Booster Minutes Monday November 20, 2017Meeting called to order by Jack Rapkin at 7:05pm
Meeting Minutes:
Secretary’s Report: Meeting minutes from October 16, 2017 were sent via email to the Band Booster Board and attendees
by Cassandra Blyler. No corrections submitted, the minutes from the October
2017 meeting will be uploaded by Cassie on the Booster site.
President’s Remarks: None at this time.
Directors Report:
Mr Resnick:
The band program is going well in the 5th-8th grades.
From the middle school 4 students will be performing with the honor band in
Wooster. Eight students will be submitted for the honor band festival at Ohio
State. On Monday, 12/11/17, the 6th-8th grade band will
perform in the Winter concert at the high school. There are 110 students and
not all of the students can fit properly onto the RBC stage, which is
satisfying. Thursday, 2/1/18, the 5th grade band will preform. We
will have the band uniform fitting on 12/12/17 at 1pm.
Mr Bonitz:
Good weather throughout the season until week 10, but very pleased with how
well everything went. The senior night has been the best performance so far.
Michelle Reed and Jane Weiss have done a great job along with their helpers
getting all the students fitted for their concert uniforms. Over 100 students
have been fitted. The band is doing well transitioning to concert. Four high
school students attended the Bowling Green honor band performance. That is so
large that it is broken down into 4 grade levels, 2 freshman, 1 junior and 1
senior attended. Five students have been selected to attend the OBDC (Ohio Band
Director Conference) Honor Band at the University of Akron the first weekend of
December. The THS band will have their holiday concert on 12/8/17. The Lab and
Jazz bands will preform first, and while the stage is being transitioned into
the concert selection, the 50/50 raffle will be announced, along with any other
band announcements.
Band Council Report: Report read by Mr. Bonitz on behalf of Jaina
Gedeon. Apologies for not being able to attend as she is attending the National
Honor Society Ceremony. Homecoming and Senior nights went very well, and as a
four year student, she feels Senior night is the best that the band has ever
sounded. Senior night was bittersweet, but even though the band had to deal
with the rain, it was handled very well. The band is transitioning into Concert band well and
quickly. The next couple of weeks will go very quickly as everyone is very
busy, and a lot of students are also involved in outside band groups.
Preparation for the winter concert is going well, there has been a lot of
improvement already. Well wishes to everyone for the upcoming holidays.
Committee Reports:
Treasurer’s report:
Report given by Karen Wilson. A
profit/loss statement was distributed to attendees. All outstanding money has
been collected from the tigerettes. The french horn has been purchased. Susie
Bird has been selling the smaller senior banners to local businesses, those
monies have been deposited.
Concessions:
Cindy absent, no report.
Volunteers:
Ileana absent, no report.
Fundraising:
Report given by Christine Martin and Colleen Larson. That’s Amore will be held
offsite at La Casa Bella, next to Roseland Lanes. They have experience handling
band functions and offer the most value for the money. Donation letters to
businesses will be sent on Wednesday. We are looking for donations for raffle
baskets, and plans are in place to advertise on social media and in local
businesses. Students wll be selling tickets almost immediately upon return from
break. The students preforming at That’s Amore will be jazz or solo/ensemble.
December 4th at 6pm there will be an executive board meeting to
further discuss That’s Amore details. Considering making this an adults only
event. Possibly having performing students and/or student volunteers go over to
the Roseland lanes for a bowling night. The Gioninos card fundraiser is being
closed out. Cassie will continue to advertise for the Tiger cards, especially
as stocking stuffers. The Tiger cards will continue to be sold through the
basketball season at concessions.
Publicist:
Report given by Cassie Via. Articles have been submitted to the newspaper, a
new article will be submitted with upcoming concert dates. Currently working on
having a donation button on the website. All pictures have been uploaded to
social media except the last concert and game.
Uniform Report:
Report given by Michelle Reed. Drill team uniforms will be taken to Armadillo
for cleaning. Fittings went well, the tuxedo shirts will be ordered from
American Commodore after Thanksgiving. We are going to purchase 15 new band
uniforms. In January and February we will look for future needs, including
concert uniform needs.
Spirit Wear Report:
Discussion regarding the ability to sell Spirit wear items at the winter
concerts as RDP is planning to sell during the band concerts. All in agreement
that we should be able to try despite possible competition. Jack made motion
for allowing Carrie to order more stock for the upcoming sales, Cassie 1st/
Cassandra 2nd. Approved.
Old Business:
None stated.
New Business: The Basketball schedule was sent to Tim Cain,
still waiting for a response. Mr Schumacher and Teringo have proposed switching
the dates of the band taking over the concession stands, in exchange we would
have the wrestling tournament that will be held at the high school. Need to confirm
dates to verify no conflicts. Jack will resend the bylaws to the board for
review, a meeting will be held in the spring to discuss and review the bylaws.
Amanda has requested new flags and pompoms. The flags will take 5-7 weeks for
delivery once ordered. The proposed 22 flags would cost $34.00 each. This will
be tabled until later in the school year.
Per Mr Bonitz, flowers for the 12/18
concert will need to be ordered, the numbers will be slightly different from
the marching band numbers. Karen will handle as the order is already on
standby, just awaiting final numbers.
Adjourn: Call for a
motion to adjourn was made by Jack Rapkin. Motion to accept by Colleen Larson,
2nd by Christine Martin. The meeting was adjourned at 7:54pm.