Time to start thinking about Convention!  The Convention Registration form should be postmarked no later than February 16th 22nd!

2012 Convention Registration Form

All documents for Convention will be mailed out and available on the MWD Website:

http://kkytbs.org/mwd/Convention/

Every chapter will also need to fill out a Delegate/Proxy form (even if not attending) when they have been updated.  Each chapter is also encouraged to: fill out the awards packet, have members run for district office, bid for district publications, district events, or next year’s district convention!

I hope everyone is enjoying their school year! It’s strange to think that the semester’s nearly halfway over! Coming up next weekend is our second district day of the year and it’s going to be hosted by UNK’s Theta Mu and UNL’s Epsilon Omega in Kearney, Nebraska. The theme for the event will be joint relations, working together and building our relationships with each other as well as with other organizations in our universities and communities.

There are some great things planned, starting with a parade Saturday, October 1 at 8 am! The full schedule is included below. Be sure to register and check out the facebook group for the event!

Saturday:

8:00 am – Band Parade in Grand Island, NE *Optional*

1:00 pm – Marching Exhibition in Grand Island, NE *Optional*

7:00 pm – Joint Ritual for KKY and TBS

Sunday:

9:00 am – Joint Recruitment (Recruiting with other groups)

10:00 am – It takes work (How do we keep joint relationships going)

11:00 am – Team-building games

12:00 pm – How to partner with other organizations

1:00 pm – Lunch!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact anyone on the district council. Hope to see you there!

LITB
Shalyn Guthery

Welcome back to school Midwest-ers!!

We hope band camp was successful in every way possible and everyone is enjoying being with their sisters again! First off, don’t forget to turn your dues in on time, the sooner the better (there’s even an ‘Early Bird’ award if you turn them in before September 15)!

Be sure to stay up to date with what’s going on within the district by checking the Midwest Notes blog and district website often! Our first district day is coming up September 24-25 and is being hosted by Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. We hope many of you will be able to attend! Just like going back to school, we’re going back to the basics with what our organizations are all about and will be building a foundation for the new year. Mark it on your calendars now.

If you can’t make that weekend, then you are lucky enough to have a second opportunity the following week! UNK and UNL are hosting a second district day in Lincoln, Nebraska. There will be workships based on working with other organizations. There is a KKY-TBS joint relationiship focus, but everything can be applied to other campus and music organizations.

We would also like to remind everyone that the District Convention will be by the chapters at Missouri S&T in Rolla Missouri, and will fall on March 30 to April 1.

If any of you have any questions or comments regarding anything this year, feel free to contact us, we are glad to help.

MLITB

The TBS MWD Council

As National Convention approaches, I would like to congratulate the following TBS sisters for making NIB:

• Cayle Jones, Theta Mu (UNK)
• Melissa Woodworth, Delta Kappa (KSU)

Again, congratulations from the Midwest District! I hope you both have lots of fun in NIB and at National Convention!

Hello! My name is Ashley Otte and I am currently a Junior at the University of Missouri-Columbia. I am majoring in Hotel and Restaurant Management with an emphasis in Event Planning and will be working for a minor in Business. I have been spinning flag since 2006 and I joined Marching Mizzou when I came to school in 2009. I have been an active member of Tau Beta Sigma since 2009. In the Zeta Omega Chapter I am Vice-President, I organize our Girl Scouts Program, and I am in charge of the Marching Mizzou band uniforms. I went to Ste. Genevieve High School where I was involved in Newspaper, Marching Band, SADD, and FCCLA. By my Senior year, I was a Co-Captain of Color Guard, Editor-in-Chief of The Spirit, our High School newspaper, and a State Officer in FCCLA. As you can see, becoming a District Officer for Tau Beta Sigma was just the next step in my path of leadership!