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9/27/2022
Hi everyone,
Our directors have finalized the itinerary for this Saturday and a copy is available here for you to view and download.
It is going to be a very early morning and a super long day for our band students. There are some important highlights for you to be aware of:
- Report time is at 4:00am and buses are loaded at 4:10am. Please make sure that your student gets a good nights rest and arrives on time. The buses will not be able to wait for late students.
- Compression wear should be worn underneath their clothes (clack show shirt, sweatshirt, shorts or sweatpants/joggers when they arrive. They will change into uniforms after we arrive in Louisville and being in their compression gear already will cut down on the time required to get dressed.
- Color Guard - please look for an email from your area as to exactly what you are to arrive wearing.
- A light breakfast will be provided on the bus as we travel.
- Bring a small pillow and blanket. There is a mandatory rest time at 10:00am and you will want these to be comfortable.
- All meals (2 breakfasts, Lunch and dinner) will be provided by the band boosters.
- If you are planning to attend the competition, do not purchase finals tickets ahead of time. We are not guaranteed to perform in finals and we will be heading back to PLD after dinner if we are not selected.
- Awards and Finalist Bands announcements will begin at 5pm. A Charms message will be sent out alerting parents of the schedule for the remainder of the night.
- Please be weather aware when planning for your students attire for the day. It will be cooler in the morning and there is currently a chance of rain in the afternoon, but this could change over the next 48-72 hours.
We are excited to participate in BOA Louisville and we hope you can join us to watch the kids perform at 7:45am!
Viki Martorano
PLD Band Parent Association President
9/25/2022
Hello Band Families!
Congratulations to the PLD band for their 2nd place finish at the Bluegrass Pageant of Band yesterday! I love seeing the show develop over the season and seeing the students hard work pay off. A big thank you to all our parent volunteers who gave many, many volunteer hours yesterday and a special shout out to our parents who donated goodies and drinks for our staff and volunteer hospitality room. We had so many desserts left that we also fed the students goodies after finals competition. Our PLD family and friend cheer section rocks! I know our students appreciated all the encouragement.
Our next competition is the Bands of America contest at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. There is important information listed below, and the link to the event is here.
Marching Band Practice Schedule for this week*:
*Any schedule changes will be communicated by our Band directors
Band Pictures - Band pictures are in and available for you to download. Follow this link and use the code PLD when you are ready to download your students free images.
Car Painting - Car Window Painting will be available tomorrow, September 26th from 5:00 – 7:00pm. Please text 859-492-7762 if you missed the first round of car window painting or need yours to be touched up so our volunteers know who to expect.
Fundraising:
Food Committee Volunteers Needed – the food committee needs additional parent volunteers to serve meals to our students before home football games and on competition days. Please email April Elliott if you are able to help.
Beach Parent Support for Fall Band Camp - There are multiple slots still available for beach parent support on for this Fall Band Camp (October 6-8th). We need your help in making sure that our students and directors have an extra pair of hands to help. The sign-up form is here.
State Finals Ticket Ordering – Be on the lookout for an email from Amy LoBianco which contains information on ordering State Finals tickets through the band.
Thanks everyone and have a great week!
Congratulations to the PLD band for their 2nd place finish at the Bluegrass Pageant of Band yesterday! I love seeing the show develop over the season and seeing the students hard work pay off. A big thank you to all our parent volunteers who gave many, many volunteer hours yesterday and a special shout out to our parents who donated goodies and drinks for our staff and volunteer hospitality room. We had so many desserts left that we also fed the students goodies after finals competition. Our PLD family and friend cheer section rocks! I know our students appreciated all the encouragement.
Our next competition is the Bands of America contest at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. There is important information listed below, and the link to the event is here.
- We are scheduled to perform at 7:45am, which means that we have a super early report time of 4:00am (color guard – you will receive an accurate report time directly from your instructor). It is so important that you make sure your student goes to bed early Friday night, and that they are not late to report.
- The band will depart for Louisville at 4:15am and we will not be able to wait for late arrivals. Students will be fed a light sack breakfast to eat on the drive. They will dress in their uniforms upon arrival to the stadium, so please make sure that they have their compression gear to wear under their uniforms. After we perform, our students will change out of their uniforms, have a second breakfast (Hobbit anyone?), rest for a little bit, eat lunch, and then head back to the stadium to watch the 3rd block of bands performing that day. Students should bring a small blanket/pillow to use during the scheduled rest time.
- Finalist bands will be announced at 5pm. Please be aware – there are 27 bands from across the Midwest scheduled to perform on Saturday and only 12 bands are selected for finals performance. If PLD is not selected as a finalist band, we will feed them dinner and then load the students to head back to PLD. If PLD is selected as a finalist, we will feed the students dinner, and prepare for a final’s performance. A text update will be sent to alert parents on either a finals performance time or an arrival time at PLD. BOA final performances are scheduled to begin at 8:00pm, so it will be a late arrival home if PLD performs (after midnight).
- Our directors and committee leads are still finalizing their support schedules, so if you are volunteering on Saturday, please keep an eye out for their emails and texts.
- Preliminary Ticket Prices – tickets are $27 online/$34 at the gate for preliminaries performance.
- Parking – there is a $15 spectator parking fee. You can depart and return with your parking pass.
- Outside food and beverage is not allowed. Concession stands will be open.
- Bands of America encourages spectators to not bring bags into venues. Clear bags and emergency bags will be permitted.
Marching Band Practice Schedule for this week*:
*Any schedule changes will be communicated by our Band directors
- Monday, September 26th - Sectional Day/Car Window Painting from 5:00 – 7:00pm
- Wind Sectionals - 3:30 - 5:30pm
- Color Guard Sectionals - 5:00pm - 7:30pm
- Percussion Sectionals - 5:00 - 6:30pm
- Tuesday, September 27th - 4:00 - 6:30pm.
- Wednesday, September 28th - 4:00 – 6:30pm.
- Thursday, September 29th - 4:00 – 6:30pm.
- Friday, September 30th - 4:00 – 6:30pm
- Saturday, September 30th – Bands of America Competition in Louisville, KY. Band student report time is 4:00am with a planned departure of 4:15am. A detailed schedule will be communicated by the PLD directors this week, but plan for your student to be with the band all day (early morning until late night).
Band Pictures - Band pictures are in and available for you to download. Follow this link and use the code PLD when you are ready to download your students free images.
Car Painting - Car Window Painting will be available tomorrow, September 26th from 5:00 – 7:00pm. Please text 859-492-7762 if you missed the first round of car window painting or need yours to be touched up so our volunteers know who to expect.
Fundraising:
- Moe’s Taco kits will be available for pick-up on Thursday, 9/29! Order and pickup information here. The $37.99 Moe's Family Taco Kit is a delicious and easy way to feed your family! It comes with your choice of two meats (or extra veggie options) along with: Rice, Beans, Tortilla Shells, Cheese, Lettuce, Pico, and also Chips & Salsa PLUS our World-Famous Queso. This meal kit feeds 4-6 people. The band will receive a donation based on the number of the taco kits ordered. Please share this with family and friends to help us raise some much-needed funds for the band!
- We will be participating in Crank and Boom’s “Pints for a Purpose” campaign this October! Orders will begin on October 1st, and the band will receive a donation for every pint ordered. More information, including the special edition flavor, will be shared soon. Just like the taco kits, we need help from all of our band families to spread the word for this fundraiser.
- Special edition tie die show shirts and the remaining Spirit Wear orders will be available in the next week or so. Matt Elliott will send out another email once these orders are ready for pickup.
- Please link the Dunbar Band to your Kroger Plus card. The band receives a quarterly donation from Kroger based on how much money is spent by families that have linked us to their card. The Dunbar Band organization number is LP812. More information, including instructions for linking us to your card are available at https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards.
Food Committee Volunteers Needed – the food committee needs additional parent volunteers to serve meals to our students before home football games and on competition days. Please email April Elliott if you are able to help.
Beach Parent Support for Fall Band Camp - There are multiple slots still available for beach parent support on for this Fall Band Camp (October 6-8th). We need your help in making sure that our students and directors have an extra pair of hands to help. The sign-up form is here.
State Finals Ticket Ordering – Be on the lookout for an email from Amy LoBianco which contains information on ordering State Finals tickets through the band.
Thanks everyone and have a great week!
9/18/2022
What a wonderful band weekend! A big thank you to all our parent volunteers who gave many, many volunteer hours to making sure that our band students and directors had the support needed to perform at the Friday night football game and at yesterday’s competition. I am pretty sure we had the best cheering section in the stands last night! I know our students appreciated all the encouragement! If you were unable to make it, you can view PLD’s finals performance here.
We have a band parent meeting this Thursday, September 22nd in the band room. Hope to see you all there! Next Saturday, September 24th, we will be competing at the Bluegrass Pageant of Bands at Bryan Station High School here in Lexington, Kentucky. Our prelims performance is scheduled for 3:30pm and a full itinerary will be emailed out in the next few days.
Marching Band Practice Schedule for this week*:
*Any schedule changes will be communicated by our Band directors
Fundraising:
Beach Parent Support for Saturday, September 24th. There are several slots still available for beach parent support on for this Saturday’s competition day. We need your help in making sure that our students and directors have an extra pair of hands to help. The sign-up form is here.
Inspirational Treat Bags – the kids loved their treat bags yesterday! Parents – we can still use candy donations as the season progresses. Please consider grabbing a bag of candy while at the store and dropping off in the candy bin which is located in the band room.
We have a band parent meeting this Thursday, September 22nd in the band room. Hope to see you all there! Next Saturday, September 24th, we will be competing at the Bluegrass Pageant of Bands at Bryan Station High School here in Lexington, Kentucky. Our prelims performance is scheduled for 3:30pm and a full itinerary will be emailed out in the next few days.
Marching Band Practice Schedule for this week*:
*Any schedule changes will be communicated by our Band directors
- Monday, September 19th - Sectional Day
- Wind Sectionals - 3:30 – 5:30pm
- Color Guard Sectionals - 5:00pm - 7:30pm
- Percussion Sectionals - 5:00 - 6:30pm
- Tuesday, September 20th - 4:00 - 6:30pm.
- Wednesday, September 21st - 4:00 – 6:30pm.
- Thursday, September 22nd – 4:00 – 6:30pm. Parent Meeting at 7pm in the band room.
- Friday, September 23rd 4:00 – 6:30pm
- Saturday, September 24th - our 2nd Competition- the Bluegrass Pageant of Bands at Bryan Station High School!! Exact times and a detailed schedule will be communicated by the PLD directors this week, but plan for your student to be with the band all day (early morning until late night).
- Monday, September 26th - Car Window Painting resumes! Times will be announced later..
Fundraising:
- Spirit Wear sales end tonight! You can get your order in on our website at https://www.dunbarband.org/spiritwear.html (printable form available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/17kKh8mDGxx9dTnP9Q4i2Kx_S4mJ6dsWL/view?usp=drivesdk). These orders will be available 2-3 weeks after today and will be distributed to students during band. Please put your student's name in the notes box when checking out.
- Interested in ordering a band jacket? We need a minimum of 20 orders to purchase more jackets. Please send an email to pld.band.fundraising@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing a jacket.
- Please link the Dunbar Band to your Kroger Plus card. The band receives a quarterly donation from Kroger based on how much money is spent by families that have linked us to their card. The Dunbar Band organization number is LP812. More information, including instructions for linking us to your card are available at https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards.
- Upcoming fundraisers:
- Crank and Boom’s “Pints for a Purpose” fundraiser
- Moe’s Take-Home Taco Packs
- A “sponsor a day” calendar fundraiser during the month of October. Each student will ask friends/family to sponsor a calendar day, with the date representing the dollar amount donated. For example, if someone sponsors October 22nd, they would donate $22. If someone sponsors October 10th and October 25th, they would donate $35. This is a major fundraiser for band and we need full participation from everyone in the band. We will have some nice prizes for the first students to complete the full calendar. More information will be sent out soon.
Beach Parent Support for Saturday, September 24th. There are several slots still available for beach parent support on for this Saturday’s competition day. We need your help in making sure that our students and directors have an extra pair of hands to help. The sign-up form is here.
Inspirational Treat Bags – the kids loved their treat bags yesterday! Parents – we can still use candy donations as the season progresses. Please consider grabbing a bag of candy while at the store and dropping off in the candy bin which is located in the band room.
- Clarinets and Drum Majors: Nerds
- Flutes: Tootsie Pops
- Color Guard: Starbursts
- Pit: Fruity or Regular tootsie rolls
- Drumline: Airheads
- Baritones: Fun sized bags of M&Ms
- Mellos: Smarties
- Saxophones: Fun sized bags of sour patch kids
- Trumpets: Jolly Ranchers
- Tubas: Skittles
9/11/2022
Hello Band Families!
I hope you have had a relaxing Sunday basking in the afterglow of a UK Football win over Florida....Go Cats!! We have a very busy band week ahead so my apologies in advance on this lengthy email update.
As a reminder, the trip commitment deadline is this Friday, September 16, 2022 and every student (concert band, marching band and color guard) is required to turn in a commitment form, even if they are not planning to attend. Please visit the Washington DC page of the PLD Band website and you will see links to the meeting PowerPoint, the optional trip insurance information, as well as the commitment form and trip information form.
- Partial and Full Trip Scholarships available - we would love to have as many band students and color guard students attend the 4-year band trip, so please reach out to Heather Mahoney if there are financial concerns.
Band Forms – There are still several students missing 1 or more forms. If there was a band form in your parent packet given to you at the parent performance, then you will need to have that form turned into or they will not be able to travel with the band. If you have any questions, please contact Carrie at pld.band.membership@gmail.com.
Tomorrow, September 12th is Band Picture Day! These photography sessions are mandatory for all band students (competitive and non-competitive). Please review the schedule below and make sure that your student is present for their assigned timeframe.
Time and Section
3:30 - 5:00pm Non-Competitive/Front Ensemble/Drumline/Color Guard/Drum Majors
5:00 - 5:15pm Tubas
5:15 - 5:30pm Flutes
5:30 - 5:45pm Saxophones
5:45 - 6:00pm Clarinets
6:00 - 6:15pm Trumpets
6:15 - 6:30pm Marching Baritones
6:30 - 6:45pm Mellophones
6:45 - 7:00pm Overflow
Band photography will be done by Mark Mahan Photography and you will be notified when free downloads of your student’s band pictures are available.
Marching Band Updates:
Practice Schedule for this week*:
*Any schedule changes will be communicated by our Band directors
- Monday, September 12th - Sectional Day/Band Pictures/Senior Car Window Paint Party.
- Wind Sectionals - 3:30 – 5:30pm
- Color Guard Sectionals - 5:00pm - 7:30pm
- Percussion Sectionals - 5:00 - 6:30pm
- Band Pictures 3:30-7:00pm. Please reference schedule above
- Senior Car Paint Party - 5:30 - 7:30pm
- Tuesday, September 13th - 4:00 - 6:30pm. Spirit Night at Apollo Pizza!
- Wednesday, September 14th – 4:00 – 6:30pm. Car Window Painting!
- Thursday, September 15th – 4:00 – 6:30pm.
- Friday, September 16th – After school practice followed by dinner and Home Football Game. Exact times will be communicated by PLD Directors this week.
- Saturday, September 17th - our 1st Competition- the Lafayette Invitational!! Exact times and a detailed schedule will be communicated by the PLD directors this week, but plan for your student to be with the band all day (early morning until late night).
- Show Shirt and Spirit Wear sales continue at https://www.dunbarband.org/spiritwear.html (printable form available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/17kKh8mDGxx9dTnP9Q4i2Kx_S4mJ6dsWL/view?usp=drivesdk). Show shirt/hoodie online orders need to be placed by Tuesday, September 13th. Show shirts should be available by the first competition. Other orders will be available 2-3 weeks after the deadline, and will be distributed to students during band. Please put your student's name in the notes box when checking out. We are working on adding a few more items for order, and we will send another email if we are able to add anything else to the spirit wear store.
- Interested in ordering a band jacket? We need a minimum of 20 orders to purchase more jackets. Please send an email to pld.band.fundraising@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing a jacket.
- Please link the Dunbar Band to your Kroger Plus card. The band receives a quarterly donation from Kroger based on how much money is spent by families that have linked us to their card. The Dunbar Band organization number is LP812. More information, including instructions for linking us to your card are available at https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards.
- Our next Spirit Night is Tuesday 9/13 at Apollo Pizza (Meadowthorpe). It would be fun if we got as many band families as possible to eat at Apollo after practice on Tuesday! They have a wonderful back patio, but you can always order a pizza to go if that works better for you. Please RSVP to the Facebook event and share it: https://fb.me/e/2AZiL9ve3
- Upcoming fundraisers:
- Crank and Boom’s “Pints for a Purpose” fundraiser
- Moe’s Take-Home Taco Packs
- A “sponsor a day” calendar fundraiser during the month of October. Each student will ask friends/family to sponsor a calendar day, with the date representing the dollar amount donated. For example, if someone sponsors October 22nd, they would donate $22. If someone sponsors October 10th and October 25th, they would donate $35. This is a major fundraiser for band and we need full participation from everyone in the band. We will have some nice prizes for the first students to complete the full calendar. More information will be sent out soon.
Food Committee Volunteers Needed – the food committee needs additional parent volunteers to serve meals to our students before home football games and on competition days. Please email April Elliott if you are able to help.
Beach Parent Support for Competition Days and Saturday practices – there are slots still available for beach parent support on Saturday practice and competition days. We need your help in making sure that our students and directors have an extra pair of hands to help. The sign-up form is here.
Car Window Painting – It’s time to show your PLD Band spirit! We will be painting cars in the upper parking lot during the below dates and times. If you would like to help paint car windows during any of the time listed below, please text Jenny at 859-492-7762. No artistic talent required, we will be using stencil templates. And it’s FREE!! (We will accept small donations to replenish paint supplies).
- Monday, Sept. 12th – Senior Car Paint Party – 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (Come out and help paint your senior’s car)
- Wednesday, Sept. 14th – 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (ALL)
Inspirational Treat Bags – Parents - we do not have enough candy turned in and there are entire sections who have not turned donated candy in. Our students love receiving their candy bags during the long competition days. Please send in your candy donations ASAP. Treat bags are being made this week for the Lafayette competition. The candy bin is located in the band room or drop off in the upper parking lot at one of our car painting times.
- Clarinets and Drum Majors: Nerds
- Flutes: Tootsie Pops
- Color Guard: Starbursts
- Pit: Fruity or Regular tootsie rolls
- Drumline: Airheads
- Baritones: Fun sized bags of M&Ms
- Mellos: Smarties
- Saxophones: Fun sized bags of sour patch kids
- Trumpets: Jolly Ranchers
- Tubas: Skittles
Uniforms for Marching Band - compression wear needed by tomorrow for Marching Band Uniforms
Students will need modest snug fitting compression type shorts and a thin snug fitting shirt (such as compression, exercise, activewear, sportswear, moisture-wicking) to wear under their uniforms. Compression shorts are highly recommended for boys. Girls may also wear biker or yoga shorts or leggings. (Students should wear loose fitting athletic shorts or pants over their compression shorts when they are not wearing their uniform).
Avoid baggy, loose fitting clothing that will bunch up or restrict movement or affect proper fit and look of uniform. Choose something that is snug but comfortable and stretchy to allow for free movement. Color and Brand does not matter. The uniform print and type of fabric conceals undergarment colors from showing through. Compression shorts can be found at most department stores near athletic wear. You can also find them on Amazon, locally or online at Dicks Sporting Goods, Walmart.com, and other. various retailers. Here are some examples: Women's shirts Women's shorts Men's shirts Men's shorts
Please let me know if you have any questions,
Viki Martorano
9/5/2022
Hello Band Families!
I hope you had a relaxing Labor Day weekend. It was good to see everyone who was able to make it to last Thursday’s DC Trip meeting and again at the Friday night football game. The trip information presented at Thursdays meeting has been uploaded to our website. Please visit the Washington DC page of the PLD Band website and you will see links to the meeting PowerPoint, the optional trip insurance information, as well as the commitment form and trip information form.
As a reminder, the trip commitment deadline is September 16, 2022 and every student (concert band, marching band and color guard) is required to turn in a commitment form, even if they are not planning to attend.
Partial and Full Trip Scholarships available - we would love to have as many band students and color guard students attend the 4-year band trip, so please reach out to Heather Mahoney if there are financial concerns.
Next Monday, September 12th is Band Picture Day! These photography sessions are mandatory for all band students (competitive and non-competitive). Please review the schedule below and make sure that your student is present for their assigned timeframe.
Time
Section
3:30 - 5:00pm - Non-Competitive/Front Ensemble/Drumline/Color Guard
5:00 - 5:15pm - Tubas
5:15 - 5:30pm - Flutes
5:30 - 5:45pm - Saxophones
5:45 - 6:00pm - Clarinets
6:00 - 6:15pm - Trumpets
6:15 - 6:30pm - Marching Baritones
6:30 - 6:45pm - Mellophones
6:45 - 7:00pm - Overflow
Band photography will be done by Mark Mahan Photography and you will be notified when free downloads of your student’s band pictures are available.
Marching Band Updates:
Practice Schedule for this week*:
*Any schedule changes will be communicated by our Band directors
- Tuesday, September 6th – 4:00 – 6:30pm
- Wednesday, September 7th – 4:00 – 6:30pm
- Thursday, September 8th – 4:00 – 6:30pm.
- Friday, September 9th – 4:00-6:30pm
- Saturday, September 8th – All day band practice. Exact times will be communicated by PLD Directors.
- Monday, September 12th
- Band Pictures – 3:30pm – 7:00pm.
- Wind Sectionals – 3:30-5:30pm, then stay for band pictures
- Percussion Sectionals – band pictures from 3:30-5:00pm, then practice from 5:00-6:30pm
- Color Guard Sectionals – band pictures from 3:30-5:00pm, then practice from 5:00-7:30pm
Food Committee Volunteers Needed – the food committee needs additional parent volunteers to serve meals to our students before home football games and on competition days. Please email April Elliott if you are able to help.
Band Forms – Band Forms – There are still several students missing 1 or more forms. If there was a band form in your parent packet given to you at the parent performance, then you will need to have that form turned into or they will not be able to travel with the band. If you have any questions, please contact Carrie at pld.band.membership@gmail.com.
Pit Crew – Urgent Need! If anyone has an ATV/Side by side or a truck or trailer that the band could use on competition days, please email Jon or Mr. Wooley. Jon will be sending out more information about prop construction work evenings and when to arrive for the Friday football game.
Beach Parent Support for Competition Days and Saturday practices – there are slots still available for beach parent support on Saturday practice and competition days. We need your help in making sure that our students and directors have an extra pair of hands to help. The sign-up form is here.
Car Window Painting – It’s time to show your PLD Band spirit! We will be painting cars in the upper parking lot during the below dates and times. If you would like to help paint car windows during any of the time listed below, please text Jenny at 859-492-7762. No artistic talent required, we will be using stencil templates. And it’s FREE!! (We will accept small donations to replenish paint supplies).
- Saturday, Sept. 10th during Band practice – 10 AM-12 PM & 2 PM-4 PM
- Monday, Sept. 12th – Senior Car Paint Party – 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (Come out and help paint your senior’s car)
- Wednesday, Sept. 14th – 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM (ALL)
Inspirational Treat Bags – Please send in your candy donations by Monday, Sept 12th. The candy bin is located in the band room or drop off in the upper parking lot at one of our car painting times. We will be sending out more information regarding treat bag assembly dates in the coming weeks. (Most grocery stores are now stocked with Halloween candy).
- Clarinets and Drum Majors: Nerds
- Flutes: Tootsie Pops
- Color Guard: Starbursts
- Pit: Fruity or Regular tootsie rolls
- Drumline: Airheads
- Baritones: Fun sized bags of M&Ms
- Mellos: Smarties
- Saxophones: Fun sized bags of sour patch kids
- Trumpets: Jolly Ranchers
- Tubas: Skittles
Uniforms for Marching Band - compression wear needed by September 12th for Marching Band Uniforms
Students will need modest snug fitting compression type shorts and a thin snug fitting shirt (such as compression, exercise, activewear, sportswear, moisture-wicking) to wear under their uniforms. Compression shorts are highly recommended for boys. Girls may also wear biker or yoga shorts or leggings. (Students should wear loose fitting athletic shorts or pants over their compression shorts when they are not wearing their uniform).
Avoid baggy, loose fitting clothing that will bunch up or restrict movement or affect proper fit and look of uniform. Choose something that is snug but comfortable and stretchy to allow for free movement. Color and Brand does not matter. The uniform print and type of fabric conceals undergarment colors from showing through. Compression shorts can be found at most department stores near athletic wear. You can also find them on Amazon, locally or online at Dicks Sporting Goods, Walmart.com, and other. various retailers. Here are some examples: Women's shirts Women's shorts Men's shirts Men's shorts
9/1/2022
Hi everyone,
The trip information presented at tonight's meeting has been uploaded to our website. Please visit the Washington DC page of the PLD Band website and you will see links to the meeting PowerPoint, the optional trip insurance information, as well as the committment form and trip information form.
As a reminder, the trip committment deadline is September 16, 2022 and every student (concert band, marching band and color guard) is required to turn in a committment form, even if they are not planning to attend. We would love to have as many band students and color guard students attend the 4-year band trip, so please reach out to Heather Mahoney at pld.band.treasurer@gmail.com if you have financial concerns.
Have a great evening and see you tomorrow at the football game!
Viki Martorano
PLD Band Parent Association President
The trip information presented at tonight's meeting has been uploaded to our website. Please visit the Washington DC page of the PLD Band website and you will see links to the meeting PowerPoint, the optional trip insurance information, as well as the committment form and trip information form.
As a reminder, the trip committment deadline is September 16, 2022 and every student (concert band, marching band and color guard) is required to turn in a committment form, even if they are not planning to attend. We would love to have as many band students and color guard students attend the 4-year band trip, so please reach out to Heather Mahoney at pld.band.treasurer@gmail.com if you have financial concerns.
Have a great evening and see you tomorrow at the football game!
Viki Martorano
PLD Band Parent Association President
8/28/2022
Hello Band Families!
What a wonderful parent preview performance last night! It was so great seeing all our families, friends and alumni out at the stadium cheering on our band students. There are a ton of great pictures from last night on the PLD Facebook page.
We have a busy week ahead leading up to the Labor Day weekend. I have listed out all the practices and activities below. The Washington D.C. Trip Meeting for all band families (non-competitive and competitive) is this Thursday, September 1st at 7:00pm in the PLD Library. As a reminder, this trip is for all band students in the PLD Band, including 7th and 8th graders currently marching up. Every band student is required to turn in their trip commitment form by September 16th, even if they are not going. We want all band students to be able to attend this 4-year band trip, so if there are financial concerns please reach out to Heather at pld.band.treasurer@gmail.com.
MB Practice Schedule for this week*:
*Any schedule changes will be communicated by our Band directors
Band Forms – There are still several students missing 1 or more forms. If there was a band form in your parent packet last night, then you will need to have that form turned into the red box before this Friday. If you received a form in your packet and have any questions, please contact Carrie at pld.band.membership@gmail.com.
Pit Crew - Jon will be sending out more information about prop construction work evenings and when to arrive for the Friday football game.
Car Wash Pledges - if you haven't already turned in your car wash pledges and payments, please make sure to get them into the red box in the band room.
Inspiration Treat Bags – if you (like me) forgot to turn in your individually wrapped candy, you can turn it in to the beach parent (seated by the band cart holding water jugs) at the end of any practice. This candy is used to create treat bags for the students for every competition day. The donation request by section is:
Students will need modest snug fitting compression type shorts and a thin snug fitting shirt (such as compression, exercise, activewear, sportswear, moisture-wicking) to wear under their uniforms. Compression shorts are highly recommended for boys. Girls may also wear biker or yoga shorts or leggings. (Students should wear loose fitting athletic shorts or pants over their compression shorts when they are not wearing their uniform).
Avoid baggy, loose fitting clothing that will bunch up or restrict movement or affect proper fit and look of uniform. Choose something that is snug but comfortable and stretchy to allow for free movement. Color and Brand does not matter. The uniform print and type of fabric conceals undergarment colors from showing through. Compression shorts can be found at most department stores near athletic wear. You can also find them on Amazon, locally or online at Dicks Sporting Goods, Walmart.com, and other. various retailers. Here are some examples:
Women's shirts Women's shorts Men's shirts Men's shorts
Please reach out if you have any questions.
Viki Martorano
PLD Band Parent Association President
What a wonderful parent preview performance last night! It was so great seeing all our families, friends and alumni out at the stadium cheering on our band students. There are a ton of great pictures from last night on the PLD Facebook page.
We have a busy week ahead leading up to the Labor Day weekend. I have listed out all the practices and activities below. The Washington D.C. Trip Meeting for all band families (non-competitive and competitive) is this Thursday, September 1st at 7:00pm in the PLD Library. As a reminder, this trip is for all band students in the PLD Band, including 7th and 8th graders currently marching up. Every band student is required to turn in their trip commitment form by September 16th, even if they are not going. We want all band students to be able to attend this 4-year band trip, so if there are financial concerns please reach out to Heather at pld.band.treasurer@gmail.com.
MB Practice Schedule for this week*:
*Any schedule changes will be communicated by our Band directors
- Monday, August 29th; Color Guard (5:00-7:00pm) and Percussion (5:00 – 6:30pm) sectionals. Wind sectionals will be communicated by section leaders.
- Tuesday, August 30th – 4:00 – 6:30pm
- Wednesday, August 31st – 4:00 – 6:30pm
- Thursday, September 1st – 4:00 – 6:30pm. 7:00pm Washington D.C Trip meeting in the library.
- Friday, September 2nd – 4:00pm practice start followed by dinner and PLD Football game. Exact times will be communicated by PLD Directors.
- 4:00 – 5:30pm - Marching Band Practice. Please make sure your student brings a water jug.
- 5:30pm – Non-competitive Concert Band students arrive and Pizza Dinner (Little Caesars) is served for all students followed by warmups before heading to the football field.
- 7:30pm – Football game (PLD Bulldogs vs Woodford County Yellowjackets) kicks off. Band uniform for the Football Game – Black PLD shirt, black shorts and black socks. Please see the band directors if you don't have a black PLD band shirt.
- Halftime show – the PLD Marching Band will perform during halftime. Please come cheer our students on when they perform!
- 9:30pm – 10:00pm - estimated game time completion.
Band Forms – There are still several students missing 1 or more forms. If there was a band form in your parent packet last night, then you will need to have that form turned into the red box before this Friday. If you received a form in your packet and have any questions, please contact Carrie at pld.band.membership@gmail.com.
Pit Crew - Jon will be sending out more information about prop construction work evenings and when to arrive for the Friday football game.
- Box Trucks....Important!! If any parents have any contacts or relationships with box truck rental companies, please email Jon at pldpitcrew@gmail.com
Car Wash Pledges - if you haven't already turned in your car wash pledges and payments, please make sure to get them into the red box in the band room.
Inspiration Treat Bags – if you (like me) forgot to turn in your individually wrapped candy, you can turn it in to the beach parent (seated by the band cart holding water jugs) at the end of any practice. This candy is used to create treat bags for the students for every competition day. The donation request by section is:
- Clarinets and Drum Majors: Nerds
- Flutes: Tootsie Pops
- Color Guard: Starbursts
- Pit: Fruity or Regular tootsie rolls
- Drumline: Airheads
- Baritones: Fun sized bags of M&M's
- Mellos: Smarties
- Saxophones: Fun sized bags of sour patch kids
- Trumpets: Jolly Ranchers
- Tubas: Skittles
Students will need modest snug fitting compression type shorts and a thin snug fitting shirt (such as compression, exercise, activewear, sportswear, moisture-wicking) to wear under their uniforms. Compression shorts are highly recommended for boys. Girls may also wear biker or yoga shorts or leggings. (Students should wear loose fitting athletic shorts or pants over their compression shorts when they are not wearing their uniform).
Avoid baggy, loose fitting clothing that will bunch up or restrict movement or affect proper fit and look of uniform. Choose something that is snug but comfortable and stretchy to allow for free movement. Color and Brand does not matter. The uniform print and type of fabric conceals undergarment colors from showing through. Compression shorts can be found at most department stores near athletic wear. You can also find them on Amazon, locally or online at Dicks Sporting Goods, Walmart.com, and other. various retailers. Here are some examples:
Women's shirts Women's shorts Men's shirts Men's shorts
Please reach out if you have any questions.
Viki Martorano
PLD Band Parent Association President
8/21/2022
Evening everyone,
I hope you had a great weekend! Lots of band information to pass along for this week and the upcoming season.
4-year Band Trip Parent Meeting – September 1st at 7:00m – there will be a special trip meeting to discuss the PLD Band Trip to Washington D.C. on Thursday, September 1st at PLD high school. Taylor Tours will be at the meeting to discuss the April 2023 trip details with us. This trip is for all band students (competitive and non-competitive) including those 7th and 8th graders marching up this year. The deadline to turn in your students commitment form is September 16, 2022. All the Washington DC Trip Information and Commitment forms are now available for you to read, download and review on our website.
Marching Band Information and Activities:
Band Contributions: There's still opportunity to make a band contribution. If you would like to contribute, you can do so via Venmo, the PLD Band website, PayPal, or check. The contribution form has info on how to do that. If you need to know the balance on your commitment or otherwise have questions, please email pld.band.treasurer@gmail.com
Marching Band practice attendance - marching band practice attendance is mandatory unless a valid excuse is emailed to the band directors. Please reach out to the band directors if you have any questions.
Knee Pads - students are required to bring and wear knee pads for practice every day.
Parent Meeting Minutes - a copy of the minutes is available for you to review.
Communication: The PLD Marching Remind app is active: text @2022pldmb to 81010 to receive real-time updates throughout the season. Additionally, make sure to sync our Charms calendar to your calendar!
Pit Crew: Our Pit Crew is getting ready to gear up for the new competition season, so if you are interested in joining the Pit Crew (it's LOTS of fun, plus we have shirts), please contact Jon Roenker pldpitcrew@gmail.com and you will be added to the group email list. We are looking for someone to be the food organizer for the group - so please reach out if you would like to help out!
Corporate Sponsors: Do you know of a business that would sponsor the band? Please share our sponsor packet with them: https://www.dunbarband.org/uploads/2/5/7/7/25778292/2022_pld_band_sponsor_packet.pdf. Reach out to pld.band.fundraising@gmail.com with questions.
Safety: For the safety of our band students, please park in the main parking lot at practice pick up time. There are too many instruments and students running around the side of the building as well as other sports that are happening during that time, and the congestion has become a safety issue. Coordinate with your student to meet you in the parking lot after practice. A lot of our parents will park up there and go watch the end of practice while waiting. Come join us!
Thanks,
Viki Martorano
PLD Band Parent Association President
I hope you had a great weekend! Lots of band information to pass along for this week and the upcoming season.
4-year Band Trip Parent Meeting – September 1st at 7:00m – there will be a special trip meeting to discuss the PLD Band Trip to Washington D.C. on Thursday, September 1st at PLD high school. Taylor Tours will be at the meeting to discuss the April 2023 trip details with us. This trip is for all band students (competitive and non-competitive) including those 7th and 8th graders marching up this year. The deadline to turn in your students commitment form is September 16, 2022. All the Washington DC Trip Information and Commitment forms are now available for you to read, download and review on our website.
Marching Band Information and Activities:
- Marching Band Sectionals - begin tomorrow, Monday, August 22nd for Color Guard and Percussion sections. Wind Instrument sectionals vary by each section, so students please check in with your section leaders to get your sectional schedule.
- Saturday MB Camp and rescheduled Parent Preview Performance - a Saturday Full Day Marching Band Camp is scheduled for August 27th from 9:00am – 5:00pm. Bring a lunch, water jug and sunscreen. Band students will be provided dinner at the end of camp and begin warming up for the Parent Preview performance, which will begin at 7:00pm in the football stadium. The parent preview performance is where our students get to show us what they have been learning and working on! Come watch the kids perform the first part of this year's NA’VI show. There will be a table for families to pick up their nametags and PLD Band swag, so make sure to stop by and check in to get your goodie bag!
- Saturday/Fall Break Camp Beach Parent Coverage needed – a new sign up for beach parent coverage has been made for Saturday practice days and for Fall Break Camp. We need your help supporting our students while they are working hard at practice. Please consider signing up for a few shifts.
- Inspiration Committee - for each competition, our wonderful inspiration committee makes "good luck" goody bags for the band, filled with the candy chosen and sent in by each section. Please find your students section below, and bring in or send in a bag or bags of INDIVIDUALLY wrapped candy of the type they chose. Collection of donated candy will start at the Parent Preview performance.
- Clarinets and Drum Majors: Nerds
- Flutes: Tootsie Pops
- Color Guard: Starbursts
- Pit: Fruity or Regular tootsie rolls
- Drumline: Airheads
- Baritones: Fun sized bags of M&M's
- Mellos: Smarties
- Saxophones: Fun sized bags of sour patch kids
- Trumpets: Jolly Ranchers
- Tubas: Skittles
- Compression shorts and shirts - students will need to purchase compression shorts and shirts to be used as the under layer for their marching band uniforms. Our uniform committee lead will be sending an email with the recommended items this week.
- Practice schedule - The schedule for marching band camp practice this week is:
- Monday, August 22nd – color guard and percussion sectionals.
- Tuesday, August 23rd - Thursday, August 25th – afterschool practice from 4:00 – 6:30pm.
- Friday, August 26th - no practice.
- Saturday, August 27th – Mandatory MB Camp and Parent Preview Performance – 9:00am – 7:00pm. As a reminder, camp begins at 9am, please be on the band field and ready to begin at that time. Bring a lunch, water jug and sunscreen. Dinner will be provided to the students between camp and the 7:00pm Parent Preview Performance.
- All State Music - All State Music has been released. Please reach out to Mr. Wooley or Mr. Morgan if you or your student has not received it.
- Football Games - non-competitive band students are required to participate in the pep band at home football games. Those dates are September 2nd, September 16th, October 14th and October 21st. Report time will be announced prior to each game.
Band Contributions: There's still opportunity to make a band contribution. If you would like to contribute, you can do so via Venmo, the PLD Band website, PayPal, or check. The contribution form has info on how to do that. If you need to know the balance on your commitment or otherwise have questions, please email pld.band.treasurer@gmail.com
Marching Band practice attendance - marching band practice attendance is mandatory unless a valid excuse is emailed to the band directors. Please reach out to the band directors if you have any questions.
Knee Pads - students are required to bring and wear knee pads for practice every day.
Parent Meeting Minutes - a copy of the minutes is available for you to review.
Communication: The PLD Marching Remind app is active: text @2022pldmb to 81010 to receive real-time updates throughout the season. Additionally, make sure to sync our Charms calendar to your calendar!
Pit Crew: Our Pit Crew is getting ready to gear up for the new competition season, so if you are interested in joining the Pit Crew (it's LOTS of fun, plus we have shirts), please contact Jon Roenker pldpitcrew@gmail.com and you will be added to the group email list. We are looking for someone to be the food organizer for the group - so please reach out if you would like to help out!
Corporate Sponsors: Do you know of a business that would sponsor the band? Please share our sponsor packet with them: https://www.dunbarband.org/uploads/2/5/7/7/25778292/2022_pld_band_sponsor_packet.pdf. Reach out to pld.band.fundraising@gmail.com with questions.
Safety: For the safety of our band students, please park in the main parking lot at practice pick up time. There are too many instruments and students running around the side of the building as well as other sports that are happening during that time, and the congestion has become a safety issue. Coordinate with your student to meet you in the parking lot after practice. A lot of our parents will park up there and go watch the end of practice while waiting. Come join us!
Thanks,
Viki Martorano
PLD Band Parent Association President
8/15/2022
Evening band families,
What a great band week we had! The rain finally gave us a break and we were able to get the water balloon fight and ice cream sundaes in this past Monday, and our seniors got to have their retreat last night. Our rescheduled car wash was a success and a huge shout out to Matt Elliott and all our parent chaperones and band students for knocking it out off the park! We are waiting to confirm the number of pledges and then an update will be sent out by Matt. If you aren't following our FaceBook page you should - lots of pictures get uploaded to it!
And school started this week! So we are welcoming our non-competitive families to our weekly email updates. There will be information for Concert Band activities in addition to Marching Band activities in these updates moving forward.
4-year Band Trip - The PLD Band is heading to Washington D.C. in the April 2023. This trip is for all band students (competitive and non-competitive) and there will be a trip meeting announced soon, The deadline to commit is September 16, 2022. All the Washington DC Trip Information and Commitment forms are now available for you to read, download and review on our website.
Marching Band Activities:
Band Contributions: Band contributions are still being accepted and the next designated payment benchmark is August 15th.
Parent Meeting Minutes - a copy of the minutes is available for you to review.
Communication: The PLD Marching Remind app is active: text @2022pldmb to 81010 to receive real-time updates throughout the season. Additionally, make sure to sync our Charms calendar to your calendar!
Pit Crew: Our Pit Crew is getting ready to gear up for the new competition season, so if you are interested in joining the Pit Crew (it's LOTS of fun, plus we have shirts), please contact Jon Roenker pldpitcrew@gmail.com and you will be added to the group email list. We are looking for someone to be the food organizer for the group - so please reach out if you would like to help out!
Uniforms: Our Uniform Chair, Kelly Robinson, is asking if there are any parents out there that can sew? Please reach out to Kelly if you can help out: keldawn@hotmail.com
Corporate Sponsors: Do you know of a business that would sponsor the band? Please share our sponsor packet with them: https://www.dunbarband.org/uploads/2/5/7/7/25778292/2022_pld_band_sponsor_packet.pdf. Reach out to pld.band.fundraising@gmail.com with questions.
Safety: For the safety of our band students, please park in the main parking lot at practice pick up time. There are too many instruments and students running around the side of the building as well as other sports that are happening during that time, and the congestion has become a safety issue. Coordinate with your student to meet you in the parking lot after practice. A lot of our parents will park up there and go watch the end of practice while waiting. Come join us!
Thanks,
Viki Martorano
PLD Band Parent Association President
What a great band week we had! The rain finally gave us a break and we were able to get the water balloon fight and ice cream sundaes in this past Monday, and our seniors got to have their retreat last night. Our rescheduled car wash was a success and a huge shout out to Matt Elliott and all our parent chaperones and band students for knocking it out off the park! We are waiting to confirm the number of pledges and then an update will be sent out by Matt. If you aren't following our FaceBook page you should - lots of pictures get uploaded to it!
And school started this week! So we are welcoming our non-competitive families to our weekly email updates. There will be information for Concert Band activities in addition to Marching Band activities in these updates moving forward.
4-year Band Trip - The PLD Band is heading to Washington D.C. in the April 2023. This trip is for all band students (competitive and non-competitive) and there will be a trip meeting announced soon, The deadline to commit is September 16, 2022. All the Washington DC Trip Information and Commitment forms are now available for you to read, download and review on our website.
Marching Band Activities:
- Marching Band Sectionals - begin next Monday, August 22nd for Color Guard and Percussion sections. Section leaders - Wind sectional requests must be communicated to directors at least a week in advance and to your section students.
- Saturday MB Camp and rescheduled Parent Preview Performance - a Saturday Full Day Marching Band Camp is scheduled for August 27th. Times are TBD. The rescheduled annual Parent Preview night will be held immediately following the end of band camp that day. The parent preview performance is where our students get to show us what they have been learning and working on! Come watch the kids perform the first part of this year's Navi show. There will be a table for families to pick up their nametags and PLD Band swag, so make sure to stop by and check in to get your goodie bag! More details will be emailed in the next 2 weeks.
- Marching Band practice attendance - marching band practice attendance is mandatory unless a valid excuse is emailed to the band directors. Please reach out to the band directors if you have any questions.
- Compression shorts and shirts - students will need to purchase compression shorts and shirts to be used as the under layer for their marching band uniforms. The color of these items does not matter. Our uniform committee will email out suggested item links later this week.
- Knee Pads - students are required to bring and wear knee pads for practice everyday.
- Practice schedule - The schedule for marching band camp practice this week is:
- Monday, August 15th - no practice.
- Tuesday, August 16th - Thursday, August 18th – afterschool practice from 4:00 – 6:30pm.
- Friday, August 19th - no school and no practice.
- All State Music - All State Music has been released. Please reach out to Mr. Wooley or Mr. Morgan if you or your student has not received it.
- Football Games - non-competitive band students are required to participate in the pep band at home football games. Those dates are September 2nd, September 16th, October 14th and October 21st. Report time will be announced prior to each game.
Band Contributions: Band contributions are still being accepted and the next designated payment benchmark is August 15th.
Parent Meeting Minutes - a copy of the minutes is available for you to review.
Communication: The PLD Marching Remind app is active: text @2022pldmb to 81010 to receive real-time updates throughout the season. Additionally, make sure to sync our Charms calendar to your calendar!
Pit Crew: Our Pit Crew is getting ready to gear up for the new competition season, so if you are interested in joining the Pit Crew (it's LOTS of fun, plus we have shirts), please contact Jon Roenker pldpitcrew@gmail.com and you will be added to the group email list. We are looking for someone to be the food organizer for the group - so please reach out if you would like to help out!
Uniforms: Our Uniform Chair, Kelly Robinson, is asking if there are any parents out there that can sew? Please reach out to Kelly if you can help out: keldawn@hotmail.com
Corporate Sponsors: Do you know of a business that would sponsor the band? Please share our sponsor packet with them: https://www.dunbarband.org/uploads/2/5/7/7/25778292/2022_pld_band_sponsor_packet.pdf. Reach out to pld.band.fundraising@gmail.com with questions.
Safety: For the safety of our band students, please park in the main parking lot at practice pick up time. There are too many instruments and students running around the side of the building as well as other sports that are happening during that time, and the congestion has become a safety issue. Coordinate with your student to meet you in the parking lot after practice. A lot of our parents will park up there and go watch the end of practice while waiting. Come join us!
Thanks,
Viki Martorano
PLD Band Parent Association President