Fall 2017
“Brothers from the Trumpet Ensemble Perform at Magee Women’s Hospital for Christmas” Lauren Herazo, Michael Buckstein, Trevor Buchan, Rebekah Franolich, Anna Slobodnyak, and Anthony Imhof our leadership-related service events coincide with music but also with our community. Brothers in our chapter have helped with “Teach and Learn” events as they host workshops on instrumental, flag, and baton work that are open to the community and the bands on campus. Our chapter often volunteers at local high schools to help run their fall band competitions or band festivals and winter indoor competitions to encourage high schoolers to continue with band or music into the rest of their lives in some capacity. This is also something that any member of your chapter can do, not just the instrumentalists. On the field and in the concert hall, brothers can lead simply by encouraging other band members to do their best or offering help when it is needed, casually or more formally through lessons and workshops offered to band members. Often, a band will have a table at their college or university’s accepted students’ day or prospective students’ day. Volunteering to run that table or booth is a great way to incorporate overall band recruitment with service and exemplify leadership skills. One of the more involved leadershiprelated service events that a chapter can host is to arrange a leadership workshop for their band where members of the chapter, band directors, or even other leaders in the community can come to a school and conduct a workshop about leadership for their band or campus. Kappa Kappa Psi as a national organization has a lot of resources for this, including the Matching Grants Program which financially helps chapters fund these workshops from guest speakers. Service to the bands at our respective colleges and universities is
“Brothers Perform at the community ‘Be My Neighbor Day’ in Pittsburgh” -Dan Wang, Beth Pindilli, Erin Reis, Emily Meyer, Sydney Moore, Kyle Houck, Scotty Poepoe, Trevor Buchan, Kim Hosan, Katie Martin, Alicia Sigmon, Logan Hellinger, and Matt Seltzer
arguably one of the easiest ways to serve. Following the first and fourth purposes, it is our responsibility to serve our bands through promoting their existence and welfare and fostering a closer relationship within the bands, and this can be done through service. Setting up before rehearsal, organizing and distributing music, organizing and distributing uniforms and equipment, practicing music outside of rehearsal, and generally being a positive role model for younger band members can all be considered a service to the band. Hosting a once-aweek, month, or semester social event for the band members after practice or somewhere on campus is a good way to incorporate a more casual service event aimed towards the band while helping band members bond and form closer relationships. Cleaning the marching practice area, band room, or concert hall is a direct way to help the band as well as cleaning and organizing instruments. Even helping a band librarian or band director organize old files, photos, and music is a service to the band, is flexible in when you can do it and for how long, and is good for any number of brothers to participate in. Service to our organization on a larger level is often done through leadership. Holding a position in your chapter or in your district, being a delegate at a convention, or being a member of a committee in your chapter or district is a great way to serve using your leadership skills and experience to make our organization the best it can be. Even giving opinions to chapter, district, and national leadership can be considered a service since you are helping those people understand how the brothers want them
“Brothers Play at a ‘Conduct Us’ Event – Spring 2017” -Sercan Cagatay, Michael Ewan, Kim Hosan, Brad Munson, Matt Seltzer, Luke Fritz, Michael Buckstein, Taylor Finn, and Kim Sulahian
“Brothers Serve as Delegates at the 2016 Northeast District Convention” -Kim Hosan, Kristin Riley, Kaylee Kline to serve our organization. Many of the events above can be easily translated into incorporating our other purposes and helping to promote our organization and band programs. Some of the most difficult things about planning service events are where to start and what kind to plan, but I hope that in looking at our purposes, you will find that it is easier to have worthwhile projects for your chapter to carry out in your band, campus, and community.
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