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We encourage all parents of Appling Band
students
to participate in the Appling Middle School Band Boosters. There is so much
involved in putting together a band program and Appling's Bands cannot be their
best without the wonderful parent volunteers we have in our program. We
invite you to attend the Band Booster meetings.
When: The first meeting of the
2008-09 Band Boosters to be announced
Please check the
calendar for
future scheduled meetings.
Where: Appling Middle School Band
room, 7:00pm.
April 24, 2008:
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Ms. Roper opened the meeting at
7:00pm. The minutes were read from the previous meeting.
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Old Business: Congratulations to
solo/ensemble participants. 108 superior or excellent ratings were
received. Medals will be handed out at the band banquet on May 19.
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Thanks to Ms. Roper for coordinating
the Little Caesar's pizza sale.
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The car wash was a big success. $785
was raised and applied toward the spring trip.
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New Business:
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5th grade orientation on April 28:
Honor band to perform; they should report at 5:40 pm (earlier to
help set up). The attire will be the band t-shirt and jeans. The
band members should be through at ~ 7pm.
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Barnes and Noble Night: The Jazz band
will perform at Barnes and Noble on Tuesday, April 29. They should
report by 6:00pm and will perform from 6:20 - 6:40pm.
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There is a change in the
rehearsal schedule for next week. Monday, the Jazz band will
practice until 4:30pm. On Tuesday, the Honor band will practice
until 4:30pm.
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Required rehearsals: 6th grade - May
6 and May 12; 7th grade - May 5 and May 14; 8th grade - May 7 and
May 13. These practices are worth three daily grades.
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The Spring concerts are May 13 (6th
grade and Jazz Band) at 7pm and May 15 (7th, 8th and Honor Band) at
7pm at BPAC. Students should report at 6:30pm in concert dress
(black bottoms, white shirts, guys wear a tie, and black shoes
and socks). Help will be needed hauling equipment, setting up,
tearing down, monitoring students, selling tickets and cleaning up.
Sign up sheets will be passed around. CDs will be made of these
concerts for a cost of ~$12-15. Pre-orders will be taken at the
concert.
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Band Banquet: Monday, May 19 at the
Appling cafeteria. Dinner starts at 5pm and the awards start at
6:30pm. It will be catered by Bozo's BBQ at a cost of ~$7 per plate.
Sign-ups will be passed around tonight to help with the banquet.
Reservation information will be passed out soon with at deadline to
return by May 9.
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Students who want to earn the
musicianship award must pass off 12 scales by May 9.
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DVDs: End of the year DVDs will be
available again this year. It will be shown at the banquet. If you
have any pictures to submit for this, please get them to the
Deatherage family as soon as possible. The cost for the DVDs will be
$15.
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Registration information for
returning students went home last week. Please encourage your child
to stay in band.
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Please donate pictures to the
website.
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Summer music camps available: U of M
Music Camp June 16-20 or June 23-27 - for more information, go to
http://music.memphis.edu ;
Fine Arts Camp at Faith Baptist Church July 11-20 - for more
information, go to
www.anniemosesband.com/finearts/
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Kroger cards will be an ongoing
fundraiser for ISAs over the summer. 8th grade students need to use
their ISAs before the end of school or it will go into the Appling
band scholarship fund.
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Election of officers for the 2008-09
school year:
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President - Bill Buchanan
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Vice President - Lisa Waterman
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Secretary - Paula Sigler
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Treasurer/ISA Coordinator - Jennifer
Meier
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Uniform Chairperson(s) - Joanie
McMahan, Lisa Waterman
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Webmaster - Melody Thomas
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Trip Coordinator - Susan Hunt
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Spring Trip: The itinerary was
reviewed for the trip. Medical Release forms were signed and
notarized and final payments were collected. Chaperone assignments
were reviewed.
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The meeting was adjourned at
approximately 8:20pm.
March 27, 2008:
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Ms. Roper opened the meeting at
7:00pm. The minutes were read from the previous meeting and old business was discussed.
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New Business:
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Solo and Ensemble Festival is April
12th at Cordova Middle School. Appling students will be assigned a
block of times which will be announced. Students will be responsible
for copying their music for the judges. There will be morning help
sessions on April 8 and 10 and afternoon help sessions on April 11.
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The Little Caesar's fundraiser is due
Mar 31. Students will make $5 toward their ISA for each item sold.
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Kroger cards are still available to
raise money for ISAs.
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Mrs. Kuhn discussed the plant sale.
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The annual Car Wash will be Saturday,
April 19 at the Bartlett Wal-Mart Supercenter by the garden center
from 11-4. Sign up sheets will be passed around for parents/students
to sign up. The Jazz Band will perform outside the Supercenter from
10:30 - 11:30am.
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The band banquet will be held on May
19 in the Appling cafeteria. Each band student will receive some
type of recognition/award. The meal will be catered by Bozo's BBQ
and will cost ~ $7 per plate. Help will be needed with decorating.
The meal will start at 5:30pm and the awards will start at 6:30pm.
More information will be forthcoming.
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The Rubye Dobbins Mini-Grant is a
$100 grant given by the Shelby County Schools. The deadline for
entering for this is April 20.
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The "What Music Means to Me" Amro
photo contest deadline is April 5. Winners will receive a $100 gift
card from Amro.
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Upcoming performances: The Honor band
will perform at the 5th grade orientation on April 28 at 6:00pm and
the Jazz band will perform at Barnes & Noble on April 29 at 6:20pm.
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Booster officers will be elected for
the next school year at the next booster meeting (April 24)
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Details about the spring trip were
discussed.
February 7, 2008:
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Ms. Roper opened the meeting at
7:00pm. The minutes were read from the previous meeting and old business was discussed.
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New Business:
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Solo/Ensemble Festival is April 12th.
Mrs. Sanders discussed the requirements for the music and the fees
and encouraged all 7th and 8th graders to consider ensembles as well
as solos. Attire for the festival is "church" type clothing.
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Upcoming Performances: Mrs. Sanders
announced that "Playing for a Cure" is March 8th. Details will be
announced as they are available. Also the Concert Festival will be
March 11th or 12th. The uniform committee is working on fitting the
honor band members for uniforms. February 21st there will be a PTSA
Meeting. Solo and ensemble performers are needed for the meeting.
Any students interested in performing should see Mrs. Sanders.
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Mrs. Sanders encouraged band students
to join the Bartlett Community Band. They will perform a movie theme
concert on April 19th. May 13th (6th Grade and Jazz Band) and
15th(7th, 8th and Honor Band) are the dates for the Spring Concerts.
They will be held at BPAC. The 8th grade band or the Honor Band will
travel to 3 feeder elementary schools for a performance/recruiting.
Details are to be announced at a later date.
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Fundraisers: Chick-Fil-A night will
likely change due to the holidays that fall on our night. Mrs. Roper
will keep everyone posted on any changes. Ideas such as a spring
plant sale, donut sale at the PTSA Meeting, Little Caesar's Pizza
Sale were discussed. Mrs. Roper agreed to check into the Little
Caesar's Sale and Mrs. Kuhn volunteered to lead the Spring Plant
Sale fundraiser. The annual Car Wash will be April 19th at the
Wal-Mart Supercenter. The Jazz Band will perform at that. Mrs. Roper
will send out e-mails to coordinate the car wash.
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Spring trip: The next trip deposit of
$75 is due March 14th. Also some students have not paid their $25
Honor Band fee and/or their $15 Jazz Band fee. Please get these in
as soon as possible. Mrs. McMahan discussed the trip itinerary. The
room lists will be put together over the next few weeks. Mrs.
Sanders read the list of chaperones that are signed up for the trip.
There will be a trip t-shirt again this year.
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General Business: Mr. Buchanan agreed
to look into building a trophy shelf for the band room. Mrs. Sanders
discussed the need to paint the music stands this spring.
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The meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm.
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The next scheduled meeting is April
22nd.
November 15, 2007:
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Ms. Roper opened the meeting at
7:00pm. Old business was discussed including the marching band
performances at the PTSA Spaghetti Dinner, U of M Homecoming Parade
and Veteran's Day Parade. An update was given on the Poinsettia
Sale. Thanks to Mrs. Stodden for organizing that fundraiser.
Sign-ups were taken to help with the sorting and pick-up of the
poinsettias on Dec. 4. An update was also given on the Halloween
Dance. Thanks to all who helped. The band raised over $3200 towards
their general fund. Also, the Chick-Fil-A night fundraisers are off
to a great start. Thanks to all who come out and support that.
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New Business:
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Extra band t-shirts are for sale at
$10 each.
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Extra "Best Books" are available at a
reduced cost of $12.00 each.
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Two Christmas parades are the next
upcoming band performances. The Collierville Parade will be Nov 30
at 7:00 pm and the Bartlett Parade will be Dec 1 at 5:00 pm. The
Marching Band will take buses to the Collierville Parade. Buses will
depart at 5:15pm. Students will stay after school for pictures,
rehearse, eat pizza, then depart for the parade. Marching Band
students wanting to order pictures should bring their money and
forms on Friday, Nov 30. Chaperones and equipment transportation is
needed for this parade.
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For the Bartlett Parade, Marching
Band Students will meet at Yazoo's at 4:00 pm for a 5:00 pm parade
start time. Students should check out with Mrs. Sanders before
leaving with their parents after completing the parade.
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All-West Auditions are Dec 8 at
University School in Jackson, TN. Times should be posted soon.
Practice sessions will be available on Tuesday and Thursday mornings
at 7:00 am and every day the week before auditions. The audition
music can be heard on the band website. Copies are also available
from Mrs. Sanders to download on Ipods for practice. Students
auditioning should know all twelve scales and the chromatic scale
for memory. They will also be required to sightread.
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UT Martin Honor Band applications
will be available next week.
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Holiday concert- December 18 at 7:00
pm at New Hope Christian Church. Warm-up will be at 6:30 pm.
Assistance will be needed from parents will trucks to haul equipment
at 5:30pm. Assistance will also be needed with set-up and tear-down,
chaperoning the students when not performing, and selling tickets.
Tickets will be $2 each and will cover the cost of renting the
auditorium. All grade levels will perform. Dress for the concert
will be white shirts, black bottoms ( guys should wear a tie) and
black shoes.
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Jazz Band audition music is now
available. Honor and Jazz Band auditions will be held Jan 7 - 9.
Honor Band audition music is the All-West try-out music. Students
should begin practicing for this if they plan to try out. For those
who make the bands, practice will begin next year. Honor band meets
on Mondays/Wednesdays after school and Jazz band meets on Tuesdays
after school.
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Check the website for updates.
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ISA funndraisers ongoing include
Kroger cards, Chick -Fil-A calendar sales. Several other fundraisers
including puller pork at Easter and Bedding Plant Sale in the
spring.
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Reminder to turn in practice records.
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Private lessons are a great
opportunity for individual help. Many options are available for
lessons around town. Also, tuners and metronomes make great
Christmas gifts for band students!
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The meeting was adjourned at
approximately 8:00pm.
October 11, 2007:
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Ms. Roper opened the meeting at
7:00pm. She discussed old business including the results of the Best
Book sales as well as the results of the first Chick-Fil-A night.
Mrs. Sanders gave kudos to the sixth grade band who did an awesome
job at the "Meet the Band" concert. Mrs. Sanders also announced an
extension of the sweatshirt/jacket order.
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New Business:
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Band T-shirts have arrived and will
be distributed to all students who have turned in all required
material and paid the band dues. Letters were sent home to those who
have not turned in all of their required materials/dues. A volunteer
is needed to help call parents to remind them to submit the
materials/dues.
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An update was given on the progress
and upcoming performances for the marching band. Shoes and gloves
will be ordered Monday, October 15th. The first marching band
performance will be October 18th at the PTSA Spaghetti Dinner. The
next performance will be the U of M Homecoming Parade on November
2nd. The marching band will remain after school that day, rehearse,
eat pizza and depart for the parade which begins at 5:30pm. They
will perform at the Veteran's Day parade (either Friday Nov 9 or
Monday Nov 12). Chaperones and equipment drivers will be
needed for both parades. The marching band will also perform at two
holiday parades (Nov 30th-Collierville and Dec 1st-Bartlett).
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All-West Auditions will be held in
Jackson, TN on December 8th. Registration for auditions is due by
October 31st. The fee is $7.00. Practice sessions will be available
at 7:00 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays in November and early
December. Also the music can be played from the band website to help
in practicing.
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Halloween dance: October 26th. Help
is needed with ticket sales, decorations, concessions, cleanup, door
prizes, costume contest prizes, costume contest judging and
monitoring students. It was decided that a WII would be raffled at
the dance this year. Donations were also requested for items to sell
at the concessions. Students will make signs to advertise the dance
at school.
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ISA Fundraisers were discussed. They
include: Poinsettia Sales, Kroger Cards, Chick-Fil-A calendars.
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Firehouse Subs Fundraiser was
explained by Mrs. Waterman.
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Spring Trip date was announced as the
weekend of May 5th. This year's trip will be to St. Louis.
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Best Books are still available at a
cost of $15.00 if anyone is interested in more books.
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Race for Education is coming up on
November 4th at 2:00 pm at Cameron Brown Park in Germantown.
Participants will receive a t-shirt. Also 50% of their registration
fee will go to their designated school's specialty programs
including band, art, music and PE.
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Bartlett Music Academy Essay Contest:
"Why is Music Important in our Community". The deadline for entries
is October 31st. The winner will receive six months of free music
lessons.
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Private lessons are available around
the community for those who are interested.
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The meeting was adjourned at 8:15pm.
August 30, 2007:
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The meeting was opened at 7:00 pm by
Band Booster President, Ms. Susan Roper. She introduced the booster
officers for the current school year. Minutes were given from the
previous meeting (last year) and the Treasurer's report was also
presented. Mr. Heflin discussed the 2007-08 budget. Ms. Roper and
Mrs. Sanders also explained the ISA Program and the Charge
Authorization Sheets.
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Mrs. Sanders discussed the upcoming
marching band events including the PTSA Spaghetti Dinner (Oct 18),
the University of Memphis Homecoming Parade (Nov 2), the Veteran's
Day Parade (Nov 12), the Collierville Christmas Parade (Nov 30), the
Bartlett Christmas Parade (Dec 1), and perfroming at various pep
rallies and basketball games. Ms. Roper expressed a need for more
volunteers to help with uniform fitting during the band rehearsal.
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Other items discussed included
All-West auditions and clinic, the West Tennessee events
(Solo/Ensemble Festival Apr 12; Concert Festival Mar 11-12; and
Playing for a Cure), Honor Bands, Private Lessons, the grading
system, the availability of band information, band jackets and
t-shirts, the need for chaperones, Spring Trip, concerts and
fundraisers.
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For fundraising, it was explained
that the General Band Account Fundraisers include "Best Book" sales,
the Halloween Dance, the cell phone/ink cartridge recycling project
and concessions. Fundraising for ISA includes Kroger cards, pulled
pork sales, poinsettia sales, and other possible fundraisers.
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Ms. Roper discussed the possibility
of doing some Chick-Fil-A fundraisers including a Chick-Fil-A night
and selling Chick-Fil-A coupon calendars.
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The next meeting will be held on Oct
11 where the plans for the Halloween Dance will be finalized.
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The meeting was adjourned at
approximately 8:30 pm.
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