PARENT INFORMATIONAL MEETING 2025

Castle View High School Bands

AGENDA FOR THE EVENING

• Assignment for all band students
• Assignment for all band parents
• FUNDRAISING
• Cookies!!!

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• Marching Band Performance
• CVBB – Castle View Band Boosters
• Fees
• Grading Policy
• Lettering
• Calendar
• Website

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MARCHING BAND PERFORMANCE

• “Through the Looking Glass”
• A look behind the mirror
• Original Music
• Stardust Crusaders
• Both Sides Now

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MARCHING BAND SHOW

• THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
• Stages
• Some vinyl!
• 2025 Staffing – Holly Ellis, Color Guard; Max White, Percussion; sectional staff: Tamara Maddaford, flute; Penny Harris, clarinet; Bob Feller, high brass; Keven Stewart, low brass.

MARCHING BAND SHOW

• The Goal of the Castle View Marching Band and Band Program
• Make Great Memories! (2012 t-shirt)
• Hold Yourself to a Higher Standard (2013 motto)
• Follow Through “Mission Accepted” (2014 commitment)
• Push past challenges no matter how great or small “Barriers” (2015)
• Family Fun - Let’s Eat “Mangiamo!” (2016)
• Don’t leave our lives to chance. Control our own destiny. “In the Cards” (2017)
• Overcoming ‘demons’ or shortcomings. Good prevails. “The Dark Corner” (2018)
• 2019 Excellence an Fun in video games “Press Start”
• 2020 Together show during Hybrid schooling
• 2021 “Looking” for joy
• 2022 “The Line Between”
• 2023 “Don’t Look Up”
• 2024 “DUEL-ITY”

CASTLE VIEW BAND BOOSTERS

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• President – Leigh Wright
• Vice President – Sarah Ottonello
• Treasurer – Valerie Boswell
• Secretary – Gloria Kim

WHAT SHOULD CVBB DO?

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• Raise money to support the expansion of the Castle View Band program.
• Help with logistics when necessary.
• This does require some vision and drive that is outside the actual band program.
• We still need parents to just help out with certain jobs with or without a booster club.

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BE PART OF WHAT WE’RE DOING

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• Get involved!
• Parents can help with fundraising
• Parents can help move equipment
• Parents can build
• Parents can attend contests and cheer on the band
• Parents can bring patrons who can help support us financially
• Parents can come to meetings and lend their experience to improving the functionality and success of the band program.

FEES

• Percussion $60 instrument usage fee
• Students NOT enrolled in Percussion Tech will have this assessed as a fine, students in percussion tech are assessed as a class fee automatically.
• School instrument rental - $50 per semester - can be waived because of need
• Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Uniforms – Tux purchase (Als’ Formal Wear approx $115); we will measure in class and order new dresses [around $65] or you can purchased used from a graduate) I’ll be emailing instructions on measurements in October.�
• Marching Band Fees $650– This will all be entered into MySchoolBucks. The fee is in place to accommodate the needs of the program. Colorado Give Day fundraiser is under way. All funds from this fundraiser will used for paying Marching Band Fees for the students credited for the funds raised. CVBB fee is $35 and covers ALL Meals for the marching season – Checks to CVBB. Non-marchers should only pay $10 to CVBB.
• Jazz Band –Individual purchases – Potential Costs for Jazz Festival

WHY FEES?

• Busing to contests – ($10,000)
• Depending on the time and distance, buses cost the program between $400-$1000. Since the marching band uses two buses that doubles, when both bands go to contest it doubles. When bus drivers are unavailable, we are forced to use charters which costs even more.
• Staffing - ($17,000)
• Music - $3800 (+$1600 for rights to arrange)– BOA Bands pay $4500-$6000 for their shows
• Drill Design - $0 – Most bands in Colorado by $1500-$6000, BOA bands can pay upwards of $10,000
• Show Design Materials – Flags $1000+, new vinyl $1200+, Media carts $2700 (boosters)
• ($30,300) – 80 students @ $400 = 32,000 – 77 in marching this year = $30,800

THE HANDLING OF FEES

• Procedure for assessing fees - Any fees not paid are turned into the bookkeeper. The only way for the bookkeeper can add fees is as “fines”. Please do not see this as punitive.
• I will make you aware of fees, give a couple of weeks to pay, then send lists to the bookkeeper to add to Infinite Campus.
• Bookkeeping request from parents
• Pay your fees at your earliest convenience
• If you can’t afford to pay your balance, please make payments towards progress
• Castle View is NOT a credit organization
• We do want to work with parents and students, but you wouldn’t go without paying your water bill…

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��HOW MUCH DOES A CLEAR CONSCIENCE COST?

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ON THE CURRENT BUDGET

• $650 for marching band
• $100 For every band member for the two concert bands (ADDITIONAL!)
• $70 for Jazz Band

WHY BAND AT CV?

• Philosophy
• Value
• A promise

GRADING POLICY

• 60% Class Participation – 10 points a day, 30 points per week 50 for jazz and percussion- 66%???
• 30% Concerts/other performances – ALL BAND - 4 concert performances (two fall, two spring) – Festivals in the spring. PEP BAND – ALL Home Varsity Football Games (5) and Select Home Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball Games (8-10 total games, max of 9 event times). – Marching Band – 5 (hopefully 6!) contests, 5 football games, 8 extra practices
• The difference between a concert and a pep band performance.
• Football games are pep band performances for non-marchers, but they are like concerts for the marching band!
• 10% OTHER assignments

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GRADING POLICY

• Make up for missed class
• Excused absences - recording submitted on Canvas for 45 minutes on the material you missed.
• Concert makeup - Approvals for concerts should happen way in advance! Make up assignments are assigned based on helping the band be successful without you.
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LETTERING

• Not all about grades!
• Not all about talent!
• Not all about effort!
• It’s definitely not what I think about a student or family!
• What it is about:
• Service and commitment to the band program as a whole
• Additional performance in community groups
• Individual accomplishments on your instrument
• Documentation of that material in an honest way that outlines the contributions though the application
• Application turned in and on time
• Most of all it is rewarding those that go above and beyond for the program and are willing to put forth the effort to be recognized for going above and beyond. Applications available October. Point total necessary is published in early April. Applications due right after the Gala.

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FUNDRAISERS

• Fan Angel
• Peaches
• BUTTERBRAIDS - November
• SPRING GALA

HOW DO YOU MEAN SELL THE PROGRAM?

• Speak highly of the value of what we are doing!
• Talk about band.
• Support live instrumental music!
• Start conversations with local business owners.
• Look for opportunities for the band, jazz band, percussion tech to perform!
• Book the bands to perform! Follow through!
• Get involved with what is happening at the elementary level in Douglas County!
• Encourage community members to support the music programs at our schools.
• Talk about band!

WHAT TO TALK ABOUT?

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• Your stories are the best stories! Tell them.

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WHY MUSIC???

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• More specifically, why play a musical instrument?

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• The value of playing an instrument is probably obvious to you. However, convincing you of it’s importance is not the point. The point is: Can you convince someone else?

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WHY MUSIC???

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• Children who study music tend to have larger vocabularies and more advanced reading skills than their peers who do not participate in music lessons.
• Children who study a musical instrument are more likely to excel in all of their studies, work better in teams, have enhanced critical thinking skills, stay in school, and pursue further education.
• Secondary students who participated in a music group at school reported the lowest lifetime and current use of all substances (tobacco, alcohol, and drugs).
• Schools with music programs have an estimated 90.2% graduation rate and 93.9% attendance rate compared to schools without music education, which average 72.9% graduation and 84.9% attendance.

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WHY MUSIC???

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• Regardless of socioeconomic status or school district, students (3rd graders) who participate in high-quality music programs score higher on reading and spelling tests.
• A Stanford study shows that music engages areas of the brain which are involved with paying attention, making predictions and updating events in our memory.
• Children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year, compared to those who do not receive musical training.
• Schools that have music programs have an attendance rate of 93.3% compared to 84.9% in schools without music programs.

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WEBSITE STUFF

• CHARMS OFFICE
• INFORMATION UPDATES
• FORMS
• RESOURCES
• ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS
• Page 34 of the handbook (signed by student and parent) – Serves as a field trip permission form for any of our trips.
• Rules and expectations for activities
• Transportation form
• UPDATE your Presto Info

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VOLUNTEER!

• SURVEY
• www.castleviewbands.com
• Parent tab

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• SIGN UP FOR VOLUNTEERING
• HELP WITH MEALS FOR MARCHING BAND
• OTHERS!!!!
• IMPORTANT JOBS!!! FAIR PARADE WATER DISTRIBUTORS!!

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BAND DADS PODCAST

CLOSING

• Assignment for all band students
• FUNDRAISING
• Cookies!

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• Marching Band Performance
• CVBB
• Fees
• Grading Policy
• Lettering
• Calendar
• Website

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THANKS FOR COMING!!���COOKIES!!!��