BKMB Update March 1, 2024
Student Admin reports that now that Sub Sale points are all applied, we are now in a quiet period until Summer.
The Scholarship Committee will be receiving applications soon for BKMB Scholarships and the Richard Santanella Scholarship and will begin the selection process.
The Banquet Committee has begun working on the Imagine show patches and plaques to hand out at the Band Banquet on April 17, 2024.
The Banquet Raffle Committee reports that soon they will be creating a sign-up for families to contribute Raffle items for baskets.
We are still looking for a Recording Secretary Board Member as our current Secretary has a graduating senior. We are also looking for a Winter Program Board Member because our current WP also has a graduating senior. Nominations are welcome, and we will announce the candidates at the next Band Backer Meeting on Wednesday, March 6th at 7:30 pm. Voting will be held at the April Band Backer Meeting.
A few chairperson opportunities have opened up as well. We are looking for a MOTK Concessions Chairperson and a Merchandise Chairperson. Both of those positions can be filled by two people if you want to work with a friend.
Winter Program Updates
Winter program show shirts are available! They will only be available for purchase until 3/8/24 so get them now! You can purchase items by going to the Southington Athletic shop website under BKMB or use the links below.
Winter Guard:
Congratulations to the Varsity Guard for taking 1st place at the Naugatuck MAC Competition with a score of 78.31 and Percussion on the amazing performance at their first WGI Regional Competition. Keep up the great work!!! If you can, please come out to support these talented kids as they represent BKMB.
Winter program show shirts will be available for sale next week. The link will be forwarded shortly.
This Saturday both JV and Varsity Guard will be competing in the Newtown MAC Competition. This will be the first-time competing for the JV Guard.
Varsity & JV –Saturday, March 2nd – Newtown Competition
JV – Performance Time – 5:28pm
Varsity – Performance time – 8:24pm
Awards – 9:30 pm
We need help with floor & props – for each competition. Please sign-up on the link below. You don’t need to be a parent or have a child in the program to help.
We are still looking for Winter Program Chair and a Winter Guard Liaison shadow. Please reach out to Kathy Delaney at winterprograms@southingtonbkmb.com if you are interested or have any questions.
The link for the Winter Guard Merch: https://www.southingtontheathleticshop.com/bkmb-winter-guard/
Winter Percussion:
Winter Percussion’s next comp is this Saturday March 2nd at:
Newtown High School
12 Berkshire Road
Sandy Hook, CT 06482
The schedule:
9:00am – 11:15 am Rehearsal at SHS
11:15am – 11:45 am Downtime/Change into Uniforms/Eat (see below for more on this)
11:45 am – 12:15pm – Load truck and bus
12:15 pm Leave SHS
1:00 pm arrive at Newtown
1:00pm – 1:36 pm Unload/Set up/ Outdoor warm up weather permitting
1:36 pm transit to warm up
1:45pm – 2:03pm Designated indoor warm up
2:12pm Ready
2:21 pm Performance
2:30pm – 3:30pm Load truck/watch show
3:30 pm Awards
4:00pm Load buses
4:45 pm arrive at SHS
Entry at the gate IS CASH ONLY (credits cards not accepted at the gate – if you bring a credit card to the gate they will instruct you to go onto GoFan and use the link).
You can buy your entry tickets with credit card online prior to the event through the Newtown GoFan link https://gofan.co/event/1348976
Concessions will accept both cash and card.
Here is the link to the specific comp in Newtown if you’d like to look around. This link has both the percussion and guard info :
https://www.musicalartsconference.com/newtown
The link for the Winter Percussion Merch: https://www.southingtontheathleticshop.com/bkmb-winter-percussion/