Orting Performing Arts Booster Club Member Meeting
March 3, 2014
Monday, 7:00 pm
OMS Band room
Facilitator: Brenda Lunden,
President
I.
Call to Order 7:08 pm
II. Attendance: Please sign in on attendance sheet; provide
all requested information if we do not yet have it. (we will not share your
info and we send e-mails via Blind Courtesy Copy – BCC so as to keep info
private) - attached
III. Reading and approval of minutes from January
meeting (passed around).
Motion to approve by Melanie E.
seconded by Andrea M. All in favor.
IV. Treasurer’s Report (Bret)
Brett did give us a
print out that was passed around. Not
much action right now with the budget
V. Unfinished/Open
Business
A.
Band
Director’s Report
1.
Band, Aaron Ruff
·
Woodwind Brass order was shipped last week and
should be here anytime. This gets us
closer to a complete set.
·
Solo ensembles and Zip-up hoodies are paid in
full.
·
Drumline for HS is done for the season. They would like to purchase gear through the
booster club when their design is done.
Motion to approve by Deb T. and seconded by Andrea M. All in favor
·
Cookies are being pushed for the pasta
dinner. Jazz and MS and HS soloists and
former students may play. We will end
with the Jazz playing again.
·
Kitchen is still good to use at the HS – pasta
feed going well.
·
Those who did not do the last fundraiser are
asked to be at the Pasta feed all day to help.
·
The solo ensembles for MS was this past
weekend. Out students did extremely
well. We took 5 students, 2 students
received a 2 and 3 of them received 1’s.
·
In a group our size we should have around 30% of
our kids taking private lessons outside of school. PLU can bring in private lessons – a
satellite campus – for a one on one 3 ½ hour lesson. We discussed incentives for parents to
encourage their kids to take lessons.
For example, if they take lessons from Sept-June OPABC could pay back
the families one month’s rent. Could be
anywhere from $80 - $100. Or we might be
able to say Band camp is paid for. These
are just a few ideas that are out there right now. Aaron will get a list of instructors in our
area and see what interest is out there.
We will try and start something this summer.
·
Daffodil Parade is April 5th. High school is playing “Gonna Fly Now” from
Rocky. MS is playing “Every talks”. Water will be provided by OPABC, Brenda will
bring her truck to carry drum gear.
There will be 3 buses for the HS and 2 buses for the MS.
·
Band retreat – PLU is on board for clinicians –
Aaron will try and give them a Q & A time with him. The dates are April 7-10 starting Monday at
9:00am and ending Thursday at 11:30am.
Cost is around $85 per child.
Kids want a theme day so everyone is to dress like a superhero or
super-villain one day.
B.
Pasta Dinner: Saturday, March 8, 2014 at OHS PAC
Setup and
decorations:12 pm
Cooking 2pm
Doors open: 5-8pm
Clean up 8-10 pm
C. Bull
riders only, Saturday, March 15 @ 4:30 . . . Volunteers Needed. Sunday is at 10:30 and we need to be there 1
hour ahead of time.
D. Other unfinished/open business?
VI. New Business
A.
Tacoma Dome:
upcoming show George Strait April 12
B. Thank a teacher! Go online to Thankamillionteachers.com to
vote for Aaron Ruff . . . . winning recipients receive a $2500 grant.
C.
Other new Business? Aaron is talking with students to see how we
can get more parent involvement.
VII. Next Meeting: Monday-April
14, 7 pm @ OHS Band Room. We moved it
since spring break is the first Monday
VIII. Adjournment: Motion to adjourn the meeting by Andrea M.,
seconded by Melanie. All in favor.
Meeting
adjourned at 8:25 pm.
