PBPA Newsletter – Issue 44 September 2017 Pope Band Notes · *FNB practices 4–5 p.m. before...
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FROM THE DIRECTORS PODIUM DATES TO KNOW Check PopeBand.com for the full band calendar. Many thanks to all of the folks who made our 8 th grade visitation experi- ence a success! It is a huge undertaking to bring nearly 100 additional students into the mix for a rehearsal and football game. The amount of planning, logistics, and supervision needed is massive. Now that we have had the experience together and met our potential future members, we need to keep up the communication and encour- agement for them to be a part of our high school band. Please speak with the 8 th grade families every chance you get. If you are part of the same outside of school activities, take a moment to share with them the benefits of high school band. Historically, we have had numerous 8 th graders tell us “I don’t want to do high school band”. Once we get them to give it a try, they are hooked and participate throughout the next four years. Some of them even have gone on to become music teachers! At the very least, sug- gest to those who are uncertain that they give it a one year trial. They earn elective credit, and they get to experience band first-hand before making a final decision on the next three years participation. Remember… high school band is not “just like middle school band”. There are new opportunities, new experiences, and a lot of new friends to be made. Spread the word! We would love to see the majority of the 8 th graders continue in the Pope Band Program! SEPTEMBER 15: @ Cambridge HS* 16: East Cobber Parade, 8:30 a.m. CMB practice 2–9 p.m. 19: PBPA General Meeting 7:30 p.m., Pope Cafeteria 22: @ North Atlanta HS (Pep Band, no FNB practice) 25–29: Fall Break—No rehearsal OCTOBER 3: PBPA Board Meeting 7 p.m. 5: Fall Concert 7 p.m., Pope Gym 6: vs. Alpharetta HS* (Homecoming) 11: All-State Jazz Auditions 13: @ Dunwoody HS* 14: Legacy of Champions (CMB) 16: Cobb Exhibition (CMB), McEachern HS 20: @ Chattahoochee HS* 21: Competition at WCU (CMB) 23: Winter Guard Auditions, 5–8 p.m., Sandy Plains Baptist Church Gym 24: Community Show 7 p.m., Pope Stadium, Food Trucks 5 p.m. 27: vs. Centennial HS* (Hope Wall) 28: Pope Band 5K, 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 3: vs. Northview HS* (Senior Night) 4: Pep Band for Fun Run (Time TBD) 7: NO SCHOOL XPLOSION 1 st Act Reh. (Time TBD) 10 & 11: XPLOSION Show 14: PBPA Board Meeting 7 p.m. 20–24: Thanksgiving Break DECEMBER 5: Winter Concert (Symphonic & Concert Bands) *FNB practices 4–5 p.m. before every game (includes CMB) Pope Band Notes www.popeband.com 3001 Hembree Rd. Marietta GA 30062 PBPA Newsletter – Issue 44 September 2017 Visit us at: www.PopeBand.com
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FROM THE DIRECTORS PODIUM DATES TO KNOWCheck PopeBand.com
for the full band calendar.Many thanks to all of the folks who made our 8th grade visitation experi-ence a success! It is a huge undertaking to bring nearly 100 additional students into the mix for a rehearsal and football game. The amount of planning, logistics, and supervision needed is massive. Now that we have had the experience together and met our potential future members, we need to keep up the communication and encour-agement for them to be a part of our high school band. Please speak with the 8th grade families every chance you get. If you are part of the same outside of school activities, take a moment to share with them the benefits of high school band. Historically, we have had numerous 8th graders tell us “I don’t want to do high school band”. Once we get them to give it a try, they are hooked and participate throughout the next four years. Some of them even have gone on to become music teachers! At the very least, sug-gest to those who are uncertain that they give it a one year trial. They earn elective credit, and they get to experience band first-hand before making a final decision on the next three years participation.Remember… high school band is not “just like middle school band”. There are new opportunities, new experiences, and a lot of new friends to be made. Spread the word! We would love to see the majority of the 8th graders continue in the Pope Band Program!
SEPTEMBER15: @ Cambridge HS*16: East Cobber Parade, 8:30 a.m.
CMB practice 2–9 p.m.19: PBPA General Meeting 7:30 p.m., Pope
Cafeteria22: @ North Atlanta HS (Pep Band, no FNB
practice)25–29: Fall Break —No rehearsal
OCTOBER 3: PBPA Board Meeting 7 p.m. 5: Fall Concert 7 p.m., Pope Gym 6: vs. Alpharetta HS* (Homecoming)11: All-State Jazz Auditions13: @ Dunwoody HS*14: Legacy of Champions (CMB)16: Cobb Exhibition (CMB), McEachern HS20: @ Chattahoochee HS*21: Competition at WCU (CMB)23: Winter Guard Auditions, 5–8 p.m.,
Sandy Plains Baptist Church Gym24: Community Show 7 p.m., Pope Stadium,
Food Trucks 5 p.m.27: vs. Centennial HS* (Hope Wall)28: Pope Band 5K, 7 p.m.
NOVEMBER 3: vs. Northview HS* (Senior Night) 4: Pep Band for Fun Run (Time TBD) 7: NO SCHOOL
XPLOSION 1st Act Reh. (Time TBD)10 & 11: XPLOSION Show14: PBPA Board Meeting 7 p.m.20–24: Thanksgiving Break
DECEMBER 5: Winter Concert (Symphonic & Concert
Bands)*FNB practices 4–5 p.m. before
every game (includes CMB)
Pope Band Noteswww.popeband.com
3001 Hembree Rd. Marietta GA 30062
PBPA Newsletter – Issue 44 September 2017
Visit us at: www.PopeBand.com
“APPLES FOR ALL” FUNDRAISER
The “Apples for All” Fundraiser is coming soon! Mark your calendars for October 28th pick-up at Tritt Elementary from noon until 3 p.m. Order forms with the delicious apple varieties will be available soon—so stay tuned!Please contact Kathy Long ([email protected]) with any questions.Thank you for supporting the Pope Band!!!
FALL RECYCLING RECAP
COMMUNITY SHOW AND FOOD TRUCKS...COME JOIN US!
Save the date! Tuesday, October 24th is our Community Show where the band will perform both their competition show Bal-ance, as well as their rockin’ halftime songs by Lady GaGa.Join us for dinner beforehand with Food Trucks beginning at 5 pm!!The show will start at 7 pm in Pope’s foot-ball stadium. It is a wonderful evening to celebrate the band and all they have ac-
complished this season and to enjoy some time with our band family. Please invite your friends, family and neighbors and spread the word to our eager middle school musicians and families as well. General admission is $5.
The fall recycling event held on August 19th was a HUGE success!$11,700—was raised for the band!Thank you to all the volunteers that stepped up to help out, from the veteran band families to the newer members of our team. It couldn’t have been done without you!
VOTE FOR POPE HS WINTER GUARD!You can help Pope’s Winter Guard receive a free customized tarp! Our Winter Guard has been entered in a contest to receive a free tarp and we are currently in 5th place out of 266 schools. Please vote at the link below. It takes only a few seconds! Voting accepts multiple email ad-dresses, as long as they’re different. The contest ends at midnight, Friday, October 13th. Please also share with friends and family; it only takes a second to vote!Link to vote: http://wshe.es/fJOx42Bx
JOIN US TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th AT 7:30 FOR THE NEXT PBPA MEETING!
Since our General Meeting in July was cut a bit short, we hope you will join us on Tuesday, September 19th at 7:30 in the Pope Cafeteria for our next informative meeting. Get your questions answered, order spirit wear, hear from our directors, sign up to volunteer and get involved! This is a great opportunity to find out about the upcoming marching competitions, our exciting fall fundraisers, the Community Show and so much more! Our Treasurer, Ellen Guziel, will also be on hand to ac-cept payments (cash, check or credit card). If you have any questions along the way, please don’t hesitate to contact your PBPA Co-Pres-idents Karen Anderson ([email protected]) or Kathy Wood ([email protected]). We hope to see you there!
PINE STRAW FUNDRAISER
Beautify your yard and help the band! Watch for details of our upcoming pine straw fundraiser. Delivery will be in October and November, but we need your help distributing flyers in late Septem-ber. We also need someone to take over this easy fundraiser next year. It can be done entirely from home, and you don’t need to know anything about pine straw! Please contact Sherri Welch at [email protected] for more information.
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PBPA GENERAL MEETING—SEPTEMBER 19TH
DEAD BAND RUNNING 5KOCTOBER 28, 2017 AT 7 P.M.
Dead Band Running 5K is still in need of sponsors, raffle prize gift cards, and most importantly, runners/walkers! If you have not yet registered, please do so by going online at www.popeband.com/5k. We get more companies to come give away freebies by having a larger regis-tered runner number upfront. If you can’t run with us, choose the virtual run reg-istration option, run when you can, and submit your time to be eligible for a medal and get your shirt.Please plan to pick up your race packet early at Road Runner Sports on John-
son Ferry on Friday 10/27 between 4–7 p.m. Road Runner will pay us $1.49 for each packet picked up, and picking up your packet early will get you a raffle ticket! There will be no raffle tickets given out on race day, so this is your chance to score a gift card from Marlow’s, Pike, or one of our other great places!It’s going to be a great time! As of now we have a balloon artist, Day of the Dead face painting, drum line start, band music at the water station, and free food from Chick-fil-A and Stevi B.’s. The shirts are included in your registration, have super cool glow in the dark features and come in tank, long or short sleeve, or hoodie (hoodies $10 extra). Medals will be awarded for top three overall and in standard 5 year age increments. There will also be a prize for best costume. Come join us and bring the whole family for some pre-Halloween fun on October 28th at 7 p.m.!A great big thank you to Ed Voyles, our first silver level sponsor!Questions or donations? Contact Jody Neja at [email protected] or Angie Meeks at [email protected].
www.PopeBand.comFOR ALL THINGS BAND, GO TO:
The band will be selling 50/50 cash raffle tickets as a fundrais-er before & during the first half of the Alpharetta game on Oct. 6th. Look for the raffle table at the stone wall entering the stadium or buy your tickets in the stands. The winner will be announced after halftime. One lucky person will win 50% of the total amount collected! The Schuette family won $243 at the Walton game!TICKETS: 1 for $2, 3 for $5, 7 for $10, or 15 for $20
WIN BIG at the ALPHARETTA GAME
like the Schuette family!
This year we will be having Lifetouch coming to Pope to have professional pictures taken of all March-ing Band and Guard members! We will be having these pictures taken in the Pope band room starting at 4:00 on Tuesday, October 24, right before the Community Show. This is a great opportunity for you to get a professional picture of your Band/Guard student in full uniform with instrument/flag. As the pictures are being taken by the same company that photographed the band as a group, they are offering an 8x10 “Sports Mate” option of a solo portrait of your student paired with the band group picture. Printed flyers will be coming home in early October, but please feel free to browse and preorder your portrait package here: www.lifetouchsports.com Picture Day ID#: AG017895X1. All CMB and FNB students will be photographed. Lifetouch is also contributing a portion of portrait sales back to the PBPA!Student not in marching band or guard? Stay tuned for picture day for all concert band students in the spring! Any questions? Please contact Leslie Ann Dunn at [email protected].
MARCHING BAND PICTURE DAY IS COMING — OCTOBER 24!
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