| Why
have a Music Boosters?
There are several aspects of a music program that need a
support team:
transportation, fundraising, emotional support. A music director
can provide a certain amount of these things, but not all of it.
Support from family and neighbors is incredibly important to musicians,
especially young, developing musicians. A music director can find
himself spread incredibly thin if left to coordinate everything by
himself.
Having a regular, effective support team in place to help with
different
aspects of the program is a wonderful and vital resource to a music
director
in promoting the program and building that program musically and in
numbers.
What do the Music
Boosters do?
A look at the above definitions gives a fairly clear picture
of what
Music Boosters do. The children in our music program are the
stars
of the show. The directors run the music program and prepare the
students for the varied performances and activities throughout the
year.
The boosters are the team of dedicated parents and volunteers that help
to make each activity a successful venture for the students.
As directors are the architects of the music program, the music
boosters
are the contractors, helping to bring the vision of the architect to
fruition.
Anyone who has a desire to help the music
department
succeed
is welcome to become a music booster. Parents, grandparents,
uncles
and aunts of student musicians are certainly encouraged to participate,
as well as community members who have an active interest in the music
program.
There are
several areas in which music boosters can lend
their
particular skills and services.
- Assisting in planning and implementing fundraisers for the
music
program
to assist in covering the costs of transportation and materials needed
throughout the year.
- Driving music students to and from the events that they
participate in
throughout the year.
- Volunteering as a school site representative for the Music
Boosters.
- Chaperoning students at large events and at concerts and
recitals.
- Providing refreshments for post-concert receptions.
- Filming or photographing concerts, field trips and
rehearsals for the
band
archives.
- Coordinating the year-end awards banquet at each school
site.
Where and When do the Music
Boosters
meet?
Meetings are schedule on an
as-needed basis for the entire Music Booster Organization.
School-site booster meetings
are
held every month to coordinate with parents and cover site specific
concerns.
Check with the directors for
the
most current schedules.
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