Parents,
Its time to gear up for Marching Band Season! And the first performance is
this Thursday night, August 11 at 7:00 PM in the Football Stadium!
**PARENT PERFORMANCE PREVIEW, Thursday, August 11, 7:00 PM Students need to
be on the practice field ready for fundamentals at 6:30; Mr. Tessereau will
tell you what uniform to wear. Parents need to be in their seats for the
show at 7:00 PM. Our students have worked very hard, and sweated buckets,
and gone thru gallons of sunscreen on the practice field; it's now time for
us to show our appreciation for their dedication and hard work! Come see
what 2 weeks at band camp looks like on the East football field!
**A FUNDRAISER WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY???
Tammy Hickey (tammya1@charter.net) is selling tickets to the 1000 Note Club
raffle. Each ticket costs $10, but has 36 chances to win $100 with 3
drawings per month. The first drawing will be held in September. Get your
tickets now!
**MARCHING INVITATIONAL, September 10th
POC: Cathy Harding (cjharding@charter.net), and David Grove. This event
requires a large number of adult volunteers to make it happen! Cathy will
have a MARCHING INVITATIONAL Table at parent preview night; please stop by
and sign up to work a shift and / or donate a needed item. Or you can
contact Cathy at her e-mail address above.
**SPIRIT WEAR
POC: Julie Martin--will have a SPIRIT WEAR table set up at the parent
preview night where you can buy all the newest Marching Lancer clothing.
**SHOW SHIRTS
POC: Toni Stephenson--will have a SHOW SHIRTS table set up at the parent
preview night where you can buy this year's show shirt. Please print off the
attached order form, fill it out, and you will be saving time in the order
line.
**ROAD CREW
POC: David Dey--The Road Crew assists with loading/unloading trailers,
moving pit equipment to/from performance area for football games and
competitions, and parade support. Being a Road Crew member comes with great
benefits.interaction with the band kids/staff, free Road Crew T-shirt at
your first event, field level seat for performances, and lots of fun with a
great bunch of folks! Dave will have a ROAD CREW Table at parent preview
night; please stop by and sign up to help him!
**SCRIP
POC: Tammy Hickey (tammya1@charter.net) will have a SCRIP table set up at
the parent preview night where you can buy gift cards. If you're spending
money in the Belleville, Swansea, Fairview Heights, or O'Fallon area, you
need to see Tammy first! She has, or can get, SCRIP cards for almost
anywhere. All you do is buy the card at face value, then use it to pay for
your goods...it costs you ZERO, but our band benefits from a portion of your
normal spending habits! It's a great way to help the band without doing any
extra work...sort of like free money!
**FOOTBALL CONCESSIONS
POC: Chuck & Sherrie Plemmons (chuckandsherrie1@yahoo.com)--Run the
concession stand at the football games and are always looking for someone to
help sell the food, cook burgers and dogs, and clean up after the game. It's
pretty easy work, and can be a lot of fun. Please stop at their table and
sign up for a game or two.
**BOOSTER PASSES
Would you like to park in the upper "chat" parking lot for the home games?
Would you like to get your immediate family into the home games for FREE?
For a $100 donation to BEBOP, you will become a Platinum Booster, which
includes a Family Pass to all Varsity & JV regular season HOME games
(EXCLUDES all tournament/playoff events) and Preferred Parking on a "first
come - first served" basis in the upper "chat" parking lot, or other areas
in the upper lot / rear area locations. Please fill out the attached BEBOP
Booster Club Application and mail it and your check to the address at the
top of this e-mail, and we will get you in to the games and the parking lot!
**BOOK FAIR
THANK YOU to Penny Masur, Yvonne Wilson, and all of the Book Fair
volunteers! Lots of volunteers, students, time, books, and coordination goes
into this HUGE project, and we all appreciate your efforts. Thanks to
Wolfbranch School for letting us hold the book fair in their Multipurpose
Room, and a SPECIAL Thank You to Grandma Hall for letting us take over her
basement for the last 7 months as we collected, sorted, and priced the books
in her basement!
**CAR WASH
THANK YOU to Traci Joyce who ran our car washes this year. Because of
scheduling issues, we were not able to get as many car washes in as we
normally do, but Traci and the students did their best!
**ORANGE LEAF
The second Tuesday of each month, from 8-10 PM, is the perfect time to go to
the ORANGE LEAF at 1407 West Hwy 50 in O'Fallon (across from SAMS CLUB).
Just print off the attached PDF flyer with your order and we get 20%! Print
off a couple extra copies and give them to the other customers to present
with their orders as well!
**NFL LOCK OF THE WEEK
This is an inexpensive, fun game to play (much like last person standing),
and it also raises a little money for our band. Basically, we are looking
for teams of ten players, of which one person is the Captain. It costs $20
to get into the game for the entire NFL season, and each week you will have
to pick one team to win one game. If you guess right, you continue in the
game. If you guess wrong, you are out. The winner(s) will split 50% of the
money we collect...just think...if we got 20 teams, our band would earn
$2000, and the winner(s) split $2000! Enter as many times as you like,
however no entries will be accepted after Friday, September 10th. See the
attached Word Document and/or contact Mr. Tessereau (mtessereau@msn.com) or
John Masur (BEBOP.masur@charter.net) for more information or to become a
Team Captain!
Ok, enough for now. See you at the performance on Thursday night!
v/r
John
"BAND...the other Sport!"
