General Meeting Agenda – May 2020

May 5, 2020
Parents

Call Meeting to Order – Shannon Kramer
Approval of Minutes from March Meeting; Minutes Approved – Tish Thacker
Financial Reports (Report Approved) – Corrine Harre
- Treasurer Update: trip payments processed and sent out.
- Updated accounts, May statement will be done by June 1st.
Committee Reports
- Uniforms / Roadies-updates coming – Ashley Arner
Election of new Executive Committee Members – Shannon Kramer
- Julie Wheeler – President Elect: Motion approved to accept Julie as President Elect. Welcome aboard and thank you for volunteering.
- Abe Smith – Treasurer Elect: Introduction to Abe, and thank you for volunteering and welcoming aboard. Motion approved to accept Abe as Treasurer Elect.
Old Business – Shannon Kramer
- Quarter notes were sent out last week – don’t forget to look for them.
New Business – Shannon Kramer
- Marimba Purchase: Motion approved. Will be purchased through KHS and reimbursed by band account.
Volunteers needed for next year – Shannon Kramer
- We need volunteers for these areas next year. Please help us out, it is greatly appreciated.
  - Band Camp
  - Water Coordinator
  - Senior Flag Coordinator
  - Scrip
  - Band Banquet Chair – May 2021
  - Big Band Dance – May 2021
  - Senior Night Recognition Chair
  - Scholarship Committee
  - Harmony Bridge: maybe become a larger program with opportunities and challenges presented with social distancing.
  - 10.Pit Crew-Need more volunteers for next year. Need to recruit for next year.
  - 11.Uniforms/Roadies
  - 12.Concessions
  - 13.NSBA
- We are happy to train for all positions and help you out.
- Thanks to all those who are leaving us on the exec committee for their amazing help.
Directors Comments:
- Rick Mitchell: Thanks to the exec committee and all parents for their dedication and for their help. A special thanks to Ed for everything that he has done over the years. His amazing dedication will be missed. All-state has been cancelled for next year. Thanks again.
- Nathan LeFeber: Currently working with the state band association on what next year will look like, decisions have yet to be made. General consensus is that for now it is week by week information. We do not know what directive measures will be. Plans are in the works for if the marching band season is cancelled for the next year, what are ways that students could still participate and promote the band. If you have any questions please email. Still planning on band camp in July but who knows what the future will be. Information will be sent out as it is received.
Motion to close the meeting passed.

Upcoming Dates:

Band Camp Week 1 – 07/06-07/10
Band Camp Week 2 – 08/03-08/07
Band Photo Day – 08/10
KHS vs. GISH – 08/28

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:

Steven Thiele

Share This