Karla Hodges - President, Elementary/General Division
have two performing choirs. Our featured clinicians for the choirs are Dr. Michele Champion from Mississippi but recently moved to Georgia, and Birmingham native, Mr. Ken Berg.
I Here We Go Again…
Another summer break has come and gone and now we look ahead with excitement to begin another great school year. Hopefully you found time to rest, relax, and reflect on this past school year and what you can do to make this year your best year yet. One way to make this year great is to be involved in your professional organizations. We have some wonderful professional development opportunities lined up for you this year and I hope you will make plans to attend them all.
First, is our Elementary Music Festival on Friday, October 3. This year we have almost 450 students participating. Due to the increase in number of schools participating we will, for the first time,
encourage you to attend the evening concert at Samford University Wright Center at 6:30 PM. The following day, October 4, we will hold our AMEA/ AOSA Joint Fall Workshop.
Dr.
Champion and Mr. Berg will be our clinicians for the day.
from 9 AM-3 PM at Gwin Elementary School in Hoover, AL.
Two wonderful conferences are being held in Nashville, TN this fall. October 26-29 is the NAfME National In-Service Conference at the Opryland Resort and Convention Center.
Please join us
We are already making preparations for our 2015 AMEA In-service Conference in Montgomery, AL. The conference will be held January 22-24 at the Montgomery Renaissance Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center.
This year’s
conference has something for everyone! We will have sessions focusing on the child’s singing voice, the elementary chorus, folk music, blending Orff and Kodaly, understanding the new national arts standards, and much more. You will hear more about this conference at our fall workshop. Pre-registration for the conference opens August 1 on the AMEA website,
alabamamea.org. I hope to see you there!
The 2014 AOSA
Professional Development Conference will be held November 5-8 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel and Convention Center. If you’ve never had an opportunity to attend one of these conferences I encourage you to attend one this year. regret it!
I promise you will not
I wish you a wonderful 2014-2015 school year. I hope it is your best year yet and I look forward to hearing about it when I see you at the Fall Workshop on Saturday, October 4!
Until Then, Karla Hodges AMEA Elementary/ General Division, President
AMEA Presidents - Past to Present
1946 Yale H. Ellis 1948 Walter A. Mason 1950 Vernon Skoog 1952 John J. Hoover 1954 Lamar Triplett 1956 Carleton K. Butler 1958 Mort Glosser 1960 Wilbur Hinton 1962 Lacey Powell, Jr. 1964 G. Truman Welch 1966 Jerry Countryman 1968 Floyd C. McClure
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1970 Jerry Bobo 1972 Frances P. Moss 1974 George Hammett 1975 Frances P. Moss 1976 S. J. Allen 1978 W. Frank McArthur, Jr. 1980 Paul Hall 1982 Lacey Powell, Jr. 1984 Johnny Jacobs 1986 Merilyn Jones 1988 Ronald D. Hooten 1990 Ken Williams
1992 Dianne Johnson 1994 James K. Simpson 1996 Johnnie Vinson 1998 Michael Meeks 2000 John McAphee, Jr. 2002 Tony Pike 2004 Becky Rodgers 2006 John Baker 2008 Pat Stegall 2010 Steve McLendon 2012 Sara Womack
August/September 2014
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