HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC BOOSTER BLAST!

October 19, 2011

The next few days are going to be over the top busy!

Please remember that all practices and performances are mandatory and affect your grade. Please contact Mr. Burn by email immediately if your student will be absent.

NEW NEWS:

-       Mandatory Tutorial this Thursday, October 20^th

-       Friday’s Homecoming – October 21^st

o   Schedule

§  Morning rally

§  Afternoon parade

§  Evening game

o   Concession Pre-Order Form is due TONIGHT

o   Volunteers needed

-       Saturday’s Gilroy’s Band Competition  - October 22^nd

o   Schedule

o   General Information

o   Volunteers needed

-       Monday’s Macy’s Rehearsal – October 24^th

-       Next Meals for Macy’s is next Monday, October 24^th at Pizza My Heart

-       Changes to the Meals for Macy’s calendar

-       Halloween caroling

-       Important SCRIP changes

-       New tutoring service

REMINDERS:

-       Band room availability

-       School year calendar

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, October 19^th    

5:30-8:30pm – Full Band Practice

8:00-8:30pm – Scrip sales in Performance Arts Bldg. hallway

Thursday, October 20^th

            5:00-6:30pm – Full Band Tutorial in the Large Gym

Friday, October 21^st

            2^nd Period – Marchers and guard will be excused from class for rally

            7^th Period – Marchers and guard will be excused from class for parade warm-

up in Band Room

            3:30pm - Homecoming Parade

            6:15pm – Game time

Saturday, October 22^nd    

10am-4:30pm           Full band practice

5:00pm                       Load buses and leave HHS

9:00pm                       PERFORMANCE

9:20pm                       Awards ceremony

11:00pm                     Return to Homestead

Monday, October 24^th    

            Meals for Macy’s at Pizza My Heart

5pm:                           Get into full uniform in band quad and meet in the stadium

with instruments

5:30-8:30pm:             Rehearsal and Recording

NEW NEWS:

MANDATORY TUTORIAL, THURSDAY OCTOBER 20^th

(Vicki Feltman)

RALLY RUN THRU, 5-6:30PM, IN THE LARGE GYM.

This rehearsal is for everyone, including Pit and Guard.

HHS HOMECOMING, FRIDAY OCTOBER 21^st

(Vicki Feltman)

FRIDAY MORNING – RALLY

Bring your filled water bottles to school in the morning so you have something to drink after the parade.

Marchers – wear your green band shirt and BLUE jeans (not brown, not tan; blue). This is your uniform for the Parade

Guard – check with Mrs. Nelsen

All marchers and guard will be excused from 2^nd period 10 minutes early to prep for the rally.

We will play the Opener at the rally.

Because of space limitations in the gym, the rally on Friday is for students only. Parents should not be in the gym during the rally.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON – HOMECOMING PARADE

The parade route:  Up Mary Ave, right onto The Dalles, right onto Kenewick, and back to Homestead.

All marchers and guard are excused from skinny 7^th. Go directly to the band room to warm up.

3:15pm: Form Parade Block outside the Band room on the faculty parking lot for Parade step-off.  After the parade, boosters will provide a quick snack on the grass in front of the band room.  Change into uniforms.

FRIDAY EVENING – HOMECOMING GAME AGAINST MOUNTAIN VIEW

5pm: Marchers should be in uniform ready for warm up.

6:15pm: Game begins.  At halftime, the Band will perform Angels in the Architecture.  After the show, you will change out of your uniforms and put on your pep band shirt, jacket and jeans.  Return to the stadium to retrieve your food during 3^rd quarter. 

Pre-order tickets – you will find them in your hat boxes after half-time. Tuba and Pit will find their tickets taped to the front of their uniform cart. Color Guard pre-order tickets will be distributed by a colorguard parent.

ALL BAND MEMBERS MUST ATTEND 4^th QUARTER.  When the band is playing, everyone needs to be playing. You must be with your section while in the stands. You are dismissed AFTER THE GAME.

CONCESSION PRE-ORDER FORM

(Winnie Lo)

Hurry and get your forms in for the Homecoming game!  The deadline for concession pre-order forms is Wednesday, October 19^th at 8:30PM.

In addition to your favorites, concession has added three “new” menu items available for pre-order:     Veggie Burgers, Chicken Burgers and Root Beer Floats.

If you would like to order food from concession stand to eat after the half-time performance, please visit the HHSMB website at http://www.hhs.fuhsd.org/mbmain, go to the Forms page and download the Concession Pre-Order Form.

Please return the completed Concession Pre-Order Form, along with a check, to

Ms. Vicki Feltman’s box.  You may place an order for one or more football games at any time.

Questions can be directed to Winnie Lo at leolo9@yahoo.com.

**Please note – Pick-up for All concession pre-orders (except Root Beer Float) will be at the gate underneath the bleachers.  Pick-up for Root Beer Float will be at the snack shack.

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED!!

(Eileen Chun)

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS for this Friday’s football game in order for the event to be a success.  NOTE THAT THE GAME STARTS ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN USUAL.

To sign up, go to http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/962345632561568076

Uniforms needs 2 of 5

BBQ Serve 2:30-4pm needs 1 of 1

Signage 2:30-4pm needs 1 of 1

Nachos Server 4-6:30pm needs 2 of 2

Recycle 4-6:30pm needs 3 of 3

BBQ Cook 5-7pm needs 1 of 1

Potatoes Server 6-8pm needs 1 of 1

BBQ Serve 6:30-9pm needs 2 of 2

Nachos Serve 6:30-9pm needs 1 of 2

Recycle 6:30-9pm needs 3 of 3

Snack Shack 6:30-9pm needs 3 of 9

Recycle 8:30-9pm needs 2 of 2

To all volunteers: Please follow through on your assignments and verify that your position is covered. In some instances, we have had to scramble to find someone to fill a spot, not realizing that you were coming. In most instances, if someone is in Your Place, it is because we yanked them from another spot or they are doing a double shift. Please don't assume your spot is covered just because you see someone there! Your follow through will be greatly appreciated. We will do our best to post Red Flags where people are needed/missing. Thank you for your cooperation. 

GILROY BAND COMPETITION, SATURDAY OCTOBER 22^ND

All marching band and color guard are expected to participate at each competition. Contact Mr. Burn if you will NOT be attending on Saturday.

 Please contact Vicki Feltman at Vicki.feltman@gmail.com if your student will NOT be on the bus going to the competition on Saturday, or if your student will NOT be coming back on the bus after competition. We don’t want to waste time waiting for someone who won’t show up at bus departure.

 If you are picking up your student after competition, we want to make eye contact with both parent and student before you leave, so that we make sure everyone has hooked up; we would hate to have a student THINK their parent was picking them up, only to have them end up standing in an empty parking lot long after everyone else has left.

SCHEDULE

(Vicki Feltman)

10am – 4:30pm: Practice

Tuba players and percussion: AFTER LUNCH, please leave your cases on the grass in front of the band room so the truck can pick them up to take to stadium after practice.

4:30pm: Tuba players, percussion, AND GUARD (your flags), load truck and trailer

at stadium

5:00pm:  Load buses and leave HHS

Bring your instrument, CLEAN black shoes, CLEAN black socks, gloves, hair supplies, and shoe bag. Please remember to wear a shirt with short sleeves (no tank tops or tube tops) Also, remember to wear your boxer shorts (we’ll be changing outside).

6:00 pm Arrive at Gilroy, eat dinner provided by boosters, get into uniforms

7:00 pm Warm-up

9:00 pm PERFORMANCE

9:20 p.m. Awards ceremony

10:00 p.m. Change out of uniforms/Load busses/depart

11:00 p.m. Arrive at Homestead/unload truck

Percussion, tuba, and guard to help with unload

GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE GILROY FIELD SHOW

Gilroy High School Stadium (Garcia/Elder Sports Complex)

750 W. 10^th Street, Gilroy, CA 95020

Start Time: 5:25PM  (Gates open 4:45PM)

Ticket Prices: Adult $12 Students with valid ID/ Seniors $8

The Gilroy Concession Stands will be open with hot food, snacks and drinks.

Driving Directions: Take US 101 south toward Gilroy. Exit 10th Street and head west (right on 10^th Street to Princevalle Street). Park in the student lot.

Homestead busses will be parked closest to the stadium, the same location as last year.

VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED!!

(Eileen Chun)

The following spots need to be filled by parent volunteers this Saturday.  To sign up, go tohttp://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/962345632561568076

Food needs 1 of 4

Truck needs 2 of 4

Water/Bleachers needs 2 of 2

To all volunteers: Please follow through on your assignments and verify that your position is covered. In some instances, we have had to scramble to find someone to fill a spot, not realizing that you were coming. In most instances, if someone is in Your Place, it is because we yanked them from another spot or they are doing a double shift. Please don't assume your spot is covered just because you see someone there! Your follow through will be greatly appreciated. We will do our best to post Red Flags where people are needed/missing. Thank you for your cooperation. 

MACY’S REHERSAL IN FULL UNIFORM, MONDAY OCTOBER 23^rd

(Vicki Feltman)

We are required to send a recording of our parade routine to Macy’s.

5pm: Get into full uniform in band quad and meet in the stadium with instruments

5:30-8:30pm: Rehearsal and Recording

Because of our signed agreement with NBC TV, do not video record and/or post on the internet any of the band's Macy's parade rehearsals

MEALS FOR MACY’S NEXT MONDAY AT PIZZA MY HEART   

(Jackie Browning)

The next Meals for Macy's event will be held at Pizza My Heart located at 20530 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino on Monday, October 23rd. Please print the flyer and bring it with you to the restaurant. The flyer will be uploaded to http://www.hhs.fuhsd.org/mbmain under Forms. There are also flyers in the band room. Fliers are good for dine-in and take-out orders. See you there!

Remember to buy scrip for Pizza My Heart to double the benefit!

CHANGES TO THE MEALS FOR MACY’S CALENDAR

(Jackie Browning)

There will be no Meals for Macy’s on Halloween

November:

8* – Chipotle, S. De Anza Blvd & McClellan Road, Cupertino

14 – Chevy’s, 2116 West El Camino Real, Mountain View

21 – Fresh Choice, 1105 West El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

28 – Pizza Party, 3581 Homestead Rd. Santa Clara

*Please note that the Chipotle fundraiser will be on a Tuesday night

HALLOWEEN CAROLING FOR MACY'S

(Vicki Feltman)

A fun way to raise money for Macy's!

We will be playing music around the neighborhood for donations on Monday, October 31, 2011 from 6 pm to 8 pm.

E-mail May Zeng, mayzeng29@gmail.com, with your name and instruments interested.

SCRIP NEWS

(Nicolle Sidovar)

Saturday in-person sales have been canceled due to the band competitions & low turnout. If you'd like scrip, contact the scrip team.  Get your scrip form in the Band Room or at http://homestead.schoolloop.com/file/1238131168549/1249846149106/8344325295935888111.pdf. Wednesday night in-person sales are continuing 8-8:30pm.

Remember to buy scrip for Chipotle, Pizza My Heart and Chevy’s to use along with your flyer for the upcoming Meals for Macy’s events!

Whole Foods scrip discount is now at 3% so the proceeds for this will now go entirely to the HHSMB & not given to individual accounts.

Questions can be directed to Carrie Adelman (carrie.a@comcast.net), Cora Ustaris (ust_family@yahoo.com), Jenny Haight (the haights@aol.com), and/or Nicolle Sidovar (sidovar_nicolle@yahoo.com). 

NEW TUTORING SERVICE

(Laura Di Pol)

TutorCloud is a new tutoring service where Homestead graduates who are currently in college tutor current Homestead students online using video chat. Tutors include Tim Hausler, Sophie Mou, Jenny Shin and Vishal Arul who help with subjects like the SAT, college applications, Math, Physics, English and foreign languages. TutorCloud is looking for 5 families who have worked with private tutors in the past and would be willing to try TutorCloud for free in exchange for their feedback which will help TutorCloud build a more valuable service for the Homestead community. If you are willing to participate, please email blair@tutorcloud.com or call Blair at 650.681.9649.

REMINDERS:

BAND ROOM AVAILABILITY

(Vicki Feltman)

The band room will be open from 3-6pm daily during school days.

SCHOOL-YEAR CALENDAR:

(No changes from last week)