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​Minutes – CMS Music Boosters May 14. 2018 at 7:00pm Present: Jennifer Ramsay, Eric Kobb, Catherine Hammon, Simonida Thurber, Kelly Murphy, Ellen Bernard, Eimer Page and Heather Dudley-Tatman Treasurer’s Report: Current Balance is $12,748.00 We still have some lesson scholarships to be paid. New Business: ● Dallas Brass - Oct. 24th (Wednesday) ○ The group will be at EHS all day, and we will bus students from CMS to EHS. The evening concert will held at EHS as well. ○ Cost is $9750 but Mr. Kobb secured $10,000 grant to cover the fees ○ Boosters will need approx. $500 for busses ○ Reimbursement requested for one additional hotel room (3 were previously paid for to be used by Ball in the House, but they didn’t need the rooms, so we rolled over to Dallas Brass) ○ EHS contributed $1250 to help defray costs ○ Early fall meeting will be needed to lock down details. ● 8th Grade Concert - May 30th ○ $700 requested for sound system. Motion made to fund this by Eimer Page, seconded by Simonida Thurber. Motion Passed. ○ $400-500 requested for pizza for 8th graders after 3rd combined rehearsal for which they will give up lunch/team time. Motion made to fund this by Eimer Page, seconded by Simonida Thurber. Motion Passed. ○ The Boosters agreed to send School Board and Administration invitations to the concert. Jennifer to send blurb and address to Booster members. ○ We may need to rent chairs - will petition Boosters for funding when we know for sure ● Civil War Group - June 6th ○ $450 requested for Civil War music presentation and workshop for 8th grade orchestra and Chamber Choir. Motion made to fund this by Eimer Page, seconded by Simonida Thurber. Motion Passed. ● 6th Grade Band Concert - May 29th ○ Eric Kobb is working to get community artists to display work, in addition to our students. Refreshments requested for this event before the concert. Kelly Murphy will organized an on-line sign up, and she and Ellen Bernard will serve/organize in the lobby. ● Computer Lab ○ The computers in the music lab are quite outdated and music department is looking to replace them with laptops and a laptop cart. $8,000 was requested to help fund this replacement in addition to tech depart contributions, CMS Music budget contributions and Tri-M donation. Motion made to fund this by Eimer Page, seconded by Simonida Thurber. Motion Passed. ● Thank you ○ We are very grateful to our 8th grade parents, especially Kelly Murphy, Eimer Page and Simonida Thurber for all their help during the last 3 years on behalf of the Boosters. THANK YOU! The next meeting will be called in the early fall to elect new officers and prepare for the Dallas Brass Event. The meeting was adjourned at 7:45. Respectfully submitted, Jennifer Ramsay