Homecoming/8th Grade Night

Tickets for games must be purchased here: https://gofan.co/app/school/OK24458.  HS Football tickets go on sale the week of the game, so check this site on Monday, September 30th.  They also reminded me of the Allan Trimble Stadium clear bag policy. 

Friday, October 4th:  

Attire: Jenks Middle School Band T-shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes.  

DETAILED ITINERARY:

MORNING:  

• 8:15 AM:  Students will arrive to school in band t-shirt.  You may also wear accessories for the Homecoming Dress-up Day.  You may use the back band room entrance upon arrival.  Here is a map to the back band room door.
• 8:25 AM:  Get set up in the cafeteria.  Warm-up quickly.
• 8:30 AM:  Play for students entering the building.
• 9:00 AM:  Put instruments away in the band room and go to first hour.  I will let teachers know that you may be a couple minutes late to your first hour class.

AFTERNOON/EVENING 

•  At the end of Friday classes:   All instruments except flutes and clarinets will load their instrument into the box truck. 
• 4:00 All band students will report to the band room.  We will talk through the evening, and you may also have a little time to work on homework.  It is suggested that you bring an after-school NON-MESSY snack.  You will be allowed to eat it during this time.
• 4:45-5:00ish   Load buses at the front oval.  You will have your backpack on your lap.
• 5:15-5:30 ish   Arrive at the intersection of Main St. and Cedar St. (just west of Sonic).  The box truck will be waiting for you there, and the instruments will be unloaded.  You will first put your backpack in the back of the box truck, and then you will get your instrument out of the case and load it in front of the backpacks.  Flutes and Clarinets:  It will be easiest if you can fit your case into your backpack and load it on the box truck early.  
• 5:30   Three things:  1)  Watch the Jenks HS Band march (they will be first in the parade).  2) Transit to staging area (around Date St. and A St.), line up and move to beginning of parade route.  3) March in the Homecoming Parade!  The route runs west to east on A Street.  We will finish the parade on 2nd and A Street by the Education Service Center.
• 6:00 PM ish At the Education Service Center, students will be served a Chick-Fil-A sandwich compliments of the Jenks Band Boosters.  If this is not enough food for the evening, it is recommended that you eat beforehand as well (during the 4:00 after school time).  Also, please inform Mrs. Cryer immediately if you have dietary restrictions.  If your child takes dinnertime medication, parents may administer that at this time.  Please email Mrs. Cryer with any questions regarding that.
•  6:30 PMish  Students will follow Mrs. Cryer to the south side of the Freshman Academy to meet up with the HS Band.  You will meet your HS student leader, and they will guide you into the stands. 
• 7:00 PM  Students are settled in the stands with the high school band to watch the visiting band performance.  We stand and are respectful to other bands when they perform.  
• 7:30 PM Game begins.  Parents will need to pay online for tickets (https://gofan.co/)  Band students do not need to pay.  During the game, students may not receive items from the concession stands.  Water will be provided throughout the game;  fruit will be provided during halftime. While the HS band is warming-up for their performance, the 8^th grade will be responsible for playing the Fight Song if needed in the stands.  During halftime, students will watch the high school band perform from the front sideline.  

Have fun and enjoy the game!  When dancing in the stands, students need to protect their instruments.  NEVER set the instruments down on the bleachers during all the fun, as they will most likely get damaged.  Be very mindful of this! 

• 10:15 PM  Approximate conclusion of the game. I will instruct 8^th grade students to text their parents during this talk time so that they are aware of the timing.   Mr. Hillock will talk to students in the stands upon the conclusion of the game—generally the band is the last to leave the stadium.  The box truck will be near the band stands of the football stadium.  Students will put away their instruments in their cases, and they will take their backpacks out of the box truck.  Percussion, tubas, and baritones will re-load their instruments onto the box truck.  All other students will take their instruments with them.  We will then walk to the “pick up area”.  Parents may pick up their children from the HS front oval in front of the Math & Science Center.  (The Math & Science Center is easy to spot as it has the planetarium on top.) For a map of the HS Central Campus with the Math and Science Center, click here.

Both the homecoming parade and 8th grade night are required events.  If you have a conflict, (ex.-Cheer, Pom, Football, Boyscouts who are also in the parade), you will need to speak with Mrs. Cryer.  We will be performing last in the parade.  Our hope is that you will have a chance to participate with all of your groups.  In the past, students rode their group float and walked back to the beginning of the parade to join our band or met us somewhere in between.  You will be allowed to wear your jersey/uniform in the parade if you are participating with another group, but you need your band t-shirt for 8th grade night.  MAKE SURE YOU COMMUNICATE WITH MRS. CRYER  IF YOU WILL BE PARTICIPATING WITH ANOTHER ORGANIZATION IN THE PARADE.