Plan of the Day:   This one's pretty straightforward -- play a pre-movie concert in Brentwood Park. Our show starts at 7:00 pm and runs 45 minutes.

Uniform:   INFORMAL uniform: TBGO polo shirt, TBGO hat, black shorts/belt, white socks, white shoes.

Meet:   At 6:30 pm in Brentwood Park, 7200 SE 62nd Ave, between 60th and 62nd just south of Duke St. (map and directions). Meet near the screen (blue bar on map) near the center of the park. We play at 7:00.

Parking:   Google Maps looks like primarily on-street parking. There may also be parking near the tennis courts and Lane School near the southwest corner of the park.

Movie:   Feel free to stick around for Kung Fu Panda 4 and free popcorn!

Standstill Music:

Under Pressure

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Five O'Clock World

My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (guard feature)

Hot Stuff (dance feature)

California Dreamin'

Shut Up and Dance

It Don't Mean a Thing

We Like to Party

Carry On Wayward Son

Beatles Medley

Bang Bang (twirler feature)

Faith

Fireball

Sweet Caroline

We Got the Beat

Brentwood Park Overview (click to enlarge)

Brentwood Park Setup (click to enlarge)

Newberg has become a favorite event for TBGO. Fun parade, nice crowds, and heavy on the "old-fashioned feel" makes for a great day!

Plan of the Day:   We get our own parking area (how great is that!) and stage at Renne Field at 9:15 am. Parade steps off at 10 am and finishes a little way past Memorial Park, which is close to its starting point and is the location of our standstill concert. After the rest of the parade finishes we'll have some time to grab lunch and then do a 40 minute show in Memorial Park beginning at 12:30.

Uniform:   INFORMAL uniform: TBGO polo shirt, TBGO hat, black SHORTS/belt, WHITE socks, WHITE shoes.

Minor Participation Event:   Newberg has been designated as a Minor Participation Event for 2023. If you would like to sponsor a child in this event, please read the Guidelines for Minor Children Performing With the Band to understand TBGO's policy and your responsibilities. Be sure to complete and sign the Adult Sponsor Acknowledgment and Hold Harmless Agreement on page 3 of the policy and return it along with the child's proof of vaccination to Jenny Krems (jenny@tbgo.org) well in advance of the event. The minor's uniform for this event is the same as the TBGO Informal Uniform (above), or you may substitute one of the old TBGO t-shirts (with the marching band on front and back) or a relatively solid color purple t-shirt. TBGO cap for child is optional but recommended. Contact janet@tbgo.org if you need uniform parts.

Breakfast:   Breakfast is available at your expense in case you'd like to come early and carbo-load. All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast cooked by the Rotary Club is available in Memorial Park (standstill location) beginning at 6 AM. Cost is $10.00 per person and includes regular or blueberry pancakes with eggs, sausage, orange juice, coffee. Yum!

Parking:  WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PARKING AREA.
Fortunaately, it's still convenient. Enter town on 99W (yellow line), which becomes E Hancock St as you enter town. Turn left on S Blaine St. TURN LEFT ON E 6th St (pink line), then right on School St. Follow to end of street and park in the grassy area (we're basically parking in our staging area.)

Meet:   At 9:15 AM in the staging area at Renne Field as shown on map. We are unit #30.

Going Home:   When the day is over, DO NOT try to go back up Blaine St (the area is wildly congested). Go north on School St, turn right on 6th, turn left at S River St, then right on E 1st St, which is 99-W. This route can also be busy, but it's still a better bet.

Parade: Parade steps off at 10 AM and follows the route shown. Parade is approx 1.4 miles long, so we'll be on the route about 45 minutes.

Parade Music:

1. Dancing in the Street
2. Fireball
3. Beatles Medley
4. Uptown Funk

Show Music:

Under Pressure

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Five O'Clock World

My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (guard feature)

Hot Stuff (dance feature)

California Dreamin'

Shut Up and Dance

It Don't Mean a Thing

We Like to Party

Carry On Wayward Son

Beatles Medley

Bang Bang (twirler feature)

Faith

Fireball

Sweet Caroline

We Got the Beat

National Night Out is a loose organization of many different "outings" across America's neighborhoods, advertised as "an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live". We've become a neighborhood tradition at Bridlemile -- this will be our twelfth year at the picnic. In several prior years we've met Senator Ron Wyden or his staff at this event - let's see if we get lucky again!

Uniform:   INFORMAL uniform: TBGO polo shirt, TBGO hat, black SHORTS/belt, WHITE socks, WHITE shoes.

Meet:   At 6:00 PM at Hamilton Park, along SW Hamilton St between SW Shattuck Rd and SW Dosch Rd. See map and/or click here for directions. The event takes place in the part of Hamilton Park behind Bridlemile Elementary School, 4300 SW 47th Dr (see satellite detail). We should play around 6:30, depending on when the crowd arrives.

Parking:  Plenty of on-street parking available near the event.

Food:   Feel free to bring dinner and picnic in the park if you like. Otherwise, there's generally a sizable cadre of band folk heading off to find dinner somewhere - ask around!

Show Music:

Under Pressure

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Five O'Clock World

My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (guard feature)

Hot Stuff (dance feature)

California Dreamin'

Shut Up and Dance

It Don't Mean a Thing

We Like to Party

Carry On Wayward Son

Beatles Medley

Bang Bang (twirler feature)

Faith

Fireball

Sweet Caroline

We Got the Beat

 

Aurora Colony Days is celebrating its 37th year. It's about time we made our first visit!

Plan of the Day:   Parade steps off at 11 am, is about 1.1 mile in length, and is a loop so getting back to your car at end of day should be easy. We expect to schedule a standstill concert in Aurora City Park (time TBD) following the parade.

Uniform:   INFORMAL uniform: TBGO polo shirt, TBGO hat, black SHORTS/belt, WHITE socks, WHITE shoes.

Parking:  Our host recommends on-street parking south of Aurora City Park. (Note to self: sign-in is on Main St south of Bobs Avenue.)

Meet:   At 10:15 AM in the staging area at Aurora City Park as shown on map.

Parade: Parade steps off at 11 AM and follows the route shown. Parade is approx 1.1 miles long, so we'll be on the route a little over 30 minutes.

Parade Music:

1. Dancing in the Street
2. Fireball
3. Beatles Medley
4. Uptown Funk

Show Music:

Under Pressure

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Five O'Clock World

My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (guard feature)

Hot Stuff (dance feature)

California Dreamin'

Shut Up and Dance

It Don't Mean a Thing

We Like to Party

Carry On Wayward Son

Beatles Medley

Bang Bang (twirler feature)

Faith

Fireball

Sweet Caroline

We Got the Beat

Please read if you have a comcast.net email address

I continue to have issues sending TBGO email to Comcast email users. Delivery may be delayed or refused, and I cannot predict what will work and what won't. Evidently, Comcast is convinced that TBGO email is spam.

If you haven't been receiving email from me, I have a couple of suggestions:

• Complain to Comcast. I can't find a way to do this, but you may have better luck as a customer.
• I recommend that you obtain a free gmail account and set it to forward mail automatically to your Comcast email. Then let me know your new gmail account and I'll add it to the outgoing email lists. Evidence so far suggests this works okay.

Recruiting fliers:   The Recruiting Committee has created two new page-size PDFs for you to use to help build the band. One is a "general" flier, the other uses the 2026 Liverpool trip as a recruiting incentive. Feel free to print and hand out to friends, post on bulletin boards, etc.

In addition to the page-size PDFs, there are two smaller (1080x1080) images: a GIF and a PNG. The PNG is static, the GIF animates the band's URL. Both are a nice size for posting to your social media accounts.

Click the images below to open the fliers. You can also right-click the images and choose Save Link As to download to your device.

PDF - general full page	PDF - Liverpool full page	GIF - small	PNG - small

Long-Term Travel Plans

Major Road Trips

The Board talks with members informally to get travel ideas, and there's no shortage of fun things to do. We've built a long-term travel plan using these criteria:

• Take account of the "recurring themes" we hear when talking to band associates about travel opportunities.
• Target events with "cool factor". If we only get to do one a year, it oughta count!
• Emphasize trips that center around existing events with large, enthusiastic crowds. It's more fun to play for lots of people, and it's a lot easier to draw a crowd when someone else has already done all the work.
• Have a reasonable belief that it's a trip/event we can successfully execute.
• Target locations that are likely to have broad appeal to members as "destinations" - there should be fun, exciting touristy things we can do while we are in the area.
• Try to keep major events 9-15 months apart.
• Work to keep each trip affordable to the best of our ability.
• "Start spreading the news" - work on bringing the band to each major area of the country (and beyond).
• In general, avoid duplicating major trips that we've done previously - we ain't gettin' any younger and there are LOTS of places to go!
• Look beyond one year to put a multi-year plan in place. We think that a roadmap makes it easier for both the band staff and band associates to plan ahead, and it can also act as a recruiting tool.

Regional Trips and Mini-Trips

Besides our annual "big road trip", we make a conscious effort to broaden our reach in regional events. This will certainly include day trips, but we'd also love to add one or two "mini-trips" each year if the band can support it. In general, we'd try to space mini-trips so that they don't fall right on top of a major trip (i.e., we'll try to create "breathing room" between trips as much as we can.) A mini-trip would typically be closer to home, include a 1-2 night hotel stay, and have lower cost. Examples of mini-trips that we've done include the Autumn Leaf Festival in Leavenworth (WA), Wenatchee Appleblossom Festival, Pendleton Round-Up, Medford Pear Blossom Festival, White Rock (BC) Sea Festival, and Rogers Santa Claus Parade (Vancouver, BC).

Active Travel Plan

In March 2023 the TBGO Board unveiled a new multi-year travel plan at a Zoom meeting, including both regional and major national/international trips through 2028. Here are several options for viewing the plan.

Click the cover slide at right for a video of the Zoom meeting presentation (runs 45:27).
Click the cover slide at right to download a self-running slide show with details of the plan and its trips. It may take a bit for the presentation to download since it's large (114 MB). Launch after it downloads and you can then advance through it using mouse, space bar, enter key, arrow keys, etc.
Click the cover slide at right for a PDF of the presentation. It loses the lovely animations and transitions, but you get all the text.
Click the grid at right for a one-page PDF summary of the plan.