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Winter 2005 Kadenza The official publication of the North Central District of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma, proudly published by the Alpha Delta twin chapters at Ohio University. Vol. XII, Issue 2 Winter 2005 Check out the online version at: http://www.kadenza.org Message from the Editors: We Have a New NCD Website! Dear brothers and sisters of the NCD, Did you know that the North Central District has a new website? Well, we do! You can visit the site at it’s Here it is at last, your Winter issue of the Kadenza. permanent home at http://www.kkytbsncd.org. If you After weeks of hard work editing all of your submis- haven’t visited let, let me tell you a little bit about the sions we are proud of the final product that we have site. come up with. Techie Side: The best part was being able to get together in our The new NCD website run a content management joint committee and read over your submissions. system called Geeklog. Geeklog is a highly customiz- Despite having to chase people out of our reserved able system that runs on PHP with a MySQL backend. conference room at the library and the uncontrollable Geeklog has many pre-written plug-ins that are being giggle fits that seemed to overwhelm us, we man- utilized on the site, as well as some custom modules. aged to find a way to carry on and bring you what we For more information on Geeklog you can visit http:// believe to be the best issue yet. www.geeklog.net We couldn’t have asked for better articles than the User Side: ones you sent in and have come up with some new The NCD website is truly dynamic allowing any ideas for our chapters based on your suggestions. We registered member to submit news, events and links can only hope that each of your chapters are able to and have it appear on the site in a matter of minutes take some useful ideas away from this issue of the in most cases, 24 hours at the longest. There are also Kadenza and can provide better service to your bands. forums to post and chat with brothers and sisters as well as a live chat room. You can download the latest Thanks to all of the help from the brothers and sisters forms, and if you have a form or document that you of Alpha Delta who worked on the Kadenza and all of think the district would find useful, you can upload it! their unbelievable patience as we worked out all of the There is also a picture gallery where you can upload kinks in our system. pictures from your events! With this site, everyone is the Webmaster! As always, if you have any comments, concerns, or suggestions for the next issue of Kadenza, feel free to How do you get started? Go to the site and register for email us at [email protected] an account. Check your email for a randomly gener- ated password. Come back to the site, log-in, change We’d like to wish you the best for the remainder of your password and fill out information in your profile your semesters (or quarters)! See you at the next (optional). After that you are good to go! block and at district convention! I hope you all enjoy the site, and it makes communica- tion within the district even better then it was before ITB, . ITB, The brothers and sisters of the twin chapters of Alpha Delta at Ohio University Mark Bradbourne NCD WebGeek Life Member – ZO/KKPsi @ The University of Akron NCD TBSigma Honorary Member 2 ΚΚΨ District/National Officers Malinda M. Matney, Ph.D. Invest time in making sure we are using our own gifts to the fullest. District Governor It is easy to cheer everyone else on, and not invest the time needed for our own goals, vision and at times “Everybody can be great because everybody can even rest. Nobody derives anything from our leader- serve.” ~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ship if we are burned out, tired, broke or flunking out of school. Planning ahead in our lives to make sure As I write this article, we are beginning Martin Luther that we have our studies done when a service project is King, Jr. week. It doesn’t take a scholar of history to waiting will make our service better. recognize that this man had a vision and sparked the inspiration of many to join him in pursuit of this vi- Retain the clarity of vision: The five points of our sion. We still have much to learn from Dr. King, both preamble. in the content of his message and in the ways he made It is too easy to justify any activity as a “service” his message live. There are both civil rights lessons project, and slowly dissipate the energy available to and leadership lessons we should take from this move- truly promote our college bands. There are many fine ment. activities in life. However, service as Kappa Kappa Psi needs to remain true to our preamble. This hardly Thinking about our own purposes for Kappa Kappa restricts our work, but rather, expands our power. Pro- Psi, as stated in our preamble, we have so many ways moting college bands, honoring band members, devel- to apply the leadership lessons of Dr. King: oping brothers’ leadership skills, networking among bands and providing great social events for bands Remember that many people bring gifts that can – there are limitless possibilities for great service to serve college bands. our college bands. If you are doing your service right, As we see great people in our bands, we need to work whether within your band building or on campus in to help them become the best band members they another location, people should be able to identify can be. There are many types of people who would immediately that this is a college band activity. If they be great brothers, whom we should recruit to Kappa can’t, we’re not promoting college bands, and not liv- Kappa Psi. Beyond these people, there are whole ing up to our preamble. bands full of people who have the potential to grow into better musicians, better marchers, better leaders: Enjoy the fellowship of others invested in our better people. Whether or not they are brothers, we can cause. develop their gifts for our college bands. As we do our work as Kappa Kappa Psi, sometimes that work will intersect with the work of others. The Challenge our Brothers to live to the fullest of their most obvious example is Tau Beta Sigma. When we gifts. work with Tau Beta Sigma, work near Tau Beta Sigma It is tempting to do “just enough” in whatever field. or see the positive work of Tau Beta Sigma, we should However, we need to challenge our brothers to ac- enjoy this relationship. This fellowship honors the complish their dreams and stretch their abilities. Every causes of both ΚΚΨ and ΤΒΣ. This fellowship also brother should be working toward obtaining his or her honors all of the outstanding band members who are college degree. Every active brother should be work- brothers of ΚΚΨ or sisters of ΤΒΣ. In our joint rela- ing to be the best musician he or she can be. The more tions, as in every other facet of service, we need to we challenge each brother to develop his or her unique remain true to our preamble. However, our preamble goals and talents, the better our bands and fraternity provides many great ways to enjoy this relationship. will be. 3 Finally In this time remaining, we should all take time to Our service should honor our unique gifts. Service that make a lasting impact on our band programs. If that isn’t firmly rooted in our preamble should not be a top means extra time volunteering in the music building, priority of our fraternity. Our most unique gift is our so be it. If that means traveling to more district events love of college bands. Let that be the first impression and chapter rituals to see the bounty of your district that others gain of our fraternity. and fraternity, so be it. If that means coming to your next business meeting with ideas for fundraisers and recruitment events for next year, so be it. It does not Marco Krcatovich II mean being stagnant. It does not mean doing things District President that make you look good and secure your legacy. It means doing WHATEVER IT TAKES to make things For those who don’t know me well, I have two weak- better and to support the things you believe in. nesses (like Superman’s Kryptonite). One is really good Southern cooking and the second is “The West In the coming weeks you will see the ambitious pro- Wing.” I have to watch nearly every episode they are gram your district officers have come up with for your replaying on Bravo and all the new ones on NBC. In district convention. For two years, the NCD has led the current season, the fictional president is in his final the nation in an innovative, educational, and efficient year of office after already completing seven years. district convention, and the nation has noticed our He has just delivered his last “State of the Union” ad- work. We are pleased to welcome leaders from across dress to Congress and he spends more and more time our nation to our convention and I am excited to see talking about legacy and what has happened over the your response to the dynamic workshops, efficient and last seasons.
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