General Meeting Agenda – September 2020

September 1, 2020
Parents

Call Meeting to Order – Shannon Kramer
Approval of Minutes from May Meeting: Minutes Approved (Tish Thacker)
Financial Reports – Amy Fuqua
- Report Approved
- Treasurer Update – all accounts pd, students account transfers done to pay for orders, transfer from hardship fund to pay per exec board. Orders have come in and are being paid for student order
- Motion to approve Robyn, seconded and motion passed.
Committee Reports
- Pit Crew Ed Uden: First game went really well, lots of veterans returned and a few new volunteers made it really smooth. Sign-up Genus available for Pit Crew – Thanks for all the help and we’re going to have a really good year.
- Uniforms / Roadies – Joni Ruth: First game went well, thanks to the volunteers who came to help. Lots of socks went out 🙂
  - We are taking donations for supplies, socks, bobby pins etc.
  - If there is any problem with your uniform let us know right away so that we can help.
  - Sign up genius will be available to sign up for coming games
- Concessions – Angela Wright: dates to volunteer for concessions are listed below and will be posted on Sign Up Genius in December closer to the time for games.
- Harmony Bridge – Shannon Krammer:Going great, worked out ways to social distance and be safe and continue to perform
Volunteers needed for next year
- Senior Night Recognition
- Band Banquet Chair – Junior Parent (spring)
- Big Band Dance Chair (Spring)
- bus sponsors needed for marching competitions
Fundraising
- K Cards-Will be coming out soon, make sure to ask
- Spring Fundraiser
- Concessions-Sign up coming in December
- Scrip
- Amazon Smile (Funds donated to Overall Band Program
Old Business
New Business
Director’s Comments
- Mr. Mitchell – Thanks to all for coming, welcoming to all new Freshman Parents, students could not succeed without your help, we will be trying to make this year as meaningful and special as we can. Freshman-this is the year that sets the stage for all the rest. This is a large Freshman class and welcome to all. We are trying to find a way for students to perform/compete at contests and parades, but we do not know what the future will hold. We will be working out the details and sending out information. All State will not be held but will be conducted virtually, videos will be made and put together, talk to your student-there is still time, Auditions will be in late September.
- Mr. LaFeber
  - Thanks for being here. My pleasure to work with your kids. Just be ready to be flexible, check your email, changes will certainly be coming.
  - Ways to keep updated: We are working to get band information on Campus, we will also be using Remind, Charms and www.KearneyBands.org.
  - Currently we can only have busses at 50% capacity, we are asking parents to take students in order to help out. A survey was sent out, please respond. @ the Aurora competition parents will not be able to watch the competition so plan accordingly.
  - Please consider helping out at our end of season event. A survey was sent out, please fill it out.
Upcoming dates
- 9/04 – Home Football Game/Senior Night
- 9/16-9/26 – All State Auditions
- 9/18 – Home Football Game (ms join)
- 9/19 – UNK Band Day Parade (Cancelled)
- 9/19 – Bearcat Marching Festival (Cancelled)
- 9/26 – Columbus Marching Festival
- 10/03 – Harvest of Harmony (Cancelled)
- 10/03 – Aurora Band Invitational
- 10/06 – KHS volleyball Game, 6:30
- 10.10/10 – LHS Marching Contest (Cancelled)
- 11.10/23 – Home Football Game
- 12.10/10 – UNK Homecoming parade
- 13.10/17 – OMI Marching Contest (Cancelled)
- 14.10/23 – Home Football Game
- 15.10/24 – NSBA (Cancelled)
- 16.10/24 – End of Season Event @ KHS
Fundraising Concession Dates
- 12/19 – Basketball 5:15
- 01/22 – Basketball 5:15
- 01/9 – Basketball 5:15
- 01/9 – Swimming 8:30 AM
- 01/25 – Basketball Sub District
- 01/27 – Boys District Finals
- 04/06 – Soccer 4:30 PM; 3 games
- 04/19 – Soccer 11 AM; 2 games

Nathan LeFeber

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

Nathan LeFeber

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