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Provide
sweatshirts, gloves, T-shirts, etc. to
band members |
|
Provide water and
Popsicle during practices |
|
Polish shoes before
performances |
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Distribute uniforms
and do repairs on them when needed |
|
Host social events |
|
Provide orange
juice and donuts on Parents Day |
|
Provide a reception
for parents |
|
Institute a Band
Buddy program |
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Prepare lunches for
away trips |
|
Repair instruments |
|
Clean band room |
|
Repaint practice
field yard markers |
|
Work registration
and housing tables during band camp |
|
Build podium for
director or drum major(s) |
|
Offer band
scholarships |
|
Move equipment |
|
Host Alumni
reception during Homecoming weekend |
|
Help freshmen move
into their dorms |
|
Institute and
recruit for an indoor guard program |
|
Clean trash the
band has left behind |
|
Provide drinks and
apples for home and away games |
|
Bring hospital kids
to football games |
|
Have sectional
competition during band camp with prizes |
|
Host a semi-formal
for the band |
|
Clean uniforms
regularly |
|
Provide an escort
service after band at night (walking to
dorms, cars, etc. for safety) |
|
Commission works |
|
Build shadow boxes
for jazz band |
|
Clean up the music
building |
|
Set up stage for
rehearsals and breakdowns |
|
Host blood drives |
|
Offer babysitting
services for children of band
members |
|
Offer
student-tutoring services for members of
the band |
|
Provide
refreshments for intermissions of
concerts |
|
Establish band
store for reeds, valve oil, etc. |
|
Tape concerts |
|
Host MENC
conferences |
|
Raise money for
band tours |
|
Establish band
rosters and/or telephone
directories |
|
Donate money to
replenish music library |
|
Build music
cabinets |
|
Conduct color guard
clinics |
|
Move equipment for
pep band |
|
Paint filing
cabinets |
|
Do press releases
for concerts |
|
Paint practice
rooms |
|
Have after school
programs for community |
|
Hold public
concerts at area mall |
|
Collect food for
community |
|
Have march-a-thons |
|
Help at homeless
shelters |
|
Keep school
instrument inventory |
|
Help with indoor
guard shows |
|
Clean and repair
instrument room |
|
Have members work
in the band office for an hour a week |
|
Participate in the
Adapt-a-Highway program |
|
Clean instruments |
|
Offer lessons to
high school students |
|
Work stage crew |
|
Sell tickets at
band performances |
|
Host receptions |
|
Do publicity for
concerts |
|
Warm up the band
for the director |
|
Paint faces for pep
band |
|
Bake cookies for
trips |
|
Have pep band for
Special Olympics |
|
Host guest bands |
|
Organize pep
rallies |
|
Offer scholarships
for the music department |
|
Provide drinks for
the pep band |
|
Serenade at dorms
for people |
|
Clean the music
department truck |
|
Purchase new band
folders |
|
Build steps for
tuba loading |
|
Arrange and compose
new songs |
|
Send out flyers and
posters for senior recitals |
|
Make flowers for
the director |
|
Hold Band Banquets |
|
Provide pep band to
greet teams after a trip |
|
Keep band records
i.e. photos, VCR tapes |
|
Provide moral
support for bands through attendance at
performances |
|
Send needs to
nursing homes and orphanages |
|
Purchase new
equipment or instruments |
|
Recycle |
|
Produce a Band
Newsletter |
|
Provide
transportation to social events |
