OFMA Update – August 26, 2010
Next Meeting – September 1, 2010, 7pm, High School Choir Room
It is hard to believe, but already we are in Day 3 of the 2010 – 2011 Olmsted Falls School Year. Band Camp is now over, we have marched in the Heritage Days Parade, and now we look forward to the first football game of the year this week away at Padua.
This is really the inaugural update for our new blog for the Olmsted Falls Music Association at www.bulldogmusic.wordpress.com, you can expect the content, links and useful information to become more robust over time and indulge your patience as we take these first steps.
The blog will be our primary means of communicating updates and requests to our members, so it is important we have your email address on file. Please take a minute to drop us a quick email to confirm your email address to ofmamusic@gmail.com, also if you have ideas for stories, useful information, or great pictures please forward them to us as well.
Last Spring the voting membership of our organization elected the following officers for the 2010 – 2011 School Year:
Amy Schneider – President
Susan Lewis – Vice President
Michelle Neudeck – Secretary
Donald Woods – Treasurer
The organization has operated successfully due to its outstanding membership and volunteer base and we are asking for your assistance again this year, so please take a moment to click on the link to our Membership Form, complete it and drop it by our first meeting of the year. Our monthly meetings resume September 1, 2010, and are held the first Wednesday of each month. The meetings are held at the High School in the Choir Room. Expect a full agenda with updates on our accomplishments, finances, volunteer activities, fundraising activities and preliminary schedule of events for the 2010 – 2011 School Year.
Volunteer Need #1 – Parent Chaperones, Friday Night Football Games – We need parent volunteers for both home and away games, responsibilities include monitoring student behavior, marching into and out of the stadium, ensuring the safety and security of the students and equipment. Approximately 4 -6 parents are needed for home games and 10 -12 parents are needed for away games. Parents volunteering to assist with away games must be able to ride to and from the games on the buses provided for the band and may not be accompanied by children.
Volunteer Need #2 – We need 2 – 4 volunteers to assist with Krispy Kreme Donut Sales before and after varsity home football games.
Volunteer Need #3 – We need 4 – 6 volunteers to assist with band snack distribution at half time during home varsity football games.
Please drop us a note at ofmamusic@gmail.com if you are able to assist at one, two or all of the events.
Thank you for your interest and comments. I will pass along your feedback to Mr. Strelau. The Olmsted Falls Music Association works on a very tight budget annually, and our support of the music groups is typically driven by the directors. During the 2009 – 2010 School Year we purchased keyboards, marching bells, marching software, as well as augmenting the the stock of marching band uniforms, raincoats and gig bags. Our monthly meeting is the first Wednesday of the month in the High School Choir Room, where we encourage your participation, ideas and volunteer support.
Olmsted Falls Music Association
September 6, 2010 at 2:34 am
Another thought. We were at the Lakewood Battle of the Bands and several schools had bell covers. I found one site that listed them at $22/ea. It could be a cheap way to dress up the sousas.
http://www.mccormicksnet.com/products/band/banners-and-parade-equipment/other-custom-sewn-banners/sousaphone-covers
4 kids at OF
September 20, 2010 at 1:32 am