Good afternoon band families! This is going to be a long message, but please read to the end, there is a lot of information!
Next week is band camp! This is the official kick-off to the 2024 Marching Hawks season! This week is EXTREMELY important, the students will be starting to learn their field show. This means that they will be practicing and memorizing their music and learning the drill (the picture part) of the show. They will unfortunately be behind if they miss next week, so please make sure they are their and ready to learn everyday (if they cannot attend, please notify Mr. Dailey and Mr. Duran). Camp will be Monday July 29th – Friday August 2nd from 8am-5pm each day, with an hour lunch break daily. It is supposed to be HOT! Send your student with a large water bottle, they will have a refill station available to refill water. Your student will also need tennis shoes, hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, their instrument and music/color guard equipment and a lunch. We would like to provide a morning fruit snack break and an afternoon popsicle break. We are still in need of parents to provide the fruit and popsicles, if you are able to help with the snack breaks, please sign up here: Snack Breaks
The student leadership has come up with daily spirit themes to add some fun:
- Monday, July 29th – America Day
- Tuesday, July 30th – 80’s Day
- Wednesday, July 31st – Costume Day
- Thursday, Aug 1st – Beach Day
- Friday, Aug 2nd – Section Spirit Day
Friday August 2nd we will have a Show N’ Tell at 6pm. Here, the students will show us parents what they worked on through the week, we will have a brief parent meeting and the HHSBPA will host a hot dog dinner. For $5 cash or $5.25 Venmo, you will get a hot dog, bag of chips, a cookie, and a bottle of water. We will feed the students and staff for free. If you would like to purchase a hot dog dinner for yourself and your family, please fill out this form by Wednesday July 31st: RSVP
During band camp, we will be fitting the students into their uniforms, we still need parents to help out with this, if you are available please sign up here: Uniform Fitting
The next payment will be due on Friday August 2nd. To make a payment, click here to Pay Fees, click on the access the secure fee area and enter the password (which should be in your email), and follow the directions listed. Please remember, if your student is new or a freshman, they will not have an account number listed yet, but you can still make a payment, just put your students first and last name in the notes section. Their number will be added once Mr. Dailey receives his class list. If your student is a returning member, you can check their balance using their school student ID number. We accept cash, check (made out to HHSBPA) you can give them to Mr. Dailey in an envelope with the student’s first and last name, PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle (see the Pay Fees page for details).
Please let us know if you have any questions. We are excited to start the season and look forward to supporting the Marching Hawks!