Keeping the Peace in Band Booster Organizations
With many passionate voices, band booster organizations must implement strategies to avoid conflicts among leaders and volunteers. In volunteer-run organizations, ...Wearing Your Band on Your Sleeve
Band boosters and parents can show their pride by purchasing merchandise that features the organization’s name and logo. When The ...All Hands on the Field
Hosting a field show event takes coordination, organization, planning and many volunteers. Three minutes before the first Sonic BOOM! marching ...Engaging Alumni
Every spring, students and parents naturally leave the band program after graduation. Learn ways to keep them coming back. Every ...Building a Brand
There’s a lot more to designing a successful logo than simply drawing a picture and adding a school name. A ...Prepping for the Winter Season
Booster organizations shift gears at the end of the fall marching season, putting their focus on winter guard and indoor ...Field of Vision
Aligned with their band directors on common goals and values, booster organizations can better promote their organizations’ cultures and support ...Trip Prep
Booster organizations make careful plans to ensure excursions to out-of-town events go smoothly. Every summer, the students in the Fontainebleau ...Cheering for Everyone
Band boosters use formal and informal etiquette policies to remind parents that every performer deserves respect and applause. Parents in ...Welcome to the Club!
Boosters share ideas for reaching out to new parents and helping them become valuable contributors to the marching band family. ...Budgeting 101
Find out some best practices for creating, sharing and implementing an operating budget. Creating an operating budget is not the ...Community Outreach
Band boosters help their programs form stronger local ties. Every fall, the four public high schools in New Hanover County, ...Game On
Booster members operate with machine-like precision—though with hearts of gold—on game day and competition day. As vice president of operations ...