Tipp City Music Boosters

Archive for June, 2010

The color guard will have a short (20 minutes or so) performance at the end of Dance Camp on Sunday evening. The students will review some barre work, some of the dance techniques they’ve learned over the 2-3 days and perform the competition show choreography they’ve learned as well.

If you are able, please come out and support your daughter and/or the entire group. After all, everything is always better, and means more, when it’s performed for an audience. Plus, it’s good as parents to see exactly what your kids have been doing for the 11-18 hours they’ve spent with the guard staff over the weekend.

Please let Julie know if you have any questions, we hope to see you there Sunday!! 5:30pm in the THS gym – all Tipp Marching Band & Color Guard friends and family (regardless of whether you have a child in the guard) are invited!

Wednesday, May 26th

Music Booster Contact Information sheet (blue) due to directors

Tuesday, June 1st

**First payment for band camp ($160) is due (Make checks payable to TCMB)
**Red summer band shirts orders are due
Give payment & order to your band director or mail to
TCMB
PO Box 252
Tipp City, OH 45371

Tuesday, June 29th 6:30-9:00pm

First band practice – please bring all completed forms for band camp

Tuesday, July 6th – 7pm

Mandatory Band Camp meeting in high school CPA
(auditorium)
(Final payments are DUE!!!!)

July 6th – 8th 10am-noon

Rookie Band Camp
Be sure to have your child eat breakfast, bring water
and wear a hat/sunglasses

July 11 –16

Band Camp @ Rio Grande

July 16

Welcome-home dinner & first performance of the show
(details given @ band camp meeting)

Wednesday, August 18th

Performance at Miami County Fair

Thursday, August 19th

First day of school

Friday, August 27th

First football game!!!!

Welcome! We are so excited that your child has chosen to be a part of the Tippecanoe Marching Band. It is a wonderful program with wonderful kids. We have put together a folder of information to get you started. You will soon be assigned a “veteran parent” to serve as your mentor. They should be contacting you before school is out. In the meantime, if you have ANY questions, please give one of us a call!

Barb Walling 903-9223

Nancy Starcher 667-6238

1. Band camp meeting – Tuesday, July 6

a. Learn details about band camp, welcome-home dinner and year calendar

b. Turn in final payment for camp

c. Opportunity to try on shoes and submit payment for shoes, gloves, concert shirt and summer shirt

2. Order forms (orange)

a. Red summer uniform shirt – order due by Tuesday, June 1st
These must be ordered early so that the students will have them for the welcome home dinner after band camp

b. Gloves (recommend ordering TWO sets)

c. Band shoes – after the shoes come in and are determined to be the right size, use a sharpie to write the student’s name/initials inside the shoes

3. Band camp forms – PLEASE turn in by the first practice on June 27th

a. Rio Grande form (white)– required by Rio Grande University

b. Emergency/OTC form for band (green) – please include date of last tetanus shot

c. Prescription form (yellow)– must be signed by a physician

4. Summer uniform requirements – will be worn for the welcome home dinner, Miami County Fair performance and early football games

a. Summer band shirt

b. Khaki shorts (not too short!)

c. White socks

d. White (primarily) tennis shoes

Important Meeting!

Who: Band & Guard Seniors

When: Wednesday, June 9^th -  11:30 am

Where:  Wallings’ house

Why:  To discuss little sibs & band camp activities

What:  Tacos will be provided… bring your own

beverage and your ideas!

Contact Barb Walling if you cannot attend

Saturday June 5 - Troy Strawberry Festival Parade

- HS Marching Band plus 7^th and 8^th Grade Students

7:30 – Meet at THS Band Room

8:15 – Depart for Troy

8:45 – Arrive to staging area

11:15 – Arrive back to THS

Times for Dance Camp have been changed, please take a look at the new schedule below.

Friday 6/11 9am-4pm @ THS – sabres/dancers only

Saturday 6/12 9am-3pm @ THS

Sunday 6/13 12pm-6pm @ THS

We will have a Friends & Family performance at 5:30pm on Sunday. Everyone is welcome to attend!! Also, we have some additional information for students that pertains to Dance Camp below. Please let Julie know if you have any questions.

Wear form fitting clothing and socks. Anything long and baggy is not acceptable. You must wear form fitting clothing (both tops and bottoms) where we can see your ankles, knees and back. Leotards or unitards with Soffe-type shorts in all black or “dance black” are the best option. And wear socks, tights or lyrical sandals.

Pack a lunch. ABSOLUTELY NO FAST FOOD. Make sure this is light and healthy, remember you still have hours of camp left after lunch.

Bring a snack and water bottle. Make sure this is healthy – granola bars, trail mix, nuts, fresh fruit, dried cereal, pretzels, baked chips, raw vegetables, yogurt, graham crackers, string cheese, peanut butter & apples/celery, etc.

Be on time. This does not mean you walk in the band room at 9am. It means you’re IN THE GYM, on your feet and ready to go (socks or lyrical sandals on, not sitting in the bleachers, etc) at 9am. The rule for winter season still applies, for every minute someone is late – the entire team runs a lap and/or Pilates 100/sets of crunches/pushups. (If 3 people are 3 minutes late each = 9 laps)