Competitions/Performances/Games
| Home Football Game |
Friday, September 19 |
River City Round-Up
Parade-downtown Omaha |
Saturday, September 27 |
| Home Football Game |
Friday, October 3 |
| Columbus, NE Competition |
Saturday, October 4 |
| Omaha Marching Exhibition - Central HS |
Tuesday, October 7 |
| Lincoln High Competition, Lincoln NE |
Saturday, October 11 |
| Omaha Marching Invitational - Burke HS |
Saturday, October 18 |
| Home Football Game & Senior Recognition |
Friday, October 24 |
| State Marching Competition - Seacrest Field, Lincoln |
Saturday, October 25 |
| Burke Band Fall Boutique |
Saturday, November 1 |
COMMITTEES
Props/Props/Trailer
Volunteers must be able to help at the competitions and exhibitions identified above and assist with loading and unloading the trailer with musical equipment and with placing “pit” instruments on the field for playing, as well as removing them at the end of the performance (could include vibes, keyboard, timpani, gongs, electric bass, etc.). Due to time limits with competitions, placing and removal of equipment must be done quickly and certain rules must be understood and followed.
This committee is also responsible for designing, building and arranging all on-field props for the marching show. The volunteers work with the Pit crew and will be required to be at all performances and available to practice with the band in the evenings/Saturdays as needed. (See schedule above.)
Uniform
Volunteers distribute uniforms prior to any event that requires them (football games, competitions, parades, concerts, etc.) and they collect the uniforms after all events and put them into numeric order. At the end of the year, they prepare uniforms for dry cleaning and storage.
Flag
Assists flag team by coordinating uniforms and flags, as well as assisting at competitions, parades and games and communicating with Flag Instructor. At least 2-3 volunteers are needed to attend the competitions and exhibitions. (See schedule above.)
Drumline
Volunteers assist drumline at competitions and games and communicate with the Drumline Instructor.
Website
Volunteers work with Burke Webmaster to fill and maintain the band pages on Burke Web site with photos and information.
Band Honors Night
Volunteers make arrangements for the annual Band Honors Nightusually held in late April and planning begins in January. This includes planning the event, reserving school space, creating and mailing invitations, decorating, creating program, and working with directors and Booster Board to plan agenda and make a DVD which has pictures of the band taken during the year.
Bus Chaperone
Volunteers ride on busses to band events with band students.
Fundraising
Volunteers identify fundraising opportunities and makes recommendations to the music directors and Booster Board. Once approved, this committee coordinates whatever is necessary for the fundraising initiative and tracks participation and results.
Omaha Marching Invitational
Volunteers work at OMI, this year on Saturday, October 13th at Northwest High School.
Band Athletic Pass
Volunteers sell band athletic passes to band parents to attend Burke football and basketball games.
Band Boutique
Fall Boutique - November 3, 2007
Spring Boutique - TBA
Seller Relations
Chair of committee and responsible for setting boutique date, preparing mailings to sellers responding to inquires, making phone calls, maintaining list of sellers, coordinating fall day care with Burke’s Future Educators of America and assigning sellers’ spaces.
Set Up / Take Down
Coordinate the setting up spaces with volunteers. This includes marking spaces, arranging tables/chairs and labeling spaces. Also, with volunteers, assists sellers with unloading their merchandise and getting it to spaces, helping sellers reload their vehicles and cleaning after the boutique.
Bake Sale
Coordinate Bake Sale with volunteers by wrapping, pricing baked sale goods donated by band families and setting up tables the day before the boutique and working with volunteers on boutique day to sell the baked goods.
Concessions
Arrange for food to be sold at the boutique from Concession stand near gym. Develop and distribute flyer asking for soda/bake sale donations from the band members. Work the day before and the day of the boutique with volunteers to set up concessions and sell the food.
Publicity
Coordinate publicity for boutique. This includes placing ads in newspapers, public service announcements on radio and TV a few months before boutique.
Signs
Order, pick up and distribute boutique signs for volunteers to put one week before boutique and take down a few days after boutique.
Front Door/Donations
Decorate table inside front door, supervise students to take admission and solicit donations day of the boutique.
Volunteer
Two months before boutique, email and call parents and sign up students in band class to fill shifts for boutique. Shifts are: put out signs (week before boutique), set up boutique (Friday afternoon and early morning of boutique), work at boutique (9:00 AM-4:00 PM) or take down boutique (after 4:00 PM on boutique day) and pick up signs (a few days after boutique.)
Raffle
Organize and run raffle of boutique sellers’ donated items, plus a special item raffle with parent and student volunteers on boutique day.
Traffic
Directing traffic and loading and unloading of sellers wares with volunteers from 6:00-9:00 AM and after 4:00 PM on boutique day.
Competitions/Performances/Games
| Home Football Game |
Friday, September 19 |
River City Round-Up
Parade-downtown Omaha |
Saturday, September 27 |
| Home Football Game |
Friday, October 3 |
| Columbus, NE Competition |
Saturday, October 4 |
| Omaha Marching Exhibition - Central HS |
Tuesday, October 7 |
| Lincoln High Competition, Lincoln NE |
Saturday, October 11 |
| Omaha Marching Invitational - Burke HS |
Saturday, October 18 |
| Home Football Game & Senior Recognition |
Friday, October 24 |
| State Marching Competition - Seacrest Field, Lincoln |
Saturday, October 25 |
| Burke Band Fall Boutique |
Saturday, November 1 |
COMMITTEES
Props/Props/Trailer
Volunteers must be able to help at the competitions and exhibitions identified above and assist with loading and unloading the trailer with musical equipment and with placing “pit” instruments on the field for playing, as well as removing them at the end of the performance (could include vibes, keyboard, timpani, gongs, electric bass, etc.). Due to time limits with competitions, placing and removal of equipment must be done quickly and certain rules must be understood and followed.
This committee is also responsible for designing, building and arranging all on-field props for the marching show. The volunteers work with the Pit crew and will be required to be at all performances and available to practice with the band in the evenings/Saturdays as needed. (See schedule above.)
Uniform
Volunteers distribute uniforms prior to any event that requires them (football games, competitions, parades, concerts, etc.) and they collect the uniforms after all events and put them into numeric order. At the end of the year, they prepare uniforms for dry cleaning and storage.
Flag
Assists flag team by coordinating uniforms and flags, as well as assisting at competitions, parades and games and communicating with Flag Instructor. At least 2-3 volunteers are needed to attend the competitions and exhibitions. (See schedule above.)
Drumline
Volunteers assist drumline at competitions and games and communicate with the Drumline Instructor.
Website
Volunteers work with Burke Webmaster to fill and maintain the band pages on Burke Web site with photos and information.
Band Honors Night
Volunteers make arrangements for the annual Band Honors Nightusually held in late April and planning begins in January. This includes planning the event, reserving school space, creating and mailing invitations, decorating, creating program, and working with directors and Booster Board to plan agenda and make a DVD which has pictures of the band taken during the year.
Bus Chaperone
Volunteers ride on busses to band events with band students.
Fundraising
Volunteers identify fundraising opportunities and makes recommendations to the music directors and Booster Board. Once approved, this committee coordinates whatever is necessary for the fundraising initiative and tracks participation and results.
Omaha Marching Invitational
Volunteers work at OMI, this year on Saturday, October 13th at Northwest High School.
Band Athletic Pass
Volunteers sell band athletic passes to band parents to attend Burke football and basketball games.
Band Boutique
Fall Boutique - November 3, 2007
Spring Boutique - TBA
Seller Relations
Chair of committee and responsible for setting boutique date, preparing mailings to sellers responding to inquires, making phone calls, maintaining list of sellers, coordinating fall day care with Burke’s Future Educators of America and assigning sellers’ spaces.
Set Up / Take Down
Coordinate the setting up spaces with volunteers. This includes marking spaces, arranging tables/chairs and labeling spaces. Also, with volunteers, assists sellers with unloading their merchandise and getting it to spaces, helping sellers reload their vehicles and cleaning after the boutique.
Bake Sale
Coordinate Bake Sale with volunteers by wrapping, pricing baked sale goods donated by band families and setting up tables the day before the boutique and working with volunteers on boutique day to sell the baked goods.
Concessions
Arrange for food to be sold at the boutique from Concession stand near gym. Develop and distribute flyer asking for soda/bake sale donations from the band members. Work the day before and the day of the boutique with volunteers to set up concessions and sell the food.
Publicity
Coordinate publicity for boutique. This includes placing ads in newspapers, public service announcements on radio and TV a few months before boutique.
Signs
Order, pick up and distribute boutique signs for volunteers to put one week before boutique and take down a few days after boutique.
Front Door/Donations
Decorate table inside front door, supervise students to take admission and solicit donations day of the boutique.
Volunteer
Two months before boutique, email and call parents and sign up students in band class to fill shifts for boutique. Shifts are: put out signs (week before boutique), set up boutique (Friday afternoon and early morning of boutique), work at boutique (9:00 AM-4:00 PM) or take down boutique (after 4:00 PM on boutique day) and pick up signs (a few days after boutique.)
Raffle
Organize and run raffle of boutique sellers’ donated items, plus a special item raffle with parent and student volunteers on boutique day.
Traffic
Directing traffic and loading and unloading of sellers wares with volunteers from 6:00-9:00 AM and after 4:00 PM on boutique day.