Below is A LOT of information - please make sure to look it over carefully and let me know if you have any questions.
I have attached to the documents tab the clean up assignments for Saturday after the competition. This is for ALL open and A guard members. Each of you is required to stay until everything is clean. PLEASE make sure you do this. If you don't, I am left by myself cleaning up - often until after midnight. (Last year, I was left cleaning the band room because it wasn't done.) Please help me out. I will have been there all morning and night. Everyone will need to check out with me before you leave and I will mark you off. Please do not throw away any signs - I have paid to have them laminated so that we can use them again next year.
Also attached is the food assignments (for open only). This is for the band dads and directors. Please make sure you do this as well. If you just can't, you need to let me know so I can ask an A guard member. Also, if you would like to switch with another member, that is fine - just make sure to tell Gretchen!
We will be setting up Friday night instead of Saturday morning (as I stated in my email earlier in the week). Captains are required to be there - but we could use more help. Please let me know if you can be there. We will start at 6pm. If we can get a lot of people to help, we can be done by 7 or 7:30. That means, call time for the open captains on Saturday is now noon.
The A and Open guard will be having one rehearsal during spring break. We know this is not ideal, but we can't go all week before championships with no rehearsal. Both groups will be rehearsing Thursday morning from 8-11am. We know that this is not a lot of rehearsal time, but we do want you to enjoy your spring break as well.
I have audition dates for summer and field 2013 (please remember you must be in summer and field to march in A or Open guard for 2014). The date is April 13th from 8-2pm. If you are auditioning for a weapon, we will be having those on April 12th from 3-6pm. (You will still need to be at the Saturday audition.)
Lastly, I know a lot of you are waiting for summer guard camp dates. I have been working with Pancho to try and figure these out. He is now working 2 jobs, so it is a little harder for him to get time off - especially so far in advance. We are going to try something a little different for this year. As of now, we will most likely be holding a weapon camp sometime the week of June 17-21. Then we will have a flag/weapon camp hopefully the week of July 29th. I apologize that this is all of the information I have right now. As soon as I know more, I will let you know.
Thank you for all you do.
Tiffany
