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MINUTES OF THE WIMB MEETING APRIL 2010 Eva Nascimento called meeting to order on April 8th at 7:05pm PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS Eva spoke about the Virginia/DC trip stating the trip went very well, the kids were great and the weather could have been better. She also noted the awards: excellent rating for the orchestra and jazz ensemble and superior for the band and wind ensemble. Ryan Griffin, Rose Lewis, and Nate Hollings won soloist awards. Eva also spoke of the letter regarding the rental of a moving truck to Kohlhagen explaining that due to his administrative leave, Nella would be resubmitting the letter to the new superintendent next week. March Minutes Nancy Andrews motioned to accept the March minutes, Joe Nascimento seconded. March’s minutes were accepted. Treasurer’s Report Mario Ciampi gave the treasurer’s report for the month of March. There was also a treasurer’s recommendation given for $5,000 to be allocated to uniforms, $5,000 allocated to reserve leaving approximately $12,500 for other. It was noted that Mr. Dion is to be asked for his “wishlist”. The following suggestions were made for next year: pop up tents, outside lighting, vests, water jugs, additional pit cart and lawn signs. It was also noted that monies should be set aside for moving truck rental if we are unable to obtain funds from the board of education. Publicity Yolanda Preysner was not present. It was noted that the bottle drive, allstates and the DC trip have all been advertised in local papers. Uniforms It was noted that the spring band uniform shirts were sent to the cleaners after the recent DC trip. Fundraising Ad Book – Eva reported the printer(Frank Valente) could possibly do a smaller booklet for the band banquet. Nancy requested a motion to send a $50 gift card to a local restaurant for his work on the Ad Books, Lou seconded the motion. A $50 gift card will be purchased and sent to Frank Valente. Spring Bottle Drive - Jerome Sauer stated the driveway at Silas Deane Middle School has been confirmed for May 1st. It was decided that 2 pop up tents will be purchased by Band Booster prior to May 1st to be used at this event. Sign up sheets will be going up in the band room for student sign up. Concert Tapes – Eva noted that Gail Griffin has the concert tapes ready, they will be available for purchase at $10 each. Color Guard – Gina Salvatore explained the Color Guard request for warm-ups. Nancy Andrews requested the girls get approval from Mrs. McKenna on final choices. Gina would be working with the color guard to determine how many girls would be interested in purchasing warm-ups and how many would like to borrow warm-ups during the marching band season. Gina is also to work to obtain specifics on the warm-up details and then present to the Band Boosters for approval. Nancy Andrews and/or Kirsten Kelley will work to order warm-ups once details have been received. It was also noted that the Color Guard earned $200+ at the bake sale at the recent band concert. They will also be requesting permission to hold another bake sale at the next Choral concert. Social Events Band Banquet – Friday, May 21st at the Community Center. Volunteers still needed, sign up sheets circulated. Slide Show – the content of the DVD’s provided to seniors needs to be confirm – will the DVD’s contain photos from slide show or this year’s concerts. Anyone wishing to provide photos can email to
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. Student gifts will be handled by Lisa Ambrogio and Donna Rizzio. OTHER BUSINESS Dollars for Scholars – Elia Walsh will be presenting, May 26th, 7pm at the Community CenterMemorial Day Parade – May 29th, it was noted that we will need to coordinate polo shirts distribution. Dave Dion’s Update Virginia/DC Trip – He was tremendously impressed with students' maturity, responsibility, and performance level and chaperones were supportive and positive – a huge thank you to all involved! The biggest negative he noticed was that the trip was too long. Students were tired and had lost interest by Sunday. He will take this into consideration for future trips.
March Concert- He was pleased: overall execution was not bad, but none of the groups played quite to their potential. Monday performances are usually more challenging. Each group performed a bit better in Virginia.
Spring Concert- June 9th . Two new pieces will be premiered, one by a Ryan G and one by a graduate, Mike Emiliani. The 8th grade band and orchestra will be performing with the high school groups.
Graduation- So far, it is June 22nd at 5PM.
Color Guard- Mrs. McKenna will not be able to run the guard program next year due to family responsibilities. He has interviewed a few candidates and his first choice is an instructor from the Hartford Stage Company. He has a great deal of competitive experience with the color guard and dance. He is a positive and patient teacher by all accounts. His colleagues and competitors have nothing
but high praise for him and our schedule works well with his. He will do a rehearsal with the girls for the Memorial Day Parade to see how the dynamics will pan out.Meeting adjourned at 8:45pm. Next meeting is May 13, 2010 at 7:00pm in the WHS Chorus Room.
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