Presentation from the January General Parents Meeting for the Passage Middle School Music Parent Booster

1. PASSAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
BOOSTER MEETING
Thursday, January 28th, 2016

2. AGENDA
• Introduction of Directors and Executive Board Members
• Spring Trips
• Fundraiser- Spring 2016
• Ensemble Assessments
• Music in the Parks
• Chaperones
• Bylaws

3. DIRECTORS
•Michael Bell: Director of Bands
•Arlisa Powell: Director of Choirs
•Shawn Roberts: Director of Orchestras

4. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
•Desiree Cummins: Chairperson
•Michelle Benders: Vice-Chairperson
•Tisha Arther: Recorder

5. SPRING TRIPS
•April 22nd and 23rd: Beginning Orchestras
•May 7th: Intermediate Orchestra and Advanced
Orchestra, Band and Chorus
• May 14th: Beginning Band
•Where are we going?
•How much will it cost?

6. SPRING FUNDRAISER- 2016
 February 2nd- 12th
 Original glazed, specialty, coffee and certificates
 All money and orders MUST be turned in by Friday,
February 12th!
 Students receive 50% of the profit. Sell sell sell!
 Incentives? Of course! The student that sells the most in
each ensemble will receive:
 Chorus: Free ticket (up to three people) for a day in the
water park at Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, VA.
 Band:
 Orchestra:

7. VBODA AND VCDA CONCERT
ASSESSMENTS
• Orchestras (Intermediate and Advanced):
• When: Saturday, March 5th
• Where: Passage Middle School
• Band:
• When: HOPEFULLY Thursday, March 10th
• Where: Bethel High School
• Chorus:
• When: Friday, March 11th
• Where: Grafton Middle School

8. MUSIC IN THE PARKS
• Every spring, Passage Middle School is one of the many schools around the area
used to play host to the Music in the Parks competition organization.
• Different performing ensembles from as far north as Maine and south as Georgia
come to compete.
• Students complete an application, get an interview and are hired to work certain
scheduled weekends that the company will be using our facility.
• We also need YOUR (the parents) help! Please complete an application with your
student and turn this in to us tonight!
• Note: If you have worked Music in the Parks in years past, please fill out the returning
application

9. MUSIC IN THE PARKS
• What will the parents be volunteering for?
• Registration Table
• Concessions
• T-Shirt Sales
• What will the students be volunteering for?
• Greeter
• Guide
• Stage Crew
• Judges Assistant
• T-Shirt Sales
• Concessions

10. MUSIC IN THE PARKS
• The dates Passage Middle School will be hosting Music in the
Parks are as follows:
• Friday and Saturday:
• April 15-16; 29-30
• May 13-14; 20-21
• June 3-4
• Saturday Only:
• June 11

11. CHAPERONES
• Spring trips and traveling would not be possible without you the parents! You are there to
keep our children safe, together and serve as the link between the students and directors.
• We need chaperones for several dates coming up. Please see Desiree Cummins at the
conclusion of this meeting to sign-up for the following dates. All times are tentative and are
subject to change:
• Monday, February 8th (8 AM-1:30 PM): Symphony Orchestra Tour
• Saturday, March 5th: Orchestra Concert Assessment (8 AM- 9 AM and 11 AM-12 PM)
• Thursday (TBD), March 10th: Band Assessment (4 PM-6:30 PM)
• Friday, March 11th: Chorus Assessment (Time: TBA)
• April 22nd and 23rd: Beginning Orchestra Spring Trip ( if you did not check on form)
• Saturday May 7th: Intermediate and Advanced Orchestra, Band and Chorus: Spring Trip
• Saturday May 14th: Beginning Band Spring Trip

12. BYLAWS
•Currently, the Executive Board along with the
directors are in the process of creating them for the
Parent Booster Organization.
•We will have these completed by our final meeting
in April and will vote to make these our bylaws in
that meeting.

13. QUESTIONS?
• Thank you so much for coming out this evening!
• If you have any questions, please feel free to speak to one of us at
the conclusion of the meeting.
• We look forward to working with all of you in these upcoming
months which hope to be extremely successful for our Bands,
Choirs and Orchestras!