Tau Beta Sigma is the national honorary band service sorority. It was established in 1946 at Texas Tech University and is now located on over 125 college and university campuses across the country. Thousands of band students have devoted their efforts to strengthen their band and community through group and individual service projects. Tau Beta Sigma operates primarily as a student service and leadership recognition society whose chief aim is to assist the directors in developing the leadership and enthusiasm that they require of the band. Our goals are no t only to provide the band with organized and concentrated service activities, but to give our membership valid and wholesome experiences in organization, leadership, and social contacts. The honorary nature of membership is based on our premise that "it is an honor to be selected to serve" -- the band, its department of music, its sponsoring institution, and the cause of band music in the nation's colleges and universiti es.