North Carolina Bandmasters Association

General Meeting

2006 NCMEA Fall Conference

Sunday, November 12, 2006

 

 

President David Albert called the General Meeting of the North Carolina Bandmasters Association to order at 4:02 PM.

 

Hall of Fame nomination forms available at the front table – please complete and return the forms before you leave the meeting.

 

Award of Excellence

 

Each District Chair or designee introduced themselves and their districtÕs recipient:

 

Central District:             Arris Golden, Chairman, presented the award to Patricia H. Quigley.

Eastern District:             Perry Ditch, Chairman, presented the award to Erik Harris.

Northwest District:         W.C. Lanning, Chairman, presented the award to Ricky Harris.

South Central District:    John Mode, Chairman, presented the award to Jim Hill.

Southeastern District:    Becky Falor, Chairman, presented the award to Lance Britt.

Western District:            Chris Ulery, Chairman, presented the award to Michael Robinson.

 

Hall of Fame

 

The following were inducted into the North Carolina Bandmasters AssociationÕs Hall of Fame. Each recipient received a plaque and made a few remarks to the membership:

 

Pat Garren

Jesse Holton

Michael Robinson

 

Hall of Fame Nomination forms was collected.

 

The meeting adjourned at 4:37 PM

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

 

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Richard Holmes, NCBA Secretary

 

North Carolina Bandmasters Association

General Meeting

2006 NCMEA Fall Conference

Monday, November 13, 2006

 

 

President David Albert called the general meeting of the North Carolina Bandmasters Association to order at 3:04 PM.

 

The minutes were approved as presented.

 

PLEASE NOTE: General Meeting Minutes of the North Carolina Bandmasters Association will only posted on the NCBA Website for members to read. Hard copies will not be available at meetings for the membership. Please read the minutes before each general meeting.

 

The TreasurerÕs report was approved as presented.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

1.         Officer Nominations

 

Neil Underwood presented the following slate of officers to the membership:

 

Treasurer:          Deborah Phillips

Secretary:           Perry Ditch

President-Elect:   Richard Holmes

 

There were no nominations from the floor and there was a motion and second to accept the slate of officers by acclamation. APPROVED

 

 

2.         Hall of Fame Nominations

 

            The following were nominated for the NCBA Hall of Fame:

 

            Ed Benson, Scott Calloway, Robert Clark, Clark Edgerton, Levy Gaillard, Camilla Graeber, Homer Hayworth, Edwin

ÒEddieÓ Harrington, Bob Love, Jack Pindell and James Stokes.

 

3.         All-State Honors Band

           

            Auditions:           March 3, 2007 at East Davidson High and Brown Middle School.

            Clinic:                April 27 – 29, 2007 at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Jeff Fuchs will be our site host.

            Clinicians:           Senior High (11/12): Jerry Junkin, High School (9/10): Nola Jones, MS: Bryan Doyle.

            Status of 07 – 08:            Due to renovations at UNC-G, the clinic will be at the NC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem for 2008. The All-State Honors Band Clinic will be back at the University of North Carolina – Greensboro in 2009.

 

4.         All-State Honors Band Audition Report – Perry Ditch

 

            Perry presented the following information:

1)              Criteria for the solos.

2)              Correction for the High School (9/10) Horn scales.

3)              Correction for the High School (9/10) Horn solo.

 

The Proposal will be posted on the state website. The proposal will also be voted on at the 2007 All-State Honors Band Clinic General Meeting.

           

5.         Concert Band Festival

a)              Updated Festival list is on the NCBA Website.

b)              New Music Clinic will occur at UNC – CH. A committee is being formed to develop criteria for music to be added to the festival list.

 

6.         Marching Band Committee – Mark Beamish

a)              Twenty-eight state sanctioned events this past fall.

b)              Stated accomplishments of the committee.

c)               Stated goals for the committee for the coming year.

d)              Stated that to keep improving the system, the committee needs feedback from the membership. Please go to the state website and complete the feedback form for the contests you attended this fall.

 

7.         Website – Bill Pendergrass

a)              A link is now posted to help Eastern Guilford High School Band program.

b)              All-State Honors Band scales is now posted.

c)               Password will still be used until all (if any) errors are removed.

 

4.         Jazz Band – Jerry Lowe

Ed Benson, Camilla Graeber and James Stokes were inducted into the NCBA Hall of Fame for 2007.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

1.         Band Director Retention – Bob Buckner

a)              Would like to form a mentor committee to help young band directors.

b)              If interested to help – contact Bob Buckner by email.

c)               Each district will have a contact person for the committee.

 

2.         Eastern District All-State Honors Band Proposal

Proposal:            All-State Honors Band Clinic would be changed to a Thursday – Friday Clinic with a Saturday afternoon concert.

 

            The proposal will be voted on at the 2007 All-State Honors Band Clinic General Meeting.

 

3.         Home/Private Schools

a)              If there are any concerns, send to the board of directors for discussion.

b)              Home/Private schools must receive a unit of credit through DPI or the governing agency for home/private schools.

c)               May need to change the bylaws to be more specific.

 

4.         Concert Band Festival

            There is a conflict in the bylaws – will work to correct.

 

5.         Arts Coordinator Information

There is a document Arts Education Coordinators Meeting. We need to address the concerns stated in the document and we need to be proactive.

 

 

6.         Things to consider:

a)              James Daugherty: Honors Band Clinic – Send in all info on time!

b)              Phil Riggs: Will carry over nominees from year to the next unless requested not to do so. Complete the online feedback for the marching band committee.

c)               Dave Albert: Complete the convention evaluation to improve our sessions. Encourage folks to apply to perform at convention, especially middle school.

 

7.         Things to Celebrate

Dave Albert:        Thanked the membership for allowing him to serve NCBA and also thanked those who served on the board

with Dave. Thanked Richard Holmes and Phil Riggs for serving as officers.

Ed Rooker:         The Membership extends the highest commendation to President David Albert in the performance of his

duties as President of the North Carolina Bandmasters Association.         Motion/2nd – APPROVED

 

            President David Albert received a plaque for his service.

 

            Dr. John Ross from Appalachian State University was welcomed to his first NCBA meeting and to North Carolina.

 

The meeting adjourned at 4:11 PM

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

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Richard Holmes, NCBA Secretary