General Meeting Agenda – March 2021

March 2, 2021
Parents

Call Meeting to Order and Introductions — Shannon Swift
Secretary’s Report — Tisha Thacker: Review and Approve Minutes from February-approved
Treasurer Update — Amy Fuqua/Abe Smith
- Financial Report: Review and Approve — Approved
- A few checks came in from Norfolk & Walmark. No changes in instrument fund, scholarship fund, color guard fund, hardship & Script fund. No other activity.
Committee Reports
- Uniforms/Roadies-We will be doing up a list of those who still have uniforms out, owe for instrument rental & cat cards. The list will be turned into the office, students will not be able to get prom tickets until they turn them in or pay what is owed.
- Concessions- Going well
- Senior Stands- Kearney Soccer team would like to borrow the stands and they are willing to help rebuild any that need it, also they are willing to help pay for any costs going forward. Need 1,500 to build the new and replacements for next year. Funds approved at General meeting.
- Big Band Dance – May 8th
- Band Banquet – May 8th
- We do now have enough volunteers to cover both the Big Band Dance & Band Banquet. We are brainstorming ideas on how to have the Band Banquet and still stay safe with covid. More information will be coming soon.
Volunteers Needed
- Executive Board 2021-2022- We have 3 open positions that needed to be filled for next year. If you are interested please let us know. We need help keeping our excellent band going. If you have a desire to help just ask us and we can fill you in on what each position entails.
- Scholarship Committee-Applications need to be turned in by March 15th. We need 6 people to rate Applications- just can’t be a parent of a senior. Let us know if you can donate a little bit of time to look over applications and rate them.
Old Business
- Fundraiser-Seats Raffle- will be raffling off a block of graduations seats. Will start in April-more information to come.
New Business
- Elections—President Elect and Treasurer Elect and Secretary (April = Present slate of nominees, May = Vote)
- We have found a new company that will be willing to clean uniforms. We will come up with a plan on collecting all uniforms after the last use. Parents will get the information this summer on how to pay.
Directors Comments—Nathan LeFeber/Rick Mitchell
- Mitchell-Thanks for all who came to the Jazz Band Concert. Some great opportunities are coming up to play so make sure you check out the schedule. We are holding color guard auditions this week-a great turnout this year. March 11th Concert of Hope. (8 pm) Symphonic Band will be playing a world premier, guest composer has been here working with students. Wind ensemble and others will also be performing.
- Lefeber-We have been very lucky to be in school and working together to play and stay healthy. With that said, we are still in the pandemic and so the upcoming performances will be moving to online. Wind & Jazz ensembles will be performing by Zoom for the upcoming performances. We are still trying to plan a Band trip for next year but need approval from the school board. More information to come as we know it.
- Marching Band music for next year has been selected, called The Summit. Marching band auditions and drum-line auditions will be coming up soon, encourage your students to get the new music.
Upcoming dates:
- 03/11 KHS Band Concert
- 05/08 Big Band Dance
- 05/08 Band Banquet
- 05/10 KHS Band Concert
- 05/12 Musicalia

Nathan LeFeber

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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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