Show your marching band pride and order a marching band shirt!  Turn your order near the SCRIP table (outside the HS band room) on the nights listed below.  These are all practice nights so your student can drop off the order if you print the form ahead of time (link below).  Forms will also be available on these evenings.

Marching Band Show Shirt Ordering Dates

July 10 (6pm-7:30pm)
July 17 (6pm-7:30pm)
July 24 (6pm-7:30pm)

Also available to purchase: Jenison Band Car Decals and individual instrument names for the car. Along with Jenison Bands baseball hats, polos & zip up sweatshirts. 

Payments in the form of cash and checks written to JBB (Jenison Band Boosters) accepted.

Shirts will be delivered during Band Camp week. They should be ready for pick up on the Community Performance night and then also the following Monday, August 14 (near the SCRIP table).

So your student made it through mini-camp.  Hopefully it was a positive experience and they are excited for more.  If not, remember to encourage your student as the season continues on.  At this early stage it all seems meaningless.  They aren't marching yet, they wonder how they will ever memorize their music, they are surrounded with so many unfamiliar faces and have no idea what to expect.  Trust me, as the season progresses there will be more joy, more excitement, more frustration...I mean more achievements.  Honestly, there will be exhaustion and pain but there will also be an overwhelming sense of accomplishment as they make progress throughout the season.  Great friendships will be formed, and your student (freshmen especially) will enter high school already knowing so many different people that will help them out in the first weeks of school as they navigate new territory.   Here are a few notes as we head into a more regular practice schedule.  

1.  Practice is Monday and Tuesday from 6pm-9pm (pick up your SCRIP on Monday when you drop off your student).
2.  Practice finishes at 9pm promptly.  However, students then need to take care of their instrument, stand, music, etc.  If you are picking your child up, be prepared to wait awhile if you arrive right at 9pm.  If your child is in the front ensemble (percussion) your wait is typically the longest...
3.  During July it is expected that all students who are in town are at the rehearsal.  However, if you have a vacation or other out of town event taking place your student can be excused from rehearsal.  Just email the directors.
4.  Don't forget to make sure your student has a pair of khaki shorts and a dot book (spiral bound index cards).  You will also need a strap (string/rip cord/etc) of some sort to attach it to their body (think across the body so the dot book is at the hip).
5.  Show shirts go on sale this Monday, July 10.  They can be ordered at the SCRIP table.  Your student will be getting one already, but if you'd like to have one of your own, plan to order one, or two, or three.   Many band parents (and grandparents) wear them to the competitions to show their support for the band.  See my next post for all the details.