Another busy busy week!

• PLEASE NOTE – UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, ALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT PRACTICES WILL BE HELD FROM 5:30 UNTIL 8:30 PM.
• A WORD FROM VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR EILEEN CHUN
• SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 – SCHEDULE FOR CUPERTINO TOURNAMENT OF BANDS
• HOMESTEAD MARCHING BAND FIELD SHOW MEALS 2010
• VEGETARIAN MEALS FOR COMPETITIONS
• FOOTBALL GAME Concession Food Pre-order Deadline - October 13th for the October 16th Football Game 
• ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS ARE ON SALE NOW UNTIL SATURDAY PRACTICE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2010
• Missing welder’s gloves for the BBQ
• MARCHING BAND SEASON SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 – CUPERTINO TOURNAMENT OF BANDS

Parents, please contact Mr. Burn immediately at john_burn@fuhsd.org  if your student is missing this performance, or any performance or practice.  These are all mandatory events that affect your student’s grade.

8:00 am Tubas and percussion meet at Homestead to help load truck

 All band members and Colorguard – take your instruments home Friday night, or make sure you pick up your instruments and equipment from the band room BEFORE 9:00 AM.  The band room will be locked up at 9 am sharp with no further access until after the parade.

9:30 am Meet at truck at Cupertino High School with your CLEAN instrument, hair supplies, shoe bag, gloves, CLEAN BLACK socks, CLEAN marching shoes – Homestead's truck will be along the back fence near the baseball diamond, the same place where we met for the field show expo.  There are several maps on the Cupertino TOB website showing the parade route, designated areas for each band at CHS (the truck) and directions to Cupertino High School itself.  Go to their excellent website at: http://www.tinoband.org/

- Allow extra time to get to Cupertino High School.  Stevens Creek and Finch Ave will be closed to traffic at 9 am when the parade begins.  You’ll need to park at Cupertino Square (Vallco) near Sears, and walk to CHS with your shoe bag and instrument.  The sidewalks will be congested with parade spectators.

- Get in uniform.
- See band moms and solve any uniform issues before 10:00

- Shoes and instrument should be neat and clean!! Bring TWO pairs of clean black socks, one pair for parade and the other for field show!!  
- You will be walking a fair distance in those shoes: apply band aids, extra socks or whatever to prevent blisters.

- Do not wear jewelry, of any kind.  No watches, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, rings, etc.
- Make-up in subdued colors only.   If your hair is below your collar, get it under control so that it will stay up under the hat.  

10:00 Begin parade march warm up
11:00 Leave staging area
11:25 Step off time
11:50 Homestead in Competition area
12:00 Homestead finishes parade at Cupertino HS. Load truck and put uniforms and hat box away neatly on uniform cart. Take shoe bags home to get another pair of CLEAN BLACK socks and to make sure your shoes are CLEAN.
2:00 Meet at Homestead HS field for full band rehearsal
5:15 Tubas and Percussion help load truck – Dinner Break
7:00 Arrive back at Cupertino HS – change into uniform & begin field show warm up
9:05 Finish warm up – march to stadium
9:20 Homestead in Stand by area
9:30 Homestead performs Lacrimosa!
9:45 Put uniforms and hat box away neatly on uniform cart – change into pep band clothes (green band shirt or the show shirt, band jacket and jeans)

        Tubas and Percussion help load truck 
10:00 Awards ceremony 
10:30 Awards Ceremony ends – dismissed – take your own shoe bag and instruments home with you.
11:00 Tubas, percussion, and drum majors help unload truck at Homestead

A WORD FROM VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR EILEEN CHUN

We need staffing for TOB in the following areas:

Warmup water cups - We need parents to help fill cups of water to serve to students during their morning parade warmup, and either the same or other parents to help do the same thing during the field show warmup in the evening.    Please meet at Cupertino HS on the basketball court at 10 AM Saturday, October 9^th, and/or at 8 pm near our truck parked along the back fence at CHS.   This task requires us to fill 5 oz cups of water, one cup per student.  We limit the amount of water they drink after they get into uniform because it takes so much time and energy to get out of uniform to go to the bathroom and there isn’t enough time to have that happen.  Plus getting out of uniform also breaks their focus on the performance to come.  They can drink more once they are out of uniform, after the performance.

PIT crew -  We need parents to help push instruments onto the field and off once the performance is done.  Competition is timed.  We need to set up as quickly as possible or we get penalized for running over our allotted time.  Front ensemble students know exactly where the instrument should be placed.  All we need to do is follow them and put the instrument where they direct us.  Yes, it’s hard taking directions from someone younger than you, but I think you can handle it for a few minutes for the good of the competition.  J  Plus, our students are very polite and courteous, as well as grateful for all the help.  The front ensemble usually warms up in the CHS  Quad area.  Meet wherever they are at 8:45 pm Saturday, to be ready to move them when practice is done.

Uniform Helper – at least one more person is needed to help students get into uniform and to make sure they are dressed appropriately (black socks, clean shoes, no jewelry, etc.)  Meet at the truck at 7 pm.

These and other volunteer needs are posted on the volunteer website: http://hhsmbvolunteer.comule.com. User:HHSMB, password:volunteer.

Please contact volunteer coordinator Eileen Chun at hhsmbvolunteer@gmail.com if you have any questions.

HOMESTEAD MARCHING BAND FIELD SHOW MEALS 2010

If you are planning to volunteer at our band competitions, we are offering a meal plan for you to purchase.  The cost is $36 per person for 6 meals and covers all 4 competitions.  These are the same meals we are serving the Marching Band/Colorguard.   Make checks payable to HHSMB.  This form  may be returned to Vicki Feltman's box in Mr. Burn's office or mail to Pat Tomosada at 735 Lois Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94087.  Deadline has been extended to October 12, 2010.

Questions?  Contact Pat Tomosada at Tomosada@comcast.net or 408-737-1740.

VEGETARIAN MEALS FOR COMPETITIONS

Students, if you require a vegetarian meal for the band competitions, please email me at Tomosada@comcast.net.  I will order a limited number of vegetarian meals, but it is your responsibility to let me know in advance that you would like one.  If you do not respond, there may be a chance that you may NOT have a vegetarian meal.  Deadline to respond is October 12, 2010.  Thank you---Pat Tomosada

FOOTBALL GAME CONCESSION FOOD PRE-ORDER DEADLINE - OCTOBER 13TH FOR THE OCTOBER 16TH FOOTBALL GAME

Hurry, get your forms in!  The deadline to pre-order your food for the Saturday, October 16th football game is NEXT Wednesday, October 13th at the end of band practice.   Order forms received after 8:30PM on Wednesday, October 13th will not be fill, since once the total number of pre-order items are transmitted to the concession heads the numbers cannot be changed. 

Forms: Grab a Concessions Pre-Order Form in the Band Room or go to the HHSMB website (http://homestead.schoolloop.com/mbmain ) and then just go to the Forms page.  Complete the form and turn it in to Mrs. Winnie Lo at the end of Wednesday night practice (I will be near the practice field), or drop it in the box labeled Mrs. Feltman's File Box located in Mr. Burn's office.

Tickets:  Tickets will be found inside of your hat boxes (after you change out of your uniforms).  For Colorguard members, a parent in the Colorguard area will have your ticket.  For tuba and front ensemble members, tickets will be on your uniform cart.

See details on the form or contact Winnie Lo at leolo9@yahoo.com or  408-733-4878 if you have any questions.  

Thank you, Winnie

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS ARE ON SALE NOW UNTIL SATURDAY PRACTICE ON NOVEMBER 13, 2010

Entertainment books are coupon books with great discounts to stores, restaurants, entertainment, etc. This year the Entertainment books are $30 (cash or check made out to HHSMB). If music boosters can sell over 500 books, our profit will be $15 per book with one half going into the general fund and the other half into your student's escrip account (our profit is only $12 if we sell between 100 - 499 books). I will be selling the books at the end of Wednesday and Saturday marching band practices at the band tree outside the band room - near the E-scrip table and at the football games in the stands with the band OR you can call OR e-mail me for purchase. You can also order other areas books (i.e. books for the Los Angeles area) online at www.entertainment.com/support click on "don't know account number" and enter Homestead High School Band in "name contains". If you want to encourage your student to raise some of their "own" money you can have some books to sell to your neighbors and family. If you have co-workers who made you buy cookies, popcorn, or wrapping paper, take some books to sell at work. Thanks for supporting our fundraising efforts. This particular fund raiser runs from the beginning of school until Saturday practice on November 13, 2010.
Kathy Ahearn 408-245-2558 or e-mail ahearn4@comcast.net   

MISSING WELDER’S GLOVES FOR THE BBQ

The welder’s gloves used by our BBQ pros have gone missing.  They were last seen at the Sept 3^rd football game.  If you have seen them please contact Tonya Gregory    gregorys36@comcast.net

The hands of our BBQ’ers really appreciate it!

MARCHING BAND SEASON SCHEDULE

Please note the updated calendar. Below is a list of important dates for the 2010 marching season.  The dates and times listed below were accurate at the time of printing, but things can change!  Please be sure to read your e-mail to keep up with any last minute changes.