Meeting began at 7:10 PM.
President’s Report
Approved minutes from prior meeting. Motion made and seconded. All in attendance approved.
Band Director Update
Holiday Concert is this Thursday, 12/13/12, at 7pm. Students need to be there at 6pm, in
their travel uniforms. Parents
who want to help with setup – please arrive at the auditorium between 4:30pm
and 5pm.
GHS Football State
Championship game is this Saturday,
and 53 students will be going to play in the stands. Those students need to meet at GHS at 8am Saturday,
and they will be taking a charter bus to the game, which is at the Citrus Bowl
in Orlando. The game begins at
1pm. They will return around
7ish. They will need to wear their
travel uniforms, and they will wear their marching band uniforms during the
game. Please pack a lunch, but
understand they will not be able to bring food into the stadium. Food inside the stadium will likely be
expensive. Be sure to provide $$
if your student will be buying food.
Note: These students
will have a short practice this Friday from 3-4 pm.
Indoor Percussion and Guard – last practice before holiday break is this
Tuesday, the 11th. Practice originally scheduled for 12/18/12 has been
cancelled. First performance
is 1/12/13 for Guard, and 2/2/13 for Percussion. Mr. Pirzer will put an updated calendar out after the
holidays. Percussion has 4 shows
this season, Guard has 5.
All County Honor Band – 12 GHS students made this band, which is 4
or 5 more than made it last year.
Congrats to them! Julie
Bailes, Stephanie Hargrave, Kyle Nipper, Nathan Fisher, Rachel Brown, Chris
Berry, Michael Dodge, Levi Riley, Megan Booth, Victoria Williamson, Michael
Perez-Hill, and Ashton Mason. The
concert is on January 29, 2013.
Daytona Trip – dates are 5/17/13 to 5/19/13. Cost is $125 per student.
Treasurer’s report - Susie
Hummel
Bank account has approximately $1500. Most bills have been paid.
If you have overpaid fair share and would like to apply it
to your student’s $150 to participate in indoor drumline, please send an email
to Mr. Pirzer or Susie Hummel stating that.
Fundraising- Cindy Mason
There are a few sprays left over from the wreath fundraiser. Will take $20 each with no credit
to fair share. These will be
brought to the concert and made available for sale there, as well.
H&R Block will donate $20 to the band fund for every new
client they serve that brings in the attached referral form. Thanks, Anna Fisher, for bringing this
to our band!
VP/ Volunteer Coordinator Report – Mike Grantham
No
report. Will need volunteers for
Indoor Percussion/ Guard. Will
coordinate once it gets closer to the dates.
Uniform Report – Susie Hummel
Final wearing of marching band
uniforms will be at State Championship game. Given that there are only 53, students and a small number of
parents can help with the final process.
Hospitality – Ruth Dean
No report.
Other business
Dallas Brass will be performing
on April 26th.
Susie Hummel, Mike Grantham, Carolyn Lukert, and Nadine Moretta will be
working on the coordinating, advertising and marketing, and hospitality for
this event. More details, and
perhaps the need for additional support, will be forthcoming after the new
year.
Next meeting: January
14, 2013
Meeting adjourned approximately 7:30 pm.
