Sigma Alpha Iota

PAN PIPES • SUMMER 2018 • sai-national.org 4 E ach year the Fraternity accepts grant applications for SAI booths at state music education conferences. The following reports represent some of those awarded this past year. Missouri The Sigma Alpha Iota booth at the 2018 Missouri Music Educators Association Convention saw about 150 sisters this year and assisted sisters in getting connected with the St. Louis Alumnae, Kansas City Alumnae, Springfield Alumnae, and Columbia Alumnae chapters. Five lost sisters were also reconnected with their chapters. This year organizers had sisters sign up in advance with Sign Up Genius for volunteer slots to work the booth and had the alumnae chapters split the booth cost to ease the collection process. Columbia Alumnae helped the St. Louis members decorate the display with the state chapter information. Roxanda Fenelon directed the step sing, which had an excellent turn out. — Submitted by Roxanda Fenelon, Corresponding Secretary, St. Louis Alumnae Chapter Tennessee e Tennessee Music Education Association hosted its exhibit fair on April 11-13 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. e Nashville Alumnae Chapter created and presented a display at the event. A Sigma Alpha Iota banner was placed in the front center of the table and the display included: copies of Tempo, Pan Pipes, grant information, Philanthropies brochures, Distinguished Membership brochures, joining brochures, jewelry ordering booklets, grant information, pens and pencils, forms for collecting information, and peppermints. e Nashville Alumnae also created several documents: a brochure that is mostly specific to chapters in the Tennessee area and the Nashville Alumnae Chapter, the Mission Statement, a little information on SAI Philanthropies projects, Who's Who in Sigma Alpha Iota, How to Join, Distinguished and Patroness Membership information, and a listing of all chapters in the Psi B Province. ese documents, along with the SAI Philanthropies brochure, were placed in red bags that were handed out to individuals. While manning the booth, sisters met a number of SAIs; some in college and others alumni. For those members wandering around the exhibit hall, when they made themselves known, a little, round SAI sticker was placed on their name badge so other SAIs would be able to identify them. A number of members stopped by aer previous members notified them of the booth. Everyone seemed to be really excited that Sigma Alpha Iota had a booth at the conference. e brochure the Nashville Alumnae Chapter created was also handed out to people who were not familiar with Sigma Alpha Iota as a way for them to learn more about the organization. e brochure included the National website information, as well as the Nashville Alumnae contact information. — Submitted by Tinesha Brown, President, Nashville Alumnae Chapter SAI Represented at State Conferences The SAI booth at the Missouri Music Educators Association Convention. MUSIC EDUCATION CONFERENCES

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