Tiger
Bands

Grrr...

(Departure Devos led by Miss Kelly, prior to our departure for Kansas City in 2005)

(Departure Devotionals prior to our 2002 Grrr...Excursion - SIV)

The Great Egg Transport
(Tiger Band Leadership Event & Barbecue 2001)

"Devos"
Tiger Band's Weekly Spiritual Moments

A hallmark of our Tiger Band Program - are our Weekly Devotionals/Spiritual Moments [AKA "Devos"]. We start each week in this fashion, and it provides a reflective moment and a respite from the normal, hectic pace of Scholar Life. "Devos" were instituted for our Tiger Bands by our first "Spiritual Advisor" Scholar Matthew [Matt Sturtevant] - several years ago. For the next three years, our "Devos" were ably coordinated and led by "Sister Susan" [aka Susan Reed]. For the next two years Devos and our collective spiritual lives and growth were coordinated by the much-beloved "Killer" [aka Emily Hales Bennett] During 2003-2004, our good friend David Taliaferro assumed the mantle of Spiritual Advisor. Starting during the 2004-2005 season, we were downright giddy that Miss Kelly [aka Kelly Kays, G.R.O.E.] became the Spiritual Leader for our Tiger Bands - a role which she filled through the Spring of 2007. Starting this fall Elizabeth Simpson shall become the new Spiritual Advisor for our Tiger Bands - and I know she will do an excellent job in this capacity.

During the course of the year, we look forward in hearing readings and reflections from many of the Band Scholars. It must be remembered that we look at music-making in the strict Baroque sense as defined by Mr. J. S. Bach as a "Gift back to the Giver" - music as a supreme celebration of the great gifts which we all enjoy.