Kappa Kappa Psi
& Tau Beta Sigma
Electronic Newsletter
Volume 5, Number 1
September 9, 2003

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Welcome Back!
• KKPsi Selects New Vice President for Professional Relations
• TBS Brochure Available On-line
• KKPsi Announces Newest Colony

1. WELCOME BACK!
by Lt Col Alan Bonner, USAF (ret.), National Executive Director

I know not all of you are in classes on this date, but many are well into the fall semester! To those of you who made it to Norfolk, VA for the National Convention, it was great to see you and the great work you did throughout the week. The 2003 National Intercollegiate Band was awesome, and congratulations on a terrific performance of our newest KKPsi & TBS Commissioned work, Jack Stamp's "Bandancing". You will want to hear it and play it... guaranteed!

Your Headquarters Staff has been hard at work on all post convention issues, and preparing for the Fall Packets, Chapter Personnel Reports, and the Fall issue of The PODIUM (it goes to the printer today! It should ship to you by first week of October!).

We have a new staff member as of the end of August, and I hope you will help us all welcome Linda McMurtrey to the position of Membership Services Coordinator. She has recently joined forces with our Publications Manager, Mike McMurtrey, in matrimony, and we offer our congratulations to them both!

You should already have received the Chapter Personnel Reports mailing to update and return with your dues & fees. If you have not, please contact the Headquarters immediately and help us get your mailing address correct. We already have received a few packets returned for incorrect addresses!

We hope you all have a productive, healthy and safe year in school, and we salute you all for your desire to serve your university band programs! BRAVO!

2. KKY Announces William Johnson from Cal Poly as New Vice President for Professional Relations
by Michael Osborn, National President

Brothers,

It is with great pleasure that I announce to you the appointment of Professor William Johnson as the National Vice President for Professional Relations for the 2003-2005 biennium.

Professor Johnson is the Director of Bands at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and sponsor of the Iota Pi Chapter at the same school ( a recent Chapter Leadership Award Recipient). He was an active member of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi at Indiana University, and also served on the band staff at the University of Michigan prior to arriving at Cal Poly in 1966.

Professor Johnson brings to the National Leadership of Kappa Kappa Psi over three decades of experience as a collegiate band director. He is a highly sought after clinician and a current or past leader of several other organizations which work in the area college bands, and college band directors. It is also important to note that Prof. Johnson is the first Kappa Kappa Psi National Council Member to hail from the Western District since Bob "Coach" Fleming served as National President (1987-1989).

A more complete biography and contact information can be found on the National Website as well as in the upcoming issue of The PODIUM. I hope you are as excited as your National Council is to welcome Professor Johnson to the National Council and hope you will take the opportunity to welcome him as your Vice President for Professional Relations!

AEA

Michael K. Osborn
National President
Kappa Kappa Psi

3. TBS Brochure Available for Download on the National Website

We have had very positive response from the new TBS Brochure. If you would like to download and print out for your use in large quantities, please go to the following URL:

http://www.kkytbs.org/forms/TBSBrochure.pdf

4. Kappa Kappa Psi Announces Newest Colony!

Brothers,

It is with great pleasure that I introduce the newest colony of Kappa Kappa Psi at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee!

Tennessee Tech is a state university with an enrollment of nearly 9,000. The band program includes Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, two Jazz Bands, basketball band and a Marching Band of 150.

I hope that you will join me in welcoming and congratulating our newest colonists and their Director.

Sponsor and Director of Bands:
Professor Joe Hermann
Director of Bands - Tennessee Tech Univ
TTU PO Box 5045
Cookeville, TN 38505
jwhermann@tntech.edu

While I am at it, I want to make certain that everyone who was not on the listserv this summer also knows that Kappa Kappa Psi added a colony at Fort Valley State University in Ft. Valley, Georgia in May. If you have not welcomed them yet please feel free to do so.

AEA!!

Michael K. Osborn
National Vice President for Colonization and Membership
Kappa Kappa Psi

ATTN: District Governors/Counselors/Officers/Chapter Presidents...

Please ensure widest possible delivery to all chapters, colonies & members in your respective districts!

All NewsNotes On-Line issues are available on-line at http://www.kkytbs.org/newsnotes.html.

Many thanks,

Lt Col Alan L. Bonner, USAF (Ret.)
National Executive Director
Kappa Kappa Psi & Tau Beta Sigma
National Band Fraternity & Sorority
http://www.kkytbs.org