Sigma Alpha Iota

fraternit y awards 2012 • A N N ELLE C HA NDLER MC ADAMS • ALUMN AE SERVI C E PRO J E C T AWARDs Through our various Alumnae Awards, we recognize and honor those Alumnae Chapters and Alumnae Members who have done outstanding work to promote music in their community in the name of the Sigma Alpha Iota. Annelle Chandler McAdams, a former National Vice President, established a fund to provide annual monetary awards to alumnae chapters with outstanding service projects. These monetary awards have come to be known as the Annelle Chandler McAdams Alumnae Service Project Awards in her memory. Each winning chapter receives a certificate and a check for $100 to be used at the chapter's discretion. resulting in higher test scores and better educated students. This Category I (1-20 members) year we had 147 children attend the petting zoo. The second part of Columbia alumnae the project occurred on April 9 with the Stetson Orchestra holding an P i B, R e g i o n i i i open rehearsal. The orchestra conductor had the college musicians Our service project for the year was to raise funds and any demonstrate each instrument. instrument/music donations for the Joplin High School music program. A tornado hit the town in May 2011, and it wiped out their music Columbus alumnae library, which was the second largest sheet music library in the state. Sigma B , Region VII As a chapter, we have come together for this worthy project. We have This chapter's service project was to photograph children in solicited donations from all of the Missouri SAI chapters, as well as grades 4-6 with various instruments of the band and orchestra and turn contacted chapters that members have had connections to. Individual the photographs into posters to be used by area music teachers. Several chapter members have donated, and have also asked for donations chapter members donated their expertise, instruments and services to within community groups. We have even placed a release in this spring's Tempo! to further announce our project with the hope of receiving more help make this a great success. As a result, several posters were created showing all of the most common band and orchestra instruments used donations from individuals and chapters around the country, and hope in public schools, including posters comparing the different sizes of to spread the word at Convention this summer. To date, we have raised violins and cellos. The posters have been distributed electronically to all $1154.84 with a goal for the end of this coming year of $5,000. We are of the music teachers in the Columbus Public School district as well as honored to be able to help out such an outstanding group of students teachers in districts where other chapter members teach. This includes who have been through so much this past year. more than 100 elementary and middle schools. The chapter is looking into ways to make the posters more widely available through electronic Statesboro alumnae mailings to music departments in other school districts as well as Tau C , R e g i o n v i creating a website where the posters will be available for download. The Statesboro Alumnae held its 8th annual JAMFEST on October 1, 2011 in the Foy Fine Arts Building on the GA Southern University Category III (36+ members) campus. This band camp targets local middle school band programs. Its purpose is to aid the directors in the early part of the year by providing Denver alumnaE private and group instruction on breathing, posture, embouchure, Xi C , Region I scales, arpeggios, tuning, practice techniques, stage presence, and The Denver Alumnae Chapter's most outstanding Service Project concert manners. The event lasted 4 hours and culminated when the this year was our Community Outreach Program. This project focused participants joined to play "spectrum" by Michael Story. They were on taking our monthly meeting's musicales into our local communities. directed by Dr. Richard Meson, FOA who said at its conclusion the he Programs were performed at retirement centers, nursing homes, felt it was the best concluding performance by attendees in the event's schools, churches, libraries, and members' homes. Martha Lobmeyer, 5 year history. The Gamma Theta Chapter at GSU helped in the set-up VP programs, organized all of the monthly programs, and Dee Netzel, and clean-up of the event. Snack, drink, gifts for instructors, music costs, Service Project chair, organized and scheduled most of the outreach etc. amounted to $167. After an annual review of the project, next year's programs. Appropriate programs were selected according to need event will add a colored tri-fold pamphlet with pictures, including a and type of audiences. Our members performed alone or with groups. web-link to make the registration process easier for the participating A majority of our active members (22 members) participated in this directors. A passing conversation with members from the local alumni of project, and members documented their rehearsals and performances. Phi Mu Alpha, who work at a local music store, added that an instrument Most performances started or ended with an explanation of SAI. This petting zoo might be added for next year. was the third year for our Community Outreach Project. It is the expressed desire of the Denver Alumnae Chapter to continue serving our communities with music. Category II (21-35 members) V olusia Count y alumnae L am b d a C , R e g i o n VI Music Makes Miracles is a two part service project sponsored by the VCAC: An Instrument Petting Zoo and an open rehearsal with the Stetson University Orchestra. This service project's beginnings stem from a need in our community, filling the void of local music experiences for young children. The events are held at the Stetson University, string, brass and woodwind instruments are provided at no charge by DeLand Discount Music. The instruments were demonstrated by the Eta Pi chapter and local professional musicians who are not SAI sisters. This year we added the harp. There are posters on the walls (donated by NAfME) explaining how music education influences all disciplines 12 PAN PIPES FALL 2012sai-national.org Lincoln Alumnae Xi A , Re gion III The Lincoln Alumnae-Patroness Chapter hosted Music at the Museum, which was geared toward elementary-school children and consisted of two zones. The first zone, which was just inside the entrance to the Lincoln Children's Museum, was a performance zone for musicians of all ability levels, from middle school students through recent college graduates. The second zone provided the children with the opportunity to test as many instruments as they wanted. This zone was staffed by 31 music education students from three area colleges with performers from the same colleges.

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