West Salem High School Band Special Request

Prop Work Party Scheduled for Students, Family and Friends
We are scheduling a day that we can all work together as one large “Green Machine” and get as many of the props built in the shortest time possible, and we need everyone’s help if possible. The “gear” and the base to hold it have already been designed! Now we just need to put it all together…that is, the rest of the “gears” and the stands that will be holding them—a production line if you will. If we can get this knocked out on this single day, we won’t have to be pushing everyone to the limit just before the first competition (it’s right around the corner, believe it or not) to get these very important “visuals” completed for the show.

The work party is THIS upcoming Friday, Aug. 31 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – but wait! You don’t need to be there for the entire day—all we need is one or two “shifts” from as many students, friends, family, and parents as we can that are willing to help. Please look over the “task list” below to see what is needed and which shift you can contribute to as you might have special skills in certain areas that you’d like to participate in.

So if you can work one, two, or more shifts, please contact Kami Hettwer as soon as possible via e-mail at: mkhett@aol.com. Kami’s phone number is also at the end of this email under “Band Booster Contacts”. In the email, please let her know:

• how many people will be in your party


• what items you might be able to bring (see suggestions below)


• what hours you can help, or “come and go”

Where: Meet at band room area at West Salem High School
When: See times below

List of Things to Bring (if you can or have them available):
Paintbrushes
Clean paint buckets
Pencils
Tape measure
Sawhorses
Wheelbarrow
Wrenches and sockets
Drills with bits
Jigsaw
Skill saw
Gloves
Extension cord
Tarps
Lunch

List of Crews (time of event, not the “shift” you would work—that is, “shifts” listed for multiple hours to be filled by multiple people):

• 0800 – 0900 Set-up/staging materials crew (gloves may be needed for hauling lumber)


• 0900 – 1200 Stencil crew for marking the plywood gear parts (pencils needed)


• 0900 – 1200 Measuring and marking crew for the 2X4 stand parts (pencils and tape measure needed)


• 0900 – 1700 Hauling crew. We need people moving the stenciled wood to the cutting crew and then taking the cut pieces to the assembly crew.


• 0900 – 1700 “Tidy crew” – we need people keeping things “clean as we go”, picking up scrap wood, nails, et cetera (keeps the clean up at the end of the day to a minimum)


• 0900 – 1500 Cutting crew lead by Mr. Rothweiler and his team


• 1000 – 1700 Assembly crew for 16 gears (drill needed)


• 1000 – 1700 Assembly crew for 16 bases (drills and socket wrenches needed)


• 1100 – 1700 Paint crew (brushes and empty paint buckets needed)


• 1600 – 1700 Final clean-up crew is very important. We need help putting everything away

As always, if you have any questions call any one of the “Band Booster Contacts” below.

Band Boosters Contacts for 2007/2008

Band Area Co-Chairs:
Vickie Tuttle, 503-588-0968, tuttle84@comcast.net
Kami Hettwer, 503-585-2529, MKHett@aol.com

Uniforms:
Patricia Nielsen, 503-391-4722, patricia.nielsen@state.or.us
Deanna Garney, 503-763-8715, dg5758@comcast.net

Newsletter Editor:
Jesse Seeley, jesse@hp.com

Music Webpages:
“Booster” Main Page: http://homepage.mac.com/titanmusic/
“WSHS Music Booster Blog”: http://wshsmusicboosters.blogspot.com/