Booster Minutes Monday, February 26, 2018
Meeting called to order by Jack Rapkin at 6:04pm
Meeting Minutes:
Secretary’s Report: Meeting minutes from January 22nd were sent via email to the
Band Booster Board and attendees by Cassandra Blyler. Correction submitted by
Karen Wilson, minutes updated. No further corrections submitted. The minutes
from the January 22 meeting will be uploaded by Cassie onto the Booster site.
President’s Remarks: At the January meeting Karen raised a question in regards to
band parent, Julie Denker and the status of her refund from the 2017 Disney
trip. Jack checked his records and on 2/1/18 called Julie Denker, her name was
not on the list from Bob Rogers travel. Julie stated she meant to remind Jack,
but had forgotten. Jack emailed Karen that day to ask Karen to send a check to
Julie.
On Febuary 12, Mr Fantone informed Jack
that an unexpected game was scheduled for 2/28. Jack and Kristi spoke with Pam
Hobart and Mr Fantone regarding TAB working the concession stand that date. TAB
will bring their own popcorn maker, food, candy and drinks. Any profit that day
will belong to TAB.
On Saturday, 2/7/18 the band’s
popcorn machine caught fire at the high school concession stand. Ileana’s son
quickly reacted to help put the fire out. Our losses include the machine,
popcorn and some food that was out. The loss total would have been much higher
had Anthony not reacted so quickly. Jack proposes presenting Anthony with a
public thank you and monetary gift of $100.
All present were in favor, motion approved. Anthony Cardaman will
receive a public thank you and check for $100 from the Band Boosters.
Jack stated there was a lot of
frustration from Lisa Georges in regards to the email volleys for the concert
programs, going forward Lisa will only send the program to Mr Bonitz for proof
reading. Lisa will attend a future executive meeting to discuss program
guidelines to ensure advertising is correct. There will be written guidelines
on how the programs should be formatted. The final proof will only be sent to a
selected few board members for further proof reading.
Directors Report:
Mr Resnick: Report
given by Mr Bonitz. The 5th grade class is now working in their class
method books. They have also received their 3 songs for the spring concert.The
junior high has 42 entries scheduled for solo and ensemble. Last year there
were 30 entries. There are 110 in the 7th/8th grade
bands. The band is ready for this week’s concert. The RBC jazz band will be
March 19. There is a RBC 7th/8th grade band concert on
May 7th at 6:30, due to scheduling issues, there will be an
orchestra performance the same day, immediately following at 7pm.
Mr Bonitz: The
concert is this Wednesday at 7pm, report time is 6:15pm. The students will be
performing the 3 songs on Wednesday that they will perform for Districts.
Districts are this Friday at the Medina Performing Arts center. THS is
scheduled to perform at 7:45pm. The students would love to see friendly faces if
parents are able to make it to Medina. The ETA back to Twinsburg is 10:30pm.
Mr Bonitz is trying to add staff to
the band program which will provide more individualized attention to the
students and will also enable the school to have two concert bands. Students
would need to audition for the band; this will allow students to better play to
their ability. The jazz band will be playing on Tuesday, 2/27 during dinner for
the black history club showcase. The report time is 6:30pm.
On Tuesday. April 17th,
the band will have a concert to preview the 3 new pieces that will be played at
states (contingent on Friday’s score at districts).
Band Council Report: Report given by Jaina Gedeon. Solo and
ensemble went well. It is the biggest turn out Jaina has seen. Students earned 30
superior ratings and 18 excellent ratings. Due to the large number of
performances, many students were performing at the same time. Amore went well
and it was a nice way to showcase the student’s hard work. March 13th
is the jazz concert night; some great songs have been selected. And there will
be new songs to work on for states. There are students working on music outside
of school, CYO, CYWS. More are auditioning. Jack requests the list from Jaina
of what kids are involved in so we can acknowledge their hard work.
Committee Reports:
Treasurer’s report:
Report given by Karen Wilson. A
profit/loss statement was distributed to attendees.The final Tiger card and
Gionino statements are reflected as those have been closed out. All bills are
current with the exception of what Mr Bonitz turned in this evening. The
uniforms are paid for and are expected in April. Jack requests the 50/50 bucket
and a cash box for the concert this week. Karen has been keeping 3 boxes for
concessions and 1 box for spirit wear. She has closed down 1 concession stand
box.
Volunteers:
Ileana: If we are working the concession stands on Saturday she will be
reaching out for volunteers.
Concessions:
Kristi and Cindy: They were able to use the left over product from football
season for the basketball concessions, but they did have to reorder some
product. Kristi will contact 7Up/Snapple to discuss returning the left over
product this week. Jack proposed offering Saturday’s game (contingent on
Wednesday’s win) to TAB. Everyone is in agreement we will offer Saturday to
TAB, Jack will contact Pam tonight. Cindy asked Jack if we can get an estimate
for a replacement popcorn machine. Jack will contact Kathy Powers regarding the
insurance.
Fundraising: Christine and Colleen: That’s Amore
successfully earned money. The profit was $2097. They are working on the
fundraising dates for the 2018/19 school year. Dates must be submitted to the
school board by April. The first fundraiser will be the Rock the park event
July 2nd (raindate July 9th)
. Tiger cards were a little rocky this past year due to printing issues,
ideally the information about the cards will be presented at the picnic and
then given to the students the first week of band camp. There will be some new
vendors on the cards, and they are working on some new incentives.
The Twins Day café (8/4/18) just
needs a couple of student volunteers. Tag Day will be August 11th.
Gionino’s cards will (tentatively) be in the month of October, that fundraiser
is 100% profit. Hoping for 4 Dine out events, tentatively scheduling Original
Steak & Hoagie for 11/18/18, Chipotle for 12/11/18, Handels Ice Cream in
April, and the last dine out date/location is open for suggestions. That’s
Amore event possibly scheduled for 2/23/19. This will be a trip year, so this
event may need to be moved back on site, simplified and kept in consideration
to planning/scheduling conflicts. The Amazon smile fundraiser is still going on.
They would like to present the fundraising calendar and the Tiger cards to
students and parents at the picnic. Hopefully the tiger cards will be started
the first full week of band camp. The initial incentives will coordinate with
the end of band camp, but the tiger cards will not be due until Aug 31, giving
time for students to approach teachers, as THS teachers lamented that they were
not approached. The TBB sponsorship drive will be placed on the fundraising
calendar to allow for better advertising. Tentatively the drive will go from
the first day of school until the end of September. Possible future fundraising
ideas include Breakfast with a holiday character, football squares, BBQ/pig
roast, raffle calendar, Shutterfly/digital photo books.
Publicist:
Cassie: Cassie is working on cleaning up the website. She is still posting band
information to multiple sites throughout the week.
Uniform Report:
Report read by Jane Weiss for Michelle Reed. Michelle plans to chaperone as a
BUM for OMEA this Friday. There will be a BUM workday on March 15th
during 2nd and 3rd block. The task is mainly mending
collars on about 10 drill dresses. The dresses are coming detached in the back
and need reinforcing. She will be contacting some BUM volunteers but would love
additional help. The new marching uniforms should arrive the end of
April/beginning of May. Jane commented
that the GE group has emails that go out regularly to all the parents, and they
are very effective at communicating information and expectations.
Spirit Wear Report:
Carie: Carie said she is meeting with
RDP, the spirit wear sale will run through the end of band camp. In August
there will be sales for the younger students. Carie would like the juniors to
design their shirts for senior year, hopefully designs will be done by the end
of March. Carie is planning a holiday spirit wear sale for the month of
November. Cassie gave Carie contact information for the canvas bags. Carie is
requesting a committee be implemented for spirit wear. She will not be at
Wednesday’s concert. She is asking if youth sizes should be ordered for the May
concert for the 5th graders. After discussion, youth sizes will not
be ordered at this time.
Old Business:
None stated.
New Business: Jack will send the dates for the 2018/19
booster meeting schedule tomorrow to the board of education; the 2018/19
performance dates and fundraising dates will also be submitted. Per conversation about possible dates, Mr
Bonitz said the Band Picnic will most likely be July 24th. July 25
will be the meeting with student leaders; July 26 will be freshman rehearsal,
and July 27th full rehearsal. The first full week of band camp
begins July 30.
Adjourn: Call for a
motion to adjourn was made by Jack Rapkin. Motion to accept by Susie Bird, 2nd
by Cassie Via. The meeting was adjourned at 7:14pm.