News fom Our Affiliate Organizations PIRTLE, from pg. 49
Family and Social Activities MBA’s Mission is “Building Better Bands”. We believe that families play an important role in this mission. Bring your family and enjoy the variety of activities and events designed for families of all ages. Meet the families of colleagues and you will build life-long relationships with families that have so much in common!
• Annual Sunday Golf Tournament • Kids’ Fishing Derby • Morning Social Walk/Run (new 2017) • Spouses’ Luncheon • Babysitting Available • Swimming pools (indoor and outdoor) • Miniature Golf • Indoor Water Park • Poolside Receptions (after evening concerts)
MEALS INCLUDED WITH CONVENTION REGISTRATION Sunday night “Dogs & Burgers” Tuesday night “Ozark Bar-B-Que” Wednesday Brunch Continental breakfast Monday and Tuesday
Golf Cart Transportation at Tan-Tar-A The Resort provides golf cart transportation around the complex for ease of access. This service is readily available and will be expanded to serve our membership
Room Reservations & Registration Fees Room reservations can be made now by calling Tan- Tar-A Resort (573) 348-3131. (Rooms are “run of the resort.”)
Save money with the “Early-Bird” convention registration option that will open March 27. On-line and ground mail registrations will be accepted. After the deadline all registrations can be made on-site at the convention. Visit www.missouribandmasters. org for complete details.
Early-Bird Registration (March 27 through June 5) Active $60 Retired $40
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First Year Teacher $30 Collegiate $20 Hall of Fame WAIVED On-Site Registration Active $80 Retired $60 First Year $50 Collegiate $40 Hall of Fame WAIVED (Active and retired members must be current with their membership. College students and first year teachers may join MBA for free.)
MISSOURI CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION William T. Grega, president
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Since it’s inception, the Missouri Choral Directors Association has been fortunate to have key individuals serve the organization in various capacities, for extended periods of time. Sometimes only the leadership of MCDA is aware of the significant contributions that are made in order to provide our membership with necessary resources. This is certainly true in the case of Thomas Lowery and Nicholas Urvan.
Tom Lowery took on the role of Webmaster in 2000! His willingness over the years to edit, tweak, invent, maintain, and sustain our website has been remarkable. A few years back, he worked tirelessly to completely revamp our website in order to build a resource that not only provides a variety of information for our state’s choral directors, but also serves as one-stop shopping for all things related to the Missouri All-State Choir. In 2014 Tom was awarded the Sandquist Presidential Award of Excellence to recognize his contributions. Our sincere thanks goes to Tom Lowery for his long tenure as MCDA Webmaster. Tom hands off his duties to our new Webmaster, Mike Pierson. Mike started his career as a choral director at Centralia High School and for the last 13 years has led the stellar program at Rockbridge High School. He holds a Bachelor of
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