August Update 1 - Week of 8.4

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 Good afternoon Band Families!


We are in the home stretch of summer before we start a brand new school year! Please take a look at ALL of the contents of the email below. We understand this is a lot of information but this is the only way to keep you in the loop with detailed and precise information. Keep in touch, ask questions (email addresses for specific areas available below), get involved! We are looking forward to keeping up our strong summer momentum into the school year. Thank you for sharing your kids and your enthusiasm with us - you all truly make my job so fun!! :) 

Schedule at a Glance
Monday 8/5: Band Camp - 5pm-9pm
Tuesday 8/6: Band Camp - 5pm-9pm
Wednesday 8/7: Band Camp 5pm-7pm, Friends and Family Show and Dinner - 7pm
Thursday 8/8: Band Olympics and Practice - 5pm-9pm
Saturday 8/10: Freshman Orientation (Select SLT and Guard volunteering)

This Week's Events:
The annual Friends and Family Event is a fun kick off for the Marching Band Season.  On Wednesday, August 7th at 7 pm, please join us as we watch the kids show us the payoff from their hard work during band camp and perform their 2024 Marching Show Juxtaposition.  After the performance in the parking lot, the kids, staff, family, and friends will then be sharing a fun night of food and socializing in the Auditorium Lobby and Courtyard for the remainder of the evening.  Please join us!! Cost is only $5 per person for band and guard members, and their friends and family (children under age 5 free). Please bring cash payment at the event. (Note: last week's email mentioned that the band kids would be free but due to budget considerations, we are asking for $5 for them as well)

Band Olympics is on Thursday, August 8th at the school at 5 pm.  Students should plan to arrive fed as there will be no dinner service. Games are from 5-7 and other activities are after that until about 9 pm. All students should attend. 

We will be looking for parent support for both events.  Please sign up in Charms ASAP to help with the dinner and as chaperones for the Olympics. 

Please contact Amy at Events@parkvistaband.com for any questions or to get more involved on the events committee for these upcoming fun days and other future happenings.

By the end of this weekend, you should receive an email stating what paperwork that you are still missing. Please check your email and spam for this email. If you do not receive an email, your paperwork is up to date! The paperwork deadline has passed, so please get in your forms as soon as possible. The directors will soon be giving consequences to students that are missing their required paperwork. All forms are available on the Parent Hub at the following link:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kBz4ppo6Ggrv1OAFFy0D4W_Zv6dWU9yx

Please make sure that you turned in all 5 of your permission forms for competitions. These are required in order to attend our marching band competitions this year. 

Our first Fair Share payment ($200) is coming up. (This is NOT the Merch Fees). We will have SchoolCash available in the next week or so. Checks can be made out to Park Vista Band, or cash is acceptable. Please email Christine Finkel (treasurer) with any charms transfer requests. As always, please email the band directors with any financial questions or concerns. See directly below for 2 GREAT opportunities to offset fair share costs. 

(Both documents attached)
The Fan Angel crowdsourcing fundraiser will go live this week. All the information you need is on the information sheet attached. Please set up your student's personal account and enter your email contacts ASAP. The FanAngel platform will send out the emails you have listed and even send your donors a thank you email!. 
You can also share the link to your student's personal page via text and on social media. 
After fees are deducted for processing the donations/credit card payments, the band will split the net profits, 60% to you and 40% to the band general fund.

If we can get full participation by Tuesday and go live on Wednesday, any money raised by Thursday will count toward your student's band olympics team.

This is one of  the EASIEST fundraisers to participate in with the greatest potential financial benefit. In 2023, a single student raised over $1,000 in donations!!! Good luck!!

SaveAround Coupon Books: They're here!
You can start selling books and collecting money as soon as you receive this email. 
Profits for books sold in person and online but delivered in person is $6.50 and on-line for delivery is $5.
Books will be available for pick up sometime in August. No books will be given out unless payment is received.
Book sales end December 16th.

Upcoming events are now listed in Charms for the month of September. Please login to review the days that are available. As a reminder, these days are not a guarantee we will get a stand.  Please enter your name on the days that you are interested and Nathalie will always confirm when and if we get a stand. 

At this point in the summer, everyone who has paid their merch fee has received their new backpack with all their items.  We still have 27 people who have not paid their merch fee yet - please pay this ASAP so your student can have all the cool stuff!!  We will look amazing marching into stadiums and competitions with everyone matching and looking uniform and professional!!!  

As a reminder, freshmen or new members owe $207, returning members owe $87, and seniors owe $222.  Please message the directors if you have any issues with payment!

Volunteer shirts are here, and will be distributed to families who have paid merch fees at friends and family night on 8/7.  If you are a returning family and need a new shirt, I will have all sizes for sale as well.  The price is $8 for sizes S-XL and $10 for 2XL-4XL.

Show shirts are coming!!!  If you are unfamiliar, this is a shirt that has our show theme on the front and our competition schedule on the back.  All performers get one as part of their merch fees (another reminder to pay those fees)! Parents and family members wear these shirts in the stands when we watch the band compete.  You will definitely want one of these! 

Other items coming include "bling" zip up hoodies for the band moms---these are black full zip sweatshirt jackets that say "Park Vista Band Mom" in blingy rhinestones on the back.  They will be around $40 and will be for sale in the next few weeks!!!!

Donation Requests:
We continue to request that each family donate a minimum of two 12-packs of soda (cans) or two 8-packs of Gatorade items based on the updated list below. Feel free to donate more, we expect another well-attended Invitational event in November. Please bring your donations to the Friends and Family event on Wednesday. A cart will be at the band gates to accept your donations.

  • Flutes - Diet coke, Coke Zero or Diet pepsi
  • Clarinets - 7-up, Sprite or Sierra Mist
  • Saxes - Sunkist or Fanta orange
  • Trumpets - 20oz assorted gatorade
  • Mellos - Mountain Dew
  • Baritones - Dr. Pepper
  • Tubas - Dr. Pepper
  • Percussion - 20oz assorted gatorade
  • Guard - Pepsi or Coke

We also appreciate the donations of boxes of assorted Frito Lay chips and candy (Skittles, Swedish Fish, and Sour Patch candy/straws - individual boxes for resale).

Things can happen quickly during marching season, so it is important to use the right tools to stay up to date. The Parent Hub is your main resource for everything you need to know. 

If you haven't already signed up for Slack, an invitation link is available here and on the Parent Hub. The Parent Hub calendar that lists all practices, competitions, and other events is available here. 
An easy way to keep on top of the schedule, you can sync the calendar with your phone, click the button in the lower right corner of the calendar:

See you soon :) 

*Attachments mentioned in this message are available in the "Weekly Email Attachments" folder of the document archive page of the Parent HUB.


Amrutha Murthy
Band Director ▪ Park Vista Community High School
amrutha.murthy@palmbeachschools.org
561-491-8473 (O)
Park Vista Band | Band Parent HUB

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