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TheIowa Bandmaster Magazine Fall Issue 2016 Iowa Bandmaster Magazine Deadlines Winter Issue ................................ January 6, 2017 Conference Issue ........................... March 3, 2017 Summer Issue ................................... June 9, 2017 Magazine Staff Editor Advertising Dick Redman Chad Allard 1016 Fountain View Dr. 434 Stoney Creek Rd. NW Pella, Iowa 50219 Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 641-628-9380 319-550-6109 (H) [email protected] 319-558-4602 (S) [email protected] Festival Results Denise Graettinger District News 1307 Country Meadows Dr. Elaine Menke Waverly, IA 50677 1130 Rolling Hills Ct. 319-352-4003 (H) Norwalk, Iowa 50211 319-352-2087 (S) 515-981-0557 (H) [email protected] 515-987-5196, ext. 2233 (S) [email protected] The Iowa Bandmaster 1 Iowa Bandmasters Association, Inc. World’s Finest Bandmasters Organization www.bandmasters.org PAST PRESIDENT PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT SECRETARY MICHAEL GOLEMO RUSSELL KRAMER MYRON PETERSON STEVEN COOK 1206 DIAMOND COURT 7005 FRANKLIN AVE. MAGAZINE EDITOR MASON CITY, IA 50401-6997 WINDSOR HEIGHTS, IA 50324 TREASURER COMMITTEE CHAIRS DICK REDMAN AARON NUSS CONFERENCE EQUIPMENT JAYSON GERTH IBA MAGAZINE-OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE IOWA BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION NATHAN SLETTEN VOL. 75 published by Pella Printing Co., Inc., Pella, Iowa 50219 NO. 2 CONFERENCE EXHIBITS CHRIS STROHMAIER JENNIFER WILLIAMS CONTENTS ELECTIONS President’s Message........................................................... 4 JERRY BERTRAND President-Elect’s Thoughts ..................................................... 5 HISTORIAN On a Mission – Affinity Diagram ...............................................6-7 MARY CRANDELL Meet the IBA District Presidents..............................................10-11 PARLIAMENTARIAN FRED STARK Iowa Alliance for Arts Education ................................................12 WEBMASTER In the Spotlight – Alta-Aurelia Community Schools ..............................13-15 ELIZABETH FRITZ Welcome to IBA – First Year Band Directors . .16-19 MENTORSHIP COORDINATOR Band Talk with David Rutt ..................................................20-21 JIM FRITZ College Corner by Steve Shanley..............................................22-23 ELEMENTARY AFFAIRS We Shall Overcome by Dick Redman ..........................................24-25 AUDRA BAILEY Iowa Music Educators Association ...............................................26 J.H./M.S. AFFAIRS ANN KAMP Band Performance Application Form .............................................27 CONCERT BAND AFFAIRS Guidelines for Selection of Performing Bands at IBA Conference ......................28 ANDREW BUTTERMORE JEI News ...................................................................29 MARCHING BAND AFFAIRS JEI Membership Form .........................................................30 MICHAEL PETERS They Continue to Serve – Homer Gartz ...........................................31 JAZZ BAND AFFAIRS RYAN ARP Let Us Have a Band........................................................32-37 COLLEGE AFFAIRS Boone Municipal Band Festival . 38-39 MARK DOERFFEL Iowa Community Bands – 2016 ..............................................40-41 I.B.A.R.D. Iowa Bandmasters Association Retired Directors.................................42-43 PAUL BRIZZI Contest Results . 44 MAJOR LANDERS District News .............................................................45-48 JANE TRIPLETT In Memoriam .............................................................51-52 MENTORSHIP CHRIS EWAN Iowa Bandmasters Association Endowment Fund ................................53-55 ENDOWMENT FUND IBA Financial Report.......................................................56-62 GENE GROSS IBA Summer Meeting Reports ...............................................63-67 PUBLIC RELATIONS PAM SCHROEDER ADVERTISERS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Cedar Valley Fundraising ......................................................52 DANIEL GALYEN Central College ..............................................................68 STUDENT AFFAIRS Dordt College................................................................19 BRENT MEAD Drake University .............................................................50 TECHNOLOGY CHARLES OLDENKAMP Graceland University ...........................................................8 Grand View University ........................................................25 DISTRICT PRESIDENTS IASMD.....................................................................25 NORTHWEST Iowa Lakes Community College .................................................22 TIFFANY WURTH Iowa State University Department of Music.........................................1 NORTH CENTRAL JEFF GRIFFIN Mt. Mercy University . .60 Ray’s Midbell Music ...........................................................8 NORTHEAST MARK PHILGREEN Rieman Music ...............................................................68 SOUTHWEST Simpson College .............................................................47 PAUL HART Star Destinations .............................................................47 SOUTH CENTRAL University of Iowa ...............................................Inside Front Cover CHRIS STROHMAIER University of Northern Iowa School of Music ......................................15 SOUTHEAST University of South Dakota Department of Music ....................................3 JOHN SMITH Wartburg College................................................Inside Back Cover HONORARY MEMBERS West Music .................................................................61 RAY E. CRAMER Yamaha Corporation of America .................................................9 MARK S. KELLY WESTON NOBLE “We are the Music-Makers” “We are the Dreamers of Dreams” 2 The Iowa Bandmaster The Iowa Bandmaster 3 President’s Message By Russell Kramer I hope everyone has had a successful start to the school year! I can’t believe that as I write this, marching band is almost complete for the year and I’ll be starting concert band in less than two weeks. I’m excited to work on some serious music (not that Bon Jovi wasn’t fun!). I’m also enjoying the process of putting together our conference for the spring. I’ve already been leaning on the I.B.A. board and am positive that I will need them more throughout the year. I’d like to acknowledge two important members of the board – Dick Redman and Liz Fritz. Dick serves as the magazine editor and Liz as our webmaster. Both of them provide opportunities for communication to our membership but also to people outside of our ranks. Dick spends countless hours putting together each magazine and produces an end result of which we can all be proud! Liz works hard keeping all of the materials up-to-date on our website so we can have imme- diate access to what we need. The website is also very visible outside of Iowa (and the United States?) and she has done a great job of providing a positive image of our organization. I want to extend a hearty THANK YOU to Dick and Liz for their tireless effort on behalf of all of us! Congratulate them on their great work when you have a chance. Is the election over? It probably will be when you see this in print. This year’s campaigns have been espe- cially nasty and both sides/candidates (especially for the office of president) have shown incredibly low char- acter. I don’t know how the election will turn out, which party will have the control to enact positive change (or not) and how the government, from our local offices to the federal groups, will fare. I do know that our society has suffered because of the low character shown by two people running for the most powerful job in the world. Our students and children have seen examples of intolerable behavior – name-calling, lying, cheating, bigotry of all kinds – and those are just a few of the instances of disgraceful actions on both sides. Is this the kind of conduct that is now acceptable in our homes, schools and communities? I often wonder if it matters for me to strive to be a positive role model for my students. What is tolerable now is so far removed from what was tolerable when I was in high school 30 years ago. I realize that things have changed drastically – technology, home dynamics, socioeconomics, and nearly everything else. Has our compass of character shifted, as well? Are the values from our past still applicable today? Do students need a positive role model? I believe that even though we have “progressed” in many ways from the past, it is still important to impart high character in our students. We have a unique opportunity that most other teachers don’t have: we inter- act with our students for multiple years; we see our students in school as well as outside of school (rehearsals and performances); it makes a difference in our performances how our students carry themselves; our groups have to learn how to work together to achieve our goals; ego cannot produce success in our programs, etc. It must be our responsibility to teach our students what high character is, why it is important in our groups and in life, and to model that behavior for them. Many of our students have no other role models that can (or will) provide that example. I am indebted to my role models: my parents along with Gil Lettow, Joe Christensen, Dave Richardson and Myron Welch. While I’m sure that all of them had slips in their charac- ter (I know I have) they all showed me the most important thing is to endeavor to be the best human being I