBD - Percussion have final clean-up duty Friday Parent Volunteers Load Truck: John Mezquita Josh Warmund Chris Mirakian Nurse: Holly Jean Hummel Field Help: Chris Mirakian Barb Gilbert Athe Norris Lisa Mezquita Heather Edwards Emily Haverfield Joy Shaw Josh Warmund Theresa Garee Color Guard Help: Anne Shreffler Holly Jean Hummel Saturday Parent Help Load Truck Chris Hartung John Mezquita James Pelfrey Chris Mirakian Nurse Brittany Long Field Help Lisa Mezquita Heather Edwards Barb Gilbert Joy Shaw James Pelfrey Tiffany McDaniel Janel Theiss Chris Mirakian Guard Help Anne Shreffler Good Morning Marching Tiger Families, Although we didn't get the outcome we wanted in the game last Friday, there were some bright sides to the evening. The kids performed well and we had our first successful run of loading equipment in and out of the equipment vehicles. Our rental tractor for the semi trailer tried to ruin the night but thanks to Mr. Bob Cox, he willed the transmission into gear and limped her home. A new rental tractor coming this week! We did have some behavior issues we'd like to make sure we parents know about. I encourage parents to ask your students about this. The first being, bus drivers and chaperones are on the busses to keep everyone safe. If you are asked to be quiet at railroads, this is not an attack on individuals. It is literally a state law, and requires everyone to comply. There is nothing personal about it. I need to reiterate that on bus trips bluetooth speakers are not permitted on the bus. Headphones and earbuds are 100% acceptable. There is no reason to give attitude towards someone who is just doing their job or volunteer job. The second issue is a continuation of expectations while in uniform. I never thought I'd have to write this sentence, but when in uniform it is never acceptable to "chirp" the referees as they officiate the game or leave the stadium. We had some very upset sports ball fans in the tuba and baritone sections who felt it necessary to express themselves Friday night. When in uniform this is never OK. If this sounds like your child (sons) please have a brief discussion about when this type of behavior is ok when representing the band program and PHSC. Band Fest Tickets Band Fest tickets are on sale now! We encourage everyone to attend. This is our home show, so we won't be competing for caption awards but we will be eligible to qualify for State Marching Band Finals. Consider Band Fest as a celebration of the hard work the kids have put into this show since July. Plan to come celebrate their hard work with us next Saturday. Evening/post game clean-up Protocols I think we all know our children won't do obvious chores unless we explicitly tell them in great detail what the expectation is at home, RIGHT? Well we've reached that point in our post game protocols where expectations have to be clearly spelled out. I have implemented a series of procedures to ensure room 511 is cleaned and ready for school for the next week. I'll spare you the details, but know each week a section was drawn at random to be the last section out of the door for 1 of the remaining known games/competitions. I will post who has final clean-up duty in the FYI in the timeline section. Uniform update The uniform mom's have done a great job helping students learn how to fold and hang uniforms correctly! (you might not understand how much of an accomplishment this is for some of our members, but it is!) The current issues we face regarding uniforms involves hair dye and face paint (this includes glitter.) Face paint is not permitted when in uniform. It gets on hands which then touch the uniforms and stains the jackets and white portions of our uniforms. Hair dye is also a problem, it transfers onto the uniforms around the neck. If you have long hair and have hair dye, this must be addressed. Wear a head band or if it is passed the jaw line your hair must be up anyway. Please correct this for this week! Concessions pre-order link for this week This is working great, I couldn't recommend preordering your 3rd quarter snacks more. It takes the stress off the workers, lets the kids have time to eat and allows students to have time to get back for the 4th quarter. Timeline 3:10 - Dress rehearsal on turf field 4:10 - Dismiss. Leave sound EQ and front ensemble on the field by the band stands. 5:00 - Band room opens 5:45 - Report to flag poles in uniform 6:00 - Warm-up and pep session. 6:35 - Parade from Flag poles to (NEW) Tiger Stadium 6:50 - Pregame 7:00 - Kick-off 9:30 - Baritones (Final Clean-up Duty) Volunteers Nurse: Melissa Wyatt Field Help: Chris Mirakian Dan Kruse Barb Gilbert Athe Norris Jennifer Dryer Briitany Taylor Heather Edwards Lisa Mezquita James Pelfry Tony Phan Color Guard Help: Anne Shreffler Holly Jean Hummel Good Afternoon Marching Tigers,
The Band performed really well yesterday, I was particularly pleased with our performance in the park. The community agreed and gave many complements on our parade performance as well as the concert at Victory Park. This week we have our first away game so our Friday timeline will look different. In addition to having a different looking timeline we are doing a combined pregame with the North Pride, so we must arrive even earlier than a typical away game. Uniforms Friday we will wear our full fall uniforms. We almost did a good job. Students need to find long black socks for home games. Ankle socks do not pass uniform inspection and all be it, a small one can be a distraction in the show. We need to be detail oriented in every aspect of a performance/game day. Uniforms protocols on Friday was OK as well. I had to remind several students to zip up, and had to tell one person to turn their jacket around and wear it correctly. Another friendly reminder, there is no PDA while in a school uniform. Away Game Protocols Students must be escorted to the restrooms by Chaperones and enter the restrooms in pairs. There will be a gate dividing North and Central spectators, AT NO TIME SHOULD CENTRAL STUDENTS BE ON THE HOME SIDE OF THE STADIUM. The boosters will be purchasing pizza for the band along with other donated snacks. Should your child have any allergies we need to be aware of please reach out ASAP. Friday Timeline 3:10 - Dress Rehearsal on band field. 4:10 - Load Equipment, Eat a snack, Change into uniform 5:15 - Load school busses 5:30 - Depart for North High School 5:50 - Arrive at North High School 6:25 - Parade into the stadium 6:45 - Combined Pregame w/North Pride 7:00 - Kick-off TBA - Bus Departure Bussing Expectations When on the busses we are guests of Petermann Transportation. Their rules are to be followed at all times. My rules for bussing are: 1. No food or drink other than water. 2. Headphones are to be used at all time for music/cellphones. 3. Be quiet, calm and courteous at all times. 4. Bus hopping is not allowed. 5. Chaperones are to be respected and listened to at all times. 5 1/2. Mr Hakes would like to add "NO SCREAMING" Bus loading protocol Busses will not be labeled 1-5 in advance. The first bus to arrive will be considered bus 1, the second bus will be bus 2, etc. Please wait for the chaperones before beginning to load. Chaperones will take attendance one at a time when loading the bus. The same process will exist when loading the bus for the return trip. Parent Volunteers As always, thank you for volunteering. Parents we will need help moving equipment from trucks to sideline and from sideline to performance. We also need your help feeding the students during 3rd Quarter. If you are bus chaperone, please plan on helping serve pizza. I have one last ask of the parent volunteers, Please help me keep students and or adults who aren't on this list off the track during football games. Being this Friday is an away game, it will be easier. But please help keep people not assigned to help in spectator bleachers. The only acceptation to this would be alumni during 3rd quarter. We do enjoy a visit from previous alumni. If someone around the band 3rd quarter, the best first question to them if around the band is are you an Alumni? If it is not third quarter and the answer is "no, I'm not alumni", calmly direct them to the gate and let them know their band member friend(s) can come to them at the fence. Load truck(s): Chris Hartung John Mezquita Chris Mirakian Nurse: Melissa Wyatt Field Help/Travel with Band: Mike Osterlink Melissa Osterlink Jennifer Dryer Lisa Mezquita Heather Edward Joy Shaw Chris Mirakian Trish Mirakian Holly Hummel Good Morning Marching Tiger Families, Last Friday was a resounding success! The band was on their best behavior, they performed well and the stadium logistics were running like a well oiled machine. This does not just happen! There are so many people that make a great first game possible. From the AD to the volunteers rolling a wagon. Thank you for a great first game. We are home again this Friday and pending any sudden changes in the forecast we should have another beautiful night for football. One important note about this Friday: Due to travel time, kick-off is at 7:30. Please make note of that in your planning. I'll list it below as well. Not only do we have a game Friday but we are also marching in the Pickerington Labor Day Parade. This is a mandatory parade for students as we also have a concert in Victory Park immediately after the parade concludes. More details later will be shared later in the FYI. Football Friday Night info As mentioned before, Friday's game will start 30 minutes later than normal to account for travel time from Dayton. Note the Timeline changes. We will wear full fall uniforms which have very specific Dress code criteria all students and parents should go over together. I want to encourage more students to utilize the pre order option for concessions. It saves time for the boosters and students who are required to be back to the band stand with or without food before the 4th quarter. Use the link below to preorder. Friday Night Timeline
3:10 - Dress rehearsal on turf field 4:10 - Dismiss. Leave sound EQ and front ensemble on the field by the band stands. 5:30 - Band room opens 6:15 - Report to flag poles in uniform 6:30 - Warm-up and pep session. 7:05 - Parade from Flag poles to (NEW) Tiger Stadium 7:20 - Pregame 7:30 - Kick-off Full Uniform Dress Code Students will wear their full Fall Uniform with black tube socks and white drill master shoes Friday night. The white show shirt must be worn under the uniform. This allows us to take our jackets off and still look uniform. Hair must be put up and fit inside your hat. No colorful or large jewelry is permitted. When in full uniform there are no sun glasses or blankets. No students should carry in a personal bag into the stadium. Uniform pieces are to be worn at all times unless directed to remove by a director. If you are seen not in uniform, you will be given 3rd quarter discipline. Examples of "not in uniform" are: 1. having your jacket off for longer than the time it takes to remove a carrier. 2. Jacket on Backwards. 3. Hat on Backwards. 4. Bibbers not over your shoulders. 5. leaving your bibbers unzipped. 6. wearing someone else's uniform pieces. Each year I see something new and will gladly add it to the list of what it means to be out of uniform. Behavior/expectations at games Students represent our organization and the school when wearing the uniform. At no point will any behavior outlined as inappropriate in the student code of conduct be acceptable. Public displays of affection are not permitted as well. As a person who met his spouse in band I can attest that it is possible to maintain a healthy relationship without being in constant physical contact with your special someone. Students are expected to return to the band stands before the start of 4th quarter. Yes, students are at the mercy of the game clock, but our responsibility is to perform at the games. We will start each 4th quarter with a full band fight song, then dismiss the 4th quarter band members to the student section. Volunteers for Friday Chris Mirakian is our Volunteer coordinator. He has compiled the list of volunteers for this Friday night. After halftime I'll need those parent volunteers to help load equipment into the box truck for Monday's parade in Victory Park. Mr Gorgas and Mr, Knapp will be at the box truck to give guidance and assist with the load in. Nurse: Kelly Long Field Help: Chris Mirakian Brittany Taylor Heather Edwards Athe Norris Emily Haverfield Kristie Blanton James Pelfrey Lisa Mezquita Labor Day Parade The Labor Day parade is a Pickerington Tradition. It begins with a parade and ends with a brief concert in Victory Park. Report time is 8am, Step-off for the parade is 10am. Both Pickerington Bands use the early report time to do a quick rehearsal for our combined pregame for the Central v. North football game. The concert in Victory Park start time varies from year to year. It simply begins when the parade has concluded and the bands are completely set-up. The best viewing of the concert is from a lawn chair on the Victory park basketball courts. Students will be dismissed at the conclusion of the concert which has ranged anywhere between 12;30-1:30 in the past. Please come support both awesome bands in Pickerington. Pro Tips 1. Drop student off in the morning, then go to Victory Park and set down chairs. 2. Bring an umbrella, rain or shine, it will provide relief from the elements. 3. Sun screen and water make the event more pleasant Labor Day Uniform Students will wear summer uniforms. Drill master uniform shoes and short white socks. Jewelry needs to kept to a minimum and subtle. Hair needs to be up off the shoulders. Sun glasses are allowed. This is always a fun way to spend the holiday, be sure to invite family/friends and support the Lions Club. They give a modest donation to the bands every year for marching in this parade and we are very appreciative of their support. |
Nathan StoweMr. Stowe is Director of Bands at Pickerington High School Central. He's in his 12th year of teaching in Pickerington and 20th year of his career. Mr. Stowe holds two Bachelors degrees in Music Education and Performance from Capital University and a Masters of Music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Archives
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