General Meeting Agenda – April 2021

April 6, 2021
Parents

Call Meeting to order- Minutes from last month passed.
Financial Reports
- Treasurer Update: Budget was shared, $3100 Club Choice fundraiser deposited and paid out. Currently have $14,000 in band checking account.
Committee Discussions
- Uniforms: still a few out, please remind band students to turn them in.
- Concessions: Need 3 more volunteers for Saturday 1 for 9:30-12 and 2 for 10:00 to 12:00. Please sign up
- Sr Flag: set a date for repair
- Big Band Dance – May 8th From 7-9 Approved for up to 200 people- more details to come
- Band Banquet – May 8th- From 1-3 pm at Yanney -more details to come
Volunteers needed
- Script- Decided to give it one more year to see if it is worth it. Robin is willing to take it for one year (20-21). Should we continue next year? We are thinking of cancelling no parents spoke up in opposition. One parent said they use it and said they could take it or leave it.
Fundraising
- Student Fundraiser -If you sold something it comes in on Wednesday the 7th. It will need to be picked up after school and delivered.
- Concessions -information stated above
- Script -NA
- Amazon Smile -Continue to use to help us raise money for band
- Auction off graduation seats -More information to come out to allow for parents and the community to auction off the seats.
Old Business
New Business
- Scholarship- 2- $250 scholarships are available. 2 Students will be chosen and notified of the award.
- Slate of Officers presentation- President-Elect Penny Parker, Secretary Julie Fuqua Treasurer-Susan Tonnigues
- Non of the proposed officers were contested-there were no nominations from the floor and then all were slated in for next year.
- No Band Meeting next month, just look for an online voting for next years officers.
- Uniforms for next year will be discussed with the uniform committee, if you want to donate any shoes, gloves etc have your student drop them off in the band room.
Directors Comments
- Mitchell- Praise for how well things have gone this year with all the changes for COVID. Coming up is district music contest, it is limited to just individuals and small ensembles. It is in Central City and parents can attend to watch. Scheduled times will be sent out as soon as they are received.
- Lefeber-Band registration numbers for next year are currently at 200 and still more to come. The show for next year is called The Summit and planning has started to happen. Band Trip proposed for 2022-(5 days right after the end of the school year for $800 – $900) start thinking about summer jobs to help your students raise money.
- Big Band Dance-approved up to 200 people, and will be live streaming if you can’t attend. A group of students were selected to play at the state capitol and they have been practicing hard and sounding good. The coaching and instruction for that came from an outside source and the money ($1100) to pay was voted on by band parents and approved.
- Mitchell- Thanks to all outgoing volunteers for their service and help this year it was greatly appreciated.
Other:
- KPS Foundation was here. Lisa Parish was here to help us honor Ed Uden for the outstanding volunteer of the year award. Way to go Ed we appreciate all that you do. Your dedication and assistance to the band has been invaluable.
Upcoming Dates:
- Concession Dates: 03/31 NSBA
- 04/09-04/10 NSBA JAZZ
- 04/24 District Music Contest
- 05/08 Big Band Dance
- 05/08 Band Banquet
- 05/12 Musicalia

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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

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