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UVA Seat Install

Jul 30, 2024

Good afternoon band family!


Our first day of camp is in the books and our second day is underway. Yesterday, we saw a lot of strong fundamental development and our first looks at the music for this year. One of our best fundraisers of the year is starting this Saturday with the seat install at UVA. 


What is it?

  • Installing pre-purchased cushioned seat backs for the season ticket holders. 

  • These are systematically placed and bolted in for the entire season


When is it?

  • We will work in 2 hour shifts starting at 8am.

  • You can sign-up for multiple shifts, but you need to be able to work a complete shift


Where is it? 

  • We will meet at Scott Stadium West Gate


What is there for me to do?

  • A separate email will go out with more specific instructions, but here is a very brief description of tasks. We will run 3 teams of 9 at a time

    • Team lead (Needs experience) 

      • reads from the list of seats from a section 

      • directs where bolts are to be placed 

      • answers questions from the team

    • Bolt runner

      • Places a single bolt on the spot that needs to have a seat installed

    • Seat runner (4 spots per team)

      • Places seats on top of bolts with the seat flipped up

    • Bolter (2 spots per team)

      • Bolts seats to bleachers

      • If you have your own drill with a ½ socket that is a plus.

    • QC (Needs experience)

      • Checks to make sure seats are installed correctly 

      • Can fill in if gaps begin to arise somewhere

  • A fourth team of 3 will be our Spec Ops team. That group will all need experience because they will be tackling the tricky areas of the stadium. 


What's in it for me?

  • Aside from seeing the stadium empty and then transformed or the completion of a good day’s work?

  • Last year over $4,500 was installed into student ledgers from seat install alone.

  • Student ledgers can be used to cover the cost of anything band related such as band dues, instrument rental, or even spring trips.

  • Parents and students can earn money into student ledgers so the more people per family the more money that is earned for that student. 

  • Due to the amount of work and up and down of the stadium younger siblings should be at least 10 years old. 


Where do I sign up?

  • Thanks for asking and I love your enthusiasm! Sign-up genius here

  • Please double check your time, team, and task.


I look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!

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