From Elem/Gen... Sara Womack, President, Elementary/General Division
AMEA has many exciting opportunities for learning throughout
the year. First, the fall workshop with Festival clinician Susan Ramsay will be held on October 11. Please look over the attached information and send in your registration form as soon as possible. On October 10, the third Elementary Music Festival will be held at the Wright Center of Samford University with Susan Ramsay.
The Festival will have
approximately 300 participants. The AMEA In-Service from January 22-24 will offer wonderful clinicians. Joyce Cauthen will share folksongs of Alabama, as well as the history of gathering traditional songs. Keynote speaker Tim Lautzenheiser will share secrets of program advocacy and Beth Davis will give us tips to obtain National Board Certification. Jim Solomon will guide our experiences in drumming and recorders, while Ian Loeppky and Patricia Corbin
From CMENC... Robert Pendergraft, President, Collegiate MENC
I am very excited to update you on the upcoming AMEA Conference January
22-24.
This year, CMENC members will see many things stay the same as in years past, but also some changes to better accommodate our membership. Both Thursday and Friday lunches will be provided for registered CMENC members, and we are very excited to have the keynote speaker for the conference, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
doing a session just for collegiate music education students. The board made strides to present a balanced session schedule that we can all be excited about. Due to the change of us now providing lunch on Thursday, it is even more important for you to pre-register at
www.alabamamea.org so that we can have a realistic expectation of numbers. I also am excited about the prospect of by-law revisions that the board has been working on which would more accurately reflect the way the
organization is structured and runs. As the school year continues, please keep me updated about your chapter’s accomplishments and involvement in activities not only at your university, but also in the community and schools. I would like to compile these to share with each other at the conference and for publication in the next Ala Breve. I hope to see each of you in January and am excited to hear updates about your successes in the near future.
will share various choral techniques and methods. Paine Intermediate School Recorder Karate All-Stars from Trussville will give a musical performance. Our division has a few vacancies in the Board of Directors. Kelly Jo Hollingsworth is now a division chair, so we are in need of a hospitality chair. Rexann Herrick is now a technology specialist, so we are in need of a division chair. Please let me know if you are interested.
AMEA LEGISLATION
to be brought up for a vote to amend the by-laws at the 2009 AMEA Conference.
The proposal reads “AMEA officers shall be elected by ballots on each even numbered year to take office on June 1 of that year and to serve until May 31 of the next election year.”
Rationale:
This proposal changes the term of office for AMEA officers from July 1 - June 30 to June 1 - May 31, placing new officers in their positions for the June Board meeting.
10 October 2008
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