Band Directors Act Now! THE DAYBREAK DISPATCH believes that courageous and entrepreneurial Band Directors like you must be fortified to succeed. The Conn Selmer Institute (CSI) is a truly worthy annual professional development opportunity, and we are going to offer a knowledge-applied-based scholarship to pay for the enrollment fee ($399.00 value) for a Band Director in our NE Ohio region.

Below is the information directly from the CSI website. After reading this, if you desire to apply for our scholarship, please complete the form below on or before 2:30 PM ET, 30th April 2023.

If you have any questions about this please contact Rich Obertots, Director of Musical Discovery for THE DAYBREAK DISPATCH rich@thedaybreakdispatch.com

or call direct 330.623.5910.

Conn Selmer Institute

June 11-14, 2023

“Conn Selmer Institute (CSI) is a three-and-a-half day professional development conference for college students, directors, and music program leaders. Our world-class faculty leads a curriculum with specialized tracks focusing on college students, new music educators, middle school directors, high school directors including marching arts, and music administrators. We love the traditions and personal connections made in-person at Bethel University and are thrilled with the success of the virtual option to attend as well – the best of both worlds!”

Here is the direct link to learn more about CSI 2023

https://www.conn-selmer.com/en-us/education/events/conn-selmer-institute

Our Professional Development Musical Adventures:

THE DAYBREAK DISPATCH FILM CREW at 2023 OMEA PDC with Band Directors / Music Makers Doug Olenik & Joe Yaksich…more musical motion content & images to come soon…

WOW! What an astonishing four days! Thanks especially to all those that visited us at BOOTH # 314 at OMEA 2023

Super Special Thanks to the many courageous and entrepreneurial Music Makers / Band Directors that provided on-camera interviews! So much compelling, practical and inspiring content was communicated. We are now going through this. As we have said – this content will be organized and categorized for us to release throughout 2023.

WHAT I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN MY FIRST YEAR EPISODE I

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WE ARE HERE TO DISCOVER YOUR MUSICAL ADVENTURES: Shout Out to Us!

Share some details about your school band musical adventure, why you are proud and excited about it, and why we’d be crazy-out-of-our-musical-minds to not chronicle and broadcast your story.  

PLEASE UNDERSTAND – We know that everything you do is to benefit your students, and not to call attention to yourself, but your vision and successes through the year can help your fellow directors to succeed also. Please share items of interest that you believe ASTONISH (Fill with wonder and amazement!)

The musical adventures we chronicle will also be specifically communicated to your Administration, Board of Education, local media outlets, and more. We will make sure that you and your vital work are noticed for the right reasons.

Complete the form and provide us with your contact information so that we can be in touch.

When you complete this, you qualify to win one of Lesley Moffat’s best-selling books! “I LOVE MY JOB BUT IT’S KILLING ME” & “LOVE THE JOB LOSE THE STRESS”

The Daybreak Music Band Director Tune In & Tune Up Scholarship Progress

Updates here on the mentoring progress that Lesley Moffat is making with the recipients of our scholarship, Justin Dye and Jeremy McClaine to help them tune up their mind-sets and skill sets so that we amplify their ability to succeed.

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT INTERVIEWS at BOOTH 314

At Booth #314, we filmed interviews with invited courageous & entrepreneurial Band Directors, individuals and organizations exhibiting at this event that are conducting musical adventures worthy of being chronicled and shared.

SHORT-FORMAT MOTION SEGMENTS TO FOLLOW THROUGHOUT 2023

[IMAGE of Cinematic Equipment & THE DAYBREAK DISPATCH Crew Soon to Come Here – Excited to See? Us too!]

Post OMEA PDC, we are editing short-format motion segments of what we chronicled during the event. We are so enthused about broadcasting these stories of worthy musical adventures to help Ohioans and our nation to better understand and appreciate the vital work that our Band Directors are doing!

Lakeview Middle School Wind Ensemble to Perform, Thursday, 2nd February 2023, 3:30 – 4:30 PM CC A111-115

UPDATE: WHAT A PERFORMANCE PUT FORTH BY THE 8TH GRADE BAND! Tyler Husosky characterized it perfectly, “They peaked at the right time!”

We chronicled the arrival, on-site post-performance interviews and the triumphant departure. Early March 2023 we will complete “Post Victory” interviews with both Band Directors and three students. Then – we’re off to “post” to complete the editing of this musical adventure.

We Are Chronicling This Important Musical Adventure before, during and after OMEA PDC 2023. Our filming is in progress with Tyler Husosky, Assistant Band Director and Nathan Sensabaugh, Band Director as they ready their students for what will surely be an encounter they will treasure for a lifetime.

[Pre-Event Motion Content Posted Here]

We are capturing motion and still content of interviews with Tyler, Nate and three student musicians and filming rehearsals, portions of their “Send Off to OMEA” performance, 26th January 2023 then chronicling many segments ensuing as their venture to the Columbus Convention Center unfolds.

After their performance and return to Cortland, Ohio – we will continue to chronicle Tyler’s, Nate’s and the selected student’s impressions about this profound musical, personal and group encounter.

Tyler and Nate represent courageousness, entrepreneurship in action and innovation in School Band Directing. They exemplify leadership and grit that is essential and powerful to positively impact music-making students and our society. This worthy musical adventure must be chronicled and shared.

To this result, THE DAYBREAK DISPATCH of Daybreak Music is fully devoted.

Do You Realize

How You Look in Their Eyes

Original Song Tribute for Band Directors

[Film shot from POV of Students, Parents, Community Members Interacting with and Admiring Band Directors]

CHORUS / INTRO

Do you realize, how you look in their eyes

Do you really know how they feel when you show up

To strike up the Band

Verse I

You say it’s all in a day’s work – you’re no hero

You brush it off, “It’s the job I do.”

But deep inside’s so much pride and we know

We’re so lucky to have you

Do you realize, how you look in their eyes

Do you really know how they feel when you show up

To strike up the Band

Verse II

Desperate lives: desperate times, look for leaders

To make sense of it all

You bring hope, you help cope with defeaters

Oh yes you heed the call

Do you realize, how you look in their eyes

Do you really know how they feel when you show up

Do you understand

BRIDGE

Now, when you’re alone

Think on how much all your students have grown

You, you’ve guided their way

Now there is nothing that ever can take that joy away

SOLO

CHORUS / OUTRO

Do you realize, how you look in their eyes

Do you really know how they feel when you show up

To strike up the Band

Do you realize, how you look in their eyes

Do you really know how they feel when you show up

Do you understand

Do you realize HOW YOU LOOK IN THEIR EYES

Lyrics & Music | Richard M. Obertots, © Obertunes, BMI all rights reserved

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