Heard County High School

                                 MARCHING BRAVES !!!!

                                                                                                                                                         Nancy Heard:   Director

 

Heard County Band Booster Club

 

A few notes about this month’s meeting - Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 

Welcome by Mrs. Heard.

Invocation: Don Heard

26 people in attendance

Band T-shirts were discussed and approved.

Meet the Braves was discussed.-Saturday, August 15

  • The band will participate.
  • Band Boosters will run the snow cone booth for whatever $ the athletic boosters determine.
  • Marianne Cole will line up workers for the booth.

Performance Fund Raiser on the Square-Saturday, August 22 – 8am-Noon

  • Kids will perform every thirty or forty minutes.
  • Boosters will sell canned coke products. Please send in donated cases for us to sell!
  • We will collect donations around the square in our “shakos”.
  • Parents are needed to help out, collect donations and supervise this morning.
  • We will load the trailer after the Friday night scrimmage game.

Magnetic Wipe off board fund raiser was discussed.

  • This fund raiser will be run through the school.
  • Boosters will purchase them for .99 each.
  • We will sell them at a band booth and school store.
  • Mrs. Barnard will also sell them at the middle school.

Purchases Approved.

  • A new set of flags for the opener (includes a set of free flags which we will also use in the show)
  • Two megaphones
  • Rain ponchos
  • Construction of an awning for our concession stand.

Treasurer’s Report was read.

Chaperone guidelines for ball games will be available at the next meeting. We will need to have a chaperone chairman responsible for lining up chaperones for ball games. If you’d like to chaperone, be sure to read the guidelines and get signed up!

Chic Fil A Bowl was discussed.

  • We will be attending this event.
  • At least 31 parents said to count on their child-according to informal survey in writing.
  • Which parts of the event we will be participating in is yet to be determined by Mrs. Heard and Mrs. Barnard. (concert, jazz, parade, field show, massed band)

Financing the Chic-Fil-A Bowl

  • It was voted upon and approved that the $5000 set aside to “help students with the Chic-Fil-A Bowl” will be evenly divided amongst the students. This changes the “per student” cost from $250 down to $180 per student.
  • Meet the Braves money will go towards the Chic-Fil-A Bowl.
  • Fundraiser on the Square money will go toward the Chic-Fil-a Bowl.
  • The Community Birthday Calendar fund raiser will go toward the Chic-Fil-A Bowl.
    • Parents will sell the ads. Contact Keith Levens if you can sell one.
    • Students will sell the individual calendars for $8 each.
    • Students will earn $5 per calendar toward their individual accounts.
    • Mrs. Heard is handling this fund raiser.

Chic-Fil-A Bowl parent meeting was discussed.

  • We may have special meeting for parents of students planning to go to the Chic-Fil-A.
  • The cost for parents attending is less than students.

Next Band Booster Meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 6:30pm. Please plan to attend.