Directors Present:

ITEM NO. 1 Meeting called to order by Tim Paul, Chairman at 6:00pm.

ITEM NO. 2 Roll call. District III welcomed Dr. Steve Kelly from FSU and our own FBA Executive Director, Mr. Duane Hendon. Alex Kaminski will mentor Michael Antmann at Swift Creek MS. We also welcomed Nathan White from Sneads HS to our district at Taylor County MS.

ITEM NO. 3 Previous minutes dispensed.

ITEM NO. 4 Treasurer’s Report: Haven’t received money yet, but we will start the year off solvent. We have to find a way to make more money at Marching Assessment so we can lower our assessment.

ITEM NO. 5 Communications: Walters and Champion Photography mailed information regarding Marching Assessment. Walters will take pictures at Concert Assessment for free if we want. Mr. T’s T-shirts wants to set up a both at Marching Assessment free of charge and will donate a portion of sales to the district. Distributed packets and went through all information.

ITEM NO. 6 Unfinished Business: NONE

ITEM NO. 7 Committee Reports: All-District Band Information:

The dates are January 31- February 2 at Godby High School. Clinicians and audition requirements have not been finalized. Audition date and fee will be voted on in new business. Anyone that wants to assist Kelly and Brian, please let them know.

All-District Auditions will be on Saturday, November 17 starting at 9:00am. October 15

All-District Forms Due. The audition fee for All-District Band will be $10 per student.

 

ITEM NO. 8 New Business:

1. Membership Dues & Enrollment Forms – due September 15 earlier if you want uninterrupted FMEA and MENC magazines delivery.

Send to: MENC 1806 Robert Fulton Dr, Reston, Virginia 20191

Amount: Active - $134.00; Includes MENC/FMEA (Required). (See Enrollment Form for others). Check payable to: MENC

FSMA school dues payment (to FSMA by September 15)

2. Classification Forms – due October 15 to District Chairman; Principal and Director signature required.

Senior High – Report grades 9, 10, 11, 12 or 10, 11, 12 as appropriate.

Junior High – Report grades 7, 8, 9 (Unless you plan to not use any 7^th graders in any phase of Festival, then count only 8^th & 9^th grades.

Middle School – Report grades 7^th & 8^th only.

FINE - $50.00 for submitting this form late. (Payable to FBA).

$100.00 on the 8^th calendar day after the deadline. (Payable to FBA).

3. All-State Auditions: September 22 at Leon HS

DEADLINE: Applications forms due to District Chairman by AUGUST 31

(Forms were in August Bulletin and in packets given out at first meeting).

Fee: $10.00 per student

Eligibility: 7^th & 8^th grade band – grades 7 & 8

Senior High Bands – grades 9 & 10 – Concert band

Grades 11 & 12 – Symphonic Band

FINE: $50.00 for submitting this form late. (Payable to FBA)

$100.00 on the 8^th calendar day after the deadline. (Payable to FBA)

4. Small Schools Honor Band and 7^th & 8^th Grade Honor Band Nominations Fee:

$15.00 per school. (Application Forms were in packets from meeting and due by September 26).

5. Marching Band Assessment: Saturday, November 3 at Capital Stadium.

Entry Form due to District Chairman by October 15.

FINE: $50.00 for submitting this form late. (Payable to FBA)

$100.00 on the 8^th calendar day after the deadline. (Payable to FBA)

Motion: To use Walter’s Photography for Marching Assessment. Emerson/Perego – PASSED

Motion: For Director’s not to record own students at All-State Auditions. German/Porter. Amended: For Director’s not to record their own students and have like instrumentation in all rooms. Porter/Emerson – FAILED

Motion: To have like instrumentation in each room for All-State Auditions. German/Porter – PASSED

Motion: Since we already do not announce or post ratings at Concert Assessment, to not announce or post ratings at any Assessment/Festival. This includes Marching, S&E, & Concert. Paul/Kennedy - FAILED

Motion: To have Drum Majors and/or Band Captains on the field to receive ratings at Marching Assessment. German/White - FAILED

Motion: Chaperone passes will be given out for entrance to Marching Assessment. This includes field crew helpers. There will be an allotment of 10% per band, all others will have to pay at the gate. Perego/Lester – PASSED

Chuck Perego will take care of this.

ITEM NO. 9 Other Festival Dates & Sites:

S&E (MS & HS) February 16 at FSU

MS Concert Assessment March 14 at ???

HS Concert Assessment March 14 & 15 at Leon High School

ITEM NO. 10 Adjudicators for our festivals are still in the works. S&E is mostly filled.

ITEM NO. 11 No nominations for the adjudicators list

ITEM NO. 12 Suggestions to Committees:

Music Committee deadline is November 1

Clinics Committee deadline is October 1

ITEM NO. 13 Proposals to the executive board:

Motion: To list the All-State Audition Fee on the application form like it is on the Small Schools and the 7^th & 8^th Honors Band Forms. Rational: Some school bookkeepers and principals need to see the price in writing in order to justify the check. Miller/Dell - PASSED

ITEM NO. 14 Correspondence:

Tom Buchanan and Margaret Pendleton from Beethoven & Company talked about setting up P.O.’s from each school not to exceed the amount your school sets. This way is easier than paying for each item separately. They appreciate our business and mentioned how their website is in-progress and should be able to place orders directly on it within the next few months.

Duane Hendon talked about what took place in the board meetings recently. He told us to read and talk about the classification issue that is out there. Mention the dates for the adjudicator training sessions and there has to be at least one certified adjudicator for all festivals and two for marching.

ITEM NO. 15 Good of the Association:

Thank you to Duane and Dr. Kelly for attending our meeting. Also to Beethoven & Company for providing the food.

There are still job openings across the state if anyone knows of someone still looking, please contact Dr. Kelly.

All-District checks should not be made payable to FBA. The school who is the host should take care of the monies.

ITEM NO. 16 Next meeting is 12 November 2001 at Leon High School -- 6:00pm.

ITEM NO. 17 Adjournment – Perego/Hendon. PASSED at 8:15pm

Respectfully submitted:

Brian P. Dell

FBA District III Secretary