Board Members Present:

Bob Geiger _X_                  Michele Ellis ____                 Kathleen Hockaday _X_

Deb Fleming _X_               Teresa Garcia ___                 Suzette Williams _X_

Becky Morse _X_               Brenna Johnson _X_            Ben Katz _X_

Raeanne Landrum _X_      Others: _ John Timpani, Jessica Powell__

 Agenda:

Mr. Katz opened meeting at 6:04 P.M.

1. UIL Review
2. Clinic for Symphonic Band – Monday, April 25^th Water is needed, but chips are not.  We have plenty!
3. Sandy Lake Tuesday – May 3^rd
   1. 7:30 to 8:30 A.M. Students meet
   2. 8:15 A.M. – parents arrive to help
   3. 9:30 A.M. – band arrives at Sandy Lake
   4. 10:10 A.M. – performance begins
   5. Need 15 parents to chaperone since we have about 150 students in beginners’ band.
4. Band Parent Meeting Tuesday, May 3^rd  [Intended for incoming sixth grade parents and their students]
   1. May have to be changed to another date due to conflict of Multicultural Night at Smith Elementary.
   2. Plan to have ice cream sandwich fixings and slushie machine for students to partake of.
   3. Have one 8^th grader per instrument to play a demonstration piece and then go home.
5. Murchison Thursday, May 5^th– Symphonic Band only and will need two to four parents in attendance.
6. Murchison, Friday, May 6^th– All three bands will go to Denton
   1. 4:50 Warm-up
   2. 5:15 P.M. – Concert band
   3. 5:40 P.M. – Honor band
   4. 6:05 P.M. – Symphonic band
7. Solo and Ensemble Saturday, May 14^th
   1. At Wester Middle School
   2. Individual times given for solo and ensemble
8. Awards for Beginners/ 7^th and 8^th graders
   1. Chocolate bars (8 oz. variety) – will need fifty or so.
   2. iTunes gift cards
   3. Family video gift cards (RaeAnne will check to see if they’ll donate.)
   4. Plaques – Cougar Pride for students who have made All-Region, I in Solo, I in Ensemble
9. Board for next year – Brenna will create an email that will be sent out to officially announce vacancies on the Clark MS Band Booster Executive Board.  The draft is to be sent by the end of the week of April 11, 2011.
   1. Michele Ellis – plans to return
   2. Becky Morse – plans to return
   3. Deb Fleming
   4. Teresa Garcia
   5. Bob Geiger
   6. RaeAnne Landrum
   7. Suzzette Williams
   8. Kathleen Hockaday – not returning  L
   9. Brenna Johnson

Next meeting scheduled for ___May 4, 2011 at 6:30 P.M._____

Taken down by Brenna Johnson on April 6, 2011