UPCOMING events
Upcoming Week Day by Day
August 26-September 1: Clinician WAYNE DOWNEY joins us this week
→ Mon Aug 26 — 7am Rehearsal, Percussion Sectional 4-6:30pm, Guard Sectional 4:30-6:30pm
→ Tues Aug 27 — 7am Rehearsal + 4-8pm Rehearsal
→ Wed Aug 28 — 7am Rehearsal
→ Thurs Aug 29 — 7am Rehearsal, 4-6pm Winds Sectional
→ Fri Aug 30 — NO SCHOOL = NO morning RRehearsal. PEP BAND ‘A’ to Bentonville for Union Football Game [3:30pm call time]
** Starting when school begins, through Grand Nationals and Redhawks Football post season
The Fan Show Shirt is not for RR students. Students will receive their show shirt as part of their fees.
Show shirts available for order for a limited time!
The Souvenier Patches are not included in their fees and need to be pre-ordered for UBPC to purchase them for students.
Patches need to be ordered by Sept 20.
2024 RR SOuvenier patches
Communication is so important, especially with this huge and diverse group of students and families - stay connected and join the BAND app to chat with leadership teams and other families and keep up to date on the latest!
Hey band families!
@heather Andrew and I are coordinating your section parents this year! You can find other parents of students in your child’s section in our Band Chats here! Please join us!
Join our ‘RR Section Parents’ group on the BAND app.
Get updates and stay connected!
https://band.us/n/a4a7A1CbC3ddV
In addition, we are looking for 1 Front Ensemble and 1 Mellophone patent to come alongside long standing upper class men section parents! It’s a UBPC focus to ensure we have transition plans in place for roles soyou would be learning the role and sharing some of the responsibilities.
Section parents coordinate things like goodie bags, wash uniforms, decorate the band hall. It’s like home room mom for your students section!
Please fill out this form if you are interested!
https://www.unionbands.com/volunteer
September 3, 2024 | 6:00 - 7:00 PM
october 8, 2024 | 6:00 - 7:00 PM
november 11, 2024 | 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Support My Season is still going on!
Where does the membership money go?
The membership dollars go in to the UBPC general fund. This account is used to fund various expenses that we do not want to have to charge in regular student fees.
What do the UBPC members do?
UBPC members are mostly parents that want the best band experience for their students. The band parent/UBPC member experience is different for everyone, depending on the amount of time each person has available to commit. Generally speaking, members volunteer, attend UBPC meetings, fundraise, watch practices together, help with special events, travel with the band, chaperone on trips, provide hospitality for judges and other events, make friends with other parents and cheer on the band. UBPC members are there to answer questions (especially for 1st year marching students – yikes!) and support you when your student graduates (try not to think about it – it will be here before you know it!)
Company donations or donation matching
Some companies will match or donate if you volunteer! Don’t hesitate to ask! Some of our band parents have received hundreds of dollars in donations just by asking!
We have a lot of things coming up - take the time to check in with your employer and see if they are able to provide any donations or do donation matching? Many companies have money set aside for gifting to non-profits. This would be a tremendous help and keep our pockets from continuously being empty!
We can put together a donation sheet - an idea is to include shout outs in our Weekly Beats of the company that donates. We may even be able to put sponsors on our shirts. Ideas I will have to run by the board - but look for more information on that soon!
we need you!
We all have one thing in common: we love our students!
Check out our volunteer form - there are so many opportunities for you to get involved on any level!
Contact the volunteer coordinator with any ideas or questions!
