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Volume 79 Number 3Q3, 2016

H o m e o f t h e P r o s

Keynote

2016 30/50-Year+ Party

Photos pages 12–16

LIVE Links to What’s in This Issue

The Music Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

WindWords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

AFM Travel Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

About eBilling Notification . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Classified Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Detroit Musicians Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

AmazonSmile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

MusiCares Dental Clinic for Musicians . . .9

Member Newsline . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10–11

30/50-Year+ Party Coverage . . . . . .12–16

Welcome, New Members . . . . . . . .18–20

Local 5 Support Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

DFM Referral Gigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Comedy Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Member Directory Info . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

TEMPO Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Labor Day Parade Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Executive Board Minutes . . . . . . . . .24–26

Membership Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

UAW Chaplaincy Conference . . . . . . . .28

Closing Chord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

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Local 5 Office Closings• Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day (see you at the parade; details on page 23)• Monday, Oct. 10: Columbus Day• Tuesday, Nov. 8: Election Day

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Oct. 3, MondayDue date for 4th quarter dues

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Oct. 17, MondaySemi-annual Membership Meeting (details above)

Calendar of Local 5 Events

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• Tips for musician travel from AFM, other authorities, page 6

• Retired DSO violinist Ann Strubler premieres adoption documentary and symphonic composition, page 11

• Photos of 30/50-year+ Party sponsors and attendees, pages 12–16

Special Features in This Issue

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“Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde and the band played on.

“Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soulShooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon...

“But his brain was so loaded it nearly explodedThe poor girl would shake with alarm...

“The cities ablaze in the summertime...Politicians say more taxes will solve everything...

“And the band played on.”

Losing you, losing it – neither I hope – but sometimes the songs of long ago and not so long ago seem to

reverberate true in the current affairs of today. We can only pray that people will stop turning to guns as the only solu-tion for their problems. My thoughts and prayers go to so many who have lost their lives in these recent weeks.

In this edition of “The Music Stand, “I will reflect on our Annual 30/50-Year+ Party, recap the 100th AFM Conven-tion and look ahead toward a both musically and politically packed fall season, all while the band plays on (song lyric credits to John F. Palmer for “The Band Played On,” 1895, and to Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield for “Ball of Confusion,” 1970.)

Annual 30/50-year+ Party

Thank you to all that came out for our Annual 30/50-Year+ party, and congratulations again to all of our honor-ees! The party itself seemed to take on a new vitality with more of our membership participating.

It is always a pleasure and an honor to celebrate our members and this class of honorees was no exception. When the group was assembled for a picture, it was a trip down

memory lane for me, seeing so many of you who were for-mer band mates. So many great musical experiences shared! These represent the experiences of career accomplishments worth congratulating again and again.

100th AFM Convention June 20-24, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada

Our delegation from Local 5, including Susan Barna Ayoub, Mike McGowan and myself, braved the 115-degree heat, a barrage of Electric Daisy Carnival goers and a Donald Trump rally/demonstration to attend this milestone con-vention.

Probably the best news for all of us is that the recommen-dation for no dues increase or decrease was passed by the Convention, along with the Local 5-supported Resolution for Electronic voting for contract ratifications. Financially speaking, the Federation is in the black with hopes of find-

The Music Standby

George Troia, Jr.Local 5

President The Band Played On

Honorees at this year’s 30/50-Year+ Party: Back row, l-r: Richard Cieslowski, Edwin Jones, Dennis Tini, Andreal Cart-er, José Mallare,Craig Strain, Jeff Trudell, Bill Meyer, Richard Boelter,William Robinson and Eldred Baird .

Front row: John Baldori, Leo Harrison, Salvatore Ciara-vino, Joseph Mikszewski . See full party coverage beginning on page 12 .


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LOCAL 5 COMMITTEESDSO Orchestra Committee: Robert Stiles (chair), Joseph Beck-er, Monica Fosnaugh (ICSOM), Bryan Kennedy, Sharon Sparrow, Kenneth Thompkins

Fox Theatre Negotiating Com-mittee: David Denniston, Christa Grix, Paul Onachuk, George Troia, Susan Barna Ayoub

Local 5 Development Commit-tee: George Troia, Susan Barna Ayoub, David Denniston, Alonza McKenzie, Paul Onachuk, Patrick Zelenak

The Music Stand, continued from page 1

ing a permanent home in the future. For those interested in my candida-

cy for IEB, I was not elected, but offer my congratulations to those who were. I did come away having met many wonderful delegates from across the country who share a deep concern for the future of the AFM, so my heartfelt thanks to them for their support and to those of you here who wished me well. I wish to extend a special thank you to Sue Ayoub and Lynne Mangan, who helped with my campaign.

Most of the incumbents were re-elected to their current positions and ran as the unity team, with the excep-tion of Secretary/Treasurer Sam Folio, who will be replaced by current Sym-phonic Services Director, Jay Blumen-thal. A departing heartfelt thank you to Sam for the help he has given our Lo-cal – and me, personally. Also, the new President of Local 47, John Acosta,

will replace former Local 47 President Vince Trombetta. I would also like to wish Vince the very best life has to of-fer. Vince became my friend in 2012 after my election to the Local 5 Presi-dency. I found that he was a boyhood friend of our own Bob Mojica and toured with Maurice Davis and Gil Askey, performing behind the Su-premes. Vince was also the house saxo-phone and woodwind player on the long-running Mike Douglas Show.

The Convention represented the current membership of 66,779 mem-bers of the 150 locals that attended, represented by 232 delegates (infor-mation from the roll call of the 100th Convention of the American Federa-tion of Musicians, Credentials Com-mittee, Tammy Noreyko, Chair).

“And the Band Played On…”

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Secretary-Treasurer Susan Barna Ayoub, President George Troia and Delegate Mike McGowan at the AFM’s 100th Convention, held this year in Las Vegas .


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If you like hot weather, this is cer-tainly the summer for you!!! Wow!

Another Free Dental Clinic

I am thrilled to announce that once again Local 5 will be hosting a free dental clinic for professional musi-cians, funded by MusiCares – the humanitarian extension of the Re-cording Academy (which presents the Grammy Awards). This year’s clinic will take place on Friday, September 16, in our Southfield offices. Please check out page 9 for the details on how to participate. Please do consider taking advantage of this great benefit provided through your union. And, please feel free to share this informa-tion with your non-union musical colleagues. Local 5 is proud to be a resource for our entire musical com-munity!

30/50-year+ Party Pix

Beginning on page 12, you’ll see photos from the 2016 annual 30/50-year+ party. Many thanks again to Ray Riggs for his wonderful photo-graphic work and for sharing a very sweet story from one of our new 50-year members (page 14). The win-ner of the 2016 Kaplan Scholarship, Matthew Kolar, performed for the attendees. In a marvelous gesture, Lo-cal 5 Board Member Lynne Marie

Mangan spontaneously decided to sponsor him to a Local 5 Youth Mem-bership(!!!). You’ll see a lovely thank you letter from Matthew on page 20, expressing his gratitude, not only for the scholarship (from the Detroit Mu-sicians Fund), but for his introduction to the union itself.

We Want to Hear From You

Which brings me to a question I would like to ask you:

If you came to this year’s party, you might have noticed that attendance was higher than it has been in the past few years. We are wondering why that is. Even though we invited all Local 5 members this time (not just those with 30 years or more in the local), that only accounted for about 10 ex-tra attendees who have been in the union for a shorter length of time. So, if you came, would you contact me and let me know what brought you to the party this year (unless you’ve already weighed in on this)? Maybe you come every year, maybe it was because this year’s party was one week earlier than usual ... whatever the reason, it will be useful for our planning for next year. If you did not come but nevertheless would like to weigh in on anything related to the party, please feel free to email me at [email protected].

AFM 2016 National Convention

The AFM’s 100th Convention earlier this summer was probably the calmest that I have attended. As usual I met with the AFM Diversity Committee – which presented the second Wom-en’s Caucus in as many conventions. I

AFM Local 5“Home of the Pros”by Susan

Barna Ayoub,Local 5

Secretary-Treasurer


would like to congratulate San Francisco Secretary-Trea-

surer Beth Zare for her terrific presentation at this year’s Caucus. The photo below was taken by her spouse Dee

Rogers. I am especially pleased to report that the Diver-sity Committee, headed up by Houston President Lovie

Smith-Wright and AFM Legislative Director Alfonso

Pollard, has been infused with new purpose. I look forward with excitement to the work of the coming year.

Latest on Crossing the Border

I also attended some great workshops at the Convention, including one on Immigration, specifically as it pertains to musicians who cross the border between the US and Canada for work. Since Detroit is a major border cross-ing, it is an important service Local 5 facilitates with the Canadian Federation of Musicians (formerly known as the AFM-Canada), a complementary office of the AFM located in Toronto. Here is a link to the CFM website pages with essential info about working on either side of the border: http://www.cfmusicians.org/services/work-permits#CanadianworkPermits.

Need Some Travel Tips?

Speaking of travel, as you may have read in the Interna-

Wind Words, continued from page 3 tional Musician, the AFM partnered with the National Mu-sical Instrument Carry-on Coalition to work with the US DOT, the FAA, and the airline industry to resolve some inconsistent travel policies of long standing. On page 6, you’ll see a list of abbreviated procedures from the com-plete AFM Travel Kit. You can access the complete kit at http://www.afm.org/what-we-are-doing/travel-resourc-es/afm-travel-kit/.

Little-Known Union Plus Benefits

From time to time, I like to remind you of benefits that are available to you as a union member through Union Plus. Here are a couple I bet you don’t know about: Union Plus now administers a Legal Services Program in-house. Learn more about it by going to unionplus.org/legal. It has a new, improved online lawyer search page (unionplus.org/legal-aid-services) that is optimized for mobile devices. Also, in 2015, Union Plus introduced a Consumer Reports program. The union member discounted price is $22.00 for a year – a 27% savings off the regular subscription rate. I highly recommend that you spend some time at the Union Plus website to learn more about their offerings.

Don’t Miss These “Newsline” Events

In this issue, you will notice interesting news about some of our members in the “Newsline,” including a tribute to Local 5 Member Billy Cairo to be held in October (page 10) and a fascinating autobiographical documentary pre-miere in November about Local 5 Member and retired DSO violinist Ann Strubler, focusing on her adoption and made to raise awareness of adoption issues (page 11). (By the way, Billy Cairo is still with us; upon hearing about the tribute to him, a number of people contacted us franti-cally worried that he had passed on....)

The March of the Musicians

And, finally, remember that the Labor Day Parade is just around the corner. With this being a presidential election year, we expect this to be an especially exciting parade. We are publishing the usual basic info about the parade (pp xx), but it is subject to change to accommodate the possible attendance of politicians running for office. We will share information with you if/when it changes. Please DO join us and march in the parade!…sba

The AFM Women’s Caucus, back row, l-r: Madelyn Roberts (former President and Secretary-Treasurer, Phoenix Local 586), Tina Morrison (IEB member and Vice President, Spo-kane Local 105), Susan Barna Ayoub (Secretary-Treasurer, Detroit Local 5). Front row, l-r: Miho Matsuno (Member, New York City Local 802), Lovie Smith-Wright (President, Houston Local 65-699), Beth Zare (Secretary-Treasurer, San Francisco Local 6) .

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Fall

By looking at the lineups for this fall, all venues look to be very busy. The Detroit Symphony and the Michigan Op-era Theatre both show a full array of offerings, as does the Fisher, Detroit Opera House and the Fox Theatre’s hosting of shows, including, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Mur-der, The Book of Mormon, Elf, A Christmas Story, The Phantom of the Opera and The Lion King, to name a few. Several of the agreements will yield raises for our members in wag-es and pension contributions. The pension contribution at the Detroit Opera House will go to 12.99% and our Community Orchestra agreement will go to 10%. Over many weekends last season, I counted more than half of our membership of 905 working under our agreements.

“And the Band Played On…”This fall will also mark another election cycle, and real-

izing we have a very diverse membership, we rarely endorse a candidate though we are often asked to do so. For those that are not aware, our local is part of the Metro AFL-CIO, and by virtue of our bylaws, I am required to serve on its executive board. The Metro does screen candidates for office as to their support or lack thereof regarding working people. They do issue a list of endorsements that can be found on their website, www.metroaflcio.org. For those of you living in Detroit, the Metro has already endorsed Janee Ayers for City Council. She was selected to fill a vacated seated and is running for her first full term. Janee is the former Secre-tary of Unite Here and former Vice-President of the Metro AFL-CIO. I have walked picket lines with her and can attest to her strong convictions for working families.

Electing a New President

As far as our national election goes, one need look no fur-ther than our state to see how well a businessman works in public office. Former Gateway executive Rick Snyder, who should be outsourced as far away from the governor’s office as possible, preferably driven out of the state on the worst roads in the country that just seem to escape his at-tention. Just imagine this disaster multiplied by 50 states, influencing every country in the world, and I believe you would have the scenario of a Trump presidency. Reflecting on my love of history, much of it from people like Pulitzer

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Prize-winning author David McCullough, who recently quoted Dwight D, Eisenhower in saying public leadership requires four key qualities: character, ability, responsibility and experience. McCullough feels Donald Trump lacks all these qualities and wonders why any American, whether Republican, Democrat or Independent, would entrust a legacy of monumental achievements to someone clearly not qualified to be President. Just saying...

My vote in November will go to the candidate who most exemplifies the idea of government “of the people, by the people, for the people” and also values the contributions of working people, and hopefully, the band will play on.

At the 1916 AFM Convention, President George Troia of the AFM Law Committee poses with Law Committee Chair E . Eddy Bayens .


TRAVEL TIPS – ABBREVIATED PROCEDURES

The AFM has partnered with the National Musical Instrument Carry-on Coalition to work with the US DOT, the FAA, and the airline industry to resolve some inconsistent travel policies of long standing. Here are a few tips to protect yourself on the road:

A. Insure your instrument. B. Measure the size and weight, in-

cluding the case. C. Study airline carry-on and checked-

baggage musical instrument poli-cies before selecting an airline.

D. While booking your reservation, tell the agent you will be travel-ing with a musical instrument. Ask to speak to customer service to address questions.

E. Request/purchase priority boarding in advance, and keep copies of receipts.

F. Carry a copy of the DOT rule as outlined in the Fed-eral Register or the DOT website, as well as a copy of the airline’s policies.

G. Limit carry-on items to one musical instrument, plus a personal item.

H. There’s a possibility that your instrument will not be al-lowed in the cabin with you, so be sure to have a proper travel case to avoid damage if the instrument must be stowed.

I. Remove all extraneous items from your in-strument’s case and carefully secure the instru-ment inside the case. Place identification inside and outside the case. J. Have an alternative, backup transportation plan in mind. K. Do not argue with flight crews! Calmly ask to speak with a customer service supervisor. L. Examine your instrument for possible damage

before you leave the destination airport. M. Report any violation of airline policy or damage to

airline customer service before you leave the airport. N. If you believe the airline has violated its written poli-

cies, first file a complaint with the airline. Also file a di-rect complaint with the Department of Transportation.

For the complete “Guide to Flying with Musical Instru-ments,” produced by the AFM in collaboration with the members of the National Musical Instrument Carry-On Coalition, visit: http://members.afm.org/announcements/flying-with-musical-instruments

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Congratulations to Local 5 Members Pamela Wise (shown at left) and Marion

Hayden (right), 2016 Kresge Music Fellows! “The 2016 Kresge Artist Fellows exemplify the exceptional talent, vision and dedication that have always defined Detroit’s artists and creative communities,” says Michelle Perron, Director of Kresge Arts in Detroit. Each fel-lowship comes with an unrestricted $25,000 prize and a year of professional practice sup-port provided by Creative Many Michigan, including an invitation to an intensive pro-fessional development retreat presented by New York-based artist-service organization Creative Capital.

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Rick Robinson (below) and CutTime Productions recently completed their Knight Foundation project, expanding the Classical Revolution Detroit series (CRD) to 33 professional events last year. They hired 84 musicians to perform in 17 venues. CRD made believers of many venue owners who want them back and won many new fans. Congrats, Rick!

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See and Hear One of Local 5’s Own – & Many Others


Adopted at birth by a doctor and his wife, Ann Ou-

rada Strubler started piano at the age of three; vio-lin at age five in rural Minnesota. During the summer of 1969, she attended the National Music Camp at Interlo-chen, begging her parents to stay that fall. Two years later she became an alumnus of the ninth graduating class of the Interlochen Arts Academy. The young violinist then earned a bachelor’s degree at New England Conservatory and a master’s at Boston University during which time she was honored with the Joseph Silverstein Award for Out-

standing Violinist at Tanglewood. Ann became an official AFM member when she played her first year out of gradu-ate school in a Michigan string quartet and as a sub in the Minnesota Orchestra. Then she won an audition with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, where she played in the first violin section for 30 years. Even after retirement, Ann supported her colleagues during the contentious 2010-11 DSO strike by playing community concerts and supplying the musicians’ website with her poignant cartoons.

A Special Calling Beyond Music

But during those 30 years, Ann and her husband, Dr. Da-vid Strubler, became advocates to find adoptive homes for hard-to-place kids, publicly sharing her own story of find-

ing her birth parents and discovering her musical and spiri-tual heritage. (Her birth father was a jazz musician from Boston; her grandfather played in the John Phillip Sousa band.)

Playing at the Max

Using his own inherited talent, Ann’s son Michael has pro-duced a documentary of her life story – The Tapestry: A Musician’s Journey. Her youngest son, Matthew, composed “The Tapestry: A Symphonic Poem,” an ensemble based

on Ann’s birth mother’s story. Both will be premiered at the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center at 3 pm on Sunday, November 20 (National Adoption Month), with mem-bers of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra. Webcast by Detroit Public Television, this “story-con-cert-for-a-cause” will raise national awareness of adoption issues and provide needed funds for Spaulding for Children, an innovative adoption agency in Southfield supported by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

Musicians of the DSYO will open the story-concert premiere playing a Branden-burg Concerto and the first movement of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony. (The “Pastorale” was the first piece that Ann plunked out on

the piano at age three.) Then the 30-minute documentary will be followed by a performance of Matthew Strubler’s composition by an ensemble of DSO musicians.

AFM/DFM members who are interested in attending the event will find tickets available at http://www.dso.org/ShowEventsView.aspx?id=3455&prod=3454. Prices are $25 per individual adult ticket, $15 per adult ticket for groups of ten or more, and $10 for students (for Group and Student discounts, you must call the DSO Box Office at 313.576.5111); $50 per person for the concert and Spauld-ing reception that follows or $500 per table of 10. Call contact Cheryl Gist at 248.443.0300, ext. 274.

To learn more about Ann Strubler’s story online, go to https://www.thetapestryfilm.com.

retired Dso violinist Premieres Documentary and symphonic composition to commemorate national adoption Month


Norka & Phil Grameno

Minka & Doug Cornelsen

Revisiting the Great 30/50-Year+ Party of 2016A very special thanks goes to the donors who lightened the 30/50 Party load on Local 5’s budget. We extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation to all of you angels.

Federation Sponsors($100 and up)

Stevland (Stevie Wonder) MorrisEd Zelenak (not pictured)

Doug CornelsenRay Duk

Phil GramenoMcKinley Jackson (not pictured)

Chris NordmanGeorge TroiaMickey Atkins



Chris Nordman

Partnership Sponsors($75–$99)

Sam & Peggy Tundo (Peggy not pictured)Patrick Zelenak (not pictured)

Sue & Al Ayoub

Al Ayoub

Ray Duk

Sue Ayoub

George Troia

Sam Tundo

Mickey Atkins

More Federation Sponsors

Friendship Sponsors($50–$74)

Charles Boles, Linda Borushko, Charles Bielak, Keith Claeys, Ronald English, Laura Larson

Ray Riggs was our photographer. See all his party photos at: http://www.rayriggsphotography.com/Galleries/Other/DFM2016



30-Year MembersKerstin Allvin

Carrie Banfield-Taplin

Richard Cywinski

Gerritt De Vries

Rebecca Hammond

McKinley Jackson

Velda Kelly

Jonathan Liebman

Arlene Nixon Peters

Matthew Schiebold

Jeffrey Trudell

Lawson Turner

Derek Weller

Walter White

George Wietecha

50-Year MembersEldred Baird

Richard Boelter

Andreal Carter

Richard Cieslowski

Ron Dunn

Barbara Hassan

Edwin Jones II

Carrol Lenderman

Jose Mallare

William Meyer

Joseph Mikszewski

Donald Ozga

Beatriz Staples

G Craig Strain

Dennis Tini

Ray Tini

Michael Urso

70-Year MembersJohn Baldori

William Buckeyne

Salvatore Ciaravino

Robert Doering

Leo Harrison

William Robertson

John Santini

Elma Tronianko

Nick Zonas

75-Year MemberPhilip Patanis

80-Year MemberJohn Sarna

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Other Angels Worthy of MentionRay Riggs reported the following party event:

“A touching story. Joseph Mikszewski came up and asked me if I still had last year’s photos. I said, ‘Yes, I do’ (I never throw anything away, even though it makes for a lot of hard drives.). He told me his wife had died just a couple weeks earlier, and he didn’t have many pictures of her, so he asked if I could look for some. Today I found a few, and I’ll be making some prints of different sizes and sending them to him. It makes it all worth it.” Joseph Mikszewski

Matthew Kolar

Upom hearing Kaplan Scholarship winner and Wayne State student Mat-

thew Kolar perform a saxophone solo at the party, Executive Board member Lynne Marie Mangan decided to sponsor him as a Youth Member of Local 5 (See more about Matthew on pages 18 and 20.).

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Welcome, new members, 4/21–7/22/16

CHRISTInE BEAMER6091 Brookhaven Lane #38, East Lansing, MI 48823c 509-435-5025cnbeamer@gmail .comViola

Christine plays viola in the Lansing and Midland Sym-phony Orchestras. She is currently seeking work in orchestra, opera, new music, and chamber music.

BRITISH BURNETT 38551 Metro Villa Drive #111Y, Harrison Twp, MI 48045c 313-685-9986; britishwinfree@hotmail .comVocalist, vocal coaching, keyboard, drums, bass guitar/electric

British is a graduate of Oakland University with a Bach-elor Degree in Music Education (K-12 Vocal). She has pre-viously taught K-8 vocal music at Northpointe Academy in Highland Park, MI, and is currently teaching K-5 vocal music in the Southfield Public Schools. She is a private voice coach for students, adults and professional vocalists; has been a stage actress for musicals; and has experience in independent film acting. She is seeking commercial work, live work as a backup vocalist, studio vocalist (lead or back-ground), live soloist, work as a keyboard player, cartoon/movie vocalist/characters, live stage acting and film acting. Genres: classical, jazz, gospel, CCM. She also studied acting and dance at OU and is experienced in dance.

LUCAS DICKOW 5760 Lancaster Lane, Commerce, MI 48382c 248-722-3088; ldickow@bgsu .eduFrench horn, guitar

Lucas is a freelance French horn player and teacher. He has a M.M. from Bowling Green State University, 2016, and a B.M., Central Michigan University, 2014.

CLARK IRWIN 5780 Spring Valley Ln, Dryden, MI 48428c 248-628-4458; dolphindance25@yahoo .comTrumpet

Clark plays the trumpet with the Bijou Orchestra, River Raisin Ragtime and does a variety of freelance work.

ALVIN JONES26225 Hopkins, Inkster, MI 48141c 313-989-6450; jonesalvin48@gmail .comGuitar, bass guitar/electric

Alvin is a member of Chill FX.

MATTHEW KOLAR1558 Woodgate Dr, Troy, MI 48083h 248-524-3058; c 586-909-1628; kolarmatt@wayne .eduSaxophone

Matthew is the winner of the 2016 Kaplan Scholarship, funded by the Detroit Musicians Fund. He is seeking work as a classical saxophonist. (See photo and story on page 00.)

BRAnDOn LePAGE 12358 Buckingham, Southgate, MI 48195c 313-300-6426; lepagebrandon@gmail .comFlute, piccolo, alto flute

Brandon is a mem-ber of the Lansing Symphony Orches-tra. He is always prepared, knows his part, is easy to work with, arrives early and loves to play. He is seeking classi-cal work: orchestral, chamber music, in the studio and live events. He teaches flute/piccolo, all lev-els, as well as begin-ning piano.

COLE MARTIn43 Ted Miller Dr, Bowmanville, ON L1C 0L8c 905-995-2653; colekidd@outlook .comGuitar, bass guitar/electric

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MICHAEL RAIS 2164 Wilshire, Westland, MI 48188h 734-502-4218; c 313-915-0304michaelraisbassist@gmail .comString bass/double bass, bass guitar/electric

Michael performs with the IL Segreto String Quartet and has been playing for 26 years. He is a graduate of Wayne State with a BM and Vandercook College of Music with an MM. He has studied the bass with Derek Weller (EMU), Max Janowsky (DSO), Stephen Molina (DSO), Al Martin (Billie Holiday) and Roger Rais. He was the Livonia Pub-lic Schools Teacher of the Year for 2015-16. He is an active music education clinician, having presented at Michigan Music Conference and the American String Teacher As-sociation National Conference. He is seeking a variety of work including symphony, live performances, studio, mu-sicals, weddings and conducting, as well as teaching both electric and double bass. His website is michaelrais.com.

ROGER SILVI642 River Oaks Drive Milford, MI 48381h 248-685-1205; w 248-684-7465; c 248-444-1025; rsilvi@comcast .net

Roger leads Roger Silvi and Friends, and performs with the Downbeat Jazz Orchestra, and Premier Big Band. He is seeking theater work.

PATRICK SMILLIE 20270 Fleetwood Drive, Harper Woods, MI 48225c 773-575-2015; pat@patsmillie .comVocalist

Pat is a lead v o c a l i s t /songwr i t e r with 30 years’ exper ience in rock, soul, blues, R&B and Motown. He sounds similar to Joe Cocker, Bob

Seger and Mitch Ryder. He toured Eastern Europe in 2011 and is looking for recording/touring opportunities, TV/radio studio work, festivals, corporate events, song-writing and publishing.

KEVIN WALSH1080 Windrush Dr, Oshawa, ON L1K 2R5c 289-923-3317; kevinjwalsh@live .caDrums

DAMOn WILLIAMS P . O . Box 292, Troy, MI 48099w 586-467-5667Drums

Damon is a member of Detroit’s Own in the Pocket and is seeking additional work, teaching drums, playing jazz, R&B, soul and house music.

MARLO WILLIAMS 2207 Syracuse Court, Dearborn, MI 48124c 734-834-3299; marlo .t .williams@gmail .comString bass/double bass, bass guitar/electric, vocalist

Marlo is classically trained and stylistically flexible, with 20+ years’ experience playing the bass. Her experience includes orchestral, chamber and Broadway, opera, ballet, rock/pop, and bluegrass. She has great enthusiasm for new music and collaborative projects. She has studio and re-cording experience and is comfortable singing while play-ing. Filling in when people need a bassist is a strength of hers. She also adapts well to any kind of music. She teaches private lessons to people of all ages. She has a BM from Duquesne and MM from University of Michigan. She is seeking live performance work and teaching opportunities and would welcome wedding work. She can also play simi-larly to a cello, since she has a custom bass that has a higher range than most.

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BESNIK YzEIRI 736 Elliot St . East, Windsor, ON N9A 3S4h 519-256-7522; c 519-564-5714; besnikyzeiri@hotmail .comViola, violin

Besnik leads the Besnik Yzeiri Band. He enjoys playing jazz, blues and gypsy music while improvising and being creative. He likes to mix different genres into one.

Welcome, New Members, continued from page 13 NEW YOUTH MEMBER MATTHEW KOLAR

Wayne State University student Matthew Kolar was the recepient of the 2016 Kaplan Scholarship. As such, he per-formed at the 30/50-Year+ Party in June, where Executive Board Member Lynne Marie Mangan generously commit-ted to sponsor him as a Youth Member. The following is his letter of thanks:

“Dear Scholarship Donors,

“I would like to greatly express my thanks for choosing me as the receiver of the Detroit Federation of Musicians/Kaplan Scholarship. At first my gratitude was just for the award, but after playing for the 30/50 dinner the organiza-tion invited me to, and being sponsored to join the organi-zation, I must express my thanks for not only the scholar-ship, but also for introducing me to the organization itself.

“I had no idea that such a community of musicians ex-isted. Even though I am on the younger side of the scale, it is amazing to see such a wide web of people in my field in motion, and it is even more amazing that I get to be a small part it. I am more than excited for the opportunities joining is going to offer me, and I cannot express how thankful l am for being wel-comed into this community.

“I assure you the award will go to good use, and thank you once again for choos-ing me as the award winner, it has opened up a world of oppor-tunity.

“ S i n c e r e l y, Matthew Kolar”

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The orchestras and theaters listed below support the musicians of Local 5 through collective bargaining agreements.The groups and individual players likewise comply with the Local 5 policy by filing contracts, steward reports and work dues. Please support all of them in return.

CLUBS/SINGLE ENGAGEMENTS/FESTIVALS

bugs Beddow & the GooD STuFF: reverbnation.com/bugsbeddowband

Aug. 4: Roseville City Hall, 6:30 pmAug. 6: Ernie’s Mediterranean, Clinton Twp., 7 pm;

586.286.8435Aug. 19: Stray Cat Lounge, Clinton Twp, 9:30 pm;

586.741.8544Sept. 10: Stray Cat Lounge, Clinton Twp, 9:30 pm;

586.741.8544Sept. 16: Harvest Moon Celebration, Farmington,

7 pm, 248.473.7276Oct. 8: Stray Cat Lounge, Clinton Twp, 8 pm;

586.741.8544

Sept. 2–5: Detroit Jazz Festival, Hart Plaza, 855.JAZZDET; detroitjazzfest.com

OPERA AND THEATER PERFORMANCES

Oct. 11–16: Fisher Theatre, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder; 800.745.3000; broadwayindetroit.com

Oct. 15–23: Michigan Opera Theatre, Carmen; 313.237.SING [7464]; michiganopera.org

Oct. 16: Fox Theatre, Il Divo; 800.745.3000; olympiaentertainment.com

ORCHESTRAL & OTHER CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCESAug. 27: Michigan Philharmonic, followed by a

showing of The Force Awakens; Campus Martius Downtown; 734.451.2112; michiganphil.org

Sept. 30: Dearborn Symphony, “The Music of Cham-pions”; 313.565.2424; dearbornsymphony.org

Oct. 2: Grosse Pointe Symphony, “Handel/Men-delssohn/Bach,” featuring Sonia Lee, violin; 313.640.1773; gpsymphony.org

Oct. 7–9: Detroit Symphony, “Rhapsody in Blue”; 313.576.5111; dso.org

Oct. 9 Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, “To Be or Not to Be at the Player’s Club, Detroit,” fea-turing David Jackson, trombone; 248.559.2095; detroitchamberwinds.org

Local 5 Support Line

A vocalist hired a piano player to accompany her at an audition for a night club job .

After listening to a couple of songs, the owner said, “Can you sing ‘When Sonny Gets Blue?’ It’s my favorite song . If you can sing it, you’re hired .’

The singer whispered to the piano player, “I don’t know it all the way through . .”

The piano player whispered back, “I know it . Go ahead and start and I’ll prompt you .”

Reluctantly she began, “When Sonny Gets Blue . . .” and then looked at the piano player for help . He whispered confidently . . . “Bb minor ninth .”

Our “Comedy Corner” editor is Joe Podorsek . If you have a comedy item you would like to submit for

consideration, please email Joe at basso@aol .com .

— Comedy Corner —

Detroit musicians entertainment Referral Gigs – 2nd Quarter

Date Leader Players City4/6 José Riojas 1 Detroit4/7 José Riojas 1 Warren4/8 Cliff Erickson 1 Denton (Texas)4/16 Richard Vidrio 4 Dimondale4/16 Sarah Cleveland 2 Farmington Hills4/28 Ola Hemphill 1 Detroit5/5 José Riojas 1 Westland5/5 José Riojas 1 Detroit5/9 Ruth Myers 1 Southfield5/9 Stefan Kukurugya 1 Detroit5/9 José Riojas 1 Warren5/15 Ruth Myers 1 Wash., D.C.5/24 Ron English 1 Detroit5/29 Cliff Erickson 1 Kimball6/4 Janet Houston 2 Saline6/6 José Riojas 1 Warren6/8 Pamela Wise 1 Detroit6/12 Sven Anderson 1 Grosse Pte Park6/13 José Riojas 1 Detroit6/25 Edward Pelts 1 Plymouth6/30 Edward Pelts 1 Detroit


HOW TO STAy In GOOD STAnDInG

To avoid being expelled, be sure to pay your membership dues no later than the first month of each quarter . Your next payment is due by Monday, October 3. On Tuesday, November 1, all members who have not paid their dues will be suspended .

expelled members (4/21–7/22/16)Anderson, DaleBelgrave, JoanDuncan, AlbertHorn, Philip

James, CurtisLivingston, AlfonzoSmith, James

Resigned members (4/21–7/22/16)

Cleaver, JohnKeaster, Aaron

Vahldick, Tyler

Reinstated members (4/21–7/22/16)Farmer, MarthaParker Jr, Ray Sarna, JohnStrnad, Ronald

And welcome back to a long-absent member:

Croft, Matthew223 Kent, Pontiac, MI 48340248-425-1424matthew.paul.croft@gmail.commatthewcroftmusic.comPiano, keyboard, percussion, conductor, composer, arranger, orchestrator

HOME ADDRESSMichael BenoitHudson Cook LLP1909 K Street NW Suite 400Washington, DC 20006Ann Cannell3126 Linwood Avenue Unit 7Royal Oak, MI 48073Sandra Dziedziula317 South Elm Street Apt 406Owosso, MI 48867-2676Catherine Franklin1350 Southfield RoadBirmingham, MI 48009Ola Hemphill15350 18 MileRoad, Apt 302Clinton Township, MI 48038

Carrol Lendermanc/o Cherita Rens19534 CoventryRiverview, MI 48193Lynne Mangan24138 Tana Ct.Farmington Hills, MI 48335Romona Merritt4827 Kingsmeadow LaneJacksonville, FL 32217Nermis Mieses309 Donbar DrBowling Green, OH 43402Michael Robinson Jr1851 Elsey DriveCharleston, SC 29407-1707

Ross Turner2886 E Eisenhower PkwyAnn Arbor, MI 48108HOME PHONEAnn Cannell248-542-4716Ola Hemphill586-221-1608Carrol Lenderman734-558-0315.Paul Reeves Jr734-612-1118CELL PHONEAmanda Blaikie313-598-0565Fredrick Boldt, Jr248-840-0564

Christa Grix248-347-6881EMAIL ADDRESSMichael [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Directory Changes (4/21–7/22/16)

DON’T GO MISSINGWant to know what’s going on?

Want gigs? Want to keep in touch?

When you move, get a new phone number or email address, let us know.

PLAnnInG TO BE AWAY TEMPORARILY?

Please let us know, because the post

office charges Local 5 for

returned issues of Keynote!

Free Dental clinic

for Musicians.

Details on page 9.


TemPO Contributions, 2nd Quarter

Edward DrazgaWallace Fitz

Wallace Fitz

Stephen McKenzie

TOTAL = $31.00

NOTE: New guidelines issued by the AFM Legislative Department require that individual TEMPO contribu-tions of $50 or more be written in a separate check (from your dues) made payable to AFM TEMPO.

AFM is not soliciting contributions to TEMPO from any individual who is not a member of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM), executive or professional employee of AFM or its affiliates, or their family member living in the same household. Any contribution received from such an individual will be returned to that contributor.

Here’s One Contribution That Costs You Nothing

This issue of eKeynote will be distributed to members via email prior to the preparation of the black-and-white Keynote that is printed and mailed by USPS. This means you are getting the most timely, most attractive publication, one frequently featuring bonus photos not included in the print version.

Once they have reviewed the electronic issue, many members pay little attention to the print version when USPS delivers it as much as 2 or more weeks later. If that is true for you, you can save Local 5 the expense of printing and mailing you the hard-copy version. If you wish to opt out of the paper Keynote, simply shoot us an email to: [email protected]. Your “contribution” to Local 5, not to mention the reduction of paper and printers’ ink thrown into landfills, will be appreciated.

It’s That Time Again:Labor Day

Parade InfoDATE:Monday, September 5, 2016 .

PLACE:Corner of Michigan and Trumbull .

TIME:Meet at 8:30 am to step off at 9 am.

ATTIRE:Local 5 blue T-shirt, comfortable shoes; we will furnish a free cotton T if you need one .

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Did you know that you can download – or simply view – a membership directory (by name) and a hiring list (by instrument) right now at www. detroitmusicians.net? Always up to date, it’s the fastest, least labor-intensive way to obtain member contact information. But there is an alternative.

o I do not have easy access to the internet and would, therefore, like to obtain a printed hard copy of the Local 5 Membership Directory.

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Clip and mail or fax this form to Local 5:Detroit Federation of Musicians20833 Southfield RoadSouthfield, MI 48075

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minutes: executive Board meeting, 4/21/16

The regular monthly meeting of the Executive Board was called to order at 11:05 am, President George Troia being in the chair, as well as Vice President Douglas Cornelsen and Secretary-Treasurer Susan Bar-na Ayoub being present. Also present were Executive Board Members Robert Lymperis, Lynne Marie Mangan, Paul Onachuk and Patrick Zelenak.

On motion by Mr Lymperis, seconded by VP Cornelsen, to approve the agenda, it was approved unanimously.

On motion by Mr Onachuk, seconded by Ms Mangan, to approve the minutes of the previous meeting, they were approved unanimously.

The next meeting of the Executive Board will take place on Thursday, May 19 at 11:00 am – to be preceded by a meeting of the Development Committee at 10:00 am. [Time of meetings was subsequently changed to the Board meeting at 10:00 am, followed by the Development Com-mittee meeting.]

President Troia gave the following report:The president attended the Detroit Jazz Festival press release luncheon

at the Detroit Athletic Club on Tuesday, at which the lineup for this year’s festival was announced. Former Detroiter, Cass Tech grad and Local 802 member Ron Carter will be the artist in residence.

Several issues have come up with the agreement ratified by the board at the last meeting. One involves a new DJF application (APP) that the management is hoping to have ready for the festival. Through discussion among Chris Collins, Local 5 counsel Mami Kato, and President Troia, adjustments have been made to the agreement. One change resulted in an addendum to the agreement to accommodate the APP; members will be eligible to receive a percentage of the APP sales based on the amount sold. The president was told the APP would be active while the buyer is at the festival only – and that it cannot be downloaded or otherwise copied.

There was additional discussion about a performance rider that musi-cians have been asked to sign in the past, and the rider was adapted so that our members can sign without fear of being in conflict with the agree-ment. The electronic media language contained in the agreement will be as it has been, and still in force. The board will vote later in the meeting to ratify the changes.

President Troia attended a performance of MOT’s production of Aar-on Copland’s The Tender Land at the Prechter center in Taylor on Sun-day, March 20. Sec/Treas Ayoub attended a week earlier at the Macomb Center. The chamber opera was presented as part of their community outreach initiative. The opera was well performed and received.

The president also visited Renaissance High School in Detroit and spoke to music students preceding a concert supported by the MPTF and performed by the Buddy Budson /Ursula Walker Group.

There were several memorial services and visitations since the last board meeting. The president and secretary-treasurer were at the service for former member and flutist Kathleen Emmons Course on April 2. Local 5 was well represented at the memorial service for Olympia Enter-tainment Director of Operation Lee Rifield, who died very unexpect-edly on March 15. Board members Paul Onachuk, Susan Barna Ayoub, President Troia, and members Alan Ayoub, John Trudell, Jeff Trudell and Catherine Thomas were all present on April 5. The president also at-tended visitations for 60-year member Fletcher Barnett, James Jamerson Jr. and Lynn LaPlante. Many members of the union were also saddened to learn of the passing of Kay Ragsdale, who played in Detroit many times over the past 30 years with the Miss Saigon and Lion King tours.

On motion by Ms Mangan, seconded by VP Cornelsen, to approve

the president’s report, it was approved unanimously.Sec/Treas Ayoub presented reports of Monthly Income, Cash Dis-

bursements and Comparative Fiscal Year-to-Date. On motion by VP Cornelsen, seconded by Mr Onachuk, to receive the financial reports, they were received unanimously.

The secretary-treasurer presented the Payroll reports. On motion by Mr Lymperis, seconded by Ms Mangan to approve the reports, they were approved unanimously.

Sec/Treas Ayoub presented the Officers’ Expenses and Charge Cards reports. The board discussed forming an IT Committee, initially at least to evaluate charges from bluehost.com. On motion by Mr Zelenak, seconded by VP Cornelsen, to approve the reports, they were approved unanimously.

The secretary-treasurer presented a report of New Member Applica-tions from Anthony Cleeton, Gordon Schermer, Jillian Jackson, Anthony Booker, Alex Hayashi, David Greene, Erinn Whitsett, Charles Laster, Wade Brown, Thomas Wolfgram and Eliot Heaton. On motion by Ms Mangan, seconded by Mr Onachuk, to accept the applications, they were accepted unanimously.

Sec/Treas Ayoub presented a report of member reinstatements, res-ignations, suspensions/expulsions and deaths, as well as a Local Census report.

The secretary-treasurer showed the board the ad for the upcoming AFM 100th Convention program that was skillfully designed by Keynote graphic designer Virginia Hunt.

The board continued discussion about the Detroit Jazz Festival’s new app for live streaming (without download) of the concerts. On motion by VP Cornelsen, seconded by Mr Onachuk, to ratify the agreement ad-dendum, it was ratifying unanimously.

Continuing discussion from a previous meeting about the availability of event liability insurance through DME, Sec/Treas Ayoub informed the board that the KOA campgrounds will begin booking their entertain-ment through the union’s referral service because of the inclusion of that insurance with the contract.

On motion by VP Cornelsen, seconded by Mr Onachuk, to grant two quarters of membership dues to a member who is experiencing severe hardship, it was approved unanimously.

President Troia invited the members of the board to attend the 30/50-Year+ Party, which will take place on Monday, May 9, at Club Venetian at noon.

The president handed around a letter from new 70-year member John Santini, in which Mr Santini thanked the local for recognizing his length of time in the union and explained that he’ll be unable to attend the party since he lives in North Carolina.

For comparison purposes, President Troia also handed around the table a copy of a newsletter that Local 5 received recently from another local.

1:07 PM On motion by VP Cornelsen, seconded by Mr Onachuk, to adjourn the meeting, it was adjourned.

IMPORTANT REMINDERPlease keep your life insurance beneficiary

information up to date. Your heirs will love you for it.



The regular monthly meeting of the Executive Board was called to order at 10:10 am, President George Troia being in the chair, as well as Vice President Douglas Cornelsen and Secretary-Treasurer Susan Bar-na Ayoub being present. Also present were Executive Board Members David Denniston, Lynne Marie Mangan, Paul Onachuk and Patrick Zelenak.

On motion by Mr Onachuk, seconded by VP Cornelsen, to approve the agenda, it was approved unanimously.

On motion by VP Cornelsen, seconded by Ms Mangan, to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as amended, they were approved unanimously.

The next meeting of the Executive Board will take place on Friday, June 10, at 11:00 am – to be preceded by a meeting of the Develop-ment Committee at 10:00 am. [Date of meetings was subsequently changed to Thursday, June 9.]

President Troia gave the following report:There is a signed copy of the Detroit Jazz Festival agreement 2016-

18 on the website. As of this extension, the rider given to participating members by the festival is superceded by the agreement, which is the defining document. The union has had problems previously with lan-guage conflicts between the agreement and electronic media waivers. Changes to the agreement are primarily monetary, new language that specifically addresses student performers and the new electronic media app.

The Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra Committee has requested the use of AFM negotiator, Chris Durham, for their upcoming contract negotiation. The request has been submitted and granted. The docu-mentation has been filed with Federal Mediation and Conciliation Ser-vice, as well as with the Michigan Employment Regulatory Commis-sion. Negotiations dates are forthcoming.

President Troia thanked all present who attended the annual 30/50-Year+ party. By all accounts, everyone had a good time. On the Mon-day before, DME referral agent, Mary Johnstone, and the president were guests on the Ask Dr. Paul radio show, talking about the party, as well as the referral service. The interview can be heard by visiting our DFM Facebook page and clicking on the podcast. Secretary-Treasurer Ayoub added that party revenue was $4,267.47, and expenses were $4,634.78, bringing the cost to the union of $367.31. Given the fact that, in the past, the party used to cost the union about $4,000, this is good news. Attendance (of about 150 people) was about double the previous past two years, with all but 10 being 30-year+ members and their guests. Kaplan Scholarship winner Matthew Kolar performed for the guests at the party. S/T Ayoub reported that Ms Mangan made an announcement at the party that she planned to sponsor Mr Kolar to a Youth Membership in the union, which is much appreciated and sets a wonderful example for other members.

President Troia participated in two teleconferences. The first was on behalf of TMA President Al Ayoub on Friday, April 29, updating their board on the current Pamphlet B negotiations. Proposals and counter proposals were discussed. The second one was on May 11, discussing the new Tempo Signature organization. The primary topic was a fly-in to Washington, D.C. next spring to lobby lawmakers. More Tempo ac-tivities will be organized next month at the AFM Convention.

The president visited 80-year member John Sarna at his nursing home and presented him with his recognition award. His family was very grateful and thanked the union for the presentation.

President Troia also attended the visitation for 57-year member Jer-ry Robotka, who passed on April 22. His family was very grateful for the Bible presented. Jerry was a passionate accordionist who was named to the Polka Hall of Fame.

On motion by Mr Zelenak, seconded by Mr Onachuk, to approve the report, it was approved unanimously.

Sec/Treas Ayoub presented reports of Monthly Income, Cash Dis-bursements and Comparative Fiscal Year-to-Date. On motion by Mr Onachuk, seconded by Mr Lymperis, to receive the financial reports, they were received unanimously.

The secretary-treasurer presented the Payroll reports. On motion by Mr Zelenak, seconded by Ms Mangan to approve the reports, they were approved unanimously.

Sec/Treas Ayoub presented the Officers’ Expenses and Charge Cards reports. On motion by VP Cornelsen, seconded by Mr Lymperis, to approve the reports, they were approved unanimously.

The secretary-treasurer presented a report of New Member Ap-plications from Christopher Smith, Bethany Moses, Judy Wu, Stephen Byars, Tamara Davie, Damon Williams, Alvin Jones, Cole Martin, Steve Parker and Kevin Walsh. On motion by Ms Mangan, seconded by Mr Onachuk, to accept the applications, they were accepted unanimously.


The Development Committee has been brainstorming ways in which new members can become more acquainted with the union, in-cluding being invited to attend meetings of the board. Along with cre-ating special meetings for them, i.e. additional orientations, the board talked about creating special times in their meetings to invite new members to talk with the board about themselves and ask questions.

President Troia handed around thank you notes from the families of Gerald Robotka and Fletcher Barnett, who both passed away recently, as well as a thank you from Local 5 Member Dr Paul Reeves for ap-pearing on his radio show.

During the Good and Welfare portion of the meeting, a lengthy discussion continued about how to engage young and otherwise new members.

The board also discussed the fact that, for the first time, the num-ber of deaths per year may make it financially feasible to discuss self-funding the members’ life insurance benefit. The officers need to gather information from an actuary about how to determine at what point the financial benefit outweighs the greater risk.

12:05 pm On motion by Mr Zelenak, seconded by Ms Mangan, to adjourn the meeting, it was adjourned.


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The regular monthly meeting of the Executive Board was called to order at 11:11 am, President George Troia being in the chair, as well as Secretary-Treasurer Susan Barna Ayoub being present. Also present were Executive Board Members David Denniston, Robert Lymperis, Paul Onachuk and Patrick Zelenak.

On motion by Mr Onachuk, seconded by Mr Lymperis, to approve the agenda, it was approved unanimously.

On motion by Mr Denniston, seconded by Mr Onachuk, to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as amended, they were approved unanimously.

The next meeting of the Executive Board will take place on Tuesday, July 12 at 11:00 am - to be preceded by a meeting of the Development Committee at 10:00 am.

President Troia gave the following report:The Detroit Jazz Festival received a $200K grant from the Doris

Duke Foundation to facilitate the development of the app that has been discussed previously at the board. President Troia recapped that the app will stream within the geographic area of the festival. He expressed his curiosity about how it will work. It will cost $30 to purchasers and will not allow downloads. The musicians will receive some residual payments.

MOT musicians and management are in the process of trying to co-ordinate dates for negotiations. The members of the committee will be discussed under New Business.

President Troia attended percussion final auditions on Monday, May 23 at the request of the Orchestra Committee. A candidate was selected for the position of Assistant Tympani/Percussion. The president showed the audition music booklet that is given to participants. He also offered his congratulations to Local 5 member Amanda Blaikie, who won the position of second flute with our Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Members Bill Meyer and Gerald and Carol Irvin have recently ap-peared on Local 5 member Paul Reeve’s radio program, Ask Dr. Paul, WNZK 690 AM. Their interviews can be found in the form of a podcast on both Paul’s and the DFM Facebook pages. President Troia reminded all that there is an open invitation from Paul for members to interview for their own purposes.

Members George Benson and Mike Zelenak are currently hospital-ized, both reportedly in serious condition.

On motion by Mr Lymperis, seconded by Mr Zelenak, to approve the president’s report, it was approved unanimously.

Sec/Treas Ayoub presented reports of Monthly Income, Cash Dis-bursements and Comparative Fiscal Year-to-Date. On motion by Mr Onachuk, seconded by Mr Zelenak, to receive the financial reports, they were received unanimously.

The secretary-treasurer presented the Payroll reports. On motion by Mr Lymperis, seconded by Mr Onachuk, to approve the reports, they were approved unanimously.

Sec/Treas Ayoub presented the Officers’ Expenses and Charge Cards reports. On motion by Mr Denniston, seconded by Mr Zelenak, to ap-prove the reports, they were approved unanimously.

The secretary-treasurer presented a report of New Member Applica-tions from Clark Irwin, Brandon LePage, Christine Beamer and Marlo Williams. On motion by Mr Onachuk, seconded by Mr Denniston, to accept the applications, they were accepted unanimously.


President Troia reported that he is scheduled to make a presentation at Wayne State on Friday, November 4, 2016 at 11:45 am for an hour. All music majors are required to attend, so there will be a full auditorium. He invited any board members who would like to take part in the presenta-tion to join him.

In New Business, the president read the names submitted to him by the MOT Orchestra Committee for their Negotiating Commit-tee. Those members’ names are Greg Near, Bill King, Barbara Zmich, Laura Larson, Andrew Wu and Amanda Blaikie. The board will return next month to the subject of approving the committee, once Ms Blaikie weighs in on whether she will participate in the negotiations as a result of winning a position in the Detroit Symphony. President Troia spoke about issues that arose during the last negotiations, primarily having to do with communication problems internal to the committee. The union has the responsibility to see that fundamental guidelines are followed. The president also expressed his concern that negotiations wouldn’t start for another 3 months. After discussion, the board suggested that Mr Den-niston and VP Douglas Cornelsen take part in the negotiations strictly as non-voting observers.

The board discussed some of the Recommendations and Resolutions to be considered by Delegates at the upcoming 100th AFM Convention in Las Vegas. President Troia spoke about two Resolutions that deal with online and electronic balloting, one of which he reminded the board that Local 5 had signed on to. Election services that have been researched by Local 5 are less expensive than those recommended by the AFM. If one or both of the resolutions pass, Mr Denniston mentioned the need to clarify whether use of the recommended services will be mandated or if they will be guidelines only. Another resolution discussed by the board deals with traveling engagements, who may play on them and which lo-cals’ scales apply. Discussion touched on the situations in which musicians might be put in a position to compete with less expensive, non-union groups.

The president handed out a beautiful thank you letter from Member John Santini, which reads as follows:

“Dear DFM President Troia,“Recently I received in the mail a beautifully framed Certificate as Sev-enty Year Member of DFM-AFM Local 5, and the Program of the Mem-ber Celebration held on May 9.

“This is to thank you, the officers, the executive board of directors and the membership of Local 5 for the honor of this recognition.

“Music is the amazing gift from our Creator to us humans. I am grate-ful to God that my years have been enriched by the sound of music and the companionship of musicians.

“Thanks to all at the DFM for your continuing efforts to advance the cause of music and musicians.“Sincerely,John SantiniP.S. Keynote is better than ever!”

Sec/Treas Ayoub passed around an auction form from AVANTI Sum-mer MusicFest, as requested by our members presenting AVANTI, in case board members would like to contribute items for auction.

1:11 pm On motion by Mr Denniston, seconded by Mr Lymperis, to adjourn the meeting, it was adjourned.


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UAW International President Dennis Williams was the featured speaker at the Monday, June 6, UAW In-ternational Chaplaincy Conference at the Walter and May Reuther Family Educational Center in Onaway, Michigan (aka Black Lake). On hand were retired UAW Chaplain Willie Anderson, Local 5’s building mainte-nance manager, and his wife, Frankie Anderson.

Rev. Anderson is chaplain for the Retirees of UAW Local 160 as well as the International Representative for the Retired Chaplains of the International Chaplain-cy Committee. In addition, he sits on the Board of the Retirees at Local 160 and has been appointed Delegate for Local 160 of the Region 1 Retirees and representa-tive for Local 160 of the Region 1 (Political Awareness Group). Since 2002 he has also mentored retired chap-lains at Black Lake.

Frankie L. Stewart-Anderson is chaplain for the retir-ees of UAW Local 412 and a trustee on the Retirees Ex-ecutive Board as well as the chairperson for the Chap-laincy Committee. She taught active chaplains from 1999 to 2001 and, working with her husband, has also mentored retired chaplains members from 2002 to 2014.

Left to right: Mrs Frankie Anderson and Rev Willie An-derson, Local 5’s union activist and building management team; UAW International President Dennis Williams; Pas-tor Will Price from Kokomo, IN; Pastor Paul Nichols from Tulsa, OK, at Black Lake for the annual UAW International Chaplaincy Conference .


Thaddeus Jones passed away on February 29, 2016 at the age of 65. He was born on September 9, 1950 in Detroit and affiliated with Local 5 in 1985. A 2-year member, he played the trombone. Thad was the nephew of jazz greats Thad Jones, Elvin Jones and Hank Jones. Raymond Makowski passed away peacefully after a 25-year battle with Parkinson’s disease, with family by his side, on May 25, 2016 at the age of 85. He was born on De-cember 21, 1930 in Toledo, Ohio and affiliated with Lo-cal 5 in 1954. He always joked about the day being the shortest of the year and that contributing to his height. A 61-year member, Ray’s passion for music was part of his life from the moment it began. He was a teacher for a number of years for Toledo Public Schools and Detroit Public Schools. He served in the National Guard and was a member of their band. Ray was among the finest percus-sionists in the world during his tenures with the Toledo Symphony, St. Louis Symphony and 35 years with the De-troit Symphony Orchestra. He was a very giving and lov-ing parent and grandparent. He was committed to giving back to his community and was Michigan’s biggest Ralph Nader supporter. John Popp died on May 9, 2016 at the age of 83. He was born on June 14, 1932 and affiliated with Local 5 in 1949. A 67-year member, he played the drums.Gerald Robotka passed away on April 22, 2016 at the age of 76. He was born on May 25, 1939 in Racine, WI and af-filiated with Local 5 in 1964. A 51-year member, he played the accordion. Jerry was inducted into the Michigan Polka

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