BRIGHTON BAND BOOSTERS
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August 10, 2025
Please read these details and click on Sign Up Genius Links to volunteer this week. We NEED you!
Monday, August 11 at 11 AM: Snedicor's Cleaners will deliver the Concert Uniforms. Seeking volunteers to help carry them in and hang them in the storage cabinets.
Tuesday, August 12: Uniform Fitting Day! Students should sign up for their fitting times, and we NEED volunteers (adults and students) to help get appropriate uniforms issued to all students.
Student Volunteers BHS Band Uniform Fittings
Parent Volunteers BHS Band Uniform Fittings
Juniors Sign Up Uniform Fittings
Sophomore Band Uniform Fittings
Freshman Band Uniform Fittings
Wednesday, August 13-Saturday, August 16: 8 AM-3 PM - Home Band Camp at BHS. Students should have marching instrument/equipment, lyre, music. All students should dress appropriately for the weather, wear socks and athletic or marching shoes. Hats, sunscreen, refillable water bottles, and packed lunch should be brought by students!
Friday, August 15: Immediately following Home Band Camp until 6 PM (dinner is not provided), students are invited to the Timney Home for a Pool Party (with Yard Games for those who don't care to swim). To help manage the fun, we are asking for ten parents to volunteer. Two certified lifeguards will be present. Students should bring their own towel (and a swimsuit and optional goggles) if they plan to swim. If your student does not drive, please plan to pick them up by 6 PM!
Saturday, August 16: Load "Lucille" and the auxiliary trailer for the trip to YMCA Camp Nissokone.
Sunday, August 17: 8:15 AM - Drop off any medicines inside the Band Room with the Health Lodge Nurses. 8:30 AM - Check in your student with their Cabin Parent, showing that your student has bedding, clothes, toiletries, instrument/equipment, refillable water bottle, and packed lunch for our pit stop at Lumberman's Monument, departing at 9 AM. Details about YMCA Camp Nissokone, including driving instructions, packing lists, information about the final performance in Oscoda, and the release of your student to another adult, if needed, can be found in the Band Handbook pp.19-23.
Saturday, August 23: 12 PM - Parents may arrive, set up chairs/blankets for viewing, and move student items from Circus Tent into vehicle. Non-Band Camp Chaperones may NOT enter the YMCA Camp. 1 PM - Home Band Camp Show. Parents MUST sign out students with Cabin Parents!
If you haven't yet noticed, the entirety of the work done by the Band Boosters is accomplished by volunteers. We value your time and ours, and we find some fun (and possibly even new friends) as we act to benefit our Brighton Band Program. Thank you for having a helping spirit and showing up for our students!
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JuliAnne Diesch
President of the All-Volunteer
Brighton Band Boosters
president@brightonbandboosters.org
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Band Camp Payments
Band Camp Payments can be made by check written to "Brighton Band Boosters" and sent in with your student to give to their Band Director or via the Zeffy link below (remember to put fee request to 0):
https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/band-camp--2025
Families are asked to pay $450 per student for Band Camp this year. Parents attending as a chaperone are asked to pay $100 for food (and will also be credited with 10 shifts of volunteering).
Payments can be split into two payments of $225 each. The second payment is due July 15.
The Zeffy link offers four payment options:
$225 (half payment)
$450 (full payment)
$100 (chaperone food payment)
$550 (full payment for student + chaperone food)
If you have volunteered for Band Boosters during the 2024-2025 school year and believe you have qualified for the Tiered Incentive Boost, please contact Karen Gwidt with your student name(s) and a list of your volunteer hours at TreasurerBrightonBandBoosters@gmail.com so that we can verify the adjusted total amount due (which you can also change via the Zeffy link above).
Boosters have been in contact with some potential donors who may want to provide partial or full scholarships. If you are interested in more information about this, please email bandcamp@brightonbandboosters.org to receive a heads-up as we finalize these generous gifts.
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Brighton Band Boosters
Supporting the BAS band programs at
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Brighton High School, Director Joseph Swinkey
Scranton Middle School, Director Jennifer Evans
Maltby Intermediate School, Director Michael Osborn
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If your child is in a BAS band you are automatically a member of the Boosters
Welcome!
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The Brighton Band Boosters is a non-profit organization of parents and care-givers dedicated to working in partnership with our Band Directors to create a one-of-a-kind experience for our band students. We support all aspects of the band including the marching band, drumline, and color guard, as well as the multiple concert bands at all three schools.
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The Boosters are run by a board of volunteers elected by our members each year. We provide all band parents and guardians the opportunity to actively support our amazing band programs by helping with things such as chaperoning events and student socials, helping to move band equipment and distributing uniforms, assisting with concert publicity, fundraising, and more. Our goal is to keep things running smoothly so the band directors can focus on the students and the music. Our fundraising efforts, most notably the sale of concessions during BAS sporting events, provide valuable financial support to the bands.
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The Boosters meet once a month. Meetings are open to parents and care-givers from BHS, Scranton and Maltby and include information concerning the future of the band programs, upcoming events, and areas of concern or need. Throughout the year you will receive email newsletters from the Boosters with event updates and volunteer opportunities. To learn more about how you can contribute to the on-going success of our band programs please contact the Booster President JuliAnne Diesch or attend one of our upcoming meetings.
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Go Dogs!
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