Definitions and Additional Information

  • Quota: Money – you will hear this word ALL year! Quota means MONEY!
  • Quota Account: The boosters set up a quota account for each participating student/family. All quota including cash, checks or money earned through fund raising activities is deposited into this account to pay for individual operating and trip expenses.
  • Total Operating Budget: The Total Costs of all bills/expenses that the boosters pay out each year.

Costs include, but are not limited to, the following:

Assistant instructors fees; Guard Instructors; Drill Writer; Uniforms – cleaning and repair; Truck and trailer maintenance; liability insurance; Transportation costs – bus drivers & buses for competitions and trips; Instruments; County Fees for food permits; Custodians when we use school for fund raising, administrative costs – paper, ink, Web site maintenance etc…

  • Operating Expenses (per student): Total dollar amount each student is asked to contribute for the year.

The Total Operating Budget is calculated and then divided by the number of participants. (Estimated costs are subject to change depending on the economy).

  • Spring Trip Expense (optional): the amount of money/quota needed to participate in the trip.

Approximate costs for trip

Big trip year - 5 day trip - $850

Small trip year – 3 day trip - $350

(Estimated costs are subject to change depending on economy).

FORMS, QUOTA, TRIP, DATES AND CONTACT INFO

Forms

  • The forms that you received in the white envelope are VERY IMPORTANT and must be filled out and returned on the first day of Mini Band Camp:

Wednesday, June 17th by 8am

Quota

  • What can be paid from Quota: The only fees that can be paid from a student's quota account are the student's operating expenses, trip expenses, marching or concert uniform fees and the indoor guard fee. Money cannot be withdrawn from a student's quota account to pay for items such as t-shirts, gloves, flip-folders, or lyres.
  • Carryover of Quota from year to year: So long as your child/children are in band you will have a quota account set up. Unexpended Quota is carried over from year to year.
  • Unexpended Quota for your senior: Is transferred to a sibling ONLY. If there are no siblings, any quota deposited in cash during the senior year may be refunded. The LHS band boosters do not reimburse families for quota earned through fund raising. This is due to accounting and IRS requirements for both the LHS band boosters and the businesses providing the fund raising activity. No exceptions to this policy will be made.

SPRING TRIP

  • Trip Requirement: No one is required to go on the trip. It is completely optional. However, if your student will be going on the trip, operating expenses must be paid in full before payments for trip will be accepted.

This means that for students who participate in the spring trip the total marching band expense for the 2009/2010 school year will be the total of the operating budget + trip fees.

  • Trip Commitment Form: Before your student can go on the trip a commitment form will need to be signed. Once the trip commitment form is signed, you are responsible for full trip expense payment even if your student ends up NOT going on the trip. This policy is in place because we begin purchasing tickets; hotels etc. very early in the school year and base our purchases on the number of students that have committed to the trip.
  • Trip Expense Due Date: Generally ½ of the trip expenses are due in December and the remaining portion is due in February. Trip is taken in March/April depending upon the scheduling of spring break

INDOOR GUARD - winter/spring 2010

  • Guard – In addition to Marching Band, some of our marching band/guard students opt to participate in Indoor Guard. Rehearsals are typically Tues, Thursday and Saturdays before competitions. Fee for Indoor Guard is $100. This pays for uniforms and the fees associated with participating in the Keystone Indoor Drill Association circuit. More information about Indoor guard will be provided after the outdoor marching band season ends.

MINI BAND CAMP & BAND CAMP DATES

  • Mini Band Camp:

Wednesday 6/17/2009 8am-4pm

Thursday 6/18/2009 8am-4pm

  • Band Camp: 8am – 6pm

August 3, 4, 5, 6

August 10, 11, 12, 13

ICE CREAM SOCIAL

  • Please plan to join the LHS Band Boosters on August 13th (after the band showcase) for an Ice Cream Social in the LHS Cafeteria! More information about this event to come!

Key Contact Information:

Director of Bands: Kevin Lloyd –

Officers:

Tamara Kees –President:

Dennis Regulinski –Vice President:

Gail Brown – Treasurer –

Matt Brown – Secretary –

Executive Board:

Peg Kase –

Karen Dean –

Dan Hauprich –

Gary Streeton –

Suzy Manny –

Uniforms: Mischelle Colella -

Linganore Band Website: