Band Notes 1–27–2020

G James Miller

6 min readJan 27, 2020

Greetings — here’s the news:

Weekend Wrap Up

An AMAZING first performance by the Guard! Only 4 tenths of a point from first place in General Effect!

Video — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6_92cWcuEg

URGENT — Accounts

There are 7 Guard members and 4 Drum Line members who will no longer be permitted to practice or perform with the Indoor Groups starting NEXT MONDAY, if their accounts are not reconciled by that point. I will be personally calling the parents and speaking with those students. PLEASE — we are counting on EVERYONE to take care of business!!!

Use this link to make a payment NOW — http://www.bunnellband.org/styled-11/styled-15/

Drum Line Clinic in NJ on February 12

Our Indoor Drum Line will be the featured performers on a Percussion Clinic in New Jersey at Caldwell University in Montclair on February 12, 2020.

We will be departing from BHS at 12:30p and returning at approximately 9:30p. We will stop at SHS to pick up the SHS students on our way out.

Students will need to bring $10 for dinner in the Cafeteria at the University, and we will be wearing our new Drum Line Shirts.

Guard on Saturday February 1

Brien McMahon (Norwalk) HS Contest Schedule February 1:

Report time 9:45am
Rehearsal 10–2:30pm
Pack and load 2:30pm
Bus departure 3:00pm
Tentative Arrival at McMahon 3:30pm
Performance 5:28pm
Awards 8:45
Tentative arrival at Eli 10-10:30

We will be sending out a remind text when we will be leaving From Norwalk and also when we are 10 minutes from arrival to Eli at the end of the evening.

Hollywood Trip Room Sign Up is Live!

Go to the link below NOW and sign up for your roommates!

Directions for Room Sign Up:

Students
* Please speak with your friends and confirm either 2 people or 4 people.
* ONE Person (the room “captain”) click the link and fill in all student names
* Choose “Performer” room under room type
* Click Submit
DO NOT put anyone in your room without confirming it with them first! We will combine the doubles and make rooms for those who don’t sign up, so — worry not! You will all get a room! (Please no singles or triples. 5 is right out!)

Parents & Add Ons
* Click the link
* Select your room type
* Add your roommates
* Click submit

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNPudZSxJUxjUcfxG9Ea0aNlHNFvqxlWiL6iVcnlta8L7AVg/viewform

Trip Updates

There are more trip details below, in this newsletter

BUT…

The following people have STARTED a registration with Super Holiday Tours, but did not finish the registration. (To complete your registration, you need to add yourself, or others, as a “Traveler” and then complete your $50 Deposit.

Kris Sinise, Alexander Ugarte, Molly Csonka, Brendan Murphy, Arelis Maldonato-Rivera, Ruben Reyes, David Sinise, Marie Bedoya, Kara Sinise.

As of today — only 39 people have completed the Super Holiday Tours Registration! However, On the BUNNELL Sign Up/Registration Page, we have over 140 people registered!

Here are the steps:

go to www.superholiday.com
Click “Online Trip Registration:

Then you get this screen

Put in your code BUNNELL2020
You will then get this screen:

Fill in all of the information then click “Create my Account”
You will receive an email to verify your account
THEN — log in to your account and you will get this:

Be sure to select “I’m Traveling as well” if you (the parent) are going. If you are just registering your child — then just check “agree” and then update Account.

You should then get this window:

Complete YOUR information then update traveler. THEN — click +Add Traveler to add the rest of your family members.
BE SURE, when prompted to pay your $50 deposit/traveler!

The registration is not completed until you make your deposit!!!

That should do it — thank you!

You can also click here for even more specific instructions — https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nHwgeBnoFfRQg5sKXVAqTIfpnQwFnw00/view

Rotating Lessons Start at BHS Next Monday

Rotating Lessons for all BHS students will begin January 27, 2020. Stay Tuned for details… All Music Students at BHS will be required to attend lessons, even if you are not in a band class, due to Aqua etc…

Here is the current Matrix:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sUD_C-rXmKVR0g9tkwOAgvrNu6GmMbkny0OGCPwGWZ0/edit#gid=0

You will be required to check in at the start of the period to inform your teacher that you will be missing, and you will be responsible for any and all missed work etc…

Register for Fall 2020 Marching Band & Guard NOW!

We already have 95 registrations, which is a small Group 5 Band!

please register if you haven’t done so already…

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbvNidQaTbpGWBWqs4Ab7QDJSyfFDwBIHZPy5oPFvYLgCAcA/viewform

The following students were members in the Fall 2019 Band and, as of this time, HAVE NOT registered for the Fall 2020 Band yet:

Register for the Hollywood 2020 Trip

We currently have 145 Trip Registrations!

We need to get a count for the acquisition of airfare. Please fill out the following forms ASAP. It’s simple — we need a head count!

Each and every single traveler MUST fill this out, please:

Please fill this out NOW! — Registration Form

you can always learn more about the trip here — http://www.bunnellband.org/styled-25/Band-Trip-2020/

ALL TRAVELERS MUST Also Fill out the Super Holiday Tours Registration:

If you have not already paid your deposit, please go to the trip page on the band website http://www.bunnellband.org/Band-Trip-2020/. Scroll down and links for both registrations can be found on this page. Follow the link to create your account with Super Holiday Tours.
While we are planning to setup a process for transferring student account funds to Super Holiday Tours, the initial $50 deposit for each traveler must be paid directly to Super Holiday Tours.

Please note:

Once you create your account you must ADD TRAVELERS! This includes yourself.
It can be ONE ACCOUNT for your entire Family — if there are multiple members in your family that will be traveling.

EXAMPLE A: A Family has 4 travelers

Mom or Dad creates the account
Mom or Dad adds herself/himself as a traveler
Mom or Dad then adds the rest of the family as additional travelers under the SAME account.

EXAMPLE B: Only the student is traveling

Mom or Dad creates the account
Mom or Dad adds her/his child as a traveler

ALSO:

If you had an older Super Holiday Tours Account — that account has been deleted. All travelers MUST create a new account for the 2020 trip.

Remember:

You are not officially registered on the trip until AFTER you pay your $50 deposit online to SHTours!

The following students were members in the Fall 2019 Band and, as of this time, HAVE NOT registered for the trip yet (BHS Registration ONLY (not SHTours registration):

Registration Form