North Carolina Bandmasters
Association
General Meeting
2006 All-State Honors Band
Clinic
Saturday, April 22, 2006
President
David Albert called the General Meeting of the North Carolina Bandmasters
Association to order at 2:00 pm.
The
minutes were approved as posted on the NCBA Website.
PLEASE
NOTE: GENERAL
MEETING MINUTES WILL NOW ONLY BE POSTED ON THE NCBA WEBSITE. HARD COPIES OF THE
MINUTES WILL NO LONGER BE PROVIDED AT THE GENERAL MEETINGS.
The
TreasurersÕ report was approved as presented.
1) All-State
Honors Band Clinic
a)
Clinician
Coordinator Report – Ed Rooker
1)
Clinicians
have worked hard.
2)
Directors
will be pleased with results.
3)
Clinicians
have good repour with the students.
4)
Ed
will be stepping down as Clinician Coodinator.
b)
Concert
Festival/Sight-reading – Ed Rooker
Ed gave general comments from across the state about
Concert Band Festival Sight-reading.
c)
Clinic
Chairman Reports – John Lowe, James Daugherty and Jill Bennett
1)
Thanks
for getting things in on time.
2)
Send
suggestions to improve the experience for the students/directors.
3)
Please
make sure students are on time for rehearsals.
d)
Dates
and Locations:
1)
Auditions:
March 3, 2007
at East Davidson High and Brown Middle School.
2)
All-State
Honors Band Clinic:
2007: April 27-29 at University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
2008: April 18-20 at the Stevens Center on the campus of NC School of the
Arts in Winston-Salem.
e)
Clinicians
for 2007
MS: Bryan Doyle, 9/10: Nola Jones, 11/12: Jerry Junkin
f)
Audition
Procedures Committee – Perry Ditch
1)
The
committee will continue its work.
2)
Email
Perry with concerns so the committee can work on the issue.
2) Concert
Band Festival
Thanks to Arris Golden, Mary May and Robert Hunter for
organizing the New Music Clinic. Thanks for those who came out to play on
Friday and Saturday morning.
3) Constitution
and Bylaws
a)
District
Lines:
The following was approved by the
membership of the North Carolina Bandmasters Association:
* Section
1. Bands will
adhere to the current district map posted on the NCBA Webpage.
* Section
2. Bands are to
participate within their assigned district.
* Section
3. Requests for
district reassignments must be submitted to the NCBA Board in writing prior to
the spring meeting.
District
Membership by counties includes all school systems in those counties unless
stated otherwise.
Western
District: Cherokee
County, Clay County, Graham County, Macon County, Swain County, Jackson County,
Transylvania County, Haywood County, Henderson County, Buncombe County, Madison
County, Yancey County, Polk County, Rutherford County.
Northwest
District: McDowell
County, Mitchell County, Burke County, Avery County, Watauga County, Caldwell
County, Ashe County, Alleghany County, Wilkes County, Alexander County, Catawba
County: Newton-Conover City Schools, St. Stephens High School, Maiden High
School, Bandys High School, H.M. Arndt Middle School, Tuttle Middle School,
Riverbend Middle School, Mill Creek Middle School, Jacobs Fork Middle School, Iredell County, Yadkin County,
Surry County, Davie County, Stokes County, Forsyth County and Davidson County.
South
Central District:
Cleveland County, Gaston County, Lincoln County, Catawba County: Fred T.
Foard High, Bunker Hill High and Hickory City Schools, Iredell County: Mooresville
City Schools,
Mecklenburg County, Rowan County, Cabarrus County, Stanly County and Union
County.
Central
District:
Rockingham County, Guilford County, Randolph County, Caswell County, Alamance
County, Chatham County, Person County, Orange County, Durham County, Wake
County, Granville County, Vance County, Franklin County and Warren County.
Southeastern
District: Anson
County, Montgomery County, Richmond County, Moore County, Lee County, Harnett
County, Hoke County, Scotland County, Robeson County, Cumberland County,
Johnston County, Sampson County, Bladen County, Columbus County, Brunswick
County, and Duplin County, New Hanover County: Cape Fear Academy.
Eastern
District: New
Hanover County, Pender County, Onslow County, Carteret County, Jones County, Craven
County, Pamlico County, Lenoir County, Wayne County, Greene County, Wilson
County, Pitt County, Beaufort County, Hyde County, Dare County, Tyrrell County,
Washington County, Martin County, Edgecombe County, Nash County, Halifax
County, Bertie County, Chowan County, Perquimans County, Pasquotank County,
Camden County, Currituck County, Gates County, Hertford County and Northampton
County.
b)
Concert
Band Festival
The NCBA Board approved the changing of the wording of the
festival rules so bands that play for comments only will not receive a rating
for sight-reading.
4) Jazz
Band –
Jerry Lowe
a)
Gave
comments concerning remaining events and events that occurred earlier in the
school year.
b)
Bylaws
for the Jazz Section will be presented at the next NCMEA Board meeting.
c)
Clinicians
announced for the 2006 All-State Jazz Band Clinic in November.
d)
Send
in applications and recordings for convention.
e)
June
17, 2006 is the next Jazz meeting at UNC-G.
5) Marching
Band Committee
– Mark Beamish
a)
Keep
checking website for updated information.
b)
Revised
the sheets due to feedback.
c)
Creating
an adjudication manual for marching band judges.
d)
Will
work with the NCBA website so directors can send feedback online after each
contest.
e)
There
will be 2 training sessions this summer. Information will be on the NCBA
website. Must register to attend. These sessions will be for free.
f)
New
section/area to pay attention to will be penalties.
g)
May 1
is the deadline to apply to be a NCBA sanction event.
h)
August
1 will be the deadline to send in NCBA sanctioned judges list from each
contest.
6) Website – Bill Pendergrass
a)
Thanks
to: Tom Moncrief for work on the Jazz Page, Ron Payne for work on the Marching
Band Page and Eric Grush for posting Honor Band scores.
b)
Will
keep working to add to the website.
c)
Honor
Band scales are now posted. Please look over to proof. You will need a password
to access the PDF files. This only reminds us that the scales currently posted
that the scales are not ÒofficialÓ. When the password is no longer need, then
the scales are official. ÒNCBA
SCALESÓ is the
user name and password.
7) Hall
of Fame
a)
Nomination
forms available.
b)
There
was an omission. Hall of Fame criteria states that a person will be retired
from teaching to be nominated.
1) Adjudication
Guidelines Handbook – Neil Underwood
a)
A
committee will be formed to create guidelines.
b)
The
District Chairman will appoint a person from your district to serve on the
committee.
2) Nominations
for Clinicians for 2008
a)
There
was a suggestion that a list be created of those who have been nominated and
who have conducted each All-State Honors Band. The list will be researched in
the minutes and provided.
b)
The
names will be contacted in the following order for each band in 2008:
MS: Stan
Michalski, Erin
Cole, JD Anderson, Cheryl Floyd and Andre Feagin.
9/10: Ron
Payne, Linda
Moorehouse, Al Corley, Elva Lance and Gary Sousa.
11/12: Sam Hazo, Mallory Thompson, Richard Clary, Linda Moorehouse,
Stephen Pratt and Garwood Whaley.
3) Comments
from John Locke
a)
Thanks
and Welcome to UNC-G.
b)
Introduced
the new Associate Director of Bands.
c)
General
comments about the 11/12 Clinic Band. A pleasure.
4) Things
to Consider
a)
Two
day Honors Band Clinic.
b)
When
hosting a marching band contest: Standardized fee for a contest when paying a
judge.
c)
Clinic
Coordinator: Use the past President?
d)
Neil
Underwood – Will need two people to be on the ballot to run for
President-Elect and Secretary.
e)
Concerns
about NCMEA Conference:
1) Performance
venue
2) Clinics
3) Having
our own NCBA Conference
f)
Treasurer
concerns:
1) We
have had a few bounced checks for All-State Honors Band.
2) Consider
changing whom we take checks from. Perhaps have a section on the registration
form for the audition and clinic chairs to write down name, check amount and
check number to help follow up when this happens.
5) Things
to Celebrate
a)
Ron
Payne (from Charlotte) will be retiring at the end of the school year.
b)
Many
Directors in the state had children to be born or adopted this past school
year!
The
meeting adjourned at 3:49 pm.
Respectfully
submitted,
___________________________________________
Richard
Holmes, Recording Secretary