TMEA Region VI Feb News

Colleagues,

The following email contains important information regarding the TMEA Honor Band process, future 5A/6A All-Region conductors, and two recently formed committees. If you have any questions after reading this email, please let me know. Have a great end of February.

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Honor Band

• https://www.tmea.org/divisions-regions/band/honor-band/rules  
• Entry for the TMEA Honor Band Competition continues to be open on the TMEA website. This is for schools in classes 2C, 3C, 3A, and 5A for a potential performance at the 2020 TMEA convention.
• Each group that enters the selection process must have a TMEA Honor Band Entry Form by submission online and the Application fee of $100 postmarked by March 1. Failure to file and pay the application fee by March 1 renders any organization ineligible to enter the selection process. Just a reminder that all music selections must be recorded and submitted online in digital format.
• Our Region Honor Band Listening will be: Wed, June 5, 2019, at Lee High School Band Hall
• Deadlines
• Recording Upload Deadline: Wednesday, May 29, 2019
• Application Fee: $100.00 postmarked by March 1st
• Entry Fee: $400.00 due by June 5th
• Checks Payable To: TMEA Region 6 Band Division
• Submit Fees to TMEA Region VI Band Division, Steven Dojahn, Region VI Band Chair, 5407 Wimberley St, Odessa, TX  79762

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5A/6A HS All-Region Conductors

• Below is the link to vote for our future 5A/6A Region VI All-Region Band Conductors. Voting is open to all TMEA Band Division members. Please choose up to 3 people for each region band. Voting ends Sunday, February 24, 2019, at 11:59 PM. Please refer to a previous email containing bios of the nominated directors.
• https://goo.gl/forms/WXKUueFf7xnOzOtB2

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Handbook Revision Committee

At the recent TMEA Region Band Meeting, I created a committee to start the process to revise and update our region band handbook. Thank you to those of you who volunteered for the job. If you have any suggestions or ideas for the handbook, please submit your ideas with a rationale to one of the following committee members as soon as possible. Of course, anyone during an official region band meeting may make a motion to update the handbook. The purpose of this committee is to streamline the process so we are not sitting in the Spring region band meeting for hours upon hours. Here are the committee members:

• Jon Kraemer, chair
• Clay Johnson
• Stephanie Dearborn-Ellis
• Jason Brents
• Carissa Hamilton
• Jordan Freeman

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Grant Committee

At the same meeting, I asked for volunteers to be on a brand new committee to look at the possibility of taking advantage of the TMEA Grant money that we can apply for. Thank you for the 3 people who volunteered. This money would be spent on professional development for students and/or directors in our region band division. The committee will be meeting and possibly planning an event by the end of the school year. If you have any suggestions for a wonderful PD opportunity, please email one of the committee members below. Here are the committee members:

• Mayra Garcia, chair
• Morgan Marin
• John Carroll