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November 5, 2003
The GMBB, Inc. is an educational nonprofit corporation of the State of Vermont. The purpose of the Corporation is to benefit the public by organizing concerts by the Green Mountain Brass Band. The purposes of the concerts are to educate and entertain the public and bandsmen, and to revive and promote the Concert Band tradition and culture.
The GMBB evolved from the Vermont Catamount Brass Band. The Band formed around the nucleus of the Catamount Brass Quintet. The VCBB held its first concert in 1999. Since then, the Band has held 6 concerts in Central Vermont. The concerts were attended by 100 to 300 people and well received. One concert was broadcasted on the radio.
The survival of the Band shows the demand for its public service and the potential for it to continue. The Band has been able to cover its costs by carefully controlling them and offsetting them with service and admission fees. The Band has been able to compensate the Bandsmen for a small part of their expenses.
Whereas the Band is not a profitable venture, the Band is pursuing incorporation as a nonprofit organization. Whereas the Band benefits society as an artistic, cultural and educational organization, the Band is pursuing incorporation as an educational charity.
The mission of the Corporation is to benefit the public by organizing concerts by the Green Mountain Brass Band. The concerts educate and entertain the public and bandsmen.
The Band benefits our society as an artistic and cultural organization. It revives and promotes the Concert Band tradition and culture of the Brass Band among adult musicians. It provides Bandsmen with an opportunity to perform and have fun, and learn the repetoire and improve their musical skills. It provides the Public with an opportunity to gather, be entertained, and learn about an important part of our cultural past.
The Manager has done planning so far in consultation with musicians who play in the Band.
The goals of the Band are organized into three realms based on the concept of the threefold social order. These three realms reflect the threefold nature of living beings and societies. The three realms are Cultural, Economic, and Political. The Cultural goals are the central artistic and educational mission of the Band. The Economic goals enable the Band to fulfill its cultural goals by meeting its financial needs. The Political goals enable the Band to fulfill its cultural goals by meeting its internal interpersonal needs.