FBA District 15 May 2002

Florida Bandmasters Association

DISTRICT 15

66^th Year, No. 4 Broward County, Florida May 4, 2002

Call to Order and Introductory Remarks

Meeting called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Miles. The Chairman thanked the parents and director at Ramblewood Middle for hosting today’s meeting. Mr. Miles reminded all attending to sign in and pickup the hand-outs at the door.

Roll Call, Introduction of New Directors

Sean Hartmetz	American Heritage	Dayna Cole	Pembroke Pines Charter
Tavares Nottage	Apollo MS	Marline O’Farrill	Perry MS
Stewart Rabin	Attucks MS	Dale Wadman	Pinecrest School
James Martin	Bair MS	Russell Pittman	Pines MS
John Davis	CW Flanagan	Richard Bradford	Piper HS
Jay Dorfman	CW Flanagan	Slave Prudchenko	Piper HS
Rick Miles	CW Flanagan	Farryn Weiss	Plantation HS
Leonard McClain	Coconut Creek	Walter Lotocky	Pompano Beach H.S.
Paul Morton	Driftwood MS	John Nista	Ramblewood MS
Anthony Williams	Falcon Cove MS	Ron Helm	Sawgrass MS
Alan O’Farrill	Hollywood Hills HS	Stan D’mitrenko	Silver Lakes MS
Neil Jenkins	JP Taravella HS	Edgar Rubio	Silver Trail MS
Nikk Pilato	JP Taravella HS	Jackie Parsons	South Broward HS
Lawrence Perdue	Lauderdale Lakes MS	Michael Friedman	South Plantation HS
Jim Hammond	Lyons Creek MS	Israel Charles	Stranahan HS
Heston Curry	McArthur HS	Gary Collier	Sunrise MS
Kim Van Landingham	Olsen MS	Jean Auguste	WC Dandy MS
		Kim Annis	WC Young MS
Kim Miles	Private Instructor	Joe Luechauer	Music Office

Reading of Previous Minutes

Dispensed

Treasurer’s Report

Explained and accepted as read

Announcements, Etc

Thank you to the schools and administration that hosted FBA events this year:

Silver Trail MS – Edgar Rubio for All-State auditions and MS S&E South

Nova HS – Jamie Roth for HS Jazz

Taravella HS – Neil Jenkins and Nikk Pilato for HS S&E, HS Concert and MS Concert

Stranahan – Israel Charles for MS Jazz

Ramblewood MS – John Nista for MS S&E North

Gratitude and thanks to the student volunteers that worked for the past 3 years as FBA volunteers for all events: Cory Chartan, Kira Bokalder, Stephanie Alger, Stephanie Bates, and Melissa McClain. Thank you to Sarah Wiggin from Hollywood Hills for working all events this year.
Get your Festival Entry Disks, get the downloads, and learn how to make your entry disks on floppy to turn in to your chairman. Errors, late and faulty disks caused delays in running the scheduler for S&E. Please follow the procedures, check your work, and be on time.

Unfinished Business

13 adjudicator evaluation forms from 4 different schools have been turned in. We need feedback to help improve the assessment process. There was much discussion concerning the harshness of some MS S&E judges.
Confirm dates and locations for next year’s events.

Motion: Cole/Parsons to hold the Marching Band Performance Assessment on November 2^nd, at Deerfield Beach High School. PASSED.

High School Jazz 2/13 at Flanagan HS, Solo and Ensemble 2/14 & 2/15 no site yet.
Middle School Jazz 2/27at Flanagan HS, Solo and Ensemble 2/28 & 3/1 at Ramblewood-North, Silver Trail-South.

High School Concert 3/19-22 at Taravella HS

Motion: Morton/Cole to hold Middle School Concert Performance Assessment on April 2-5. PASSED. Site will be Taravella High School

The membership discussed the proposed State Festival revision concerning replacing the sight-reading component with a clinic for each band. The membership is in favor of this idea.

Committee Reports

None

New Business

Proposal from other districts were read and discussed. The feeling on each proposal was noted by the chairman to bring to the executive board.

Concerns with sight-reading at Middle School MPA were discussed.
District 15 will not use a percussion judge in Marching Band MPA.
We will continue to use the clinic format for HS and MS Jazz Band MPA
All-State auditions will be held at Silver Trail MS on September 21, 2002

Select Adjudicators for the Following Year

The chairman was presented with 16 names of adjudicators to be called for various events for next year. These adjudicators will be called first and booked if available.

Solicit Letters For Sites For Following Year

See unfinished business. We need a site for HS S&E.

Nominations for Adjudicators List

A letter from member Fred Schmidt nominating Israel Charles to begin the adjudicator process was read. Motion: Schmidt/Rubio to accept. PASSED. Voting by secret ballot was unanimous. Congratulations Mr. Charles.

Suggestions To Any Committees

Sight Reading

Make sure scores are standardized in score order and in the same format as the individual parts.
Music selected should have percussion included and make an effort to include as many percussion instruments as possible so all the students are involved.
Assure consistency in difficulty from box to box within the same level.
Clarify for the performing director and judge exactly what level a band is to sight-read. See handbook.

All-State Selections

Add String Bass audition for the symphonic band. There are string bass players in many bands throughout the state.
Allow scales to be played in 4ths and 5ths as well as chromatic.

Adjudication

More detailed comment sheets for concert band are requested. See FOA sheets.

Proposals to the Executive Board

None

Correspondence

None

Good of the Association

Mr. Jenkins highly recommends the trip to Japan. Go, if you can.
For a list of private teachers, go to jptband.org. For changes e-mail Nikk Pilato.
If you need a color guard instructor, contact Ron Helm.
Thanks again to Ramblewood MS for hosting today’s meeting.
Look for information on the mouthpiece clinic at All-County Music.
Make an effort to attend the FBA summer clinic.
A great deal of thanks to Mr. Rick Miles for his outstanding leadership as chairman of our district, AGAIN.

Next Meeting… Date and Place

Our next meeting will be August 24, 2002 at Pembroke Pines Charter School.

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 11:37 am

Respectfully submitted,

Alan O’Farrill

Secretary, District 15