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The Envelope by Julian Rossig...........................................................................................4 Sisterhood and the Corporation by Kathy Godwin............................................................7 So much More Than Business by Jen Murdock................................................................10 Where are we going? by Meredith Brazzell......................................................................11 Ask the VCPM: Questions About Hazing by Malinda Matney.............................................14 Click, Click - - Cash by D.A. Flufftuff................................................................................15
The PODIUM is a Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma publication issued twice per year, in the spring and fall. Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma are non-profit organizations. STAFF Lt. Col. Alan Bonner, USAF (Ret.).................Publisher Jake Burk..........................Editor/Publications Manager Dixie Mosier-Greene..........Headquarters Administrator Di Spiva.........................................National Accountant Debbie Morris..............................Membership Services Phil Rubin..............KKY Chapter Field Representative Jen Murdock...........KKY Chapter Field Representative Meredith Brazzell....TBS Chapter Field Representative
Student News.....................................................................................................................17 Summer Leadership Symposia by Adam Cantley.............................................................22 Building Leaders by Dawn Farmer...................................................................................23 Conn-Selmer University 2006 by Robert Louis Bryant III..............................................25 Women in Music by Dr. Joan deAlburquerque.................................................................28 Becoming the Vital Many by Phil Rubin...........................................................................31 Caboose Project by Derrick Mills...................................................................................33 National Intercollegiate Band..........................................................................................34
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Connecting with our Founder by Ken Corbett and Scott Stowell....................................36 Celebration! by Ken Corbett.............................................................................................37
On the Cover: The National Intercollegiate Band of 2005 gathers in place for the traditional opening concert of the KKY/TBS National Convention. This event took place in the beautifully-renovated historic structure of the Lexington Opera House.
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Executive Director Executive Director... National
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Lt. Col. Alan Bonner, USAF (Ret.) National Executive Director
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hat’s Sup?
That short phrase is commonly used by so many and so often, but if you give that simple thought.... some thought; it might help you with your academic success this year! Because so many of you have LOTS up!! Classes are just starting; band camps have just been completed and many of you are getting ready for kick-off of the fall football season and marching band; you have concerts to plan for, papers to write, classes that are going to test your patience and academic skills; trips to plan for and to be excited about; fall breaks & holidays; and, and, and.... WHEW!!! That’s just this semester, and depending on where you are in school and life, you’ll be making some very important decisions and plans this year that will make incredible memories and possibly impact the rest of your life!! With all that said, I have three things to suggest with respect to our part (meaning Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma) in your life: 1. Establish priorities; 2. Plan ahead; and 3. Make good decisions. Setting your priorities on all that you would like to do, want to do, and must do sounds simple, but we all are subject to many pulls from different directions. Keep in mind that you are in school to get a solid education and a degree, both of which will hopefully open wonderful doors in the future so that you have a great chance for success and happiness throughout your professional/working career. I’m not here to set the priorities in your life; that’s up to you and those around you who are most important. However, keep in mind your most important goals as you enjoy your collegiate career! I recognize that your scholastic studies often conflict with chapter activities and/or fraternity/sorority events. Our service to bands sometimes means putting the band first over a KKPsi/TBS district convention. However, if we plan carefully, most of those conflicts can be resolved or avoided completely. To wade through the myriad of demands on your plate this and every semester, it is critical that you plan your schedule for the entire year! Planning can be as simple as putting down all of your important concerts, exams, shows, meetings, and KKPsi/TBS events on a calendar. Once you take a look at the ‘big picture’, it becomes more manageable. Certainly, you know where to focus your efforts to solve the problem spots! You want to have some fun as you experience your student years! But so many students make terrible decisions under the guise of ‘must have fun’! As a former Commander in the Air Force; as a Dad with three grown daughters; and as your Executive Director, I want you have a memorable time at college! You’ll never be so free again without the demands and responsibilities associated with family and career! I want your memories as a brother or
sister in KKPis or TBS to be awesome!! Unfortunately though, every year some of you will face difficult and potentially hurtful situations where you have to use your brain and best judgment when you encounter not so safe circumstances. Some of you struggle with making good decisions as members of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma every year as we go through our rushing process to select the newest Membership Candidates and conducting the associated Membership Education Programs that all chapters conduct. I’m still stunned when I learn of a chapter that hazes! We still have Active Members and Alumni that do harmful things to aspiring members of the Fraternity and Sorority. Ladies and gentlemen, that has got to stop! Whether it is physical hazing or emotional hazing, it is wrong, and it is illegal! If you have any question about hazing, call or email me. If you do not feel comfortable contacting me, then notify someone on your National Council or even your Director of Bands, but do something! Good luck this fall as you begin organizing to succeed! I look forward to seeing you at District or National Convention next year!! And, I always want the response to “What’s Sup?” to be a wonderful, happy answer!!
Calendar 2006 September 30 • Postmark deadline for Chapter Personnel Reports October 15 • Postmark deadline for Chapter Personnel Reports for schools starting after 9/15 October 31 • Member Dues now must include 25% Late Fee ($83.75 each) November • National Month of Musicianship Celebration November 15 • Member Dues for schools starting later than 9/15 now must include a 25% Late Fee December 1 • Postmark Deadline for Fall Activity Report January 1 • Postmark deadline for KKY Award Applications and Nominations February 9-11 • Winter Council Meetings in Orlando April 2 • Postmark deadline for NIB audition tapes May 1 • Postmark deadline for articles for The Podium Sprint 2007 issue June 1 • Postmark deadline for on-time National Convention Registration and fee (without a late fee) • Postmark deadline for Chapter Summary Reports • Postmark deadline for TBS Scholarship applications July 20-22 • Summer Council Meetings in Orlando July 22-24 • National Intercollegiate Band rehearsals July 24-29 • 2007 National Convention
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"...one brown envelope would change my life forever."
Julian J. Rossig
fraction of a second. This was the chance of a lifetime!
The Envelope "Wichtige Nachricht", said the big brown envelope on my door mat one rainy Monday as I was returning from a dead-boring lecture. What kind of “important message” could that be? I was in my fourth semester of Business Administration at Germany’s Bamberg University, and fate seemed to have very few surprises for me in stock. Life was just flowing along. Little did I know that depressing spring day how this one brown envelope would change my life forever. The letter inside began innocent enough: “Dear Julian, it is
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our great pleasure...” Yeah, haven’t we all read that kind of stuff a thousand times before? But the next sentence really got me: “You will have the opportunity to continue your studies next August at our partner university in Oklahoma, USA.” I was being offered a place in the elitist student exchange program! Studying abroad is scary. You get thrown into a new language, a new culture, and all your best friends that used to live just around the corner are suddenly 5,000 miles away. But I had been to the US many times before and learned to love this country. Did I hesitate to accept my spot on the program? Only for a
I had never heard of Oklahoma State University, or a place with the exciting name “Stillwater.” But if I learned one thing at college, it is this: No matter where you go, music is the best way to meet new people! And every Big XII team has a Marching Band, I knew that much. While other students on my floor, who had been selected for similar study-abroad programs, nervously scrambled for cheap airfares or fought with the US embassy over visa issues, I searched the web for OSU’s band program. The minute I found it, I instantly bombarded the poor band director with pleas to get me onboard – not exactly the easiest thing done if you’re sitting at the other end of the world and auditions are only possible by tape. Luckily, persistence won: A few weeks later, I stepped off the plane on a hot sticky Friday afternoon, moved into my dorm room, and – reported instantly to duty in the band office. Welcome to Band Camp! A foreign accent and a ridiculously yellow instrument are the quickest ways, I soon discovered, to instant fame. It didn’t even take one day until everybody in the band knew about “that crazy German in the trumpet section.” I, on the other hand, am really bad with names and remembered hardly anybody. How many Melissas and Joes could possibly be in a 300-member-band? Far too many for my overheated brain! Germany is a pretty weird country, at least from your perspective. Granted, Europeans look rather familiar – you may not even realize I wasn’t born in the Southwest until I open my mouth. But some subtle parts of our culture are different – very different. To begin with, my home country does not have one single college marching band. So imagine how lost I was, out there on the field and surrounded by 300 people who seemed to know exactly what
they were doing... What literally saved my butt out there in the 110-degree Oklahoma-heat was plenty of water – and the Sisters of OSU’s Alpha Chapter. Little did I know back at that time about the foundations of the Sorority or its beliefs. Yet, in interacting with all these fine people, I got an amazing crash-course in “lived” Sisterhood: in exemplified respect and friendliness, admirable open-mindedness, and boundless friendship. How honored would I be to get to know them better! I will be forever grateful to this one sister who asked me to attend their first RUSHfunction. The minute I stepped into the room, I was totally hooked. Eight other people seemed to feel the same way – eight other people who would soon become the Gamma Xi class of the TBS Alpha chapter, one of the biggest classes in recent chapter history.
happiness in TBS and music. What a ride! Thank you, guys!
always come totally out of the blue, when we expect them least.
I often think back to that innocent brown envelope on my door mat. Isn’t it amazing how one little note knocked my life totally off its seemingly rock-solid foundation? I guess it’s all too often those supposedly tiny things that have the greatest impact on our lives. It’s those scary moments, when we suddenly lose all certainty and our future becomes a distant blur, which will ultimately be remembered as the moments of greatest joy and happiness. And those “envelopes”
It would be my greatest pleasure to carry a small slice of what my Sisters and Brothers have taught me back to my home country. So watch out for the first TBS-Chapter outside the US... And then maybe, one day, you too will find an innocent brown envelope on your door mat that totally changes your life. It could well be the invitation to our first International Convention! Julian J. Rossig
In reading all this, you should never forget the “German soul” inside me. I was raised to be a thorough planner, a reliable workaholic, a control freak. Getting out of that shell within weeks isn’t exactly the easiest thing (in case you’ve ever tried). With the help of my Sisters, I think I succeeded a great deal: And realized how much fun it can be to get totally lost in the woods, to sink fellow Sisters’ canoes, and to jump into the 45-degree-cold lake myself – repeatedly. Along the way, I learned a lot about myself. My Sisters entrusted me first with the Gamma Xi funds and later, after taking my passport into safekeeping (just kidding), elected me Chapter Treasurer. It was in this office that I got to realize the most essential quality of any leader, in any position: Motivation. Get your troops on board, and you can do literally anything. Why do so many organizations, inside and outside the music building, get all excited about “chains of command” and “authority” and neglect the very essential? Imagine what you could do, in your life or in your chapter, if you possessed the skill of motivation... Even the best times come to an end – in my case, that’s LTU flight 1551 which takes me back to Germany exactly 357 days after first touching down on Oklahoma dust. Almost one entire year, filled with
Julian Rossig, Gamma Xi Class Treasurer for the Alpha Chapter of TBS, sideline with the Oklahoma State Marching Band.
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Moving forward
By Rod Chesnutt Ph.D., National President, KKY
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new school year is always an opportunity for change or renewed focus. As a fraternity, we are looking at the some tremendous excitement building toward the National Convention in Orlando. Each of us can start now to make next summer a transforming experience. First, what are we doing to grow musically this year? November is designated as the National Month of Musicianship Celebration. Music clearly defines our purposes and, therefore, defines our fraternity. Many of you do tremendous musical events and activities that few know about. November is a time to “toot our horns” to use the old-fashioned phrase. While we serve as activity leaders in our programs, we are expected to be musical leaders. We grow as human beings every time we have a musical growth experience. Thanks to Derrick Mills for driving this initiative.
Rod M. Chesnutt is associate professor of instrumental music at Florida Gulf Coast University where he is responsible for those components of the university music program while teaching courses in music education, wind literature and conducting. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Tennessee Technological University, a master’s degree in trombone performance from Arkansas State University, and a Ph.D. in music education with an emphasis in wind conducting from Florida State University.
Second, we re-evaluate our Membership Education Programs to determine if they are working as intended. This includes Continuing Education. I am often concerned that we forget our own band programs during this process. Each college band program has a unique history shaping the band experience on that campus. Knowing that history provides the depth that can influence decisions made by our chapters and develops pride in that band program. These two points are remarkable opportunities to develop and strengthen relationships with your band directors! Please check out Malinda Matney’s VPCM offerings for help. Next, mark July 24-29 on your calendar. Those who have attended conventions in past know that attendance requires early planning. Each chapter should have a goal to have a representative in Orlando to be
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their voice on decisions that affect the fraternity for the next two years. Each chapter could start by budgeting $10.00$20.00 per month. Ideally, we should not have to sit any proxies. When this occurs, we lose the representative diversity of our fraternity.
We have wonderful resources at the district level that I hope everyone will use to their advantage. The leadership is truly outstanding and I was impressed with the character and commitment evidenced during this past summer’s District Leadership Conference in our district Presidents and Governors. Success is guaranteed!
Music clearly defines our purposes and, therefore, defines our fraternity.
We need to consider the business of the fraternity. I would like to have the business shaped by the active membership. As many of you know, the moratorium on the ritual concludes this next summer. I am asking for any recommended changes or additional business items be submitted by December 1. The National Council can then use these to determine convention scheduling at the Winter Meeting. It is our intent to have reports and relevant materials available on the web site a month prior to convention so delegates can better prepare.
We are trying to organize a convention that will offer more interaction and more growth opportunities. Workshops will occur more than once with multiple tracks; music focused, leadership focused, and fraternity focused. Or...one can create their own unique convention experience by choosing what they like from each area! This comes from feedback prevalent during Adam Cantley’s chat sessions. Now is the time to start preparing for the National Intercollegiate Band! Rick Greenwood and Greg Byrne have worked diligently to makes this NIB the best yet and the new work by Eric Ewazen is sure to be a hit. Ideally, each chapter would have at least a member audition for this outstanding ensemble.
Finally, this past summer’s Leadership Symposia were an overwhelming success. This is due to a lot of hard work on the part of presenters and, just as importantly, the excitement generated by the active members choosing to participate. We are looking forward to the next round in 2008 and will announce the locations at National Convention. So thanks to all of you for making this fraternity what it is, a dynamic organization that not only supports, but celebrates the college band!
Sisterhood and the Corporation
By Kathy Godwin, National President, TBS The 2006 District Leadership Conference was a great success with new workshops and excellent ideas from student leaders across the country. While considering the topics covered, I recalled that one of the difficult areas for those in the leadership of Tau Beta Sigma to learn is how to maintain the balance between the spirit of Sisterhood we share and the business of running the corporation that is Tau Beta Sigma.
for risk management is required for the organization to exist and in some cases for the organization to be allowed on school campuses. The corporation also builds and maintains relationships with vendors and ensures that our trademark and branding rights are protected. Kathy received her Bachelors degree in Engineering Physics in 1996. After graduating, she became a member of the NAA, served as President of the Western District Joint Alumni Association, and became a member of the NCDAA.
In order to function to the best of our ability, a balance must be reached between what we experience as Sisterhood and the Corporation. If there is an imbalance, both the Corporation and the Sisterhood begin to suffer.
When an individual or chapter The Sisterhood involves a decides, on the basis of sisterhood passion and drive to fulfill or tradition, that hazing is a our purposes of service to necessity, they think only of what music, the ideals mentioned they perceive as sisterhood and in the Ritual, and the bond not about the entire organization which ties each sister and or the corporation. The same She now resides in brother in Tau Beta Sigma. holds true when there are Tucson, Arizona Each person involved in Tau instances of breaking the substance where she works Beta Sigma can describe the policies because a student thinks for the University areas of our organization that that the sisterhood can be of Arizona. inspired them to join and the promoted solely for the social reasons why they continue to opportunities it offers and has not considered be involved. The stories that members share the corporation as a whole. When negative of what the Sisterhood means to them leave results occur from these situations, the me in awe and renew my commitment to corporation must conduct an investigation Tau Beta Sigma each time I hear them. involving national officers and many times I love to hear about the service projects that campus representatives as well. Each help your bands, the ties you establish during investigation takes time, money for travel, events that you plan for meetings and and additional resources including postage, conventions, and the friendship that you phone calls, and staff at the National develop. Many actives and alumni talk about Headquarters. During that time, the attention the support they receive as their leadership of The National Council and National skills are cultivated and developed. Honestly, the Sisterhood is also a lot of fun! Headquarters staff is taken away from other chapters who need day to day assistance. The other side of the Sorority is the day to Tau Beta Sigma loses personnel time and day operations of running Tau Beta Sigma, therefore funds for their salaries that should Inc, the business side of our organization. be devoted elsewhere. Additionally, Tau Tau Beta Sigma is a business which needs Beta Sigma may have a lawsuit filed against funds and personnel to exist and operate. A them and if so, the corporation could be budget is maintained to help the organization asked to pay sums of money. If the corporation function. Salaries are paid for personnel can not afford the funds required, then who run the National Headquarters and the corporation may cease to exist. Even building maintenance is required for the without a lawsuit, the insurance company facility. The National Chapter Field covering Tau Beta Sigma can decide to Representative needs the means to travel increase the fees to have insurance due to to see the chapters so there is a vehicle, a an increased liability. Once that happens, home, and a salary to be provided. Insurance the budget must change to reflect an increase
for that line item. As the corporation needs to run under a balanced budget, other programs and funds must be cut to account for the change. The corporation suffers additionally as the image the Sorority has to market and gain new members has now been tarnished to that campus as well as to those in the music field. If decisions are solely based on the corporation, then the sisterhood may suffer. We would lose chapters and members if we thought only of raising money. It does take funds to work with a chapter that is struggling for any reason. If a chapter makes contact with the National Council to state that their membership had dropped to 4 people and they are having problems financially because an officer emptied the bank account, the decision could be made to drop the chapter completely. It would take money to go visit, make the phone calls to the chapter and to the sponsor to keep the chapter active. From a business perspective, the argument could be to drop that chapter and those members rather than take the time and funds to work with them, but this would not be an answer from the perspective of considering the sisterhood because this removes any potential for future involvement on that campus and offering the opportunities to members who could benefit from joining Tau Beta Sigma. Each chapter is important and as a sister, I would want to see them succeed and offer my assistance. If we ignore problems in the name of tradition and sisterhood, the corporation can’t function and eventually, the sisterhood no longer exists. If the corporation only thinks of funds and how to save money, then the sisterhood and members suffer until eventually, there is no corporation to run as there are no members. When decisions are made to establish a balance we can thrive. A current example is the re-establishment of the position of Tau Beta Sigma National Chapter Field Representative, which was removed for 2 years. Cutting this position was a difficult to make because the program had shown positive results for many chapters across the country. In addition, there was an impact
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Raising the Bar for the Year Ahead Kappa Kappa Psi has a great year ahead. This is obvious in seeing District Presidents and Governors working together with the National Council as well as together to create a plan to make the next events ahead for our districts the best possible: Events that are worth the attention of our active membership. Kappa Kappa Psi’s Conference had three overall outcomes in mind: 1. Planning to continue the trend toward more educationally and musically focused conventions. 2. Educating leadership about both responsibilities and resources. 3. Spending time in brainstorms, planning, and initial reporting to the national group to swap the best thinking. You may wonder how your district was represented. It gives me pleasure to say that your district was represented well. All of the Presidents and Governors brought their best to our time together. One discovery they made early on, as each district shared its particular challenges, was that every district faces dilemmas that at least one other district confronts. Each district simply faces a different combination of challenges and assets. There is much to learn by working together nationally on these issues. It would be easy for anyone to feel overwhelmed by the challenges, but these student leaders are truly leaders, and engaged the challenges with enthusiasm. This will be particularly true of district conventions, as each district works to include a broader array of its active membership. In particular, district presidents wanted to see more focus on history, membership education, and music – issues we all have in common, but that can be featured in convention in many different ways. Shifting from a weekend sitting in chairs to a weekend in action was a goal everyone shared. The District Governors spent time learning about resources, exchanging stories from their past year, and brainstorming ways to help advance our students in their work. Ten of our 12 Governors just completed their first year in their roles, so this “catch up” time was vital to them. This is a group of leaders who has already confronted some challenges, and is working together to provide valuable district and national support for the years to come. As a National Council, we are learning from them what issues they confront, while enjoying the great work they are doing to make Kappa Kappa Psi vital across the nation. As a larger Kappa Kappa Psi group, we spent some time talking about the challenges and successes that are in front of us nationally. As a Fraternity, we have so many great opportunities and successes at this point, but we also have negative issues to confront. This expanded leadership team had great questions throughout the weekend. Together, this group is a part of our ongoing national work to make a better Fraternity tomorrow – to continue to Strive for the Highest. –Malinda M. Matney, Ph.D. 1) TBS takes over the SFD. 2) Marcus Brown gives his farewell speech. 3) Even relaxing in the grass can offer a photo shoot. 4) Before lunch.
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The VPCMs Plan a Set of Events Together Planning the District Leadership Conference in a way that allowed for the Fraternity and Sorority each to address their particular needs, while allowing for time for joint work, was a great success for us this year. However, this success doesn’t happen without a great amount of work and respect. In planning joint events at the chapter or district level, some tips will lead to greater success: 1. Give yourselves enough time to plan. Planning for two people takes more time than planning for one person. If each of those people has an officer group, chapter, or other people to consult, the need for time grows greatly. We drafted the first outline schedule for a July event in October. 2. Make time to think about different ideas. We each had some ideas of things we wanted to do differently with this District Leadership Conference. If we had not given ourselves time, we might have cut short ideas that turned out wonderfully. Additionally, we might have done so in a way that would make each other think we didn’t respect her or her organization, when that was not the case at all. When you make time, if you aren’t sure about an idea or suggestion today, you can take some time to think about it and create helpful ways to make it work. 3. Make time to bring others into your planning. Having time to talk with members of each Council, with Governors or Counselors, with Headquarters staff, with students, and with others who have a stake in the event goes a far way toward making an event that everyone will support. This does not mean making an event that only incorporates activities that everyone likes on first description. Often this time involves letting people know what the outcome of the event is intended to be. That leads to... 4. Have a specific outcome in mind. Nobody wants to go to an event that does not seem to have a point. Have specific outcomes in mind for the whole event, and for each part of the event. As we each worked on our specific Conferences, we had outcomes designated for every single session of the day, which all built toward an overall outcome. 5. Make time for fun. Our time together should be both educational and fun. Fun isn’t confined to adjournment – it should be a component of all of the sessions (even though you have some time specially for fun). Some of the greatest laughter we heard were at times when students were doing some of the hardest work. As Vice Presidents, this planning experience has taught each of us much about how the other works. Our final outcome in leaving the District Leadership Conference was confidence that we can work well together, both respecting each organization’s need for separate time and enjoying the work that we do when we are together. –Malinda M. Matney, Ph.D. and Kimbi Sigle
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5) After lunch. 6) KKY members share stories about their travels. 7) The 2006 DLC gets 10 thumbs up. 8) Melvin Miles taking a break during the DLC Reading Band.
So Much More Than Business By Jen Murdock, Chapter Field Representative, KKY
opportunities for leadership expands, future leaders are trained to expand on the activities of their predecessors.
mind-boggling display that became a jam session where brothers and sisters made their individual contributions to the event and appreciated the contributions of others.
The Western District Convention in Los Angeles, California, was my second stop. While I knew individuals from the majority of chapters, Jen Murdock is a 2005 graduate of the University I enjoyed the convention of Washington. She is a from a new point of view as Alumni of the Gamma CFR. During the fight song Chapter of KKY and an competition, it was touching Honorary Member of the to see chapters from the Western District of TBS. She recently completed same state and little/big a year of service with brother chapters stand in AmeriCorps and now My first trip was to the Southeast support of their fellow works as a National District Convention in Greensville, Chapter Field brothers and sisters. Elevating Representative for KKY South Carolina. Upon arriving, beyond school rivalries, I was warmly greeted by the support for fellow bands convention hosts and introduced to brothers members creates a positive and supportive and sisters from various chapters. At the environment where the development and Friday evening social gathering, I was training of leaders can occur. struck by the brotherhood and sisterhood that was exhibited by people from all over My final stop was the Southwest District the district. Introductions were made on Convention in Lubbock, Texas. After the behalf of younger and/or new members to banquet, the first SWD fight song help them meet others and expand the competition occurred. In retrospect, I connection to bands and the fraternity/sorority would be hesitant to restrict it to the title beyond their campus. Through these of “fight song competition.” The final act interactions, I heard and participated in the was the host chapters, who set up a drum sharing of ideas and musical experiences set for their contribution to the activity. at various campuses which facilitates the After they completed their song, the party promotion and advancement of leaders. continued as schools joined in dancing, As an understanding of the fraternity and stepping and playing. It was a
Using these three convention as examples of brotherhood and leadership training, it becomes clear that there are different approaches but the objectives are the same throughout the national fraternity. District conventions are an opportunity to share music, brotherhood and service with people from different schools and provide additional training to the leadership within our bands. The opportunity to exhibit the values of the fraternity within our band programs in innovative ways provides a unique opportunity at District Conventions where there is a setting to share new or renewed ideas.
hen I accepted the position as National Chapter Field Representative, I asked to attend district conventions to become better acquainted with students in different parts of nation. During three convention trips, I was overwhelmed with the potential shown by brothers across the nation. Whether as individuals, chapters or districts, growth, learning and service were shown through music and brotherly interaction.
I look forward to visiting the Midwest, Northeast and North Central District Conventions to find out how they enhance the brotherhood and provide learning opportunities. I will be visiting chapters in the Southwest, North Central, Northeast, Southeast and Midwest Districts during fall term. To see if your chapter is receiving a visit, go to http://www.kkpsi.org/chapterfieldrep.asp and look under Fall 2006 Schedule. See you soon!
The Music Goes On...
By KKY, Beta Alpha, Baylor University, TX
I didn’t major in music. I didn’t have the talent, the intestinal fortitude for a recital, the courage to face a jury, or whatever skill is needed to understand advanced musical theory. When I graduated from Baylor, I wasn’t going to be a band director or private lessons teacher somewhere. My involvement in bands was simply going to come to an end. Maybe you’re a graduating senior (or “super” senior) or maybe you’re an alumnus like me. At first I was excited about finishing the
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band program. No more rehearsals in the scorching Texas heat. No more concerts in front of indifferent audiences. No more time spent practicing in a gray, soundproofed closet. But after awhile, I started to really miss being in a band. No more camaraderie with other musicians. No more smiles from children delighted at hearing Sousa for the first time. No more voice for the passion and joy within. After a little time on the internet, I found a community band in my area and decided
to go and sit in on a rehearsal to see what it was like. I dusted off my trombone and tried to remember how to make noise (“music”) on it again. Since it was the first rehearsal of the year, the director gave a quick speech. He said, be patient with yourself. Give yourself some time to work out the fingers, the kinks, and the cobwebs. Eventually, your chops will come back. In the Plano Community Band,
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Where Are We Going?
By Meredith Brazzell, Chapter Field Representative, TBS t the 2005 National Convention in Lexington, Kentucky, the delegates of Tau Beta Sigma voted to bring back the National Chapter Field Representative position. At that point, I knew that was exactly what I wanted to do after I graduated. I am so excited, and very honored, to have been selected as the TBS CFR for 2006-2008. I have gotten to spend a good portion of this summer planning visits, creating workshops, and getting to know about Tau Beta Sigma from a national perspective. The mission of the CFR is “to inquire, to analyze, to instruct, and to inspire.” By sharing with me your successes, your not-so-successes, your desires and your needs, I can be your voice of experience to other chapters. The last official chapter visit of a Tau Beta Sigma National Chapter Field Representative took place over two years ago, in March 2004. Because of this pause, we have been able to use the time to reflect on the current structure and make some positive changes in the program. For more information on these changes, make sure to visit the new TBS CFR web site (www.tbsigma.org/cfr). You can also use the web site to keep an eye on the CFR travels. It not only has the travel calendar, but it is also regularly updated with pictures and reflections from the road. It has
information you can use before the visit, after the visit, or even if you are not on the current schedule. To ensure that the CFR program will still be a thriving aspect of Tau Beta Sigma in the next few years, we still need some help from the chapters. We all know traveling is not cheap. Your chapter can help ensure there will be a CFR traveling next year, ten years from now, even fifty years from now. I’m not suggesting a $500 donation with every chapter visit (wouldn’t that be incredible!). However, there are plenty of smaller necessities you and your chapter can help provide: lodging with a sister from your chapter, paying for some meals during the visit, even a $5 gas card. I am incredibly excited about getting to meet as many of you as possible over these next two years, and I want to make sure that the next Chapter Field Representatives can get the same opportunities!
should be doing to strengthen your chapter. Take some time to set a few goals as a chapter. Determine where you want to go and what you want to accomplish. Without any kind of long-term goal, a chapter will do the same thing every year, maybe adding a service project or fund-raiser when asked to, or a sisterhood event when they feel like it. This year, have a direction for your chapter, and have a tangible plan to move in this direction. Involve your director and your sponsor in creating this direction. Ask them what they would like to see your chapter accomplish this year, and over the next few years. Ask yourselves, as chapter members, the same questions. Set measurable goals in all areas of your chapter (service, membership process, fund-raising, sisterhood, etc.). At the end of the year you will be able to see how you accomplished these goals, or you will be able to use your experience to tweak your plan for the next year.
Determine where you want to go and what you want to accomplish.
Now that we’ve talked about where I am going, let’s talk about where you are going. Whether I am going to be able to visit your chapter or not, there are some things you
If you already have goals set out for your chapter, our time spent together during my visit will be even more effective. We can figure out where you want to go, create a plan for how you will get there, and then we will be on our way!
Meredith Brazzell Meredith joined the National Headquarters staff on July 1, 2006. She grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, and entered Auburn University in the fall of 2000. She started as a Software Engineering major, but soon realized Music could not be an extra-curricular activity, and then graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education (Instrumental) in May 2006. She became a member of the Theta Lambda Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma in the fall of 2000, and served her chapter as President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, Ritual and Ceremony Chair, and Membership Class President. During her time in the Auburn University Marching Band, she served in 2003-2005 as a Drum Major and in 2005-2006 as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant. Meredith’s future plans include teaching junior high band, or pursuing a graduate degree in Music Therapy or Music Cognition.
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District Leadership Conference 2006 in Stillwater, OK was a great success! Within one weekend your district officers worked with officers from around the country and started planning their direction for the year. Throughout the weekend 6 District Presidents, 14 District Officers, 6 District Counselors, 1 CFR, 5 National Officers, and 9 Board of Trustees Members worked together with the National Headquarters Staff to: • teach sorority ideals, • implement leadership strategies, • discuss membership scenarios, • create lines of communication, • foster positive camaraderie (look, I spelled it ), • understand budgeting and hotel contracts, • and most of all, have fun. We also had the chance to work with the Kappa Kappa Psi Governors and District Presidents to form district wide communication plans and convention outlines.
As I’m sure you know from your chapter and your travels, it’s always a party when TBS gets together. It was amazing to put all these officers in a room with a task and listen to the energy. Each person on this leadership team has their own personality and strengths and we are now in a position to work together across districts to make this year a success! Spend some time talking with your district officers about their ideas for the year and watch them light up with enthusiasm. Watch out - it’s contagious. You may catch the bug, run for office and become part of DLC 2007 in Orlando. –Kimbi Sigle
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Working Together and Making Music District Leadership Conferences have changed throughout the years, just ask us. Malinda attended the second and third DLC’s as a District President. She’s attended 13 more as a District Governor and National Officer. Kimbi has attended nine DLC’s over the years as a District President, District Counselor and National Officer. Some years the organizations spent most of their time together working through leadership and planning by district. Some years the fraternity and sorority never had sessions together. This year, Kimbi and Malinda had a chance to craft a wellbalanced weekend that enabled each organization to complete their individual tasks while working together to ensure communication and planning occurred throughout the districts. We also added some music to the mix this year. Governors and Counselors had a few sessions to get to know each other, open lines of communication and to develop plans for their district councils. District Presidents had a chance to work together and start the dialogue for their convention planning. It’s important to realize that you have someone else in your district working on the same things. It’s okay to work together and share ideas and frustrations. One of the highlights of the DLC weekend was a joint effort. We had our very first “DLC Reading Band” session on Saturday night. Special thanks go to Andrea Shafer from OSU. She was instrumental (pun intended) in gathering all the equipment for our traveling musicians. Everyone involved in the weekend, from Board of Trustees members, to CFRs, to National Headquarters staff, to National Officers, to district officers participated. We had a blast making music with each other after a long day of working together. What a way to end a day!! –Kimbi Sigle and Malinda M. Matney, Ph.D.
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10) Meredith Brazzell puts dibs on the potato salad. 11) Lt. Col. Alan Bonner even joined in. 12) Di Spiva with past and present CFRs. 13) Ken Corbett looks on. 14) Guest conductors took turns leading the reading band. 15) Although it wasn't played this antique got a lot of attention. 16) No risk is too great for a great picture. 17) Huddle up KKY. 18) Everyone came together to make the reading band a huge success. 19) Lt. Col. Bonner taking time for a well deserved rest after day 1.
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Ask the VPCM:
Questions about Hazing
By Malinda M. Matney, Ph.D., National VP for Colonization & Membership, KKY
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Over the past year, many of you have asked questions about hazing. Just as in our Virtual Continuing Membership Education Program, we address many of those questions here. Every member has responsibility to ensure that their own activities, and those of their Brothers, don’t become hazing activities. Every chapter should actively plan its membership education and other activities, and regularly check its work with district and national representatives, in order to ensure appropriate and fun activities and to avoid perpetuating hazing. It is always a great time to help your Vice President and Membership Education committee ensure that your MEP this year will comply with all of our policies. Just as in an ensemble, Kappa Kappa Psi’s strength is in our diversity. Hazing seeks to eliminate diversity by targeting those who are different, seeking to enforce needless conformity just for the sake of conformity. That is reason enough to avoid hazing.
the policy. We don’t have a complicated or highly detailed policy. There are examples that illustrate the policy, but nothing that becomes “fine print” or “technicalities.”
• Our candidates are told it is voluntary, and they always Malinda Matney is want to do it. These candidates Senior Research are not in a position to say Associate for the no. They know that there is Division of Student another day coming when a Affairs at the vote will be taken on them. University of That creates a level of coercion, Michigan, and is on in ways that active members faculty at the Center or alumni may not appreciate. for the Study of The general public does tend Higher and to see the coercion. At the Postsecondary same time, since the candidates Education. She may never have seen the received her BA activity, they do not truly in music and know what they are agreeing mathematics from to do. In the absence of that Wichita State knowledge, they cannot consent. University, her A candidate cannot sign away M.Mus. in music his or her rights to be treated history from the with respect with regard to our University of national constitution or our Colorado,and her Ph.D. in Higher and policies, and it is the responsibility of all of our Postsecondary Education from the Brothers to ensure candidates aren’t put into that position. University of I get what you are saying Question: If they say it is OK, Michigan. about the need for knowledge is it hazing then? and consent. You are probably just worried about the lawyers. We’ll just Dr. Matney: My chapter has this great activity that, due to a technicality, is against make a consent form in writing. That the hazing policy as written. However, our will protect us, right? candidates are always told it is voluntary, No. As I mentioned before, candidates and they always want to do it. It isn’t don’t have the true ability to consent, no hazing if they volunteer, right? matter how you ask them to do it. Wrong! Let’s take a look at what this Brother is saying:
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Moreover, hazing is illegal in most states, and a consent form would have no effect. But most importantly, our number one concern is the safety and well-being of our candidates and members. We’ll just do the activity after initiation. That makes things OK, right?
No. Our hazing policy applies to all involved, including candidates, actives, and alumni, whether or not it happens as part of membership education. Don’t think that postponing the activity makes it any less of a hazing activity. Question: Are you trying to take away all the fun? Dr. Matney: You keep harping on hazing, but how else will we build Brotherhood? We need this to bond. I question how “bonded” you are if you are relying on hazing. Hazing is not about bonding, but rather is the ultimate act of disrespect. Hazing is about threats, intimidation, and fear. Why rely on activities that teach disrespect, destroy trust, and often hurt people? Instead, focus on what outcomes you want. • If you enjoy fun from thrills, go to an amusement park, find a ropes course, or start an intramural team. • If you want to teach Brotherhood, spend time discussing the values of Kappa Kappa Psi and what they mean to each of you. The actives should participate as well. • If you want the positive feeling of achievement, find a large project that candidates and actives can do together for the band program. This could be one of those seemingly impossible projects that you all brainstorm a way to complete. You’ll have a tangible product everyone can enjoy for a longer time. Are you just trying to take away all the fun? No. I’m trying to make sure everyone is in on the fun. The point of the MEP is not to entertain actives or alumni at the expense of candidates’ feelings or health. The point of the MEP is to create excellent Brothers and chapters. We all can have more fun if we aren’t treating candidates with disrespect. Question: If it wasn’t a problem 20 years ago, why is it a problem now?
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Click, Click -- Cash! By D.A. Flufftuff
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Morris’ wastebasket – since she opens the mail, her trash is the most interesting! – I read something about CareClicks.
D.A. Flufftuff is a 1998 graduate of “Comfy Couch College” where she majored in lint and minored in fluff. She is a member of Dust Bunnies Local 528759 where she serves as Treasurer. She is the great-great-grand little of P.G. FluffTuff who made the great migration from the office suite at the Seretean Center at OSU (where she resided under the photocopier) to the new offices at Stillwater Station. Having had several articles published in The PODIUM, she is currently working on a romance novel in her spare time.
Do you need to buy a gift for a big Sister or Brother? Feel the need to do a little re-decorating in your room? Want something to read that you won’t be tested on later? Have a big date and nothing to wear? Normally, you hit the mall – but not everyone has a great mall in their neighborhood. So, there is always the internet: eBay, Barnes & Noble, the Gap, J.C. Penney, Best Buy, Expedia, Dell, Staples, Eddie Bauer, Hallmark, etc. Want to donate money to KKΨ or TBΣ, but don’t have any to spare? I have the solution – CareClicks! It costs you nothing but it pays in money to the Fraternity or Sorority.
Simply go to CareClicks at http://www. careclicks.com/group.php?groupID=653 for TBΣ or to http://www.careclicks. com/group.php?groupID=654&catID=8 for KKΨ. Choose a category (like books or clothing) and scroll down the list of merchants. Go to the website and purchase what you need. And then, voila!, some money goes into the national accounts – a percentage of what you spent. How much does it cost you? Nothing! How about that? Help out the Sorority or Fraternity by doing what you do anyway – at no additional cost to you. So when I am ready to buy my next set of running shoes, I'll go to CareClicks to the Reebok Shoe. (Have you ever tried to outrun a vacuum cleaner? I buy only the best running shoes!) I get my shoes and then later Di, the accountant, gets a check from CareClicks. So go check it out and don’t forget to “click”!
from SISTERHOOD Page 7 on the corporation during the lapse of the NCFR program because there wasn’t a person in place to promote our image or market of the organization on a national scale. Financially, the corporation was not able to fund the position. While it was decided to cut the program for the business and corporate aspect, we knew that the sisterhood aspect would suffer, so we looked at areas that counselors and district officers could assist in similar ways to the NCFR by communicating and building the ties of sisterhood. Now, the NCFR position is restored. The corporation is able to support the position and the sisters and brothers also realize more how they can help each other. With the return of the position, the National Council along with those involved in district leadership, have an opportunity to review the program from
a balanced perspective to make it more effective on financial and marketing aspects alongside the needs to support the music service and the sisterhood. In my current position, I work to maintain the balance. I have the same passion and drive for Tau Beta Sigma now as I did as a student. While making the decisions and maintaining the balance are difficult at times, I work within both frames to guarantee others have the great opportunity of being involved in Tau Beta Sigma. My work and that of the leadership of Tau Beta Sigma is towards ensuring that the sisterhood will be here for many years to come so that someone else might learn from these sisters and brothers along with sharing that connection and supporting music. The decisions are hard, but well worth the
effort to see us standing and thriving in growth of membership and chapters while still maintaining quality. When you consider the decisions you make on the chapter and district level, think about the entire scope of Tau Beta Sigma as an organization. View it with the eyes of sisters and brothers as well as members and constituents in a corporation. Weigh the balance each time and decide if you are making decisions solely in the name of sisterhood or solely from a business perspective. Strive to maintain the balance between both facets of the Sorority. I ask that each member realize that each action they take can reflect on both the corporation and the sisterhood.
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WOMEN’S CLINIC A SUCCESS
DOVER, DE. - We, the ladies of the Eta Iota chapter of Tau Beta Sigma held our second women’s clinic March 31, 2006April 1, 2006. This proved to be a great success. Being part of a male-dominated band, we feel that the young ladies who do participate in the band program sometimes go unnoticed and unappreciated. This was designed to show them not only are they appreciated in the band arena, but also to find ways to make our (women) presence more noticeable. We started off the evening with introductions of all the members in the chapter as well as a brief overview of what Tau Beta Sigma is all about. Then, we had an ice breaker to make all the ladies feel more comfortable and to ensure that everyone in the room was familiar with one another. Once this ended, the lemon squeeze began. This proved to be very affective. We not only talked about such topics as the woman’s role in the band, but we also talked about other life issues such as life at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and why it seems that women dislike each other. At the conclusion of the squeeze, we reconvened in a sister’s apartment, where we dined on pizza and chips and watched movies. The next morning, many of the girls that attended felt that Tau Beta Sigma was indeed there for them. They stated that because of this event, they felt closer to us due to the way we personally opened ourselves up to them. Everyone left with a smile on their face, and the Eta Iota chapter definitely was happy about our program, and can not wait to put on our third women’s clinic. -Andrea Guinn, Member, TBS, Eta Iota, Delaware State University
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ATHENS, OH. - It has been a busy year
for our chapter this year and I wanted to catch you up a little on what’s been going on here at Ohio University. One of the service projects we did this year was we
donated daily supplies such as shampoo, hairbrushes, soaps, to one of our local organizations in Athens. We also donated old text books to another organization here in Athens. One of our major service projects this year was collecting music books, instruments, and folders to donate to the schools in Mississippi who lost everything. We collected the items throughout the year and finally were able to send them to Mississippi during Spring Quarter. We were satisfied with how the projects turned out. I look forward to updating everyone on what our chapter is doing throughout the year. -Jennie Standish, Member, TBS, Alpha Delta, Ohio University
we had two different slide shows. The first was a compilation of pictures that we had taken of the contestants during rehearsals as well as when they were fund-raising. The next showed our chapter providing service to the band over the fall semester. Each slide show was well put together and the audience loved it. While the judges tallied the scores, our chapter as well as the Iota Xi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi had the opportunity to party hop to entertain the crowd. In the end, we not only had a wonderful fund-raiser for the year, we were able to award a deserving young man a scholarship and begin an excellent tradition. Hopefully next years production will be even better! - Stephanie Conway, Member, TBS, Epsilon Sigma, Norfolk State University
OUR INAUGURAL MR. TAU BETA SIGMA SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT NORFOLK, VA. - This year we decided to have our first Mr. Tau Beta Sigma Scholarship pageant. The idea had been floating around for a while, but we did not quite have the manpower to put on a quality show. The contestants competed for the grand prize which was the title of Mr. Tau Beta Sigma. The grand prize winner won a $250 scholarship, and will assist our chapter for public, social, and/or service activities. Mr. Epsilon Sigma is the runner-up title who received $50. Finally the second runner up received a $25 gift certificate to Applebee's. The pageant consisted of seven different categories: Opening Act/Inroductions, Casual, Talents, School Spirit, Group Talent, Zodiac, and Formal. Each category was judged, and an award was given to the person in each category who scored the highest. We decided in addition to having individual talents, the contestants would participate in a group talent to show that they worked together to perform. This was a great idea, and the guys did an excellent job performing Soul For Real’s “Candy Rain”. In between each category,
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Get EXCITED about Kappa Kappa Psi Programs By Derrick Mills, National Vice President for Programs, KKY
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have said it before all across the country and I will say it again... it is a very exciting time to be a member of Kappa Kappa Psi! We have continued to grow in our membership and in our capabilities to serve college bands.
district officers and Adam Cantley, national vice president for student affairs, to talk about the service showcase. Many of the district presidents knew that the service showcase project was important, but didn’t realize its total intention.
able to produce this brochure. I challenge you to help make this program work.
November National Month of Musicianship: Celebrate our founding with music!
The service showcase is Derrick Mills is a 1998 One example began nearly a intended to be a marketing tool decade ago when the fraternity graduate of The Ohio for college and university bands State University and an set aside funds towards alumni of the Eta Chapter that do not have Kappa Kappa leadership development and Psi. Chapters are to perform of KKY. He currently is Vice President and scholarship. We have just outstanding service projects Shop Foreman of Page recently had our first series for their band and submit that Construction General of very successful leadership paperwork to National Contractor Company symposiums. The possibilities Headquarters. All submissions in Columbus, Ohio. and vision of our membership are to be considered by the are endless. We have developed programs national council to be in the fraternity that are making a “showcased” in a difference, with the leadership symposium high-end glossy being just one example. One year into the brochure to colleges biennium, we have set in motion several and university band new and revised programs that you should programs that do not find exciting. I would like to highlight have KKY. If your two: Service Showcase and the November chapter is included in the National Month of Musicianship. showcase, the national chapter will make a monetary donation in your chapter’s name to your band program. Service Showcase: Get involved
This past February, the National Council and Board of Trustees met for strategic planning. One of the goals was to emphasize the importance of musicianship in our fraternity. The National Council declared November as the National Month of Musicianship. November is the month of our fraternity founding, which makes it natural to focus on musicianship and college bands. The National Council encourages you to do something musical together. Some examples would be to go to a concert together, conduct a reading band, and perform an unscheduled service project. There are numerous possibilities for you to celebrate music. Take pictures of your chapter celebrating musicianship and submit them to National Headquarters for a feature article in the Spring 2007 edition of The PODIUM.
The Service Showcase has been a source of confusion for the last few years. The program was announced during the 2001-2003 biennium and has unfortunately not really achieved its original goal.
I have only touched on a few of the programs that are going on in KKY. More can be found on www.kkpsi.org. There are several ways you can get involved, don’t miss out on this exciting time!
The possibilities and vision of our membership are endless.
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The perception that evolved was that the service showcase is another award.... its much more important. We need your chapter thinking big on service to band. Conduct a dynamic service project for your band, submit a service showcase application, and you will be helping not only your band program but Kappa Kappa Psi as a whole. To this day, we have not been
Have You Preserved Your Petitioning Document Lately? By Dollie McDonald, National Vice President for Special Projects, TBS
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au Beta Sigma for Greater Bands! Forever! 60 years of service! Where we started, where are we and where are we going?!?! These are some of the thoughts that come to mind when I think of “preserving our archives.” Tau Beta Sigma has nationally taken on the task of “Project Restoration Archives” and there has been a great response to this project!
Dollie McDonald is a 2000 graduate of the University of Arkansas. She is a Life Member of the Psi Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma and an Honorary Member of KKY National Chapter, an Honorary of TBS - Alpha Chapter; and an Honorary of KKY - Lambda Chapter. Dollie currently works for Career Centers of Texas - Fort Worth Campus in the Career Services Department.
Last fall a Project Archive Committee was formed and our first mission: acid free boxes to store our petitioning documents for all chapters. We have had chapters and alumni from all over the country come to the National Headquarters and put in time and work in the archives. The process is going through ALL petitioning documents and matching with an acid free box to fit, storing it in the designated box and putting these in Greek alphabetical order. There is a huge appreciation for all parties who have put forth the effort and expertise to help in this first step. This has been a huge undertaking and the response from actives and alumni alike have been FANTASTIC! We have had
donations from about 50 chapters either paying for themselves or for another chapter’s petitioning document and from 3 alumni members of the sorority paying for various chapters (active and inactive). I would also like to especially recognize the Western District and Midwest District for taking this national project for your own district and having every box purchased from your district for both active and inactive chapters! What a phenomenal response and commitment to restoring our sorority’s archives.
We have only just begun, but have made great progress thus far. We are not done yet and there is still time to donate to this project either your time or money. Stay tuned for the next phases of our restoration archives and how we can all stay involved with preserving our history. Thanks to the sisters and brothers who have donated time and money to restore every single chapter’s petitioning document, so in another 60 years, we can look back and say “Wow, they did that 120+ years ago?!” Tau Beta Sigma For Greater Bands! Forever!
Above: Members of the Psi Chapter from Arkansas lend a hand with Project Archives. Left: Randy and Andrea of the Alpha Chapter in Oklahoma also pitch in with the archives at the National Headquarters.
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ENCORE!
Milestones Alumni Milestones Official Publication of the National Alumni Association
Kris "bRavoE" Aoki (KKY - Iota Alpha) and Marisa "Mystik" Garcia (TBS - Eta Omega) were married July 8, 2006.
Tony "Q'ayle" Stevens (KKY - Iota Alpha) and Linda "Lady Kluck" Lopez were married May 27, 2006. bRavoE, Mystik and their little sister Kathi "Otys" Hernandez (TBS - Eta Omega)
NAA Board of Directors 2005-2007 Biennium
Chair Programs Treasurer Membership Secretary
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Heather Mackey Darius Cureton Kelly Eidson Amanda Grace Lansing Dimon Matt Drase Sue Carr
“Mississippi or Bust”
By Kathlin Pearson, Corresponding Sec. 2006-'07, James Madison University, KKY, Eta Omicron
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he brothers of Eta Omicron conducted an instrument drive during our spring semester. At first, we planned to give these instruments to our local schools, but soon we began to gather a large amount of instruments and music. Our Vice President of Service, Claire Bennefeld, and one of JMU’s graduate assistants, Sarah Golden, had the wonderful idea of donating to the victims of Katrina. Each brother did their best to contact their old school and use the connections that they had to collect as much as possible. We then ended our collection on one Saturday when we held a huge instrument drive on the quad. It went from 9am to 5pm and we even had Q101, a local radio station, promoting our cause. In the end, we received 81 instruments, 87 boxes of music, 4 sets of uniforms, and other accessories such as mouthpieces, valve oils, etc. A local music shop volunteered to repair all of the donated instruments free of charge and even threw in extra parts! A band directors association in Mississippi helped review the schools that needed the most help and chose D’Iberville Middle School and St. Martins Middle School. On May 10th at approximately 6:30am, 11 brothers, 1 friend, and 1 JMU graduate assistant left Harrisonburg, VA for Tupelo, MS. With “honk for HOs”, “Mississippi or bust”, and “Honk for music”, we set off on our way. We reached our destination 12 hours later, after many honks, car leap frog, and gas stops. Our graduate assistant Sarah Golden lives in Tupelo and she and her family generously offered the brothers her home.
The next day we went to Ripley high school where the band director volunteered to lend us his trailer and drive our 10,000 pounds of donations down to the coast. We left the next day at 3am for the 6 hour trip down to the coast. Both middle schools were completely destroyed and the middle school students are now learning in nearby schools. We dropped off everything at a high school nearby so that we could split everything and keep it somewhere safe. Since there were so many more students per school, many schools have put in temporary learning trailers to accommodate and there was no room for all of the new instruments and music. We took a short trip to see the remnants of St. Martins Middle school. It was breathtaking. There were lights hanging by wires, papers strewn everywhere, ceiling boards gone, and all the looks of the terrible disaster still lingering. We then went to visit the students of St. Martins. When we told the students and directors what was being given to them, it was truly priceless. The director’s eyes were full of tears and the students were so excited that they
would have enough instruments for every person. We then set off for Tupelo again. We spent one last night in Mississippi and then took the long trip home. After the people on the coast of Mississippi had learned how to survive, they now needed to move on to fulfilling other aspects of their lives. Just as the students had moved to a new school and began to learn, they too needed to fulfill their need and joy for music. It was an amazing trip, and hopefully we helped spread the joy of band music to those people who had been most devastated.
Above: Destroyed instruments and music. Bottom left: moving in the instruments, uniforms, and music. Bottom right: Eta Omicron with Ripley's Band Director
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Summer Leadership Symposia By Adam Cantley, National VP for Student Affairs , KKY
This summer, brothers of This workshop, developed by Kappa Kappa Psi had the Past National President Dr. first chance to attend the Kirk Randazzo, takes the Kappa Kappa Psi Summer lessons we learn in our final Leadership Symposia. This steps to becoming brothers program was in response to and turns them into tangible a several different desires and usable resources to help create that we heard from our dynamic and empowered leaders in student membership. First, our fraternity and our bands. The students wanted more other idea behind this focus is that Adam Cantley is a 2003 programming on leadership. graduate of West Virginia our members are most familiar University and a Life Brothers across the country with the Ritual. If we can present Member of the Omicron wanted to see our national information through a few simple Chapter of KKPsi. He is organization offering more themes from the Ritual, then the currently a graduate student at Oklahoma State probability chances to explore leadership University in College not only in Kappa Kappa of retention Student Development. Psi, but also in band and in among the their daily lives. The other request was to attendees increases. have more opportunities for national Our first session was interaction. Aside from national convention, held in Louisville, many brothers do not have the chance to Kentucky on June meet brothers outside of their own chapters 17th, with well over or districts. These Symposia would offer 100 brothers in an opportunity for brothers to interact on a attendance from five national level and share ideas with a broader districts. The event set of brothers in a face to face setting. was facilitated by The curriculum was initially designed Past National Presidents Dr. Kirk Randazzo around the lessons of our Ritual and is and Scott Stowell as well as Past SED entitled “Building Success from our Governor Chris Haughee. “The Symposium Foundation.” Our Ritual is one of the main was a great experience to look at brotherhood ties that truly binds us across the nation. in a new way and address current problems that arise in almost The Leadership Symposium was a great opportunity in every chapter,” said a non-National Convention year to interact with other NED Alumni Brothers from around the country and learn some new Liaison Kelsey and fascinating insights on leadership through the Ritual. Fraiser, “It was also a fun small-scale There were many lessons that were easily adaptable to weekend to bond our own Chapters and our own situations. with brothers across -Ed Savoy- NED President, Eta Omicron the United States who you would not normally have the chance to meet and get to know.” Many brothers took time in the evening to explore Louisville, go bowling, and just enjoy each others company. The second session took place just outside of Dallas, Texas in Irving. This event was facilitated by Past
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National President Dr. Kirk Randazzo, National Vice President for Colonization and Membership Dr. Malinda Matney, and National Vice President for Student Affairs Adam Cantley. This event was attended by over 50 brothers from five districts as well, meaning that all districts of Kappa Kappa Psi were represented at the Symposia. Joe Panzer, a brother from the Alpha Chapter of
Kappa Kappa Psi said, “The Dallas Symposium really gave me a chance to look at the Ritual from a new perspective. It was amazing to see how many practical and useful things we sometimes fail to see right in front of us.” Some of our participants went as a group to see Pirates of the Caribbean, while others experienced their first trip to Taco Bueno. Overall, we have received a positive response by the students who attended these programs. The National Council of Kappa Kappa Psi would like to commend all students who participated in the 2006 Summer Leadership Symposia, “Building Success from Our Foundation.” This summer marked our first year offering this program to our entire student population, and you, as students, will be vital to its success in the future. The National Council views this project as changing to meets our changing needs; so if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to pass them to myself or Dr. Kirk Randazzo so that this program will continue to grow along with Kappa Kappa Psi.
Building Leaders:
Stepping In & Stepping Up
By Dawn Farmer, National VP for Communication & Recognition , TBS s school starts in cape and special x-ray vision the fall, we resume powers. But nonetheless, there our routines. are expectations that need to be There are classes, upheld. If you have a Sister or rehearsals, jobs, Brother in your chapter that is homework, papers, meetings, holding an office and seems to be more rehearsals, and more overwhelmed, you might want to homework. Life gets busy ask them if there is anything they pretty fast. And at that can delegate to you. Hopefully, point, we try to balance all they will be happy to have the Dawn Farmer is a 2002 graduate of the University help and they are able to give you of our tasks. Most of us are of Arizona. She is a Life fairly successful at juggling a project or part of the workload. Member of the Omega these duties. We somehow This way, you are helping out Chapter of TBS and an manage to make it to all your friend and your chapter, and Honorary Member of the Psi Chapter of KKY. also being a positive leader and of our band rehearsals, She currently is a music participate in meetings and role model. education graduate chapter activities, go to class student at the University There are also times when an officer and do our assignments, hold of Maryland. has to leave their office due to other down a job, and all of the reasons. When a replacement is other things we need to do. But sometimes, appointed or elected mid-term, this can be there is just too much. And sometimes we intimidating for the new officer. They are watch as our friends struggle to get it all stepping into an office that most likely has done. At these times, it can affect an entire left over work that needs to be completed chapter if an officer is one of those people who or caught up, and they are joining other are bogged down in commitments and work. officers who have already had a chance to But what do we do when we see that happening? work together and form bonds. I know this Officers are people, too. And giving them because as I entered the VPCR position a title doesn’t mean they also get a cool mid-biennium, I felt many different
emotions. I was super excited to be working for Tau Beta Sigma on the National level, and with people who I respect. But at the same time, there was a lot of work to be done. And I was just about move across the country and start grad school. But it was time to step in and step up. There was a job that needed to be done, and I knew I could be fantastic at it. So I signed on. Sometimes leadership opportunities fall into our laps, but many times we need to go looking for them. Take advantage of running for offices at the chapter and district level. Or head a committee or big project. You can try out for section leader or drum major. Be an active part of your chapter by being reliable and hard working. I think the best and most effective way to be a strong leader is to be the example all of the time; constantly model good work ethic, dependability, friendship, and love. Even the most silent of people can be strong leaders, if they lead with an open mind and big heart. Find your way to step in and step up and contribute positively to your chapter, your band, your school, and to yourself. I hope that everyone has a great start to the year, I wish you well. Yay Band!
Brooks/Isham Performing Arts Center By Meredith Brazzell, Chapter Field Representative, TBS Mary Lu Brooks, Tau Beta Sigma National President from 1965-1967, was honored last year when the Central Consolidated School District #22 in New Mexico voted to name a new Performing Arts Center
after her. She was the band director in Kirtland, NM, from 1963-1978, before leaving to teach in Gallup, NM. The new building is called the Brooks/Isham Performing Arts Cente, named for Mary Lu Brooks and Janet Isham, who taught with her for over two years, then succeeded her as the band director in Kirtland. The dedication ceremony was held on September 23, 2005.
Mary Lu Brooks standing in front of the Brooks/Isham Performing Arts Center in New Mexico.
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National Scholarship for Outstanding Student Leader
Marcy Wilhelm
Marcy Wilhelm, a member of the Epsilon Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, was awarded the 2006 National Scholarship for Outstanding Student Leaders. As a student at Butler University, Marcy has been active in several activities and organizations. She served her band program as the uniform chair and also was the saxophone section coordinator. In Tau Beta Sigma, she has held the office of Vice President and Recording Secretary. Marcy has also been a part of the campus yearbook staff and is currently the Editor in Chief of that publication. She also works for the campus’ online news source. A double major in journalism and Spanish, Marcy is a native of Indiana. After graduation, she hopes to return to her hometown of Fort Wayne and start her career. She has participated in both the marching and pep bands at Butler as an alto saxophonist, and also enjoys reading, writing and listening to music. Congratulations, Marcy, on receiving this honor!
Conn-Selmer University 2006 By Robert Louis Bryant III, Delta Iota, Florida A&M University, KKY,
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n looking back on CSU 2006, I can honestly say that it was the most extraordinary learning experience of my life. It will take me a full year, at least, to truly incorporate what I learned last June (just in time for Conn-Selmer Institute 2007). Three major factors contributed to this remarkable outcome. First, the faculty of CSU were all outstanding and their workshops changed the way I view myself as a teacher. Faculty the likes of Alfred Watkins, David Gregory, Peter Boonshaft, Paula Crider, and of course Dr. Tim, helped me to grow as a future band director by providing both direction and insight into teaching. They did all of this with kindness and supportive sensitivity. Second, the playing dialogue opportunities were extraordinary - in four days I was engaged with more personal dialogue than most people get the chance to have at any similar conference. The skull sessions we had every night with the faculty were priceless, and it gave the attendees an opportunity to ask more personal question to guest clinicians on very specific issues that we all face as music teachers.
Lastly, the comradeship was wonderful. I have never been thrown together with a nicer more open group of intensely committed musicians and teachers. There were band directors, choir directors, orchestra directors, professional musicians, and music business leaders and CEOs. Nowhere else in the world could you go and find such a dynamic group of people dedicated to the betterment of music education. Every single aspect of CSU, from the housing facilities to the gourmet buffet meals, was paramount in its presentation. The intensity level was through the roof (but what else do you expect with Dr. Tim directing the institute) and the atmosphere was friendly, exciting, and enjoyable. I encourage everyone to invest in their future as a musician, music teacher, or advocate for music and music education by attending next year’s Conn-Selmer Institute. It will be a decision that will pay dividends for your continued growth and commitment to music education in America.
Robert Louis Bryant III standing with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, during his time at Conn-Selmer University.
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Dr. Matney: You were an active 20 years ago. You probably had a few activities happen to you that are now in our hazing policy. Why is it bad now? Hazing was a bad idea then, too. We know much more now about the risks and dangers of hazing, and about the damage hazing does. As a Fraternity, “Striving for the Highest” means learning from the past to create a smarter future. We know that more people wish to cause harm (intentionally or unintentionally) than most would believe. Part of improving the Fraternity experience means lowering the possibility for harm. In addition to these important reasons, we forbid hazing because when members haze, chapters lose focus on the core of Kappa Kappa Psi: the college band. Nothing about hazing honors band members, strengthens service, teaches leadership, or provides a positive social experience. Hazing breaks individuals, chapters, and bands. Hey, Dr. Matney, doesn’t the National Council have better things to do than go on the warpath about hazing? Yes we do, but we can’t do those things while hazing occurs. We cannot ignore the threat that hazing perpetuates. • Hazing chases away great prospective members who have too much self-respect to be hazed. • Hazing threatens our future as an organization by weakening our future leadership and destroying chapters. • Hazing – even by just a few individuals – extracts a price from all of us. Our insurance premiums could rise, as they did this fall, directly affecting your dues. This puts the Fraternity’s financial foundation at risk. • If you haze, you put our national organization at risk. Every time we respond to allegations of hazing, our resources and the time of our volunteer leaders and our HQ staff is diverted towards the investigating and resolving the hazing allegations instead of developing our national programs and promoting the Fraternity. Your careless action could stop the promotion of college bands nationally. You have the power to decide that our college bands will have a bright future. Use that power accordingly.
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Article by: Dr. Joan deAlbuquerque I was honored to be the “Women in Music” speaker at the Tau Beta Sigma Western District Conference in Ontario, California on Saturday, April 1, 2006. It was such a wonderful occasion that I was asked to highlight some of the things I spoke about at the Conference which included my experiences as a conductor and highlighted some issues and advice for women conductors. The article below contains some of that lecture including my personal suggestions: COMMON CHARACTERISTICS FOR ALL CONDUCTORS Literature – Choosing literature is one of the most difficult yet important things I do. The challenge is selecting literature that is demanding yet attainable for your group. It is helpful for the young teacher (and the experienced teacher alike) to have a guide to good literature. One source is the GIA series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. (Also available is the same series written for Choral, Orchestra, and coming soon Jazz Band). Each volume contains works listed by difficulty (grade levels 2-6) and study guides are included for each piece. CDs of the pieces are also available for grade levels 2-4. I have written a few study guides in the band volumes 4, 5, and 6 as well as one in the Teaching Music Through Performing Marches. These series are available at the GIA Publications web site at www.giamusic.com. Teaching As A Career – Personally I have found teaching to be a very fulfilling and rewarding career and I applaud all who choose this as a profession. Through our students’ responses to our instruction, we are constantly challenged by our students to improve our teaching. It is critical that we continue to evaluate our own teaching. This can be done through a variety of ways including periodically video-taping a rehearsal or having a colleague give you feedback on your pacing and teaching techniques.
Graduate Study - My strongest advice for students considering graduate study is to do research into music programs including the main instructors. It is important to find a professor who you are comfortable with because you will spend a good deal of personal and professional time with this mentor. SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR WOMEN CONDUCTORS Hair style – Some women, including myself, enjoy having long hair. This is a problem when conducting for those seated on the sides of the ensemble because they can’t see our facial expressions. Pulling our hair back into a ponytail or up with a headband is important while conducting. Personal Attire – I never wear nail polish when conducting because bright polish can be distracting to our ensemble. The goal is for my group to watch the tip of my baton and the gestures of my left hand – not my fingernails. Along those same lines, I avoid wearing rings, bracelets, and watches. I do wear a small necklace and small earrings. Again, I try to wear things that are feminine yet not distracting. I find that I carry myself differently when in casual clothes versus dress clothes. I choose to dress professionally at all times while conducting. Make-up – Although some women choose not to wear make-up, I enjoy it and use it to my advantage. In my conducting, facial expressions are very important and make-up enhances some of my expressions. Mascara is a plus! It helps to widen the eyes to our ensemble. Lining the lips with a lip pencil and adding lipstick can open the expressions of your mouth. No matter what gender, the most important thing is to be a musician first. My best advice is above all, work hard, love your students, and be good at what you do.
Joan deAlbuquerque, Associate Director of Bands at California State University, Long Beach was appointed to the Music faculty in 2003. Dr. deAlbuquerque conducts the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, teaches conducting and assists in the supervision of student teachers. Professor deAlbuquerque earned a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music in wind conducting from Michigan State University, where she was a student of John Whitwell. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting from the University of North Texas, as a student of Eugene Migliaro Corporon. Dr. Sonja Giles, Women in Music Speaker, MWD, Ames, IA: Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Alabama Master of Music in Flute Performance is from the University of Iowa Doctorate in Flute at University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor of Flute, Sonja Giles has appeared as a recitalist, chamber musician, and educator at a variety of venues across the United States and in Russia. She has appeared as a soloist with the Kalingrad Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Iowa State University Wind Ensemble, Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra, and on numerous occasions with the Iowa State University Orchestra.
Dr. Linda Dzuris, Women in Music Speaker, SED, Clemson, SC: • Doctor of Musical Arts (Church Music), • Master of Music (Performance-Organ), with highest honors • Bachelor of Music (Performance-Organ), Dr. Linda Dzuris is an Assistant Professor of Music and University Carillonneur in the Department of Performing Arts at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Dr. Dzuris continues to grow the carillon program that she developed upon arriving in 1999 through publicity and recruitment/retention of students. Dr. Dzuris teaches courses such as CU Carillonneurs, applied carillon, applied organ, Music in the Western World, Introduction to Performing Arts, etc. as needed by the department, and perform regularly on the 47-bell carillon.
Sue Hoskins Sergi, Women in Music Speaker, NCD, Charleston, WV: Sue Hoskins Sergi is the President and CEO of the Clay Center for Performing Arts & Sciences. She is responsible for upholding the values and ethical principles of the Clay Center. She is also responsible for establishing the strategic direction of the organization and implementing a tactical plan to achieve the goals of the Ms. Sergi is on the executive committee of the Association of Community Grantmakers, a member of the Board of Directors of FestivALL Charleston, a member of the Concord College Foundation, St. Albans High School Foundation, Vandalia Rotary and Arts Advocates of West Virginia. She is a graduate of Leadership WV. Ms. Sergi was recognized by the Charleston YWCA as a Woman of Achievement and by the West Virginia Womens’ Commission as the Woman of the Year in Arts in 2005 Board of Directors.
Dr. Sarah McKoin, Director of Bands, Texas Tech University, SWD: • Women in Music Speaker, Lubbock, TX • Dr. McKoin holds her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin • As well as degrees from Wichita State University and Michigan State University
Dr. Lisa Rogers, Women in Music Speaker, SWD, Lubbock, TX: Lisa Rogers is Associate Professor of Percussion Studies at Texas Tech University where she teaches applied studies as well as directs ensembles such as the Texas Tech Steel Drum Band. She attended Southwest Texas State University and Texas Tech University for her undergraduate and graduate studies. Rogers received a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Oklahoma.
Johnella L. Edmonds, Women in Music Speaker, NED, Petersburg, VA: Music Educator and Choral Conductor for Virginia State University, Johnnella Lucas-Edmonds of Fredericksburg, Virginia, is assistant professor of music education and choral music in the Department of Music, Art and Design at Virginia State University. She received the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Howard University and the Master of Music degree (piano performance) from The Catholic University of America. She is director of the Virginia State University Concert Choir, a position she assumed in 1984. Under her leadership, the choir has presented concerts in several prestigious venues including the Virginia Music Educators Association’s state conference, Hot Springs, Virginia; Southern Division of the Music Educators National Conference, Louisville, KY; National Black Music Caucus Biennial Conference (now National Association for the Study and Performance of African-American Music).
Rogers released her first compact disc recording, Paint Me a Sky, in January 2000 for solo vibraphone. Her second compact disc recording, Images, is soon to be released featuring new works for vibraphone in solo and chamber settings. Currently, Rogers serves as Associate Research Editor and Selected Reviews Author for Percussive Notes. Additionally, she is the Executive Secretary of the Percussive Arts Society and Historian for the Society. Lisa Rogers is an Educational/Product Consultant for the Pro-Mark Corporation and Artist/Endorser for Bergerault-U.S.A., Professional Division of Peripole-Bergerault, Inc.
Dr. Sarah McKoin is the Director of Bands at Texas Tech University and Associate Professor of Music as well as Director of the Wind Ensemble at the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, North Carolina. Dr. McKoin conducts the Texas Tech University Wind Ensemble and teaches all levels of conducting and wind literature. She is entering her ninth summer in residence at the Brevard Music Center where she serves on the conducting faculty and conducts the Transylvania Wind Ensemble comprised of college-aged musicians from throughout the country.
Jack K. Lee Remembered by the University of Arizona
ack Lee was a man with a huge influence on the band world; a former Grand National President of Kappa Kappa Psi, Lee composed “Bear Down Arizona,” the Arizona fight song, as well as over eighty pieces for concert and symphonic bands. During his tenure as the University of Arizona director of bands he was renowned for his progressive and innovated marching influence across the nation. But more than a band director, Jack was a teacher, a mentor, a friend, and a wonderful person. It was for those reasons that the School of Music at the University of Arizona decided to put on a memorial concert for him after his death on December 23, 2005. It was a way to remember his music, his teaching, and his friendship for those that knew and loved him. But the Omega chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma wanted to further honor Jack Lee, a bandsman that had been so influential in our own histories. They decided to do this by holding a luncheon for his friends and family, prior to the concert, and donating all profits to the foundation established in his name. The newly established “Bear Down Foundation” will provide scholarship assistance to UA Band Students. Beginning in early January, every past band member of UA, was informed that the UA Bands would be hosting this event before the Jack Lee Memorial Concert. Around 40 people were in attendance at the Jack Lee Memorial Luncheon - mostly close friends, family, and former students. The alumni ate together and shared stories of the past, remembering “the good old days” when Jack ran the band. While Jack’s music played in the background, Bruce Collell and Shirlee Bertolini, UA Band alumni and friends of Jack Lee, stood and spoke to the group about what Jack had meant to them. At the end, a video of his legacy was shown as his music continued to play in the background. The Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma representatives thanked the alumni for coming, and the alumni asked if we could sing the Alma Mater together. We promptly moved into a circle and put
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our arms around each other to sing. It was an amazing moment, as generations of Jack Lee’s students sang “All Hail” in memory of Jack, followed by a rousing chorus of “Here Comes the Band.” The luncheon was a great success, and the alumni were thrilled that we gathered them together so that they could properly honor Jack as they remembered him. Immediately following the luncheon, everyone attended the Memorial Concert in Centennial Hall on the UA Campus. The concert was a mix of great music and great memories. The UA Wind played favorite songs of Jack’s by Sousa and Shostakovich and also music written by Jack Lee such as “You Are My Ecstasy.” The Pep Band, marched in and out of Centennial Hall playing “Bear Down,” and the Alumni Band played the Alma Mater beautifully. The concert ended with a joint performance of the Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony, playing Shostakovich’s Finale to Symphony no. 5. Between pieces, friends and family stood on stage and shared their memories of Jack to the audience. His presence as not only a leader in music, but also on a political and patriotic level was displayed during the concert held as part of the Memorial. Gregg Hanson, current UA band director and former Western District Governor organized the event along with help from the UA Band department and the Omega chapters. Lee’s family received over a hundred
letters of support and testament to his influence including those from the President of the United States, Governor of Arizona, and countless other celebrities and political figures.Several of these were read after the performance. After the concert and reading of letters, those in attendance were witnesses to a very special moment in Kappa Kappa Psi history, as Jack K. Lee’s dying wishes were carried out. His ring given to him as Grand National President was passed down to his son, John Lee. After the concert, Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma Omega hosted a reception for the hundreds of people in attendance. Follwing the reception, David Sussman, the Alumni Secretary of Kappa Kappa Psi, Omega, started the Memorial ritual of Kappa Kappa Psi to honor Jack Lee. Alumni of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma were in attendance as well as family and close friend of Jack Lee. John Lee, Jack Lee’s son, was especially touched by the ceremony and wrote thanking us for providing the ceremony. Many other alumni informed chapter members and the UA Band department that this was a moving ceremony. A day in honor of Jack Lee was the perfect tribute to a mentor, father, friend, band director, brother, and inspiration to thousands. In Memory of Jack Lee 1921-2005
Photograph of Brothers, Sisters, friends and family who attended the post-concert Memorial ritual.
Becoming the Vital Many:
Building a Chapter Where Everyone Is Involved
By Phil Rubin, Chapter Field Representative, KKY On the road and on the phone, the most common questions I get from chapter leaders go like this: How do we motivate people? How do we get everyone involved, instead of a handful doing all the work? How do we get more than just a couple brothers or sisters to speak in meetings? Motivation is a common problem in all cooperative groups – even fraternities and sororities like ours.
Phil Rubin is a 2005 graduate of the University of Georgia in International Affairs and Political Science. He is a Life Member of the Kappa Mu Chapter of KKY and an Honorary Member of the Alpha Chapter of TBS.
This situation even has a few different names, including the Pareto Principle and the 80-20 Rule. The latter is because in groups, the theory holds, roughly eighty percent of work is done by roughly twenty percent of the people. Does that seem familiar? I don’t think that’s what we want this to be. The theory has another name: the Law of the Vital Few – saying that in a group, there’s a select few that really matter. But Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma are far better than that: All of our brothers and sisters matter -- from national officers to new initiates. That’s the point, and its absence is the root of apathy in our chapters.
I’ve seen chapters try everything to get people to show up – fines, points systems, harsh attendance policies, and guilt trips – but these are no substitute for the real solution: creating a chapter that treats every single person as important. Everyone has to matter, and what’s more: everyone has to know they matter. So how do we do this?
The first key is democracy. How are the decisions made in your chapter? Does everyone have a say in the direction of the chapter, or do a few officers simply inform everyone of when to show up and how to dress? Is there an atmosphere that everyone can offer their own suggestions in chapter meetings, or are meetings simply information sessions? Are the rules consistent, or does the chapter constantly ignore rules it finds inconvenient? Consistency and openness are important parts of democracy. The second key is delegation. Who leads service projects in your chapter? Is it one person who runs every single one, or are they spread out among many people? Having a service chair or service vice-president is great – even essential – but that person need not run every project: five service projects means five opportunities to promote leadership. The service chair can simply coordinate the five leaders. This all applies to fundraisers, musical events – anything. Give people the chance to lead and they’ll realize that they make a difference. Plus, you’ll be training new leaders.
Making the most Look at it like this: have of it means you ever skipped class? If you have, think back to the stepping up, and decision you made to do it. helping everyone Did your absence harm that class? It probably didn’t affect else to step up anyone but you. And if it with you. would have hurt them, you probably wouldn’t have skipped.
Now, think about your chapter. Are there people who feel that way about their importance in the chapter? Are there people who think they won’t be missed if they don’t show up? Do people in your chapter not speak up with ideas because they don’t think what they say matters or that it will have an impact, or even that anyone will care?
The third key is attitude. Does the leadership treat people like they matter? Do they listen? Do they promote the idea that the chapter belongs to everyone in it? If you’re an officer or leader in your chapter, make sure you do. If you’re not an officer or leader yet, expect nothing less from your
leadership than that they will reach out to understand how the brothers or sisters feel about things and act accordingly. Tolerate only a leadership that seeks to help people succeed – not to succeed in spite of people. Recognize also that your time as an active member is fleeting, and at no other time will you be able to help your band as directly as you can right now. Making the most of it means stepping up, and helping everyone else to step up with you. Democracy, Delegation, and Attitude. Make everyone matter and I promise, they’ll give it all the effort you could ever ask for and more – all without fines or punishments or threats. There’s a theory that in any group, there are a Vital Few that really matter most. Then there’s Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma: we’re better than that. We can create a Vital Many. And in doing so, we can serve our chapters – and our bands – better than ever before.
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I discovered just how much I had really missed being in a band again. Before long, my passion for music was rekindled. I found myself discovering and joining ensembles as if there was no tomorrow, and it was so much fun! Now, I’ve moved on from the Plano Community Band, but still play in many other ensembles. There is music after you walk the stage! Maybe it’s in a community band, small ensemble, or a church group. Maybe it’s just you and a few friends getting together to jam for a little bit. I would encourage you to seek out the opportunities that are there and waiting for you. Never forget your love of music and the joy it brings to those around you! Where to find more information about community bands: The Association of Community Bands (www.acbands.org) Community colleges and universities may have information about bands in the area.
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We salute our 2006 Women In Music Speakers for TBS
Thank you for ReMembering Tau Beta Sigma on its 60th Anniversary! We appreciate your gift to our future:
• In honor of Dr. Sonja Giles, Iowa State University - 2006 Midwest District Convention Women In Music Speaker • In honor of Johnnella Edmonds, Virginia State University - 2006 Northeast District Convention Women In Music Speaker • In honor of Sue Sergi, CEO, Clay Center of Performing Arts & Sciences - 2006 North Central District Convention Women In Music Speaker • In honor of Dr. Linda Azuris, Clemson University - 2006 Southeast District Convention Women In Music Speaker • In honor of Dr. Joan DeAlbuquerque, California State Long Beach - 2006 Western District Convention Women In Music Speaker • In honor of Dr. Sarah McKoin, Texas Tech University - 2006 Southwest District Convention Women In Music Speaker • In honor of Dr. Lisa Rogers, Associate Professor of Percussion Studies, Texas Tech University - 2006 Southwest District Convention Women In Music Speaker Dollie McDonald
Deborah L. Baker Becky Bobek Baily Timothy J. Greenwell, Jr. Paige Leitman Patsy Hejl
You can Still
ReMember Tau Beta Sigma
by going to www.tbsigma.org
Friends of the Trust Friends
Suzanne Hassell David Justin Marcus Wyche
In honor of my TBS Big Sister Marianne Kassabian
Beverly A. So
In honor of the Class of 1974 from the University of Colorado (Boulder)
Gamma Kappa Eta Iota Zeta Phi
Caboose Project: Get on board!
This past summer there has been a huge change to the outside look of the National Headquarters. A caboose now sits next to the train station! Kappa Kappa Psi continues to grow and the need for more space has become evident. At last year’s national convention, it was discussed and announced that the national chapter would look into the possibility of purchasing a caboose for our national archives. A caboose was the natural choice to add onto a train station when it became evident that building a new structure connected to headquarters was not possible. This past fall, I had the honor to work with National Executive Director Lt. Col. Alan Bonner (UASF, ret.)
on finding a caboose that would work for our needs. After a few short months of searching, we found something promising. We traveled to Michigan to look at a caboose that was for sale. The caboose was perfect! It was not move-in ready, but structurally it was sound and had plenty of room for what we wanted to do. The Board of Trustees has been aggressively fund-raising for the caboose with their “All Aboard” Campaign. They have already raised money that will help in getting the caboose ready. I strongly encourage you to consider donating towards the “All Aboard” campaign. You can see the caboose in Stillwater but there is still a lot of work to do before the archives can move “on board.” -Derrick Mills, National Vice President for Programs, KKY
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Q: Where is the 2007 National Intercollegiate Band site? A: Orlando Florida at the Wyndham Orlando Resort Hotel Q: When is the event? A: Rehearsals begin on Sunday, July 22 with a performance on Tuesday evening, July 24th. Q: Who sponsors the National Intercollegiate Band? A: Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Service Organizations Q: Who do I contact if I have any questions? A: Dr. Rick Greenwood, National VP for Professional Relations with Kappa Kappa Psi (402) 823-3243 Dr. Greg Byrne, National VP for Professional Relations with Tau Beta Sigma (502) 489-9625 KKY & TBS National Headquarters (405) 372-2333 Q: What is the purpose of National Intercollegiate Band? A: To provide performance and premiering opportunities for the best college musicians across North America and Canada. Members will make music with a recognized conductor, present a concert and provide significant energy to a National Convention sponsored by Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Service Organizations. To the Brothers and Sisters of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma: I am both delighted and honored to have been asked to serve as your clinician for the 2007 National Intercollegiate Band. For many years I have had a special place in my heart for the brothers and sisters of the Beta Gamma chapter at LSU. They are among the most loyal and hard working students in our program and serve as the primary spirit boosters for everyone enrolled in our program. Each week I am reminded of this as they go about their daily routines, all designed to make our program stronger, and all with the desire to maintain our many band traditions. I am certain that you all are doing the same for your chapters, often without fanfare, and frequently deserving more recognition than we directors sometimes give to your efforts.
When we convene in Orlando next July, it will be about the wonderful world of music making! I look forward to meeting all of you who will attend and to a most joyous musical experience for those performing in the National Intercollegiate Band. Until then, my very best wishes for a successful school year. Sincerely, Frank Wickes 2007 NIB Conductor
Q: Do the applicants have to be a member of Kappa Kappa Psi or Tau Beta Sigma. A: No. In fact, our organizations encourage non-member applicants in order to familiarize them with KKY & TBS. Q: How do I apply? A: Fill out the application on the following page and submit to the address listed or visit the National Intercollegiate Web site at www.kkytbs.org for more details. Q: How are members of the National Intercollegiate Band selected? A: Applicants compete with Graduate and Undergraduate Music Major and Non-Music Major performers from all across North America. The 70 - 80 members that make up the ensemble are selected from hundreds of taped submissions.
Connecting with our Founder, William A. Scroggs By Ken Corbett and Scott Stowell, Past National Presidents and KKY Board Members
inding the family of William A. Scroggs has been a goal since we started focusing on the archives and history of Kappa Kappa Psi. We knew that Brother Scroggs had two children Bill, Jr. and Susan. Through research with Danny Scroggs (Danny’s father was the brother of William A. Scroggs) who lives in Stillwater, we knew Bill, Jr. was in San Diego and Susan was in the Seattle area.
Bill, Jr. through Susan. Over the next six months, Kris encouraged them to attend the 2006 Western Convention in Ontario, CA.
the delegation. It was our pleasure to induct Bill, Jr. and Susan as National Honorary members Friday night of the convention. Psi Chapter performed the Ritual. Susan and Bill, Jr. discussed the life of their father during a separate session. William A. Scroggs was a gifted man, well respected in San Diego. He is credited with creating and starting several business and clubs in San Diego: a real self starter and family man.
Bill, Jr., Susan, and his wife Betty In March 2004, we got an met with students and alumni e-mail from a Brother at San members throughout the Diego State University, Kris convention weekend. They had Lininger. Kris was interested in a great time hearing from the finding Bill, Jr. since he lived in students about what their father San Diego. We provided Kris had created. Bill, Jr. and Susan of Initiation Honorary Members with all the contact info we had Ritual were very appreciative of being From left: William A. Scroggs, Jr., Kris Lininger, Susan Scroggs, Ken Corbett gathered. After several months invited to the convention and and not being able to locate Bill, Jr. we We communicated with Bill, Jr. and Susan making them feel welcome. provided information on Susan to Kris. In about the convention and made arrangements May 2005, Kris was able to locate Susan for them to attend. At the opening session, We look forward as a Brotherhood to Scroggs in Seattle. Kris was able to find they received a tremendous ovation from connecting with our past.
Have you preserved your TBS petitioning document at National Headquarters? Ask your chapter if you have participated in this National Project and if the answer is “No”.......please read below and pass the news in your chapter meeting. Here are the steps for you to help preserve your own petitioning document or help another chapter: 1) Send $20 NOT CASH, please send Check or Money Order (per acid free box) to National Headquarters Attn: Tau Beta Sigma, Project Restoration Archives PO Box 849 Stillwater, OK 74076-0849 • Please specify which chapter and school your money is for • The sooner we can get all petitioning documents preserved, the better we can move to the next stages of our project 2) You can purchase the Archives box for your own chapter, an inactive chapter, or a chapter of your choice. Please specify this with your check. 3) If you have any questions, please contact Dollie McDonald, National Vice President for Special Projects dolliemcdonald@tbsigma.org Thank You to all of the chapters who have participated with this project and in helping other chapters.
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Celebration!
By Ken Corbett, Past National President, KKY
t is always fun to surprise someone, but it is extra special when that someone is a friend and Brother. Each February, I usually attend a conference in Washington, DC. I always check the performance calendar for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band to see if they are in the area so I can attend their concert. To my surprise, the band was performing a concert on Sunday, February 26, 2006 on the campus of Morgan State University, and our own Past National President Melvin Miles was conducting. Brother Miles is Director of Bands at Morgan State University. I immediately contacted Cathy Miles to let her know that my wife, Maribeth, and I would be attending the concert, but wanted to make it a memorable occasion and asked Cathy to not let Melvin know.
We arrived on the Morgan State University campus and went to the beautiful Gilliam Concert Hall in the Murphy Fine Arts Center. To my surprise we ran into Dr. Gary Nash, an alumni Brother from the Zeta Epsilon Chapter at Michigan State University. Looking at the program I could see why. The program included, “A Fraternal Prelude,” which Gary composed and premiered April 27, 1997 at Morgan State University. Brother Nash is Associate Professor of Music at Fisk University. Dr. Nash wrote this music to commemorate Kappa Kappa Psi’s new
National Hymn. Although the hymn was the inspiration for the composition, the hymn’s melody was not used as the theme. However, there are some aspects of the hymn that are used through out the composition. The program also included music composed by Honorary Brother Dr. Quincy Hilliard, “The Unknown Soldier”. Brother Hilliard, who was also in attendance, is Composer in Residence and the Heymann Endowed Professor of Music at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. The Unknown Soldier was commissioned by the Norcross High School Band, Norcross, Georgia, Gamma Nu Alumni Brother William J. Pharris, Director and Alan Kirkland, Assistant Director. It was premiered on May 22, 1998 by the Norcross High School Band. The piece used the songs - The Battle Hymn of the Republic and Taps as unifying elements. The piece is based upon the following poem written by the composer. “I am the Unknown Soldier Who in futile death stands tall, And if I were alive to serve once more, I’d answer my country’s call.” Following the performance of each of these compositions, Brother Miles congratulated the composers – Dr. Nash and Dr. Hilliard
KKY Brother, Melvin Miles, conducting "The President's Own" United States Marine Band.
– for their beautiful and inspiring pieces and thanked them for all of their contributions. During the intermission, Maribeth and I truly surprised Melvin when we caught up with him in the lobby. He was very happy to see us and could not understand how he did not figure something was up. But more importantly, he was overjoyed with emotion that he had this once in a life-time opportunity to conduct the United States Marine Band. Melvin could not say enough wonderful things about how well his practices and rehearsals were with the Marine Band at their rehearsal hall in Washington, DC. It is a top-notch band both in performances and behind the scenes. The concert concluded with works by Ellington and Gershwin. Another treat was hearing the magnificent voices of two Morgan State University students performing selections from the musical “Porgy and Bess”. We were very fortunate to be a part of this celebration and to surprise Brother Miles. But most importantly, it was an honor for all of us attending to see a distinguished person such as Brother Miles conducting “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band.
TRIBUTES
• To my beloved Sisters of Eta Omega, and my dearest big sis dayzee. I "heart" you! Erin "phoebe" Mitchell • To Suzanne Sturgis Michelle Breedy • The Sisters of Delta Delta, Past and Still Serving, Present and Future - Happy 60th! Sue Robash Carr
• In honor of Cynthia Lasso, TBS Vice President for Communications & Recognition • In honor of Katie Henry, TBS Southeast District Secretary/Treasurer • In honor of the Sisters & Brothers of Gamma Epsilon - TBS • In honor of Barbara, Jimmy and Alyssa Penkosky • In honor of the National Council of TBS • In honor of the TBS Board of Trustees • In memory of Alfred Reed, Professor Emeritus - University of Miami • In honor of my Big Brother, Ralph Raymond Hays • In honor of my Big Sister, Dayna Turner Cole • In honor of the TBS District Counselors Alan Harriet • To those who are one with the pineapple Ellen Johnson • To Tanya Marsh in honor of many years of friendship Dawn Farmer • To the 2005-2006 Eta Zeta Chapter. Thanks for all your hard work. Love Amanda. Amanda McCray • To all of the wonderful girls in Chi. I love you all! Kelly McKanna • To Marisa "Mystik" Garcia Kris "bRavoE" Aoki • To the Alpha Chi Chapter for their love and support of and dedication to the NAU bands and the Sisterhood. DOSA MUCH? And in honor of my amazing Little Sisters: Stephanne Meegan and Maren Glover Sarah "Flame" Schallenberger • To Ellen "Pineapple" Johnson Ashley Bonner - Lyon • To Dr. Peter Stuhlmiller • To Stephanie "PREYLUDE" Carney, Love YBS &YBB Christina Stuhlmiller • In honor of Kris "bRavoE" Aoki for his undying support and unconditional love! Marisa "Mystik" Garcia • To Dixie Mosier-Greene Ken Corbett
• To Dwight Weaver Joseph Ballard • To Beta Eta, Liz, all the Karmas, trumpets, and 2006 graduating Seniors. Olivia Wilkins • To Jeana Prather and the Bear Family Nora Cole • To the Theta Phi Chapter. I LOVE YOU GUYS! Denesha Factory • To Melissa Teller and Diana Neglia Amy Fitzpatrick • To Mr. Jack Schmidt Amanda Robbins • To Mrs. Beverly Schmidt Stephanie Madison • To the Chi chapter - Thanks for being so awesome!! I love Duh and Lambda too! From the Bull • To the lovely and wonderful sisters of Alpha Delta Ellen Klink • To Stacey Neeley Katie Grossman • To my wonderful sisters of Alpha Xi and the NCD Kati Harms • To my big, Aaron Orians, and to my "Curve Buster" family! Ryan Mathews •To the Lambda Chapter - We love you...even though we have one of the greatest rivalries in the United States! Thanks for being great sisters!! Chi Chapter • To Ms. Shayla L. Watson in honor of her steady dedication and support to TBS and our band program. Dantrice Smith
• To the sisters of Lambda: I wouldn't be the Sister I am today without your support and friendship. Thank you for an amazing five years! ~ ITB Kim Smith • To Leslie McClure in honor of her dedication to the Sorority and being an awesome big sister. • To Allison Gutwillig in honor of her dedication to the Sorority and being an awesome big sister. Michael Lee • To Trudy Adler & Chris Foster - Tributes Superstars! • To Cathy Miles in honor for her outstanding devotion to the Sorority, leadership to the NED and all-around wonderful personality. • To Kathryn Garrett Kelly in honor of your continued service to the Sorority as the new NED Counselor. Melanie Meehan • To Chris "Mom" Gordon, SWD Counselor, for being a great force in the Southwest District • To the SWD Council 2006 for rockin' my turtle socks off! Nicole Burdick • To Beta Zeta chapter at Stephen F. Austin State University for all their hard work and support. Jennifer Wells • To the Gamma Pi class of the Delta Chapter at the University of Oklahoma • To Beth Antognini: Congratulations on becoming SWD Vice President for Special Projects. Amanda Heick • To Allison Wellsland and Jess Ballard of the Delta Chapter Chantelle Farrell • To my little sisters, Bama, Lindsey and Karea Beth Antognini • In honor of Rosie Williams and in memory of Ed Williams Gamma Mu Chapter, Ohio Northern University • In memory of Adam Coffman (KKY), Sabrina Turner Coffman and Jennifer Turner (TBS) Ashley Coffman • In honor of my Big Sister, Lauren Novak, and the sheep family Marie Hale • In honor of my greatest sister and truest friend, Mary Pasquale Erica Flukinger
• To my Zeta Alpha Chapter in honor of the best 4 years of my life. Thank you!! Carey Warren
• In honor of Mike Golemo for his commission work with the Flat Rock Middle School Band. Debbie Baker
• Congrats on 60 years of Sisterhood, Service and Music! Thanks Wava!! Heather Marshall
• In honor of the Board of Trustees for their vision of the future for our Sorority. Anonymous
The official publication of Kappa Kappa Psi & Tau Beta Sigma
KAPPA KAPPA PSI NATIONAL OFFICERS
TAU BETA SIGMA NATIONAL OFFICERS
President Rod M. Chesnutt, Ph.D, 242 Reed Hall, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL 33965; Phone: 239.590.7188; rchesnut@fgcu.edu
President Kathy Godwin, 2829 N. Fontana Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705; Phone: 520.626.3489; keg@tbsigma.org
Vice President for Colonization/Membership Malinda Matney, Ph.D, 6015 Fleming Administration Building; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340; Phone: 734.764.5132; mmatney@umich.edu
Vice President for Colonization & Membership Kimbi Sigle, 585 W. Kern St., Kingsburg, CA 93631; Phone: 559.307.6498; kimbi@tbsigma.org
Vice President for Programs Derrick A. Mills, 7465 Bunker Ridge Court, Blacklick, OH 43004; Phone: 614.679.1052; derrick@kkpsi.org
Vice President for Special Projects Dollie McDonald, 1211 Doubles Drive #1004, Arlington, TX, 76017; Phone: 402.202.4711; dolliemcdonald@tbsigma.org
Vice President for Student Affairs Adam Cantley, 1925 E. Elm Ave, Stillwater, OK 74074; Phone: 405.269.6229; adamcantley@kkpsi.org
Vice President for Communications & Recognition Dawn M. Farmer, 6515 Belcrest Rd #905D, Hyattsville, MD 20782; Phone: 310.801.3110; dawn@tbsigma.org
Vice President for Professional Relations Richard A. Greenwood, Ph.D, Department of Music, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816; Phone: 407.823.3243; rgreenwo@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Vice President for Professional Relations Dr. Gregory P. Byrne, 1613 Grey Owl Court, Louisville, KY 40223; Phone: 502.852.4665; gpbyrn01@louisville.edu
Immediate Past President Michael Osborn, 4089 Hampton Ridge Blvd, Howell, MI 48843; Phone: 517.548.0464; osbornmi@msu.edu
Immediate Past President Deborah L. Baker, 410 Ridgemont Dr, Fayetteville, GA 30215; Phone: 770.461.4257; tbsdebbie@aol.com
Board of Trustees Michael Golemo, DMA, Chair; Kirk Randazzo, Ph. D, Vice Chair; Kenneth M. Corbett; Alfred Eugene Sergel, III; Scott Stowell; Michael Osborn
Board of Trustees Jean Newman, Chair; Sue Robash Carr, Vice Chair; Deborah L. Baker Edward Elsea III; Kathy Godwin; Alan Harriet, CPA; Wava Banes Henry (life); Deborah Harris Kaplan; Melanie Star Meehan; Janet West Miller (life)
KAPPA KAPPA PSI DISTRICT GOVERNORS Midwest Dr. Patrick K. Carney, Director of Bands, Director of The Spirit of the West Marching Band; Bozemen, MT 59717; Phone: 406.994.5759; patrick.carney1@montana.edu Denali Dawn Alt, 177 Lee Dr. Liberty, MO 64068-2222; Phone: 816.429.5094; denali529@sbcglobal.net North Central Christine Beason, 739 South 15th Street, Quincy, IL 62301; Phone: 217.223.0508; beasonchristine@yahoo.com Rodney Scott Whiteman, 1312 Old Town South Dr. Apt. 6, Indianapolis, IN 46260; Phone: 317.733.6420 ext. 1821; Whiteman@kkpsi.org Northeast Kelvin Washington, Room PR-1 Howard University Bands, Washington, DC 20059; Phone: 202.806.5091; kwwashington@howard.edu Marie Burleigh, 1807 N 23rd St, Clarksburg, WV 26301; Phone: 304.669.9280; Marie.Burleigh@mail.wvu.edu Southeast David A. O’Shields, DMA, 26 Crown Point Court, Irmo, SC 29063; Phone: 803.777.1872; doshields@mozart.sc.edu Michael Green, P.O. 541, Starkville, MS 39760; Phone: 662.312.9331 Office: 662.325.2571; Fax: 662.325.4663; mike.green@msstate.edu Southwest David Scott, Director of Bands Angelo State University, Box 10906 ASU Station, Dept. of Art & Music, San Angelo, TX 76909; Phone: 325.942.2341 x 233; Fax: 325.942.2152; david.scott@angelo.edu Daniel George, 10106 Technology Blvd West, #1227, Dallas, TX 75220-4359; Phone: 214.459.1575; dannygeorge114@comcast.net Western Tanya Cherie Marsh, 43813 W. Maricopa, Maricopa, AZ 85239; Phone: 480.375.7086; tanya@kkpsi.org
TAU BETA SIGMA DISTRICT COUNSELORS Midwest Wendy McCann, 8215 Jay Court, Arvada, CO 80003-4060; Phone: 303.227.9963; wmccann@tbsigma.org North Central Carolyn Steckel, 2425 Dickens Drive, Aurora, IL 60503; Phone: 630.423.4013; steckel@tbsigma.org Northeast Kathryn D. Kelly, 5923 Williamsburg Road., Alexandria, VA 22303; Phone: 703.717.0403; hpic98@aol.com Southeast Iliana R. Rosado, 1977 Excalibur Drive, Orlando, FL 32822; Phone: 321.297.1161; sedcoun@tbsigma.org Southwest Chris Gordon, 2406 Robin Road, Manchaca, TX 78652; Phone: 512.292.4956; swdcoun@tbsigma.org Western Kris Wright, 2829 N. Fontana Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705; Phone: 520.977.3011; Kris@tbsigma.org
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