BABC President Update
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BAND CALENDAR 2010-11
Band Parents:
A copy of the Berkner Band 2010 – 2011 Calendar was given to all band members present at today’s rehearsal.
Please keep a copy with your family calendar. Please consult the calendar as often as necessary when scheduling appointments, trips, etc… Attendance is the number one criteria for creating a successful experience for all of our band members.
For your convenience, you can also access the calendar from our website. http://berknerband.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/BandCalendar2010-11.pdf
As you might imagine, advance scheduling for the entire year is quite an undertaking, especially for a group as large as ours. If an item is listed “TBA”, please trust that we will announce times and locations as soon as good information is available. As always, thank you for all you do to help the Mighty Ram Band.
Regards,
Berkner Band Staff
Attention all Mighty Ram Band members…
Please read the following schedule and information carefully so that we can all have a smooth conclusion to our summer band rehearsals:
Wednesday, August 18
No rehearsal
Thursday, August 19
Competition Block 7:00-11:00 am (this is a change from the published calendar due to excessive heat) Full Band 6:00-9:00 pm (This is when we’ll learn our Mighty Ram Band show. Those not in attendance will NOT have a spot for the first game!)
Friday, August 20
Full Band 1:30-4:30 pm. GAME DAY DRESS REHEARSAL All winds and percussion will need to bring flip folders and lyres with them. Those needing to purchase these items may do so. Prices are as follows:
Flip folder: $9.00
Extra pages: $.50 each
Lyres: $10-20 depending on the instrument (required for clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, and French horn)
Reeds: All clarinet, bass clarinet, and saxophone players must have no fewer than THREE reeds in excellent conditional at all times. Reeds range in price from $2.50 to $7.00 each and are available from Mr. Brumley.
All of the above items will be on sale BEFORE 1:15 pm on Friday. Cash or check only (payable to BABC).
Friday, August 20
Competition Block 6:00-9:00 pm
Frank Troyka
Berkner High School Band
REMINDER!!
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PICTURE DAY August 17th is individual picture day. The times are listed on the website and inside the band hall and the pictures will be taken by sections. If you would like to have your band picture taken with your instrument please bring it with you. Pictures times are between 8:30 – 12 noon. MUM SHOP Remember that we still need workers for the Mum shop. Homecoming is fast approaching! So come join the fun at the new Mum shop location in Staples shopping area, right next to the Rent a center. Hours of operation are on the calendar on the band website. If you can work scissors or a stapler we need your help! PASSBOOKS Please look on the band website under fundraising for the flyer and form for the passbooks. This is a great fundraiser so sign up to sell them! FAMILY PICNIC Remember the family picnic is August 26th, Thursday. We will be selling tickets to the BBQ dinner from Dickeys’ this year until August 20th. We have to order the food ahead of time and will not be able to sell the tickets at the picnic. So please fill out your Family Picnic form and place it with your money in the band safe before August 20th. Please come join us for the bands performance on the 26th it will be located on the Student Parking Lot outside the band hall. This will be the first time to see the marching band before the first football game. After the performance we go over to Berkner park. You can bring your own picnic food if you would like and bring a chair. Your BABC board will be there with Spirit wear, student accounts, fund raising, and volunteer forms. PARENT CORNER We now have a parent corner in the band hall. It is located directly in front of you as you enter the band hall from the west side and right outside the director’s offices. We have placed forms and info that you will need during the school year in this area, such as game day meal order forms, medical release forms, fund raising etc. The forms will also be available on the website. We will post student accounts in this area so please come and check out the new Parent Corner. See you at the Family Picnic!! Julie & Kevin Dilliard BABC |
Band Schedule Update!!
Dear Berkner Band Members and Parents,
Beginning Thursday, August 12, brass and woodwind players in the “Mighty Ram Band”, but NOT IN COMPETITION BLOCK, will be dismissed for the day at 12 pm. All Competition Block members will rehearse from 8 am- 4:30 pm as usual. This change will also be valid for this Friday, August 13. Thanks for your flexibility!
Sincerely,
Berkner Band Staff
Reagan Brumley
Associate Band Director- Berkner High School
1600 E. Spring Valley Rd.
Richardson, TX 75081
(469) 593-7022
reagan.brumley@risd.org
Marching Band Update!!
Well marching band is well underway and the students and directors are all doing great and have started practicing the competition show this week. Here are a few announcements:
- The Family Picnic on August 26th has a change in menu. We were able to get Dickeys BBQ to cater our meal for $8.00 per person. It includes brisket or chicken, 2 sides, a desert and a drink. The picnic will be in Berkner Park after the Marching band performance on the parking lot. So if you would like to order BBQ please print the form off of the website, fill it out and put it in a envelope with money into the safe by August 20th. You will pick up the tickets the night of the picnic at the band hall. We will not be able to sell tickets after August 20th since we need to order the food ahead of time. You can bring your own picnic food if you would like but please come join us for the picnic.
- The student picnic is this Friday at Spring Park off of Jupiter in Garland. It starts at 6pm and will be over by 10:30pm. This is a picnic for the students for a job well done during band camp in all the heat. The student picnic fee is already been covered so all they need to do is show up. There is a pool there and life guards will be on duty. Swim suits need to be worn in the pool. They will be able to play volleyball or Frisbee if they bring the equipment. Remember Parking is limited.
- Individual picture day will be August 17th I n the band hall. This is where the students will have their picture taken in their uniform and we use the pictures for button that can be worn by family members and for the student directory. The times for picture day is posted in the band hall already. It is as follows:
8-8:30 Sax, bass clarinets
8:30-9 Clarinets
9-9:30 Bassoon, Oboe, French Horns
9:30-10 Flute
10-10:30 Trumpets
10:30-11 Trombones
11-11:30 Euph. /Tubas
11:30-12 Percussion
12-12:30 Colorguard
*Drum Majors and select Trumpets can have their pictures done after they get back from Convocation.
- Passbook fundraiser starts this Thursday. You can pick up the passbooks immediately after band practice on Thursday in the back hallway behind the band hall.
- Game day meal order forms is posted on the website now. Game day meal is a service that BABC helps to provide to the students on game days. Since they have little time before we leave for the Football game we have volunteers take their order for food earlier in the week and have the food for them in the hallway behind the band hall before marching practice. This year we have Jimmy Johns (Sub shop) and Chik-Fil-A supplying our game day meals. You just fill out the form and put it in an envelope with either cash or check in the band hall safe by 4:10 pm on the Tuesday before the football game. **Reminder if you do write a check please put your students name on the check. We do need some more volunteers to help with this so if you can help please contact Lori Day at daytunes81@yahoo.com.
Hope to see you at the Family Picnic!
Julie & Kevin Dilliard
BABC
ATTENTION ALL BAND MEMBERS!!!!
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REMINDER that Saturday August 7th is Marching Band registration. Registration will include fee payments, medical and photo permission forms (these forms can be printed off the new Berkner website and you can bring them with you already filled out) and Uniform fitting. Please refer to the summer news letter for times to show up for registration. ATTENTION MUM-ERs!!! The mum shop is now open at a different location. The MUM shop is located in the new age realty building. 1352 E. Belt Line Road, next to the rent-a-center store. They will be open 9AM tomorrow morning. Please look at the August calendar for times the MUM shop is open. Please come join us in making MUMs. ALL PARENT VOLUNTEERS!! The new electronic form for background checks is now up on the RISD website. Please fill this form out on line, it only takes a couple minutes. All volunteers must have a criminal background check on file to help with the band. This form has to be filled out every year. Adults who work for the RISD school district need not fill out this form. We are looking forward to a great Marching Band season!! Julie & Kevin Dilliard BABC |
BIG NEWS!!!!
BIG NEWS!!!! BIG NEWS!!!! BIG NEWS!!!!! BIG NEWS!!!! BIG NEWS!!!! BIG NEWS!!!! BIG NEWS!!!!
The Texas State Honor Band Competition in San Antonio was held today. The recordings from the concert at the Eisemann Center were submitted for the competition. In division 5A competition Berkner Symphonic I band won 2nd in the the State of Texas.
This is a great honor and we are all so proud of all our Award Winning Bands at Berkner!!
Congratulation Symphonic I Band!
Julie & Kevin Dilliard
BABC
Summer Band Letter From Mr. Troyka
Berkner High School
Mighty Ram Band
Frank Troyka, Director
Berkner High School
1600 E. Spring Valley Road • Richardson, Texas • 75081
Band Office: (469) 593-7021 • www.berknerband.com
DATE: July 12, 2010
TO: Berkner Band Members and Families
FROM: Frank Troyka
RE: SUMMER BAND!
We’re just a few short weeks away from the start of another exciting marching band season, and with the UIL State Marching Contest off in the distance, it’s critical that we get off to a great start so we have the best chance possible to advance. As you know, ATTENDANCE is the single most important criterion for success in the Berkner Band. Do your very best to be at each and every rehearsal, and to save your absences for truly extenuating circumstances.
AUGUST=BAND!
We’ll never have a better time to get a running start on the fall than we will during August. Once
classes begin, we’ll have SO MANY other things pulling and tugging at us for our attention. It’s
important that we “front load” the marching season with strong, productive rehearsals early on. The complete schedule for the month of August is on the back of this letter (or on the next page if you’re reading this as an email attachment). For the sake of convenience, here are the dates and times for the first week in August:
MONDAY, AUG 2 8:30 am-4:30 pm Work day for ALL leadership team members
TUESDAY, AUG 3 8:30 am-4:30 pm Full band! All new and returning members! (lunch will be from noon-1:30, on your own) 4:45 pm-6:30 pm All Percussion for DL Reunion rehearsal
WEDNESDAY, AUG 4 8:30 am-4:30 pm Full band! All new and returning members! (lunch will be from noon-1:30, on your own)
THURSDAY, AUG 5 8:30 am-4:30 pm Full band! All new and returning members! (lunch will be from noon-1:30, on your own) 4:45 pm-6:30 pm All Percussion for DL Reunion rehearsal
FRIDAY, AUG 6 8:30 am-4:30 pm Full band! All new and returning members! (lunch will be from noon-1:30, on your own)
SATURDAY, AUG 7 8:00 am-4:00 pm BAND REGISTRATION; UNIFORM FITTING 9:00 am-3:00 pm Drum Line Reunion
WE’RE NOT ALONE!
Great bands make great sacrifices! These are long days, just as they are for EVERY OTHER GREAT BAND in the state of Texas! Those who make it to the top are the ones who recognize this and work for it. Be prepared to do YOUR PART EVERY DAY by dressing appropriately (athletic shoes, shorts, t-shirt, cap or visor, sunglasses), having your official MIGHTY RAM BAND WATER BOTTLE (take pride in this!), and by preparing the music you were given back at Kick-Off Camp. We’re a musical organization, and those who are musically prepared and have excellent attendance will be give first consideration for any and all opportunities! You don’t want to miss out later on because you weren’t organized at the beginning!
Enjoy the last few weeks of your vacation, and GET EXCITED ABOUT THE ROAD AHEAD!
(Your staff certainly is!!).
Be safe!!
Summer Newsletter 2011
Hello Berkner Band Parents and students,
We hope you are enjoying your summer. August is coming up and so is summer band camp. This Newsletter will give you some more information on what will be happening at the beginning of the marching season. Attendance during summer band camp is very important. This is where the students builds on basics and hones their skills at playing and marching. Just one of them is hard enough but these amazing students learn to do both together under the direction of our dedicated directors. In this newsletter we outline Registration /Uniform fitting day on August 7th 2010. There are forms listed in this electronic newsletter are linked to the band website so you can print them out if you need. For the freshman the newsletter will be printed along with the forms and mailed to you.
We have set up registration/uniform fitting day with stations to stop at to make sure we have all the information for the Marching season. We will have signs up to direct you to all the station you need to stop at.
Uniform fitting schedule for Saturday, 8/7/10:
8:30 Seniors
9:30 Soph & Freshman percussion
10:00 Juniors
11:30 Soph. winds
1 PM Soph brass
2PM Freshman girls
3:30 PM Freshman boys
The first station will start in the orchestra room where you will pick up a check off card. The check off card will help direct you as you go through the process and we will need you to turn it in at the end.
The stations listed below with a star* beside them are required that you stop there and someone sign your card, the rest are available to you. You start out in the orchestra room and proceed down the hall where the final station is Uniform fitting.
*Fee payment – 2nd payments due 8/7/10!!
*Medical release form (no notary is necessary this year) this form is required for every student to travel with the band.
*Photo permission release – this is needed for the band directory.
Button order forms – This is a fundraiser for the band. We take individual pictures of the students in their uniform and you can order as many buttons as you would like and wear them to the football games.
Sign/decal order forms – yard signs and window decals are offered for you to show your support of the Mighty Ram Band. They are personalized with your child’s name on it. You may contact Sheri Swope @ 972-742-8505 for yard sign details.
Spirit wear will be on sale – Get a band t-shirt and show your support of the Band.
Mum sign up – We need volunteers to help make Mums for homecoming. It’s not hard and lots of fun!
Fund-raising packets – Fundraisers are offered throughout the school year to help you and your family to raise money for your band fees and/or out of state trip.
Volunteer forms – Volunteers are the backbone of the Berkner Area Band Club. We need a lot of volunteers to help the band do all that they do. So fill out the form and tell us when you would like to volunteer. TOP TEN REASONS To Become a Band Chaperone!!
#10 Your kid will love you for it!
#9 Football games!
#8 Marching Contests!
#7 10 buses loaded with 300+ talented students
#6 You get to look important and hold a clipboard
#5 Free transportation and admission to every game you chaperone
#4 You will make many wonderful new adult friends!
#3 You’ll finally be POPULAR—All the kids will know your name!
#2 You get to use fancy catch phrases such as, “Do you have your Plume? Do you have your gloves?”
#1 Its’ rewarding to watch your child progress, grow, and mature as a member of one of the best groups at Berkner—The Mighty Ram Band !
Family Night (August 26th) Outback hamburger order form. Family Night is held the Thursday before the first home game. The band performs on the parking lot at 6pm. Come see what the band has learned, and will perform at their first game. At 6:45 PM we will go over to Berkner Park to enjoy a hamburger dinner prepared on site by Outback OR you can bring your own picnic style dinner.
Down the hall toward the uniform room will be:
*Uniform fitting
*Shoes/hats/gloves
*Student Picnic reservation: Indicate on the check-off card if your child will attend and turn in at the end: This will give us a head count on food that we serve to the students at the picnic. The student picnic is on August 13th at Spring Park on Jupiter Rd. This is an annual event that the students enjoy.
*Show T-shirt size – write student t-shirt size on card and turn in. The show shirt is worn under the marching band uniform.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
MUM SHOP VOLUNTEERS
If you can use scissors, stapler or a glue gun you can work in the mum shop. Come join the fun!! We need lots of volunteers to help get ready for Mum season. The mum shop is a big fund raiser for the band!
Mum shop hours start: Mum shop hours for July will be 9 – 1 and 6 – 9 Monday thru Thursday. At Kellie Sweeden 323 E. Tyler St 75081 972-904-9600. In August hours are: 9-1 and 6-9 Monday – Thursday.
Individual Picture Day *to be announced. (This is usually done on Convocation day August 17th. We are currently looking for a photographer to volunteer their time to help us out with taking pictures.) So stay tuned for an announcement of when we can get these pictures taken.
Summer Schedule
During summer band camp the students will be given time to pick up their next year’s class schedules. The following are dates and times for schedule pick up:
Senior Schedule Pick-up Friday, August 6th
Junior Schedule Pick-up Tuesday, August 10th
Soph Schedule Pick-up Wednesday, August 11th
Fresh Schedule Pick-up Friday, August 13th
All schedule pick-up times are 8:30 – 4:00
All forms listed in this newsletter may be located on our band website at http://www.berknerband.com/. They are in a pdf format which you can print out as needed.
We look forward to seeing all of you during Marching Season. It will be another great year with our award winning bands at Berkner!! Go Might RAM Band!
Julie & Kevin Dilliard
BABC President