• Winter Concert - Dec. 14 @ 7:30 in the gym - students should be there by 7
• Summer camps (FYIs) - list of summer band camps on the web-site. http://www.bellevuehighband.com/resources/summer
• Scarf design & buying more - The board voted to purchase 150 more scarves as a fundraiser. We looked at designs and everyone is excited about continuing this fundraiser.
• Brennan 520 tolls - The boosters voted to pay for the bridge tolls for our Jazz II Director.
• Jazz Trip to Spokane
• The Jazz Band will be attending clinics and a concert by the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra at EWU in Band.
• Barbara Dryfoos to arrange a Pizza Hut dinner for Saturday night.
• 2 scholarships were awarded so that Jazz students could attend.
• Chamber Groups - students have formed chamber groups and are playing chamber music. Some chamber groups will be playing at Solo/Ensemble.
• All State – Several students will be attending the All-State in Yakima. The Boosters have awarded 1 scholarship to defray expenses.
• KZOK Contest - The band entered the KZOK contest and are soliciting votes.

• Polo shirts
• Uniforms – price at $20
• Ponchos
• Coffee Mugs
• Jazz Fest T shirts?

• Adjudicators
• Committee Chair Assignments/Volunteer Needs
• Sponsorship Ideas - Your Local Market 

• Covers needed for Xylophone and Harmony Director -- Does anybody sew?
• Discussed opportunities to play at Redmond Saturday Market or Bellevue Farmers Market.

• Homecoming Recap
• The band has been busy with 20 performances in 11 weeks
• The raincoats were right for the night.One raincoat has a broken zipper. Discussed using soap for ease of zipping
• Football Play-off Games
• The band is being split into two bands and one band can leave the game after half-time. May use this strategy next year so students are "on" for the entire period their band is committed for.
• Bus for play-off game vs Lakes boards at 4:30 on Friday, returns at 10:30. 
• May bring raingear to Lakes game due to cold weather -- predicted 40 degrees.
• The band will not play over Thanksgiving
• The State Championship is December 2nd.
• Basketball Plans
• Games will be on Friday nights
• There will be 3 bands and each band must play 3 games
• There will be an official T-shirt for Basketball games.
• All State - 
• 6 band students were selected for All-State, 4 choir student & 4 orchestra students. 
• ASB will provide partial funds for the selected students to attend All-State in February
• Boosters will provide scholarships for any students that need additional funds to attend All-State.
• Winter Concert
• Dec 14 @ 7:30 in the Gym
• All performance groups will perform including the 2 Jazz Bans
• Percussion Ensemble will perform either with Concert Band or Wind Ensemble but will not perform as a stand-alone group.
•  PTSA Grant
• The Band has been awarded a $800 grant from the PTSA to fund the Wind Ensemble participation in the Central Washington University Wind Ensemble festival
• The next Grant cycle, Mr. George will ask for money to commission works for the Jazz Band and/or other performance groups. The commissioned piece(s) will play to the strengths of the given performance group.
• District Purchase of Baritone- The BSD funded the purchase of a new Baritone horn. Baritone horns are used for marching and are much stronger than a Euphonium. 
• Instrument Wish List:
• A Set of 4 new timpani $9000
• 2 new piccolos for marching band $250 each,  $500 total
• A drum major podium for marching band $700
• 2 new marching baritones $1900 each, $3000 total
• Covers for harmony director/xylophone
• Jazz Calendar - New events added and this information has been communicated to Jazz Students.
• CDs - need to sell CDs and Winter Concert - Nice keepsake for students.
• Jazz Combos - added some combo dates to the calendar including the Woodridge auction

Disposition of Uniforms

• Gold polo shirts - the old style polo shirts will be sold at the Winter Concert and perhaps donated.
• Old-style marching uniforms - Discussed selling the old-style marching uniforms. Edd George to check on if this allowed.
• Rain Ponchos - voted to donate old ponchos to the homeless.

• Scarf Update - Voted to order more scarves to sell next year. The design will change. Edd George to get pricing.
• Holiday Greenery sale update - Anne Gose
• Drill Team out sold the Band on this fundraiser.
• The profit will be approximately $4600, with $5.00 of each sale going to defray the cost of the Victoria trip.
• We earned approximately $400 less than we budgeted.
• Proposed starting fundraiser earlier next year.
• Greenery pickup us is 2-3:30 on Friday. Edd George to send out Reminder.

• Presented Treasurer's report as prepared by Kevin Klustner.

• The Event was Spectacular!
• The group is determining what their on-going involvement is going to be.
• Members of the Alumni group would like to have on-going involvement in supporting the band.
• They will attend Homecoming next year.
• The Jazz Band may perform at Crossroads in the Spring.

Bell Jazz

• Alumnus Julia Graham to Chair the Event. Yea!
• Western Faculty band will perform at the event
• One adjudicator will be from Western
• No out-of-state judges this year
• SAT will be held on the Saturday of the festival so we will not be using Commons.

• Carol Lawrence Report - She will prepare a "Thank You" for the PTSA for the Grant. She submitted for the BLAST on the wreath pick-up.

• Edd George discussed the need for a Concert Grand piano for the new PAC as well as new pianos for music rooms.
• PTSA will have a fund-a-project at the Auction for new pianos
• Discuss other fund-raising ideas.
• Discussed "Buy A Key"
• The new pianos is an effort by the entire music department, not just band.

• PTSA Grant - a Grant request was submitted to the PTSA requesting $1600 for Central Washington Wind Festival Experience. This would allow Wind Ensemble and Percussion students to attend a festival at Central Washington University where they would receive clinics from professors and hear bands outside of our region perform. The Grant would cover bus transporation, Mr. George's substitute for the day and the entrance fee.
• Instrument Wish List & Piano - Mr. George is working with the other members of the music and theater department in hopes of raising funds for a new Grand Piano. Mr. George presented fundraising ideas:
• "Music Matters" license plates - vanity license plates issued through the State of Washington and administered through Washington Music Educators Assn. Funds designated to BHS could help fund the piano.
• Piano Recital of piano students as a fundraiser
• Fundraiser at a local venue like the dueling piano bar in Bellevue.
• All-State/All NW Auditions - Approximately 17-18 students auditioned for the State groups. They will be notified if they were accepted at months-end.
• Jazz II - the Jazz II Director's position is funded by the Boosters. We have Mr. Carter back from last year. Right now we have a combo-size group of 6-8 students. Encouraging others to join.
• Upcoming performances: 
• Homecoming
• Nov. 1 - Wind Ensemble & Orchestra Concert
• Nov. 3 - Jazz Band(s) to Skyline for festival
• Nov. 8 - Wind Ensemble to perform at the Veteran's Day Assembly.

• Pizza feed - Brooke Cordova had volunteered to coordinate food.
• Photos - Edd George to ask a year book staff member to take the photograph. Leslie Bigos to serve as backup.
• Parade logistics
• Rain coat distribution
• Volunteer Needs
• Request donations of cookies for the students.

• Scarf Update - we have approximately 50 scarves left to sell. We will sell them at Homecoming.
• Holiday greenery sale - Anne Gose presented the information regarding the fundraiser. $5 of each sale will go to the student salesperson to defray costs of Victoria trip. Drill team will be participating in the fundraiser. The fundraiser kick-off will be Oct 13 (Drill) and Oct 14 (Band). The greenery will be delivery the Friday before Thanksgiving.

• Annual projected budget -As the current budget stands, we will have approximately $2,000 more expenses than projected income. This is due to the $10,000 allocated to the purchase of rain gear. At the current savings level, the treasurer, Kevin Klustner, and the board are comfortable with this.

• Looking ahead at the jazz festival. We will gear up after the first of the year. Several people have expressed interest in helping out.
• The festival will be held May 4th & 5th, 2012.

Alumni Band

• An alumni band has been formed. Paige Hamilton Collins has been the coordinator.
• The alumni band will march in the homecoming parade.
• An alumni jazz band will play at a reception on Saturday after the Homecoming game. The Jazz I band will also play at this reception.
• Former band directors Al Jones, Bill Wicker & Vince Caruso will attend the reunion reception & concert.

• Need pictures of the band for the Year book. People are encouraged to send photos in.
• Carol Lawrence explained publicity plan. 
• Need to recruit a publicity person for next year as Carol has a graduating senior.
• Carol to contact KING5 about the Alumni band.

• Needs are: co-president; publicity co-chair; bell-jazz chair(s); piano fundraiser chair

Next Meeting: October 10, 2011 at 6:00PM in the Band Room.