Minutes from the Farragut Band Boosters Meetings
Welcome and call to order by President Sharon Nichols @ 7:05 pm. 33 parents, board members and directors were in attendance.
Secretary’s Report: Linda Pickens will be filling in for Mary Turner this month. Linda Pickens has volunteered to take over Mary’s position as Secretary for the 2007-2008 school years. Mary is a parent of a Sr. student. No report was given. The minutes of the last meeting can be found on the website.
Treasurer’s Report: Dan Klarner gave this report and went through to explain a variety of line items on the report. Some students’ fees are still outstanding from the band sale; these fees need to be caught up as soon as possible. Notes were sent home to parents if you still have an outstanding balance. Parents should contact Mr. Mike Murphy regarding those fees. At this time, the treasure’s report shows a balance of $13,441.31. Motion to accept report was given by Susie Cardin and seconded by Linda Pickens.
Patrons Fund: Still looking for donors. Please have donors contact Lanny Bates or any member of the board. Donations can be placed in the Blue Tub in Mr. Rogers’s office.
Directors Remarks: Given by Mr. Rogers
Recently had 20 Students played in the Knox County Opera “ La Boheme“
Knox County Honors Band: 18 students were selected to represent FHS Bands. (Directors may choose up to 1/10 of their student population to attend). These students will audition for chairs and begin work in clinics on Thursday night 2/15 and all day Friday 2/16 to give a performance the evening of the 16th. The event will be held @ Central High School.
Dates given through next summer:
Spring Concert #1 will be on Tuesday 3/13 @ 7pm in the Auditorium.
ETSBOA will be Thursday and Friday 3/15 and 3/16, from 9am -6 pm. Farragut will host this event for approx 30-40 High School and Middle School bands. Our students will work the event.
Spring Break 3/19-3/24
TN Music Educators All-State Convention will be 4/18-4/21. Four Students have been selected to attend and they are Danielle Calvert- Flute, Hillary Johnson- Drums, Andrew Bobbett- Clarinet, and Georg Hranov- Orchestra also has Katie Goathe on Violin participating.
Spring Concert #2 will be Tuesday, 4/24 @ 7; 30pm in the auditorium. Music from the upcoming Nashville trip will be played.
Tennessee State Concert Festival will be held 4/27 in Nashville @ APSU. We will leave FHS on Thursday 4/26 and return on Friday night 4/27. Transportation is currently being worked on.
Band Camp 2007 will be 7/17-7/27 at FHS. The program will be a Disco Show and may have vocalists in it. Writing of the show will begin in the next couple of weeks. Sectionals will be held in summer so that students may begin working on Performance music.
DVD’s are still available, check the website for online ordering.
Band Uniforms: Looking for a new Uniform chair person. Mr. Rogers is looking to purchase new uniforms next year. He would like them to be machine washable material for less maintenance and more practical wear. Will set-up a dry cleaning schedule and fees may begin to be included in the band fees.
Special notes: Andrew Kaminski is building new “closet space” across the front of the band room for the uniforms to be placed in. This is his Eagle Scout Project.
Eighth grade band recruitment: To start middle of February. Boosters plan to put together a Welcome Packet for parents to help them understand the rewards of being in High School Band. A special 8th grade parent meeting will be conducted at 6:30 pm, 1 hour prior to the next band boosters meeting at 7:30pm on March 6th. Addresses were requested to send parents a letter about this meeting. Mr. Rogers will get them for boosters club.
Special Notice of concern: Band concession facility may be going away. The building that the band currently uses for concessions is really owned by the Baseball dept. The Baseball dept. has installed a new Batting Cage in that area, leaving little or no room for patrons to enter from the stands on that side of the football field. It is uncertain if the band will be able to continue using this facility. If not, this could cost the band upwards of $7000.00 in revenue. Ideas and input are needed on how we might resolve this issue. More information will follow as it becomes available.
Chairpersons Reports:
Concessions: Kathy Westbrook still has several items for sale at cost. A profit of approx. $7000.00 was made during Marching season. Hats off ladies!!!
Hospitality: Marianne Reinert has made a “notebook” with all of the information needed to do this job. She is the parent of a Sr. and will not be available next year.
Banquet: Susie Cardin said the Band Banquet will be held at Rothschild’s this year on 5/4/2007. The theme is “Farragut Stars” Waiting for choice of menu’. There are plans to have a dance after banquet. Hope to shorten the event by 30 minutes. Great need for helpers, in the decorating area.
Nominating Committee: Needed for 2007-2008 year. Need to fill position of President as Sharon Nichols is a parent of a Sr. Contact Sharon Nichols.
Also, the band is looking for people in Uniforms, Concessions, Fruit Sales, Hospitality, Patron Fund, Band Camp, etc. Watch for e-mails regarding this area.
Next meeting date was set for Tuesday March 6th, 2007 @ 7:30pm.
All 8th grade parents are invited to stay and listen in after the 6:30pm Parent meeting.
President called motion to adjourn meeting at 7:50pm. Motion made by Sue Cash and seconded by Mike Murphy.