Away @ Reynoldsburg and SMBF

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. 

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