GHS Choral Boosters Club Meeting Minutes

 

September 12, 2006

 

Mrs. Lisa Genson, GHS Choral Booster President welcomed all members to the first Booster Club member meeting of the year. She introduced the Choral Booster Board members as follows:

 

2006 Officers

Lisa Genson – President

Lisa Smith – Co-President

Marcia Young – Treasurer

Pam Thompson – Secretary

Rhonda Flowe – Fundraiser Coordinator

 

Booster Club Membership/Marcia Young

Marcia Young presented a list of current Booster members and encouraged participation.  Mrs. Jolly and Marcia explained that each Choral student will be responsible for a $30 fair share.  Each student can pay this amount or take care of it through fundraising opportunities given throughout the year.  The students will also have the ability through fundraising to have money applied toward costumes and the Spring Choral Trip to NYC.

The money raised will be used as credit only toward these things. The money cannot be redeemed as cash or transferred to another student and cannot be transferred from one year to the next. Marcia will be keeping a record of credit for each choral student.

 

Fall Fundraisers/Lisa Smith and Gina Jolly   

The Fall Fundraisers will be

- Krispy Kreme Donuts sales

- Pine Straw Sales

- Coffee House Performance (50/50 Raffle)

 

Krispy Kreme Donut sales will start tomorrow and forms are available for members and students present at the meeting tonight. Forms will also be made available to students in class tomorrow. . The sales will be pre-ordered with the collection of money at the time of the sale.  Orders will be due on September 19th with the delivery of the Donuts on September 21st.  Each box will be $4.00. $1.85/box profit from the sale of each box of donuts will go toward the student’s $30 fair share if this has not been already paid. Another donut sale will be done at a later date. 

 

Pine Straw Sales

Rhonda Flowe gave an update for the upcoming Pine Straw fundraiser. The kick off date will be October 10th, which will be our next Booster Club meeting.  Forms will be made available at this meeting for students and parents.  Forms will then be made available in class the next day. The pine straw will come from Georgia Pinestraw.  The turn in date for the money and forms will be Friday October 21st and Thursday, November 9th which is Coffee House night.  The charge per bail will be $4.50 and Georgia Pinestaw will be charging approximately $3.00/bail based on whatever the fuel surcharge is and the number of trucks it takes to deliver the pine straw.  Each student will be responsible for the delivery of the pine straw they sold. For incentive, the top three sellers will receive credit as follows:

Top Seller 1st place $50 credit to student choral account

Top Seller 2nd place $30 credit to student choral account

Top Seller 3rd place $20 credit to student choral account

It was then mentioned that we will need people to help take the pine straw off the truck around 7:00 or 8:00am Saturday morning.

After the pine straw discussion, Mrs. Jolly stated that details concerning Candle sales would come at a later date.

 

Coffee House/Lisa Genson

Lisa Genson told the members that Coffee House date was scheduled for Thursday November 9th at 7:00 p.m. and Mrs. Jolly stated that Freshman Singers, Advanced Chorus, and Show Choir would all be taking part in Coffee House. It was mentioned to the members that the performance would take place in the Cafeteria as in previous years and that this year a sample dessert plate would be prepared. Coffee and water would be served for drink. Volunteers will be needed after school to decorate.  Students will pre-sell tickets at $6.00/person. Members can refer to the Choral Booster Membership guidelines for reserved seating arrangements. (This can be viewed on the GHS choral web page) Mention was made that a committee chair and sub committees would need to be chosen soon in order to take care of decorations, ticket sales, and food. Mrs. Jolly asked how many people could be seated in the cafeteria. It was stated in the meeting that the cafeteria could seat around 300 people. The Choral department also has some decorations if they are needed.  A volunteer list is being put together by Pam Thompson who will be emailing board members and Mrs. Jolly with a copy. It was discussed that easy money could be made by having a table set up the night of Coffee House for a 50/50 Raffle. Each ticket sold would need to have the students name put on it at the time of purchase in order to know what student would get credit. ¼ of proceeds go to the choral department, ¼ credit would be given to the student whose name was on the ticket, and the remainder of the proceeds to the person with the winning ticket number.

 

Advanced Chorus/Freshman Singers/Show Choir outfits/ Gina Jolly

Mrs. Jolly gave an overview of the Chorus attire for Advanced Chorus, Freshman Singers and Show Choir. She mentioned that her desire for the outfits was a uniform, professional look. The dress will be long and around $60. Dress code states that the straps will be 2 inches. The outfit for the show choir is still being decided on.  The outfit for the guys will be the pretty much the same as last year but all details are still being worked on. Mrs. Jolly also mentioned that the Choral Department had been invited to participate with Lander University Winter Concert on November 30th at Lander Cultural Center. The calendar with schedules should be on the web page soon, as was stated by Pam Thompson.

 

Spring Choral Trip to NYC/Gina Jolly

Mrs. Jolly gave the total amount for the trip to NYC in the spring as being $620/student or chaperone.  The first deposit is due on September 25th and monthly there after with the exception of December. No deposit will be due in December. Checks should be made payable to GHS.  The drama class will also be attending the trip. Currently, there are 16 students and adults signed up to go.  Transportation will be by bus and requirements for chaperones are 1chaperone/10students.  Mrs. Jolly said the she preferred 1chaperone/5 or 6 students.

 

Lastly it was stated by Mrs. Jolly that t-shirt sales would be discussed at a later date.