The Podium - Spring 2003

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2003 National Convention July 22-27

KAPPA KAPPA PSI / TAU BETA SIGMA OFFICIAL PUBLICATION

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CONTENTS

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Meet the ΤΒΣ Board of Trustees by Patsy Hejl................................. 4 The Director’s Corner: Fundamentals by William Johnson .............. 5 It’s My Membership! by Debbie Baker............................................. 6 From the President’s Corner by Kirk Randazzo............................... 7 CFR Lowdown by Carolyn Steckel.................................................... 9 Getting in Shape for the Long Run by Sylvia Halbardier................. 9 Women in the Fraternity by David Justin........................................ 10 Conducting a Love for Music by Diana Staresinic-Deane.............. 14 Special Pull-out Section: 2003 National Convention ................ 17- 24 Meet the NIB Composer and Conductor ....................................... 25 Joining Professional Organizations by Dana Swanson.................. 27 Chapter News .................................................................................. 28 Ensembles and Teamwork by Kathy Godwin................................. 31 Kappa Kappa Psi Honors… ............................................................ 32 In Memoriam .................................................................................. 34 Encore! ............................................................................................ 35 ON THE COVER: NAUTICUS,The National Maritime Center located on the downtown waterfront in Norfolk, Virginia. Home to the Battleship Wisconsin, Nauticus is an exciting 120,000 squarefoot science and technology center exploring the power of the sea and but one of the many attractions in Norfolk, Virginia, this year’s National Convention site.Photo courtesy Bill Burnell, Dave Iwans and Associates.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The Editor would like to express his appreciation to the following individuals and organizations for their help in putting together this issue of The PODIUM: Becky Pickett, Norfolk Convention and Visitors Bureau; Katie Phillips and Bill Burnell, Dave Iwans and Associates, Norfolk, Virginia; and Bob Batcher, City of Norfolk. Thanks to all of you. We’ll see you in Norfolk!

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The PODIUM is a Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma publication issued twice per year, in the spring and winter. Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma are non-profit organizations.

STAFF Lt. Col. Alan Bonner, USAF (Ret.)................ Publisher Michael McMurtrey.....Editor/Publications Manager Dixie Mosier-Greene.... Circulation/Editing Assistant Debbie Morris....................Clerical/Editing Assistant CONTRIBUTING EDITORS William Johnson David Justin Diana Staresinic-Deane Dana Swanson MAILING ADDRESS The PODIUM National Headquarters ΚΚΨ/ΤΒΣ P.O. Box 849 Stillwater, OK 74076-0849 405/372-2333 www.kkytbs.org email: podium@kkytbs.org ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS News articles must be typewritten or submitted by email. Photographs must have captions attached with all individuals identified. We cannot accept photos by e-mail. Detailed author guidelines can be found on the NHQ web site at: http://www.kkytbs. org/podium.html.

Deadlines Winter issue.....................................................May 1 Spring issue.......................................... November 1

The PODIUM is produced at the National Headquarters of Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and printed and mailed by Modern Litho-Print, Jefferson City, Missouri.

ΚΚΨ & ΤΒΣ are members of:

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Executive Director…

Lt. Col. Alan L. Bonner, USAF (Ret.) National Executive Director

you will love the Norfolk Island pines, the beaches and lighthouses of the Virginia capes, and the many historic attractions around Norfolk. So, SET COURSE FOR THE MUSIC! and join us at National Convention in Norfolk!

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ational Convention!!!!

Although it seems like only yesterday that we concluded the 2001 convention, it’s time again for another one!

The 2003 National Convention in Norfolk, Virginia, promises to be a truly exciting event.

Convention activities begin with the National Intercollegiate Band conducted by Don Wilcox, West Virginia University’s Director of Bands.The 2003 ΚΚΨ and ΤΒΣ Commissioning Program piece will be presented by Dr. Jack Stamp, Professor of Music and Conductor of Bands at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

We are pleased to be able to present a number of forums for your personal and professional growth.

The more prominent forums include: a Conducting and Composing Workshop featuring Dr. Stamp and Don Wilcox; an opportunity to learn firsthand the history of ΤΒΣ from its founder, Wava Henry; an arranging workshop conducted by ΤΒΣ’s Johnnie Vinson; a reunion of ΚΚΨ past National Presidents; and other informative and practical sessions by a number of respected members of the Fraternity and Sorority.

In this issue of The PODIUM, we have continued the tradition of the center pullout section describing most of the important facts about the 2003 National Convention.This section includes all the necessary forms for your convenience in planning your participation and that of your chapter. Please save these forms and copy as needed for your fellow brothers and sisters.

CALENDAR March 2003 13-15 Northeast District Convention, Harrisonburg, VA 21-23 North Central District Convention, DeKalb, IL

Southeast District Convention,Tallahassee, FL 28-30 Midwest District Convention, Greeley, CO

Western District Convention, San Diego, CA April 2003 1 Chapter Summary Report mailed out

Deadline for NIB applications / audition tapes 11-13 Southwest District Convention, Waco,TX 15 Deadline for Wava Henry Award Nominations May 2003 1 Deadline for The PODIUM fall issue articles June 2003 1 Deadline for all ΤΒΣ scholarship applications

Deadline for National Convention Registration

($25 Late Fee now in effect) 16 Convention Registration confirmation mailing begins July 2003 20-22 NIB auditions & rehearsals 22 National Intercollegiate Band performance

National Convention opens

There are a number of critical issues for the National Chapter to consider this summer as well as important business concerns to address. We need you there to be a part of moving both Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma forward on many fronts! Plus,

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Meet the ΤΒΣ Board of Trustees

by Patsy Hejl, ΤΒΣ Board of Trustees Chair

Janet Elaine West Miller

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n February 21, 1948, the Iota Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma was installed at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Janet was a charter member and served as petition editor, vice-president, and president.

She received her bachelor’s degree in music in 1950 and her M.S. in Music Education in 1953, both from Baylor University. As a student, she played in the Golden Wave Marching Band, concert band, and symphony orchestra all five years.

During her graduate days she was percussion instructor for undergraduates.

Janet attended ΤΒΣ National Conventions from 1951 to 1957, in 1961, from 1967 to 1971, and from 1975 to the present. She played in the NIB from 1951 to 1957 and in 1961. She was elected 1st National Vice-President in 1953 and National President in 1955. She was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1957, being the first past president to be asked. In 1995, she was elected trustee for life.

She was a Texas music educator for thirty-two years as a junior-senior high school band director and an elementary music specialist.

In February of 1963, she married DeWayne A. Miller, Jr. They have two children, Dorothy Karon and DeWayne A. III (Trey). Karon, also a former ΤΒΣ National President, will marry David J. Hammond on March 22.

Trey is married to Michelle and has three children, James Thomas (JT), Nicole Elaine, and Michael Wynstan.

Wava Banes Turner Henry

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ava Banes Turner Henry was born in Cleveland, Oklahoma, on March 14, 1920, and grew up in the oil fields of Oklahoma and Texas.

She attended schools in California, Oklahoma and Texas and graduated from Wink,Texas, High School in 1936.

Her parents felt that she was too young to go to college, so she spent another year in high school playing in the band and participating in sports.

In the summer of 1937, Wava entered Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech university). She graduated

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in the summer of 1940 with a Bachelor’s Degree and a major in Band Music. While attending Texas Tech, Wava succeeded in getting sorority status for Tau Beta Sigma in 1939.

Most universities were not allowing women in the band at that time, and there were no women Band Directors around. Finally, she got her first position in Avoca,Texas, in the fall of 1940. Wava’s teaching duties included vocal music in all grades, band in all grades, and coaching basketball and track.The following year she accepted a position in Andrews,Texas. In December 1941, Wava married H. Jack Turner, Jr., who was a charter member of Alpha Omicron Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi. They lived in Lubbock,Texas, and she worked in a music store until Jack went into the Army Air Forces. In 1943, Wava became band director in Sundown,Texas.

After the war, Wava and Jack had a business in Lubbock, and Wava attended Texas Tech and received a Master’s Degree. After Jack’s death in 1958, she received her certification in math and counseling. She taught math in the Lubbock school for a year before she moved to Aspen, Colorado, in 1961 to teach in the Aspen Schools.

Later, she became counselor and administrator until her retirement in 1981. Wava was involved in developing the Outdoor and Experiential Programs in the Aspen School District as well as serving as District Director of the programs. She was also coordinator of the school ski program for several years.

She became active in Tau Beta Sigma when she attended the National Convention in 1971 and has attended every National Convention since then. She is a Charter member of Beta Chapter; a Life member of the Sorority; an honorary member of Alpha Chapter; a life member of the Board of Trustees; a Life Member of the National Alumni Association; and an honorary member of Alpha Omicron Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi. Beta Chapter has set up a scholarship in her name at Texas Tech. Among her other awards are Beta’s 50th Anniversary for Outstanding Service award and the Kappa Kappa Psi Richard E.Tolley Service award.

Wava married Reese Henry in 1981.In 1997 they moved to Midway, Utah, in 1997 to be next door to daughter Sandra and her family.

Wava says that she will remain active in Tau Beta Sigma until she joins the Great Sorority in the sky.

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Patsy Hejl

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atsy D. Hejl is in her second term as the Chair of the Board of Trustees for Tau Beta Sigma. She is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Music Education degree and received a Master of Education in Instructional Leadership from Mississippi State University. A life member of the Beta Gamma Chapter, the chapter has honored Patsy by creating and naming a scholarship for her; the scholarship is given annually to an outstanding freshman woman in the Longhorn Band. Patsy is also a Honorary member the Tau Beta Sigma chapters at the University of Arkansas and the University of Houston.

Prior to assuming the office of National President for the 1967-69 biennium, Patsy served on the national council for six years. During her term as president, the Outstanding Service to Music Award was developed and the first award was given at the 1969 convention. She has served as the Beta Gamma sponsor, District Counselor, and had previously served as chair of the Board of Trustees.

As a band director in Texas, Iowa, and Mississippi, Patsy has taught at all levels from beginning band to high school band. She has taught and managed drill teams and guard units from junior high to the college level. Choral music assignments included elementary and junior high general music and choir, as well as to church youth choirs and handbells.

School administration duties included middle, elementary, and primary schools. Patsy’s elementary school in Angleton,Texas, was rated exemplary by the state of Texas and a Four Star School by Texas Monthly magazine. She is a member of the state principals’ association, has been an district officer and given presentations at the state and district conventions.

Patsy and her husband, James, have three adult children, Sandra, Janice, and David. Their children had the unique opportunity to be members of both their mother and father’s bands. Sandra is an alumni of Beta Gamma Chapter (ΤΒΣ) and her husband, John, is an alumni of the Delta Chapter (ΚΚΨ) and they are parents of twins, Benjamin and Matthew.

Patsy lives in the Texas Hill Country town of Fredericksburg and recently retired from the education profession. She is enjoying retirement by volunteering in community organizations and projects. Of course, music activities are a big priority in retirement as she is currently serving as president of the Fredericksburg Music Club, is a board member of the Children’s Chorale, and is the chancel pianist at the Presbyterian church. }

Fundamentals

by William Johnson Director of Bands California Polytechnic State University

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t’s only natural for conductors who are also sponsors to be concerned about the direction their chapters are taking.

Just like the musical ensembles you conduct, however, the fundamentals must be in place.

When that happens, there is little need to worry. Like tone quality, balance, blend, intonation, rhythm, technique, and style, those fundamentals are participation and service.

The future of any chapter lies in the type of individual that, after a long journey, finally becomes a brother or a sister. Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma are not for everyone. In fact, they are for a very few. In any society there are the givers and the takers, the people who have a servant’s heart and the ones that are out for themselves. Most university students are, by nature, self-oriented. They are struggling to obtain an education, and they work for themselves most of the time. Only rarely does one find a student who truly believes in service above self and who, while participating in a musical ensemble as a viable musician, has a strong desire to serve that organization with personal time and energy doing the things that most people would not consider doing without a paycheck.

This person is a brother or a sister. If not, he/she will soon be, because brothers and sisters recognize brothers and sisters.

Some brothers and sisters, however, become so dedicated to the idea of service that their role in the ensemble becomes distorted. This is dangerous. No conductor would ever want a student to sacrifice participation in order to serve. Therefore, it is important that Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma members be seen not only as the people who provide the much needed service to the ensembles, but also the people who are the most dedicated to the art of musical performance and extraordinary examples of musical excellence. Only then will the fundamentals be in place. }

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It’s MY Membership!

by Debbie Baker ΤΒΣ National VP Colonization/Membership

It’s MY membership!

It’s MY membership!

It’s MY membership!

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want all of you to say that three times as fast as you can. Then say it three times slowly, listening to yourself as you repeat the phrase. This past year has been very exciting for the Sorority, but there is one aspect that is never fun to deal with. It is usually a lose/lose situation. The student is unhappy, the chapter is unhappy, and the national council has to be the bearer of bad news. The issue of active membership can be a source of joy and strength, but also a source of tears. Some of you may wonder how anything so good could be so bad. Trust me, it can! The good news is most of it is fixable!

So first of all, REPORT ALL INITIATES before third degree. For some chapters that will require a change in thinking. Mark your calendar and follow it. At Initiation, your chapter should have pins, shingles, and membership cards for the newest members. Allow your newest members to “show off” the evidence that they are now members. If you don’t get a card or shingle, there could be a problem!

Number two, PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUES on time. After a few weeks, your chapter will receive a new membership card for each active member. Take time in your meeting to pass out the cards and welcome each sister back for another great year in Tau Beta Sigma. If you don’t receive a card, there could be a problem!

Next, PAY FOR EVERY ACTIVE MEMBER on your campus. Don’t send in fees for five members when you really have fifteen. Only the members who paid will hold active status, be allowed to attend district and national conventions, be recognized by the national organization as active. If you don’t receive a card, there could be a problem!

All three situations occur because we assume that someone else is taking care of the situation. It’s the president’s job or the treasurer’s job. They will take care of it. Sounds good, but that is not what always happens. It is YOUR membership! If you have not received a membership card and shingle within a few weeks of Initiation or Active dues deadline, then ASK at a chapter

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meeting. If you go longer than a month,YOU should become responsible for making sure your fees have been paid. Ask the president to contact National Headquarters. They can tell you the status of all your paperwork.

Remember, it is YOUR membership! You are not an active member without paying your membership dues or initiation fees. The bond of Sisterhood does go farther than a card, but the card is what states your status!

Get the card!! }

Tau Beta Sigma is proud of

Debbie Baker

Congratulations for being selected Teacher of the Year!

Using the Sorority motto is a daily habit for Debbie Baker, National Vice President of Colonization and Membership. Most members associate “Tau Beta Sigma for Greater Bands” with our colleges and universities, but Debbie brings her musical expertise to the middle school level. Principal Tyrone Jones and the faculty of Flat Rock Middle School selected Debbie as their 2003 Teacher of the Year.

Debbie has been teaching middle school band for seventeen years. The past ten years have been at Flat Rock. Her 250-member program consists of three concert bands and a pep band. The band has received numerous Superior ratings at Concert and Solo/ Ensemble Festivals. They have performed at Walt Disney World and Six Flags Over Georgia. Members of the band have been selected for the John Phillip Sousa Junior High School Honor Band, the University of Georgia Middle School Band Festival, the University of West Georgia Honor Band, Georgia District VI Honor Band, and the Georgia All-State Band.

From the President’s Corner

by Kirk A. Randazzo ΚΚΨ National President

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o far the 2002-2003 academic year has been extremely productive for Kappa Kappa Psi. I want to update you all on some of the exciting events and programs being developed. Probably one of the most important events involves the hiring of a new Chapter Field Representative.

Please join me in welcoming Adam Cantley as our Sixth CFR. Adam is an alumnus from the Omicron Chapter at West Virginia University. He brings a wealth of experience, having served in several capacities, including Northeast District President.The National Council is excited about Adam joining our team, and I hope you all give him warm welcomes when he visits your schools.

Since the 2001 National Convention in Corpus Christi,Texas, strategic planning has become a fraternal “buzz word.” In aneffort to build upon the wonderful foundation developed in Corpus Christi, I created two task forces to research various aspects of Kappa Kappa Psi.The first chaired by Vice President for Student Affairs Tony Roscoe, examined how fraternal policies and programs impact students and focused on our efforts in colonization, membership education (including candidate education and continuing member education), and the Chapter Field Representative position.The second, chaired by Vice President for Professional Relations Rod Chesnutt, examined the Fraternity’s interaction with, and relationship to, college band directors. This group’s discussion focused on such topics as director participation and active involvement in Kappa Kappa Psi, the changing nature of collegiate band programs, fraternal relations with professional music associations, and student perceptions of college band directors.

I asked both Tony and Rod to submit a report to me in January, and the information they provided is extremely interesting and thought provoking. The National “strategic planning team,” which consists of the National Council, Board of Trustees and Executive Director, will discuss these reports and their recommendations at our strategic planning session in February.

Several items from these reports will become topics of discussion for various strategic committees at the 2003

National Convention in Norfolk, VA. This brings me to the National Convention in Norfolk. At the winter Council meeting in January, we met at the convention hotel and toured the facilities. Let me just say… WOW… this convention is shaping up to be one of the best, ever. Our meeting facilities are fantastic and we will be using all the space available. As such, the Council has several events planned for convention, including a reunion of Past National Presidents, a reunion of Chapter Field Representatives, and several musical experiences. Additionally, we are offering educational sessions on leadership development, the Ritual, strategic planning at the chapter level, and musicianship. Finally, we have built in “free time” so that everyone has an opportunity to tour the Norfolk/Virginia Beach area. If you have not started making plans to attend the National Convention already, let me encourage you to do so now.

The Council needs your help in developing our longterm strategic objectives, and the seminars will provide you an opportunity to gain valuable knowledge which you can bring back to your chapter. All in all, the convention in Norfolk will be dynamic and you certainly do not want to miss out. }

Boh Book Reprinted Bohumil Makovsky: The Guiding Spirit of Kappa Kap- pa Psi, by Kappa Kappa Psi Life Members Steven C. Nelson and Richard C. Dugger, has been reprinted in a new, second edition. This new edition contains additional information and a complete list of citations. Copies will be available at District Conventions, but you can order yours directly from National Headquarters for only $10, which includes shipping and handling.

Send check or money order for $10 to: Boh Book ΚΚΨ/ΤΒΣ National Headquarters P.O. Box 849 Stillwater, OK 74076-0849

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CFR Lowdown

by Carolyn Steckel ΤΒΣ National Chapter Field Representative

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s soon as you enroll in a college or university, you have opened yourself up to be asked one particular question.

And you will continue to be asked this question until you graduate. And even after you graduate, you will be asked this question until you find a sensible job. The question,“So what’s your major?”

This question, however, was a bit more excruciating for me then most people because of the question that would always follow.

I am proud to say that my major was popular culture. I am perhaps the only member of Tau Beta Sigma or Kappa Kappa Psi that has ever had that major, and I assure you that,YES, it IS a major.

My semesters were spent studying the cultural impacts of The Simpson’s, exactly how Barbie had managed to influence our fashion trends, the creation of juke joints and their inspiration on modern day music, discovering just how hokie Niagara Falls is, and the faults and downfalls of Disney.

I have studied graffiti, penny arcades, the impact the creation of the automobile had on the dating arena, apple butter festivals (Yes, the stuff you put on toast. In fact, without apple butter, I would not have graduated.), amusement parks, drag queens, fetishes, tattoos, piercings, women in popular music, and Disney films. To sum it all up, I studied culture.

Are you waiting for a “just kidding”? Well, you won’t get one. I honestly have studied all that stuff at one time or another and more. And ya’ll thought underwater basket weaving was a cool major!

But, I’m sure every single one of you is asking the same question which inevitably follows that first one, “What do you do with that major?” To be honest, I wanted to be the Tau Beta Sigma Chapter Field Representative. And my major was preparing me to do just that.

See, every chapter of Tau Beta Sigma has its own distinct culture. Each has its own form of interaction, their own signifying items, and their own traditions. By talking to members of a chapter and by studying them, you are able to learn what unifies them and makes them unique. You are able to discover how chapters over-

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come challenges and how it brings them together. This information can be shared with other chapters in the hope that they too can benefit. Through these shared interactions, all of us come together to make our own unique culture, one dedicated to serving the bands and ensuring the longevity of music and music education.

And so it will be my mission, as the Tau Beta Sigma Chapter Field Representative, to find out exactly what makes every chapter unique. For instance, I’ve already discovered that Alpha Mu takes off their shoes for degrees and Delta Xi, well, they are just Delta Xi and that’s a good thing. I assure you there will be many more to follow.

So while it may seem that I graduated with a degree and did nothing with it, that could not be farther from the truth. I went to school to study culture and I have just been thrown into the best case study I could dream

Kappa Kappa Psi Announces its Biennial Keynote Address Contest Are you an active member of ΚΚΨ? Are you interested in being a part of Fraternal history as well as an inspiration to the National Chapter assembled in Norfolk?

If so, Kappa Kappa Psi is looking for that one Brother who will be selected to lead the opening session of the 2003 National Convention with an original keynote address. Not only does the winner of this competition get to deliver his/her speech, but he/she also will receive an honorarium to cover convention registration costs!

If you think you could be this Brother, please submit either a cassette or video taped version of your speech as well as a typewritten copy to National Headquarters by April 1, 2003.

Send submissions to: ΚΚΨ/ΤΒΣ National Headquarters ATTN: ΚΚΨ Keynote Address P.O. Box 849 Stillwater, OK 74076-0849 For more information please contact:

Mike Osborn National VP for Colonization/Membership, ΚΚΨ 4089 Hampton Ridge Blvd Howell, MI 48843 (810) 229-2997 osbornmi@msu.edu OR Debra M. Eakins National VP for Programs, ΚΚΨ 437 Western Ave Morgantown, WV26505 (304) 293-5700 x2239 eakinsd@mail.wvnet.edu

Getting in Shape for the Long Run

by Sylvia Halbardier ΤΒΣ National president

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hen I was about 8 years old, I remember sitting in Sunday school class when Sister Mary Somethingor-Other began to lecture to us about how we should be conducting ourselves in our daily lives.Then she said something that I thought would knock me right off my kneeler! She said that these lessons she was passing on to us where among the things we would need for the LONG RUN! “The what?” I thought.

What was this long run? When was it supposed to take place? Did we all have to participate? Was there an eight-year-old division? I needed to start making plans if I was going on any long journey like this!

I was reminded of this incident when I began thinking of Tau Beta Sigma’s future. It occurred to me that planning for the future was, indeed, very similar to planning for a long race. Run with me on this one.

Plan the route. We have a wonderful Vision and Mission Statement. But it is time we each look at them and ask ourselves,“Where do I fit into the puzzle?” Each of us has something unique that makes us special. Bring that to Tau Beta Sigma. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain by bringing these special gifts to the table. Pick the path and let’s make the run together.

Get the right equipment. We have a long road to travel. It is an exciting journey, but we need to equip ourselves for the challenges.The best tools we have is our membership. It is through increased membership that many of our struggles can be solved. More members bring more ideas, more means, and more influence.

Bringing in more sisters and brothers to Tau Beta Sigma will carry a renewed awareness of energy to everything we undertake.

Stretch. Take Tau Beta Sigma beyond the limits of our current organization. My favorite question is “Why not?” I don’t necessarily feel calm reaching that far out of my comfort zone. But I know that I will feel worse with the sense of being obsolete. I have enjoyed Debbie Baker’s constant reminder to the National Council to “Think outside of the box.”

Make the run. Once everything is in place, RUN!

Don’t wait for the right time. The time is now. Don’t question whether we should move forward; MOVE! Don’t let obstacles get in our way; JUMP! I am one to get very distracted by meeting after meeting. There is just so much to talk about. The time is here for the action.

Tau Beta Sigma is in this for the long run. We know what it takes, and, more importantly, we are ready to make it happen. There has been question both within and out of our organization as to whether there is a continued need for Tau Beta Sigma. I am here to stand and cheer, YOU BET YOUR BIPPY THERE IS! Questioning Tau Beta Sigma’s future usefulness is tantamount to questioning my own usefulness.

I’m not through serving bands and neither is Tau Beta Sigma. We need to remind ourselves every now and again that our motto is as true today as it was in the past. Tau Beta Sigma for Greater Bands!

I want to thank the National Council for allowing me to be apart of this last biennium with them.

They have been a tremendous support and an exciting workforce. I look to our new leader, Debbie Baker, to continue many things that we have begun and find new avenues to have Tau Beta Sigma makes its long run. Kathy Godwin, Kimbi Sigle, Johnnie Vinson and Patsy Hejl thank you for making me so happy to be part of Tau Beta Sigma. You have really made my time as president fly by.

Thank you to Alan and the rest of the headquarters staff: Dixie, Di, Mike and Debbie. You have always been the nicest folks to work with. I enjoy knowing that Tau Beta Sigma has such an extended family. You have been fun.

Thank you to my counterpart, Kirk Randazzo, and the rest of the Kappa Kappa Psi National Council. We promised that things wouldn’t be dull and that we have delivered.

And most especially to the membership of Tau Beta Sigma. It has been my honor carrying your name around for the past six years as one of your national representatives. I have enjoyed meeting you and learning from you. My wishes for our continued success. }

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Women in the Fraternity (part 4)

by David Justin Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a four-part series chronicling the history of women in Kappa Kappa Psi; parts 1, 2, and 3 appeared in the spring 2001, fall 2001, and spring 2002 issues respectively. Part 4 highlights the thoughts and experiences of three women in Kappa Kappa Psi at various stages in their membership and concludes with statistical information on female membership in the fraternity.

A Membership Candidate

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n the fall of 2002, Laura DePooter, a freshman computer science major, began something that no woman had done before her. She entered the membership education program for the Lambda Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, at the University of Arkansas.

DePooter, a percussionist, was first attracted to Kappa Kappa Psi because of the work they did.

“They moved equipment,” she recalled. “It may not sound like a very good reason, but truly, the first thing that interested me was the fact that Kappa Kappa Psi was the equipment crew. I’ve been moving equipment as long as I’ve been in band, and I wanted to continue.”

Once she began working with the members of the chapter, she liked the camaraderie they shared.

“I went to the smoker [rush function] and got a bid that night,” DePooter said.

Daniel Beatty, the Lambda Chapter president, said that DePooter wasn’t the first female band member to be given a bid, but she was the first to accept it.

“The issue of a female joining Lambda has come up in the past, but we don’t actively pursue them,” Beatty said. “We usually try and encourage them to also consider looking at Tau Beta Sigma, because our sister chapter, Psi, is such a strong chapter… When I met Laura, I saw in her the passion and determination for service to the band program that I’ve seen in all the members of Lambda I’ve ever met. Honestly, it was stronger in her than in some.”

With a strong Tau Beta Sigma chapter that has always been strictly female, the prospect of breaking with past traditions was a hard one for Lambda.

“There’s a lot of alumni of our chapter who would disagree with our decision to give Laura a bid,” he continued,“but they have to understand that this chapter, in fact, the whole fraternity is in a constant state of change.”

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did not receive any special or different treatment than any of the other candidates.

“If I think that I can physically do the work [service projects], the chapter lets me do it,” she said. “I take the same tests, do the same service.”

Some of the members of Psi Chapter,Tau Beta Sigma, questioned DePooter’s motives for accepting the Lambda bid.

“Whenever it got brought up, I explained to them that I wasn’t doing it to be the first girl, or to get to know the cute guys,” she recalled. “I’m not like that. I decided to join Kappa Kappa Psi because that’s where I could help the band best… Yes, I’m a woman, but I’m where I belong.”

Laura DePooter was initiated into the Lambda Chapter on November 15, 2002. Out of the original 15 members of her class, 10 were initiated.

The Lambda Chapter was established on June 5, 1924. In their seventy-eight-year history, they have won numerous national and district awards as a chapter and as individuals.

An Active

When Arwyn Childs, a music education junior, began her freshman year in the fall of 1999 at the University of Texas at Arlington, she knew that she wanted to join Kappa Kappa Psi. “I had been exposed to Kappa Kappa Psi all during high school,” the trumpet player said. “My directors and my private lesson teacher were all in the Fraternity and very proud of it.”

Her first experiences with the Delta Sigma Chapter were very positive as well.

“I met Joe Hoselton [then UTA Drum Major and past Delta Sigma President] at the grocery store the night before summer band started,” Childs recalled. “He was so nice to me and talked to me all the time after that. The other people that I met, like the twins [Chris Rust and Randy Browder], were really cool and fun to talk to.”

Childs made the decision to wait to rush the chapter so that she could concentrate on getting her grades established, but when she witnessed the Spring 2000 Initiate Class going through membership education, she decided to join as soon as possible.

When she entered the membership education program in the fall of 2000, she encountered something she didn’t expect. Some of the older members and alumni of Delta Sigma snubbed her.

Arwyn Childs, and her initiate brother Jennifer Hunter, were only the second and third women to join Delta Sigma since the chapter’s installation in 1964. The first was Megan Vance in the fall of 1996, but she left school shortly after her initiation.

“More than half the alumni that I met treated me poorly, including my old high school band director,” she said. “That kind of hurt since one of my old directors was from UTA and I was in his family line.”

A few of the older members of the Gamma Nu Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma snubbed her as well.

“Some of the Gamma Nu members thought that Kappa Kappa Psi would take away from their membership if Delta Sigma continued to recruit women,” she explained. “But they’re doing fine. They even initiated their first male member [William Acongio].”

Although somewhat discouraged by the negative treatment and attitude, Childs served her initiate class as class captain and continued with the program. The majority of the Delta Sigma Chapter and the younger members of Gamma Nu welcomed and appreciated Childs’ determination to complete her membership education.

Arwyn Childs was initiated into the Delta Sigma Chapter in November 2000 and currently serves as chapter treasurer.

When asked about her feelings toward chapters that are still single sex, she said it depends on their attitude.

“If they’re open to the idea of a girl joining, then cool,” she explained. “It may just be that they have been coed before and there just aren’t any girls that are currently interested in joining. Stuff like that happens from time to time. But if they’re like,‘no way are we going to let a girl in!’ then they need to wake up to reality. Women have their place in Kappa Kappa Psi, just like men.”

On June 1, 2003, Childs will be joining the U.S. Air Force’s 531st Reserve Band of the Gulf Coast while she

About the Author: David Justin was initiated into the Epsilon Kappa Chapterof Kappa Kappa Psi at Angelo State University before transferring to the Delta Sigma Chapter at the University of Texas at Arlington. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and lives in the Dallas area where he was born. Justin, a past SWD Member-at-Large and Vice President, works for SBC as a service representative in industry markets and currently serves as president for the SWD Alumni Association. He became interested in the history of women in the fraternity after being included in a series of emails on the subject by Steve Nelson, Deb Eakins, Marie Burleigh, and Malinda Matney.

continues to pursue her music education degree.

An Alumnus

Malinda Matney was initiated into the Alpha Mu Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma at Wichita State University in November 1984.

She served as the District V President when the National Chapters voted at the National Convention in 1987 to realign the districts across the country. Four districts merged to form the present-day Midwest District and Matney continued on as the first Midwest District President for Tau Beta Sigma. Due to her dedication at helping to make the district merger easier and for helping to create the Kappa Kappa Psi Midwest District Constitution, the Midwest District Council inducted her as an honorary member of the Fraternity in March 1988 at the first Midwest District Convention.

In 1991, Matney ran unsuccessfully for Tau Beta Sigma National Treasurer (now known as National Vice President for Special Projects) at the National Convention held at the University of Maryland.

The next year, Kappa Kappa Psi National President Stanley Finck asked Matney to serve as the Kappa Kappa Psi Midwest District Governor. She accepted and became the first woman to serve as a district governor in Kappa Kappa Psi. “Stan, as well as his council, was very supportive and made it very clear that I wasn’t appointed to hold the position until ‘a qualified man came along’, as many people speculated at the time,” she recalled. “They saw that many of the skills I had learned would be useful to Kappa Kappa Psi.” Matney decided again to run for national office in 1995, but this time, she ran for a position on the Kappa Kappa Psi National Council. At the National Convention at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, she became the first female national officer in Kappa Kappa Psi when she was elected Vice President of Programs. She did not run unopposed.

Although Matney held a huge amount of support, she lost a bid for National Vice President for Colonization and Membership at the 1997 National Convention at the Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, Arizona, against Dr. Michael Golemo.

National President Scott Stowell asked Matney to serve Kappa Kappa Psi again as a district governor, this time in the North Central District. She accepted and continues in that position still today.

While, Matney has experienced much success in Kappa Kappa Psi, she has also been the target of mem-

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bers who would prefer to see her fail strictly because of her gender.

“Some men were not kind, and continue to not be kind, with the worst sending emails to or about me, accusing me of ‘wanting to be a man’ or of ‘not knowing my place’,” she said. “[They] worried that having women in the Brotherhood would somehow make it less valuable. This is why discrimination policies still matter in this day and age.”

However, most male members of the fraternity were and continue to be very supportive of Matney and females members, in general.

“Men appointed me to this position [of governor], and have continued to do so,” she said. “I believe that most students simply want to have a positive and worthwhile experience, and truly want to be a part of a band fraternity, not a men’s fraternity with a philanthropy in bands.”

Matney also had mixed responses from Tau Beta Sigma.

“Not all Tau Beta Sigma members resent my involvement in Kappa Kappa Psi,” she said. “Some have, and what is probably most disappointing is the tone of the resentment. Most of these people would say that I should ‘know my place,’ which buys in the notion that men are leaders and women are not. It seems counter to Tau Beta Sigma’s current mission to promote women in the band world. However, it has been interesting that more women than men have voiced opposition to my continued appointments.

“However, I think most sisters, like most brothers, appreciate quality and attention. The Sisterhood has appointed Kappa Kappa Psi members as Tau Beta Sigma counselors before, including Marc Martinez, John Fitzgibbon, and Ed Elsea. Clearly, sisters can appreciate and use talent developed outside the organization as well as within.”

When asked about chapters that still recruit new members based strictly on gender, Matney said two chapters on the same campus can recruit across the gender lines and still be successful.

“I see [chapters recruit regardless of gender] at most of the chapters in the North Central District, and across the nation, with great success,” she said. “At most schools, the fact is that the number of members go up, as people who would not have considered one organization join the other. I’ve known both men and women who were attracted to the organizations as a result of coed membership and who would not have joined their respected organizations otherwise.”

Matney also shared her opinion on chapters that refuse to recruit across gender lines out of a self-perceived

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respect for the other organization.

“I think chapters who say they won’t recruit ‘out of respect’ actually lack respect for their fellow organization,” she said. “The message is ‘you couldn’t gain members if we were a choice.’ That’s not being respectful, that’s being condescending.”

The Numbers

The following are membership percentages for academic years 1999 and 2002. The information is based on the Chapter Summary Reports turned in. The percentages of Coed Chapters have a correlation of + 9%. The percentage of female members is based on the membership numbers reported in the Chapter Summary Reports.

Change in Number of ΚΚΨ Co-Ed Chapters

by District, 1999-2002 Change in Number of ΚΚΨ Female Actives

by District, 1999-2002

Conclusion

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“There is nothing permanent except change.”

-Heraclitus

Greek philosopher, 540-480 B.C.

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• Cash Gifts – tax deductible according to the donor’s tax bracket.

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Please contact Alan Bonner at the National Headquarters (800-543-6505) or Ken Corbett (803-777-7313) if you have any questions.

Detach the form below and mail with your contribution.

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Chapter______________________________________________________Address:_ __________________________________________ City: ___________________________________ State_________ ZIP____________ Telephone: (H)___________________________ (W) ________________________ E-Mail Address: ________________________________________

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Editor’s note: As ΚΚΨ and ΤΒΣ look to the future and the upcoming National Convention, we also remember our past. This article, which originally appeared in the spring/summer 2002 issue of “Spotlight,” Emporia State University’s alumni magazine, profiles one of music education’s legends, former ΚΚΨ National President Melbern Nixon. It is reprinted with permission of author Diana Staresinic-Deane.

Conducting a Love for Music

by Diana Staresinic-Deane Associate Director of Advancement Communications Emporia State University Photo by Dick Garvey University Photographer, Emporia State University “In the twenty-one years since my time at Emporia State University, I have never failed to run across someone who, knowing Mel Nixon, had acquired anything less than a profound learning experience from the man.”

- Chief Master Sgt. Roger Ferrell.

Warner Robins, GA

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his past February, Emporia State Professor Emeritus and former ΚΚΨ National President Melbern Nixon was inducted into the Kansas Music Educators Association (KMEA) Hall of Fame.

His teaching career began in 1942 when he became the band director at Yale Public Schools in Oklahoma.

A year later, he was drafted to serve in the military as a member of the 525th Army Air Forces Band, giving him the opportunity to play his trombone on the Bob Hope Show. Already holding a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University, he went on to complete his master’s degree at the University of Michigan. Nixon returned to Oklahoma and taught at El Reno and Durant high schools. After a three-year stint in New Mexico and California, Nixon once again returned to Oklahoma to become a professor of instrumental music at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

That’s when he received the phone call.

“Bill Nugent was chairman of [KSTC’s] music department, and unbeknownst to me, he had made all of these telephone calls about me. He knew more about me than I did. And one night, about ten o’clock, he called me and said,‘Would you like to come up for an interview here at Kansas State Teachers College?’” Nixon said.

“I came up, and it looked very appealing to me, so [my family] moved that same summer.”

In 1962, Mel Nixon became the director of instrumental music at Emporia State University.

“Mr. Nixon was not content to remain in his ‘ivory tower,’ but rather, believed strongly in

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outreach. A former student could always count on sound advice. Mr. Nixon was well known as a wonderful adjudicator and clinician both in Kansas and regionally.”

- Lana Beerhalter, Norman, OK Nixon took his band on the road. “We would go out for three days and do eight concerts. That was our best recruiting device, because [students] could hear our band and see what was actually happening here.” In addition to these recruiting trips, Nixon took the band to celebrate another Nixon: KSTC’s band represented the state of Kansas in the inaugural parade for Richard Nixon.

The high school bands also made their way to Emporia. As many as seventy-two bands came from as far away as the Colorado border for Band Day. These recruiting tools worked; at one point during Nixon’s career, Emporia State boasted 137 band members.

“Mr. Nixon continuously challenged,

inspired, and encouraged all of us to perform our best, to grow musically and to perform together as a close-knit ensemble.”

- Neal E. Smith, Liberty, MO Nixon admits that he taught just about everything during his twenty-two years at ESU. I had all the band programs, and I taught private brass quite a bit, and conducting, and music education methods,” Nixon said. “I enjoyed teaching French horn, and some of my French horn students have done really well.”

“His profound respect for the music he presented us and the ideals he espoused in his methods and teaching classes has been evident in every musical endeavor he has pursued and has definitely influenced my

decision to continue my music studies and to become a part of the public school system in music education.”

- Roberta (Brown) Vidricksen,

Arkansas City, KS “In all cultures, the music is the thing that has lived.

The music and the fine arts have lived out of every culture more so than many other aspects,” Nixon said.

Extending this love for music is part of the secret to teaching music.The rest, says Nixon, is expectation.

“I don’t believe much in talent at all. Intelligence and hard work - that makes up what talent is.And drive. I’d rather have someone who is pretty bright and who’s ready to work hard.You’ll make a good musician out of that kind of student.”

Though technically retired, Nixon is still in contact with many of his former students.

“I get telephone calls or letters every week. I even have students who I am still in touch with who I had

the first year I taught in El Reno in1947. A lot of them are retired,” Nixon said.

In addition to his work directly with students, Nixon has extended his leadership to several music associations and Kappa Kappa Psi. After retiring from ESU in 1984, he conducted the Emporia Municipal Band for eight years. He has been recognized by many organizations. In 1992, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Educators Hall of Fame. But perhaps his greatest fame is among his students.

“Even more admirable was the personal relationship that Mel developed with many students that have come through his band program. He helped transform a lot of naïve, unfocused kids into responsible adults.”

- Mike and Susan (Schartz) Rankin,

Olathe, KS

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ΚΚΨ’s Melbern Nixon Visits National Headquarters

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salutes the Chapter Leadership Award Finalists for the 2001 -2003 Biennium Kappa Kappa Psi

Beta - Montana State University Gamma - University of Washington Lambda - University of Arkansas Nu - University of Michigan Omicron - West Virginia University Alpha Omicron - Texas Tech University Beta Omicron - Arizona State University Zeta Beta - Howard Payne University Iota Pi - Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Kappa Beta - Clemson University Kappa Delta - Northwest Missouri State University Kappa Mu - University of Georgia (each of these chapters is eligible to compete for the William A Scroggs Founders Trophy at National Convention)

Tau Beta Sigma

Beta - Texas Tech University Xi - West Texas A & M University Psi - University of Arkansas Gamma Omega - University of Pittsburgh Delta Xi - University of Missouri, Rolla Epsilon Epsilon - Kutztown University Epsilon Omega - Morgan State University Eta Alpha - Syracuse University Eta Gamma - Boston University Eta Delta - Howard University Theta Theta - Henderson State University Theta Lambda - Auburn University

(each of these chapters is eligible to compete for the Grace and A. Frank Martin Award at National Convention)

Former Kappa Kappa Psi National President Melbern Nixon (1975-1977) recently visited National Headquarters.

He is shown in these photos having a chat with National Executive Director Lt. Col. Alan Bonner.

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KAPPA KAPPA PSI & TAU BETA SIGMA

2003 National Convention

July 22 - 27, 2003

Host Chapters:

Virginia State University Zeta Psi/ΚΚΨ

Epsilon Rho/ΤΒΣ

Boston University Theta Beta/ΚΚΨ

Eta Gamma/ΤΒΣ

Virginia Tech University Zeta Omicron/ΤΒΣ

Norfolk State University

Iota Xi/ΚΚΨ

Epsilon Sigma/ΤΒΣ

University of Maryland Beta Eta/ΤΒΣ

West Virginia University Omicron/ΚΚΨ

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KAPPA KAPPA PSI & TAU BETA SIGMA

2003 National Convention Information Dates:

Sunday, July 20 - Tuesday, July 22 - National Intercollegiate Band Tuesday, July 22 - Sunday, July 27 - National Convention

Location:

The Norfolk Waterside Marriott 235 East Main Street Norfolk, Virginia 23510 757-627-4200 or 800-228-9290

NIB Registration Deadline:

Tuesday, April 1

Convention Registration Deadline:

Sunday, June 1

Convention Registration Fee: $112

DO NOT SEND CASH! You may pay by check, Visa, or MasterCard

Hotel Reservation Deadline:

Sunday, June 1

NIB Chair Auditions:

Sunday, July 20

Convention Business Begins:

Tuesday, July 22

NIB Concert:

Tuesday, July 22, 8 pm

Banquet:

Friday, July 25

Special Events:

National Intercollegiate Band Concert Educational Forums, including Special Speakers Reading Band & Auxiliary Clinic Convention Banquet Announcement of 2005 National Convention Site

Late Registration: All registrations postmarked after June 6 MUST be accompanied by a $25 late fee. On-site registrations will be charged a $25 surcharge.

Lodging and Meals: Lodging and most meals are not included in the convention registration fee. They are the financial responsibility of the convention participant. Make your hotel reservations directly with the Norfolk Waterside Marriott in Norfolk. Please use the reservation form included in the convention packet. The hotel room rate is $99 plus 12.5% tax, for up to four persons in a room. Convention rates will apply 3 days prior to and 3 days after convention. The names of everyone to be registered in the room should be listed on the hotel reservation form.

Parking: Parking is available at $6.00 per room per night, only if charged to your room, from July 22 to July 27 in the Main Street Parking Garage operated by the City of Norfolk, located across the street from the hotel.

Airport Transportation: Brown Shuttle Service (757-857-3991), located outside Baggage Claim Door 3 at Norfolk International Airport, operates on demand. Cost is $18/person one way, $27/person round trip. Taxi fare is approximately $25 one-way.

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The Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel Information EVENT: DATES: ROOM RATE PER NIGHT:

Kappa Kappa Psi & Tau Beta Sigma National Convention July 22 - 27, 2003 $99 + 12.5% tax (flat rate for single, double, triple or quad)

ALL RESERVATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JUNE 1, 2003 In order to guarantee your room reservation, your request must be accompanied by a deposit of one night’s rental plus tax or accepted credit card and signature. We regret that we cannot hold your reservation without an advance deposit or credit card guarantee.

Please reserve _____room(s) for _____person(s) Do you require a: ❐ Nonsmoking ❐ Smoking ❐ Accessible ❐ Roll-away ❐ Crib (Room type requests are honored on availability basis only and are NOT guaranteed)

Please PRINT all information (except signature) in BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS! Name:______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________________________________________________________ City: ____________________________________________State:__________________________________Zip:__________________ Phone: (work)_____________________________________(home)_____________________________________________________ Will Arrive On:____________________________________ Will Depart On:______________________________________________ (day) (date) (time) (day) (date) (time) Credit Card Type: ❐ American Express ❐ MasterCard ❐ Diners Club ❐ Visa ❐ Carte Blanche ❐ Discover ❐ JCB Credit Card Number:_________________________________Expiration Date:____________________________________________ Card Holder’s Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________ Card Holder’s Signature:________________________________________________________________________________________ Name(s) of other room occupant(s):______________________________________________________________________________ I understand that reservations not guaranteed will be subject to cancellation 7 days prior to arrival and that all guaranteed reservations will be held until 12 midnight of the indicated arrival date. I further understand that I am liable for one night’s room deposit and tax (which will be deducted from my deposit or billed through my credit card) in the event that I do not arrive or cancel by midnight 72 hours prior to the arrival date indicated.

Signed: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

IMPORTANT: Mail or Fax this form ONLY to: The Norfolk Waterside Marriott 235 East Main Street Norfolk, Virginia 23510 757-627-4200 or 800-228-9290 FAX: 757-628-6452 DO NOT SEND THIS FORM TO KAPPA KAPPA PSI/TAU BETA SIGMA NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS! The PODIUM, Spring 2003—19

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2003 National Convention Registration Please PRINT all information (except signature) in BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS! NAME

_______________________________________________________________ ❐ Male

❐ Female

CHAPTER _______________________________________________________________ ❐ ΚΚΨ ❐ ΤΒΣ SCHOOL _______________________________________________________________ SUMMER _______________________________________________________________ ADDRESS

_______________________________________________________________

City

State

Zip

Phone

_______________________________________________________________ e-mail

MEMBERSHIP STATUS (Check One) ❐ Active ❐ Conditional ❐ Alumni

❐ Associate

❐ Honorary

❐ Life

READING BAND (Check appropriate boxes. Percussionists need to bring their own mallets.) ❐ Yes, I will be participating ❐ Yes, I will need the following large instrument:____________________ AUXILIARY CLINIC (ALL equipment provided.) ❐ Yes, I will be participating

BANQUET MEAL SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS ❐ No red meat ❐ Vegetarian

EDUCATIONAL FORUMS I am planning on attending the following (check only one per session): Wednesday, July 23, 10:45 am - 11:55 am Friday, July 25, 10:30 am - Noon ❐ Conductor/Composer Workshop (Joint Open) ❐ Lou Rusiski (ΚΚΨ only; max. 35 participants) ❐ Financial Planning (Joint Open) ❐ Strategic Planning for Chapters (ΚΚΨ only) ❐ Lou Rusiski (ΚΚΨ only; max. 35 participants) ❐ ΚΚΨ Ritual (ΚΚΨ only) ❐ ΚΚΨ Ritual (ΚΚΨ only) ❐ Band Arrangements (open) ❐ ΤΒΣ Ritual (ΤΒΣ only) ❐ Colonization (ΤΒΣ only) ❐ ΤΒΣ history (open)

REGISTRATION FEE: $112 (Nonrefundable after June 1) Fee includes registration, banquet, and Saturday event METHOD OF PAYMENT: ❐ Check (payable to ΚΚΨ/ΤΒΣ)

❐ Credit Card

Credit Card Orders Name on Card ________________________________________________❐ Visa ❐ MasterCard_________________________________________________________Card # _____ Exp. Date_ NHQ Auth______________________NHQ Receipt___________________NHQ Initials_________ Mail one copy of this form WITH your registration payment to: 20—The PODIUM, Spring 2003

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Educational Forums SIGN UP FOR THESE NATIONAL CONVENTION EDUCATIONAL FORUMS ON THE CONVENTION REGISTRATION FORM (opposite) Wednesday, July 23 - 10:45 am-11:55 am 1. Conductor & Composer Workshop with Don Wilcox and Jack Stamp (joint sponsored; open) 2. Financial Planning by Legacy Asset Management (joint sponsored; open) 3. Motivational Presentation by Lou Rusiski (ΚΚΨ members only; limited to 35 participants) 4. ΚΚΨ Ritual - “Lessons of the Ritual: What the Ritual Means to You Today” with Chris Haughee (ΚΚΨ members only) 5. ΤΒΣ Ritual - “The Significant Elements” with Kathy Godwin & Dollie McDonald (ΤΒΣ members only)

July 25 - Friday - 10:30am - Noon 1. Motivational Presentation by Lou Rusiski (ΚΚΨ members only; limited to 35 participants) 2. Strategic Planning at the Chapter Level with Kirk Randazzo (ΚΚΨ members only) 3. ΚΚΨ Ritual - “Performing the Ritual: How to make the Ritual Work for Your Chapter” with Chris Haughee 4. “Building & Repairing Band Arrangements” with Dr. Johnnie Vinson (ΤΒΣ-sponsored; open) 5. Colonization Workshop with Debbie Baker (ΤΒΣ members only) 6. ΤΒΣ History with Wava Banes Turner (ΤΒΣ-sponsored; open)

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2003 Chapter Delegate Form INSTRUCTIONS: This CHAPTER DELEGATE FORM must be submitted to the National Headquarters on or before June 1, 2003. You MUST have a current membership card to be seated as a delegate.

Please PRINT all information (except signatures) in BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS! CHAPTER:_____________________________________ ❐ ΚΚΨ ❐ ΤΒΣ (Check one) DISTRICT:____________________ SCHOOL:______________________________________E-MAIL:_______________________________________________

OFFICIAL DELEGATE: ________________________________________________

Name

________________________________________________

Summer Mailing Address

________________________________________________

City State Zip Telephone

________________________________________________

e-mail Preferred Committee Assignment:______________________________________ 1st Alternate: ________________________________________________

Name

________________________________________________

Summer Mailing Address

________________________________________________

City State Zip Telephone

________________________________________________

e-mail Preferred Committee Assignment:______________________________________ 2nd Alternate: ________________________________________________

Name

________________________________________________

Summer Mailing Address

________________________________________________

City State Zip Telephone

________________________________________________

e-mail Preferred Committee Assignment:______________________________________ 3rd Alternate: ________________________________________________

Name

________________________________________________

Summer Mailing Address

________________________________________________

City State Zip Telephone

________________________________________________

e-mail Preferred Committee Assignment:______________________________________ IMPORTANT REMINDERS 1.

2.

Each delegate or alternate delegate MUST have a valid membership card.

The form fulfills the National Constitution provision requiring a signed official statement verifying selection as a delegate or alternate delegate. Send a notice to or call the National Headquarters at (800) 543-6505 should the name, address, or phone number of the delegate or alternate delegate change.

REQUIRED SIGNATURES __________________________________________________________________

Chapter President

__________________________________________________________________ Chapter Sponsor

To be returned to the National Headquarters by JUNE 1, 2003.

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2003 Letter of Proxy INSTRUCTIONS: The National Councils of ΚΚΨ and ΤΒΣ would like every chapter to complete a proxy form in the event they are unable to send a representative to the convention. This will insure that your chapter is represented by the chapter of your choice. Please return this form by June 1, 2003.

Please PRINT all information (except signatures) in BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS! CHAPTER:________________________________________❐

ΚΚΨ ❐ ΤΒΣ (Check one)

DISTRICT:________

SCHOOL:_________________________________________E-MAIL:____________________________________

Our chapter will/will not be sending a representative to the Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma 2003 National Convention. We authorize the following chapter to sit in proxy for our chapter:

Chapter:____________________________________District:_____________________

School:____________________________________E-mail:______________________

In the event the chapter listed above is unable to sit in proxy for your chapter, please list below three other choices for your proxy: 1st Alternate Proxy:______________________________District:_____________________

Chapter name

School:____________________________________E-mail:______________________

nd Alternate Proxy:___________________________________District:_____________________ 2

Chapter name

School:____________________________________E-mail:______________________ 3rd Alternate Proxy:______________________________District:_____________________

Chapter name

School:____________________________________E-mail:______________________

Signed:____________________________________________________ Date: __________________________ Chapter President

Return this form by JUNE 1, 2003, to: Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma National Headquarters, P.O. Box 849, Stillwater, OK 74076-0849 The PODIUM, Spring 2003—23

Kappa Kappa Psi & Tau Beta Sigma 2003 National Intercollegiate Band Registration Form INSTRUCTIONS: This registration form and your audition tape [standard audio cassette tape only] should be postmarked no later than April 1, 2003. Tapes should be clearly marked with your name, school, instrument, and etudes selected. Only one audition may be submitted per tape.

Please PRINT all information (except signatures) in BLOCK CAPITAL LETTERS! NAME_____________________________________________________________❐ Male

❐ Female

SCHOOL __________________________________________________________❐ ΚΚΨ

❐ ΤΒΣ

(Last)

(First)

(M.I.)

SCHOOL _________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________________________

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

(Phone)

SUMMER _________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________________________

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

(Phone)

E-Mail _________________________________________________________________________________ Major_________________________________________Instrument____________________________________ Classification

Fr.

So.

Jr.

Sr.

Gr.

(circle one)

National Intercollegiate Band chair auditions will be held on Sunday, July 20, 2003, on site in Norfolk. The NIB rehearsals will take place at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel, and the NIB concert will take place at the Norfolk State University Performing Arts Center.

Three nights’ lodging (Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday) will be provided for all participants.

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Winds:

a] Full range chromatic scale (tongue up, slur down)

b] Major scale (choose one with at least 4 #s or 4 bs) c] Two contrasting etudes

*Percussion:

a] Timpani:

b] Snare drum:

c] Mallets:

Two contrasting etudes† F major scale on two drums, up and down Two contrasting etudes (one may be multiple percussion)† Long concert (buzz) roll, soft to loud Two contrasting etudes (one may be four mallets)† Chromatic scale, full range, up and down

* All percussionists must submit at least two of the three areas to be considered

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Five-minute limit per etude

SUBMIT AUDITION TAPES AND THIS FORM TO: Kappa Kappa Psi & Tau Beta Sigma ATTN: NIB 2003 Auditions National Headquarters P.O. Box 849 Stillwater, OK 74076-0849

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Meet the NIB Composer and Conductor Commissioned Composer Jack Stamp

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r. Jack Stamp is Professor of Music and Conductor of Bands at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, and teaches courses in undergraduate and graduate conducting. Dr. Stamp received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education degree from IUP, a Master’s in Percussion Performance from East Carolina University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Conducting from Michigan State University where he studied with Eugene Corporon.

Prior to his appointment at IUP, he served as chairman of the Division of Fine Arts at Campbell University in North Carolina. He also taught for several years in the public schools of North Carolina. In addition to these posts, Dr. Stamp served as conductor of the Duke University Wind Symphony (1988-89) and was musical director of the Triangle British Brass Band, leading them to a national brass band championship in 1989. In 1996, he received the Orpheus Award from the Zeta Tau Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha for service to music and was named a “Distinguished Alumnus” of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

In 1999, he received the “Citation of Excellence” from the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. In 2000, he was inducted into the prestigious American Bandmasters Association.

He is active as a guest conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and composer throughout North America and Great Britain. His compositions have been commissioned and performed by leading military and university bands across the United States. He has won the praise of American composers David Diamond, Norman Dello Joio, Samuel Adler, Robert Ward, Robert Washburn, Fisher Tull, Nancy Galbraith, and Bruce Yurko for performances of their works. He is also a contributing author to the “Teaching Music Through Performance in Band” series released by GIA Publications.

He is founder and conductor of the Keystone Wind Ensemble, which has recorded two CDs of his works on the Citadel label (“Past the Equinox: The Music of Jack Stamp” and “Cloudsplitter”). }

NIB Conductor Don Wilcox

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s the Director of Bands at West Virginia University since l971, Don Wilcox has guided

the growth and development of the University’s band program to a position of national recognition.The six bands, housed in the multimillion dollar Creative Arts Center, provide the university community with over fifty performances each year, and have performed for enthusiastic audiences in over twenty states.

The top concert organization, the WVU Wind Symphony, has performed for regional and national conferences of the Music Educators National Conference, and College Band Directors National Association, as well as for the first international meeting of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Manchester, England, in 1981. In April of 1996, they performed the opening concert of the first Atlanta International Band and Orchestra Conference.

Mr. Wilcox is a graduate of the University of Michigan and is active at the national level in numerous professional organizations, serving on the Board of Directors of the American Bandmasters Association, the John Philip Sousa Foundation, and the Atlanta International Band and Orchestra Clinic. He has received several significant honors, including WVU’s Outstanding Teacher Award, the 1993 Golden Apple Outstanding Faculty Award, and special citations from three Governors for his contributions to the state of West Virginia. In 1986, he became the first teacher ever to be named a Distinguished Fine Arts Alumnus of California State University at Long Beach. In 1997, he received three major awards: the Sudler Order of Merit from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, the Distinguished Service To Music Award from the National Council of Kappa Kappa Psi, and West Virginia University’s Heebink Award for Outstanding Service to the university and the state. In 2000 he was elected President of the American Bandmasters Association.

In forty years of working with musicians of all ages and abilities, Mr. Wilcox has conducted bands from oneroom schools in rural Appalachia to several of the major concert halls in the world, and in 48 states, and 16 foreign countries. He has served as guest conductor and lecturer at more than three dozen universities in America, Europe, Japan, and Thailand, and maintains an active international schedule as a clinician and conductor. }

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Be a Part of the Legacy of Tau Beta Sigma!

he Tau Beta Sigma Trust Fund supports valuable, long-term programs of our Sorority, including the National Intercollegiate Band, Commissioning Program, Women In Music Speaker Series, scholarships and leadership development.

Now is your chance to make a difference! All supporters of Tau Beta Sigma are invited and encouraged to sustain and preserve the mission of the Sorority by participating in the Tau Beta Sigma Trust Fund. Each gift will be recognized in The PODIUM. YES! I want to contribute to the Tau Beta Sigma Trust Fund. ❐ Friends Of The Trust (Select your personal gift level.)

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Send Trust Fund contributions to: Tau Beta Sigma Sorority Trust Fund, P.O. Box 849, Stillwater, OK 74076-0849 800-543-6505 Spring 2003

Joining Professional Organizations

by Dana Swanson Life Member, Zeta Epsilon/ΤΒΣ

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hile at the Northeast what professional organizations join. I Don’t worry themusic aboveeducation criteria just yet.

District convention last year, was asked byabout several majors I thought they should join. WithMake the list broad, and include organizations outside out giving it any thought I rattled of your profession as well. The internet is an excellent off a list of those organizations I place to look, but also go to the library and see what belong to. But once I was back in journals it carries. Ask your professors! (see #5) my office, I started thinking about 4) Organize the list according to the criteria you’ve their question. Why do I belong identified as important to you. You’ll find that many orto all these organizations? What ganizations offer all the benefits you want and/or need, am I looking for in an organization when I join, and but some will offer only part of them or none at all. what makes me keep paying my dues year after year?

5) Ask around to find out who is a member of an Am I getting my money’s worth? organization on your list. Ask for their advice. An organiBefore you join any organization, it makes sense to zation may look terrific on paper, but do they live up to do some research on it. What are the benefits? What are their promises? You can also ask them why they joined, the responsibilities? What opportunities are available or didn’t join a particular organization. This information for involvement? As an administrator at a major medican be invaluable! cal school, I screened literally hundreds of applications 6) Rank order your list. Starting with the best each year. Students always think it is good to have a matches, check the membership criteria. Make sure long list of memberships on their vitas to make them you can afford to join! I recommend keeping separate look well-rounded. But the truth is, unless they actually lists for organizations in and out of your field so you get involved in the organizations (and I don’t mean just don’t join a bunch that are alike in scope at the expense going to meetings), these memberships mean little to of those that might have some benefit, but are outside admissions committees. of your profession. For example, I belong to Illinois Medical school applicants bombarded me with Women in Government for the sole purpose of networkquestions pertaining to what organizations look best on ing with state legislators. You never know when an ortheir applications. My response is to tell them the best ganization like this will prove an asset! If I rank ordered organizations are those they got involved in and were it with professional music organizations, it would be at not merely members of. There is no best organization the bottom. other than that which is best for you. To find out which 7) JOIN! Take advantage of your membership! Get organizations are best for you, I’ve developed a set of involved! Read the publications! Get to know other questions for you to consider before plunking down the members! As you move up the professional ladder, you membership dues. will need to reassess your memberships. Try to do this 1) Assess your financial standing. Though student on an annual basis. memberships are very reasonable, once you’ve joined A word on publications: Organizations publish ten or twelve, the cost does start to add up. Most promany different types of publications. Many have a newsfessional organizations offer student memberships, but letter or magazine, while others offer peer-reviewed many come with reduced benefits. You need to make journals and other research-oriented materials. Somesure you know what you are getting before you send times the research publications are an additional cost in your money. Do you really want or need all those above and beyond the membership. Make sure you benefits anyway? figure any extra cost into your budget!

2) Prioritize your wants/needs. You need to take Being a member has its benefits, as American Exstock of what you want/need out of an organization. press will tell you. But if you are going to join, make Are you looking for networking opportunities? How sure the benefits are right for you! } about publications? Do you want to get active in leadership? Most organizations have all of these possibilities awaiting you, but some are better than others.

3) Cultivate a list of possible organizations you could

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Chapter News “… Just Live Life.”

by Jacqueline Belleau, ΤΒΣ/Eta Alpha Syracuse University

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here are certain moments that can change your outlook on life and inspire you. The sisters of the Eta Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma and the brothers of the Eta Phi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi were honored with the opportunity to spend a short, yet amazing weekend with Wava Banes Henry and her husband Reese Henry in Syracuse, NY this past March. Eta Alpha wanted to learn more about our sorority’s history, so we fundraised and planned a weekend dedicated to Tau Beta Sigma and the wonderful woman who created this organization. When the thought of inviting Wava up to the Northeast came to fruition, we were honestly quite nervous about meeting the remarkable woman whose vision is the reason why we are all able to serve the bands together today. From the moment the sisterhood was introduced to Wava, we knew this experience was one that would always stay in our memories. She and Reese immediately warmed our hearts with their kindness and sincere interest in our chapter and personal lives. One thing we were not expecting was Wava’s great sense of humor and her gift for storytelling! She kept us laughing all weekend with her humorous and courageous stories.

Among the activities that weekend was a Sisterhood versus Membership Candidates football game honorably named the “Wava Bowl.” Also on the agenda were a recital, dinner, an S.U. basketball game, and a ritual. But, the favorite event for many sisters was an event called “History Day.” The sisters spent an afternoon showing Wava how Eta Alpha serves the bands while enjoying the positive influences of a close fellowship. After this presentation, we participated in a conversation with Wava about topics such as the sorority’s founding, women’s rights, and the importance of cherishing every moment with which we are blessed.

As the weekend came to a close, the sisters were energized and inspired by experiencing first-hand the capabilities of the “power of one.” Wava Banes Henry is responsible for initiating this opportunity for all band-women to have an outlet to enjoy their love of music. Members of Tau Beta Sigma and Kappa Kappa Psi at Syracuse all come from various backgrounds. What we learned from and observed about Wava was her selflessness,

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courage, passion, and optimism which convey a message that transcends academic major, gender, and race. She encouraged us to believe that even though it may seem that the odds are against you, all it takes is desire and action to succeed in what you have chosen. But, perhaps the most important lesson many of us learned from that unique and inspiring weekend with Wava was, “Whatever happens, just live life.”

Farewell to a Red Raider by ΚΚΨ/Alpha Omicron & ΤΒΣ/Beta Texas Tech University

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he fall 2002 semester marked the end of an era at Texas Tech University. Mr. James Keith Bearden, distinguished director of the Goin’ Band from Raiderland and Associate Director of Bands for the last 23 years, will be retiring in May 2003.

His efforts in the marching band field have gained him and the Goin’ Band local, regional, national and international fame and recognition. His continuing efforts in the Lubbock community, the great state of Texas and all around the country will always be remembered.

Mr. Bearden was initiated into the Alpha Omicron Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi in May of 1966. Prior to his appointment at Texas Tech, Mr. Bearden taught seven years in the Texas public school system where his marching, concert and jazz bands consistently received superior ratings. In 1980, he was hired by then Goin’ Band director Dean Killion to be Assistant Director of Bands and took over the Goin’ Band in 1981 after Mr. Killion’s retirement.

Mr. Bearden continued the great history and success of the Goin’ Band and further increased its national prominence. Under his efforts, the marching band earned its highest honor in 1999, the Sudler Intercollegiate Marching Band Trophy.

In April of 2001, Mr. Bearden was awarded Kappa Kappa Psi’s highest national award – The Distinguished Service to Music Medal under the area of marching band. He is a past Southwest District

Governor for Kappa Kappa Psi and has served as a sponsor for the Alpha Omicron chapter at Texas Tech for 22 years. He also holds honorary memberships in Tau Beta Sigma and Phi Mu Alpha and is an active member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, National Band Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Beta Mu and College Band Directors National Association.

Mr. Bearden’s last home game as director of the Goin’ Band from Raiderland was on November 16, 2002. During the halftime of the upset against the No. 4 University of Texas football team, the band surprised him on regional ABC television by changing the last set of the show’s opener to spell out B-E-A-R-D-E-N. The band had secretly met early on two Saturday mornings to learn the changed drill, meanwhile patiently working with Mr. Bearden on maneuvers it knew it would not perform. After the presentation for him at halftime, Mr. Bearden also accompanied the seniors for one last trip down the field to “March Grandioso” in the annual Senior March.

Mr. Bearden’s leadership will be missed by Texas Tech University, the community of Lubbock, and especially the Goin’ Band from Raiderland. The brothers of the Alpha Omicron Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi have appreciated his years of service as an active and then as a sponsor, and the sisters of the Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma have enjoyed his presence as an honorary member and a strong supporter of the sorority. Keith Bearden has made a true impact on the world of marching band, and we all hope he enjoys his retirement.

!Marimba The Got We

by John Mark Boucher & Shane Strawbridge ΚΚΨ/Zeta Beta, Howard Payne University

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ast spring we started on a mission of gargantuous proportions. We undertook a task that at the time we thought was all but impossible. The burden of raising ten thousand dollars to buy a badly needed rosewood marimba for our band fell on the shoulders of our Kappa Kappa Psi chapter. So we set out on a perilous journey. Like Frodo, we knew not if we were strong enough to complete the task of throwing the marimba into the fires of Mount Doom. . .wait, wrong story. . .But it did prove to be a struggle of epic proportions, where we battled the enemies of inflation and penny pinchers. However, a year and many fundraisers later, our hard work has paid off, and we are now in the possession of a five octave, custom MarimbaOne 442 rosewood marimba! But we are getting ahead of ourselves. The story really begins a long time ago in a far away place . .

For many years our music department has only had a sub par marimba. But the percussionists began to grow in number and skill and the need for a new marimba grew more pressing every day. The old marimba no longer stood up to their growing aptitude. Sometimes we wonder if it will stand up at all. But due to financial restraints within the school and the department, the purchase of a new five-octave rosewood marimba was out of the question. And so, with the bases loaded and with two outs, Coach called on our chapter to pinch-hit for the music department. The only advice given to us as we nervously approached the plate to face the fiercest foe of them all ($10,000) was to hit a home run, for anything short of that would cost us the game, and of course the marimba. And then Coach would make us run laps. . .I hate laps.

But running laps wasn’t the most pending problem. It wasn’t even a bunny with sharp pointy teeth, even though that is pretty scary. That award would go to the marimba, which graciously accepted with tears in his eyes, and proceeded to thank everyone in the known world. But anyway, back to the epic quest for the marimba.

Many unique fundraisers would be needed to raise the money required for the purchase of such a pricey instrument, so fundraisers we had. Our first big attempt was a Blues Brothers’ show that was combined with a spaghetti supper where all the brothers had fun speaking in Italian accents as they served the lovely customers, who were most lovely because they gave us money.

A big money grabber around campus was a two and a half foot tall, plastic Dr Pepper bottle. It was our magnet for change.

Change isn’t really magnetic, but somehow it worked. Maybe it was the size of the bottle. Sure, that was it. Now at first thought, change may not seem like a lot of money, and it’s not, but as it adds up it can provide several hundred dollars, especially if the volume of that bottle was filled. Change may not seem that heavy either, but it is. Although it was not completely filled, the Dr Pepper Bottle did provide an important contribution to our efforts, and also made a nice paperweight.

But the majority of the money received for the purchase of the marimba came from wonderful people who were very generous to donate their hard earned money. Not only individual people, but our wonderful brothers and sisters in Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma chapters around the nation also played a most valuable role. We have learned first hand how Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma work together in harmony on a national level for the greater good of college and university bands. We have lived the fourth purpose and now truly understand what it means “to foster a close relationship between college bands and promote a high average of attainment by the performance of good music and selection of worthwhile projects.”

It has always been said that there is strength in numbers, and we have found that to be true. Due to the number of brothers and sisters across the nation who gave so willingly, we were able to assemble a fellowship of the ring, I mean marimba. It was this fellowship that aided us upon the treacherous route that our quest took us upon. Without such a partnership we surely would have tripped over the starting line, and lay there unconscious, forever without a marimba.

But we did not stumble out of the gate, and in fact were far away from such a fate. Instead we were able to finish the race with perseverance and obtain the much-desired marimba. Now we again begin to look toward the future. To give a proper welcome to our new marimba we are now given the task of arranging a premiere recital for the instrument featuring many of our talented percussionists. Even a performance by a professional artist is in the works. We hope to get many years of quality use out of our new marimba and will take pride in it for years to come, as should all chapters because this accomplishment is theirs to cherish as well. Our quest was fun and exciting, and we look forward to a new challenge to come our way. And we know that if we are ever in need, our brothers and sisters will give support. But for those who helped us out this time we would like to give them our thanks and take this opportunity to recognize all those who have made our quest possible. And remember, MARIMBA THE GOT WE! The Brothers of Zeta Beta would like to thank and recognize

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Women in the Fraternity

Chapter News

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the following chapters and persons for their selfless contributions: Contributors Dixie Mosier-Greene (in honor of Zeta Beta) ΚΚΨ/Gamma Kappa ΤΒΣ/Delta Epsilon ΚΚΨ/Nu & ΤΒΣ/Lambda ΤΒΣ/Theta Tau (In Memory of Rhonda Williams) ΤΒΣ/ Eta Beta ΤΒΣ/ Alpha Mu ΤΒΣ/ Theta Delta ΤΒΣ/ Eta Nu ΤΒΣ/ Delta Omega Jessica “Stixen” Stone Anthony Roscoe Monte Garrett Garrett Roper A.J. Turner Joe Cox ΤΒΣ/Xi ΚΚΨ/Eta Kappa Matthew J. Adams ΚΚΨ/Omega & ΤΒΣ/ Omega ΚΚΨ/ Gamma Pi ΚΚΨ/ Eta Sigma Jason Jones Mark & Debbie Boucher (In Honor of John Mark Boucher ) ΚΚΨ/ Zeta Beta (In honor of TBS Delta Upsilon) Dr. Robert Tucker Chris Joyce J. Gregory Collins HPU Yellow Jacket Foundation Anonymous Donor (Matthew 6:3,4)

Fraternity/Sorority Statistics*

Kappa Kappa Psi

Number of Active members: Number of Chapters: Chapters on Probation: Chapters Suspended:

Tau Beta Sigma:

Number of Active members: Number of Chapters: Chapters on Probation: Chapters Suspended:

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2931 164 10 5 2240 130 2 2

*as of Jan. 1, 2003

Prior to World War II, the National Constitution of Kappa Kappa Psi required that all members of the fraternity be white males. This changed. Today, the membership of the fraternity is composed of male and female descendents of Africans, Asians, Europeans, Indians, Latin Americans, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders, and others.

When Title IX passed, the fraternity chose to lobby against the new law. This changed. Today, the fraternity openly enforces the mandates of Title IX. In 1979, women were booed at the National Convention when they were seated as delegates representing their home chapters. This changed. Today, prominent female members are given standing ovations at both district and national conventions.

Despite the progress that the fraternity has made, there are still individuals and chapters that continue to discriminate against women based on the notion that women will diminish the bond of brotherhood or that there is no reason to recruit women as long as Tau Beta Sigma is a viable option. This is wrong.

Neither women nor men should be limited in their quest for leadership and educational opportunities.

Kappa Kappa Psi should recruit those band members that they feel are the most worthy, based on the individual’s abilities and personality. Recruitment of these individuals should never again be a decision based on gender.

As the fraternity grows, change will continue to be its constant companion. More chapters learn this lesson every day and begin the steps necessary to bring them in line with the national ideas, beliefs, and mandates.

One day, all chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi will have an open recruiting policy. Until then, the stigma of discrimination will be continue to be a dark cloud overshadowing all of the achievements and honors of the fraternity. }

The ΚΚΨ Archives and History Team is pleased to announce a Past National Presidents’ Reunion at the 2003 National Convention. Those planning to attend (health permitting) are: Jack Lee (1963-65), Jay Slaughter (1965-67), Jim Jacobsen (1969-71), Doc Worthington (1971-72), Mel Nixon (1975-77), Richard Rodean (1979-81), David Oakley (1981-1983), Lemuel Berry (1983-85), Frank Stubbs (1985-87), Bob Fleming (1987-89), Ken Corbett (1989-91), Melvin Miles (1993-95), Tim Greenwell (1995-97), Scott Stowell (1997-99), and Mike Golemo (1999-2001). Make your plans now to attend and meet these past fraternity leaders.

Ensembles and Teamwork

by Kathy Godwin ΤΒΣ National VP for Special Projects

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e all know what it takes to be part of an ensemble whether it’s marching band or a small quintet. We each have a role we play, sometimes as the soloist, sometimes as the harmony and sometimes we even play the up-beats. In Tau Beta Sigma, many times your working relationships are compared to those in an ensemble. Working together for a common goal - excellence in music.

For a moment I’d like you to take a slightly different look at the Sorority. A different analogy if you will. It’s that of a team. I do realize that many of you have heard multiple talks about teamwork, but I ask that you consider a few more points.

We are all on the same team when it comes to Tau Beta Sigma. I don’t mean only the students in your chapter. I don’t mean only the students in your district.

I mean every single person from every new initiate to every member of the Board of Trustees. Each one of us works together and needs the other in order for Tau Beta Sigma, OUR Sorority, to grow.

Often times, I speak to a student who tells me after we talk that they never knew they could just talk to a National Council member or someone on the Board of Trustees. Well, we are just people like you who have grown through ΤΒΣ and want to use our skills to give back to the organization. I want to take this time to assure you that you can and you should communication with us.

Tau Beta Sigma is a student-run organization. Yes, you elect National Officers, Board of Trustees members, and district officers to make decisions and guide you. But the most important part of that is that YOU elect them. It is by your decisions that leaders are put in place and by your ideas and thoughts that we move forward. Therefore, we are all working for the same goals and ideals...YOURS! We are all on the same team and we need each other.

So how can you help the team? You can be active, you can ask questions, you can show up to your district conventions, you can talk to your counselors. Everything we do is up to you, not just your chapter president, you.

That is how integral of a part of the team you are.

More specifically, you can just attend the convention, but why not offer to chair a committee to help lead

your district in a specific area or offer to help by taking minutes for the committee you are assigned. Make sure to voice your opinion in the meetings, that’s why we have them. Don’t think your opinion isn’t important in that committee or during a vote; it is important. Talk to your district leaders at precincts, block meetings or state days before the convention about what you would like to see happen. Volunteer to help move the projects forward. Go to the reading band at your convention and participate.

Remember, you will charge your district officers to bring forward ideas for the National Convention coming up this summer. Be ready with your ideas to present at district convention so there is plenty of planning time before the National Convention. Another great way to step forward is to run for office yourself. One of you reading this will be the next district president. For that matter, one of you could be on the Board of Trustees or on the National Council in the future.

The Tau Beta Sigma TEAM needs you to play your part with a common goal in mind - excellence in sister-

Tau Beta Sigma Scholarships

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ow many of you could use an extra $500 for this next semester?

Or need a great award or recognition to add that final touch to your resume? Then APPLY for a TBS scholarship!! It’s so easy! Everyone already knows that you’re involved in a terrific organization, not to mention all of the hard work that you do for it…so why not get rewarded for it all? You deserve it! Now I know some of you are saying, it’s too much trouble to apply for an award….letters of recommendation, a resume, etc., etc., etc… but its really not as hard as it seems. In fact, many of the awards available don’t even require all of that. For instance, you can get an award for having the highest G.P.A. in you chapter. How simple is that?

There are three scholarships available to all of the sisters of Tau Beta Sigma. Both the National Scholarships for Outstanding Musical Achievement and Outstanding Student Leaders award a $500 scholarship. The Tau Beta Sigma Trustees Scholarship awards a $500 scholarship to any female Music Education major. Recipients of these scholarships must be Junior or Senior Active members with a specific G.P.A. Unlike the awards such as Top Chapter Scholar, these awards do require a little bit of effort. Most require an essay or audition tape accompanied by letters of recommendation.

Now, I’m sure some of you are saying that you really don’t have time to track down all of these people to get letters of recommendation, but it’s really not that hard. It really doesn’t take much time to stop by your band director’s office, a G.T.A.’s office, or whomever to ask for a letter of recommendation. And I’m sure they would be more than happy to help you out. So get out there and apply for all of these!! They’re so easy to get!!

Ask your Chapter President for details, refer to your Chapter Operations Handbook, or contact Alan J. Harriet, Tau Beta Sigma Board of Trustees at 954-962-7228, or email a.harriet@worldnet.att.net.

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Kappa Kappa Psi Honors… ...the AEA Scholarship Winners!

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eralee Anderson is a fifthyear Civil Engineering major at California Polytechnic State University. She began her college career at Arizona State University in 1998, where she was initiated into the Beta Omicron Chapter. Her primary instruments are bassoon and trombone, although she also plays flute, piano, euphonium, and bass drum. She is principal bassoonist for the Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and a member of the Mustang Band and the Cal Poly Winter Drumline.

She is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and recently earned her Engineer-In-Training certificate. After graduation she hopes to become a structural engineer and build roller coasters, theme parks, and bridges.

Jeralee is currently serving her second term as Iota Pi President. She has attended four Western District Conventions and chaired the District Strategic Planning committees. She also participated in the National Intercollegiate Band as principal bassoonist at the 1999 and 2001 National Conventions. }

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lison Elwell is a senior studying music education at the University of New Hampshire, and will begin graduate work in education at UNH next summer. She is in her fourth year as a brother of Kappa Kappa Psi and her second year serving the Iota Phi Chapter as Vice President of Service. Alison has performed on bassoon and contrabassoon with the Wind Symphony, Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and various chamber ensembles. She also plays flute and piccolo in the pep band and the Wildcat Marching Band, where she served for three years as a section leader. In addition to her performance groups, she is an active member and former officer of UNH’ s collegiate chapter of MENC. Alison is also a member of Golden Key National Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi International Honour Society. }

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atherine Hoffman is a senior at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. A founding member of the Iota Kappa Chapter of ΚΚΨ, she has served as its vice president for the past two years, helping bring twenty people into the brotherhood.

Katherine plays alto saxophone and is a past president of the Boise State Keith Stein Blue Thunder Marching Band, as well as section leader and ΚΚΨ representative. She is majoring in writing and technical communication, has been recognized by the Idaho Press Club for her journalism, and is a two-time winner of the President's Essay Writing Award. She is also a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Tau Delta.

Katherine is currently in the process of researching and writing a book about the marching band experience, which she plans to complete by spring 2004. }

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native of Goose Creek, South Carolina, Alyssa Murphy is a sophomore music education major at Mississippi State University and Epsilon Chapter Treasurer.

Alyssa plays clarinet and trumpet and has performed with the Famous Maroon Band, the MSU Wind Ensemble, the MSU Percussion Ensemble, the MSU Symphonic Band, the MSU Jazz Ensemble, the Chamber Ensemble, and the Clarinet Ensemble.

In addition to her membership in Kappa Kappa Psi, Alyssa also belongs to MENC and Alpha Theta Chi. She plans to attend graduate school and aspires to be a conductor. }

The PODIUM salutes these deserving ΚΚΨ and ΤΒΣ scholarship recipients!

Tau Beta Sigma Honors…

...the Outstanding Student Leader and Musical Achievement Scholarship Winners!

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his year’s recipient of the ΤΒΣ Outstanding Student Leadership Scholarship is Tara Conkling of Pretty Prairie, Kansas.Tara is a wildlife biology major at Kansas State University and is serving her second term as President of the Delta Kappa Chapter, having served previously as chairman of that chapter’s Ways and Means Committee. She is an Assistant Section Leader in the Kansas State University Marching Band, which honored her in 2001 with the Harry Erickson “Wildcat Victory”Award and also named her Outstanding Bandswoman for 2001. She is also a three-time recipient of Kansas State’s Stan Finck Scholarship. She credits ΤΒΣ with teaching her to define goals, understand all sides of an issue, and “to be a listener, a friend, a supporter, and an authoritative figure all in one.” }

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rin Althen, this year’s recipient of the ΤΒΣ Outstanding Musical Achievement Scholarship, is a senior flute player majoring in Music Education at Syracuse University.

Erin is a member and historian of the Eta Alpha chapter. She is one of the Drum Majors of the “Pride of the Orange” Marching Band, and also a member of SU’s Sour Sitrus Society basketball pep band, and the University Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. This year Erin was named a 2002-2003 Remembrance Scholar, one of Syracuse University’s highest honors, and was also named to SU’s chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda. In 2001 she represented Syracuse University in the National Intercollegiate Band in Corpus Christi,Texas. She is a teaching assistant in the Setnor School of Music, and she has been a peer advisor for Music Education students. }

Tau Beta Sigma FRIENDS OF THE TRUST Contributors

Kappa Kappa Psi Contributors

Leeann Jones Wieser CENTURY CLUB North Central District Northeast District Catherine Seaton Kathy Godwin PEARL PATRON Wava Banes Henry

FRIENDS OF KAPPA KAPPA PSI William Sandy Harold Eason Caryl Brown FIRST CHAIR CLUB John Finocchiaro DIRECTOR’S CLUB Chris Haughee The The PODIUM, PODIUM, Spring Spring 2003—33 2003—33

O.J. Garcia

Alpha Omicron, ΚΚΨ

Contributed by Keith Bearden

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n Thursday, December 19, 2002, sophomore music education major and Kappa Kappa Psi member O.J. Garcia was fatally injured in a car accident near Menard,Texas. Brother Garcia had finished playing in the Court Jesters basketball band for the 6:00 pm game on Wednesday night when he decided to drive to San Antonio. He had planned to meet the marching band charter airplane on Thursday afternoon for the trip to the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The charter picked up students in Lubbock, Dallas, and San Antonio. O.J. had planned to leave his car in San Antonio where he could drive to Houston upon his return from Orlando to spend the holidays with his family. O.J. was a popular member of the Texas Tech University School of Music. He was first chair tuba in the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, a member of the marching band, the basketball band, Kappa Kappa Psi, Raider Recruiters, the Honors College, and worked in the Residence Halls. Marching band members didn’t learn of his death until they began meeting on Thursday morning at the pick-up points for the bowl trip. A memorial service was held later that evening at the Orlando hotel. John Strappazon, youth minister at Lubbock’s First Baptist Church and team chaplain, led the meeting.

Mr. Bearden, director of the “Goin’ Band” remembers O.J. Garcia: “He was a dedicated brother to Alpha Omicron, a person who was committed to his friends, and an outstanding musician. He will be greatly missed in our band program. He was a model student-good grades, never absent, never late, always prepared and had a great attitude. He would’ve been the perfect band director. He cared for others and wanted others to succeed. We could always count on his encouraging smile and his big bear hugs in the hallways. His memory will live on in the lives of our students and our faculty.”

The band dedicated their pre-game show to O.J. by reversing their capes to black and leaving his marching spot open. During the alma mater – “The Matador Song” – graduate teaching assistant Carter

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Biggers walked to O.J.’s spot and released a single white balloon. }

Dr. Ronald Douglas Gregory Alpha Zeta, ΚΚΨ

Contributed by Elizabeth Gregory

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ormer Kappa Kappa Psi National President Dr. Ronald Gregory died January 22, 2003 in Juno Beach, Florida, following a brief illness. Dedication to his students was his joyful priority. He conducted and educated in thirteen countries.

This distinguished musical conductor and educator was born April 29, 1920, in Walton, New York. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from The Ohio State University and a doctoral degree from University of Oregon, He became Department Head at University of Utah, Indiana University, and Millikin University. He was a Naval Officer in World War II and instructed at the Fleet Sonar Materiel School in Key West, Florida.

He was honored as founder of the University of Utah Bands Department, was awarded Most Popular Professor at Indiana University and then founded the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra and the supporting Symphonic Orchestra Guild. Among the artists he conducted were: Buddy Rich, Carlos Montoya, Pete Fountain, Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Dizzie Gillespie, Shari Lewis, Edie Adams, Chet Atkins, Eileen Farrell, Hoagie Carmichael, Mel Tormé, Benny Goodman, Patti Page, Doc Severinson, and Peter Nero.

He was a Board Member of American Bandmasters and served as President of Kappa Kappa Psi from 1957 to 1959.

A noted composer of alma maters and fight songs and an author of books on marching bands, he imported to the Universities of Utah and Indiana the difficult script marching formations he so enjoyed at his beloved Ohio State.

He is survived by his wife Elizabeth, three children, seven grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. }

What Difference is the NAA Making for Kappa Kappa Psi & Tau Beta Sigma?

by Dale Croston Chair, NAA Board of Directors

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ver the last few years I have been asked questions such as: • What is the NAA doing?

• Where is my money going?

• Will my membership make a difference nation- ally or will it be better served locally?

These are all valid and good questions which I’ll try to answer. The NAA was formed to provide an avenue for our members to keep their ties to Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. As alumni, moving away from your local chapter, it is hard to keep in touch and involved.

Ninety percent of the NAA members are members who want to continue supporting Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma nationally even though they have lost ties to their chapter. The other 10% of the NAA membership are still very active in local Alumni Associations supporting their chapter, district, or community band programs.

The questions I hear most often are: “Why should I pay dues to both a national alumni association and a local association? Wouldn’t my money be better off just staying with my local association?”

That’s hard to answer; it’s all about personal feelings and preferences. I myself see the value for both. I pay national and local dues just like when I was an active member. As an Active, part of my chapter fee went to the National Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi and part was added on for my chapter to function with. I will always support my chapter and I will always support Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. It’s hard to see what impact the alumni make because most of us only know the chapter level of our organizations. We never see the big picture and how it makes a difference.

Let’s look at some examples of the impact the NAA is having and what impact it could have on Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma: • Local Alumni chapters went from 4-5 before the NAA to around 19. As the NAA promotes and helps people to create local alumni associations, more are sure to develop.

• The number of individual subscriptions to The PODIUM is up, and this is helping cover the cost of production for the Chapters. Most individual subscribers are NAA members who pay $10.00 per year to get The PODIUM and stay up with the organizations.

• Life Memberships and their impact on the trusts have grown every year since the NAA started promoting the program, totally revitalizing the program into a money maker.

• With the increase of Alumni participation and the NAA at National Convention, the convention fees collected covered the costs for the first time. Again, alumni helped to reducing the costs for the National Chapters who in the past have had to eat any extra expenses.

• Chapters who incorporate the NAA into their candidate programs encourage retention in their ranks from the start, which will help keep members active until graduation, helping to solve the ever-present retention problem.

• With the NAA’s help in promoting them, national campaigns such as the Walk of Honor (bricks), Trustees’ Gift programs, and the S.O.S. capital improvement program all have generated additional funds.

However, these are only some of the bonuses for having the NAA around. Let’s look at the current programs and projects of the NAA itself: • Our oldest program is the Chapter Delegate Assistance Fund. This covers the registration cost for some delegates who need help getting to National Convention.

• The SPAF (Special Project Assistance Fund) helps active chapters OR alumni associations with the costs of projects they are trying to get off the ground.

• The district allotment sends $5 of every NAA member’s dues to the district of their choice to help that district’s budget.

• A web site is maintained for NAA information and events.

• An alumni listserve was created for alumni to keep in contact with each other and share ideas.

• Creation of guidelines and an idea packet for new alumni associations.

• The NAA also created the Encore, a publication to feature alumni news (you’re reading it now!).

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• OUR NEWEST PROJECT is a proposal to assist in a complete overhaul of the National Headquarter’s database to bring it up to the needs of the Headquarters staff, the National Chapters, the Trustees, and the NAA. Members will be able to update their information from year to year and access information to help Headquarters keep records correct and up to date.

the NAA Silent Auction. We rely on donations from our members and actives for our success. Only new or gently used items will be accepted. At the last convention in Corpus Christi, thanks to your donations the NAA raised $3,600. If you want to contribute something, please contact Cathy Fletcher at naase@tbsigma.org.

Several surveys over the past year to our members and actives asked what they wanted to see or get out of the NAA. Most of the responses were service or social requests. The NAA is not set up to operate social or service events for local areas. These are the responsibility of Local Associations. Most District, City, State, or Chapter associations have the ability and manpower to get individual alumni members more involved in projects.

Meetings of the Association

The annual meeting of the Association will take place during National Convention in Norfolk, VA, July 23– 26.

Any member unable to attend may fill out a proxy form and send it to any director. Proxy forms can be found on the NAA website at: www16.brinkster.com/kkytbsnaa/ index.html.

All proposed amendments to the constitution or bylaws must be submitted in writing to the Chairperson no less than sixty days prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the Association. Please contact Dale Croston at naasw@kkpsi.org if you wish to propose amendments. If you have any other business to bring before the membership, please let Dale know so that it can be included in the agenda.

Chapter Delegate Grant & Special Project Assistance Fund

If you are an active and wondering if your chapter will be able to afford to send a delegate to National Convention, the NAA awards several grants to help make sure every chapter is represented. This grant will go to your registration cost. Also if your chapter or alumni association is working on a project and perhaps need some more funds to help you succeed, the NAA has a Special Project Assistance Fund to help you. Applications for the Grant or SPAF are due May 1; application forms can be found on the NAA website.

National Convention Silent Auction:

It is time to begin thinking if you can contribute to

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Milestones

Births

Anna Cecilia, daughter of Richard (ΚΚΨ/Omega) & Heather Mackey (ΤΒΣ/Omega) Kealy Rae, daughter of Jeff & Theresa (Ronayne) Giddens (ΤΒΣ/ Beta Zeta) Caroline Rebecca, daughter of Jim & Tricia (Irrgang) Fawcett (ΤΒΣ/Gamma Omega) Gracie, daughter of Dennis & Kristine Gotthelf Wills, (ΤΒΣ/ Gamma Epsilon)

Weddings

Avery Kenley (ΚΚΨ/Delta Iota) & Lizzette Jackson (ΤΒΣ/Beta Phi) Raymond Kim (ΚΚΨ/Eta Phi) & Lianne Webster Joseph Johnson (ΚΚΨ/Epsilon Kappa) & Whitney Bailey Doreen Latyce Parker (ΤΒΣ/Eta Delta) & Kenneth Starkes

Career

April Marie (Houck) Jarobe – Passed her boards to become a Registered Nurse Eric B. Morson – Passed exam for NASD Series 24 license, mak- ing him a “General Securities Principal” Kathi Waddle – Passed her ExCET test for a Texas Teaching Cer- tificate

Alumni in the Spotlight

by Catherine Seaton

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n this edition of ‘Spotlight’, we focus on two very different alumni. Debbie Bradley has been a chapter founder and a music educator. Aaron Seifert has actively pursued another interest and shows that we continue to grow after our college days.

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Debbie Bradley, alumna of the Epsilon Xi Chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, has been making a difference in ΤΒΣ and in bands for over twenty years. In her words, it is an “elevating and wonderful feeling to serve.”

It all began in the 1970s at Troy State University in Alabama. Debbie remembers band members gathering on Sunday afternoons to play football or to watch the game. Her band director Dr. John M. Long, a Kappa Kappa Psi alumna, recognized that the members of the band needed “unification.” He approached the students about Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. Debbie became a founder and the first chapter president of the Epsilon Xi Chapter.

She graduated and went onto a career as a band director. A few years later an active member invited Debbie to attend the District VIII Convention. There she was elected as District Vice-President and began ten years of service on the District Council. It was interesting to learn that alumni were once able to be elected to the district council.

Debbie continues to be involved with her chapter.

She visits them at least once a year, usually at the South-

eastern Band Clinic which Troy State University hosts.

Her connection to these actives is so strong that they often travel four hours to Georgia to work with her band students. Debbie cherishes these times with her chapter because she can “go back in time to touch her past.”

Tau Beta Sigma recognized her commitment in 2001 with the Outstanding Service to Music Award. Debbie is the band director at Cook High School in Valdosta, GA and is serving as the Vice President of Women Band Directors International.

Following a recent performance of the USAF Band of the West in Stillwater, ΚΚΨ/ΤΒΣ National Executive Director Lt Col Alan Bonner (himself a former commander and conductor of this unit) caught up with these alumni members of the band. Front row, L-R: A1C Lindsay Zufall (ΤΒΣ/Gamma Mu); A1C Sandi Brashears (ΤΒΣ/Beta); MSgt Kani Nichols (ΤΒΣ/Rho); SrA James Walker (ΚΚΨ/Eta Sigma). Back row, L-R: 2 Lt Matthew J. Seifert, Deputy Commander/Associate Conductor (ΚΚΨ/ Beta Gamma); TSgt Nathan Sielbeck (ΚΚΨ/Zeta Kappa); A1C Tamra Gobert (ΚΚΨ/Beta Gamma); Lt Col Bonner; SSgt John Davis II (ΚΚΨ/Epsilon Lambda).

Sederick C. Rice (ΚΚΨ/Epsilon Chi) was recently named one of Ebony magazine’s “Young Leaders of the Future” in its February 2003 issue. Sederick, 30, is an adjunct faculty member in the University of Vermont’ s Race and Culture Department, and a doctoral candidate in the university’s Department of Pediatrics. He is the author of Must be the Music, Vol. 1: Memoirs of a Musical Dynasty (Morris Publishing, 1999; ISBN 0-7392-0245-6), a study of the role music and ΚΚΨ/ΤΒΣ played in the development of the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff and other historically black colleges and universities. Congratulations, Sederick!

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Aaron Seifert clearly remembers his trombone section leader approaching him as a freshman at Northern Arizona University. This section leader was Aaron’s introduction to Kappa Kappa Psi. He enjoyed having brothers for the first time in his life. ΚΚΨ taught him “how to deal with people especially in a tight knit group.”

Now he has a found another group in road cycling.

Cycling began with a mountain bike for Aaron as a necessity for transportation in college. His sister challenged him to a 100-mile ride around the city of Tuscon, Arizona. He switched the mountain bike tires to smooth tires and his interest in road cycling began.

Last July, cycling took him to Iowa for the 30th Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, RAGBRAI, along with 10,000 other people. This took seven days to travel 500 miles. Aaron teamed up with a club that took his stuff by van while he biked. Then at night everyone in the club meets up and camps.

This March, Aaron will travel to Hawaii for a 290mile ride around the main island. His goal is to eventually participate in a Rocky Mountain ride. For him, cycling is not about winning races but a way to meet more people and have fun.

Alumni 101A – Now What do I do?

(Formerly: How to Beg Food Money and Support from Alumni)

The Second installment of the Alumni Courses offered by the NAA Board of Directors

by Heather Mackey, ΤΒΣ Western District Director

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t’s hard being an Alumnus. You are stuck in the real world dealing with real people and you no longer are a part of the day to day life of your chapter. While there are numerous Local Alumni Associations available, as well as the opportunity to form new ones, and the NAA to be involved with as an Alumni, it can be hard to let go of the chapter that was once the center of your world.

When you do go back to your chapter, you are now one of the “old folks” in the back of the room that you use to make fun of. Here are some quick ideas for staying

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involved with the Active organizations without feeling like an “old folk.”

There are three basic things that all actives and chapters need: Food, Money, and Support.

• Most Actives fall into the “Starving College Student” category, so food is always welcomed. I don’t mean go out and buy the actives weekly groceries, but there are many ways that Alumni can help out in the category. Your LAA can host a lunch for graduating seniors at convention, or help cut the cost of the banquet dinner. Another suggestion is having the local Alumni take the prospective members and/or candidates out to dinner one night. This gives everyone a social environment to get to know each other over something other than Student Union Food.

• As ΚΚΨ and ΤΒΣ are non-profit organizations, this means is that if you make a donation to your chapter, district, or the National Organization, it can be a tax write-off. As with anything involving the Government, there are a lot of guidelines and limitations, so please remember to check with your accountant or tax preparer to see if they qualify. IRS Publication 1771 gives detailed information about charitable Contributions and is available on line at www.irs.gov.

• Support can take on many different meanings, so it is up to you as an Alumnus to determine how you want to offer your support. Some choose to offer continued support as a National Officer or as a member of the NAA. For others, they what to give more to the active at an individual level. This can happen by being an extra set of hands at fundraisers, and for others it can be as a sounding board for the actives. No matter what form the support comes in, just make sure it is welcomed, and not forced. It is important to remember that Alumni are guests at Active events, even conventions, and should not assume that it is okay to be actively involved.

While it can be difficult to leave the life of an Active, there are opportunities available to help Alumni stay involved. For more information on Alumni Activities, projects, Local Alumni Aassociations in your area, or how to start a Local Alumni Association, contact the NAA Board at either NAA@kkpsi.org or NAA@tbsigma.org. }

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