General Meeting Agenda – March 2020

March 3, 2020
Parents

Call Meeting to Order and Introductions – Kathy Maxson/Robyn Jackson
Secretary’s Report – Tisha Thacker
- Review and Approve Minutes from February; minutes approved
Financial Report – Corrine Harre/Amy Fuqua
- Treasurer Update—Review and Approve
- Corrine gave update:
  - Transfers to students accounts for trips made
  - 2 Double French Horns paid
  - NSBA supper paid
  - All State paid
  - Trip # 4 partial payment made for $58,000
  - Bank Stamp paid.
- Bank Balance 20,220.86; Band Student Accounts 14,348.18
- No change in Script, Color Guard, Hardship Fund, Instrument Fund & Scholarship Fund
- No Dough closed now; $1230 raised/8 students
- Budgeting Update given by Joni:
  - Most uniforms turned in, list in office; A few more checked in today
  - Several string bags missing this year
  - Most return or pay for or will not be able to buy prom tickets.
- Financial report approved
Committee Reports
- Uniforms/Roadies: Joni gave update.
  - Most uniforms turned in, list in office; A few more checked in today
  - Several string bags missing this year
  - Most return or pay for or will not be able to buy prom tickets.
- Concessions: Wrapping up/last on the 19th
- Big Band Dance: Discussion on ways to improve from last year, students once in need to stay in, risers/platform, stage, tables to help organize better,
- Band Banquet-planning will be starting tonight-need volunteers especially if you have ideas to improve
Volunteers Needed
- NSBA Jazz Festival-Friday/Saturday-need volunteer to help run
Old Business
- Constitution vote: Robin gave update
  - Clarifications:
    - Funds question is covered in the document, yes they can be used for outside Honor Bands, etc.
    - Will change graduating senior to graduating student
    - Yes color guard members are part of the band
    - Change wording to keep records to IRS and nonprofit guidelines, not keep all records
  - No other questions or comments were made for revision
  - Motion made to accept changes and approve
    - Motion made to approve the acceptance of the revised constitution
    - Motion approved
New Business
- Need new executive members-please think about it and consider helping us out
Directors Comments
- Rick Mitchell
  - No Dough did not provide the fund raising expected. Look into something else next year
  - District music Contest season-24 slots available, has your student signed up, and the list will be narrowed down by spring break.
  - Color Guard auditions are being held this week, tryouts Thursday.
  - March 13th Young Irelanders Concert sign up
- Nathan LeFeber
  - Concert coming up Kearney Catholic/KHS 3-19
  - Drumline Auditions music is out-
  - Trip questions concerning Coronavirus will be address as necessary and is being monitored for any updates

Upcoming dates:

3/19 – Band Concert
4/1 – NSBA Concert Band Festival
4/3 – Big Band Dance
4/17-18 – NSBA Jazz Festival
4/25 – District Music Contest
4/24-27 – Greeley Jazz Trip
5/7 – KHS Band Concert
5/9 – KHS Band Banquet
5/14 – Musicalia

Concessions Dates:

3/19/20 – Girls Soccer

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

Upcoming dates:

Concessions Dates:

Steven Thiele

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