I believe that we, the sisters of the

Southeast District of Tau Beta Sigma,

provide spectacular service to our

college bands but also to the

surrounding community. I believe we

have continued Wava’s dream and have

built upon it.

During the 66 years of Tau Beta Sigma,

the Southeast District has had 56

chapters. With 39 of those chapters

maintaining active status currently, we

can proudly declare we are one of the

largest districts in the nation. The

Southeast District includes diversity

ranging from small private colleges to

some of the most recognized

universities in the nation. We have

brought sisters into our ranks from

every single ethnically diverse

background in the world, which is truly

a magnificent celebration. Our sisters

host and attend large events such as

Honda Battle of the Bands and Step for

Life, annually, to encourage every

sister from any location to participate

and showcase his/her talents. With

community outreach projects like

March for Music, the Southeast District

and our sisterhood is placing Tau Beta

Sigma on a national map full of service

organizations who sponsor and host

community oriented charity events.

However, without the past, we cannot

see into our future. We arrived here

from the perseverance of women like

Wava and all the other founding

mothers, from our past and current

national and district leadership, and not

least by any means, from your own hard

work.

I believe in “a truthfulness and honesty

[that] instills a sense of trust in others.”

I believe if you maintain “a cheerfulness at

all times and under all circumstances, even

in the face of great trial” you will survive,

and not only survive, you will thrive.

And when I do thrive, I posses “fortitude

and courage to see an ideal, to seize upon

it, and follow it wherever it may lead [me]

in Tau Beta Sigma.” (And in life.)

These ideals, these goals, and these factors-

they build me up. Over my (almost) 3

years of membership in this organization, I

have grown insurmountably. If you cannot

picture me any other way, trust me, it is

only because I have worked with resilience

to grow into the person I am today. Through the

Auburn University creed and the ideals and

factor of Tau Beta Sigma, I have grown into a

woman who I am proud of, who my family is

proud of, and who, I think, Wava was proud of.

I certainly am very proud and honored to have

known her. Thank you, Wava. For I would not

be where I am today, without you and without

this cherished sisterhood.

Our esteemed founder, Wava Banes Turner

Henry, passed away from this Earth on October

16, 2012. In her long life, she was a loving

daughter and mother to her immediate family;

but she also was a daughter, mother, and sister

of Tau Beta Sigma. Wava stood strong for

women all over the nation, so that we now can

serve our collegiate bands alongside men. She

was a beautiful, spunky, and humbling woman,

who continues to inspire women and men of all

ages to better their lives through music.

Featured Art ic le: With My Sisters I Am Best By: Bel inda Baker

Spring Dates:

DLC @ S.C. State

February 16th

March for Music

March 9th

SED Convention @ FSU

April 5th-7th

PAPERWORK

PAPERWORK

Southeast District of

Tau Beta Sigma

SHELLS

Inside this issue:

President 2

VPM 3

VPSP 4-5

Secretary 5

Treasurer 6

Historian 7

Contact Information 7

December 2012 Volume 1, Issue 3

In the Southeast District we are all blessed because

so many wonderful leaders come from this district.

While this is a blessing it can also be a curse.

Many time we can feel as though the person who

came before us, it is someone who can never be

“outdone” or “forgotten.” Here are some thoughts

about what you can do to help you “step out” from

their shadow.

1. Realize what they contributed. – As with

any great leader of our time so many are

remembered because of the things that they did,

Martin Luther King made a stand for African

Americans, Abraham Lincoln emancipated

slavery. Most of the time the reason we think of

someone as an outstanding leader is due to an

accomplishment that they did or a program they

started. Find out what did the person who you are

following did and see if there is something they

did that made them highly remembered. Or, take a

program they did and see if you can improve it to

make a greater difference in the situation.

2. Be a positive outlook- More often than

not people choose to remember the people that

made a difference in them or someone they can

correlate a positive experience with. Think about

your big sister, they will always be someone that

you look up to or tell others “My big is better than

your big.” This is because they made a difference

in YOUR life. Some times all we need is one per-

son for us to truly have made a difference.

3. Look forward

It would be radical for any one person to think

that you have to be just as successful as the peo-

ple who came before you. There have been

some true visionaries of our lifetime but there

are always going to be things that set people

apart and we are not always the people who do

them. That is ok, the true test of a leader is what

they do in face of trial. As long as you have a

vision for whatever it is you are doing then you

are working in the right path. You have the abil-

ity to make things better, you just need to be-

lieve in yourself and people will follow. Many

times our Presidents of the United States are

faced with great conflicts and he must act. It is

not his job to consult past help; it is his job to

serve. Such is yours within your chapter or in

life.

These are just a few ways that may help you

look past the great people who came before

you. To conclude I leave you with the

following, because with this you can NEVER

be an unforgotten leader in Tau Beta Sigma.

“Fortitude and Courage to see and ideal, to

seize upon it, and to follow it wherever it may

lead you in Tau Beta Sigma.”

MLITB,

Lee Commander

Florida State University, Alpha Omega

SED President 2012-2013

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President: Stepping Out of Past Officer’s Shadows

does. I

encourage that

kind of thinking

because one

person cannot

embody all 3

pillars perfectly,

but together as a

chapter, we can

give each

pillar proper

attention (the

illustration of a

stool or table

with one leg shorter than the other comes to

mind when I think of a chapter that does not

value each pillar equally – it’s just not bal-

anced or effective!). Knowing which pillar

you care about most can also help guide you as

an individual in finding an area in which to be

more proactive in your chapter.

Continuing Membership Education is a

CRUCIAL part in any chapter. It helps ensure

the retention of members, reminding them that

they joined a special organization devoted to

unique ideals and a unique institution: the

band. Hopefully you’ll find CME to be a

rewarding part of your chapter meetings, where

people can appreciate the unique identity we

have as Tau Beta Sigma. Through it, we can

remember the passion for TBS that brought us

through our membership process, seize upon it,

and follow it wherever it may lead us in Tau

Beta Sigma.

MLITB,

Kevin Brenner

Vanderbilt University, Eta Phi

SED Vice President of Membership

Hey SED! I hope your marching seasons are coming

to a wonderful close. I can’t believe it’s my last one!

Hopefully I have some sympathy from the other

seniors out there. Anyway, I’m really looking

forward to seeing you all in the spring at Honda

Battle of the Bands, DLC, and SED Convention! I’ve

spent this whole semester bragging about you guys to

our chapter’s candidates, and it is definitely well

deserved. Hopefully you all have been encouraging

your sisters (especially the younger ones) to come to

district events too. I’m a firm believer in their

potential to grow us into some amazing leaders,

connect us to wonderful people, and help us see the

bigger picture of our Sisterhood.

I would like to touch on a subject that I feel is often

under-represented in our chapters: Continuing

Membership Education (or Post-Membership

Education).

First of all, WHAT IS CME? Well, I would define it

as any sort of information you provide to your

chapter on any topics relevant to Tau Beta Sigma,

and/or any discussions about those topics in a

formalized setting with your chapter.

Secondly, HOW DO I IMPLEMENT CME? If

your chapter hasn’t had any CME activities before, I

would start with the National Guide to Membership

Education. Page 12 has 3 awesome seminars about

the Ritual, the Constitution, and being a good Sister

that are meant to immediately follow initiation. Like

it says, they are meant to be participatory and

engaging, not lectures. Have your Membership

Committee plan and execute these sessions, thinking

creatively about ways to involve the members in the

lessons and not just talk at them. After these

sessions, you can all start thinking of more things you

think your chapter needs to know about!

One suggestion I gave to a chapter VPM recently is

to have the chapter divide into groups based on which

pillar of our Sorority means the most to them

(Sisterhood, Service, Music). Then, each group can

discuss within itself why it values the pillar that it

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Vice President of Membership: Continuing Education

Hello again sisters of the Southeast District,

I hope your semester is concluding in a successful

manner. (My fingers are crossed for your grades

as well as my own!) As we close out the semester

though, we need to make time for reflection- in

our personal lives, as well as our Tau Beta Sigma

ones.

So to conclude this semester, what could be better

than a Tau Beta Sigma round up and review?

The Concerto Competition- The first year of our

concerto competition, I have considered success-

ful, and it’s not even over yet! We received appli-

cations from, and will soon receive audition vid-

eos from, SEVEN participants. Although this

number is single-digits, this is extraordinary pro-

gress from the applications we were receiving

from the Young Composers Contest. You, the dis-

trict, voted to discontinue the YCC for the time

being and to look into a concerto contest…. Well,

GREAT JOB- you have successfully found a pro-

gram that supports music on the district level, in

the form of a competition. I invite you all to stay

tuned for the next issue of SHELLS, in the spring,

where the winner will be announced. Also, the

winner will be performing at the opening concert

of SED Convention held, this year, at Florida

State University on April 5-7, 2013.

Service in Music Month- This year’s SiMM was

a tad bit last minute. This situation was my fault

entirely, as I did not give chapter’s enough time

to prepare for the giant task that this month is

(sorry). However, I still did receive documented

Service, on time from one chapter (Shout out to

IOTA LAMBDA at UNC CHAPEL HILL!) and

a couple days later from several others. But, I

know that more than just these chapters com-

pleted different arrays of service during the month

of October. So, before the end of the semester,

email me what your chapter did, even if you did

not participate every week!! The SiMM log can

be found on our newest resource website-

issuu.com/tbssed. The due date for the last minute

SiMM logs is January 4, 2013! The chapters

who participate will still be recognized at SED

Convention in April 2013.

Stay with me, only 2 more projects left!!!! (This

semester has been a busy one.)

The Eighth Note, Fall Edition- If you live

under a rock, do not get emails, and/or do not

hang out on Facebook instead of studying, like

me…. You may not have seen the release of the

Fall Edition of the Eighth Note. Well, let me tell

you, the Iota Rho chapter at Spelman College did

a spectacular job with it! You can view it here on

the Spelman ISSUU page- issuu.com/spelmantbs

or on the SED ISSUU page—issuu.com/tbssed.

Please read it, and keep up on all the recent and

happening news in the Southeast District, both

TBS and KKY. You will also find National TBS

and KKY news. Not to mention, reminders about

#operation100% and March for Music. Which

reminds me….

March for Music- The efforts of the March for

Music team to advertise across the Southeast

region have been successful so far, but we are

not done. Many of our own SED Chapters, both

KKY and TBS have expressed interest to me, but

have not registered! As we conclude the fall

semester, and enter the spring, NOW IS THE

TIME! The deadline for registration for

individuals, as well as teams, without a late fee,

is February 1, 2013. To register visit our website

at tbsmarchformusic.webstarts.com. Each and

every individual participant must complete the

Individual Registration form and payment

process. If you intend to march with a team, then

your “team leader” must register your team (and

we must receive payment) BEFORE you can

also join a team. I am very happy with the

progress my team and I have made so far on the

project, but these schools need our help as well

as yours! This project and event cannot

succeed without you, without KKY, and

without the Southeast District’s support.

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Vice President of Special Projects: Fall Update

Why? Because every single dollar earned through

registration and contributions is being donated

directly to the 3 selected sponsored music programs.

Help us to help them, help Tau Beta Sigma help the

George Washington Middle School Band in

Montgomery, AL (whose director is a recently

graduated sister from Auburn University!!!). Help

Tau Beta Sigma to help the Murphy Middle and

High School Bands in Murphy, North Carolina. Help

Tau Beta Sigma to help Flat Rock Middle Orchestra

in Tyrone, GA. These schools need our help! So, go,

go, go, to the website and register, raise money to

donate, support this program, for it directly

coincides with the goals of Tau Beta Sigma and

what we, as sisters and as musicians, stand for.

Thank you so much for an amazing semester of

service; let’s continue our work forward into the

next semester AND BEYOND!

MLITB

Belinda Baker

Auburn University, Theta Lambda

SED Vice President of Special Projects, 2012-2013

2013 March for Music, Head Coordinator

Hey there my lovely Sisters!

As you probably know there is a new system for

reporting! (www.online.kkytbs.org) Here are

some quick points on the new system! Also, I am

collecting Sisters’ opinions to compile a report to

send to Jonathan Markowski, so please send me

an email with your thoughts.

1) Get your paperwork in early!

While it is easy now for your Sponsor and DOB

to log on and approve the paperwork it may take

them longer to do find the time to do such. Don’t

submit your paperwork for approval the day it is

due. Start early, communicate with your Sponsor

and DOB that is ready for approval and you

should have less issues.

2) Once I submit for approval do I need to do

anything else?

Theoretically? No. However, I highly encourage

you to e-mail, stop by, and/or call your Sponsor

and Director of Bands to let them know you have

submitted the paperwork and that it needs their

approval before it will be submitted to HQ. Once

they approve it you are good to go.

3) Have questions? Ask.

Even if you don’t know the right question to ask

or how to word it don’t be afraid. The system is

new to everyone and there are many people with

questions. So if you have one be sure to ask us,

your District Council. We are here to serve

YOU.

Don’t forget to send in your comments (good or

bad) about the new system so I can compile

them!

MLITB

Rebecca Snead

University of Florida, Beta Xi

SED Secretary, 2012-2013

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Secretary: Online Reporting

Volume 1, Issue 3

VPSP Continued

Dear Sisters of the SED,

As the year ends, and the holidays are upon us,

chapters begin to wind down, and focus on the

much needed time with our

friends and family. This is a great

time for officers to sit down, and

analyze the goals they had in

place since the

beginning of school.

For chapter treasurers, new and

continuing (since I know some

chapters hold election with the calendar year,

instead of the academic year), I would love to give

you some helpful tips I discovered while being

chapter treasurer. If you are continuing on to be

treasurer after the holidays, I encourage you to

look to the past, and remember what you planned

for yourself. Did you compete those tasks? Try to

think of what worked well with you, and how you

can build upon that to continue on with yourself or

your successor. If you are new to the position in

the coming New Year, I encourage you to look

back to your predecessor(s), and remember what

you liked, and what you would like to improve

upon.

Treasurers are very important because we bring in

the money. However, we also need to make sure

that money is used wisely, and not just piling up.

A great task I suggest doing this time of year

would be to sit down with your president or

executive board, and look over the budgets of each

office. In addition, I also suggest looking at how

much fundraising you did, how much money went

to service, and how much money went to you

music department.

Treasury and service go hand-in-hand. Ultimately,

we are here to serve the bands, and in this day and

age, it is difficult to do so without funding.

However, try to look back and ask yourself, “Did

we use our funds to the maximum this year?” It is

always a great

idea to partner

with the sister in

your chapter in

charge of service,

and see what she

or he needs in

order to

coordinate serving the band. Were they able to

do everything they needed to?

The most exciting part (and perhaps most

stressful) of being treasurer, was

discovering how everyone needs you. You get

to develop great relationships by partnering

with others, and finding out what they need in

order to succeed. As treasurers, we help every

other office complete their goals.

So, that is why it may be a great idea to sit

down, and go over the books. See who

budgeted for what. Did they do everything? If

not, find out why: was it a timing issue, was it

a funds issue, etc… This all can lead to more

efficient budgeting, which means more money

in the bank. In turn, this can help the chapter

when they want to surprise their music

department with a sporadic donation, or a

larger reception at the last concert of the

season.

As always, I am here to serve you all, and I

have been in your shoes as well. It is an

experience to say the least, but don’t ever think

it is overwhelming. If any treasurer of chapter

needs help with treasury, do not hesitate to ask

me anything, anytime.

MLITB

Salvatore Parillo

University of Central Florida, Zeta Psi

SED Treasurer, 2012-2013

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Treasurer’s Chest

2012-2013 Southeast District Council

President:

Lee Commander, Alpha Omega

Vice President of Membership: Kevin Brenner, Eta Phi

Vice President of Special Projects:

Belinda Baker, Theta Lambda

Secretary:

Rebecca Snead, Beta Xi

Treasurer:

Salvatore Parillo, Zeta Psi

Parliamentarian:

Stephen Richards, Epsilon Theta

Historian:

Lindsay Meyers, Zeta Psi

Tau Beta Sigma SED

Strength. Excellence. Diversity. http://www.kkytbs.org/

sed/tbs/index.html

E-Mail Addresses

President: sedpres@tbsigma.org

VP of Membership: sedvpcm@tbsigma.org

VP of Special Projects: sedvpsp@tbsigma.org

Secretary: sedsecretary@tbsigma.org

Treasurer: sedtreasurer@tbsigma.org

Parliamentarian:

stephenrichards@tbsigma.org

Historian: sedhistorian@tbsigma.org

Counselors: sedcoun@tbsigma.org

Hello SED!

The fall semester is coming to a close and we want

to see what you’ve been up to the past couple of

months! Did you cross new members, participate in

service events or plan fun social activities? How-

ever you spent your semester, we want to see it.

Have your chapter historian send photos to sedhis-

torian@tbsigma.org. Please include your chapter

and captions for the photos. These pictures will get

added to the District Scrapbook and may even end

up on the website so make sure they’re appropriate.

Can’t wait to see all the fun you’ve been having!

MLITB,

Lindsay Meyers

University of Central Florida, Zeta Psi

SED Historian, 2012-2013

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Historian: SED Scrapbook