Service:

"A Service Project is a Social Event with a Higher Purpose."
-Lynne Harwood

Ongoing Projects

All-Star Band
The sisters and brothers help Butler host an All-Star Band weekend for auditioned high school band members to come to Butler and play a concert after a weekend of master classes, rehearsals, and fun.

Bands of America
The sisters and brothers help host the BOA competition at the RCA Dome each November.

Bassoon Day
The sisters help our sponsor, Dr. Spaniol, with Butler's annual Bassoon Day event. We set up the night before, work the registration table in the morning, and help take down and reset the rooms after the event was over.

Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis is the philanthropy of the joint chapter of Alpha Beta & Epsilon. We are constantly finding projects to raise money for or work directly with cystic fibrosis patients.

Daffodil Days
The sisters won Butler's 2005 Daffodil Days, a campus-wide event raising money for the American Cancer Society by selling daffodils. Tau Beta Sigma won the event by raising more money than any other organization. We also raised additional donations to buy daffodils and bring them to children being treated for cystic fibrosis.

Girl Scouts
Each spring, the sisters run a workshop to help Brownie Scouts and Junior Scouts earn their music merit badges.

Marching Band Clean-Up
The sisters and brothers assign one person to be in charge of each cooler for football games, and they stay after to clean up the stands.

Marching Band Practice Help
The sisters and brothers bring out and set up the yard markers and the drum major podium. We also maintain the various storage rooms for the marching band and report vehicles parked on our practice "field" to BUPD for towing.

Marching Band Uniforms
The sisters fit, distribute, and alter BUMB uniforms before and throughout the football season.

Music and Munchies
During Welcome Week, the sisters and brothers host a lunch on campus for new freshman music majors and the Welcome Week Band plays a short concert for their entertainment.

Relay for Life
The joint chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma participate in Butler's annual Relay for Life event to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer Society.

Wind Ensemble Receptions
The sisters and brothers put on receptions after Wind Ensemble concerts with cookies, crackers, and punch.

Past Projects

A surprise send-off
As a special surprise for the Butler University Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, and Jazz Band, the Epsilon chapter put together goodie bags for their long plane ride to St. Petersburg, Russia.

BUBB Drum Set Replacement
Epsilon and Alpha Beta purchased a number of new peices for the BUBB drum set.

Photo Preservation
Over four hours, the sisters and brothers transfered marching band photos from as early as the 1940s into acid-free sleeves and organized them by subject.

The 2002 BUMB Trip
TBS and KKY helped sponsor the 2002 BUMB trip to Valpo / Chicago when unexpected costs arose.

Painting the Butler Bowl
The sisters and brothers cleaned and painted the stands in the Butler Bowl where the band sits durring football games.

Resetting the BUBB Stands
When given the word, the sisters and brothers will reposition the Basketball Band stands for the basketball progam picture of the band.

Butler Uniform Room Project (BURP)
We were given SPAM money to help refurbish the uniform room in Hinkle by adding a fan for circulation, installing new shelves, and other additions.

Homecoming Alumni Lunch
The sisters, brothers, and alumni provided a lunch for the marching band between the morning practice and Homecoming football game.

Wind Ensemble Pizza and Movie Night
The sisters and brothers, along with Director of Bands John Graulty, provided a pizza and movie night for the members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

Stand Moves
We repositioned the music stands so they wear evenly distributed amongst Robertson Chapel and the various practice rooms in Lilly Hall.

Band Day
During the first home football game, the Butler band invites local high school bands to join us on the field during half time. The sisters and brothers meet their busses and escort them on campus to ensure their day runs smoothly.

Freshman Mentoring
The sisters and brothers are paired up with freshman in the marching band with their major in a mentoring program.