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We're using SignUp.com to organize our upcoming volunteer opportunities. Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our SignUps: https://signup.com/go/upuBfCt
2) Review the SignUps listed and choose the one(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.

Future opportunities will continue to be posted to this site.

Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me operations@dsbandboosters.org and I can sign you up manually.

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Thank you for supporting your child and the band program’s continued success!

If you have any questions about volunteering, please contact volunteers@dsbandboosters.org

How can I get involved?

CHAPERONE! SO FUN!

Parent chaperones are needed for all football games (home and away) and any marching contest or UIL events that the Band attends. Duties are very simple: we check students on and off the buses, help carry equipment and such from the buses to the field, and are generally available to help with other tasks as needed.

We greatly prefer that you ride the buses for away games or marching contests, as we must have chaperones on each bus (there is also a Band Director on each bus). However, if you want to help at a game or contest and absolutely can not ride the bus, you may either drive yourself or ride with the trailer-pulling crew.

You will stay with the band in the bleachers during the entire event. If it is a full-day marching contest, you also stay with the band when they go to eat, etc. Chaperoning is a great way to get to know some of our wonderful band students and you really feel a part of the event and our band. For more information or to volunteer, please contact our VP of Chaperones or visit the sign-up page on SignUp.com

CONCESSION VOLUNTEER

This is one of our major fundraisers as Band Boosters. Along with the Athletic Boosters, we are responsible for operating the Concession Stand during all home football games and in return, we receive half of the profits. 

Each Friday night home game, we are responsible for managing setup prior to the game, sales to the end of the game and cleaning up to prepare for the next game and sales through until halftime. 

This is a great way to meet other band parents and raise a significant amount of funds for our band. If each band family could work at least one of the home games this helps provide the volunteers need to run the concession stand and spreads out the obligation to all of the families.

PEASE NOTE: You must enter at the Pass Gate and sign a log for concession stand volunteers. This is a new requirement from the Athletic Booster Club.

To volunteer, please contact our concessions manager, Kevin Smith or visit the football concessions sign-up page on SignUp.com.

PIT CREW

For every game (home and away) or contest, we need a group of volunteers to help move the percussion pit equipment onto the field before our show, and off the field when the band finishes. The crew consists primarily of parent volunteers of band and color guard members. Student volunteers receive a community service credit. This is a very important job that is critical in helping our performance run smoothly. Don’t worry about feeling like you don’t know what to do – you will have clear instructions and the band students will help you place the equipment properly!

 

Performances

At the performance venue, volunteers will usually meet about 20 minutes before the band is scheduled to arrive. The Pit equipment will be unloaded and each volunteer will be assigned a piece of equipment to move on and off of the field for the performance. Placement of the equipment will be explained. The Pit students will assist you with positioning the equipment if needed.

At football games, volunteers are free from after the move into the stadium until about 5 minutes before half-time, at which time we will assemble by the pit equipment, podiums, props, etc. After the half-time performance, the equipment gets moved back to the trailers where the Pit students will load the trailer. Volunteers are free to go after the move to the trailer.

At marching competitions, Pit Crew volunteers will move equipment to the warm-up area and performance venue. Contests that have a preliminary and finals format will need to have the Pit Crew available for both performances. The trailer is usually loaded by the Pit students.

 

Communication

Most communication prior to the performance will happen by e-mail. On performance day, cell phone calls and texts are best. Because it is usually very loud at games and competitions, texting is the preferred method of communication. If you are going to be late or cannot make a performance, please contact the Pit Crew leader as far in advance as possible. When needed, the Pit Crew leader will send out a group text to the Pit Crew with important information. This usually happens at contests.

 

Attire

Dress for the heat. A band show shirt or Dripping Springs HS colors of maroon and gold are best. A Pit Crew lanyard will be provided to you before each performance. This will usually get you into the football game and some contests. Please return them after the show.

You can sign up at band registration to be included on the Pit Crew e-mail list, or just send an e-mail to pitcrew@dsbandboosters.org. At the beginning of marching season and periodically throughout, an e-mail will be sent out to the e-mail list calling for Pit Crew volunteers for the upcoming performance. You may volunteer by responding to the e-mail for the most current show or any of the future shows, which will often be listed in many of the e-mails. For more information or to volunteer, please contact our VP of Pit Crew.

BAND MOVERS

For every game (home and away) or contest, we need drivers to pull the trailers that transport our equipment and instruments. Anyone holding a Class C (regular)  license can pull our Podium (small) trailer, while our “Pit” trailer requires a Class A (commercial) license. For more information or to volunteer, please contact our VP of Band Movers

UNIFORM VOLUNTEERS

Our uniform crew does an amazing job outfitting all the students with uniforms by the first few weeks of school. This involves fitting, making alterations and pressing. If you have any sewing or ironing skills and are willing to help, then they would be most grateful for any help you can spare. This can be a fairly flexible job time-wise – you can work one day or several, at different times of the day. In addition to fitting the uniforms at the beginning of the season, volunteers also run the very organized system for distributing and collecting uniforms on game and event days. You may work immediately before a game handing out uniforms, after the students’ return to the band hall collecting uniforms, or best of all for time, work both shifts on a game or contest day.

This is a great volunteer opportunity if you pick up your students, as you just have to help out while you would be waiting for your student anyway. It’s also a fun way to get to know your students fellow band members! For more information or to volunteer, please contact our VP of Uniforms.

 

THUNDER IN THE HILLS

In 2009, the Dripping Springs Band Boosters hosted its first Percussion Contest with 14 bands competing at the stadium at the Dripping Springs Middle School. This highly regarded, well-attended contest, now known as Thunder in the Hills, is held annually on the third Saturday of September. This year the contest was at the Tiger Stadium at Dripping Springs High School on Saturday, Sept. 21. Come join us at our new venue as we celebrate the Percussive Prowess of the drumline units as they create Thunder in Hills.

The Dripping Springs Band Boosters raise money through this event through sponsorships, gate proceeds and concessions sales.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact our VP of Operations You may also learn more by visiting the Thunder in the Hills fundraising page, and the official Thunder in the Hills website.

 

EVENING OF JAZZ

This fabulous fundraiser is held annually in late February or early March. Featuring a barbecue dinner and Silent Auction, accompanied by the talented Dripping Springs High School Jazz Orchestra, as well as the Jazz Bands from Dripping Springs and Sycamore Springs Middle Schools, this event contributes the most to the Boosters’ bottom line, and requires advance planning. We start work on soliciting items for the Silent and Live Auctions in November; any and all help in obtaining a diverse array of things to bid on is greatly appreciated. In addition to our “advance team”, we also need a group of volunteers to help set the Silent Auction up for the actual evening itself; those volunteers only need be available during the day of the event.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact our VP of Fundraising. You may also learn more by visiting the Evening of Jazz fundraising page, or the official Evening of Jazz website.

HEB GIFT CARD VOLUNTEERS

Our HEB/Central Market gift card fundraising program depends on volunteers to operate. We are looking for neighborhood contacts who would be willing to order and distribute cards for families in their area. The system is very organized, so it is not a hard task and only requires a couple of hours a month from home. This is an easy fundraiser, and we would love to be able to expand this significantly each year as our town and program grow.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact our HEB gift card coordinators. You may also visit the  HEB gift card fundraising page to learn more, or download the   Dripping Springs Band Boosters HEB handout 2019

BAND REGISTRATION VOLUNTEERS

Once a year in July, every member of the Tiger Band must register (high school only). This also serves as somewhat of an orientation, and every student is required to bring a parent. The event is also an opportunity for the band boosters to sign up volunteers in various areas for the upcoming season. Attendance times are staggered by class year; stay tuned to the front page or the News section of the booster website for times and other details when they become available.

This event requires volunteers to successfully operate. If you would like to help in some capacity, please browse our areas of need on the Tiger Band VolunteerSpot site, or contact the band boosters president.

VOLUNTEER GUIDELINES

Volunteer checklist: –

  • Current and approved background check on-file with DSISD
  • Volunteer on Sign-Up for only one slot per time-frame/event
  • Follow directions of the Lead (or DSBB board-member, or Director)
  • Maintain positive and professional communications to all
  • Hand in DSBB and DSISD badges to Lead (or other DSBB board member) at the end of the shift

More detail…

  • Current and approved background check on-file with DSISD

Most of these were already submitted at Registration. This must be renewed every other year and can be checked on at the school front office. There are two separate sheets to be filled out; one to be sent away and the other kept on file. The DSISD Administration will let you know directly if there is any problem.

  • Volunteer on Sign-Up for only one slot per time-frame/event

Please use Sign-Up to officially volunteer. It helps the Leads to plan and tweak the true needs of each event, prior to and in retrospect. Do not double-book your time on Sign-Up – you should have one Lead to whom you report per time/event. All Leads can be contacted with questions.

  • Follow directions of the Lead; or Board Member, or Director in their absence

Follow the directions in chain of command; your Lead or a Board member or Director. Sometimes a lead may ask for ideas, but their decision is final. If you have a suggestion for future improvement, email your idea AFTER the shift; directly to the Lead, and cc a board member, so that it can be considered and discussed.

  • Maintain positive and professional communications to all

We are representing our band, our school, our community and maintaining an example for our students. Any external interaction should be mindful of that. Any grievance against any other member should be brought to the attention of Executive Board for review, at an appropriate time – not during an event.

  • Hand in all DSBB and DSISD badges to Lead (or DSBB Board Member) at the end of the shift

DSISD and the DSBB track badges for security purposes, and unless you have been exempted by your Lead (for certain roles within Band Movers and Concessions), please hand in at the end of your shift.

DSBB Members who have been issued DSISD badges by the district may only use them for DSBB purposes (e.g. driving a District vehicle to pull a band trailer). While DSISD ID Badges may be used for identification purposes at any DSISD campus or event, when at a campus, checking in through the office is proper procedure. This paragraph does not apply to members who are DSISD Employees.

Failure to comply with these procedures may affect your eligibility to volunteer.

If an incident is reported, it will be reviewed by the Executive Board, and the volunteer could be suspended pending the review decision. DSBB Board reserves the right to limit the scope of a volunteer’s activity or their eligibility entirely. The decision of the Executive Board review is final.