General Meeting Agenda – March 2023

March 8, 2023
Parents

Gretchen Sunberg called the Meeting to Order
Reviewed Feb Meeting Minutes, Approved: 1st Lora Littrell, 2nd Bodie Fuqua, All approved
Financial Reports
1. Treasurer Update – Abe Smith absent so Mr LeFeber gave an overview. Several transfers of money for outstanding Student balances, Had to pay for Senior Flowers, Purchased new plume totes and have pvc tubes put in them to help with the upkeep. Also gave a general update to the band funds.
Committee Reports
1. Uniforms – Most of them are in. 2nd batch has been returned from the cleaners and they have been paid for.
2. Concessions couple more coming up. March 16th and maybe April 29th.
3. Band Banquet Abe needs a few more volunteers to help with that event. Just email him
4. Big Band Dance May 6th. Would love to have 2 more volunteers for planning and setup. Contact Lora Littrell to help. Have a photo booth and some other fun things for the kids to do that night.
5. State Concert Band Festival 3/29 9am-5:30 have 13 stations that need volunteers. Have a little bit of setup on Tuesday evening. 9am KHS Symphonic band and 9:30am KHS wind ensemble.
Volunteers Needed:
1. Concessions: 3/16 and 4/29
2. Band Banquet-need volunteers, contact Abe Smith
3. Big Band Dance-need volunteers, Contact Lora Littrell
4. State Concert Band Festival 3/29, Look for signup genius to come out
5. Scholarship Committee: in place
6. Officer recruitment: need officers for next year: president-elect, treasurer elect, and Secretary
7. Social Media Coordinator
8. Sponsorship Manager
Fundraising Opportunities
1. Concessions: 3/16, 4/29 Watch for signup genius
2. Senior Graduation Seats – Overall Band Fundraiser will come out in May
3. March/April Raffles- explained all the details of the beef fundraiser. All $5 of the profit goes to the student account. Will try to focus on the students going to Germany to help offset some of those costs.
4. Scrip Would like to promote this more and find a new coordinator to help push that.
Old Business
1. Trip Update: Have 83 currently signed up. Need to hit the 90 minimum mark by April when first payments are due. If they do not get to the 90 count then they will regroup and come up with a different plan. They have had additional interest even from the faculty. Hoping we can get to the 90 needed.
Directors Comments
1. Mitchell – Absent
2. LeFeber –
  1. Kearney received NSBA Academic Achievement Award which is given to bands that maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher. KHS had 3.6 GPA
  2. Kearney Band Parent Association also received the Duane E Johnson Distinguished Service Award for all that we have provided to the NSBA
  3. Band Concert will be hosted on Thursday 3/9 with Nebraska Weslyn band as our guest.
  4. NSBA Concert band is 3/29 at Kearney
  5. Have a bus of students headed to Greeley, CO for a Jazz Festival.
  6. Discussed the Beef Fundraiser further.
Motion to adjourn 1st Steven Theile, 2nd Shawna Knott. All in favor

Upcoming dates:

3/29: State Concert Band Festival

Fundraising Concession Dates:

3/16: Soccer (time?)

Potential Date: 4/29

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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