Plainfield High School Band Boosters

The Plainfield High School Red Pride Marching Band earned the opportunity to participate in the upcoming ISSMA Regional competition by earning a Gold rating during Saturday’s District competition at Lewis Cass High School in Walton.

The Red Pride Marching Band was the only Class B band in its district to earn a Gold and advance to Regional competition. In addition, the band won all four Class B captions – for Outstanding Music, Outstanding Visual Effect, Outstanding General Effect and Outstanding Auxiliary.

FRIDAY – SENIOR NIGHT AND FOOTBALL GAME

The band performs at tonight’s final home football game against Franklin – and we’ll take time to recognize all of our senior band and guard members. The schedule is as follows:

5:45 - Dress

6:15 - Warmup

6:45 - Pregame

Around 7:50 - Halftime and Senior Recognition.

Parents of seniors should meet on the track directly in front of the press box as the band enters the field for halftime (please stay close to the fence while the senior cheerleaders are recognized). Senior parents will watch the band’s performance from the track. After the band’s performance, parents and senior students will line up on the track facing the stands. Each senior and his/her parents should step forward as their name is called.

SATURDAY – COMPETE AT THE CARMEL INVITATIONAL

The PHS Red Pride Marching Band will compete Saturday evening in the 2005 Carmel Invitational. The other Class B bands expected to be on hand are Northview, Decatur Central, Northridge, and Greenwood. Competition begins at 1:08 p.m. with Class B starting at 6:05. Plainfield is expected to take the field at 6:33. Tickets are $6.00 for adults, and $4.00 for students/senior citizens.

Here’s the full schedule:

12:00 Rehearsal at PHS

2:15 Pit crew and Trucks ready to load at dock

2:30 Load truck/buses; Bring your own sack lunch.

3:30 Depart for Carmel HS

4:15 Arrive at contest site

4:45 Dress for performance

5:15 PreWarmup

5:37 Transit to Warmup

5:49 Warmup

6:13 Transit

6:33 Performance

6:45 Change into street clothes ASAP

7:09 Awards

8:00 Depart for Plainfield

9:00 Arrive in Plainfield

Band members, be sure to bring:

water bottle for rehearsal and sack lunch for bus ride

band T-shirts and white shorts under uniform.

blue jeans and band T-shirt in case of bad weather.

polished band shoes.

clean black socks.

- money for concessions after performance.

Be clean-shaven, with no nail polish, makeup, or jewelry.

Have your instrument/equipment clean and polished

DIRECTIONS TO CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL

Take I-70 east to the I-465 NORTH exit (right lane).

Take I-465 north to I-465 east to Keystone Avenue north (right lane).

Take Keystone Avenue all the way to Smokey Row Road (136th St.).

Turn left (west) on Smokey Road, and proceed for about half a mile.

The high school stadium will be on your right.

Driving time is about 40 minutes.

WHAT DO BAND PARENTS WANT TO KNOW?

by Tina Wheeler (mom to Freshman Andrew Ward, Trombone)

Hello, fellow band parents, and welcome to our new column! This column will be about the things we wanted to know about band, but never asked. Like where do the judges come from? What makes them qualified to judge a contest? What’s the difference between an Invitational and an ISSMA competition? What things will the judges take points off for?

Several of us have questions, but don’t know where to turn for answers. Some of us are in the dark, and just accept “because” as an answer, or we go to the wrong source. For example, when I asked my son, Andrew, why the band kids call themselves “Band Geeks,” he tells me, “because we can.”

I’d like to get your own questions. What I might want to know could be different from what you’d like to know. So please email me your questions each week, and I will get to work on finding the answers for you.

Now that we have gotten the tough stuff out of the way, what are we going to call this new column? I think everything important deserves a name, so let’s do this. Below is a list of names I have come up with to title this new “blog” of ours. Since I don’t know which one to choose, I’ll need your help. Let’s vote on the one you like best, and send me your questions. We will reveal the winning title in next week’s column along with answers to your questions.

Life Behind the Dumpster
Band Groupie Q & A
Why is that?
Educating Band Parents 101

Send your submission for the name of this new article along with your question to tinawheeler1011@comcast.net by Monday, October 10.

DON’T FORGET THOSE SOCKS

Please remind your kids to bring their black socks to competition and to bring them back home to be washed. The Uniform Moms do not wash socks, so if your band member isn’t making that weekly contribution to the family’s laundry, it’s going to be unpleasantly noticeable pretty soon!

TRASH BAGS BENEFIT BOOSTERS

We're selling trash bags for $9/roll (white kitchen - 75 bags/roll, yellow yard - 25 bags/roll and XL black yard - 25 bags/roll), and will have booths at home football games and band concerts. We need help to sell them – contact Bill Bloom at bloomacres@juno.com or 839-4806, or Randi Brinker at rbrinker@kingswayschool.org or 838-7569 (cell 979-0860) for information. Want to order some? Download the order form from our website.

BUTTONS FOR BAND PARENTS

Choose from generic band buttons ($2) and buttons personalized with your student's photo ($4). See samples on the website (http://www.plainfieldbands.org/Merchandise.htm), and contact Tom Shutters (837-8954, tshutters@yahoo.com ) or Randi Brinker (838-7569, rbrinker@kingswayschool.org ) to order.

DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

If you can donate one or more of the following, you'll help the band and earn our appreciation. You or your band student may drop them off in the band room. Thanks for your support!

Guard needs

- bobby pins

- pony ties

- hair spray and gel

- makeup applicators

- safety pins

- band aids

- cold packs

Band uniform needs

- disinfectant spray and paper towels (for cleaning hats)

- liquid laundry soap

- black electrical tape

- black cotton socks

- pop-up furniture wipes (to shine shoes)

- bobby pins

- hairnets or legs cut off old pantyhose

Decorations for busses

- plastic red/blue table cloths to cut for streamers

- computer generated signs

Refreshments

- bags of candy

- cartons of pop and individual-size Gatorade, Hawaiian Punch, Sunny D etc.

For Use at Contest Sites

- large trash bags

- duct tape, gray and/or transparent

- flashlights w/batteries

- lanterns w/ batteries

- 9v batteries

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

Mark your calendar with these upcoming dates!

Fri., Oct. 7 Performance at football game

Sat., Oct. 8 Band contest at Carmel

Sat., Oct. 15 ISSMA Regionals at Carmel

Wed., Oct. 19 Cheese sale starts

Sat., Oct. 22 ISSMA State

Tues., Oct. 25 7:30 Band Booster Meeting

Please help your student remember these rehearsals:

Mon., Oct. 10 3 to 5:30 p.m.

Tues., Oct. 11 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 13 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Mon., Oct. 17 3 to 5:30 p.m.

Tues., Oct. 18 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Thurs., Oct. 20 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Fri., Oct. 21 3 to 5:30 p.m.

PHS BAND BOOSTER BLAST

Scott Flood, editor – send submissions to blast@sfwriting.com

Tom Travis, publisher – to unsubscribe, send request to TTravis@PlainfieldBands.org

Brad Roberts, band director – broberts@plainfield.k12.in.us

Dates, times, places, and everything else are subject to change!