Grapevine Mustang Band
August 19, 2022
Good afternoon Mustang Band!
- Band Meal Dietary Restrictions Form - If you have any food allergies that the band volunteers need to know about please help us by filling out the following food allergy Google form by Monday, August 22.
- Las Cruces Bands of America hotel room SIGN UP HERE - use the tabs at the bottom. You will have 2 seperate sign up locations.
- The 4th installment of band fees was due Aug 1. Please refer to the Band Fee Payment document for more information. Please note: if you are paying through PayPal and do not send the payment directly to treasurer@grapevinehsband.com, the processing fees will be charged to your Charms account.
- All Mustang Band members should be practicing their ALL REGION music at home and with their private lesson teachers.
- The band calendar at grapevinehsband.com is your one-stop shop for all dates and times.
- Join the 2022-23 Remind! Info below.
- Lessons are available for all members of the band program. Please go to https://www.grapevinehsband.com/private-lessons.html and set up lessons if you have not already.
- All Families can raise funds for their individual band account NOW with the Scrip Fundraiser. See below for details.
Weekly Schedule
Monday -
5:30-8:30pm - Stadium Rehearsal MPS
Tuesday -
7:00am - Marching Band
Wednesday -
7:00am - Marching Band
Thursday -
7:00am - Marching Band
7:00pm - Grapevine HS vs Wakeland HS - ITINERARY
Friday -
8:00am - Marching Band
IMMEDIATE NEED - 8/24 concession stand volunteers
We have an immediate concessions volunteer need this Wednesday, August 24 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m (JV/Freshman game). Please sign up and help if you can. If you have not signed up for your 3 required concessions shifts, see the sign up links below.
IMMEDIATE NEED - 8/25 Pit Crew volunteers - SIGN UP
We have an immediate need for Pit crew volunteers for the GHS vs. Wakeland game on Thursday. Please sign up if you can help.
Many hands make light loads, laundry loads that is! We need your help keeping our kids looking (and smelling) clean this marching season! Here's how it works; after each game or competition we will send one bag of either shirts or bibbers along with all detergent and instructions home with your student. All you have to do is wash the one load and send it back with your student the following week. It's that easy! Please use the Signup Genius below to choose the dates that work for you.
Bands of America - New Mexico Band Trip
We are officially one month away from our fall band trip to New Mexico. We still have slots for chaperones, pit crew, props and box truck driver help. If you sign up to chaperone you will be serving double duty on the pit crew getting the band on and off the friend during competition. Parent hotel cost is not covered, it will be $263 for all 3 nights for single occupancy, less if you share a room with another parent. Payment for hotels will be due by 9/2. Transportation is covered, you will be riding the charter bus. Please consider joining the band on this trip, it is a ton of fun! If you have questions contact Angela Hall at angelahall_vp@grapevinehsband.com
Sign up to help Pit crew/props/drive a truck
Daily Dollar Fundraiser
The Daily Dollar calendar fundraiser has been extended to the end of August. Keep sharing the calendar via social media and filling up a calendar. We are 70% to our goal. Can you help us reach our goal of raising $30,000?
Sponsorships
We are looking for Business Sponsors for this season. Let fundraising@grapevinhsband.com know if you have warm leads or ideas of businesses we could contact.
If available to assist, please contact our Guard Liaison, Brigitte Iafrate, at guard_liaison@grapevinehsband.com or 972-948-0357.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
GHS Band Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/grapevinehsband/albums
More info - https://www.grapevinehsband.com/color-guard.html
In the links below you’ll find the signup instructions for our spring trip to Disney! To go on this trip with us, you’ll follow the registration link in the ‘Participant Registration Instructions’ page (https://ib.mydirectorschoice.com/users/sign_up). If you went on the NYC trip with us last year, your login and password are still active and you’ll add the trip by using the trip code GO-1007. If this is your first trip with us, you’ll create a profile and add the same trip code. The most important thing to do right now is pay the $100 deposit for the trip before September 15th. This deposit secures airfare for our group, which is the most volatile cost of our trip.
The total price of the trip is outlined on the ‘Terms and Conditions’ page linked below along with the payment schedule for the trip. The total cost of the trip this year is $1,880, which includes airfare, park admission, on-site hotel rooms shared amongst 4 students, and some meals. If you would like to arrange your own airfare, you’ll select the ‘Ground’ package. The total cost of the trip without airfare is $1,280. It is not an option to take trip airfare one way (either departing or returning) with the package. This trip will depart on March 9th, 2023 and we will return to the DFW airport on March 13th. If your airfare is separate, you’ll receive an itinerary with where you’ll meet up with our group and where you’ll depart our group.
If parents, family members, or siblings would like to travel with us, you’ll select one of the ‘Guest’ Packages when you register for the trip. They are more expensive as the cost of the hotel is not split as many ways. If you have a family of four that can stay in the same room, you’ll select one of the ‘Student Quad’ packages and we can clarify that you are not on the student trip at a later date.
One of the Disney days will include all band members performing and recording in the Disney Imagination Campus Soundtrack Session where they will record the film scores for several Disney movies! A detailed itinerary is below.
Everyone will receive a detailed itinerary that includes student check in times, locations for all events, flight and luggage information, and how to arrange which Disney/Orlando Studios rides you would like to go on. We want this trip to be a ton of fun for everyone! If you have any questions about this trip, please email Mr. Rees.
Start Raising Money NOW!
Stay Connected
Here are the links to stay connected!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrapevineMustangBand
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ghsmustangband
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grapevinehsbandFB Grapevine Mustang Band Parent Page : https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772812576066464/
CHARMS
Students/Parents should login and update their CHARMS information. This is our primary form of communication, and it is important to have accurate information.
If you have any questions, or have trouble logging in to your account, please contact Ms. Irby. (brooke.irby@gcisd.net)
Charms Link
REMIND
All students and parents must join the Remind Groups. We use Remind to communicate quickly during events and will only send out messages that are important for everyone. Visit the band website for details.
PayPal
You may pay for your child’s fees easily with a credit card using a Pay Pal account. To use this feature, click on the “Finances” button then choose the “Make A Trip Payment” button. If you have not set up a Pay Pal account, you will be given an option to do so. Choose to pay using your credit card, debit card, or bank account. Make secure purchases without revealing your credit card number or financial information to the GHS Band or the CHARMS system. PayPal offers one of the safest platforms for online commerce with fraud rates at a fraction of those of typical e-commerce offerings. PayPal offers ease and flexibility, accepting all major credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express), as well as all major debit cards and direct transfers. Please be aware that there is a fee to pay by credit card.
Grapevine Mustang Band
Email: james.rees@gcisd.net
Website: grapevinehsband.com
Location: 3223 Mustang Drive, Grapevine, TX, USA
Phone: 8172515249