All high school band programs need volunteers. Ours is no different. Listed below are some
of the things our volunteers help with, with a brief explanation of what is included in each task:
UNIFORM FITTING
All students in band must be fitted for a marching uniform in the fall, and a concert uniform in the spring.
We use parent volunteers to do this. With four adults, this process can take a few weeks, depending on the
number of students. We start during the summer band rehearsals and continue until everybody has been fitted. We
need volunteers to sort the uniforms, find the appropriate size, snap sleeves and pant legs to proper length, record
uniform inventory, and garment bag tags, and show new students how to put the different pieces on and the correct way to hang
it in their garment bags. After everyone has been fitted, there needs to be a complete uniform inventory listing each
child and the corresponding numbers of their various uniform pieces. This is a lot of work in a few weeks, but
then you're done. Until December! But the concert uniforms don't require near the amount of time the marching
uniforms do.
Uniforms should be checked in at the end of the season.
UNIFORM WASHING
Our new uniforms are machine washable and will require parents from each section to be responsible for
checking out and washing the various pieces several times throughout the year. There are very specific washing instructions
that must be followed to keep these new uniforms looking great.
UNIFORM ALTERATIONS & REPAIR
We would LOVE to have parent volunteers to assist with zipper and snap repair, etc...
CONCESSION STAND WORKERS
For Varsity football games, the trailer needs 3 people per game and the main stand requires 8.
Our volunteers make popcorn, take orders, collect money, fix nachos and other food items, and fill candy
and drink orders. We have 4 home Varsity games for you to choose from.
Concession stand workers must wear a hat. We have several baseball caps for you to use, you
can bring your own, or you can purchase a MHS BAND baseball cap!!
REMEMBER:EACH FAMILY IS ASKED TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK AT LEAST
TWO (2) GAMES DURING THE FOOTBALL SEASON! Contact Trisha Hyde at mhsbbc.volunteers@gmail.com
HOSPITALITY
We need volunteers to ice down water bottles and deliver them to the stands and pass them out to the band
and color guard as they enter the stadium, as well as pass out snacks after the game. We also provide large coolers
of water for the kids to refill their bottles. We also need volunteers to purchase the ice, water and snacks.
These volunteers also assist in passing out the "chickens" prior to half time. "Chickens" are the
feather plumes the band wears in their marching hats!
FRIDAY MEALS
On days of AWAY games and contests, we will be serving lunch or dinner to the students.
We need volunteers to pick up and assist in handing out these dinners and drinks. This is usually done in the band
hall prior to the student's departure.
CHAPERONES
Every bus ride requires chaperones! We normally take 5 busses to football games and contests.
Winterguard contests normally take 1 bus.
PIT CREW
MHS Band Boosters are looking for a few good parents! We need a pit crew. The pit crew is responsible
for assisting the students who play percussion instruments on the sidelines and the drum majors with their podiums and
ladders. The pit crew would help move the equipment at every game (home and away), plus contests from the trailer
to the sidelines when the time is appropriate and then off the sidelines and back to the trailer. We need a pit crew leader
who could be at all of those events and could coordinate the rest of the parents with what equipment they need to move, when
and where. They would need to be at the home games early to help move equipment, at half-time down on the field and after
the half-time show to get it off the field and back to the band hall. At away games, they need to arrive with the buses, either
as a chaperone riding or following in their cars and assist in getting the equipment from the trailers to the sidelines before
the game, during half-time, right after half-time, and then back to the trailer. At contests, they need to arrive with the
buses as well either as a chaperone, or following in cars and assist in getting the equipment from the trailer to the appropriate
place at the designated time, onto the sidelines at the appropriate time for the show, then off and back to the trailer. If
you can commit to some, or all of these games and contests please contact Trisha Hyde at mhsbbc.volunteers@gmail.com.
The band needs your help!!!
