Author Archives: Kristen Dodd

Greetings to all! I hope this email finds you healthy and enjoying a little sunshine.

I appreciate your patience in getting marching band information out to you with everything going on.  Usually, I have the calendar and music out to everyone before the end of the school year…  I cannot wait to hear all of the students play again.  It will really be something.  We are going to do our best to make music in these difficult times.

As we prepare for the 2020-2021 school year, safety is our first priority.  Our usual band camp schedule will be abbreviated to make sure we are following health guidelines.  See the attached guidelines for health and safety.  Face coverings must be worn at all times as long as you are not playing your wind instrument.  It is important that we follow these guidelines carefully, as it will allow us to continue to participate together.  As things change, we will be following all best practices and guidelines as they emerge.

Below is the schedule for band camp. Please mark your calendars. As we are spending less time together this year, it is important that we are all present during these times. More information on the rest of the season will be shared as available. Please contact me at darren.allen@bayschoolsohio.org with any questions.

Mon-Fri 7/27-7/31 Drumline 8:30am-12:30pm @ BHS (Drumline members only)

Thu 7/30 Field Commander Try-Out 9:00am @ BHS (Field Commander hopefuls only)

Thu 7/30 New Marcher Meeting 6:30pm, Zoom meeting for new marchers and parents of new marchers
This is an informational meeting that will talk through the season so that everyone knows what to expect. All Zoom links to come in a later email. (Students new to marching band and their parents)

Fri 7/31 Zoom Leadership Training 10:00am Zoom Leadership training (Squad Leaders and Field Commanders) 
I will be sending out a survey soon about interest in being a Squad Leader or Field Commander.

Fri 7/31 Zoom Meeting for all Marching Band students 11:00am 
We will be reviewing the new band camp format and procedures. (All band members)

Mon-Fri 8/3-8/7 Full Band Camp 8:30am-11:00am @ BHS (All band members)

2020 Fall Guidelines for Marching Band and Rockettes: https://baymusicboosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020-FALL-GUIDELINES-FOR-MARCHING-BAND-AND-ROCKETTES.pdf

Please update your profiles for the 2020-21 school year so that you are only receiving e-mails about the musical groups that you are interested in or that are specific to your family. If your student is in Marching Band you won’t want to miss the Marching Band emails. If your child is in Choir you won’t want to miss the Choir emails and so on and so on…..Please visit the following link to update your profile: http://baymusicboosters.us7.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=b5ba263e41b7931f65aed873e&id=ecc97ca5ee

Thank you!

Please sign-up for Marching Band Remind Text Alerts. I will be sending out information and updates throughout the summer and fall using this system. Directions are below. In addition, please make (or update) a profile on https://baymusicboosters.com/. We will send weekly updates throughout the season via email set up by this website’s profiles. To Join Remind:

PARENTS ONLYText @bhsmb29230 to 81010

STUDENTS ONLYText @bhsmbwolf to 81010 

We are requesting volunteers to help with the laundering of dresses for the choral music department from the 2019-2020 school year. This would require washing the dresses, hanging them, and returning them to the High School in the Fall. All dresses would need to be laundered before the start of the school year. There are three different types of dresses. Specific instructions for each type can be obtained from Mrs.Gess at Devon.Gess@bayschoolsohio.org.  Dresses can be picked up from Mrs. Gess, or they can be dropped off at your home.  Please provide your home address when signing up.  Your help is greatly appreciated!

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040d4ba8a82ea02-choral3

Below is the Symphonic Band list for next year if school and class will be normal. If the classes are set up differently or there is no marching band, it could look different. I did not receive auditions from all students. The band could use more bassoon, tuba, french horn, and trombone players.  Some of the woodwind players may need to switch around to find the best instrumentation for the group (i.e. bari. sax and bass clarinet, more tenor saxes). In a normal year, I would listen to any students that wanted to try out again after marching band season to hear if progress has been made. As soon as I know any information about next year, I will let you know. Student health and safety are our primary concern. If you have a question please email me at Darren.allen@bayschoolsohio.org. Go Rockets!

Flute
Helena Abramov
Miya Debolt
Sabrina Duprey
Alison Hartzell
Rachel Ploenzke
Samantha Steiskal
Kendall Thomas

French Horn
Annalise Johnson
Isiah Kemm
Matthew Rising

Tuba
Grace Beatty

Percussion
Conrad Burt
Elijah Deutschman Ruiz
Renee Duffy
Ava Ernst
Calvin Good
Elizabeth Kibbey
David Klein
Elizabeth Kotora
Jonathan Mack
Michael Muccio
Mitchell O’Brien
Jack Oster
Gus Priemer
Adam Tenerowicz

Clarinet
Hayden Atzberger
Allysa Bleisath
Casey Kaminiski
Anya Krumbine
Simon Miedza
Milan Oppewall
Norah Schlegel
Levi Wunder

Bassoon
???

Tenor Sax
Matvey Vatolin

Bass Clarinet
Patrick Brophy

Baritone Saxophone
Ethan Myers

Oboe
Sophie Buckingham
Isabel Porcella

Trumpet
Casey Bartman
Sam Ferry
Geoffrey Greunke
Alex Jensen
Iain Ray
Sean Smith
Ella Tenerowicz
Adam Ward

Alto Sax
Lauren Cseh
Abigail Donahue
Josh Dwyer
Norah Hamil
Andrew Mold
Nik Wassmer

Trombone
Peter Appenheimer
Hayden Coffman
Jack Rhea
Hayden Stratford

Euphonium
Charlie Baron
James Bish
Jack Mediate
Connor Wilson

Look for the Symphonic band results sometime next week. I am still waiting for everyone’s audition videos.  

Below is the drumline list for the Fall if school and class will be normal. If the classes are set up differently or there is no marching band, it could look different. If you have a question please email me at Darren.allen@bayschoolsohio.org.

Drumline 2020-21

Snares
Elizabeth Kotora * Section leader
Ava Ernst
Adam Tenerowicz
Conrad Burt
Nick Szekely
David Klein
Simon Miedza
Josh Carpenter

Tenors
Ryan Duffy
Jon Mack
Renee Duffy
Michael Muccio

Bass Drums
Elijah D-R
Mitchell O’Brien
Gus Priemer
Elizabeth Kibbey
Calvin Good
Faith Beatty
Jack Oster
Brian Murphy

Cymbals/Aux/Other
Logan Bennefeld
Andrew Feiszli
Max Newton
Casey Medley
Erin Vanderkarr
Charlotte Majercik
Rocco Lombardi
Gabe Scialdone
Sophie Buckingham
Aiden Stasek
Logan Yeager
James Kelly
Ben Jameson

Congratulations to the following students:

Every band member and Rockette who has carried supplies to and from the school for so many practices knows why it would be great to have on-site facilities. Every parent, student spectator and community member who has attended a halftime show or other event at our stadium certainly knows why we need new restrooms and concessions. And every parent of middle school and elementary age students can rest assured that the sooner we can make “Home of the Rockets” a reality the better it will be for those future BHS generations and for the entire community. 
 
We are grateful to those who led the “Field of Dreams” campaign a decade ago to install a turf field, and this is our chance to continue that tradition and pay it forward by supporting the new Home of the Rockets!  Please click https://www.homeoftherockets.org, share it with your friends and family, and donate what you can to support One Rocket Nation!  With your help, we can meet our fundraising goal by April 30, 2020 and break ground immediately following the fall 2020 sports season!

We would like to extend our condolences to the Safarz family and to Bay High School staff and students. Michelle Safarz was a beloved teacher and was a friend to many of our music directors. She will be greatly missed. 

Sincerely, Bay Music Boosters