Paul Edmondson, President
Alabama Vocal Association
As the spring sun was shining on the campus of Samford University and a gentle breeze blowing through the trees on a gorgeous spring afternoon who would have ever dreamed that within 24 hours we would have nearly 2000 students packed into designated safe areas…and that our dear friends from south Alabama would be experiencing the most traumatic event imaginable? I am so proud to be associated with you, as members of the Alabama Vocal Association, and with the AVA Board for carrying out the safety plan during All-State, and would like to personally thank Samford University's Dr. Tim Banks and Dr. Joseph Hopkins for not only being gracious hosts but for being the catalysts for the success of our safety plan. Isn't it great when we all put heads, hearts and muscles together for a common good? Let's take the experiences of this past All- State and build upon them for a stronger association.
We have many talented, thoughtful and intelligent mem- bers of AVA and we need to constantly feed on the ideas, concerns and dreams of each other! By the way - our cli- nicians kept on and on concerning the preparation level of the students. They loved being able to start making music during the very first rehearsal. These kudos belong to you for your hard work in teaching these young people. One of the main topics of research and discussion this year will be concerning our State Level Performance Assessments. Many of you submitted some great ideas and comments.
The AVA Governing Board is seriously
considering all concerns in this matter. Brent Coleman, District III Chairman and head of this study committee, has already done a great deal of work in obtaining and dis- aggregating the data that has been submitted by our mem- bership.
Make plans to attend this year's
Fall Workshop to be held at Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Birmingham on September 7 and 8. Sessions will be led by our HS SATB All-State clinician Dr. Kenneth Fulton from LSU and, for something a little different, Dr. Peter Eklund, our All- State Show Choir clinician. Dr. Eklund will be presenting sessions on develop- ing and nurturing a show choir, as well as tips on choosing literature for the show choir. You might want to even bring your dancing shoes! We also will be hearing some outstanding per- forming groups from AVA. Don't miss it!
Keep checking with
alavocal.org. Cathy Shelton is doing a great job with keeping everything up-to-date! Dates, all-state music lists, clinician informa- tion, even the AVA Handbook - it's all there. Please take advantage of this great resource. See you at Fall Workshop!
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