General Meeting Agenda – February 2020

February 4, 2020
Parents

Call Meeting to Order- Robyn Jackson/Kathy Maxson
- Approval of Minutes from January Meeting-skipped Secretary not present
Financial Reports & Treasurer Update – Corrine Harre
- Our PayPal account had a fraudulent charge. We are working to recover this money back and have a plan in place to increase security for these accounts.
- Approved by Bodie, seconded by Chrianne Wickham
Committee Report
- Uniforms / Roadies – Joni Ruth Chrisanne & Lauren
  - All by 19 have been returned. This is really good compared to prior years.
  - There are some misc. other single items that are outstanding.
  - Those who have not returned have been turned over to the office.
- Big Band Dance – Chrisanne Wickham
  - Poster is ready and mock up for tickets for approval.
  - They will have mug shots for the photos, they are serving donuts and coffee.
  - The police plan to attend and take photos with the kids.
  - The theme is ‘wanted’.
  - Friday, April 3rd is the plan for the dance.
  - Tickets will become available at the beginning of March.
  - Money from the big band dance will be used to help offset the cost of Greeley Jazz Fest.
    - Total cost would be $3200.
    - The Greeley trip is April 24th-26th.
    - The Jazz ensemble and Jazz lab band are going, anyone else is invited to go.
    - If students want to attend, they need to tell directors asap.
Fundraising
- Concessions – listed below – please sign up if there are spots available.
- Scrip
- Amazon Smile (Funds donated to Overall Band Program)
Old Business
- Constitutional review – Robyne
  - Went through all changes to constitutional review.
  - This document will be sent out by email to all band parents and we will have a vote at next month’s meeting.
New Business – None
Directors Comments – Nathan LeFeber / Rick Mitchell
- Trip Update – payment due soon, please make your payments asap. They will be sending out emails about luggage requirements and checking instruments.
- The people who play bigger instruments we may be renting instead, that is built into the cost of the trip, will not have to pay extra.
- We put in for NSBA again, hoping to host it again.
- Kids are starting to register for classes. There is something slightly different, they want kids to sign up for band class and chamber winds, and marching band first term. Auditions will be at the end of year, so they can just change chamber winds to another class if they make it.
- February 28th and 29th, going to UNO for Jazz fest, stopping in Grand Island on the way there. They are taking a bus and van, there are 62-63 kids going.
- Wind ensemble is on the 13th of March, a Friday. They are going to submit for their group to play at NMEA in November. They will submit an application to play at Midwest clinic in Chicago. They will record them and send them in after the audition tape is done.

Steven Thiele

Hello Beautiful Bridal & Formal Wear

KW Elite Keller Williams

Yanda’s Music

Stonebridge Insurance & Wealth Management

Trius Federal Credit Union

Kearney Massage & Day Spa

Kearney Bearcat Boosters

Town & Country Bank

Baer Studios

Stelling Brass & Winds

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

Steven Thiele

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