Walkersville Band Boosters
General Meeting
November 9, 2006

The November meeting of the WHS Band Boosters was held on Thursday, 9 November 2006, at 7:00 p.m. with 13 people present.  Mark Smith, VP, presided.

Director’s Roar:

     Mr. F did not attend the meeting but he e-mailed a few items of note:  

    Reserve your bus seats to the ACCs from Mrs. Clark and get your tickets to the show at a reduced rate from her also. 

     Mr. F wants to thank all the parents for getting their kids to practice on time, especially this past week.

     The last performances will be at the elementary schools (Glade, New Midway, and Walkersville) on Tues, Weds and Thurs, 13-15 November, after school.   Band members need to wear their band shirts.

     He thanked everyone for a great season!

President’s Report:  Mark wanted to extend his all to the band members and the staff for a great season.

Secretary’s Report:   No changes.  Motion made to approve, seconded and passed.

Treasurer’s Report:  No report.

Committee Reports:

  Publicity:  No report.

  Ways and Means:

     Joe Corbi’s coming out this week.  Check the green bin for info.

      Sub sales are due Monday, 13 Nov 06.

      Breakfast with Santa will be December 2nd from 8-11 a.m., WHS cafeteria.  Flyers will be distributed to the elementary schools, 10 Nov to be passed out to the students on 21 Nov.  Flyers were handed out to everyone at the meeting to give out and display.  

    Mr. And Mrs. Clark had pictures of the band matted and framed to be given to Mr. F., the Villanellis, and Mr. Geisler at the band banquet.  Request $3.00 from each band member to pay for the cost of the matting and framing.  Students can sign the back of the pictures after presentation.

    The band did receive a $50.00 kickback from Charles’ Studio for the pictures that were taken in October.  

    Mrs. Clark stated that with the Disney trip being cancelled that fund-raisers for the students’ accounts are not needed now, but it was brought up about the $150.00 net fund-raising fee for each student that is due in April.  (Parents can pay this amount instead of fund-raising.  This is in addition to the band fee paid at the beginning of the season.)

  Battle of the Bands:

      Mark thought the Battle of the Bands went very well.  Two thousand dollars in ticket sales alone.  He thought we did relatively well profit-wise.

      He wants to have a follow-up meeting on Thursday, 16 Nov, at 6:30 p.m. after the sub making to discuss what went well and what could have gone better.  He wants to create a book for future reference.

  Basket Bingo will be held 24 Feb 07 at the Woodsboro Activity Center .  So far only three people have offered to fill baskets.  Mrs. Gorecki volunteered to be the bingo caller.

  Winter Concessions:  Suzanne Clark and Marjorie Johnson are chairing.  The winter practices start 15 Nov.  There will be a sign-up sheet at the band banquet asking for volunteers.

Band Banquet:  The banquet will be held 18 Nov 06 at the United Methodist Church on Main Street in Walkersville.  Flyers are in the green bins.  RSVP’s due 13 Nov 06. 

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Old Business:  None.

New Business:  Elections are coming up in December.  Mark Smith will be accepting nominations so if anyone is interested, let him know.  Positions available are president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, publicity, and ways and means.

 Next meeting will be held 14 December 2006 at 7:00 p.m.

 Meeting adjourned at 8:47.