BAND BOOSTER COMMITTEES
Booster committees support the band in various ways. If interested in helping out, contact the committee chair. We'd love to have you join us!
Alumni Support
- Chair: Jean Burroughs, Lynne Davies-Cutting, Kay Jamison, Kim Lowe, and Aleece Spalding alumni@athensdriveband.com
- Coordinates the distribution of information about the Athens Drive High School Band Program; such as performance schedules, fundraisers and special awards the band has received.
- Moderates the "Athens Drive Band Alumni, Friends & Members" Facebook page.
Banquets
- Chair: Liz Workman, Agnieszka Blanchard, and Dinese Bullock banquet@athensdriveband.com
- Communicates information to families by email.
- Coordinates volunteers to decorate, set up, serve and clean up.
Bulletin Board
- Chair: Melanie Vtipil & OPEN POSITION bulletinboard@athensdriveband.com
- Designs and maintains band bulletin board located in band hallway.
- Ensures information on bulletin board is kept current.
CD/DVD Sales
- Chair: David Uy and Julian King CDDVD@athensdriveband.com
- Coordinates professionals/volunteers to videotape all band concerts.
Chaperone Support
- Chair: Adrienne Williamson and Zofia Pruchnik and OPEN POSITION chaperones@athensdriveband.com
- Coordinates volunteers to chaperone marching band rehearsals, football games, and competitions.
Class Band Liaison
- Chair: Cynthia Basden classbandliaison@athensdriveband.com
- Communicates to Booster Board wants and needs of the class band only students and parents.
- Disseminates booster information to the class band only students and parents.
- Serves as parent contact for the class band only student and parent questions.
- Maintains email list of the class band only students and parents.
Concert Attire
- Chair: Cynthia Basden concertattire@athensdriveband.com
- Fits and orders concert attire.
- Assists students with last-minute concert attire details on days of the performance.
Concert Support (Hospitality)
- Chair: Damia Tabachow concertsupport@athensdriveband.com
- Coordinates volunteers to distribute programs, monitor doors, and help backstage.
- Coordinates refreshments for all band concerts.
- Decorates for Fall and Holiday Concerts.
Facebook
- Chair: Lynne Davies-Cutting & Alumni Member Kim Lowe facebook@athensdriveband.com
- Moderates the "Athens Drive Band Alumni, Friends & Members" Facebook page.
- Chair: Matt Berry and John Woodhouse fieldsupport@athensdriveband.com
- Maintains the band practice field (mow, fertilize & treat for weeds). 9-10 month responsibility.
- Prepares a budget for and procures all supplies to maintain the field.
- Performs routine maintenance on the lawnmower.
- Initially lays out the field markings and stripes the field.
- Maintains a log of time spent and what type of treatments were completed.
First Aid
- Chair: Stephanie Eyster and Heather Helton firstaid@athensdriveband.com
- Maintains all Medical/Health forms.
- Coordinates the schedule of first aid staff for Band Camp.
- Coordinates the schedule of first aid staff for all performances (football games, competitions and parades).
- Maintains all band medical kits.
Grant Writing
- Chair: OPEN POSITION grants@athensdriveband.com
- Researches funding opportunities.
- Writes grant proposals to support existing and planned booster activities.
Guard Support
- Chair: Tricia Pannill guardsupport@athensdriveband.com
- Coordinates the specific needs of the color guard and winter guard.
- Assists with uniform fittings and repairs.
- Assists with props, floor mat, and final preparations during competitions.
- Assists with coordination of transportation to winter guard competitions.
JAG Club Representative
- Chair: Elizabeth Strohm jagrep@athensdriveband.com
- Attends all JAG Club meetings representing the band, and reports back to the Band Booster Board.
Marching Band Meals and Snacks
- Chair: Johnny Thornton meals@athensdriveband.com
- Coordinates snack contributions for after school practices.
- Coordinates donations of snacks & drinks for trips.
- Packs and serves snacks on competition days.
- Coordinates meals served at competitions.
Marching Band Uniforms
- Chair: Shayla Michaud uniforms@athensdriveband.com
- Fits and assigns uniforms to the marching band students.
- Orders shoes and uniform replacement parts as needed for marching band members.
- Assists students with last-minute marching band uniform details on the days of performances.
- Maintains the database of uniform inventory and manages cleaning at end of the season.
- Works with the Drum Majors to select, fit and order their uniforms.
- Participates in practices and performances to assist with fittings, repairs, replacements and spot cleaning.
Mentor Program
- Chair: Melanie Vtipil mentor@athensdriveband.com
- Coordinates matching of veteran band families to new band families (winds and brass).
- Ensures new band families have a mentor family to contact and use as a resource for band program information.
- Provides information, through mentors, about all facets of the marching band and other band ensembles.
- Chair: Tricia Pannill PTSArep@athensdriveband.com
- Attends all PTSA meetings representing the band, and reports back to the Band Booster Board.
Percussion Support
- Chair: Dee Nicol, Alison Bittner, Robin Groth, and Lauren Robbins percussionsupport@athensdriveband.com
- Coordinates the specific needs of the percussion section, Winter Percussion, and spring/summer training program.
- Coordinates chaperone schedule for rehearsals.
- Assists with final preparations for competitions.
- Assists with coordination of transportation to Winter Percussion competitions.
Photo Directory
- Chair: Susan Uy directory@athensdriveband.com
- Updates database with names and addresses of band families.
- Coordinates pictures with names of all marching band students.
- Publishes directory to upload to the website.
Pit Crew
- Chair: Richard Swirski pitcrew@athensdriveband.com
- Loading/unloading instruments, equipment & uniforms at ADHS and the site of performance.
- Assists students with getting Front Ensemble instruments, props and Guard equipment on & off performance field.
- Works with the students to determine the most efficient way to set up the instruments in a timely manner.
- The Pit Crew's mission is to assist the students to enable them to focus on music and performances.
- Must buy or borrow Pit Crew shirt to wear to performances when assisting on the field.
- A minimum of 25 people who plan on attending most competitions are needed. Anyone interested may participate.
Props
- Chair: Greg Cowan, Laurie Cockman, and Tricia Pannill props@athensdriveband.com
- Construction of marching band show props for performances.
Public Relations
- Chair: OPEN POSITION pr@athensdriveband.com
- Promote band news internally to the school via Athens Alert and phone messaging system.
- Promote band news externally to the community using appropriate news media (newspaper, tv, radio, internet).
- Serve as a resource to Band Booster Chairs to help promote their events internally and externally.
Remind
- Chair: Tricia Pannill and Suella Berry remind@athensdriveband.com
- Maintains the ADHS Band Remind setup.
- Moderates Remind groups and user lists.
Senior Recognition
- Chair: Damia Tabachow seniorrecognition@athensdriveband.com
- Organizes marching band seniors and their parents on the football field for Senior Night.
- Coordinates senior photos for JAG program booklet.
Senior Video - Chair: Michaele Woodhouse seniorvideo@athensdriveband.com
- Produces a video for Spring Banquet.
- Video recognizes band seniors and includes photos from throughout the year.
SmugMug
- Chair: David Uy, Susan Uy, and Tom Beck smugmug@athensdriveband.com
- Maintains an online band photo gallery.
- Takes and collects photographs of band activities.
- Uploads select photos and videos to the online gallery.
Spirit Wear
Sponsorships
- Chair: OPEN POSITION sponsorships@athensdriveband.com
- Works with the community to solicit sponsorships.
- Maintains sponsorship records.
- Fulfills sponsorship benefits.
Student Accounts
Transportation
- Chair: Mark Michaud transportation@athensdriveband.com
- Oversees maintenance of all band vehicles, including registration and inspections.
- Coordinates use of band vehicles to transport equipment to events.
- Loads/Unloads instruments for competitions, football games, and other events as needed.
- Coordinates with Pit Crew for loading and unloading at marching band performances.
Twitter
Yahoo Group
- Delores Ragsdale, Michelle Major, and OPEN TRAINEES yahoogroup@athensdriveband.com
- Maintains the ADHS Band Yahoo! Group e-mail list.
- Moderates and approves all Yahoo! Group e-mail communications regarding band activities.
- Maintains ADHS Band Yahoo! Group home page and sponsor listings.
- Posts group e-mails as appropriate to Announcements area on ADHS Band Website.
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