santa teresa high school marching band / color guard 2019 ......marching band: wba championships...

Santa Teresa High SchoolMarching Band / Color Guard

2019 Parent Meeting

Welcome

■ Meet Mr. Sanchez, Band Director■ Schedule and Events■ STMAA■ Band Expenses■ Fundraising■ Volunteering■ Questions?

ST Director of Bands

Mr. Ramiro Sanchezsthsbanddirector@gmail.com

Schedule ■ Rehearsals: ■ All Marching Band / Color Guard

■Mondays 2:30-6:30pm■Wednesday 3:30-6:30pm■Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm

■Color Guard Sectional■Thursday 3:30-6:30pm

■Percussion Sectional■Thursday 3:30-5:30pm

Events Football Games: 9/13, 10/4, 10/11, 10/25 , 11/1Marching Band Competitions:

10/5 - Possible Fremont High Exhibition -TBD10/12 - Gilroy10/14 - Fleet Week SF10/19 - Irish Guard Invitational10/26 - TBD11/2 - Independence HS11/16 - Logan HS, Union City11/23 & 24 - WBA Champs, Kingsburg

Marching Band Banquet: 1/18

Marching Band: WBA Championships

■ 11/23-24 in Kingsburg, overnight in local high school gym

Chaperones are needed to stay with the band on all trips.

Overnight Trip & Travel

STMAAThe Santa Teresa Music & Arts Association (STMAA) is a non-profit public benefit corporation created by parents to promote, develop, and support participation in music education and other performing arts in the Santa Teresa High School community. We work in partnership with the school to create opportunities for our students to perform in band and choral festivals, marching band and color guard competitions, and other venues. STMAA is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.

STMAA: Officers/BoardBoard:

President: Karen DeFrisco

Secretary: Wendy Valdez

Treasurer: Tracy Hemmeter

Financial Secretary: TBD

Director of Volunteers:Ria Bradbury

Director of Communication: Gennie Baldi

Members at Large:Jose ValdezRoy MurphyTrudy KonzemCary Connelly

Committees:

Fundraising: TBD

Food Services: Roy Murphy

Equipment: Jose Valdez

Trips & Transportation: TBD

Historians: Annette Jackson and Victoria Blackmon

Student Representative: TBD

Music Director (ex officio): Ramiro Sanchez

Music Marathon Chair: TBD

All expenses, other than Mr. Sanchez’ salary, are the responsibility of the band. Contributions are used to cover these expenses. Suggested contributions for each program breaks down as follows:

■Marching Band $900 ($350 Transportation & Housing)

■Color Guard $950 ($350 Transportation & Housing)

- Multiple fundraising opportunities are available to all students and families all year long making suggested contributions very attainable.

- Complete budget information for the school year is available from the STMAA Treasurer.

Marching Band Contributions 2019

Marching Band Contribution Schedule

June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

$150Sept 15

$150Oct 1

$150/200Sept 1

Marching Band ($900) and Color Guard ($950) Contributions:

$175Aug 15

$150Oct 15

$125Nov 1

FundraisingWhile direct contribution are always accepted, all band members are encouraged to take advantage of all the fundraising programs available.

The fundraisers happening during Marching Band Season are:

Vanguard Bingo - Available to students/parents 18 and over.

Spirit Books - Available for sale beginning of September

Fan Cloth - Sales start 1st day of School for 2 weeks.

Applebees Pancake Breakfast - September 14 from 7am-10am

Dine-outs - Monthly (or more)

VolunteeringVolunteers are absolutely essential to the success of our Marching Band programs.

Opportunities are available for every level of commitment and every working schedule

■Uniforms - Fittings at beginning of season, Football games and Competitions

■Food - Food Prep (kits) prior to competition and set-up, serving and clean-up at competitions

■Equipment - loading/unloading on trucks, truck drivers, schlepping the pit (front ensemble equipment) and drum major podiums for competitions and football games.

stmaa.ivolunteer.com

■Online volunteer sign up system■Used for nearly ALL volunteer opportunities –

for both students and adults■Easy to use – go to stmaa.ivolunteer.com

■Select the event■Sign up by providing the requested information■Confirm sign up by responding to the email from

ivolunteer■Participate!

Charms Student AccountsCharms is our software used to communicate with the students and parents, tracks our finance, inventories and more. Using it is easy!

1) Log onto Charms https://www.charmsoffice.com/2) Select Parent/Student/Members option under the

Enter/Login drop down3) Enter school code: sthsband4) Password: student’s STHS school ID number

Free mobile apps are available for all platforms

Questions or having trouble using Charms? Email charms@600building.com for help

Information■ STMAA

■ STMAA Website: www.600building.com (soon to be www.santateresamusic.com)

■ Facebook.com/groups/STMAA

■ Marching Band and Color Guard Specific■ Facebook.com/groups/sthsmarchingband■ https://www.instagram.com/sths_marching_band■ https://www.instagram.com/sthscolorguard

Questions?