District Convention – Spring 2010

by Sarah Emery ΔΨ

District convention was hosted by the Nu chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi and the Lambda chapter of Tau Beta Sigma in Dearborn, Michigan. Seven brothers from Alpha Zeta attended the convention. Two of the brothers, Dylan Suehiro and Sarah Wever, played in the North Central District Intercollegiate Band. Brother Sarah Emery served as the delegate for Alpha Zeta, and as the Nominations Committee Chair for the district. Brothers Loren Clark, Daniel Corbin, Holly Sheffer and Brittany Tempest also attended the convention.

Alpha Zeta presented a bid to host the 2011 convention on Indiana University’s campus, but lost it to a bid presented by the Gamma Pi (Purdue) and Mu Delta (Western Michigan University) chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi and the Beta Sigma (Purdue) chapter of Tau Beta Sigma. Alpha Zeta is currently planning to rework and resubmit the bid next year for the 2012 convention.

The North Central District Intercollegiate Band was a huge success this year. Suehiro participated as the principal trombone for the ensemble, and Wever played the flute. They both have strongly recommended participating in the ensemble to brothers in the future.

Clark, Corbin, Sheffer and Tempest were able to attend some of the small group sessions. One session attended by Sheffer and Tempest discussed creative ways to serve the bands. One idea that they came up with was creating a jazz ensemble for non-music majors.

All of the brothers who attended this year’s North Central District Convention returned from it inspired to serve the bands better and to get to know more brothers from around the district. Since the district convention, our chapter has also made visits to Gamma Pi for third degree and the Theta Epsilon for the Great Southern Hospitality Cookout.