Uniform
Show shirt, solid black shorts, black socks, marching shoes.
Failure to wear any of these will result in being sidelined, it is important that you wear the proper attire. As long as we all wear the same thing it is still "uniform"
Attendance
I want to remind you of our attendance policy, if you miss over half of the practices in a week, you will be sidelined. We all depend on each other and when you miss, you're not just hurting yourself, you're hurting all of us. If you did not attend practice Tuesday and you miss today, you will be sidelined as this is over half of the practices in a week as per our guidelines.
Friday 8/25
6:00 Call time
8:00 kick off
approximately 10:00 pm-10:30 pm game end
approximately 10:30 pm-11:00 pm dismissal(up to the students how long this takes)
Your teachers will dismiss you for the pep rally tomorrow, listen for them to do so. Dress code for the pep rally is either the theme of the week, construction, or our show shirts.
Call time will be 6:00 pm in the cafeteria, food will be provided by Ranburne United Methodist Church. Call time is required by all students!
The church will provide chicken sandwiches with chips and pasta. If you can not have this, let me know ASAP so that they plan accordingly.
I will be at the school all day long for any of our games, if you need to stay after school until call time, you are welcome to do so, however you have to stay in the band room where I can keep an eye on you. Those who stay are not allowed to go to the playground, walk the track, or any out of the band room activity. This is for both your and my protection.
Stands etiquette
When we finish preforming the national anthem and fight song on the field, we will go up the new stairs into the stands and take our places. Once in the stands we will pass out flip books and waters. When in uniform you represent the school, the band, and me. You need to uphold yourself with the respect that the program is known for! When we are at the game, get into the game, make sure to cheer on the team and have fun!
Nobody but band members, band pups, and instructors are allowed in the band section of the stands. I understand the desire to be near your child, but not in the stands, much like you do not see parents on the field with the team or with the cheerleaders.
We will play all of 1st, 2nd, and 4th quarter. We will have 3rd quarter to get concessions, you must be in the stands at 1:00 minute left on the clock failure to be back in time will result in a lap. To help you with making it back in time, we will allow pre ordering your food again this year. To pre order, you will write down on a piece of paper your name, order, and enclose the proper amount of money. Make sure to put your name and "pre order" on the envelope before dropping it in the lock box outside of my office.
Dismissal
When we finish the game, we will play alma mater then clean the stands. Once the stands are clean we will line up behind the press box and march back to the band room. We will then ALL clean the band room and dismiss once the band room is acceptable. We will be tired, we will all be ready to go home, it is up to each of you how soon that is. If we all clean, it will be over very quickly!
Remind
Again I want to remind you, no pun not intended, that if you are not in the remind group you absolutely will miss out on information!
If you are not in the group you may join by following this link
remind.com/join/a99bk7
or by texting to "@a99bk7" to the phone number 81010
Let's have a phenomenal first game, above all else let's have fun and make yourself proud!
as always should you have any questions, please reach out to me,
Kevin.dunham@cleburneschools.net