Booster Basics
WHY CONSIDER MARCHING BAND FOR
YOUR CHILD?
Students
in band are accepted into high school peer groups more quickly than
students that do not participate in outside school activities.
Students are exposed to and become friends with upper classmen who are
able to help them cope with the high school environment. Marching band
provides the opportunity and the encouragement to develop close
relationships with other committed students who have similar values
and interests. Marching
band students learn many skills in addition to musical skills such as
dedication, hard work, perseverance, responsibility, working as a
team, acceptance of others, how to compete in a healthy friendly way,
and leadership skills. Marching band also provides the opportunity for
much needed exercise (the band is even known to run laps around the
field at times, as conditioning, when learning to march a show).
Bellbrook band is an extremely high quality program that is very
respected throughout the marching community even by much larger
schools. A large
percentage of the student body is in the band at Bellbrook High School
and the surrounding community really cares about the Bellbrook
Marching Band.
The Bellbrook Music Boosters is an organization of adults
interested in supporting the music programs at the Sugarcreek Local
School district. The focus of the boosters is the support of the music
staff/students and to raise money to get the “extras” that the
music programs and music staff need to have superior music education
in our schools. There are two budgets that the music staff works with.
The first is money from the course fee that is paid to the Sugarcreek
Board of Education. The second comes from money raised by the
boosters. The Booster
Financial Committee and Music Staff develop the booster budget. It is
not unusual to have expenses come up during the season that are not in
the initial budget. This happens because of the creative nature of
what we do and the level of the performances that are expected of
Bellbrook High School. During the course of the season, the music
staff decides how money is spent. The Booster Leadership Committee
occasionally votes on budgetary questions. Logistics restrict the
general Booster membership from being involved with detailed budgetary
planning and decision making.
WHO IS PART OF THE MUSIC
BOOSTER ORGANIZATION?
Each
family who has a child in the Bellbrook High School Marching Band is
considered a member of the Music Boosters. In addition, anyone
interested in music at Bellbrook Schools is highly encouraged to
become active in the Music Boosters Organization.
WHY SHOULD I, AS A PARENT,
NEED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE MUSIC BOOSTERS?
It
requires significant adult support
for a quality band program. There are numerous costs in
producing an outstanding music and marching program over and above
what is collected by the school in student fees. The music boosters
work to defray these costs and reduce the fees that each family needs
to pay towards their child’s music education. Many things are
provided for the kids such as props for the shows, chaperones, medical
services, meals (when on the road), etc. and it takes adults to
coordinate and provide these necessities. The music boosters provide
emotional support and encouragement to each and every student to
obtain their highest level of success. Just as the marching band is
only as successful as its weakest members, the Music Boosters are only
as successful as their weakest members.
HOW CAN I BECOME INVOLVED WITH
THE BOOSTERS?