FBA District 2 November 2001

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Everitt Middle School 2^nd 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.

January 10-12 FMEA Clinic/Conference, Tampa (details in FL Music Director Magazine)

Adjudicator Training Seminars (www.flmusiced.org/fba/adjudication.htm)

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)

Comments on Classification proposal (www.flmusiced.org/fba/classprop.htm)

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

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