Klarinet Archive - Posting 000642.txt from 1998/04

From: "Gene Nibbelin" <gnibbelin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: budget cutbacks
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 05:07:07 -0400

Jill -

Tell the athletic department neanderthals what they can do with their
football games - and - save the $300.00 per game.

This stupid denial of funds for the arts is a real blood pressure raiser to
me. It goes back to my high school days in the early '40's in Peoria,
Illinois where the music programs were under the control of the athletic
program gurus. I forget exactly what the department was called, but as I
recall, the entire group's combined I.Q.'s wouldn't have been as high as
their combined hat sizes.

In my opinion, the value of Music and the Arts is so much greater than
sports programs in the long term education and lives of the students, that
the comparison is like Mt. McKinley (the Arts) compared to a pile of, well
you know what I mean, (sports).

Gene Nibbelin

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> From: Jill R. Exner <exner@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.us
> Subject: budget cutbacks
> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 5:07 AM
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> It's sad, isn't it? The same thing is happening here. Every year, we
> band boosters have to struggle to raise more and more money because of
> school board budget cuts. Last year, they decided they couldn't pay for
> the trailer we use to transport our equipment to football games--so we
> have to foot the $300.00 per trip bill. Of course, the football
> team--and equipment is transported ( after the weekly dinner for the
> team, of course). I'm getting scared about it. Now, on top of that,
> we're beginning block scheduling next year, which I am not sure will help
> things.
>
> Jill, Band booster Mom