Alabama Bandmasters Association
AMEAWrap-up and Coming Events Rusty Logan, President, ABA
attended the AMEA Conference. As always the confer- ence and clinics just keep getting better.
I would like to thank everyone who If you were
unable to attend, please plan to come next year. I know President-Elect McAfee will have another outstanding clinic planned for the membership to enjoy. I would also like to thank all the performing ensembles for their contri- bution to the conference. It is always impressive to see the quality of programs we have in our state. Please consider applying for your group to perform. If you have questions about applying, just talk with one of the directors of this year's groups. Applications and all requested materials are due to Garry Taylor by June 1, 2007. Finally, I would like to thank those ABA members who presented sessions at this year's conference. We have wonderful members who have a wealth of knowledge that can be presented to our membership. If you have suggestions for future sessions, please get the information to a member of the ABA Board of Directors.
This year's State Concert Band Assessment will be held the week of March 12-16. The Assessment will take place at the following locations: Huntsville High School - March 12, 13 & 14; Gadsden City High School - March 15 & 16; Homewood High School - March 12, 13, & 14; and Troy University - March 15 & 16. The post- mark deadline for entries is Monday, February 19, 2007.
Clinic will be held April 19 - 21 at Auburn University.
The All-State Our conductors
are Cheryl Floyd - Junior High Band; Lloyd Jones - Blue Band; Tom Caneva - White Band; and James Barnes - Red Band. Please read their bios in this issue of the Ala Breve. Also included in this issue is the schedule of events for the clinic. As you can see from the schedule, we have three clinic sessions planned. Carla Gallahan and the Troy University Horn Ensemble, Dr. Ramon Vasques,
Assistant Professor of
Trumpet, from Auburn University and Dr. Frank Buck have all agreed to pres- ent sessions for us.
Solo Festival will be held on Wednesday, April 18.
The All-State If you are in
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town, plan to attend the final competition on Wednesday evening at 7:30 pm.
The ABA Summer Conference will again be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Orange Beach. The dates for the conference are June 27-28, with the ABA Board meeting and Music Selection Committee meeting on June 26. Contact the Hilton Garden Inn at 877-782-9444 to reserve your room. Our group code is ABA. Reservations must be made no later than June 1 to received the conference rate. If you have suggestions for clinics, please get in touch with President-Elect McAfee.
Please look over the All-State schedule and the proposed legislation published in this issue of the Ala Breve. We will discuss the proposal and vote to accept or reject it dur- ing the All-State Clinic. Also published in this edition is a letter from State Superintendent Joseph Morton. The con- tent of his letter is something we need to take seriously. We must take care of what we do or someone else will.
In closing, I would like to thank all the members of the ABA Board of Directors for their time and effort put into our association. Please do not hesitate to contact any of us with your concerns or comments.
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