Committee Descriptions
Band Banquet: Do you like to plan events? Do you like to celebrate amazing students? Help plan the end of year banquet. Time commitment is flexible as this is a one time event, occuring in the Spring.
Build Crew: Do you like to work with your hands? Have some craftmanship skills? Like to repair items? Help repair and/or build props, shelves, or other items needed by the band programs. Build Crew also maintains our trailers. Time commitment is flexible and coordinated via GroupMe.
Business Sponsorships: Enjoy meeting new people? Have great ideas on sponsorship benefits that would be attractive to businesses? Are you well connected to area businesses? Help the Jaguar Band fund our program and support our kids by obtaining sponsorships! This can be done from home, out and about visiting business locations, networking events, emailing, etc either day or night. You will be provided with information about previous Business Sponsors. Late summer through fall.
Celebration: Do you enjoy planning events and coming up with fun ways to celebrate others? Do you always remember everyone’s birthday and think of ways to make someone feel special “just because”? Sign up for our Celebrations Committee and be part send off's, spirit gear items, home game gift baskets, and senior recognition events. Time commitment is flexible.
Chaperone/Band Aids: Are you first aid certified or have a medical background? If not, are you interested in ensuring that our students are hydrated and any minor injuries are tended to? Are you willing to ride the bus and take attendance? Then Chaperone/Band Aids is the committee for you! Band Aids are important during summer band, games, and competitions. Chaperones are needed during games and competitions. Time commitment is flexible and coordinated via SignUp Genius.
End of Season Party: Do you like to plan events? Do you like to celebrate fantastic students who work hard? Help us plan an End of Season Party! Time commitment is flexible, this is a one time event occuring at the end of the fall season.
Fly A Flag: Are you willing to spend one hour planting flags and one hour picking them back up? We are very grateful to all of the band and community members who have signed up for flag subscriptions and the more help we have planting and picking up flags, the more succesful our program will be! Time commitment is flexible; flags are planted 5 times a year but you do not need to commit to all 5 events. You will be provided with a route map.
Front Line Crew: Do you like to be active? Do you like to help others? Help move Front Ensemble percussion instruments and electronic equipment for the band's Marching Show at their Fall performances. Time commitment is flexible but will require some Friday Night football games and Saturday competitions. Front Line Crew is extremely important during "Band-tober". (October) Time commitment is flexible and coordinated via SignUp Genius.
Half Time Flip Folders Crew: Plan to attend football games? During half time, the band performs for the Rosette's and also performs their competition show. Between these 2 performances, they remove their flip folders from their instruments and hand them to this crew. The crew removes them from the field and sorts them. Time commitment is flexible, perfect for anyone planning to football games.
Jagtastic Auction: Know the importance of funding for programs? Have you helped plan a successful auction? Are you willing to call or email businesses asing for donations to auction? Jagtastic Auction Chair will coordinate the Christmas and Spring Online Auctions using the 32Auctions website and their committee members will help solicit auctions items. Time commitment is flexible, auctions happen twice a year.
Jaguar Jog: Are you a runner? Enjoy celebrating others at the finish line? Like planning events? Help us with our annual Jaguar Jog 5K/10K event in September. We will help gain sponsors, recruit vendors, promote registration of racers in the community and via school groups/clubs/athletics. Help coordinate volunteers for race day and fun ways to celebrate our event through music, photo booth, and more! Late summer through the event date.
Meal Plans: Want to help feed our band students during summer band and/or the fall games and competition season? Hungry students can't perform their best! Volunteers can sign up to pick up meals and/or serve students. Time commitment is flexible and coordinated via SignUp Genius.
Winter Guard Meal Plan/Snacks: Want to help feed our Winter Guard students during their winter competition season? Hungry students can't perform their best! Volunteers can sign up to pick up meals and/or serve students. Time commitment is flexible and coordinated via SignUp Genius.
Membership: Do you enjoy meeting new people and making everyone feel welcome? Our membership committee hosts our booster general membership meetings and is an ambassador for our program. This committee will also help devise ways to track and reward our volunteers and members. Time commitment is flexible.
Props Crew: Do you like to be active? Do you like to work behind the scenes? Help move props for the band's Marching Show at their Fall performances. Time commitment is flexible but will require some Friday Night football games and Saturday competitions. Prop Crew is extremely important during "Band-tober". (October) Time commitment is flexible and coordinated via SignUp Genius, communnication is handled via GroupMe.
Senior Committee: Would you like to help us celebrate our seniors? This committee will work together to coordinate Senior Night in the Fall as well as the Senior recognition part of the Band Banquet in the Spring. Time commitment is flexible.
Social Media: (photographers, social media, IG, YouTube, Canva) Do you enjoy photography? Can you take pictures or video at an event? Do you enjoy designing graphics? Are you a wordsmith? Social marketing whiz? Help keep our website and social media interesting with great images and messaging to promote and celebrate our band program and students with JHS and our community. Time commitment is flexible and can be done from home as well as events, day or night.
Spirit Gear: Love finding creative shirt designs and new products to support school/band spirit? You can help create our designs, choose items for our Jag Swag store, work with vendors, and sell/distribute our spirit gear at games and events. Design is typically late Spring to early Fall. Time commitment is flexible, scheduling is handled via SignUp Genius and commuication is handled via GroupMe.
Spirit Nights: Do you want to help with fundraising but have limited time? Are you able to reach out to local restaurants? Help coordinate Spirit Night Fundraisers. Time commitment is flexible, events are set up several months in advance.
TCGC (Texas Color Guard Circuit Competition): Plan and prepare to ensure JHS and our Winter Guard shines as we host a Texas Color Guard Circuit Competition in the Spring! This is our biggest one day fundraising event of the school year. Parent volunteers will staff everything to ensure participant and guest experience is amazing - from set-up, ticket sales, concessions, event organization, coordinating on-site vendors, medical first aid, and hosting judges and directors rooms. Planning begins late fall (after marching season).
Guard Uniform Crew: Want to help our amazing color guard look great during the Fall Marching and Winter Competition Seasons? Know how to sew? Then help assign, organize, repair or wash our uniforms! Assigning uniforms entails sizing students. Repair uniforms with simple sewing needs. The washing of uniforms can be done in the industrial washers at school or at home. Time commitment is flexible and fitting or organizing is typically coordinated via SignUp Genius.
Uniform Crew: Want to help our amazing band students look great during the Fall Marching and Spring Concert Seasons? Know how to sew? Then help assign, organize, repair or wash our uniforms! Assigning uniforms entails sizing students. Repair uniforms by the simple sewing of stirrups onto pants. The washing of uniforms can be done in the industrial washers at school or at home. Time commitment is flexible and all tasks are typically coordinated via SignUp Genius, communication is handled via GroupMe.
Web Support: Do you have webpage design experience? Do you like to design graphics? Do you love a functional website? Are you willing to learn how to maintain our website? Work with our current website volunteer to learn how to use our platform! Time commitment is flexible.
Winter Guard Celebrations: Do you like to plan fun events or recognitions? Help us celebrate our amazing Guard students! Time commitment is flexible, Winter Guard season begins in December.