Past President’s Message Reach Out . . .
and make a change A
fter a very busy summer, I’m very excited to be embarking on a new school year. This year brings new, exciting times to our house. My wife
begins her doctoral studies at the end of August, my children have a new opportunity to participate in grade level schooling, and I have to figure out where I’m going to put all of these new students in my undersized classroom. Only kidding! I’m very excited to have so many new minds contributing to our collective creativity in the Worland High School Choirs.
I’m happy to approach this publication’s theme from a slightly
different perspective. As many of you, I’m sure, have done over the summer, I have done many tasks and projects that shared little connection to the students I worked with so hard during the year. I volunteered with the Junior Golf Program, helped with 20 wedding receptions through our DJ/Party Rental business, did a handful of product demos for golf club manufacturers, and dabbled in some sound tech work. I squeezed in a couple of performance opportunities with my colleague and renowned saxophonist Willie Wright. All of this while maintaining a summer study program for musicians and summer practice opportunities for golfers.
I spent very little time over the course of this summer working
on music program specific projects. However, all of these projects allow me the financial, social, or academic growth I need to hit the fall season in full sprint. I’m thankful that my school experience allowed me the ability to study many different subjects in depth, and provide the opportunity to be successful in whatever area of life I chose to pursue, and even some that I would not have chosen.
I was so lucky to be able to grow up in a small school in
Wyoming. Many of us in these small schools weren’t faced with a freedom of choices when it came to activities. Those that could,
Chad Rose WMEA Past President
did. It was that simple. An example from my school experience was my participation in basketball. I wasn’t a great basketball player, and would have been cut from any programs in Wyoming that allow such a practice. However, in my community I was a starter. Not due to my great height, wonderful ball handling skills, or sniper-like shooting ability. Brent Rose would be quick to tell you that none of those things were true. I played basketball to help my friends that were passionate about the sport. They needed depth in their bench, and bodies on the floor. I wasn’t a talented player, but we all worked together to make the experience as positive as possible.
In our school music program in Lusk, there were times where
we had more than 70 kids in band, and more than 85 in choir at the high school. Quite an accomplishment for a school of 125- 140 students. We were blessed at times with two show choirs, two jazz bands, and a jazz choir. Musicals were performed every other year by the music department. It was truly a wonderful time to be attending high school. In these outstanding small school performance ensembles, there was a variety of interest levels represented by our members. There were those of us who would go on to pursue post-secondary education in music, but only 5-10 of the students in my ensembles. There was a large portion of
Call for Nominations Are you interested in serving the music educators of Wyoming?
The WMEA Nominating Committee is seeking interested candidates for the positions of President Elect, Secondary Vice President, Band Vice President, and In-Ovations Vice President. All offices are 2-year positions with the exception of President Elect, which is a 6- yr commitment (Elect, Pres, Past Pres). The officers assume their positions in May of 2018. Interested WMEA members are encouraged to apply. Anyone who would like more information, contact Chad Rose (
imagerysounddj@gmail.com).
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