IN MEMORIAM

Dennis Kusy

A promising young career ended on the evening of Friday, November 10th, in a car accident east of Lake Wales. Born December 4, 1975 in West Chester, PA, Dennis Kusy was a very special person who touched many lives in a relatively short period of time. Hundreds of Dennis’ colleagues, fellow teachers, Lake Wales Band Parents and students gathered in the football stadium of Lake Wales High School on Monday evening November 13th, to pay a fitting tribute and give their final respects to an aspiring teacher of music and friend. The memorial service reflected the impact that Dennis Kusy had made on the community of Lakes Wales in less than three short years. The celebration ended with a performance of the Lake Wales Highlander Band performing their festival show, which had earned them a Superior rating at the FBA District 12 Marching Festival the weekend before. In support of the Lake Wales Band, a band member from each of the remaining 12 high schools in Polk County stood at attention in full uniform on the front sideline during their performance.

STATE S&E FESTIVAL, which this year will include solos and ensembles with choirs, jazz bands, and auxiliaries will be held at Spruce Creek High School on April 9,10,11, 2001. ( It was originally scheduled for the 9^th through the 12^th, but will now be only three days.) Auxiliaries will be scheduled only on Tuesday and Wednesday. We realize this falls during Spring Break for some, as it did last year. We need to do some more thinking about this festival, as it also falls on Spruce Creek’s Spring Break and we would not be able to hold it at a high school or university while classes were being held. Information about the festival in the way of entry forms and assessment forms will be mailed near the end of January. You will also be able to access the information on our web page.

MARCHING CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP

The Adjudication Committee is sponsoring a MARCHING CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP to be held on Wednesday, January 10, 2001, at University of South Florida, from 12 Noon to 5:00 PM. If you missed last year in getting certified, here is a great opportunity to get it done. The workshop will cost $25.00 and you will need to pre-register. For more information and to have a form sent to you call or e-mail Dr. Bentley Shellahamer at FSU. Phone is: 850-668-7109 and e-mail is: shella_b@otto.cmr.fsu.edu.

The meeting was convened at 7:30 PM - Thursday, November 30, 2000. Introductory remarks were made by President Neil Jenkins.

Members Present were:

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS ATTENDING: Fred Schmidt - All-State Bands Selection Committee, Karen Crocco - Solo & Ensemble Music Committee, Chuck Fulton - Technology.

GUESTS & VISITORS: James Perry and Bruce Belrose from FSMA, Ivan Wansley from USF

READING OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

Minutes of the July, 2000 Executive Board and General Business meetings were approved as printed and distributed to the membership after the correction to the motion concerning make-up and duties of the Ethics Committee, August bulletin, page 12.

TREASURERS REPORT - : The treasurer's report was accepted as read:

There was no correspondence before the board.

Executive Director James Perry again thanked the membership for their help with the concerns last year with the legislature. He encouraged us to keep the lines of communications open and the contacts (email, fax and personal) ready to go at a moments notice. He reported that 18 of the 20 candidates we supported were elected this Fall. Hopefully this will build bridges and working relationships for the upcoming legislature session. A marching report from FSMA is in the Appendix. Interim audits of District bookkeeping ledgers and materials were conducted throughout the weekend by James Perry and Bruce Belrose from FSMA.

We took a break from normal business for Cathi Leibinger to give the board some tips on running the upcoming S&E Festival.

Following Cathi’s presentation, Mark Nelson gave a session to the board about the Concert Festival/Evaluation Festival. Both presentations were informative and we appreciate the insight and help.

MOTION: Allen/Berry - The Adjudication Committee develop a marching festival rain-out policy for paying adjudicators. PASSED (If the festival is cancelled due to weather and not postponed to another date, what is the financial obligation FBA has to the adjudicators.)

Elections of District Officers (for even-numbered Districts) and selection of proposed Festival Dates (1^st & 2^nd choice for Concert only) for 2001-2002 are to be accomplished at the next District meeting. Reports are due to the Executive Director by March 1, 2001. (These will be reported in a later Bulletin.)

2000-01 Festival dates were verified by the District Officers for use by the Sightreading Committee for distribution of sightreading music.

Requests For Reclassification - Many schools have completed requests for reclassification beginning in 2000-01 as prescribed in the Handbook: (NOTE: See list of ALL reclassified schools in Appendix.)

MOTION: Martindale/Humphreys - To accept all Reclassification requests, pending payment of current dues by January 13, 2001. PASSED

Festival Participation Waiver Requests - The Executive Director reported that permission had been given to several schools for waiver of various Festival requirements for valid reasons as stated in the letters of request. The following are some of the categories in which requests were made: Concert Waiver, Marching Waiver, Marching Waiver-Continuing: (no marching band exists), Marching & Concert Waiver.

Other special permission requests granted by the Executive Director include: Permission to Perform Out-of-District, permission to use students not enrolled in band classes during school day, but who participate in all after-school rehearsals & performances, permission to combine Junior & Senior High Schools, DNA Rules Waiver Requests.

MOTION: Wilson/Leibinger - District 17 be allowed to use the per unit assessment their district has used for several years, until such time as they chose to discontinue. PASSED

The FBA Executive Director reported the 2000-01 District Festivals assessment amounts:

The meeting was recessed at 9:35PM until 8:30AM Friday morning.

The meeting reconvened at 8:30AM.

Bruce Belrose from FSMA gave all of us an informative workshop on finances dealing with all of our districts.

An Open Discussion Followed: Some of the topics discussed were: New Marching Sheets, Direction of Music Education(especially Band), Recognition of Programs, Fair Share, Adjudication, a more positive light on the job of District Chairman, to mention a few. Chairpersons are to talk with their districts about fair share and see if this is an issue that needs looking into.

JUNIOR HIGH / MIDDLE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE - Doug Yopp

See information under All-State Selections Committee Report.

ADJUDICATION - Bentley Shellahamer

Adjudication Committee Membership

Marching Band Adjudicator Certification Training Session

The next Marching Band Adjudicator Training Session will be held on Wednesday, January 10, 2001, at the University of South Florida, from 12:00 noon until 5:00pm. Persons wishing to attend the session must complete a registration form prior to January 5, 2001. Cost for the session is $25.00. Write, call, or e-mail Bentley Shellahamer for a registration form. (Information on front page.)

Feedback from Marching Band Festivals

The Adjudication Committee would like to have feedback from the District Chairs and the membership regarding adjudication at the recent marching band festival evaluations. Please forward comments, questions, and concerns to Bentley Shellahamer prior to January 5, 2001. Of particular interest would be: (1) reactions to the new adjudication sheets, (2) reactions to the Criterion Based format for adjudication, (3) averaging of caption ratings to arrive at final ratings, (4) use of certified adjudicators, (5) completion of Adjudicator Evaluation forms

Items to be Discussed at the Adjudication Committee Meeting

The Adjudication Committee will meet on Wednesday, January 10, at 7:00pm, in Tampa. Items to be discussed will include: (1) Feedback from District Chairs and the membership regarding the recent marching band festival evaluations, (2) Scheduling of future Marching Band Adjudicator Certification Training Sessions, (3) Averaging of caption ratings to achieve final rating for marching band festival evaluations, (4) Adding additional adjudication areas by adjudicators who are already on the list, (5) Updating and purging the current Adjudicators List, (6) Training and Certification of Concert, Solo and Ensemble, and Jazz Ensemble adjudicators, (7) Evaluation of festival adjudicators, (8) Review of applications and internship materials for current adjudicator candidates, (9) Discussion of the proposed Concert Band Festival Adjudication Sheets, (10) The use of adjudicators for General Effect caption who do not meet the criteria for being a Marching Band Adjudicator.

Notes to District Chairs

1. Please remind persons who have been approved by your District to be added to the Adjudication List to send their completed application and three letters of recommendation to Bentley Shellahamer as soon as possible. They will not receive their internship materials until a completed application, signed by the District Chair, and the three letters of recommendation are on file, and their name has been approved by the Board of Directors.

2. If your District has approved an out-of-state or college/university person to be added to the List, please make sure that they also send in their application (signed by you), along with three letters of recommendation. We will not add their names to the list until they have submitted all of the paperwork, have paid their FBA membership dues, and have been approved by the Board of Directors.

3. Please send me the completed Adjudicator Evaluation forms from your recent Marching Band Festival Evaluations. You are reminded that all members should be given Adjudicator Evaluation forms at each festival. Members should complete the evaluations and return them to YOU for your review. You should then send them to me in a timely manner.

4. I am requesting that any person who is currently on the Adjudicators List, and wishes to add another area to those for which he/she is currently listed, petition their local District for approval to be added in those additional areas. Districts should vote on the petitions in the same manner as when adding a new person to the list. The District Chair should then contact me with the formal request to add the additional areas for the person in question. Until a policy is adopted, which will formalize the way we add additional adjudication areas to current adjudicators, I would like to know that these persons have the endorsement of their local Districts before I add the requested areas. Your comments to the committee regarding this matter will be appreciated. (Rationale: I have received calls from persons who are on the list for Solo and Ensemble adjudication, but now want to be added for Concert Band Adjudication. They meet all of the criteria for becoming a Concert Band Adjudicator but I have no record of them completing an internship in Concert Band Adjudication, nor do I have any indication that the membership of their local District would recommend them for becoming a Concert Band adjudicator. There needs to be a formalized system for adding areas of adjudication which includes approval of the Local Districts and an appropriate internship.)

Respectfully submitted,

MOTION: Duckett/LaVay to refer the proposed concert and solo and ensemble sheets back to the Adjudication Committee, with comments from the districts, to report back to the Board in May. PASSED

ALL-STATE BANDS SELECTION - Fred Schmidt

[NOTE: A very thorough and professional report was presented to the Board, reflecting the countless hours of work that go into this complex and sensitive process of selecting students for our All-State Bands. Many directors complain, but few understand the process, and even fewer offer thanks to the members of this Committee who work so conscientiously to make the system work and be fair to all students and directors.]

SENIOR HIGH BANDS: (Symphonic & Concert - 11 & 12, 9 & 10 )

The following figures will show how many students auditioned for the Senior High All-State groups as compared with past years:

# Auditioned # Selected % Selected
1985-86 1388 320 23%
1986-87 1426 320 22%
1987-88 1457 320 22%
1988-89 1504 319 21%
1989-90 1508 318 21%
1990-91 2234 352 16%
1991-92 2165 348 16%
1992-93 1779 321 18%
1993-94 2021 324 16%
1994-95 2021 327 16%
1995-96 1917 322 16%
1996-97 1976 320 16%
1997-98 1974 333 16%
1998-99 1841 334 18%
1999-00 1817 334 18%
2000-01 1788 322 18%

A statistical breakdown of students auditioning / students accepted from each district was distributed to district chairs for dissemination.

NOTE: The District Chairs have a complete breakdown of numbers attempting and numbers selected from each District. A list of the correction made to the All-State lists was distributed. These may be found in the APPENDIX

Most auditioners reported that the quality of student auditioning was greatly improved although it was still apparent that some students had not been screened by their Director.

Recording concerns:

Improved from last year, although some random concerns with room bleed through and very low (soft) recording settings.

All-State Applications:

A big improvement over past years, although a few applications are still being handwritten, lacking signatures, or even being submitted entirely.

A "BIG BRAVO" to all the Chairmen for your hard work and efforts especially with the new software introduced this summer. It really did help the audition process along! Errors were at a minimum!

a. Students were placed into the different groups through taped audition. Students were seated by the results of those auditions (by their ability).

b. Placement into the Orchestra, grades 9- 12:

The 1st seated student in each section is placed into the band, the 2nd into the orchestra, 3rd into the band, etc. This pattern was consistent until all positions in the various groups were filled.

None at this time

There were 191 forms submitted for the 7th and 8th Grade Honors Band.

Of the 191 forms submitted:

130 Students were selected for the band from 130 schools.

Number of students in band: 98

Number of schools represented: 73

Number of SSHB nominees that made an auditioned group: 9

Recommendations:

Provide a place on nomination form for each director to include email address. If there are no privacy or legal concerns, publish SSHB (and all All-State Band lists) on the FBA website. This would provide quicker access to the lists for directors to make their arrangements for the clinic (the SSHB list was ready in mid-October) MOTION: Nelson/Henry Refer to FSMA PASSED

Make the nomination form available to be completed and downloaded from the FBA website. With the increasing scarcity of typewriters, this would be more convenient.

MOTION: Duckett/Allen Refer to the FSMA PASSED

CLINICS - Neil Jenkins

President Jenkins urges ALL members, but especially the FBA Board members, to attend the OPENING SESSION at the FMEA Clinic on Thursday, Jan. 11 at 11:30AM to hear the Saitama Sakae Wind Orchestra from Tokyo, Japan, in the Convention Center.

COMMITTEES which meet at the Clinic should note the day and time of 7:00PM on Wednesday in the Convention Center in rooms that will be posted in the lobby. ALL-STATE BAND COORDINATORS should also plan to meet with Fred Schmidt at this time.

Members are encouraged to review the ticket policies for the Saturday MORNING, afternoon and evening concerts.

All the Saturday concerts will be in the Convention Center.

Clinics Committee Report - October 2000

The Clinic Committee met in Orlando, October 7-8, 2000. In attendance were: Neil Jenkins (Chairman),Duane Hendon (Executive Director), Andy Kidd, Dr. Bobby Adams, Dr. Bentley Shellahamer, RobbieRoadman (Pres. Elect) and Ivan Wansley. Following is the result of that meeting.

Proposed FBA Summer Conference - 2001

Other topics of discussion:

Respectfully Submitted by:

Neil Jenkins, Chairman

BENEVOLENCE COMMITTEE - Da-Laine Chapman - No report. Flowers were sent for Patrick F. Culler, and a donation was made to the Dennis Kusy Memorial Fund at Lake Wales High School.

David Gillinqham will produce a Grade 5 composition by January 2002 for a sum of $12,000.00. Half of this will be paid in January of 2001. There will be a score and parts. He also wished to have expenses paid to come to the performance of his work (the January 2002 Convention)

Our last directive from the FBA Board was to look for a composer to give us a Grade IV addition to our list. We have not moved ahead on this because we realized that we haven't gotten a Grade I composition on the list. Our last commission (Pierre LaPlante) is too difficult. If it is added to the FBA list, it will probably be a Grade II.

The FBA Board directed this committee to offer a prize for a composition that would fit the Grade I category and be good enough to add to our list. We have only done the planning for this as yet because the money from the late fines from 1999-2000 were never released to this committee. (It seemed fiscally irresponsible to spend money that is not present in our account.) We will have a Composition Contest Plan ready at the end of the 2000-2001 school year. This should be implemented in July, 2001, assuming the funding is present.

FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS WITHOUT THE LATE FINES FROM 1999-2000:

The Board has asked for a list of all the music Florida Bandmasters Association has had commissioned. They would like it put on our web page.

CONCERT MUSIC - Monty Musgrave

The Committee met the previous weekend and reviewed new literature.

The Annual Concert music list for 2000-01 was presented. The Annual List was accepted as presented. (See APPENDIX)

There is a Henry Fillmore Composition Award winner this year and it will be presented at the FBA general meeting Thursday evening. The winner is James Welsch from Lyman High School in Longwood.

Two reading sessions by the Florida State University Band with Jim Croft are planned - one for Grades I - III, and one for Grades IV - VI.

Check your Convention schedule for times and place.

The Committee always welcomes suggestions from the membership for quality literature, especially Grades I, II, & III. Send scores, tapes, CD’s or just titles to the Committee Chair; they must be in his hands by November 1 each year to be considered by the Committee.

Motions to the Executive Board: The committee met the weekend before Thanksgiving instead of its usual Thanksgiving weekend powow, and plans to continue to do so. Because of this the committee recommends:

1) Deadline for special permission requests and Fillmore Contest entries be moved to November 1^st PASSED

2) Fillmore Contest entries should be sent directly to the Music Committee chairperson instead of the FBA President. PASSED

ETHICS - Joe Luechauer - No Report

EVALUATION/FESTIVAL - Rob Roadman - To meet at the FMEA Clinnic/Conference

FINANCE - Bert Creswell - No Report

PAST-PRESIDENTS COUNCIL - Bert Creswell - To meet at the FMEA Cllinic/Conference on Friday evening at 5:30 at the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City.

PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES - Nick DeCarbo - To meet at the FMEA Cliinic/Conference. The Tape Resource Library Catalog and Order Form is included in the APPENDIX.

SIGHTREADING MUSIC -Linda Reaney - To meet at the FMEA Clinnic/Conference.

SOLO & ENSEMBLE MUSIC - Karen Crocco

December 1, 2000 Submitted by Karen Crocco Skinner

Currently the list is available from the Internet site of the Florida Bandmasters Association at www.flmusiced.org, then follow the link to the FBA web page. The solo and ensemble lists and the duet list are both available in Acrobat Reader (Text format) and Excel (Data Base Format). There are currently 7587 Solo and Ensemble entries and 32 Duet entries on the list. (Many of the duet entries are multiple pieces.)

With the list's current availability, we have been made aware of many errors in titles, composers and publishers. The committee will gladly welcome corrections from the membership until April 1, 2001 for corrections to the list to be implemented for the fall of 2001. Please encourage the directors in your district to use the attached form (found in APPENDIX)for submitting errors. E-mail corrections are preferred, if they follow the format on the attached sheet. ALL S&E e-mail correspondence should be sent to soloandensembles@aol.com.

The committee views its task as one of providing a SELECTED list for Florida Bandmasters Association adjudicated solo and ensemble festivals. The purpose of the list is to provide a guide, for directors and students, to literature that would build a basic, quality repertoire for solo and ensemble performance as students develop their individual and small group musicianship. The committee has no pretension of claiming that the music on this list is the only music worthy of a student's or director's attention.

Recommendations to the board:

List Maintenance

The committee recommends that errors be fixed on a continual basis, provided the correction does not change grade level; furthermore, deletion, addition and grade changing of titles should remain on its 3- year schedule.

The committee recommends that the Florida Bandmasters Association publish a hard copy of the Solo and Ensemble and Duet lists for the members of the executive board. This hard copy would serve as the official copy of the solo and ensemble lists. The integrity of the list would be protected from individuals who find a way to alter the list on the Internet site. It would also provide each district with a hard copy for individuals who are technologically deficient and do not have access to the Internet.

MOTION: Davenport/Chiarito - to accept the list maintenance recommendation from the S & E Committee. PASSED

MOTION: Martindale/Kile - to accept the official list recommendation from the S & E Committee. PASSED

ARCHIVES COMMITTEE - Michael Wickersheim - No Report

MOTION: Leibinger/Lopez To direct the Archives Committee to verify to District Chairs as to what information is to be sent to the Archives at the conclusion of each school year. PASSED

BLOCK SCHEDULING COMMITTEE - Mark Humphreys - 5 districts still need to get their surveys to Mark Humphreys.

HALL OF FAME BOARD REPORT - Bobby Adams

The Hall of Fame Board has met and two individuals were selected to be inducted into the Hall in November of 2001; their names will be announced at the FBA General Business Meeting at the FMEA Clinic/Conference in Tampa. The Hall of Fame Board and Stetson University are pleased to provide this service for the membership of the Association. To honor the best in our profession is a responsibility of us all. The example of these band directors is our greatest source of inspiration and motivation.

(NOTE: For those who have attended this event in the past know its special nature. We have been thrilled by the marvelous performances of the outstanding Stetson Symphonic Band, as well as been blessed by the celebration of our heritage. Look for the dates in November of 2001 and plan to attend. It will be the highlight of your year!)

JAZZ BANDS COMMITTEE - Andrew Kidd -No Report

RETIRED MEMBERS - L. C. Coney - No Report

TECHNOLOGY - Chuck Fulton

Web Site Construction

• The FBA website is currently up and running. The Concert and S &E music lists are available in Excel, Adobe Acrobat and Tab &Text formats.

• Minutes and Festival results are being posted when they are sent to us. Please do not send minutes and festival results by "snail"mail. Rather, email them to Kabeau@aol.com so we can post on the site more easily.

• Many web connections to other music organizations are available on the LINKS page.

• We have begun establishing educational and research connections to other Internet sites. This will be an ongoing project. If you know of a web site that is especially useful please forward it to my attention.

Suggestions to members of the board..

The best use of the Music List computer files is on your own computer at your school. If you have the lists available there, you can search for composers, print out individual instrument lists, match the lists with what you have in your library, etc. I use Microsoft Works at my school because I have found it to be simple and easy AND because my band's database is on it. If you wish to create a CONCERT MUSIC LIST DATABASE on MS Works, then download the TEXT AND TAB version of the list and just CUT AND PASTE into an existing blank database.

Create your own web page for your district. YOU can then upload minutes, results, announcements and pictures at your convenience. This is not as difficult as it sounds. Talk with Keith Stark about the District 11 web site.

PASSED

MOTION: Wilson/Spreen That FBA change the status of the Technology Committee from Special Committee to Standing Committee. PASSED (This is a Constitution change and will need two votes by the Board and one vote by the membership.)

TWIRLING/AUXILIARIES - Mary McWilliams - Auxiliaries will be scheduled for State Festival on Tuesday, April 10, 2001 and Wednesday, April 11, 2001

STATE FESTIVAL REVISION - James Sammons - Any ideas or suggestioons for revision, please send them to James Sammons.

CLASSIFICATION STUDY COMMITTEE - Michael Dressman

The Classification Study Committee met in Ocala on Friday, July 21, 2000. Discussion took place concerning the present classification and reclassification systems including information gathered by the committee members districts, and a report done by Ken Williams a few years ago relative to the classification of band and level of music being played at State Festival. After much discussion the committee makes the following recommendations to the FBA Board.

No changes be made to the present classification system. It is the feeling of the committee that the present system works for the majority of the schools in the state as is evidenced by the numerous bands playing on or above classification levels at both the district and state festivals. The committee does feel however, that changes need to be made in the present Reclassification System due to the large number of schools with unique circumstances such as magnet programs and alternative scheduling procedures to name just a few. Therefore the committee recommends the following changes to the present classification system:

6. Temporary Reclassification Procedures (page 7- Handbook 2000-01)

MOTION: Creswell/Nelson to table Classification Committee Report back to committee for clarification. DEFEATED

MOTION: Leibinger/Lopez to table Classification Committee Report back to committee for clarification on e. and g. PASSED

Five Year Superior Awards for Middle Schools will be presented at the January Business Meeting. (If you have earned one of these awards, the only way I know about it is if you tell me by November 15 of a year, so I can order the awards.)

The dates and site for the Summer Convention are July 18 - 21, 2001 at the Altamonte Hilton Hotel. There will be more information coming next year.

The report on EEZZ Shop.com is, there is no report. A lawyer went over the contract they sent us, made some changes, and we got back with EEZZ Shop.com and have heard nothing from them. It is a closed issue.

The second reading of the Ethics Committee change: Organization: Chairperson, one representative from each of the three state festival regions (North, Central, South), and two At-Large members. Duties: 1. No change 2. No change 3. The development and administration of workshops on professionalism, appropriate behavior and responsibilities as band directors. PASSED (This is a by-laws change and was the second reading by the Board. Membership will vote on it at the January meeting.)

A dues increase for next year was discussed and dropped at this point.

Neil reported he introduced a motion to the FMEA Board asking help with the extra clinicians (honoraria) we have at the January Clinic. He said they would get back to the FMEA Board at the May Board meeting.

Proposals from districts:

District I:

MOTION: Knight/Adams That the nominating committee for President-Elect include at least one representative from the North-Central-South areas of the state. Rational: This would provide for input from all areas of the state. DEFEATED (President will direct Nomination Committee Chairman to include all areas of the state.)

MOTION: Shaner/Dunn To create a committee for developing a flexible curriculum for each level of instruction based on the Florida Sunshine State Standards. This would be made available for both beginning teachers and teachers participating in curriculum mapping. MOTION: Lussier/Spreen Refer to FMEA

MOTION: Hooten/Philley In the Handbook, under Marching Requirements: Strike III-D, 2-B ["The warm-up must be conducted by the Field Conductor(s) or Drum Major(s)"] DEFEATED

MOTION: Fitzpatrick/Steadman To do away with the forced listening to assigned bands at State Band Festival. FBA should encourage listening, but not mandate. MOTION: Humphreys/Wilson To refer to Evaluation/Festival Committee. (Much discussion followed this motion with both positive and negative given on both sides.)

Suggestion for Clinics Committee: A clinic addressing the problems of small schools and junior/senior high schools (E.G.- instrumentation difficulties, music selection, keeping multiple ages in the group interested and challenged at their level, facilities). Forwarded to the Clinics Committee.

District III

MOTION: Paul/Emerson To revisit the new "marching sheets" and recalculate the festival results table. Rationale: So that the rating system of the past is reflected in this new system. Not only have the sheets changed, but the intent according to the rating table shows an inadvertent change. It would better reflect the intent of the organization to weigh the table in the following manner – This is a suggestion for the committee: Both music sheets must have a "Superior" and one of the other two judges must have a "Superior" to make an overall "Superior". 75% is not too much to ask for a "Superior" rating. I trust the committee to make the right decision on this matter. MOTION: Allen/Duckett Refer to the Adjudication Committee PASSED

District IV

MOTION: Beres/Henry That the FBA Music List be made available in hard copy as well as via the internet. Rationale: It is not always possible to access the internet from our band rooms making it difficult to view to music list conveniently. Many directors have had trouble accessing the list via the internet as well. If we are told to backup our computer files with hard copies, it seems logical that we do the same with the music list. DEFEATED Refer to previous motion made about the music list from the S&E Committee.

MOTION: Couse/Bingham To eliminate the current "Music Effect" sheet and replace it with a second "Music Performance" sheet. The current elements of "Music Effect" will be replaced under the "General Effect" sheet. A new "General Effect" sheet should be created with rubrics to reflect the system incorporated in the other sheets currently in use. Rationale: General effect should be a single category that addresses music, marching, design and how they interrelate. The current sheets reduce the importance of a band’s musical performance and overemphasize show design. MOTION: Berry/Nelson Refer to Adjudication Committee.

District V

MOTION: Brazinski/Grieve I move that the Florida Bandmasters Association assign dates for District Marching Festival using the following method:

One-third of the Districts STATEWIDE would be assigned the last Saturday in October for District Marching Festival.

One-third of the Districts STATEWIDE would be assigned the first Saturday in November for District Marching Festival.

One-third of the Districts STATEWIDE would be assigned the second Saturday In November for District Marching Festival.

Each group of one-third would rotate from year to year between these three Saturdays, similar to the way the dates rotate for the three regions for State Concert Festival.

EXCEPTION: If a District wanted to schedule District Marching Festival on an EARLIER date, they would be allowed to do so; otherwise, they would have to schedule it on one of the three assigned Saturdays.

RATIONALE, This method of scheduling would allow for a larger pool of Certified Adjudicators who would be available to judge, since two-thirds of the Districts would be free on each of these Saturdays. Also, by assigning the groups on a STATEWIDE basis (example of a group - two Districts from the North Region, two Districts from the Central Region, and two Districts from the South Region), there would be Adjudicators available In Adjacent Districts on any given Saturday. This would allow a District, if they so desired, to hire these Adjudicators, thus saving money on Lodging, Travel, Meals, and other Expenses. DEFEATED

District VII

MOTION: Ziegler/Norton To ask that the All-State audition materials be made available earlier and also on the Internet. MOTION: Leibinger/Allen Refer to the All-State Bands Selection Committee PASSED

District IX

MOTION: Fuoco/C. Benoit - Make the new FBA music lists available for members to purchase.

RATIONALE: Current members can only download or view the list on the web site. Having the new lists available for members to purchase would be more convenient, less time consuming, and would give those members without the required technical equipment and programs an opportunity to acquire the new lists. DEFEATEDRefer to previous motion made about the music list from the S&E Committee. (Also the list is available to download to your computer to do with what you want.)

MOTION: Fuoco/Meyer Create an All-State Middle School Jazz Band. RATIONALE: This would give the many fine Middle School jazz musicians the opportunity to be a part of the All-State experience. MOTION: Frye/Creswell JH/MS Rep to survey the JH/MS directors at the January meeting and report back to the Board in May. PASSED

District X

MOTION: Harris/Horvath The length of marching band shows be changed from a minimum of 6:00 to a maximum of 8:00 minutes. Rationale : Too often the length of festival shows prohibit both bands from performing at half-time. MOTION: Berry/Lussier Refer to Evaluation/Festival Committee.

District XI

MOTION: Nielsen/Santana That the All-State Jazz Band audition sound track be offered on CD in place of cassette tape. MOTION: Henry/Nelson Refer to All-State Bands Selection Committee PASSED

District XII

MOTION: Berry/Putnum All-State Requirements be voted on at the December board meeting and mailed out to the District Chairperson during the first week of May. MOTION: Yopp/Henry Refer to All-State Bands Selection Committee PASSED

District XIII

MOTION: Musgrave/Crocco To reinstate the use of a metronome in All-State auditions for sight-reading; metronomes may only be used during the 30 second preparation. Specific metronome markings should be indicated on that music. DEFEATED

District XIV

MOTION: Miller/Shane Post the pitches required for timpani at the sight-reading portion of the concert festival on the outside of the folder. MOTION: Nelson/Leibinger Refer to Sightreading Music Committee. PASSED (With the suggestion to state starting pitches on folder in notation.)

District XVI

MOTION: Keating/Hillbery The All-State Jazz improvisation accompaniment be released to each District in CD format in addition to cassette format. Rationale; This would facilitate playback and pitch consistency. MOTION: Cresswell/Spreen Refer to All-State Bands Selection PASSED

District XVII

MOTION: Reynolds/Beck The due date for membership in the FSMA be moved from August 1 to August 15, with Sept. 15 as the final deadline. Rationale: New directors and directors at new schools without summer programs may not be aware of existing deadlines. Making the due date and deadline date after the actual start of the school year would reflect a more realistic expectation of timely payment. This would also help schools in which the director, not the administration, is making the payment MOTION: Humphreys/Martindale Refer to FSMA with enthusiastic support. PASSED

MOTION: McClain/Green Bands be classified by the grade of concert literature. Rationale: FBA needs to realize that the present classification system no longer meets the needs of the present educational system, especially when you look at the ever-changing structure of education. DEFEATED

From the Board

MOTION:Leibinger/Lussier To allow All-State Committee to select audition requirements and post them on the FBA Web site by May 1^st with the statement, "pending Board approval", with any corrections or additions posted after the May Board Meeting. PASSED

There needs to be a venue for other musical groups (bagpipes, steel drums, guitar, keyboards), other than band, to have an outlet for festival/evaluation.

Motions to the Executive Board: The committee met the weekend before Thanksgiving instead of its usual Thanksgiving weekend powow, and plans to continue to do so. Because of this the committee recommends:

1) Deadline for special permission requests and Fillmore Contest entries be moved to November 1^st PASSED

2) Fillmore Contest entries should be sent directly to the Music Committee chairperson instead of the FBA President. PASSED (Handbook change needing membership vote.)

The second reading of the Ethics Committee change: Organization: Chairperson, one representative from each of the three state festival regions (North, Central, South), and two At-Large members. Duties: 1. No change 2. No change 3. The development and administration of workshops on professionalism, appropriate behavior and responsibilities as band directors. PASSED (This is a by-laws change and was the second reading by the Board. Membership will vote on it at the January meeting.)

Requests For Reclassification - Many schools have completed requests for reclassification beginning in 2000-01 as prescribed in the Handbook: (NOTE: See list of ALL reclassified schools in Appendix.)

MOTION: Martindale/Humphreys - To accept all Reclassification requests, pending payment of current dues by January 13, 2001. PASSED

MOTION: Wilson/Leibinger - District 17 be allowed to use the per unit assessment their district has used for several years, until such time as they chose to discontinue.PASSED

MOTION: Davenport/Chiarito - to accept the list maintenance recommendation from the S & E Committee.PASSED

MOTION: Martindale/Kile - to accept the official list recommendation from the S & E Committee. PASSED

MOTION: Fuoco/Meyer Create an All-State Middle School Jazz Band. RATIONALE: This would give the many fine Middle School jazz musicians the opportunity to be a part of the All-State experience. MOTION: Frye/Creswell JH/MS Rep to survey the JH/MS directors at the January meeting and report back to the Board in May. PASSED

MOTION:Leibinger/Lussier To allow All-State Committee to select audition requirements and post them on the FBA Web site by May 1^st with the statement, "pending Board approval", with any corrections or additions posted after the May Board Meeting. PASSED

MOTION: Allen/Berry - The Adjudication Committee develop a marching festival rain-out policy for paying adjudicators. PASSED (If the festival is cancelled due to weather and not postponed to another date, what is the financial obligation FBA has to the adjudicators.)

MOTION: Duckett/LaVay to refer the proposed concert and solo and ensemble sheets back to the Adjudication Committee, with comments from the districts, to report back to the Board in May. PASSED

MOTION: Leibinger/Lopez To direct the Archives Committee to verify to District Chairs as to what information is to be sent to the Archives at the conclusion of each school year. PASSED

MOTION: Leibinger/Lopez to table Classification Committee Report back to committee for clarification on e. and g. PASSED

MOTION: Fitzpatrick/Steadman To do away with the forced listening to assigned bands at State Band Festival. FBA should encourage listening, but not mandate. MOTION: Humphreys/Wilson To refer to Evaluation/Festival Committee. (Much discussion followed this motion with both positive and negative given on both sides.)

MOTION: Paul/Emerson To revisit the new "marching sheets" and recalculate the festival results table. Rationale: So that the rating system of the past is reflected in this new system. Not only have the sheets changed, but the intent according to the rating table shows an inadvertent change. It would better reflect the intent of the organization to weigh the table in the following manner – This is a suggestion for the committee: Both music sheets must have a "Superior" and one of the other two judges must have a "Superior" to make an overall "Superior". 75% is not too much to ask for a "Superior" rating. I trust the committee to make the right decision on this matter. MOTION: Allen/Duckett Refer to the Adjudication Committee PASSED

MOTION: Couse/Bingham To eliminate the current "Music Effect" sheet and replace it with a second "Music Performance" sheet. The current elements of "Music Effect" will be replaced under the "General Effect" sheet. A new "General Effect" sheet should be created with rubrics to reflect the system incorporated in the other sheets currently in use. Rationale: General effect should be a single category that addresses music, marching, design and how they interrelate. The current sheets reduce the importance of a band’s musical performance and overemphasize show design. MOTION: Berry/Nelson Refer to Adjudication Committee. PASSED

MOTION: Ziegler/Norton To ask that the All-State audition materials be made available earlier and also on the Internet. MOTION: Leibinger/Allen Refer to the All-State Bands Selection Committee PASSED

MOTION: Harris/Horvath The length of marching band shows be changed from a minimum of 6:00 to a maximum of 8:00 minutes. Rationale : Too often the length of festival shows prohibit both bands from performing at half-time. MOTION: Berry/Lussier Refer to Evaluation/Festival Committee.

MOTION: Nielsen/Santana That the All-State Jazz Band audition sound track be offered on CD in place of cassette tape. MOTION: Henry/Nelson Refer to All-State Bands Selection Committee PASSED

MOTION: Berry/Putnum All-State Requirements be voted on at the December board meeting and mailed out to the District Chairperson during the first week of May. MOTION: Yopp/Henry Refer to All-State Bands SelectionCommittee PASSED

MOTION: Miller/Shane Post the pitches required for timpani at the sight-reading portion of the concert festival on the outside of the folder. MOTION: Nelson/Leibinger Refer to Sightreading Music Committee. PASSED (With the suggestion to state starting pitches on folder in notation.)

MOTION: Keating/Hillbery The All-State Jazz improvosation accomaniment be released to each District in CD format in addition to cassette format. Rationale; This would facilitate playback and pitch consistency. MOTION: Cresswell/Spreen Refer to All-State Band Selection PASSED

MOTIONS REFERRED TO FSMA

MOTION: Reynolds/Beck The due date for membership in the FSMA be moved from August 1 to August 15, with Sept. 15 as the final deadline. Rationale: New directors and directors at new schools without summer programs may not be aware of existing deadlines. Making the due date and deadline date after the actual start of the school year would reflect a more realistic expectation of timely payment. This would also help schools in which the director, not the administration, is making the payment MOTION: Humphreys/Martindale Refer to FSMA with enthusiastic support. PASSED

FROM THE SMALL SCHOOL COMMITTEE

If there are no privacy or legal concerns, publish SSHB (and all All-State Band lists) on the FBA website. This would provide quicker access to the lists for directors to make their arrangements for the clinic (the SSHB list was ready in mid-October)

MOTION: Nelson/Henry Refer to FSMA PASSED

Make the nomination form available to be completed and downloaded from the FBA website. With the increasing scarcity of typewriters, this would be more convenient.

MOTION: Duckett/Allen Refer to the FSMA PASSED

MOTION REFERRED TO FMEA

MOTION: Shaner/Dunn To create a committee for developing a flexible curriculum for each level of instruction based on the Florida Sunshine State Standards. This would be made available for both beginning teachers and teachers participating in curriculum mapping. MOTION: Lussier/Spreen Refer to FMEA

MOTION: Creswell/Nelson to table Classification Committee Report back to committee for clarification. DEFEATED

MOTION: Knight/Adams That the nominating committee for President-Elect include at least one representative from the North-Central-South areas of the state. Rational: This would provide for input from all areas of the state. DEFEATED (President will direct Nomination Committee Chairman to include all areas of the state.)

MOTION: Hooten/Philley In the Handbook, under Marching Requirements: Strike III-D, 2-B ["The warm-up must be conducted by the Field Conductor(s) or Drum Major(s)"] DEFEATED

MOTION: Beres/Henry That the FBA Music List be made available in hard copy as well as via the internet. Rationale: It is not always possible to access the internet from our band rooms making it difficult to view to music list conveniently. Many directors have had trouble accessing the list via the internet as well. If we are told to backup our computer files with hard copies, it seems logical that we do the same with the music list. DEFEATED Refer to previous motion made about the music list from the S&E Committee.

MOTION: Brazinski/Grieve I move that the Florida Bandmasters Association assign dates for District Marching Festival using the following method:

One-third of the Districts STATEWIDE would be assigned the last Saturday in October for District Marching Festival.

One-third of the Districts STATEWIDE would be assigned the first Saturday in November for District Marching Festival.

One-third of the Districts STATEWIDE would be assigned the second Saturday In November for District Marching Festival.

Each group of one-third would rotate from year to year between these three Saturdays, similar to the way the dates rotate for the three regions for State Concert Festival.

EXCEPTION: If a District wanted to schedule District Marching Festival on an EARLIER date, they would be allowed to do so; otherwise, they would have to schedule it on one of the three assigned Saturdays.

RATIONALE, This method of scheduling would allow for a larger pool of Certified Adjudicators who would be available to judge, since two-thirds of the Districts would be free on each of these Saturdays. Also, by assigning the groups on a STATEWIDE basis (example of a group - two Districts from the North Region, ttwo Districts from the Central Region, and two Districts from the South Region), there would be Adjudicators available In Adjacent Districts on any given Saturday. This would allow a District, if they so desired, to hire these Adjudicators, thus saving money on Lodging, Travel, Meals, and other Expenses. DEFEATED

MOTION: Fuoco/C. Benoit - Make the new FBA music lists available for members to purchase.

RATIONALE: Current members can only download or view the list on the web site. Having the new lists available for members to purchase would be more convenient, less time consuming, and would give those members without the required technical equipment and programs an opportunity to acquire the new lists. DEFEATED Refer to previous motion made about the music list from the S&E Committee. (Also the list is available to download to your computer to do with what you want.)

MOTION: Musgrave/Crocco To reinstate the use of a metronome in All-State auditions for sight-reading; metronomes may only be used during the 30 second preparation. Specific metronome markings should be indicated on that music. DEFEATED

MOTION: McClain/Green Bands be classified by the grade of concert literature. Rationale: FBA needs to realize that the present classification system no longer meets the needs of the present educational system, especially when you look at the ever-changing structure of education. DEFEATED

MOTIONS TO THE BOARD

MOTION: Wilson/Spreen That FBA change the status of the Technology Committee from Special Committee to Standing Committee. PASSED

(These are Constitution and By-law changes and will need further voting by the board and membership.)

Paul Wilson gave some pointers on the upcoming Festival Program. Last night he offered a mini workshop on the program.

Interested in a trip to Japan, contact Mark Humphreys, Neil Jenkins, or Rob Roadman.

FUTURE BOARD MEETINGS

The FBA Executive Board will hold its May 2001 meeting on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May 17,18,19, 2001, in Orlando. Then July 18, 19, 2001 - Altamonte Hilton Hotel

Meeting Adjourned at 12:15 PM on Saturday, December 2, 2000

Respectfully Submitted, Duane L. Hendon, Executive Director