School Board Meeting

Tonight was a nice night.

Our school board passed a resolution honoring the Symphonic Band for all of their accomplishments this year. Almost all of the Symphonic Band and their parents were on hand as the Board read the resolution and presented each member with a copy.

Following a brief reception, I had an opportunity to give a presentation to the Board about The Midwest Clinic and the significance of our performance next December. I began by showing a portion of the Midwest promotional video, and continued by giving my personal feelings about achieving this seemingly unachievable goal. I also shared with the Board an informal comparison between our program and the band programs that have been invited to Midwest since 1996. This information, gathered from each of the Midwest concert programs from the last 10 years, included the number of students in the school, number of students in the band program, staffing, and in school private instruction staff. The comparisons make our invitation seem even more stunning (and my teaching more brilliant!). I closed by explaining how we are the first middle school concert band from Illlinois to receive an invitation to perform at the Midwest Clinic in nearly 20 years. We are very proud to be representing McCracken, our District, Skokie, and the State of Illinois at next year’s conference.

The kids had a great time and our school community has a better sense of what our upcoming performance at Midwest is all about.

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