Mark your calendar: Pancake Breakfast, 8-10 a.m., Sept. 11 at Applebees, 3820 Mulberry St. in Riverside.

Band and color guard members will be the wait staff. Finally, a chance to have the kids serve you!

Ticket details to come.

Our August Band & Color Guard Booster Meeting will be held at Poly on August 12th, 2010. Please plan on joining us!

Hello and welcome from Riverside Poly Proud Heritage Band and Color Guard booster board.

Our first general booster meeting will be at 7 p.m. on July 14 in the Poly High School band room. Please come and meet your fellow band parents and the band booster board. This is also a chance to ask questions and offer suggestions.

As a parent or guardian of a child who is involved in our program, you are automatically a member of the booster association.

Your role as an active booster is crucial to the success of our program. As boosters, we raise money to pay for uniforms, instructors and competitions. (It costs thousands of dollars to run this program and there is no financial support from the school or the school district.) Boosters keep things moving by volunteering in many capacities and we serve as advocates.

As we enter our 2010-11 season, the next few months will be very busy. We invite you to get involved.

Here are some of the many opportunities to help:

• Altering and repairing uniforms (no need to know how to sew, we will train)
• Loading and unloading the trailer before and after performances
• Helping the kids get ready for performances
• Chaperoning
• Donating water and food
• Helping to cook and serve pre-performance meals
• Pulling the trailer to and from performances
• Assisting with fund raising efforts.
• Helping with the car washes, bake sales and the silent auctions
• Providing snacks for Thursday night practices
• Asking local businesses for financial support

Below are the names of the 2010-11 booster board. We are here to help, so feel free to contact us if you questions have about the booster organization and how you can get involved.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Your Band and Color Guard Booster Board:
Band Director: Oscar Mooring
President, band: Fred Suplee
President, color guard: Micaela Favela
1st VP – membership and public relations: Kim Lane
2nd VP – ways and means: Joe Ramos and Paul Richardson
3rd VP – chaperone, hospitality and uniforms: Lois Lackie and Veronica Epperson
Treasurer: Carol King
Secretary: Angelica Hurtado
Parliamentarian: Phil Pitchford
Contact us at http://riversidepolyband.com/contact/

We have three car washes scheduled so far. They will be held 8 a.m. to noon., August 14, October 2 and November 6 in the Poly H.S. parking lot.

A student shift schedule will be posted prior to each car wash. Students are asked to sell four $5 tickets each. More information to come.

Location: Poly High School

Call Time: 7:00pm

Date: December 4th, 2010

Location: TBA

TBA - Call Time

Meet on the field. Wear your black band T-shirt, black socks, and Dinkles!

TBA - Load equipment

TBA - Load Buses and depart for:

TBA

TBA - Arrive at destination. Unload Equipment. The Booster will have a light snack for you.

TBA - Get dressed

TBA - Warm-up

TBA - PERFORMANCE!!!!!

TBA - Return to buses and change out of uniform.

TBA - Return to the stadium to watch other bands. You will be dismissed in groups to go to the concession stands at this time, so bring $$$ money $$$ if you wish to purchase food.

TBA - Awards

TBA - Load buses, Depart for Riverside

TBA - Arrive at Poly, Unload Equipment

Date: November 20th, 2010

Location: Ramona High School

TBA - Call Time

Eat lunch BEFORE you arrive. Report to the field for rehearsal. Wear your black band T-shirt, black socks, and Dinkles!

TBA -

Return to the band room, Load equipment. The Boosters will have food for you. You may bring a sack lunch and eat at this time. DO NOT leave campus, and DO NOT eat in uniform.

TBA - Get Dressed

TBA - Load Buses

TBA - Depart for Ramona H.S.

TBA - Arrive at Ramona H.S.

TBA - Warm-up

TBA - Pre-Stage

TBA - PERFORMANCE!!!!!

TBA - Enter the stands to watch Rancho Buena Vista H.S.

TBA - Awards

TBA - Load buses, Depart for Poly

TBA - Arrive at Poly, Unload Equipment

Location: Ramona

Date: November 13th, 2010

TBA - Call Time

Meet on the field for rehearsal, Wear your Band T-shirt, Dinkles, and black socks. Eat lunch BEFORE you arrive.

TBA -

Return to the band room, Load equipment. The Boosters will have food for you. You may bring a sack lunch and eat at this time. DO NOT leave campus, and DO NOT eat in uniform.

TBA - Get Dressed

TBA - Load Buses

TBA - Depart for Ramona

TBA - Arrive at Ramona

TBA - Warm-up

TBA - Pre-Stage

TBA - PERFORMANCE!!!!!

TBA - Enter the stands for awards

TBA - Awards

TBA - Load buses, Depart for Poly

TBA - Arrive at Poly

Location: Ramona

Call Time: TBA

Location: Ramona

Call Time: 5:15pm