Plainfield High School Band Boosters

The Plainfield High School Red Pride Marching Band will participate in Saturday’s ISSMA North Regional competition at Carmel. Competition begins at 4:51 p.m. Plainfield is expected to take the field at 6:48. Tickets are $6.00 for adults, and $4.00 for students/senior citizens. (Parking will be very crowded, so carpool or plan to arrive early!)

Even if you can’t make it to the competition, please show your support by giving everyone a rousing send-off on Saturday afternoon! Here’s the full schedule:

11:30 Rehearsal

2:30 Load Truck and eat lunch

3:30 Depart for Carmel HS

4:30 Arrive at contest site

5:00 Dress for Regional Performance

5:30 PreWarmup

6:03 Warmup

6:27 Transit

6:45 Staging

6:48 Regional performance!

7:00 Dress, eat snack and bring money for concessions

8:06 Awards

8:45 Depart for Plainfield

10:00 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 Row, and proceed for about half a mile.

The high school stadium will be on your right.

Driving time is about 40 minutes (expect long parking lot delays).

BAND GROUPIES Q&A

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

Looks like the votes declared Band Groupie Q & A will be the new title of our column! Thanks to all of those who gave your input.

Now, let’s get down to business. The first question we will address is: “What is the difference between an Invitational and an ISSMA Competition?” The difference between the two was explained to me by Kathy Baker, mom of Junior Jacob Baker (bari sax). “It’s like pre-season warm up” Kathy said. The invitationals are designed to point out what things need improvement before they are judged for the ‘real thing.’ Thanks for the info, Kathy!

As for why the judges are from out of state, I called ISSMA for the info. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the gentleman’s name, but if he reads this article, thank you for the great information! The idea for having judges from out of state is to help with prejudice. Sometimes, that is not always possible, and in those situations, the judges can be from Indiana. However, they cannot work for an Indiana band within the current season. Also, if the judge has worked with an Indiana band, they are not allowed to judge within that same class. For example, if a judge worked with Plainfield, he or she could not do any judging for class B band contests. He or she could, however, judge class A bands.

Those are all the questions for this week. Please submit your new questions to me at tinawheeler1011@comcast.net by Monday, October 17.

Good luck Marching Red Pride! Take it to the state!

IT’S ALMOST TIME FOR PEP BAND

If your son or daughter is interested in helping build school spirit at home basketball games by participating in the Pep band, he or she will need to complete a “pep band contract” and return it to the band office ASAP. This year’s schedule is:

Wed., Nov. 23 Whiteland (girls)

Fri., Dec. 2 Avon (boys)

Wed., Dec. 14 Brownsburg (girls)

Sat., Dec. 17 Martinsville (boys)

Wed., Dec. 28 Lebanon (boys)

Sat., Jan. 14 Monrovia (boys)

Fri., Jan. 20 Whiteland (boys)

Fri., Jan. 27 Greenwood (girls)

Fri., Feb. 3 Richmond (boys)

Fri. Feb. 24 Columbus E. (boys)

LET’S PUT SOCK RENTAL OUT OF BUSINESS!

Our sock rental made $15 this past weekend, which meant that 15 kids didn’t have their socks! Although this isn’t a fundraiser, their forgetfulness helped to purchase band-aids, hair bands and black tape. Help us eliminate sock rental by making sure your kids have clean black socks!

EVERYONE NEEDS TRASH BAGS

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.

YOU STILL HAVE SOME ROOM ON YOUR SHIRT

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.

CAN YOU HELP US?

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!

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

Tues. Nov. 1 Cheese Orders Due

Thurs., Nov. 17 2:30 Cheese Delivery

Wed., Nov. 23 Pep band

Fri., Dec. 2 Pep band

Tues., Dec. 6 7:30 Holiday Concert in PHS Gym

Wed., Dec. 14 Pep band

Sat., Dec. 17 Pep band

Wed., Dec. 28 Pep band

Please help your student remember these rehearsals:

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!