News – Kearney Bands

PitCrew 9/8/23 & 9/15/23 Football Halftime

September 15, 2023
Ed Uden
Announcements

Thank you to everyone who helped at the first football game. We’re glad you’re on the team. That was not our normal routine – hopefully the weather cooperates better the rest of the year.We have another football game and halftime…

September 5, 2023 General Meeting Minutes 6:30pm

September 8, 2023
Susanne Fries
Parents

Kearney Band Parent Association The mission of the Kearney Band Parent Association is to support the KHS band program, the directors and Students. We offer a source of parent volunteers and organize fundraising activities, which allow band members to help…

Freshman/New Parent Meeting June 28, 2023

July 4, 2023
Susanne Fries
Parents

Bill Kenagy Service Award Winners

June 25, 2023
Rick Mitchell
Awards

Historical selections for the Freddy The Wonder Lizard Spirit Award

NSBA West Festival – October 21, 2023

Welcome The Nebraska State Bandmasters Association, Kearney Band Parents Association, and the Kearney High School Bands welcome you all for this year's State Marching Festival! The City of Kearney is a great community with plenty of opportunities to help you…

Bearcat Marching Festival – 2023

The Kearney Band Parents Association and Kearney High School Bands welcome you all for this year's Bearcat Marching Festival! The City of Kearney is a great community with plenty of opportunities to help you enjoy your time with us. Quick Links Spectators…

Quarter Notes – Summer 2023

Welcome to 2023-2024 Kearney High School Band! From the Directors Research has shown us time and time again that participation in quality music classes while in school benefits students in all arenas of life. From mental health to academic success,…

General Meeting Agenda – May 2023

May 5, 2023
Julie Fuqua
Parents

Penny Parker called the meeting to order at 6:30pm, introductions of all the attendees were made Approval of Minutes from last meeting: Approved: 1st Julie McClary 2nd Lora Littrell Approved Financial Reports Treasurer Update: Abe states that we are in…

Big Band Dance 2023

Come and support the KHS jazz program while having a great time in the process! The KHS Big Band Dance will feature the KHS Jazz Lab Band and the award winning KHS Jazz Ensemble as well as the local professional…

Band Banquet & Potluck 2023

April 14, 2023
Penny Parker
Announcements

All KHS band performers and their families are invited to celebrate the 2022-2023 Marching & Concert band seasons. In addition we will be celebrating the contributions and accomplishments of the 2023 seniors and showing our appreciation to the directors and…

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When I hear people asking how do we fix the education system, I tell them we need to do the opposite of what is happening, cutting budgets by cutting music programs… Nothing could be stupider than removing the ability for the left and right brains to function. Ask a CEO what they are looking for in an employee and they say they need people who understand teamwork, people who are disciplined, people who understand the big picture. You know what they need? They need musicians.

Mike Huckabee

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Albert Einstein

It is in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough – it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our hearts sing.

Steve Jobs

In my own philanthropy and business endeavors, I have seen the critical role that the arts play in stimulating creativity and in developing vital communities… the arts have a crucial impact on our economy and are an important catalyst for learning, discovery, and achievement in our country.

Paul G. Allen

The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose – and is a test to the quality of a nation’s civilization.

President John F. Kennedy

In every successful business…there is one budget line that never gets cut. It’s called ‘Product Development’ – and it’s the key to any company’s future growth. Music education is critical to the product development of this nation’s most important resource – our children.

John Sykes

During the Gulf War, the few opportunities I had for relaxation I always listened to music, and it brought me great peace of mind. I have shared my love of music with people throughout this world, while listening to the drums and special instruments of the Far East, Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Far North, and all of this started with the music appreciation course that I was taught in a third-grade elementary class in Princeton, New Jersey. What a tragedy it would be if we lived in a world where music was not taught to children.

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Music is exciting. It is thrilling to be sitting in a group of musicians playing the same piece of music. You are part of a great, powerful, vibrant entity. And nothing beats the feeling you get when you’ve practiced a difficult section over and over and finally get it right. Music is important. It says things your heart can’t say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders, turns smiles into frowns, and vice versa. These observations are shared with a hope: that, when schools cut back on music classes, they really think about what they’re doing – and don’t take music for granted.

Dan Rather

The things I learned from my experience in music in school are discipline, perseverance, dependability, composure, courage and pride in results… Not a bad preparation for the workforce!

Gregory Anrig

Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.

Jim Henson

Should we not be putting all our emphasis on reading, writing and math? The ‘back-to-basics curricula,’ while it has merit, ignores the most urgent void in our present system – absence of self-discipline. The arts, inspiring – indeed requiring – self-discipline, may be more ‘basic’ to our nation’s survival than traditional credit courses. Presently, we are spending 29 times more on science than on the arts, and the result so far is worldwide intellectual embarrassment.

Paul Harvey

It [music education] is terribly important, extremely important — because when you are a child, you are in a receptive age… In high schools, public schools — that’s where they must have the best influence, the first influence, which will go through their whole life.

Eugene Ormandy

It is our job, as parents, educators, and friends, to see that our young people have the opportunity to attain the thorough education that will prepare them for the future. Much of that education takes place in the classroom. We must encourage our youngsters in such pursuits as music education. In addition to learning the valuable lesson that it takes hard work to achieve success, no matter what the arena, music education can provide students with a strong sense of determination, improved communication skills, and a host of other qualities essential for successful living.

Edward H. Rensi

A grounding in the arts will help our children to see; to bring a uniquely human perspective to science and technology. In short, it will help them as they grow smarter to also grow wiser.

Robert E. Allen

Some people think music education is a privilege, but I think it’s essential to being human.

Jewel

Arts Education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate; the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence.

Joseph M. Calahan