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2026-2027 Band Elections

This years election for the Sound of North Band Boosters is next month! We have had people nominated for the positions and have accepted to run, if anyone else is interested in running, please let our nomination chair, Lexi Roberts, know by email at alexis@thomassonlaw.com before April 11th, 2025.

President

Primary responsibilities of the President are: 

 

  • Provide a good example for other parents to  follow, because you represent the band booster organization to administration, school board members, and the community

  • Provide leadership, training, instruction, and troubleshooting 

  • Leads the board in selecting chair people for committee positions 

  • Work with treasurer and directors to prepare the annual budget

  • Assist board members and volunteers are in the performance of their duties and provide guidance and support as necessary

  • Schedule, develop agenda, and chair monthly board meetings 

  • Communicate with band directors/staff regularly 

  • Active liaison between parents and directors 

  • Maintain a posted calendar and communication system with assistance from the directors 

  • Chair Sponsorship Activities 

  • Oversees and directs band camp, invitational, special events, and Jazz A la mode 

  • Check the PO Box and Booster Box for communication, bills, payments, etc, and distributes to the correct board members and/or committee members

  • This is a time and labor intensive position that requires time at school, at home, and at competitions

President- Denise Sharpe I graduated from the IU School of Dentistry and have been a hygienist for 20 years. I am all about seeing your kids smile. I am married and have 8 children, Brooklynn (31-mother of my two grandsons, Grant (11) and Lynnden (10) and my two granddaughters, Emberlynn (2 1/2) and Evalynn (1 1/2 mo), Seth (28-SON tenor saxophone and color/winter guard alumni, Cavalier Drum and Bugle Corps Color Guard & Lexis/Inspire/Pride Of Cincinnati Winter Guard alumni, a behavior health therapist, going to school at Wright State for a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Co-Director of Miamisburg Color/Winter Guard), Tyler (26-SON trombone/baritone and winter guard alumni and currently is an operator at Lenex Steel), Dezyrae (21-SON/SAS tenor sax and color/winter guard alumni, is a Site Coordinator for ICare, and color/winter guard staff for SAS/BCSC WG), Kayonna (20-SON/SAS tenor sax and color/winter guard alumni, works front desk for Dog World), Myra (17-11th grade current color/winter guard member), Willa (15-9th grade current color/winter guard member), and Taiytim (11-5th grade, a member of cadet winter guard). I love camping, singing, spending time with family, and being a band/guard mom. I am completing my 15th year as a band parent, 13th year as guard ambassador, and third year as President for SON Booster Board. I served as the Vice President for the Board for the previous four years. I have been the fundraising chair, in charge of dine to donates and spirit wear for the last six years. I taught the junior cadet winter guard and was on volunteer staff for the color/winter guard for two years. I have volunteered in most areas of the band and guard and have helped to plan, organize and execute our events, including band camp, invitational, Jazz A La Mode and many others over the last 15 years. I have also served as the marching band cheer mom and lead the spirit section for the last 13 years. I am a very experienced band parent and I always have the members best interest at heart. I am willing to do whatever it takes to make this program a success. I look forward to working alongside each and every one of you and your children.

Vice-President

Primary responsibilities of the Vice-President are: 

  • Provide a good example for other parents to follow

  • Assist the President in the performance of duties 

  • Help with identifying and overseeing fundraising activities

  • This position requires more time during fundraisers 

Vice President- Open Open for canidate bio.

Band Secretary

Primary duties of the Secretary are: 

  • Provide a good example for other parents to follow

  • Attend monthly board meetings and take and provide past minutes at the monthly booster meetings 

  • Keep minutes of Executive Board Meetings  

  • Keeps a copy of all records, including bylaws, minutes, and any other documentation 

  • Provide a monthly newsletter 

  • Communicates with parents via email, Remind, and Facebook 

  • Communicates with the Website Coordinator for content 

Band Secretary- OPEN Open for canidate bio.

Band Treasurer

Primary duties of the Treasurer are: 

  • Provide a good example for other parents to follow

  • Receives all payments, donations, and fundraising proceeds for deposits

  • Pays all bills for band and reimbursement expenses per the budget

  • Receives and reconciles banking statements

  • Creates and reports the financials at the monthly meetings

  • Maintains the financial statements

  • Pays Staff and files tax documents

  • Completes annual tax reporting to state and federal authorities 

  • Prepares a budget based on past years for directors and board to adjust and approve annually

  • Works with the Student Accounts person to maintain consistency with financials 

  • Maintains a good working relationship with the banking institution 

  • This position is time consuming and requires attention to detail and organization 

Band Treasurer- Jenny Coombs I've been serving as Sound of North treasurer for the last 2 years. My goal as treasurer is to make the best use of our funds for the band program and to report clearly to all boosters/parents how the money is being spent to support our kids. I have a Bachelor's degree in accounting and have been working in accounting for 26 years. I'm the part-time Controller/Office Manager for a small business and do accounting work for other small businesses. I've been married to Kent for 22 years, and we have 2 kids in band. Our oldest, Anna, will be a junior at CSA New Tech, plays percussion for North, and was in color guard for 2 winter guard seasons and one marching season. Micah will be a freshman at North and plays saxophone.

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