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Tuesday, September 18, 2007,
7:30 p.m.
Lakota West Band Room
Attendance: Judy Uchtman, Rick
Shively, Rhonda Schulz, Malinda Anderson, Sandra
Snyder, Kathy Sant, Tina Harrington, Roy Harrington,
Cheri Hunkemoeller, Lori Mickle, Suzanne Brungs,
Brian Millard,Donald Cox, Debbie Ostendorf, Andy
Stewart, Rob Marsh, Michelle Gillis, Kate Miller,
Kim Carter, Harriet Massimini, Linda Merrill, Amy
Craig, Teresa Armstrong, Pat Pride, Greg Snyder,
Tony Marinello, Peter Bartram
Call to Order: Peter Bartram
Secretary’s Report: Pat
Pride read the minutes from the last meeting. Some
corrections were noted: the co is Titler Tees in
Butler PA not Liberty Sportswear here that is providing
the Rose Parade items. Also the funds from
the bagging days at the Bass Pro Shop goes into
student accounts. Motion to accept the minutes:
Judy Uchtman; second by Michelle Gillis.
Director’s Report: Greg
Snyder reports that hard work reaps rewards but
that the kids are tired of the heat. There are
200 tickets left to the upcoming CSO concert as
of today and it should be a sell out with a possible
profit for each club of about $5000. This Sat is
the Springfield Shawnee Comp. with the band playing
at 7:45 PM—meeting at 4PM-home by 10. It
was a fun Friday night at the game- the band watched
the video –still work to do. The next week
is Grove City Comp.-not certain of the time as
of yet. A daytime performance at P&G earned
$500 for the band: a similar performance at GE
earned $1000. Split the Pot raised $1000. Thank
you to Sandra Snyder for a great job on Tag Day.
Last year we raised $18,000-this year over $26,000.
The community has been very supportive. The dinner
evening at TGIFriday’s earned $570. Smokey
Bones will give us 100% of the profits at an event
to be held there.
There are 101 days till we leave for the Rose
Parade. We paid $138,000 to Gateway Travel last
week. The next check is due Oct 1st. All of the
kids are going except for 4 kids who don’t
want to go. There is some scholarship money for
those that might need help.
The Fall Concerts are in less than 4 weeks. Winds
is as good as last year if not better. The Red
and White Band are doing a great job and Concert
Band is working very hard. The Marching Band will
play at the Oct 4th Volleyball Game at West to
benefit the Race for the Cure. Oct 6 the band will
play at VOA Park for a Support he Troops Rally.
There wil be a live feed for families to speak
to their loved ones in Falugia (SP?). There are
3 more football games left this season. A junior
parent is needed to coordinate the flowers for
Senior Night ..see Pat Pride to volunteer and get
info. There are 5 more competitions. Gary Gilroy,
the show writer, will be coming this Friday from
3-5 to work with the band on his way to judge in
IN. Greg stated that he is very proud of the kids.
Tony Marinello reported that the Freshman Night
was fabulous. The Freshman are now busy doing chair
auditions. We still need a Freshman VP. Julie Giroux,
an LSU Grad is writing a piece and the Freshman
band will record it to be used to sell the piece
at Midwest.
Treasurer’s Report: Rick
Armstrong was absent so Teresa Armstrong read his
report. The instrument bill has been paid. We used
$40,000 that was given to us by Mr. Hamilton for
concert instruments and the Lakota School Board
loaned us $100,000. the good news is we havean
indefinite period of time to pay it back with no
interest. Tag Day was a huge success and brought
in $26,000, this brings our uniform reserve to
$57,700. Band Camp bills have been paid other than
a few incidental reimbursements. The Wright State
final bill was $51,226. The Gateway Sept.15 bill
was paid $123,000—we squeeked by on this
one because 97 people are behind in their payments
for a total of $42,200. Fortunately there are 101
people ahead on payments-the behind and ahead net
to a position of $21,150 behind. There is a lot
of work getting this all into Charms. If someone
would drop out now they would lose 40% of the land
and all of the airfare (@$900). The House Raffle
is at about $35,000 profit right now every ticket
sale will help. We have asked AK Steel for help
with our fundraising, ABF Trucking Co may help
us with shipping the instruments. Motion to accept
Judy Uchtman; second Malinda Anderson.
Fund Raising Chair: Rick Shively
reported that there are several general fundraising
projests in the works. The 50/50 Raffle will continue
until Oct 15th. There are several restaurants interested
in helping us: Grand Finale, TGIF, Smokey Bones
and others. Good search and Good sales are both
online. A Swing Dance is planned as a parent/student
event with a potential for $4000 to be made. A
committee is needed for this one. Many other fundraising
opportunities are available for individual band
accounts.(see website for the list). There are
5 more episodes of the Video diary upcoming.
Membership Report: Michelle Gillis
said that the volunteers that signed up are listed
on Charms so be sure to check that list for contacting
people to help with the various activities.
Pit Crew: Brian Millard said
that the fish tanks were cleaned at the Bass Pro
Shop and the money is to be used for an ATV. Rick
Shively will contact Shawn Stevens about the collection
cans.
New Business:
- Ushers are needed for the CSO concert preferably
parents. Students are needed to distribute programs.
East and West will handle refreshments.
- There are open slots on the website for Freshman
VP, Communications and also a public relations
person. Please consider these positions.
- Malinda Anderson said that 30 sets of band
shoes were collected from graduates for Gail
Kelly’s daughter’s band in NJ. They
were happy to get them.
Meeting Adjourned: Motion- Malinda Anderson. Second
by Linda Merrill
Respectfully submitted by,
Patricia Pride
