Our 25th Annual High School
Concert Band Festival showcased 17 ensembles this year but weather forced us to reschedule one of the festival dates. The performances by these groups are evidence of the many excellent
instrumental
music programs in South Jersey. Our festival coordinators were Mike Armstrong (Deptford HS) and Jon Porco (Absegami HS). The adjudicators were Joshua Roach (The College of New Jersey) and Patricia Cornett
(Temple University). Joe
Higgins (Rowan University) was our host at Rowan University. Mark Kadetsky and Marc Spatz were our host at Fernwood Ave. MS in Egg Harbor Township. Sue Moore (Mansion Ave.
School) and William Trimble (We- nonah ES) did a wonderful job in coordinating our 26th Annual Elementary Honors Band Festi- val, which was hosted by Patrick O’Keefe (Smithville School), Ra- chel DiPilla (Milton H. Allen ES) and Nick Rotindo at Shawnee High School on Saturday, April 28th. Our conductors this year were William Conn (Samuel Yellin School), John Bauman (John Glenn ES), and Erika Zeiters (Lakeside MS). We were still in need of managers at the deadline for this article. The 3rd Annual Elementary
String Festival will take place on Saturday, May 5th at Fernwood Avenue MS. Rhea Fernandes (Eastern Regional HS) will coordinate this event and Jocelyn Moore (Egg Harbor Township Schools) will be our host. Our conductors will be Sara Smith (Frances S. DeMasi MS) and Ian Hoblitzell (Washington Township Schools). We were still in need of managers at the deadline for this article.
MAY 2018
Our Spring Meeting will be held
on Wednesday, May 30th at “Seven Star Diner” beginning at 9:00 am. Please call 609-457-0590 or email Rich Beckman at rbeckman@chclc. org if you are able to attend. Please continue to check the website, main- tained by Derek Rohaly (Mainland Regional High School), for the latest SJBODA updates.
www.sjboda.org
Joseph Jacobs Secretary, SJBODA
wonderful Choir Parent Association. Of course, the festival would not be possible with the hard work, prepa- ration and support of the sponsoring directors from the over forty South Jersey schools that participated in the program. Our organization is looking for-
South JerseySJCDA
Choral Directors Association
sjcda.net
ementary Chorus Festival on March 3, 2018 at the Washington Town- ship Performing Arts Center. Lind- say Jackson of the Shipley School led the 35th Annual Elementary Cho- rus in an excellent concert program accompanied by Bill Yerkes at the piano. In addition, concertgoers en- joyed the sound of Elementary Mix, a barbershop quartet from Quinton Township Schools led by director John Wernega.
T SJCDA would like to thank ev-
eryone who contributed to the suc- cess of this year’s elementary festival: managers Patricia Allen (retired) and Paula Gorman (Woodstown MS); Festival Coordinator, Amy Melson (Mainland HS); box office coordina- tor Kathy Drachowski (Delran HS); and our site host at Washington Township, Joe Zachowski and his
65 &
he South Jersey Choral Directors Association held their annual El-
ward to its annual SJCDA Spring General Membership Meeting & Seminar to be held on Friday, April 27 at the “Crowne Plaza Hotel,” 2349 West Marlton Pike, Cherry Hill, NJ. We will start the morning with a buffet breakfast together as well as a brief membership meeting. Following that, our two scholarship winners will present performances of their winning audition pieces. Fi- nally, we will participate in a semi- nar by Tom Voorhis of Ridgefield High School, discussing the benefits of having a non-auditioned men’s ensemble as part of a school choral program. Philosophies and prac- tical ideas regarding recruitment, engagement and retention will be discussed. SJCDA members are en- couraged to attend this event. Infor- mation is available on our website at
www.sjcda.net. Registration: http://
spring.sjcda.net Kahlil V. Gunther, SJCDA President
gunther.k@woodstown.org
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