Phi boota roota

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[edit] Phi Boota roota

National drumline fraternity

The beginning
The first chapter of Phi Boota roota, IPT, was founded in 1971 at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) by Connie Sprinkle and Joe Evans.

In 1981, Scooter Wooten and Roy King institute the second chapter, IAO, at Louisiana State University (LSU). A year later, in 1982, LSU became the home of the national headquarters.

Later in 1982, John Paul Gay (LSU) became the "National Founding Father" by helping establish ten new chapters.


Purpose and Principles

Purpose: "To further the fraternal relationship amongst percussionists; to further the knowledge of the percussive arts and to create a broader perception of percussion throughout the community."

Phi Boota roota is a professional fraternity that attempts to instill a feeling of brotherhood amongst percussionist across the nation.

Phi Boota roota does this by supporting the percussion studio's educational goals, sponsoring clinics, concerts, master classes, and other percussion related functions. Phi Boota roota provides an organization through which individuals may achieve a heightened sense of percussive awareness.



Schools
Southern Mississippi (USM)
Lousiana State (LSU)
South Carolina
Stephen F Austin
Louisiana-Lafayette
Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)
Louisiana Tech
James Madison
Troy
McNeese
Clemson
Southern Indiana
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Kentucky
Miami (FL)
Ole Miss
USC (Southern California)
West Chester State
Southwestern Louisiana
New Mexico
Tennessee


States
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia



Meanings
Phi Boota roota - "Fraternal Order of the Rudiment"
Phi - precision, perfection, and any term relating to excellence
Boota - lost Greek letter meaning percussion
roota - lost Greek letter symbolizing the Unbroken Circle of the Root




Notable Chapters
IPT - founding chapter
- University of Southern Mississippi
IAO - second chapter
- Louisiana State University

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