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of America Scout Band Newsletter |
DECEMBER 2001
This newsletter will bring you up to date on things happening with the band and the plans for the new year. It also has a survey that we would appreciate YOU taking the time to fill out and mail back to: BBBC, c/o 5423 Mark Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46226 or fax to 317-543-3270. This survey will help the band and its sponsor, the Belzer Band Booster Club, to make plans for the coming years and find ways to improve what we offer and encourage more participation.
Please take the few minutes necessary to complete this survey and share your thoughts with us. We will be celebrating a MILESTONE year in 2002 -- our 85th anniversary -- and we will be doing many activities to mark this milestone and continue to work towards our celebration of 100 years in 2017!
From the BBBC Board we wish you all a great holiday season and hope
to see you at our few remaining events in 2001 and the start of the new
year on January 6, 2002!
We will perform from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, playing a variety of Christmas music and possibly some patriotic music.
Glendale Mall is located at the corner of 62nd Street and Keystone Avenue in Indianapolis. Enter through Entrance 6 on the Keystone side of the mall and the Center Court area will be just inside -- look for the famed Glendale penguins!
This will be our last event of the year -- there will be NO REHEARSAL on Sunday December 16 as there is a Colts game that day. If you have any other questions, please call Bill at 542-8057.
One of the highlights of the tour will be witnessing the Nova Scotia International Tattoo -- "Canada's Most Spectacular Event" in Halifax, Nova Scotia. To wet your appetite, go to their website at http://www.nstattoo.ca/ and you will learn why it's called a tattoo and see pictures from past events. Don't miss out on this great experience, turn in your application with the $50.00 deposit as soon as you can.
Debbie Wheat is chairing this activity and you can contact her for the details. Those that work in offices can set this up to collect cartridges and get them to Debbie. She is bundling them and sending them off. It doesn't cost the band anything and we get $2.00 per cartridge that is returned for recycling. This is a way a lot of our parents or alumni could help out by getting this project set up and collection points established in several large offices throughout the central Indiana area. Give Debbie a call if you are interested.
Dome Events
The RCA Dome events are winding down for the year, there are three more events in December and a make up football game in January. There will be an additional two or three events during the first few months of 2002, but we do not have the details on these as of this writing. If you can work an event and want to earn $25.00 for your band personal account, call Sylvia at 542-8057 to sign up for these remaining events.
Sunday December 16, Colts vs Atlanta Falcons -- report time is 10 AM
Saturday December 22, IU vs University of Kentucky Basketball -- we will be in booth 117 -- report time is 2 PM game starts at 5 PM
Sunday December 23, Colts vs New York Jets -- report time will be in afternoon (probably 5:00 or 5:30 PM) Game is an ESPN TV game and starts at 8:30 PM
Sunday January 6, 2002 Make up Colts game against Denver Broncos -- don't have times as yet.
Thanks to everyone who has made 2001 a great year for the band! We look
forward to an even bigger and better year for the band in 2002 -- but we
need YOU to accomplish this!
Monica Roe, our council liaison for earning her woodbadge
beads, AND for helping out and keeping us in nachos at our September 23
Colts game.
Buddy McLaren, Carol Wiker and Trish Wiker who completed their practical portion of woodbadge training (and members of the FIRST Woodbadge conducted with the new syllabus). They are now working their tickets and would probably appreciate any help we can give them.
Members of the Decatur Central and Lawrence Central High School bands who competed in the Bands of America Competition. (Apologies if we missed any other competing schools that are represented in the band.)
All the dedicated "Dome Workers" who sacrifice their Sundays and Saturdays to work the booths to earn money for the band. Several events have caught us "short handed" and the extra efforts by everyone to make sure things run smoothly is greatly appreciated.
Dr. George McCord (band alumnus) for providing the postage for mailing the newsletter each time it is sent out. Dr. McCord has done this for a number of years now and without his help, we would not be able to get this into your hands. His contribution to our efforts of keeping our members and alumni informed is greatly appreciated.
Whatever your decision, we ask that you still fill out the short survey
and get that back to us so we can improve or change things to make them
better. Without the knowledge of what is working and what is not, we can't
progress to our next level.
1) Music we play -- too easy, too hard, about right, too "old". Suggestions
2) Activities we should do besides rehearsals? Campouts, "band camps" ????
3) Rehearsal Day and Time -- Is Sunday good? Is there another day that would be better, is 2 pm good, should it be earlier?, later?
4) Rehearsal location -- convenient, not convenient -- Suggestions
5) Where do YOU get your information -- from newsletter, rehearsal, website, friend, word of mouth?
6) Tours -- too lengthy, too costly, nothing "exciting" -- Suggestions
7) Youth Leadership -- effective? -- need to use more? -- need "section" leaders? -- Ideas
8) Adult Leadership -- effective? Not effective? Needs replaced?
9) Activities for parents during rehearsals? Should there be activities that parents could do during rehearsals so they can become more active? Or is it better for them not to be around?
10) Work at the dome -- if you are 16 or older are you willing to help at the dome to earn money for yourself and the band, or should we give the dome up and find other sources for money?
11) Performances -- need more? Suggestions
12) If you only came to the band once or twice -- what made you not want to come back?
13) What can be done to make things more fun, exciting, and make you want to come on a regular basis?
14) If you could change one or two things in the band, what would they be?
15) Has the band helped you or hurt you in your music education?
16) "Essay" The Crossroads of America Scout Band means (what does it
mean to you?)
2:00 PM Full Band Rehearsal
Warren Central HS Orchestra Room
5 7:00 PM BBBC Board Meeting
Schofield's House
9 1:00 PM Dixieland Band Rehearsal
2:00 PM Full Band Rehearsal
Warren Central HS Orchestra Room
15 Christmas Concert at Glendale Mall -- see
front page for times and directions
16 NO REHEARSAL
16 Colts Game -- report time 10 AM -- call Sylvia if you can work (542-8057)
22 IU vs UK Basketball at RCA Dome -- report time 2 PM -- booth 117 -- call Sylvia if you can work (542-8057)
23 Colts Game -- report time will be in late afternoon -- game starts
at 8:30 PM -- call Sylvia if you can work (542-8057)
6 Colts Game (make up from Sept. 16 game)
13 1:00 PM Dixieland Band Rehearsal
2:00 PM Full Band Rehearsal
Warren Central HS Orchestra Room
20 ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE invite a friend to join us -- talk at your Troop or Crew meetings
27 1:00 PM Dixieland Band Rehearsal
2:00 PM Full Band Rehearsal
Warren Central HS Orchestra Room
30 7:00 PM BBBC Board Meeting
Schofield's House
2:00 PM Full Band Rehearsal
Warren Central HS Orchestra Room
10 Scout & Band's 85th Anniversary Concert
17 Rehearsals
24 Rehearsals