Hayfield Band Boosters: September 2011

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Hayfield High School Band Msg #14

Band Booster Family,

First of all, thank you to those that are donating snacks & water for our students @ their “real” 1^st home football game. To save you a trip & strain on your backs, you don’t need to bring them into the Band room, but just leave them in your vehicle or the back entrance of the school. As we begin heading to the stands around 6:30 pm, we can pick them up on our way.

Second, I forgot to mention that “volunteers” will go through the back gate to the field & won’t need to pay. However, in terms of courtesy, we don’t want to take advantage/abuse this privilege. We are allotted about 10-15 “free volunteer entries.” If you are either a member of the Athletic Boosters or have paid for season passes for athletic events, I’d encourage you to use them @ the front gate. Again, thank you for your volunteer spirit that our kids truly appreciateJ See you tomorrow evening! HAWKS ROCK!

Finally, Mr. Burke reported another $550 in Tag Day mail-in donations bringing our total to approximately $15,000…who would’ve thunk it;) We are truly blessed!

Please keep the following links for future reference:

- Hayfield Secondary School http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS/

- Hayfield Band webpage http://www.hayfieldbands.com/

- Band Booster Blog http://www.hayfieldbandboosters.blogspot.com/

- Band Booster Sign-Up Genius http://signupgenius.com/go/hssband1

Humbly serving our kids,

Che Russell

Home (703) 405-9065

Cell (703) 963-4655

Work (202) 231-6273

Crussell82@cox.net

FW: Hayfield High School Band Msg #13...Week of 26-30 Sep 2011...Reminder for Home Game, Band Booster Mtg, and New Race to Nowhere

Band Booster Family,

Hope everyone is excited for tomorrow’s “real” 1^st home football game. For 1^st timers, here are some things to consider:

- Family & friends usually sit together @ the top of the Band section

- Be ready for all kinds of weather, especially for Homecoming;)

- Might want to bring something comfortable & warm to sit on since bleachers are metal & cold

- After the Band’s halftime show, most of the students will head to the concession stands, so be ready to dig deep in your pockets…lol

Here is a reminder for the volunteers:

Here are times for home football game volunteers:

Uniform Room (Before Game) @ Band Room 6 pm

Atusko Russell

Leslie Bell

Yvette Schuler

Dottie Andrews

Uniform Room (After Game) usually finishes around 10 pm

Kristy Baik

Linda Lichtman

Dottie Andrews

Equipment Helper (Before Game @ Band Room 6 pm; Half-time setup meet on track in front of band bleachers 2 minutes on game clock prior to halftime; and after game usually finishes around 10 pm)

Che Russell

John Hishta

Billy Cook

Paul Loyola

Jerod Tupik

Richard Lear

Sol Valdez

Stands Monitor (set up rope; monitor band section) @ Band Room 6 pm

Elaine Eldridge

Bettina Dowell

Sally Nicely

Donate Snacks (Provide 2 Dozen Servings of Individually Wrapped Snacks (Granola Bars, Pop Tarts, Cookies, etc.); Send Donation to Band Room with Student (Snack Bin Provided) @ Band Room 6 pm

Kelley John

Jessica Tyeryar

YVETTE SCHULER

Christiana Hawes

Donate Water (Provide 1 Case of 24 Water Bottles (Send Water to Band Room with Student)) @ Band Room 6 pm

Melvin and Pat Cloud

Jocelyn Valdez

Linda Lichtman

Michelle Booth

CHANGE OF TIME: 1st Band Booster mtg is scheduled for 6 pm, Wed, 5 Oct in the Band Room: topics include Tag Day update, Treasurer info, PTSA liaison, Vice Prez, Spring Trip, upcoming events, & new business

Please note the following from Mary Power, one of our Band Booster family members:

Dear ANGP Committee Members and other interested parties,

Next Wednesday, October 5th, at 7:00 in the Hayfield Auditorium, the ANGP is sponsoring a viewing of the documentary movie Race to Nowhere.

If you have not heard about it yet, you can read more about the film, the history of it, and even see some trailer clips at the following site.

http://www.racetonowhere.com/

For whatever reason, we have only sold about 20 tickets and we need to sell at least 30 more to get our deposit back, and then need to sell more than

that to make any money. Last Spring several other FCPS High schools had a showing, and at Chantilly HS, they sold a whopping 663 tickets! I just know

the Hayfield Community has lots of potential to generate a great audience as well. ANGP is a great way to keep our area teens safe on June 14th , 2012.

We would love it if you would buy a ticket and come, but we could also really use your help in getting the word out further into the community. So far, we have

distributed over 2,500 flyers, mostly to area Elementary Schools. (However, Island Creek and Lorton Station principals would not approve sending home in the flyers

like the other area schools). If you teach at or attend an area Preschool, other Middle/High school, Sunday School, Gym, Dance Studio, or have a bulletin board in your community,

or some other venue to take a stack of flyers and distirbute, please let me know. If your kids are part of a team at Hayfield, and can send a flyer to a parent distribution list, that would also help.

I can give you 10 flyers, 20 flyers, 100 flyers, I have loads of them printed on hot orange paper ready to go. I will do my best to get them to you.

There are endless possibilities, we just need some help in getting the word out to places where interested parties might be.

You can reach me via this email, or by phone ( 703-517-3174). I am around....

Thanks for your support, we can do so much more in numbers than alone.

Mary Power

NOTE: Both Dottie Andrews & I have seniors this year; so, if you’re interested in being Band Booster Prez or Vice Prez next year, please send me an e-mail. This will help the transition & keep the legacy goingJ

A few reminders for upcoming events:

- Next home football game...be in band room 6 pm, Fri, 30 Sep

- 1st Band Booster mtg is scheduled for 6 pm, Wed, 5 Oct in the Band Room: topics include Tag Day update, Treasurer info, PTSA liaison, Vice Prez, Spring Trip, upcoming events, & new business

Miscellaneous items:

- So far, Tag Day mail-ins have received approximately another $2,000 bringing our total to approximately $14,000…WOW!

- Thank you to Kristy Baik for volunteering to organize an UNOs restaurant food fundraiser night for the Marching Band (date/time to be determined) which usually gets about $200

- If you take pictures/videos of our band students, I request that you either e-mail them to me or put them on CD/DVD & pass them to my son, Justin Russell; so, I can use them for the slide show during the Marching Band Awards, Wed, 9 Nov

- Parents of seniors, it’s not too early to be thinking about the 3 pictures (baby pic, kid pic, & senior pic) you want to use for the Final Concert, Wed, 6 Jun 2012

Based on the rest of the week, attached is the most current Excel spreadsheet with volunteers to include those that I’ve noted on Sign-Up Genius. We still need a few volunteer slots filled. Please see either Sign-Up Genius (http://signupgenius.com/go/hssband1 ) or the attached Excel spreadsheet. Hope to see you all @ multiple events to support & cheer on our students.

Finally, our students REALLY NEED YOU! As most teenagers, they will NEVER admit this. Your VOLUNTEERISM is ESSENTIAL to THEIR SUCCESS!!! Additionally, they really do APPRECIATE seeing you @ their various events cheering for them. I hope to see ALL the parents volunteering @ various events throughout the year: ) If there is ANYTHING I can do or answer, please let me know. Please keep the following links for future reference:

- Hayfield Secondary School http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS/

- Hayfield Band webpage http://www.hayfieldbands.com/

- Band Booster Blog http://www.hayfieldbandboosters.blogspot.com/

- Band Booster Sign-Up Genius http://signupgenius.com/go/hssband1

Humbly serving our kids,

Che Russell

Home (703) 405-9065

Cell (703) 963-4655

Work (202) 231-6273

Crussell82@cox.net

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Hayfield High School Band Msg #13...Week of 26-30 Sep 2011

Band Booster Family,

This week’s schedule:

September 2011

27,28,29 m.b. rehearsal 2:30-4:30pm

30 HOME FOOTBALL GAME

Here are times for home football game volunteers:

Uniform Room (Before Game) @ Band Room 6 pm

Atusko Russell

Leslie Bell

Yvette Schuler

Dottie Andrews

Uniform Room (After Game) usually finishes around 10 pm

Kristy Baik

Linda Lichtman

Dottie Andrews

Equipment Helper (Before Game @ Band Room 6 pm; Half-time setup meet on track in front of band bleachers 2 minutes on game clock prior to halftime; and after game usually finishes around 10 pm)

Che Russell

John Hishta

Billy Cook

Paul Loyola

Jerod Tupik

Richard Lear

Sol Valdez

Stands Monitor (set up rope; monitor band section) @ Band Room 6 pm

Elaine Eldridge

Bettina Dowell

Sally Nicely

Donate Snacks (Provide 2 Dozen Servings of Individually Wrapped Snacks (Granola Bars, Pop Tarts, Cookies, etc.); Send Donation to Band Room with Student (Snack Bin Provided) @ Band Room 6 pm

Kelley John

Jessica Tyeryar

YVETTE SCHULER

Christiana Hawes

Donate Water (Provide 1 Case of 24 Water Bottles (Send Water to Band Room with Student)) @ Band Room 6 pm

Melvin and Pat Cloud

Jocelyn Valdez

Linda Lichtman

Michelle Booth

A few reminders for upcoming events:

- Next home football game...be in band room 6 pm, Fri, 30 Sep

- 1st Band Booster mtg is scheduled for 7 pm, Wed, 5 Oct in the Band Room: topics include Tag Day update, Treasurer info, PTSA liaison, Vice Prez, Spring Trip, upcoming events, & new business

Miscellaneous items:

- So far, Tag Day mail-ins have received approximately another $2,000 bringing our total to approximately $14,000…WOW!

- Thank you to Kristy Baik for volunteering to organize an UNOs restaurant food fundraiser night for the Marching Band (date/time to be determined) which usually gets about $200

- Parents of seniors, it’s not too early to be thinking about the 3 pictures (baby pic, kid pic, & senior pic) you want to use for the Final Concert, Wed, 6 Jun 2012

- Hayfield Secondary School http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS/

- Hayfield Band webpage http://www.hayfieldbands.com/

- Band Booster Blog http://www.hayfieldbandboosters.blogspot.com/

- Band Booster Sign-Up Genius http://signupgenius.com/go/hssband1

Humbly serving our kids,

Che Russell

Home (703) 405-9065

Cell (703) 963-4655

Work (202) 231-6273

Crussell82@cox.net

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Hayfield High School Band Msg #12...Herndon Competition Results & Videos...Dedicated to Matt Keeports & Family

Band Booster Family,

Prelude: I have such great respect and feel so proud of our students because they played their hearts out and gave a moving performance for Matt & his family…such a blessingJ

First of all, congratulations to the Hayfield Marching Band for taking overall 3rd place!!! A few key things to keep in mind:

1. This was their 1^st full performance in front of a crowd because the 1^st home game was moved

2. For some reason, when we showed up to Herndon, the band had to go immediately to the competition field with no warm-up/practice

3. Without knowing the specific scores and based on something Mr. Burke taught me many years ago, I assess that the actual point scores were all within a few points of each other

Second, THANK YOU to ALL the parents, siblings, student helpers, friends, and anyone else that volunteered today! This included getting the rental truck, sizing/fixing uniforms, loading/unloading the trucks, and so much more.

NOTE: I’m going to do something fairly risky & that is to recognize & thank everyone. However, because of my old age, I’m certain that I’ll probably miss someone. If I do, please send me an e-mail; so, I can correct my oversight:

Uniform dry cleaning:

Atsuko Russell

Uniform Room:

Atusko Russell

Leslie Bell

Dottie Andrews

Elsa & Robert Palting

Sherri Tupik

Sun Tok Eyink

Bus Chaperones:

Bettina Dowell

Melanie Hardy

Elsa & Robert Palting

Sally Nicely

Dottie Andrews

Truck Driver:

Bob Otero

Jerod Tupik

Rob Dowell

Equipment Helpers:

Bob Otero

Jerod Tupik

Robert Dowell

Sol & Thomas Valdez

Robert Palting

Jeff Eyink

Student helpers: Katie & there were others, but I apologize for not getting their names

Third, THANK YOU to Mr. Burke, Mr. Helm, and the other assistants! Since I work so closely with them, I get to see how they're educating our students. It's more than music; it's the whole person concept--hard work, integrity, and character building...these are life lessons:)

Please see video links of today’s Herndon Competition…please feel free to share with family & friends:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt7lrzLxMZo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twwVQLQZ2GU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7DHOJJk6ac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fu_GqXxKWs

Fourth, please do three things for me:

- Congratulate your kid & give them a big hug

- Ask them how they can improve as an individual to help the band get better

(for example more practice, help someone else, etc)

- Ask yourself how you can help your kid as a Band Booster to get better for

the band (for example volunteer some of your time...they grow up quickly &

you don't want to miss it)

NOTE: I had a few parents ask me to pass the following on: As adults, we need to set the example for not only our kid, students, but for others that are @ all events that we attend. “…we need to keep the kissing smooching, hugging, feeding each other, etc. to a minimum in front of them. We are their role models after all.”

NOTE: Both Dottie Andrews & I have seniors this year & will not be Band Booster Vice Prez or Prez; so, if you’re interested, please send me an e-mail. This will help the transition & keep the legacy goingJ

Fifth, a few reminders for upcoming events:

- Next home football game...be in band room 6 pm, Fri, 30 Sep

- 1st Band Booster mtg is scheduled for 7 pm, Wed, 5 Oct in the Band Room: topics include Tag Day update, Treasurer info, PTSA liaison, Vice Prez, Spring Trip, upcoming events, & new business

Sixth, miscellaneous items:

- So far, Tag Day mail-ins have received approximately another $2,000 bringing our total to approximately $14,000…WOW!

- Thank you to Kristy Baik for volunteering to organize an UNOs restaurant food fundraiser night for the Marching Band (date/time to be determined) which usually gets about $200

- Parents of seniors, it’s not too early to be thinking about the 3 pictures (baby pic, kid pic, & senior pic) you want to use for the Final Concert, Wed, 6 Jun 2012

Seventh, based on the rest of the week, attached is the most current Excel spreadsheet with volunteers to include those that I’ve noted on Sign-Up Genius. We still need a few volunteer slots filled. Please see either Sign-Up Genius (http://signupgenius.com/go/hssband1 ) or the attached Excel spreadsheet. Hope to see you all @ multiple events to support & cheer on our students.

- Hayfield Secondary School http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS/

- Hayfield Band webpage http://www.hayfieldbands.com/

- Band Booster Blog http://www.hayfieldbandboosters.blogspot.com/

- Band Booster Sign-Up Genius http://signupgenius.com/go/hssband1

Humbly serving our kids,

Che Russell

Home (703) 405-9065

Cell (703) 963-4655

Work (202) 231-6273

Crussell82@cox.net

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Hayfield High School Band Msg #11...Herndon Competition, Saturday, 24 Sep 2011...Dedicated to Matt Keeports & Family

Band Booster Family,

Prelude: A few months ago, the Hayfield Band Boosters lost a family member, Matt Keeports, trumpet player that graduated last year. While @ the viewing, I spoke to his father, US Air Force Colonel Tim Keeports. Tim shared how much Matt loved band because it gave him purpose to be around those that loved & energized him. Instead of flowers & other gifts, the Keeports asked that people send donations to the Hayfield Band. As we begin this competition season, I ask that we dedicate this year to Matt & his family.

First of all, point of reference: the black marching band pants are called “bibsters/bibs.” This is my 7^th year as a Band Booster, & I still don’t know why they’re called “bibsters/bibs???” However, please note that they are brand new this year; so, if they haven’t gotten that dirty from the two successful Tag Days, then there is no need to wash/dry them.

Second, in preparation for this Saturday’s 1^st competition of the year @ Herndon, we are getting the marching band jackets dry cleaned. THANK YOU to Atsuko Russell, Mr. Burke, & the students for gathering them up to be taken to Crest Cleaners near the Kingstowne Plaza Giant supermarket. Crest gave us the best deal for $200 for all 45 piecesJ

Third, here is a reminder of the Herndon schedule:

Saturday, Sep 24, Herndon Competition times & details @ http://www.hayfieldbands.com/id2.html

o HERNDON INVITATIONAL MARCHING COMPETITION

o HERNDON HIGH SCHOOL, 700 Bennett street, Herndon, VA 20170

o 11:45am – Report to field. Rehearse

o 12:30pm – Dress for competition

o 1:30pm – Depart for Herndon

o 3:15pm – Performance, then watch other performances

o 4:00pm – Receive ratings

o 5:00pm – Depart for Hayfield

o 5:45pm-- Return to Hayfield.

Stow away equipment and uniforms, then dismissed.

o Don't forget:

o Black socks, black shoes, t shirt, shorts, lunch, snack money,

o And.....A superior attitude!

o Please have your child report and leave promptly. If you intend to pick your child from the event, please follow the policy for leaving from an event, found in the band handbook.

IMPORTANT NOTE: I’ve learned over the years that for some of the different competitions and various awards (ie citizenship, spirit, and so on awards) that they begin grading you the moment the busses arrive. There are some observers, workers, volunteers, and the like that are asked about how they were treated from school band members, their band boosters, families/fans, etc.

Fourth, here are times for volunteers:

Bus Chaperone be @ school 1 pm

Bettina Dowell

Melanie Hardy

Elsa Palting

Sally Nicely

Dottie Andrews

Uniform Room (Before 12:25 pm/After 5:30 pm)

Atusko Russell

Leslie Bell

Dottie Andrews

Truck Driver Bob Tupik bringing rental truck to back of school around 9 to 10 am

Bobby Tupik

Rob Dowell

Fritz Andrews

Equipment Helper (Before 12:10 pm/during 3 pm/after 5:30 pm)

Che Russell

Jerod Tupik

Sol Valdez

Robert Palting

Fifth, reminder for the weather plan:

- If there are weather alerts/advisories, tornadoes, lightning, and so on that postpone or cancel the competition, Herndon officials will contact Mr. Burke. He will update Band webpage and contact me to send out an e-mail as soon as possible.

Sixth, miscellaneous items:

- Still looking for a volunteer to organize an UNOs restaurant food fundraiser night for the Marching Band (date/time to be determined) which usually gets about $200…Atsuko Russell has done this before & is willing to help

- Parents of seniors, it’s not too early to be thinking about the 3 pictures (baby pic, kid pic, & senior pic) you want to use for the Final Concert, Wed, 6 Jun 2012

- Both Dottie Andrews & I have seniors this year & will not be Band Booster Vice Prez or Prez; so, if you’re interested, please send me an e-mail. This will help the transition & keep the legacy goingJ

Finally, our students REALLY NEED YOU! As most teenagers, they will NEVER admit this. Your VOLUNTEERISM is ESSENTIAL to THEIR SUCCESS!!! Additionally, they really do APPRECIATE seeing you @ their various events cheering for them. I hope to see ALL the parents volunteering @ various events throughout the year: ) If there is ANYTHING I can do or answer, please let me know. Please keep the following links for future reference: