North Central Iowa Bandmasters Association

Russ Kramer, President
Mason City High School
1700 4th St. SE
Mason City, IA 50401
(641) 421-4505
/ Paul Bloomquist, Vice President
Iowa Central Comm. College
330 M Ave.
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
(515) 576-0099 ext. 2033
/ David Kovarna, Secretary/Treasurer
Roosevelt Middle School
1625 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
Mason City, IA 50401
(641) 421-4423

NCIBA Business Meeting – Saturday, January 6, 2007

High School Honor Band – ICCC, Fort Dodge

  1. Last Meeting’s Minutes
  2. The regular meeting was held in conjunction with the High School Honor Band. Called to order at 1:29 pm by Russ Kramer, President. 37 directors present.
  3. Minutes from May meeting were read.
  4. Jeff Kirkpatrick MM and Curt Klein MS to approve the minutes with the following corrections
  5. Include Lynnette Evan last name under III, b, i.
  6. Ammend $20 to $25 under III, c, ii.
  7. Motion unanimously carried.
  1. Secretary/Treasurer’s Report
  2. Current Balance: $3964.12
  3. Current Membership Status: 109 paid members of 147 in the district
  4. Corrections/Additions: Tony Brezina MM and Dave Rutt MS to accept the treasurer’s report. Passed unanimously.
  1. Committee Reports
  2. Elementary Affairs (Kathy Yoakam): No Report
  3. JH/MS Honor Band (Jen Martino):
  4. Many thanks all around to the many people who help make the honor band a success.
  5. The 2007 event will be in Humboldt. We need a host for two years from now in 2008.
  6. Middle School Honor Band fees will be $10 per student accepted to the honor band as passed in May 2006 by the membership.
  7. State MS Honor Band (Tammy Aberson): No Report
  8. JH/MS Jazz Band Clinic (Tammy Aberson): No Report
  9. El/JH Concert Band Clinic (Dave Rutt & Tara Smith):
  10. Rutt – Currently 6 schools with 9 bands registered. Clinicians will be Sandi Willman and Kevin Brown.
  11. Smith – Registration deadline is January 26, 2007
  1. Research and Development (Matt Herrick):
  2. There is an elementary band survey on the web: or go through the IBA site.
  3. Results can be found at
  4. There will be a survey for high school directors in the coming weeks.
  5. Mentorship (Leon Kuehner):
  6. IAAE has been awarded grants to fund mentoring activities for the next three years.
  7. Held 2nd annual IBA Fall Symposium on October 28th. 21 first-year directors attended. Plans are underway for next year.
  8. Please make our 6 first-year teachers welcome
  9. Ben Thompson – RRMR
  10. Beth Frenchick – Mason City
  11. Meredith Allen – Laurens-Marathon
  12. Steve Hovey – TRV
  13. Ben Harper – Humboldt
  14. Nora Epping – Graettinger-Terrill
  15. We also need to welcome our 4 directors new to NCIBA.
  16. Fall Cruise (Dan Djuren):
  17. Mark you calendars for September, 5, 2007.
  18. The event operates at a loss of funds, but we would prefer not to raise the registration fee. We would encourage everyone to attend this “fun” event. “It’s only event we have where we have no kids.” Come join in the fun!
  19. Concert Band Affairs (Jeff Kirkpatrick):
  20. ICDA, IBA Concert Band Affairs Committee and IHSMA will be meeting to discuss solutions to an accompanist “shortage.” The ICDA would like to see an “Accompanist for Hire” list while the committee prefers an expansion of Smart Music capabilities.
  21. IHSMA will be recording Grade 2 compositions on the Prescribed List on the Wednesday before IBA as a resource for directors in choosing music for contest.
  22. Marching Band Affairs (Curt Klein)
  23. The IHSMA will be taking up a resolution to expand the 5-yard pit area from goal line to goal line.
  24. The committee is beginning to discuss and look for input into starting a new “Novice” classification for the IHSMA Marching Band Festival to get more schools involved in the festival. The topic was discussed at length. See Curt with your comments and concerns.
  25. Jazz Band Affairs (Nate Benzing): No Report
  26. College Affairs ( ): No Report
  27. HS Honor Band (Tony Brezina & John Carey):
  28. Thanks to all those who helped make the event successful.
  29. Kevin Droe (UNI) conducted the 9-10 Band
  30. Timothy Mahr (St. Olaf) conducted the 11-12 Band
  31. Concerned with a high number of cancellations. Reminder that registration fees are due for all accepted students regardless of participation. Be sure students can attend before nominations.
  32. HS Jazz Festival (Roger Steig):
  33. Event was successful with 24 bands participating in 5 judge format.
  34. The festival was able run $472.95 in the black.
  35. There were some concerns with judges behavior/complaints. Roger will consider this in his hiring next year.
  36. John About MM and Jeff Kirkpatrick MS to make admission prices for all NCIBA events the same. Some discussion followed. Motion passed unanimously. Admission prices are $3 for adults and $2 for students.
  37. The date for next year’s festival is December 1, 2007 with the registration deadline on October 8, 2007.
  38. Concert Band Clinic (Russ Kramer):
  39. Event will be held on Friday, March 9, 2007 at NIACC with 8 bands participating.
  40. Karl King Scholarship (Paul Bloomquist):
  41. Thank you to our judges: Jen Martino, John Aboud and Dan Cassady
  42. Four students auditioned: Allen Mannes, percussion, Lake Mills; 3rd place, Becky Klatt, flute, Eldora-New Providence; 2nd place, Travis Zinnell, Humboldt; 1st place representing NCIBA in the Major Lander Scholarship Competition, Chris Ellerston, Fort Dodge
  43. Webmaster (Andrew VanHoorweghe): No Report
  44. Public Relations/Nominations (Mary Jean Nederhoff):
  45. Nominations are in and ready to go:
  46. Dave Rutt for Karl King Distinguished Service Active
  47. Dan Cassady for Karl King Distinguished Service Retired
  48. Student Affairs ( ): No Report
  49. IBARD (Jerry Jimmerson):
  50. IBARD Band will be playing at this year’s IBA Convention
  1. Old Busines
  2. IAAE Contribution
  3. Curt Klein MM and Dave Rutt MS to contribute an additional $500 to the IAAE. Motion passed unanimously.
  4. Directors completing 30th year teaching in Iowa
  5. Let Russ know ASAP if you have completed your 30th year of teaching
  6. Let Russ know ASAP if you are retiring at the end of this year
  1. New Business
  2. State committee member tenures
  3. Some committee members’ terms are up at the end of ’07.
  4. Let Russ know if you are interested in serving on any of these committees.
  5. Mileage reimbursements
  6. We currently have different mileage reimbursements for different events.
  7. John Aboud MM and Roger Steig MS to establish mileage reimbursements for all events equal to what IHSMA pays for mileage reimbursements.
  8. Motion passed.
  1. Announcements
  2. Emails
  3. Let Russ know if you or someone you know is not receiving emails as this is our primary means of district communication.
  4. Curt Klein (Fort Dodge HS) as a couple complete sets of ensemble methods available to those who want them.
  5. Nate Benzing has spoken with directors in other districts about their jazz festival date. Others have their district festival the week following ours. This alleviates the conflict with Dance Team State Competition. President Kramer thus bestowed up Nate the responsibility to look into the matter further and speak with the membership about the possibility. Nate will report his findings at the spring meeting.
  6. We have old honor band music for sale at prices that are at least 50% off the published price. Some of it we’ve had so long that we’d be willing to take an offer. Feel free to look through the pieces at next year’s honor bands or contact the secretary/treasurer.
  1. Adjournment
  2. Nate Benzing MM and Dawn Rutt MS to adjourn at 2:13 pm.
  3. Motion carried.