General Meeting Agenda – December 2022

February 2, 2023
Parents

Penny Parker called the Meeting to Order
Reviewed Nov Meeting Minutes, Approved: 1st Steven, 2nd Alisa, All approved
Financial Reports
1. Treasurer Update – Jeff gave a general report (Abe was absent), Still have a few outstanding K Cards, Asked parents to remind students to bring in money or cards. Will be a list sent out soon. To date the students have brought in over $5000 from KCard sales. Stadium cleanup money has been received and distributed. Jeff gave update on Amazon Smile and how to locate that. Also you can shop with Scrip to earn funds.
Committee Reports
1. Uniforms / Roadies-Still have a few outstanding uniforms. Remind Student to bring them in if they have already done so.
2. Concessions – Signup Genius will be coming out. Dates are located at the bottom.
Volunteers Needed:
1. Soup and Pie Supper January 5th 4:30-8:30 watch for signup to come out
2. Concessions: Look for signup genius
3. Social Media Chair – Still looking for someone to serve in this role.
4. Band Banquet Chair – Junior Parent. Abe Smith and Arian Smith will be chairing this event.
5. Big Band Chair – Lora Littrell
6. State Concert Band Festival – March 29th in Kearney
7. State Jazz Band Contest – April 14th in Omaha (no volunteers needed)
Fundraising
1. K Cards – Jeff gave previous update with Treasurer report
2. Fall Fundraiser – Discussing ¼ raffle, a no dough fundraiser (just asking for money), Cash bash option (Parent will get more details to band directors)
3. Concessions – Several dates available
4. Scrip
5. Amazon Smile (Funds go to Overall Band Program?
Old Business
1. Trip Update – Has been approved by the School Board. Mitchell gave a high level over of the trip highlights. Can’t actually signup for the trip until April 2023 but can get students to start the process so we have a generalized count. LeFeber has been down to the middle schools to discuss this with the 8th graders as well.
New Business
1. No General Meeting in January
Directors Comments
1. LeFeber – Absent
2. Mitchell – had a busy month, took 10 students to all state, 50 kids are with the Tri-M Symposium, Wrapping up auditions for the other honor bands, 20 students made it into the UNK honor band. Doing a canned food between band, orchestra, & choir students. Concerts are being held on Dec 13rth and 15th. Planning to take the jazz groups to Greeley Jazz Festival April 20-22nd. Have booked the Rainbow Motel for this outing.
Motion to adjourn: 1st Bodie, 2nd Theresa. All in favor

Upcoming dates: 1/ 5 Soup & Pie Fundraiser

Fundraising Concession Dates:

12/17 BBall 2pm

01/05 BBall/Wrestling (time?)

01/07 Swim/Dive/GBBall 8:30am

02/04 Diving 9:30am

02/04 BBall 2pm

02/11 BBall 6pm

02/18 BBall 5:15pm

03/16 Soccer (time?)

Julie Fuqua

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

Julie Fuqua

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