Alabama Vocal Association President, Paul Edmondson All-State Show Choir Clinician is Jeff Carter from Ball State. Alabama Vocal Association Fall Workshop will be held in Mountain Brook September 8-9, 2006. Middle School All-State will be held at Shades Mountain Lutheran Church.
Alabama Bandmasters Association Vice President, Harry McAfee ABA Summer Conference was held in Orange Beach, AL in June. Approximately 100 directors registered and the confer- ence went well.
Presented to the Governing Board a list of dates/locations for state ABA events. Presented to the Governing Board the 2006-2007 ABA District Chairmen and Executive Board of Directors.
CMENC President, Michelle Cross
Goal is to increase the activity of CMENC membership and involvement. Important to remind the college students that they can be in CMENC and other music organizations. Becky Rodgers suggested having the sponsors of the service organizations speak to their membership and becoming involved in CMENC which is a professional organization.
Alabama Alliance for Arts Education, Melissa Kimbrough The Imaginative Learning Workshop was held in June. Planning a summit for Fall of 2007. Summer Music Institute - A three week session with the National Symphony. Audition information will be available in the Ala Breve and in the AMEAConference Program. Kennedy Center - Creative Ticket - Recognizes productions that include the four disciplines of the arts. Information on this will be available in the Ala Breve and on the AMEAwebsite. The Leadership Institute with Bill Bates, through the Arts Council was very successful. Car tags are available through the Arts Council. Pat Stegall is the new representative on the Alliance Board. Offered assistance for the AMEAConference.
Old Business
Hall of Fame - Discussion and changes were made on the draft of the nomination form. Becky Rodgers (Paul Edmondson) motioned to accept the nomination form and guidelines with the changes. Carried Information on the Hall of Fame will be provided to the membership at the AMEAConference and in the Ala Breve. Future Alabama Music Educators (FAME) Program - Thursday, January 18. Becky Rodgers has already received applications. The program is for high school juniors and seniors. The students must pre-register. First year, second year and veteran teachers are needed from each division to speak to these students. Parents are welcome to attend the program. John Baker encour- aged board member attendance at these meetings. Information will be available on the web and in the Ala Breve. Non-MENC member conference attendance - a discussion occurred to encourage non-members to come to one of the conferences to see the benefits of membership in MENC. Ginger Zingara (Becky Rodgers) motioned to offer non-MENC collegiate col- leagues the opportunity to attend the 2007 AMEAConference. Participants in this promotion must pay the conference regis- tration fee. Carried
Mentoring Program- Troy University has embraced this program and provided opportunities for Ginger Zingara to administer a Pilot Program. The Pilot will take place this year and a report will be provided to the AMEABoard. Proposal for State-Wide Advocacy - moved to next meeting.
New Business
Applications and nominations for the AMEAwere reviewed and voted upon by the Board. Carol Prickett announced that Paul Dees will be working at the University of Alabama with Choral Music Education. On behalf of the University of Alabama, she expressed enthusiasm that the 2007 AMEAConference will be held in Tuscaloosa.
The next meeting of the AMEAGoverning Board will be Wednesday, January 17 at 6:30 pm in the BCC Conference Room. The meeting was adjourned at 12:16 pm by John Baker.
Respectfully submitted, Carla Gallahan, Recording Secretary
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