B&O Boosters Meetings  
Join us at the next Boosters meeting and let your voice be heard. Our 2021/2022 meetings will be held monthly on the second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. via Zoom unless otherwise specified. Please see the schedule below and click on the links for past meeting minutes.
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​Meeting Minutes Archive 
Click HERE for 2021-22 Minutes
Click HERE for 2020-21 Minutes
Click HERE for 2019-20 Minutes
Click HERE for 2018-19 Minutes
Click HERE for 2017-18 Minutes​
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​ROYAL OAK HIGH SCHOOL BAND & ORCHESTRA BOOSTERS

Band and orchestra is the ultimate sport. There’s no bench and everybody plays.

Stay Informed
​Click the blue button above to receive emails with announcements, reminders and volunteer opportunities. Your email will not be sold or shared for any purpose other than ROHS instrumental music department news.  

Other ways to stay in touch:
  • INFORMATION page:  Check this page often for sign-ups, announcements, forms & event info.
  • Committees:  Volunteer to chair or help on a committee.   
  • Drop box:  Locked drop boxes are located in both the band and orchestra rehearsal rooms.  Put your name on a sealed envelope and drop off your forms and payments here.  
  • Email Boosters:  rohsbob.info@gmail.com   
  • Email Treasurer:  treasurer.rohsbob@gmail.com (invoices, receipts, etc)
  • Facebook: Royal Oak High School Band and Orchestra Boosters
  • FAQ page:  All you need to know about band & orchestra from A-Z!
  • Snail Mail:  ROHS Band & Orchestra Boosters - 1500 Lexington Blvd. - Royal Oak, MI 48073
  • Text/Remind:  Instructions under BANDS/ORCHESTRAS/Student Files 

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​​​​​​How We Help
Events and fundraisers supported by the ROHS Band & Orchestra Boosters include:
  • Marching Band Informational Meeting (held in the Spring for incoming 9th graders and returning MB families)
  • Marching Band Camp (one week in August at ROHS) 
  • Uniform Distribution (MB uniforms, concert dresses and tuxedos)
  • Home Football Games & Family Tailgates (help with student dinners, tailgate potlucks, pit crew, cleanup)
  • Tag Days (Our BIGGEST fundraiser — two days of student shifts at local businesses and parent volunteers overseeing these shifts and running to HQ)
  • B&O Concert Programs (layout and design/print for Fall, Winter, Spring and All-City concerts)
  • Golf Outing (best ball scramble for parents in the fall)
  • Spirit Wear Orders (help with advertising, design, and distribution)
  • Parades (help the MB with Memorial Day Parade, Halloween Parades, Holiday Parade)
  • Holiday Fundraiser (held in November, these holiday plant/wreath/other sales, help to support both B&O)
  • Concerts & Shows (help with the ROHS B&O concerts (programs/set-up/take-down), Glow Show, Jingle Bell Jazz, Celebration of the Arts, etc.)​
  • Bi-Annual Trip (Chicago, Disney World, etc.)
  • ​B&O Banquet (held at the end of the year to celebrate ALL our B&O students)

​For a more detailed description of events, see our FAQ  page.

​VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!  If you'd like to chair or help on a committee, please see the ROHS Board & Committee Presentation for details about each position or contact rohsbob.info@gmail.com for more information.

2022-23
​ROHSBOB Board
​​President:  Jason Pyciak
Vice President:  Kristine Brezenski 
Secretary:  Leslie Gilliland
Treasurer:  Steve Harris
Communications Coordinator:  Jen Anesi-Brombach (open 2023-24)
Fundraising Coordinators:  Linda Johnson & Laura Young

The Directors
Band Director:  Dave Jensen
​Orchestra Director:  Albin Rose
MB Co-Director:  Kyrstin Jensen

​​​​​​​​Committee Chairs
(listed in order from August-May)
Marching Band Camp: Kristine Brezenski  & Bonnie McDonough
Marching Band Uniforms: Marika Antognozzi, Michelle Davis-Barteld & Kristine Brezenski
Spirit Wear: Jen Anesi-Brombach​ & Kristine Brezenski
MB Game Day — Roadies: 
Jason Pyciak, Jason Fenech & Keith McDonough
MB Game Day — Food/Crowd Control: 
Jen Anesi-Brombach & Kristine Brezenski
Family Tailgates: Keith & Bonnie McDonough  
Marching Band Golf Outing: Jason Pyciak
Tag Days: 
Laura Young, Kristen Blankenship, Linda Johnson
B&O Concert Programs: Jen Anesi-Brombach
MB Glow Show: Victoria Wisniewski & Georgette Harris
Jingle Bell Jazz: Victoria Wisniewski & Kate Dukhan
Holiday Fundraiser: Debbie Morales & Laura Young
B&O ​Awards Open House:​ Elaine Jirkans

Who is ROHSBOB? 
Royal Oak High School Band & Orchestra Boosters (ROHSBOB) is a volunteer group that works to support the Royal Oak High School Band and Orchestra programs. As a parent of a marching band, orchestra, band, or jazz student, YOU are automatically a member of ROHSBOB.  The Boosters strive to provide the necessary funding and volunteers to keep our music programs running. We are the roadies, the drivers, the uniform organizers, the food preparers and servers, the chaperones, the advertisers, and the cheering section… and we need YOU!​
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Our Mission
To support the instrumental music departments’ professional staff in maintaining an instrumental music program that is educational, provides skills in performance and be a source of pride for the students, the Royal Oak Schools and the Royal Oak community.  

​Our Bylaws
​ClickHERE for current bylaws (revised 6/11/19). In May 2022, the Board again revised the bylaws and plans to bring them to the organization for a vote during the May 10, 2022, general meeting. Click HEREfor the proposed revised bylaws (revised 5/1/2022).