Band Booster Committees

 

Booster committees support the band in various ways. If interested in helping out, contact the committee chair. We’d love to have you join us!

Alumni Support

alumni@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Lynn Davies-Cutting, Laurie Cockman

Duties:

  • Coordinates the distribution of information about the Athens Drive High School Band Program; such as performance schedules, fundraisers, and special awards the band has received.
  • Moderates the “Athens Drive Band Alumni, Friends & Members” Facebook page.

Banquets

banquet@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Open

Duties:

  • Communicates information to families by email.
  • Coordinates volunteers to decorate, set up, serve, and clean up.

Chaperone Support

chaperones@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Antoinette Hoskins

Duties:

  • Coordinates volunteers to chaperone marching band rehearsals, football games, and competitions.

Concert Support (Hospitality)

concertsupport@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:   Brooke Patin, Antoinette Hoskins

Duties:

  • Coordinates volunteers to distribute programs, monitor doors, and help backstage.
  • Coordinates refreshments for all band concerts.
  • Decorates for Fall and Holiday Concerts.

E-Mail

email@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Elena Casanova, Laurie Cockman

Duties:

  • Maintains Athens Drive Booster’s group e-mail lists.
  • Moderates and approves all group e-mail communications regarding band activities.
  • Maintains Sponsor listings on emails.

Field Support

fieldsupport@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Open

Duties:

  • Maintains the band practice field (mow, fertilize & treat for weeds). 9-10 month responsibility.
  • Prepares a budget for and procures all supplies to maintain the field.
  • Performs routine maintenance on the lawnmower.
  • Initially lays out the field markings and stripes the field.
  • Maintains a log of time spent and what type of treatments were completed.

First Aid

firstaid@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Jennifer Kell

Duties:

  • Maintains all Medical/Health forms.
  • Coordinates the schedule of first aid staff for Band Camp.
  • Coordinates the schedule of first aid staff for all performances (football games, competitions, and parades).
  • Maintains all band medical kits.

Fundraiser

Various Committees

Grant Writing

grants@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  OPEN POSITION

Duties:

  • Researches funding opportunities.
  • Writes grant proposals to support existing and planned booster activities.

Guard Support

guardsupport@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Kerry Trout

Duties:

  • Coordinates the specific needs of the color guard and winter guard.
  • Assists with uniform fittings and repairs.
  • Assists with props, floor mat, and final preparations during competitions.
  • Assists with coordination of transportation to winter guard competitions.

JAG Club Representative

jagrep@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Open Position

Duties:

  • Attends all JAG Club meetings representing the band, and reports back to the Band Booster Board.

Marching Band Meals and Snacks

meals@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Nikki Farrow, Asti Febriani, Stephanie Barefoot

Duties:

  • Coordinates snack contributions for after-school practices.
  • Coordinates donations of snacks & drinks for trips.
  • Packs and serves snacks on competition days.
  • Coordinates meals served at competitions.

Marching Band Uniforms

uniforms@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Merri Beth Hibbets, Amanda Green, Shelley Henderson

Duties:

  • Fits and assigns uniforms to the marching band students.
  • Orders shoes and uniform replacement parts as needed for marching band members.
  • Assists students with last-minute marching band uniform details on the days of performances.
  • Maintains the database of uniform inventory and manages cleaning at end of the season.
  • Works with the Drum Majors to select, fit, and order their uniforms.
  • Participates in practices and performances to assist with fittings, repairs, replacements, and spot cleaning.

Mentor Program

mentor@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair: Brooke Patin

Duties:

  • Coordinates matching of veteran band families to new band families (winds and brass).
  • Ensures new band families have a mentor family to contact and use as a resource for band program information.
  • Provides information, through mentors, about all facets of the marching band and other band ensembles.

PTSA Representative

PTSArep@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Laurie Cockman

Duties:

  • Attends all PTSA meetings representing the band, and reports back to the Band Booster Board.

Percussion Support

percussionsupport@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Amy Thomas

Duties:

  • Coordinates the specific needs of the percussion section, Winter Percussion, and spring/summer training program.
  • Coordinates chaperone schedule for rehearsals.
  • Assists with final preparations for competitions.
  • Assists with coordination of transportation to Winter Percussion competitions.

Photo Directory

directory@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Kerry Trout

Duties:

  • Updates database with names and addresses of band families.
  • Coordinates pictures with names of all marching band students.
  • Publishes directory to upload to the website.

Pit Crew

pitcrew@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Mike Davis

Duties:

  • Loading/unloading instruments, equipment & uniforms at ADHS and the site of performance.
  • Assists students with getting Front Ensemble instruments, props, and Guard equipment on & off the performance field.
  • Works with the students to determine the most efficient way to set up the instruments in a timely manner.
  • The Pit Crew’s mission is to assist the students to enable them to focus on music and performances.
  • Must buy or borrow a Pit Crew shirt to wear to performances when assisting on the field.
  • A minimum of 25 people who plan on attending most competitions is needed. Anyone interested may participate.

Props

Props@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Laurie Cockman

Duties:

  • Construction of marching band show props for performances.

Public Relations

pr@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Open

Duties:

  • Promote band news internally to the school via Athens Alert and phone messaging system.
  • Promote band news externally to the community using appropriate news media (newspaper, tv, radio, internet).
  • Serve as a resource to Band Booster Chairs to help promote their events internally and externally.

Recruiting

recruiting@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Laurie Cockman, Brooke Patin

Duties:

  • Promote the band program to middle school students and encourage participation in both co-curricular and extra-curricular band activities.
  • Assist with student visits to middle school band classes 

Senior Recognition

seniorrecognition@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  OPEN POSITION

Duties:

  • Organizes marching band seniors and their parents on the football field for Senior Night.
  • Coordinates senior photos for JAG program booklet.

Senior Video

seniorvideo@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Open position

Duties:

  • Produces a video for Spring Banquet.
  • Video recognizes band seniors and includes photos from throughout the year.

SmugMug

smugmug@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Kerry Trout, Aisha McKenzie

Duties:

  • Maintains an online band photo gallery.
  • Takes and collects photographs of band activities.
  • Uploads select photos and videos to the online gallery.

Social Media

socialmedia@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:   Laurie Cockman , Jennifer Kell

Duties:

  • Coordinates, distributes & moderates band information via Social Media, including Facebook – “Athens Drive Band Alumni, Friends & Members” Facebook page, Twitter – @athensdriveband & Instagram – athensdrivebands

Spirit Wear

spiritwear@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Laurie Cockman, Merri Beth Hibbets

Duties:

  • Coordinates sales of band spirit wear.

Sponsorships

sponsorships@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Brooke Patin

Duties:

  • Works with the community to solicit sponsorships.
  • Maintains sponsorship records.
  • Fulfills sponsorship benefits.

Student Accounts

studentaccounts@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Amy Thomas

Duties:

  • Records and monitors invoices and credits for individual band accounts.

Transportation

transportation@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Open

Duties:

  • Oversees the maintenance of all band vehicles, including registration and inspections.
  • Coordinates the use of band vehicles to transport equipment to events.
  • Loads/Unloads instruments for competitions, football games, and other events as needed.
  • Coordinates with Pit Crew for loading and unloading at marching band performances.

Website

website@athensdriveband.com

 

Chair:  Aisha McKenzie, Laurie Cockman

Duties:

  • Maintains information on the band website.
  • Develops online forms.
  • Posts group emails as appropriate to the Announcements area on the ADHS Band Website.