AND THE REST IS HISTORY...
MMEA History Comes Alive at Conference Marvin Manring, MMEA Historian
The MMEA Archive Room at this year’s 76th Annual Clinic and Workshop enjoyed many visitors during Thursday and Friday’s conference schedule. Please let your MMEA officers know if you would like to see this display again at the 77th next January.
Special displays at the Archive Room included a collage of Dr. Tom Trimborn’s “Band Pioneers” artwork, which complemented Herb Duncan’s marvelous collection of photos and information related to his “History of Bands in Missouri” book. Pam Smith Kelly contributed a display of Claude T. Smith photos and MMEA memorabilia for viewing. Along with photos, brief histories by decade, and many magazines and documents, the room offered browsers a great variety.
Congratulations to MMEA Service Award recipients Sally Kirchhoff (30 years) and Jonathan Owen (25
years) who were recognized at this year’s presentation on the Second General Session. MMEA offers this recognition each year and we invite members to fill out the form on the “Awards” link at the website.
From the MSM, ten years ago (2004): “All for Music for All” was the theme of the 66th annual conference and clinic at Tan-Tar-A Resort. From the President’s Concert performance by vocal ensemble Cantus to outstanding All-State performances, the conference was deemed a successful professional development experience. President Jeff Sandquist’s column included positive feedback in all areas, based on the response forms from conference attendees. Nancy Seward was the 33rd honoree in the MMEA Hall of Fame.
Twenty-five years ago (1989): The 51st Conference (“Arts in Education: A Cooperative Effort”) featured
clinics by band composer Frank Erickson and choral composer Walter C. Ehret, and several governmental relations/advocacy sessions “to build a stronger alliance among the various arts educators, advocates and consumers.” Harold L. Lickey, longtime Marshall music educator, was the eighth person inducted into the MMEA Hall of Fame.
Fifty years ago (1964): Over 500 members attended the annual conference, which celebrated 28 years of service to music education, at the Hotel Continental in Kansas City.
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I would like to end this article by saying you will be in good hands for the next two years with Carol McDowell as your general music vice president. Carol and I have known each other several years. She has extensive experience as both a university methods teacher and as an elementary music teacher. She will do a fabulous job. I would like to encourage any of you who have a general music ensemble (involving instruments that your students play; drum ensembles, Orff ensembles, ukulele groups, steel drum….handbells, grades K-12), to submit recordings to Carol. More information will be coming out on that later. Keep your eyes on the website for submission forms.
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PUT CLAUDE IN THE HALL update: Selections for the 2014 class of honorees for the Hall of Famous Missourians were announced in November. As reported in the conference issue, the popular vote and House Speaker’s supplementary selections did not include Claude T. Smith. The process will begin all over again this coming August with online nominations, and a voting process to select two of the top ten nominees will be held online during September and August.
Claude is already a member of the MMEA Hall of Fame (1992), so our task is to alert and educate our colleagues, communities, and the larger community of music educators. Anyone around the globe can weigh in on nominations and vote. Please encourage them to do so when August rolls around!
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