2010 - 2011 Board of Directors

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	Joan Skowyra president and announcer of the North Port Concert Band. For more than 20 years she and her husband produced and directed community theatre, both in New York and Florida. She has adjudicated solo and small ensembles for the Southwest Florida Thespian Society for the past eight years and is currently serving as secretary for the North Port Performing Arts Association. For more than 10 years the Skowyra's were tour leaders for European travel and covered most of Western Europe. Over the years she served on various boards as president and secretary and retired from her position as office manager and confidential assistant to a NYS Supreme Court Justice when moving to Florida in 1999. She and her husband, Joe, have four daughters and one grandaughter.
	Brenda Moore is the secretary of the NP Concert Band.  Beginning with piano lessons at the age of five, music participation and appreciation  has always been a major enjoyment in her life.  She also began playing trombone at the age of 12 with her high school band.  She had a dual major in music and education at Frostburg state College in Western Maryland.  She married after college, became a career high scvhool teacher and raised two boys.  She recently has begun teaching her three grandchildren piano (actually it is called keyboard these days).  She spent summers at her home in Southern Maryland and winters in Port Charlotte.  While in Maryland, she participates in several musical groups including a "big band swing group" that she helped organize.  While in Florida, she participates in the North Port and Port Charlotte Bands, and with the Sun Soast Wind Ensemble.