S K O K I E S C H O O L D I S T R I C T 7 3 . 5

NILES NORTH HIGH SCHOOL9800 Lawler

Skokie, Illinois

DR. VICKI GUNTHER, superintendent

Monday, May 14, 2007

7:00 PM

SUDLER CUP AWARD CELEBRATION CONCERT

MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEGINNER BANDMIDDLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE BAND

MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCERT BANDMCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND

CHIP DE STEFANO, conductor

GLADYS STONE WRIGHT, guest conductor

MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEGINNER BAND

.................................................................................................Jim Along Josie Traditional

.................................................................................................Skip to My Lou Traditional

...........................................................................................On the March Forrest Buchtel

FLUTESilvia BurianPayton CurryTiffany DaoKarli GoldenbergMatthew Harris-RidkerPriyanka PahanKayla RobinsonMilan WoodyCarissa Yau

OBOEElida Newton

CLARINETDarby AanerudKatharine AndrewSonia CodellCree GlanzAmanda GreenBrandon KaroffRachel LehrmanDarrien MiaAdebukola OsimuwaNoah SachsHannah SahyouniLorena VillegasPeter Yim

ALTO SAXOPHONELyka AndoJosh BynumSara GordilloAnthony JungKiana LeeAmanda LySean RiordanAaliyah Williams

TRUMPETAnna BerksonMax GadauKala GuoleeTony GranatoErika HallBrian Hyman DeVillaAbby RoseliebAnthony SanchezJustin SmithAdam Yusen

TROMBONEAaron Humphries-DolnickJohn MigelyDanilo RangerEmmett RussellLuc WalkingtonMatt WicksMark Wilson

EUPHONIUMChinedu NwansiSam Tompkins

TUBAMatthew GinsburgJamie Gluckert

PERCUSSIONAnthony DiazAndrew GoldbergDaniel SahyouniJack SteinHenry TranRobin Wallace

MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTERMEDIATE BAND

......................................................................................Beatin’ the Blues Gerald Sebesky

.............................You’re a Grand Old Flag George M. Cohan, arr. by Michael Story

....................................................................................................Dragon Slayer Rob Grice

FLUTEKristel BecaresErin RourkeFaye Tsogas

OBOELucy Yao

CLARINETDeja BrownLexi LaboyStacy Moorehead

ALTO SAXOPHONEEvan Sturt

TRUMPETNick Bohm

FRENCH HORNSally Alvarado

TROMBONEBenjamin Popernik

TUBAJordan Kung

PERCUSSIONLindsey KarlinCheri SondermanMaggie Quane

MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCERT BAND

.....................................In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett, arr. by Johnnie Vinson

......................................................Londonderry Air Traditional, arr. by Brad Schoener

...........................Manhattan Beach March John Philip Sousa, arr. by Nick Contorno

FLUTEEmily AbramAmanda ChungCindy HouWilliam RolonJaclyn RussellRachel Tapper

OBOETamara Winston

CLARINETDan ChungSara GuzinaAlexa JasenofRebecca LauJenna MormolsteinSara MorrisonEugenie ParkChris RiordanGabrielle Welch

BASS CLARINETAntonia BennettMarissa Matesi

ALTO SAXOPHONEDzevad AvdicFranco BenyaminNatalie KirlandVincent SurdoTheo Ward

TRUMPETMatt PietzSebastijan Torgus

FRENCH HORNMolly HamptonElizabeth Meuser

TROMBONEEric AltmayerEmmett BarrMatthew GronerTalha Khan

EUPHONIUMSeungyong Park

TUBAEarl Kim

PERCUSSIONKelly GrovesDanny JosephMegan PietzJulia Thummel

MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND

..........................................................................................Unraveling Andrew Boysen, Jr.

.....................................................................................The Thunderer John Philip Sousa

GLADYS STONE WRIGHT, GUEST CONDUCTOR

PRESENTATION OF THE JOHN PHILIP SOUSA FOUNDATION SUDLER SILVER CUPLOUIS SUDLER, JR. & LAURA SUDLER

..............................................................Music from “Wicked” arr. by Michael Sweeney

RECOGNITION OF GRADUATING 8TH GRADERS

..........................................“Cathedral Chorus” from Slavonic Folk Suite Alfred Reed

FLUTESamantha AcanceOksana ChernykhivskaGeorgia ChristusDylan ConnelleyJoanne HamReny MathewMonica RosenbergJeanine TaerbaumMichaela WellemsPhoebe Yeo

OBOEEryn JacobsonJessica LoyLillian Wong

CLARINETNicholas ChristusJacob CohnLinda JungDaniel KruszewskiJeremy MoyShannon RourkeKaren SavellaLeah Wesolowski

BASS CLARINETIsabel BerksonEmma Decker

BASSOONWill Boersma

ALTO SAXOPHONEOlivia AltmayerJulia BentkowskaLucas RosarioBilly Voitik

TENOR SAXOPHONEJoseph GalanteChristina Rouhotas

BARITONE SAXOPHONECryzlyn DomingoVasco Grouev

CORNETIan S. CraneCharles LandsmanJennifer LinTina TillmannChristopher WellemsMike Wilson

FRENCH HORNMichelle AbrahamMorgan DasovichDimitri KapetanJordan Weiss

TROMBONEDexter CodellDaniel EganDan HaggertySeungyong ParkConnor ThummelEthan VelazquezJon Vernon

EUPHONIUMMichael CoxChris Morrissey

TUBAAndrew JungDan KhouriEric Wolff-Klammer

PERCUSSIONAndrew DemmaAndrew J. EisensteinNik EricksonAnn IsaacKyle Kaferly

THE SUDLER CUPTHE MOST PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR

JUNIOR HIGH AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCERT BANDSThe purpose of the Sudler Cup is to identify, recognize and honor junior high and middle school concert band programs that have demonstrated particularly significant high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years. The official description of a deserving band is:

The band must have achieved and maintained a high standard of literature in the concert area over a period of several years. The concert band will have placed itself in situations where there has been opportunity for evaluation by qualified persons or has been rated "superior" at state, regional, or national levels in concert activities. The band should have performed at regional, state, national, and professional meetings of significance. These can include but are not limited to state music conventions, regional or national MENC meetings, and state or national band association conventions. The director must have been incumbent in his/her position for at least seven years, including the current year. A number of the students in the band should have participated in district and all-state honor bands or similar all-area groups. The total program of music should exemplify what is considered a sound viable, music education program for this level of endeavor.

The Sudler Cup Award is made possible through the generosity of Louis and Virginia Sudler.

Louis Sudler was a rare combination of a successful businessman, a performing artist, and a nationally known patron of the arts. He was the founder of the Chicago real estate firm, Sudler and Company. His urge for achievement in the business world was equaled only by his intense desire to assist and inspire talented young musicians. Mr. Sudler had long expressed his interest in the arts, as a successful performing musician and as a patron of the arts, vitally interested in recognizing outstanding student accomplishments. He was internationally know for his leadership of The Orchestral Association of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and served on the boards of many art institutions in this country. Over the years he established scholarships and awards for young talented musicians through the Louis Sudler Foundation and the John Philip Sousa Foundation. His wife, Virginia Brown Sudler, served as Vice President on the Excutive Board of the Sousa Foundation until her death in 2002. Their son, Louis Sudler, Jr. currently serves on the Sousa Foudnation Board.

The following are the recipients of the Sudler Cup since its inception in 1985:

1985 - Morehead Junior High (El Paso, Texas)1985 - Ashville Junior High (Asheville, North Carolina)1985 - Gunn Junior High (Arlington, Texas)1985 - Oconomowoc JH School (Oconomowoc, Wisconsin)1986 - Adamson Junior High (Rex, Georgia)1986 - Southwestern Junior High (Lakeland, Florida)1987 - Morrow Junior High (Morrow, Georgia)1988 - Scottsbluff Junior High (Scottsbluff, Nebraska)1989 - Richardson North Jr. High (Richardson, Texas)1989 - David Crokett Junior High (Odessa, Texas)1990 - Murchison Middle School (Austin, Texas)1990 - Thoreau Intermediate School (Vienna, Virginia)1990 - Westwood Junior High (Dallas, Texas)1992 - McAdams Middle School (Dickinson, Texas)1992 - Wm. Adams Junior High (Alice, Texas)1993 - Highlands Intermediate School (Pearl City, Hawaii)1993 - Hodges Bend Middle School (Houston, Texas)1994 - DeSoto West Middle School (DeSoto, Texas)1994 - Pittman Middle School (Hueytown, Alabama)

1995 - Prairie Middle School (Hutchinson, Kansas)1995 - Herndon Middle School (Herndon, Virginia)1997 - Nimitz Jr. High School (Odessa, Texas)1997 - Robinson Middle School (Fairfax, Virginia)1997 - The Colony Middle School (The Colony, Texas)1998 - Griffin Middle School (The Colony, Texas)1999 - Space Center Intermediate School (Houston, Texas)1999 - Longfellow Middle School (Falls Church, Virginia)2000 - Irmo Middle School (Irmo South Carolina)2001 - Bailey Middle School (Austin, Texas)2001 - Robert Frost Middle School (Fairfax, Virginia)2001 - Lake Braddock Secondary School (Burke, Virginia)2002 - First Colony Middle School (Sugarland, Texas)2003 - Grisham Middle School (Austin, Texas)2003 - Coyle Middle School (Rowlett, Texas)2004 - North Ridge MS (North Richland Hills, Texas)2004 - Holub Middle School (Houston, Texas)2005 - L.J Alleman Middle School (Lafayette, Louisiana)2006 - Oliver McCracken Middle School (Skokie, Illinois)

The Sudler Cup is administered by the the John Philip Sousa Foundation, a non-profit foundation dedicated to the international promotion of band music.

DR. VICKI GUNTHERSuperintendent

Skokie School District 73.5

GEORGE VAN DUSENMayor

Villiage of Skokie

JOHN PHILIP SOUSAPerhaps more than anyone else, John Philip Sousa is responsible for bringing the United States Marine Band to an unprecedented level of excellence: a standard upheld by every Marine Band Director since. Sousa grew up with the Marine Band, and his intimate knowledge of the band coupled with his great performing and composing abilities provided the ideal medium to showcase the marches which would earn him the title, the "March King."

Sousa was born in 1854 in Washington, DC, near the Marine Barracks where his father, Antonio, was a trombonist in the Marine Band. He spent several of his school years enrolled in a private conservatory of music where he studied piano and most of the orchestral instruments. Sousa gained great proficiency on the violin, and at the age of 13 he was almost persuaded to join a circus band. However, his father intervened and enlisted him as an apprentice musician in the Marine Band. Except for a period of six months, Sousa remained in the band until he was 20.

Sousa was discharged from the Marine Corps in 1975, but returned when offered the leadership of the Marine Band in 1880, becoming the band’s 17th Leader. The Marine Band was Sousa’s first experience conducting a military band, and he approached musical matters unlike most of his predecessors. He replaced much of the music in the library with symphonic transcriptions and changed the instrumentation to meet his needs. Rehearsals became exceptionally strict, and he shaped his musicians into the country’s premier military band. Marine Band concerts began to attract discriminating audiences, and the band’s reputation began to spread widely.

Sousa conducted the “President’s Own” Marine Band for twelve years and five presidents. After retiring as director, Sousa organized a civilian concert band. With his own band, Sousa’s fame and popularity would grow to even greater heights. The experience he gained with the Marine Band would be applied to his civilian band for the next 39 years. He championed the cause of music education and fought for composer’s rights, testifying before Congress in 1927 and 1928.

John Philip Sousa died on March 6, 1932, at the age of 77. Perhaps the most significant tribute to Sousa’s influence on American culture, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was designated as the national march of the United States on Dec. 10, 1987. A White House memorandum states the march has become "an integral part of the celebration of American life."

THE FOLLOWING AWARDS TO HONOR OUTSTANDING BANDS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ARE ENDOWED BY MR. AND MRS. SUDLER, SR.:

The Sudler Cup for outstanding middle school band programsThe Sudler Flag for outstanding high school concert bandsThe Sudler Shield for outstanding high school marching bandsThe Sudler Scroll for outstanding community bandsThe Sudler Trophy for outstanding university marching bandsThe Sudler Prize International Wind Band Composition Competition

CHIP DE STEFANOChip De Stefano received both his Bachelor of Music in Trombone Performance and Master of Music Education Degrees from Northwestern University. While at Northwestern, he studied conducting with John P. Paynter, Steve Peterson, and Don Owens, and trombone with Frank Crisafulli and Art Linsner. While earning his graduate degree, Mr. De Stefano served as director of the Northwestern University Basketball Band (1994-1996) and the University Jazz Lab Band (1995-1996).

Mr. De Stefano is currently in his eleventh year as Director of Bands at McCracken Middle School in Skokie, Illinois. Under his direction, the McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band has received first division ratings at all district and state organization contests of the Illinois Grade School Music Association (IGSMA) and has made multiple appearances at the Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) All-State Conference and the University of Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival. In 2005, the Symphonic Band performed at the Michigan Music Education In-Service Conference/MENC North-Central Conference and most recently presented a concert at the 2006 “60th Anniversary” Midwest Clinic: An International Band and Orchestra Conference.

Mr. De Stefano’s professional affiliations include the Music Educators National Conference, the Illinois Music Educators Association, the National Band Association, the International Trombone Association, the Illinois Grade School Music Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Mr. De Stefano is a recipient of nine National Band Association Citations of Excellence. He was awarded the Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Award in 2001 and the IGSMA Barbara Buehlmann Young Conductor Award in 2004.

GLADYS STONE WRIGHTGladys S. Wright received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education from the University of Oregon. She has 36 years of teaching experience at the high school level - Elmira Union High School in Elmira, Oregon (1948-1953), Otterbein High School in Otterbein, Indiana (1954-1961), Klondike High School in West Layfayette, Indiana (1963-1970), and William Henry Harrison High School in West Lafayette, Indiana (1970-1984). Her bands performed at several music education conferences and are know for their traveling tours throughout the United States, Mexico, and even Europe.

In 1959, she was the third woman to be elected to the American School Band Directors Association. In 1969, she founded the Women Band Directors National Association, and the following year received the “Citation of Excellence” from the National Band Association. In 1971, she was awarded the Tau Beta Sigma National Service to Music Award, and in 1973, she was the first woman to receive National Honorary Membership in Phi Beta Mu. She received the Silver Baton from the WBDNA in 1974. In 1984, she was the first woman to be elected to the Sousa Foundation. In 1990, she received the International Golden Rose from the WBDNA, and in 1991 she won the Sudler Gold Medal from the Sousa Foundation. Also in 1991, she was inducted into the International Women Conductor’s Hall of Fame. She currently is the editor of Woman Conductor and the chairman of the Sousa Foundation’s Sudler Flag and Cup Committee and is active as a conductor and adjudicator. She is listed in Who’s Who of American Women and International Who’s Who in Music, among others. In 1999, she was elected to the Northwest Honorary Association and inducted into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors in February 1999.

MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND PROGRAM

SKOKIE, ILLINOISThe Village of Skokie is located just 16 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. Home to approximately 60,000 residents, Skokie covers 10.2 square miles of land. Superior municipal services, together with the nationally acclaimed Skokie Park District, the superb Skokie Public Library, the preeminent Northshore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park and outstanding school districts make Skokie an excellent place to live. The Village is a recipient of the Governor's Hometown Award and has received "All America City" finalist distinction from the National Civic League.

SKOKIE SCHOOL DISTRICT 73.5Skokie School District 73.5 is home to approximately 1100 kindergarten through 8th grade students. We have three schools: Elizabeth Meyer School (pre-kindergarten and kindergarten), John Middleton School (grades 1 through 5) and Oliver McCracken Middle School (grades 6 through 8). Our students have ancestral origins from all over the world. Nearly half of our students are bilingual, speaking nearly 40 languages. Our students are more diverse, economically, racially, religiously, linguistically and socially, than most schools in the surrounding suburbs. Our community embraces and celebrates this diversity and appreciates the opportunity children and families have to interact and form friendships with such a wide spectrum of people.

McCracken Middle School serves a population of about 375 students. Recognized as a National School of Excellence by the Blue Ribbon School Program in 2001, McCracken students achieve not only academic success, but have a tradition of excelling in the fine arts.

MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BANDCurrently, 190 students in grades four through eight participate in the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Intermediate Band, Beginning Band and various chamber ensembles. The McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band, among the elite of middle school bands in Illinois, has performed at several prestigious events in recent years including two performances at the MENC North-Central Conference (2001 and 2005), several performances at the IMEA All-State Conference, and a performance at the 2006 Midwest Clinic. The Symphonic Band has made eight appearances at the University of Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival, being selected as the honor band in 2000, 2003, and 2006. The Symphonic Band has also received 46 consecutive superior ratings at the Illinois Grade School Music Association District Organization Contest and has been selected as an “honors” ensemble at all five IGSMA State Festivals.

The Symphonic Band has also performed at the IMEA Music Education Day at the Capitol, Plainfield Concert Band Festival, the Midwest Music Festival, Skokie Festival of Cultures, AYSO Opening Ceremonies, and WBBM News Radio 780 30th anniversary promotion. In the spring of 2001, the band was highlighted in WLS-TV’s (Chicago’s ABC affiliate) feature “Someone You Should Know.” Three times in the last seven years, Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen and the Village Board of Trustees have passed resolutions honoring our students' outstanding achievements in instrumental music.

The success of our band program is due to the hard work of the administration, the parents, the community, the educators, and most importantly, our students.

RECENT PERFORMANCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA FOUNDATION2006 Sudler Silver Cup Award

MIDWEST BAND AND ORCHESTRA CLINIC2006 Symphonic Band Performance2006 Symphonic Band (demonstration group for Bruce Pearson clinic)2005 Symphonic Band (demonstration group for Gary Barton rehearsal lab)2003 Clarinet Choir (demonstration group for Julie DeRoche clinic)

MENC NORTH-CENTRAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE2005 Symphonic Band Performance (Michigan Music Education In-Service Conference)2001 Symphonic Band Performance (Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference)

ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE CONFERENCE2005 Symphonic Band (demonstration group for Chip De Stefano and Karen Debauche clinic)2004 Symphonic Band Performance2003 5th Grade Band (demonstration group for Chip De Stefano clinic)2003 Clarinet Choir (demonstration group for Julie DeRoche clinic)2001 Symphonic Band Performance (MENC North-Central Regional Conference)

IMEA MUSIC EDUCATION DAY AT THE CAPITOL2001 Clarinet Choir Performance1998 Percussion Ensemble Performance

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL2007 Symphonic Band Performance (Honor Band Performance)2006 Symphonic Band Performance2005 Symphonic Band Performance2004 Symphonic Band Performance (Honor Band Performance)2003 Symphonic Band Performance2001 Symphonic Band Performance (Honor Band Performance)2000 Symphonic Band Performance1999 Symphonic Band Performance

ILLINOIS GRADE SCHOOL MUSIC ASSOCIATION2007 Selection as “honors ensemble” at State Festival2007 IGSMA District 7 Contest - Perfect Score2006 Selection as “honors ensemble” at State Festival2006 IGSMA District 7 Contest - Perfect Score2005 Selection as “honors ensemble” at State Festival2004 Selection as “honors ensemble” at State Festival2003 Selection as “honors ensemble” at State Festival2002 Selection as “honors ensemble” at inaugural State Festival46 consecutive Division One (superior) ratings at the IGSMA District Contest

CONTRIBUTORS 2006 - 2007SKOKIE SCHOOL DISTRICT 73.5 BAND PROGRAM

LEAD SPONSORTriangle Printers, Inc.

MAJOR DONORSBarnes and Noble (Old Orchard)

Cary and Deb JacobsonSkokie School District 73.5 Foundation

Walmart

MIDWEST DONORSBlackhawk Medical Transportation, Inc.

Jay Medicar, Inc.Ham Family

In Memory of Anton QuintusMcCracken Middle School Band, Class of 2006

Medical Express Ambulance ServiceMusic and Arts Centers

Omnicare Charitable FoundationPotbelly Sandwich Works

David & Janet RosarioRotary Club of Skokie Valley

Tamid Medical Group

MIDWEST PATRONSMichelle Abraham’s Family

Howard BalikovAltmayer & Demma Families

Don and Julie DeRocheRon, Joan, & Andy Eisenstein

Berkson & Friedlander FamiliesMark and Patty Erickson

Joe GreenspanHaggerty FamilyHollander Family

Kaferly FamilyKhouri FamilyKrejcie Family

Bradley & Christine LeebWei-Chung and Tsai-Fen Lin

Mike Balter MalletsFamily of Jeremy Moy

Phenome Technologies, Inc.Rosenberg Family

Don and Pat StahlbergTaerbaum Family

HONORARY CONDUCTORSAcance Family

Elke AdlerMichael Adler and Family

Anonymous (In Memory of Anton Quintus)Ayako Blackmon

Jeremy, Joy, Joe, Julie, Jeanne, Jillian BrunnerBecky and Robin Chan

Barry Codell FamilyKevin Connelly & Toni Di Donato

Egan FamilyJoan & Dan Erickson

Alan & Carol FriedlanderHarris-Ridker Family

Hartmann FamilyJ. Andrews Salon/The Dasovich Family

The Jung FamilyKapetan FamilyKirland Family

Kruszewski FamilyElisa Meggs and Family

Yohannan and Rossamma Mathew

HONORARY CONDUCTORS CONTINUEDJennifer (Torbeck) Merrill

Montague FamilyKenzie Parry and the Parry-Wilson Family

Landon PryorSteve SantacruzSavella FamilyDave StahlbergPaul StahlbergScott Stahlberg

Stonequist FamilyShizue TaerbaumThummel FamilyTillmann Family

Patrick & Mary Lou VoitikTom Walker and Walker Family

Julie Stahlberg WasingerHelen Wei

Connie WhiteYeo FamilyContributors 2006 - 2007

Skokie School District 73.5 Band Program

DONORSAngela Asprec

Brent-Decker FamilyCorey Chinn and Family

Grandparents of Michael CoxJennifer Vasaloski Diaz

Family of Arielle GottliebThe GustavsonsStephen Kempf

Chris KoniorDavid Levit

Cary MorgenCharlotte & Jack Morris (Grandparents of Kyle Kaferly)

Marc PomeranceDebra Precht-Frank

Jordan ReiffJay and Janice Sackett

Staff of youth Services at Skokie Public LibraryKnight Vernon and Pat Heineman-Vernon

Sue VictorTim and Jennifer Ward

Laura (DeFratus) Weisman & Paul WeismanGrandparents of Leah Wesolowski

PATRONSMaryanne Chamerlik Cooper

Linda DonohueDouglas and Olena Erickson

Jodi GlickmanColleen Kaferly

Steven LevinBernice LeweKristina Loy

Joy Brunner LubinKylene McCabeMary McCabeSteven Omachi

Tom and Kiyoko OmachiJacyln Pryor

Jim RobertsonDaniel Selan

Annie TillmannMichael TillmannKristen VicencioKrystle VicencioMaggie Walker

Eleanor and Milton WeinerDan Yabut

Dustin YabutRoger Yusen

Theodore YusenFred Ziebe

FRIENDSAlexis Matesi

Christina MatesiKalipada and Swarupa Pahan

Howard PfeiferLaura Robinson

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONSRichard Cahan

Laura FriedlanderDeb Keegan

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SKOKIE SCHOOL DISTRICT 73.5 MUSIC FACULTYChip De Stefano, Director of BandsBeth Lehner, Director of ChoirsLisa Friedman, General Music

SKOKIE SCHOOL DISTRICT 73.5 BOARD OF EDUCATIONBob Quane, PresidentBeth Allen, Vice-PresidentAndrea Rosen, SecretaryKaren BarrJames McNelisBrian MontgomeryJennifer Polakoff

SKOKIE SCHOOL DISTRICT 73.5 ADMINISTRATIONVicki Gunther, SuperintendentKate Donegan, Principal, Oliver McCracken Middle SchoolMegan Panje-Wilson, Co-Principal, Oliver McCracken Middle SchoolKatherine DuBose, Assistant Principal, Oliver McCracken Middle SchoolDana Otto, Principal, John Middleton Elementary SchoolMolly White, Assistant Principal, John Middleton Elementary SchoolJennifer Graham, Principal, Elizabeth Meyer Primary SchoolCyndi Cohen, Business ManagerSteve Ruelli, Maintenance Supervisor

SPECIAL THANKS:Elton Eisele and the Niles North High School Bands

McCracken Middle School School & Middleton Elementary School Administration, Faculty and Staff

Laurie Kolpas and Barbara Peters (District 73.5 Secretaries)

Barb Yablonsky, Mary Petriko, and Mary Walker (McCracken Middle School Secretaries)

Heather Rubio and Beverly Gothelf (Middleton Elementary School Secretaries)

Laura Brogan and Lorraine Lewandowski (District Business Office Staff)

Miguel Marzol, Mark Rutzen, Chris Cieplinski, Alvin Carter and Claudia Brutt (District Custodians)

and last, but definitely not least: Thank you to my wife Susan, son Brian, and daughters Kristen and Clara for their love, patience, and support.

MCCRACKEN MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS8000 East Prairie

Skokie, Illinois 60076847.676.8225

http://www.mccrackenband.com