WELCOME TO MANSFIELD BAND PARENTS

AUGUST 2025 UPDATES

QMS UPCOMING EVENTS:

Wednesday, September 17th – Instrument Try Out Night

MHS UPCOMING EVENTS:

Varsity Color guard practice – Monday, Thursday, Saturday
Band practice – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Friday, September 5th – Football
Friday, September 19th – Football
Saturday, September 27th – Melrose Competition

25/26 – BOARD POSITIONS

The MBPA Board Members for the 25/26 Season are:
- President – Frani Spivak
- Secretary – Sharyl Carrigan
- Treasurer – Jeff Kobs
- Vice President – Sara Tomase

MARCHING BAND UNIFORMS / INVOICES:

Thank you to all the parent volunteers helping to hem and un-hem all the uniforms so that our students are ready for the first football game this week. If you have any to bring back, please do so either Tuesday or Thursday at the start of practice.
All marching band students have been fitted. If we had a pair of shoes available in our surplus, they were given to your student. You will be receiving an invoice from Jeff, our treasurer, over the next few weeks for shoes, gloves, show shirt, or polo shirt where applicable. Invoices can be paid through the QB program.
If you need financial assistance, please reach out to Jeff or Mr. DeJoy and we will be happy to help.

FALL HOME SHOW

We continue to move forward gearing up for our October 18th Home Show. This is our first time hosting a fall competition and we are looking forward to it being the first of many. Please be on the look out for our sub-committees reaching out for help. It is going to take a lot of helping hands to make this a success.

GILLETTE – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

For those who were unable to make the band camp meeting, CLICK HERE to get a more detailed overview of Gillette and the expectation of involvement. We are also looking for 2 people to learn what being a Gillette Coordinator is all about. If you are interested please reach out to either Guy Tomase or Katherine Chaloupka at gillette2@mansfieldbandparents.org

Remember, thanks to the generosity of the Ault Family, for every event a family member volunteers, your student’s name will be entered into a drawing to win one of two weekend get aways in Mashpee. One peak season and one off peak. Similar to any other rental, there will need to be an adult over the age of 21 present during the entire weekend stay. Winners will be drawn in February at the end of our contract season.

Saturday 9/13 – Revs Game – we need 5 more people
Sunday 9/21 – Pats Game – we need 8 more people
Sunday 9/28 – Pats Game – we need 9 more people

We know, understand, and appreciate that everyone has jobs, multiple children, and lives outside of band. We know that the ever changing rules from Gillette are frustrating. We know that not being able to have the student’s help isn’t fair. However, the same 10 people cannot continue this effort. If the year continues on this path we will be forced to end our contract with Gillette which will put forth Marching Band and Winter seasons that will look very different than what we have grown to love about our groups.

Short of having someone write us a $60,000 check – WE NEED GILLETTE TO CONTINUE. Please, if you are able, sign up. Sign up as soon as you know. Please do not wait until the week of. We do not have the luxury of giving Gillette our roster at the last minute.

FUNDRAISING:

CAN DRIVE Bring your cans & glass bottles to the Redemption Center located on Forbes Blvd across from Stop and Shop. Cans and plastic bottles can be in bags but glass bottles should be returned in either boxes or their original packaging. You should have a count to provide them with of what you are delivering. You can either let them know it is for Mansfield Band or provide them with this printed form

WEBSITE MANAGER:

We are looking for someone to take over the management of the website. If you have a passion for or interest in Web design we’d love to hear from you. Please reach out to Frani at president@mansfieldbandparents.org for more information.

The MBPA Parents meet on the 1st Thursday of every month (if there is a change, we get that information out as soon as we know). All are welcome to attend. Our next meeting is on Thursday, September 4th @ 6:00pm held in the Chorus room at the High School

HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MBPA:

Calendar: mansfieldbandparents.org/calendar

Facebook: Mansfield Band Parents Association

Web: www.mansfieldbandparents.org

Board Members: