Oak Park High School Bands!

Sept-Oct Calendar

Update: The Cool School Event on Friday, Sep. 10, will be aired on KCTV5. The features on Oak Park Activities will be presented during the news-cast from 5:00 AM - 8:00 AM. We don't know any specific band performance times at the moment.

Click here for a detailed September-October Band Events (PDF).

Last Updated ( Friday, 03 September 2010 )

Year-Long Calendar 8-17

Please click here for the latest PDF of the Year-Long Band Calendar.

This week with the OP Band Parent Association

WENDY'S NIGHT

Wednesday August, 18th from 5-8 pm at Wendy's located at 93rd and North Oak

BPA gets 10% of ALL proceeds from dining room AND drive-thru between 5-8pm.

We can make some great $$ for the BPA - which means more for your kids! This fundraiser helps to fund the Pat White Scholarship.

Please tell your friends, family members and neighbors to stop by!!

BAND PARENT ASSOCIATION MEETING

Thursday August 19th at 7:00 pm in the OP Band Room

Please make every effort to attend. There will be lots of information

given out at every BPA meeting that will make this year run

much more smoothly for you and your "band kid" !! Also, if you

want to have a vote or have comments and suggestions, this

is the place to do it. See you this Thursday!

MANDATORY Back-to-School Pep Rally performance for ALL students on Sunday, August 22nd. The call time is 4:00 in the band room. Students will march over to the Pep Rally around 4:15, perform and return to school around 4:45.

Please remember to bring your assigned water (Aquafina or Nestle), pop or Gatorade to the band room this week. Several have done this, but there are still several that have not. Many parents and students have asked what this is for. The water is something we use for the kids when they are at events away from the schools, traveling; such as a marching band competition. The pop and Gatorade helps out with our biggest fundraiser, the Craft Fair, in November.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 17 August 2010 )

July 26 Summer Parent Reminder Letter

A huge THANK YOU to all who helped with the carwash this past Saturday! We had a lot of fun, washed a lot of cars, got wet and helped the BPA! Several families and students were there all day and have the sunburns to prove it! Those who helped: Andrew Nguyn, Hunter White, Angela White, Bailey White, Andrew Hickman, Lisa Hickman, Natalie Hickman, Derek Byrne, Jan Byrne, Emily Kieff, Tina Tilton, Kim Foskett, Sarah Shoup, Cody Auffert, Kellie Overbey, Kayla Smith, Leah Frisby, Laura Frisby, Tom Frisby, Alisha Mahnken, Natalie Holmgren, Ashley Sylvara, Taylor Saunders, Beth Saunders, Marissa Brown, Mr. Brown, Ben Apley, Michael Halford, Chris Flores, Michael Flores, Melanie Holmgren, Kaylan Ballard, Courtney Wiggins, Kira McKiddy, CJ Upschulte, Jacob Snyder, Arden Michel, Heather Haines, Rachel Eberhart, Brooke Piontek, Katie Leimkuehler, Matt Ebinger, Josh Hills, Alex Williams, Cody Higgenbottom, Mr. Williams

Upcoming events to mark on your calendars:

•   July 26-30 Drumline camp at OPHS 4-9 PM. They will have a dinner break from 7:00-7:30. All students need to enter the band room from the ART hallway, not the choir hallway.
•   July 27 and July 29 Winds and Brass rehearsal at OPHS 12-4 PM in the band room. All students need to enter from the ART hallway, not the choir hallway.
•   August 2-6 Marching Band Camp (Full band and Guard) at OPHS 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
          o   All students need to help re-stock the drink cabinets. Freshmen and Sophomores: 1 Case of bottled water. Juniors: 1 case of pop.   Seniors: 1 case of Gatorade. All products must be Pepsi products, including water.
•    August 2 BPA Meet and Greet starting at 7:30 AM on the west side of the school.
•    August 5 BPA Swim party and Picnic at Old Pike Country Club immediately after camp is over. $5.00 per family (payable when you get there) and please bring a dessert. We will need a headcount so we can get enough food for everyone. We will take care of this during camp.
•   August 9-11 Marching Band Camp (Full band and Guard) at Happy Rock Park 4-9 PM
•    August 11 Ice Cream Social 7:00 PM at Happy Rock Park
•   August 3 and 4 Back to school registration 1-8 PM. This is the time to get your marching band uniforms and formal wear. The BPA will have a table set up in the hallway to give you more information about BPA and the upcoming school year.
          o   RETURNING BAND MEMBERS: Please check your uniforms NOW to be sure they fit and are in good repair. If not, please bring them to registration with you and we will help you out.
•   August 19 First BPA meeting of the 2010-2011 school year! 7:00 PM in the OPHS band room.

If you have signed up to work at registration, we will be contacting you about a schedule. If you haven’t signed up and would like to help out during registration, please let us know. We can always use more hands at registration!