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I believe that we, the sisters of the
Southeast District of Tau Beta Sigma,
provide spectacular service to our
college bands but also to the
surrounding community. I believe we
have continued Wava’s dream and have
built upon it.
During the 66 years of Tau Beta Sigma,
the Southeast District has had 56
chapters. With 39 of those chapters
maintaining active status currently, we
can proudly declare we are one of the
largest districts in the nation. The
Southeast District includes diversity
ranging from small private colleges to
some of the most recognized
universities in the nation. We have
brought sisters into our ranks from
every single ethnically diverse
background in the world, which is truly
a magnificent celebration. Our sisters
host and attend large events such as
Honda Battle of the Bands and Step for
Life, annually, to encourage every
sister from any location to participate
and showcase his/her talents. With
community outreach projects like
March for Music, the Southeast District
and our sisterhood is placing Tau Beta
Sigma on a national map full of service
organizations who sponsor and host
community oriented charity events.
However, without the past, we cannot
see into our future. We arrived here
from the perseverance of women like
Wava and all the other founding
mothers, from our past and current
national and district leadership, and not
least by any means, from your own hard
work.
I believe in “a truthfulness and honesty
[that] instills a sense of trust in others.”
I believe if you maintain “a cheerfulness at
all times and under all circumstances, even
in the face of great trial” you will survive,
and not only survive, you will thrive.
And when I do thrive, I posses “fortitude
and courage to see an ideal, to seize upon
it, and follow it wherever it may lead [me]
in Tau Beta Sigma.” (And in life.)
These ideals, these goals, and these factors-
they build me up. Over my (almost) 3
years of membership in this organization, I
have grown insurmountably. If you cannot
picture me any other way, trust me, it is
only because I have worked with resilience
to grow into the person I am today. Through the
Auburn University creed and the ideals and
factor of Tau Beta Sigma, I have grown into a
woman who I am proud of, who my family is
proud of, and who, I think, Wava was proud of.
I certainly am very proud and honored to have
known her. Thank you, Wava. For I would not
be where I am today, without you and without
this cherished sisterhood.
Our esteemed founder, Wava Banes Turner
Henry, passed away from this Earth on October
16, 2012. In her long life, she was a loving
daughter and mother to her immediate family;
but she also was a daughter, mother, and sister
of Tau Beta Sigma. Wava stood strong for
women all over the nation, so that we now can
serve our collegiate bands alongside men. She
was a beautiful, spunky, and humbling woman,
who continues to inspire women and men of all
ages to better their lives through music.
Featured Art ic le: With My Sisters I Am Best By: Bel inda Baker
Spring Dates:
DLC @ S.C. State
February 16th
March for Music
March 9th
SED Convention @ FSU
April 5th-7th
PAPERWORK
PAPERWORK
Southeast District of
Tau Beta Sigma
SHELLS
Inside this issue:
President 2
VPM 3
VPSP 4-5
Secretary 5
Treasurer 6
Historian 7
Contact Information 7
December 2012 Volume 1, Issue 3
In the Southeast District we are all blessed because
so many wonderful leaders come from this district.
While this is a blessing it can also be a curse.
Many time we can feel as though the person who
came before us, it is someone who can never be
“outdone” or “forgotten.” Here are some thoughts
about what you can do to help you “step out” from
their shadow.
1. Realize what they contributed. – As with
any great leader of our time so many are
remembered because of the things that they did,
Martin Luther King made a stand for African
Americans, Abraham Lincoln emancipated
slavery. Most of the time the reason we think of
someone as an outstanding leader is due to an
accomplishment that they did or a program they
started. Find out what did the person who you are
following did and see if there is something they
did that made them highly remembered. Or, take a
program they did and see if you can improve it to
make a greater difference in the situation.
2. Be a positive outlook- More often than
not people choose to remember the people that
made a difference in them or someone they can
correlate a positive experience with. Think about
your big sister, they will always be someone that
you look up to or tell others “My big is better than
your big.” This is because they made a difference
in YOUR life. Some times all we need is one per-
son for us to truly have made a difference.
3. Look forward
It would be radical for any one person to think
that you have to be just as successful as the peo-
ple who came before you. There have been
some true visionaries of our lifetime but there
are always going to be things that set people
apart and we are not always the people who do
them. That is ok, the true test of a leader is what
they do in face of trial. As long as you have a
vision for whatever it is you are doing then you
are working in the right path. You have the abil-
ity to make things better, you just need to be-
lieve in yourself and people will follow. Many
times our Presidents of the United States are
faced with great conflicts and he must act. It is
not his job to consult past help; it is his job to
serve. Such is yours within your chapter or in
life.
These are just a few ways that may help you
look past the great people who came before
you. To conclude I leave you with the
following, because with this you can NEVER
be an unforgotten leader in Tau Beta Sigma.
“Fortitude and Courage to see and ideal, to
seize upon it, and to follow it wherever it may
lead you in Tau Beta Sigma.”
MLITB,
Lee Commander
Florida State University, Alpha Omega
SED President 2012-2013
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President: Stepping Out of Past Officer’s Shadows
does. I
encourage that
kind of thinking
because one
person cannot
embody all 3
pillars perfectly,
but together as a
chapter, we can
give each
pillar proper
attention (the
illustration of a
stool or table
with one leg shorter than the other comes to
mind when I think of a chapter that does not
value each pillar equally – it’s just not bal-
anced or effective!). Knowing which pillar
you care about most can also help guide you as
an individual in finding an area in which to be
more proactive in your chapter.
Continuing Membership Education is a
CRUCIAL part in any chapter. It helps ensure
the retention of members, reminding them that
they joined a special organization devoted to
unique ideals and a unique institution: the
band. Hopefully you’ll find CME to be a
rewarding part of your chapter meetings, where
people can appreciate the unique identity we
have as Tau Beta Sigma. Through it, we can
remember the passion for TBS that brought us
through our membership process, seize upon it,
and follow it wherever it may lead us in Tau
Beta Sigma.
MLITB,
Kevin Brenner
Vanderbilt University, Eta Phi
SED Vice President of Membership
Hey SED! I hope your marching seasons are coming
to a wonderful close. I can’t believe it’s my last one!
Hopefully I have some sympathy from the other
seniors out there. Anyway, I’m really looking
forward to seeing you all in the spring at Honda
Battle of the Bands, DLC, and SED Convention! I’ve
spent this whole semester bragging about you guys to
our chapter’s candidates, and it is definitely well
deserved. Hopefully you all have been encouraging
your sisters (especially the younger ones) to come to
district events too. I’m a firm believer in their
potential to grow us into some amazing leaders,
connect us to wonderful people, and help us see the
bigger picture of our Sisterhood.
I would like to touch on a subject that I feel is often
under-represented in our chapters: Continuing
Membership Education (or Post-Membership
Education).
First of all, WHAT IS CME? Well, I would define it
as any sort of information you provide to your
chapter on any topics relevant to Tau Beta Sigma,
and/or any discussions about those topics in a
formalized setting with your chapter.
Secondly, HOW DO I IMPLEMENT CME? If
your chapter hasn’t had any CME activities before, I
would start with the National Guide to Membership
Education. Page 12 has 3 awesome seminars about
the Ritual, the Constitution, and being a good Sister
that are meant to immediately follow initiation. Like
it says, they are meant to be participatory and
engaging, not lectures. Have your Membership
Committee plan and execute these sessions, thinking
creatively about ways to involve the members in the
lessons and not just talk at them. After these
sessions, you can all start thinking of more things you
think your chapter needs to know about!
One suggestion I gave to a chapter VPM recently is
to have the chapter divide into groups based on which
pillar of our Sorority means the most to them
(Sisterhood, Service, Music). Then, each group can
discuss within itself why it values the pillar that it
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Vice President of Membership: Continuing Education
Hello again sisters of the Southeast District,
I hope your semester is concluding in a successful
manner. (My fingers are crossed for your grades
as well as my own!) As we close out the semester
though, we need to make time for reflection- in
our personal lives, as well as our Tau Beta Sigma
ones.
So to conclude this semester, what could be better
than a Tau Beta Sigma round up and review?
The Concerto Competition- The first year of our
concerto competition, I have considered success-
ful, and it’s not even over yet! We received appli-
cations from, and will soon receive audition vid-
eos from, SEVEN participants. Although this
number is single-digits, this is extraordinary pro-
gress from the applications we were receiving
from the Young Composers Contest. You, the dis-
trict, voted to discontinue the YCC for the time
being and to look into a concerto contest…. Well,
GREAT JOB- you have successfully found a pro-
gram that supports music on the district level, in
the form of a competition. I invite you all to stay
tuned for the next issue of SHELLS, in the spring,
where the winner will be announced. Also, the
winner will be performing at the opening concert
of SED Convention held, this year, at Florida
State University on April 5-7, 2013.
Service in Music Month- This year’s SiMM was
a tad bit last minute. This situation was my fault
entirely, as I did not give chapter’s enough time
to prepare for the giant task that this month is
(sorry). However, I still did receive documented
Service, on time from one chapter (Shout out to
IOTA LAMBDA at UNC CHAPEL HILL!) and
a couple days later from several others. But, I
know that more than just these chapters com-
pleted different arrays of service during the month
of October. So, before the end of the semester,
email me what your chapter did, even if you did
not participate every week!! The SiMM log can
be found on our newest resource website-
issuu.com/tbssed. The due date for the last minute
SiMM logs is January 4, 2013! The chapters
who participate will still be recognized at SED
Convention in April 2013.
Stay with me, only 2 more projects left!!!! (This
semester has been a busy one.)
The Eighth Note, Fall Edition- If you live
under a rock, do not get emails, and/or do not
hang out on Facebook instead of studying, like
me…. You may not have seen the release of the
Fall Edition of the Eighth Note. Well, let me tell
you, the Iota Rho chapter at Spelman College did
a spectacular job with it! You can view it here on
the Spelman ISSUU page- issuu.com/spelmantbs
or on the SED ISSUU page—issuu.com/tbssed.
Please read it, and keep up on all the recent and
happening news in the Southeast District, both
TBS and KKY. You will also find National TBS
and KKY news. Not to mention, reminders about
#operation100% and March for Music. Which
reminds me….
March for Music- The efforts of the March for
Music team to advertise across the Southeast
region have been successful so far, but we are
not done. Many of our own SED Chapters, both
KKY and TBS have expressed interest to me, but
have not registered! As we conclude the fall
semester, and enter the spring, NOW IS THE
TIME! The deadline for registration for
individuals, as well as teams, without a late fee,
is February 1, 2013. To register visit our website
at tbsmarchformusic.webstarts.com. Each and
every individual participant must complete the
Individual Registration form and payment
process. If you intend to march with a team, then
your “team leader” must register your team (and
we must receive payment) BEFORE you can
also join a team. I am very happy with the
progress my team and I have made so far on the
project, but these schools need our help as well
as yours! This project and event cannot
succeed without you, without KKY, and
without the Southeast District’s support.
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Vice President of Special Projects: Fall Update
Why? Because every single dollar earned through
registration and contributions is being donated
directly to the 3 selected sponsored music programs.
Help us to help them, help Tau Beta Sigma help the
George Washington Middle School Band in
Montgomery, AL (whose director is a recently
graduated sister from Auburn University!!!). Help
Tau Beta Sigma to help the Murphy Middle and
High School Bands in Murphy, North Carolina. Help
Tau Beta Sigma to help Flat Rock Middle Orchestra
in Tyrone, GA. These schools need our help! So, go,
go, go, to the website and register, raise money to
donate, support this program, for it directly
coincides with the goals of Tau Beta Sigma and
what we, as sisters and as musicians, stand for.
Thank you so much for an amazing semester of
service; let’s continue our work forward into the
next semester AND BEYOND!
MLITB
Belinda Baker
Auburn University, Theta Lambda
SED Vice President of Special Projects, 2012-2013
2013 March for Music, Head Coordinator
Hey there my lovely Sisters!
As you probably know there is a new system for
reporting! (www.online.kkytbs.org) Here are
some quick points on the new system! Also, I am
collecting Sisters’ opinions to compile a report to
send to Jonathan Markowski, so please send me
an email with your thoughts.
1) Get your paperwork in early!
While it is easy now for your Sponsor and DOB
to log on and approve the paperwork it may take
them longer to do find the time to do such. Don’t
submit your paperwork for approval the day it is
due. Start early, communicate with your Sponsor
and DOB that is ready for approval and you
should have less issues.
2) Once I submit for approval do I need to do
anything else?
Theoretically? No. However, I highly encourage
you to e-mail, stop by, and/or call your Sponsor
and Director of Bands to let them know you have
submitted the paperwork and that it needs their
approval before it will be submitted to HQ. Once
they approve it you are good to go.
3) Have questions? Ask.
Even if you don’t know the right question to ask
or how to word it don’t be afraid. The system is
new to everyone and there are many people with
questions. So if you have one be sure to ask us,
your District Council. We are here to serve
YOU.
Don’t forget to send in your comments (good or
bad) about the new system so I can compile
them!
MLITB
Rebecca Snead
University of Florida, Beta Xi
SED Secretary, 2012-2013
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Secretary: Online Reporting
Volume 1, Issue 3
VPSP Continued
Dear Sisters of the SED,
As the year ends, and the holidays are upon us,
chapters begin to wind down, and focus on the
much needed time with our
friends and family. This is a great
time for officers to sit down, and
analyze the goals they had in
place since the
beginning of school.
For chapter treasurers, new and
continuing (since I know some
chapters hold election with the calendar year,
instead of the academic year), I would love to give
you some helpful tips I discovered while being
chapter treasurer. If you are continuing on to be
treasurer after the holidays, I encourage you to
look to the past, and remember what you planned
for yourself. Did you compete those tasks? Try to
think of what worked well with you, and how you
can build upon that to continue on with yourself or
your successor. If you are new to the position in
the coming New Year, I encourage you to look
back to your predecessor(s), and remember what
you liked, and what you would like to improve
upon.
Treasurers are very important because we bring in
the money. However, we also need to make sure
that money is used wisely, and not just piling up.
A great task I suggest doing this time of year
would be to sit down with your president or
executive board, and look over the budgets of each
office. In addition, I also suggest looking at how
much fundraising you did, how much money went
to service, and how much money went to you
music department.
Treasury and service go hand-in-hand. Ultimately,
we are here to serve the bands, and in this day and
age, it is difficult to do so without funding.
However, try to look back and ask yourself, “Did
we use our funds to the maximum this year?” It is
always a great
idea to partner
with the sister in
your chapter in
charge of service,
and see what she
or he needs in
order to
coordinate serving the band. Were they able to
do everything they needed to?
The most exciting part (and perhaps most
stressful) of being treasurer, was
discovering how everyone needs you. You get
to develop great relationships by partnering
with others, and finding out what they need in
order to succeed. As treasurers, we help every
other office complete their goals.
So, that is why it may be a great idea to sit
down, and go over the books. See who
budgeted for what. Did they do everything? If
not, find out why: was it a timing issue, was it
a funds issue, etc… This all can lead to more
efficient budgeting, which means more money
in the bank. In turn, this can help the chapter
when they want to surprise their music
department with a sporadic donation, or a
larger reception at the last concert of the
season.
As always, I am here to serve you all, and I
have been in your shoes as well. It is an
experience to say the least, but don’t ever think
it is overwhelming. If any treasurer of chapter
needs help with treasury, do not hesitate to ask
me anything, anytime.
MLITB
Salvatore Parillo
University of Central Florida, Zeta Psi
SED Treasurer, 2012-2013
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Treasurer’s Chest
2012-2013 Southeast District Council
President:
Lee Commander, Alpha Omega
Vice President of Membership: Kevin Brenner, Eta Phi
Vice President of Special Projects:
Belinda Baker, Theta Lambda
Secretary:
Rebecca Snead, Beta Xi
Treasurer:
Salvatore Parillo, Zeta Psi
Parliamentarian:
Stephen Richards, Epsilon Theta
Historian:
Lindsay Meyers, Zeta Psi
Tau Beta Sigma SED
Strength. Excellence. Diversity. http://www.kkytbs.org/
sed/tbs/index.html
E-Mail Addresses
President: [email protected]
VP of Membership: [email protected]
VP of Special Projects: [email protected]
Secretary: [email protected]
Treasurer: [email protected]
Parliamentarian:
Historian: [email protected]
Counselors: [email protected]
Hello SED!
The fall semester is coming to a close and we want
to see what you’ve been up to the past couple of
months! Did you cross new members, participate in
service events or plan fun social activities? How-
ever you spent your semester, we want to see it.
Have your chapter historian send photos to sedhis-
[email protected]. Please include your chapter
and captions for the photos. These pictures will get
added to the District Scrapbook and may even end
up on the website so make sure they’re appropriate.
Can’t wait to see all the fun you’ve been having!
MLITB,
Lindsay Meyers
University of Central Florida, Zeta Psi
SED Historian, 2012-2013
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Historian: SED Scrapbook