Contest Volunteer Information
Franklin Central High School Marching Band Invitational
Sat., September 11, 2010
First Performance: 4:00pm
First Performance: 4:00pm
Fall 2010 Marching Contest Volunteer Positions to be Filled:
Most categories will have a Chairperson and several volunteers.
The Chairperson will coordinate the work shifts within their area.
The Chairperson will coordinate the work shifts within their area.
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| Accounting | Receives, tracks and counts the cash pick-ups from Security. Communicates deposit info. with the Band Booster Treasurer. Distributes communication radios. |
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| Bus Drivers' Hospitality | Provides a room & food (from booster donations) for the competing units’ bus drivers. |
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| Clean Up | At the end of a long contest day, having extra clean up help is always appreciated. |
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| Concessions | Sells drinks and munchies. (Big Time Profit Center) |
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| Contest Headquarters | Organizes and distributes the donated food to the three hospitality rooms and dispatches contest volunteers. |
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| Cookie Sales | Sells warm Otis Spunkmeyer cookies and possibly milk, coffee. |
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| Directors' Hospitality | Provides a private room & food (from booster donations) for the directors. Located on the lower level of the stadium press box. Great View!! Elevator equipped. |
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| Event Photographer | A band parent, with an inclination for photography, takes candid digital photos of performances, award presentations and volunteers. Photos will be loaded onto the Band Booster web site. |
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| First Aid Station | Any EMTs,nurses, doctors… out there? Needed: Band parents that are also nurses, EMT's, doctors... to provide medical treatment to our injured or ill guests. Located in the stadium training room. |
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| Judges' Hospitality | Provides a private room & food (from booster donations) for the judges. Located on the top floor of the stadium press box. Great view!! Elevator equipped. |
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| Judges' Transportation | Transports judges (approx. 6) from the Hyatt Place Indianapolis Airport to FCHS prior to the competition and from FCHS to hotel after the contest. |
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| Parking | Directs spectator & competing unit vehicles to their appropriate parking areas. |
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| Pedestrian Traffic Flow | Keeps stadium/bleacher aisles and judging areas clear during performances. |
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| People's Choice Award | New in 2010! Guests can cast their votes, with spare change and folding money, for their favorite band! Your task will be to man the voting booth (decorated table & 2 liter bottles). The votes will be tallied. At the award ceremony, a prize (TBD) will be given to the Class A/B and Class C/D band with the most votes. |
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| Performer Exit | Coordinates the flow of post performance units and guests headed to the Visitors side bleachers. Prior to the award ceremony, lines up the unit captains in performance order. Located at the southeast performance area gate. |
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| Programs | Uses Microsoft Word to create the contest program, which will be sold to our spectators. Orders and picks up programs from printers. Coordinates with Dan Fyffe, Band Booster President, Publicity and Sponsor/Advertiser Recruiter volunteers. |
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| Publicity | Franklin Township Informer, Southside Times, 91.5 WRFT, Indy Star… |
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| Recruiting Sponsors & Advertisers | Contacts individuals and businesses regarding financial and/or product support of the Franklin Township Band. Coordinates with Booster President, Publicity and Program Creator. |
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| Score Tabulation | Uses the provided computer program to tabulate the judges’ scores. Located on the lower level of the stadium press box. Elevator equipped. |
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| Security | Uniformed law enforcement officers, that are also band parents, monitor for safety concerns. Transports cash pick ups to Accounting volunteers. |
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| Staging Area | Directs units into the performance area. |
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| Unit Check-In | Provides competing units with wristbands and info. packets. Answers questions. Matches competing units with their contest guides. |
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| Videographer of Competing Units | Records unit performances onto a disc which is then included in the post-performance director’s packet with the judges’ score sheets. |
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| Warm Up | Oversees that each unit is provided the allotted amount of time to prepare for their performance. There will be two warm-up areas at each contest. Both areas will be located on the east side of FCHS. |
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| Water Stations | Provides cups (donated) of cold water to the fall invitational performers and their entourage. There are usually three water stations. |
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| Wristband & Program Sales | Sells wristband and programs from the stadium ticket booths to our guests. |
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