FBA District 2

Everitt Middle School 2nd Meeting November 5, 2001

ITEM #1 Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Richard Davenport, District Chairman. Richard took this opportunity to thank Robin Downs, band director at Everitt Middle School, and the band booster for the wonderful meal provided for the directors.

ITEM # 2 Roll Call The following members were present:

Allan Williams

Lou Lyda

James Seaboch

Roger Etheredge

Mickey Rowan

Bill Thompson

Eddie Page

Neil Gray

Jarod Leddy

Amanda Leddy

Jamie Standland

Ron Branning

Robin Downs

Sue Nicholson

Jay Juchniewicz

Jamie Birdwell

Jim Colvin

Ron Branning

Rob Lyda

Gary Nichols

Terry Stryker

Richard Davenport

   

 

ITEM #3 Reading of Previous Minutes Minutes of the previous meeting were mailed to the membership and posted on the FBA web site. There were no corrections or additions to the minutes.

ITEM #4 Financial Report A copy of the financial report was attached to the minutes and needed no revision. It was noted that the report didn’t include income from marching festival which will add $3,320.00 to the total.

ITEM #5 Communications There were no communications.

ITEM #6 Unfinished Business

  • Comments on All-State auditions results posted on www.flmusiced.org/fba/index.htm)
  • Comments on Marching Festival (warm up length? 2 areas ok? Suggestions?)

There was little discussion about Marching Festival. Things ran fairly smooth with little conflicts.

Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 2001 FSU, Tallahassee (in conjunction with the Tri-State Band Festival) 

Friday 9:00am through Saturday 6:00pm. 

Jan. 9, 2002 Tampa Bay Convention Center, Tampa  (all day schedule 9am-9pm)

A lengthy discussion was held on the Classification Proposal and members of the district

agreed to go through the proposal item by item and report items of concern to the Distriict Chair

and in turn he will report to the Board.

ITEM #7 Committee Report

None

ITEM #8 New Business

    1. February 8 & 9, District 2 Solo & Ensemble MPA, BCF, Graceville
        • December 14, District Solo & Ensemble Count Form Due to Richard Davenport
        • January 22, Items Due at District Meeting or mailed to chairman:
          • Solo & Ensemble/Concert Festival Entry Disk
          • S&E/Concert/Assessment Forms (printed hard copies from Disk)
          • Assessment (Checks payable to FBA District 2 – rate will be in Dec. FBA Bulletin)
          • Please adhere to all entry deadlines to avoid late fee penalties!
            • $50 after deadline, $100 after the 7th day!
        • Adjudicators secured so far: J. Knight, T. Fitzpatrick, E. Steadman, R. DeLaFuente, E. Hebson, C. Franks, R. Smith, James Smith, W. Whitman

 

        • FESTIVAL program review:
          • Schedule by accompanists, please spell correctly
          • Type in your concert roster first; makes S&E entry easier!

B. District 2 Concert Band Music Performance Assessment

        • North Site: Chipley High School, Chipley, Thursday, March 14
        • South Site: Gulf Coast CC, Panama City March 15 (& 16)

There is a possibility that the dates of at this site will be changed to March

        • Adjudicators contracted so far: E. Hebson
        • Playground Music has offered to print programs.
        • Suggestions for recording engineers?

Neil Gray will contact and report back to The District Chair.

C. Other New Business

ITEM #9 Festival Program Users Guide (see item 8A)

ITEM #10 State Festival Dates & Sites:

April 1-3, State Solo & Ensemble/Jazz/Auxiliary Festival, Bantram Trail HS, Jacksonville

May 3-7, State Band Festival (North), FAMU, Tallahassee

TEM #11 Adjudicators for Festivals

ITEM #12 Nominations for Adjudicators List

None

ITEM #13 Suggestions to Clinic Committees

None

ITEM #14 Proposal to the Executive Board

None

ITEM #15 For the Good of the Association

ITEM #16 Next District Meeting

@ Marianna High School, Dinner at 6:00pm - Meeting at 7:00pm

ITEM #17 Adjournment

 


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