North Carolina Bandmasters Association

General Meeting

2003 Honors Band Weekend

Saturday, April 26, 2003

 

The general meeting of the North Carolina Bandmasters Association was called to order by President Neil Underwood at 2:00 PM

 

The minutes and treasurerŐs report were read and approved.

 

Old Business

 

1)         Thank you to Dr. Locke and UNCG.

2)         Comments by Dr. Locke concerning the availability of Aycock Auditorium.

            (Dates for 2004: April 23-25)

3)         District Festivals/All-State Honors Band Auditions

a)              No complaints to Neil as of yet.

b)             Round of applause to audition chairs, clinic chairs and Dr. Locke for their hard work.

4)         11-12 Solo List

a)              Motion was made and seconded to approve list. APPROVED

b)             List must be used for three (3) years before a revision may take place.

5)         Honors Band Clinicians

            9/10 Honors Band for 2004 (in order of preference)

Larry Clark, Garwood Whaley, Jim Hile, Marshall Forrester, Steve Peterson, Dr. Pat Rooney, Kevin Bowen, Dr. Thomas Fraschillo, Gary Sousa, Dwayne Wilson and John Townsend.

 

Middle School Honors Band for 2004/2005 (in order of preference)

Dawn Day Smith, Bryan Doyle, Jeff King, John OŐReilly, Donna Tucker, Pat Rooney, Dave Zerull, Kevin Bowen

6)         Dates for NC All-State Honors Band Events 2004

            Auditions – March 6, 2004

            Clinic registration – March 23, 2004

            Honors Band Clinic Weekend – April 23 – 25, 2004

7)         NCBA Hall of Fame

            a)         Three nominations. Send nominations to Neil first and then Neil will send to Ed Rooker.

            b)         Nominations will be announced at the Fall Conference.

8)         Jazz Committee Report – Ted Neely

a)              Presented changes in proposal from the fall.

b)             Questions were asked.

c)              Thanks given to Ted and the committee for their hard work.

9)         Concert Festival/New Music Clinic Report

a)              Comments on last years list were made.

b)             Show up for the New Music Clinic – poor turn out as compared to previous years.

 

New Business

 

1)         Auditions Committee

a)              David Albert will be the chair.

b)             Committee will research procedures/format.

c)              Members of the committee will be Honors Band Audition and Clinic Chairs.

d)             Forward your concerns to your district representative.

2)         Honors Band Instrumentation

            Motion: The Board recommends the following instrumentation changes:

Flute: 10 from 8, Clarinet: 20 from 16, Tenor Sax: 2 from 1, Trombone:  9 from 8, Tuba: 6 from 4, Mallet: 2 from 1. Oboe: discretion to the clinic chair for three oboes (1 being an English horn).

 

Jim Lewis offered comments concerning this proposal. This is the first reading. Proposal will be voted on at the 2003 Fall Conference.

3)         Marching Band Committee

            Item moved until the end of the meeting.

4)         NCBA Website – Bill Pendergrass

a)              Bill gave info on the website proposal.

b)             Motion/Second to give permission to begin process and authorize the money needed. APPROVED

5)         Sight-reading Committee

a)              Richard Holmes will serve as chair.

b)             See your district chair if interested in serving.

c)              District chair will submit the name of the district representative to the committee.

d)             Submit name by July 1, 2003.

6)         Concerns

a)              No Child Left Behind

b)             No Subject Left Behind

c)              Required PE for 30 minutes a day. (Health Active Children Policy)

7)         Announcements

a)              NC Arts Education Day in Raleigh on May 7 – 8, 2003

b)             NCMEA Conference: November 9-11, 2003. Tuesday will go until 5PM

15 bands applied and the scheduled clinicians announced.

 

The meeting was paused at 3:45PM so middle school directors could leave, if they desired, before the Marching Band Committee gave their report.

 

8)         Marching Band Committee – Chris Ulery

a)              Neil gave opening comments. (Info for trial run of sheets, procedures, etc)

b)             The mission statement created by the committee passed its first reading and will be voted on this fall.

c)              To use the new sheets, contest sponsors need to make request to Chris.

d)             Sheets will be carbon copy so the bottom copy can go back to the committee.

e)              A questionnaire will be provided to judges and band directors for feedback to the committee.

f)               Chris presented the Procedures and Adjudication Manual.

g)             Question:

When will we get a chance to discuss this proposal/trial run?

1)              Feedback forms

2)              Copies of the sheets themselves.

3)              Fall 2003 Conference (asked to include a 45 minute session to discuss the trial run this fall)

4)              Be sure to talk to your district representative to express your concerns.

 

Meeting adjourned at 4:45PM

 

 

Respectfully submitted by

 

 

 

 

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Richard Holmes, NCBA Secretary