| Your director is stuck between the desire to keep the program vibrant and interesting (albeit a bit overzealous).... and a presumably drastic cut in funding. You can sell only so many oranges, World's Finest Chocolate... etc. hahah. Now... asking the kids to foot the bill? That's a real stretch. Sounds like he needs to hook up with a local or corporate sponsor of the band. There are tons of ways to do that...provide banners saying "courtesy of...Billy Bob's Auto Megaplex"....whatever....or even to the point of naming the band with the sponsor's name as part of it.
The chips "will" fall where they may, as the above poster suggests (re: people dropping out). It will either domino...with the program eventually imploding...or "someone" will get the picture and redirect the efforts. You can only hope it's the latter.
The best thing for "you" to do..is not lose sight of why you play in the first place. There is more for you after HS, if you want it. Don't let this take your eyes off the prize. Music is a glorious thing....hang in there. This too shall pass. |