Guard Drivers: Every Gold day, transport the Guard from the Stadium to the School at 8:50 am. Costume Washing and Maintenance: Costumes are washed (by hand) after each performance and must line-dry. They must then be returned to hanging garment bags before the next performance. Parent volunteer should also check for issues needing repair, and either repair or notify alteration people of need to repair in time for next performance. Max: 4 Flags-Fabric burning/cutting: Volunteers burn flag fabric into the various pattern pieces that will be used to create show flags. Burning is achieved by placing flag polysilk or lame` fabric on drywall and ‘cutting’ around a cardboard pattern with a wood-burning tool. Max: 10 Flags-Sewing and Repair: Volunteers piece together and sew show and practice flags. Various degrees of skill are helpful and range from simple ironing and thread trimming to extensive sewing. There will also be a need for flag repair throughout the season. Max: 10 Hair: Parent volunteers are needed to assist the guard girls with their hair before football games and competitions. Hair style will be determined by a professional artist before first competition. All girls will need to supply their own bobby pins, ponytail holders, hair gel, hairspray and any other needed items for creating the hairstyle. There really is no need for previous experience; volunteers and girls will learn step-by-step how to style show hair. Max: 8 Make-up: This position is responsible for maintaining make-up (airbrushing) equipment, monitoring supplies, ordering new supplies as necessary, and meeting with make-up supplier at beginning of season to ensure understanding of make-up scheme. Parent volunteers will assist the girls with airbrushing and make-up before football games and competitions. Max: 3 Spirit Bags: Volunteers are needed to make spirit bags for each of the girls which the volunteers will fill with snacks and treats to let our girls know how much we support them and are thinking of them. Part of spirit fee is used for bag fabric and treats. Max: 4 Flowers: Flowers are given to the girls for retreat ceremony for major championship competitions. This year flowers will be needed for ISSMA State and BOA Grand Nationals. Part of spirit fee is used for these flowers. Max: 3 Locker Signs: Volunteers should take photos of girls during summer practice and use those to create a personalized locker sign for each girl. Locker signs may be laminated at no cost in the CHS library. Volunteers should also get a list from the girls of their locker numbers so that the volunteers can tape the locker signs to the appropriate lockers at the beginning of the school year. Max: 5 Posters: Posters are made by parent volunteers and hung in the band hall the week before each competition to wish our girls the best of luck. Let your creative side show!! Max: 6 End of Season Collage: Volunteers should take photos throughout season and collect photos from other parents, etc, in order to create a collage that includes each of the girls. These collages will be passed out to the guard girls at the marching band banquet in November. Max: 4 Inventory Tracking: Parent volunteers keep track of old inventory, and organize items in preparation for consignment, when items are no longer needed. Volunteers also maintain order in the sewing room. Max: 2 Chaperones: Parent chaperones are needed for each competition. These mom volunteers maintain the guard bag and case for competitions and assist girls at competition site. They also maintain a calm, positive, and supportive atmosphere for the girls. All chaperones must have a Criminal History Check on File with the school. Max: 12 Food: Parent volunteers are needed to coordinate and solicit snack donations from parents/businesses. This is separate from the snacks in the spirit bags. This includes soliciting and coordinating parents to bring popsicles to the girls during guard mini-camp. This is especially needed during the guard’s assigned weeks for marching band after-school snacks. This is a 2-week timeframe late in marching band season and consists of snacks for the entire marching band—guard and instrumentalists. Everyone needs to donate snacks and a couple of parents are needed each day to distribute those snacks after school at the stadium parking lot. Max: 4

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