HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0711.104 2008-2010Chairman Yoshimoto, Members of the Council, My Fellow Citizens,
My name is Mary Lamar Gaddis I am lucky to have lived and taught in
Hilo for the past 40 years. For five of those years I played in the Hawaii
County Band. As a citizen, a teacher and a music lover, I respectfully ask
your support for continuing the funding of the band for the following
reasons: FIRST OF ALL
• Individual County Band members add their talents to many NON -
BAND performances on the Big Island. Without their excellent skills,
plays, musicals, skits and other local musical functions would suffer
badly. For example, some TWENTY members of the band regularly
bring their talents to
• The University of Hawaii at Hilo ( for its symphony orchestra and its
big -stage musicals)
• Our beloved Palace Theater here in Hilo
• The Kilauea Theater in Volcano, and
• The Aloha Theater on the Kona side
SECONDLY, the musicians of the Hawaii County Band are highly talented
people who share their valuable musical gifts with the teens and children of
the Hilo area.
• Many band members are music teachers in the schools This
means they practice regularly and hard, as paid professionals in
their field. They perform outside the schools on a very regular
basis. Few teachers have this added dimension to enhance the
quality and depth of their teaching.
Testimony before County of Hawaii County Council
March 22, 2010 by Mary Lamar Caddis
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