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New Executive Board Member for 2012
AFM Local 660 welcomes Stacy Tibbetts aboard as our newest Board member. Stacy took over the seat vacated by long-time 660 activist Andrew Jackson.
Tibbetts was nominated for the open Board position at a meeting held October 30, along with Don Keat, Christopher Lee and Phil Jensen. Lee and Jensen were nominated for the positions they currently hold as President and Vice-President, as was Don Keat for his current seat on the Executive Board.
Since there were no other nominations, so all nominees were unopposed. Therefore, in accordance with Federation bylaws, no formal election was required, and all nominees will took office on January 1, 2012.
The President and Vice-President terms of office go for one year each, the board positions are held for three years.
Local 660 General Membership Meeting:
11:30 am, February 4, 2012
South Hills School of Business
Central PA Musicians Association Awards
Olin Butt Scholarships to Students
(State College, PA) The Central Pennsylvania Musicians Association presented a new round of scholarship grants to student musicians at five Centre County school districts at the recent Centre County Music Educators Association County Band and Choir Festival.
Before a packed audience in the State College High School North auditorium on February 18th, Central Pennsylvania Musicians Association President Christopher Lee and Scholarship chairman John R. Kovalchik presented each student with the Olin F. Butt Music Achievement Grant of one hundred dollars each toward their personal music instruction.
We are pleased to support music in schools, said Kovalchik. In these days of tight budgets, we are in danger of losing these programs that help make a well rounded student in so many ways.
The late Olin Butt was a renowned music teacher and band leader and, as owner of the Music Mart in Bellefonte and State College, provided musical instruments and supplies to hundreds and thousands of student musicians from 1948 to 1975.
The five Centre County school district awardees and their music instructor nominators were: Cassie Lewis of Philipsburg-Osceola, nominated by Diana Krause and Valerie Stiner; Susanna Mills of Penns Valley, nominated by Paul Leskowicz and Phil Stattel; Katie Pletcher of Bellefonte, nominated by Meredith LeRoy and John Zimmerman; Ann Hackman of the State College, nominated by Amy Myers, Molly McAninch and Kim Lenaway; and Mackenzie Basalla of Bald Eagle Area, nominated by music teachers Kellie Long and Eric Brinser.
L.R: CPMA president Christopher Lee, Cassie Lewis, Susanna Mills, Katie Pletcher, Ann Hackman, and John R. Kovalchik.
For more information on the grant awards and on the Central Pennsylvania Musicians Association, also known as American Federation of Musicians Local 660, contact Christopher Lee at 814-466-9266.
Local 660 Programs Support Music and Grow Audiences
The Central Pennsylvania Musicians Association, aka AFM 660, has assembled a program to support music and grow audiences. Elements include:
1) Sustainable Music Venues program: a list of AFM 660-designated bars and other venues who have agreed with AFM 660 to pay all musicians at least the per-person minimum wage established by AFM 660 and to offer written contracts to all musicians. No more last-minute cancellations! (See button on left)
2) "Listen to the Music" jam sessions to bring musicians of all ages and levels together to connect for success and just for fun.
3) An AFM 660 newsletter with news and interviews about the local music scene. Join the story of the music scene as it evolves.
4) Legal Representation: State College lawyer Phil Masorti has agreed to provide pro-bono legal services for member-musicians.
5) A new Code of Ethics - how professional musicians behave. (See button on left).
6) A new Wage Scale - the minimum per-person pay for gigs -- based on a market survey (See "Documents" button on left)
Local 660 Newsletters are now published quarterly
2nd Quarter 2011 Newsletter now available
Please visit the Newsletter page
see more photos, music, and blogs at myspace/afm660
Upcoming Meetings and Events:
General Membership Meeting
11:30 AM, February 4, 2012
South Hills School of Business and Technology
480 Waupelaini Drive, State College Pa
Executive Board Meeting
TBA
Boal Mansion Museum
AFM National Convention
June, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada
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