Hello band families,
Band Day 2023 will be held on Saturday, September 30from 8:30AM – 2:00PM!
Band Day is Yorktown Band’s biggest fundraiser of the year!
Band members pair up and are sent out in groups, driven by parent chaperones to Yorktown neighborhoods to represent the YHS band programs and ask for financial support for the band. Band members from all the band programs (Marching Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Drumline), as well as color guard members, participate in this event.
The students go door-to-door to hand-out flyers with information about the band, talk to people about the great Yorktown programs for band, and ask for donations to help support the activities of the band throughout the year.
The money raised supports the band program by:
- Providing financial assistance for students to participate in the band programs.
- Purchasing music equipment and repairing instruments.
- Purchasing music for ensembles.
- Maintaining marching and concert uniforms
- Hiring professional musicians to come and work with students.
- Paying for transportation needs throughout the year.
- Cover costs associated with the spring trip.
Students and parent drivers will need to arrive at the YHS cafeteria on the morning of September 30 at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast will be served. Students and parents will receive further instructions for a successful day, as well as details for the neighborhoods they will visit. Students in Marching Band will change into their uniforms before heading out to visit the neighborhoods and ask for support from the community.
In order to make this work, we will need lots of parent volunteers and all students to participate:
STUDENTS: Fill out this Google form to let us know who you want to be partnered with on Band Day. We will try to make it happen, although there are no guarantees: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9WG5U_DgqxExbYKOU3IIIH30upuFgSLm0BHaHsrZphdS2gQ/viewform?usp=sf_lin
PARENTS:
- We need parent volunteers who are able to drive students around to assigned Yorktown neighborhoods to sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094CAFA722AA8-band2
- We also need help with the Band Day breakfast (food, supplies, couple volunteers): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B094CAFA722AA8-band1
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Angela Huskey at angelahuskey@gmail.com or Meghan Rogers at mplumb15@yahoo.com.
Thank you!
YHS Band Boosters