View the minutes from the Aug. 6 TCBDA

CLICK HERE to view the minutes from the August 6 TCBDA Fall Meeting.

In the NEWS!

The Daily Home is recognizing the efforts of local bands in the community.
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Good luck to everyone as you put on the finishing touches and the first football game approaches. It appears that the time has come and quickly too!

District II Meeting; Aug. 26, Gadsden City High School

The Fall Meeting for ABA District II band directors is this Tuesday, August 26th at Gadsden City High School. I want to encourage you all to attend this meeting so we can display our strong Talladega County contingent. I will be leaving Talladega HS at 6:00 p.m. if anyone would like to meet to caravan or carpool.

Below is the introductory letter from District II chair Missy Lindley. I am also attaching the Information Sheet that the District requests from each director and school. Bring this info with you along with your District Participation Fee.

Special note: notice the information in Missy's letter concerning the new scholarship in honor of long-time Alabama Band Director Regina King who passed away close to a year ago. Please consider a donation to this scholarship.

I will be leaving Talladega HS at 6:00 if anyone would like to meet to caravan or carpool.

David McDaniel

Alabama Bandmaster’s Association
District II: Missy Lindley, Chairman; Jeff
Gossett, Vice Chairman

Dear Directors,

I hope your
band camp has gone well and that you are off to a good start with school. I am
looking forward to serving as your Chairman for the next two years. I want to
thank Pam Smith for working so hard to make this transition an easy one. The
fall meeting will be Tuesday, August 26th at 7:00pm. The meeting will be at Gadsden City High School. A special thanks to Russ Waits and Steve Reagan for hosting this event. We are going casual this year and will have pizza, drinks and dessert while we are meeting. I know how crazy this time of year can be and that most of us come straight from band rehearsal. Maybe we will have better participation if things are more relaxed… just trying something new and hoping we can have everyone in attendance for this meeting. We can always go back to a restaurant next year if the majority wants to do that.


Please take a few minutes and fill out the membership form that you will receive in the next couple of days. I need this form immediately for the directory. I have attached the form if you would like to email the information. I really need for you to send an email address for quick correspondence. ABA is moving to paperless communication so please make sure your email address is correct and updated! I also need a cell phone number in case of emergencies. Any time any of your information changes, it is your responsibility to get that new information to me.

Also, please send the $25.00 district participation fee by September 5th. We are also asking that each school send an additional $10.00 to start the Regina King Memorial Scholarship. We may not have enough money this first year for a decent size scholarship, but we plan to start that program with our first recipient in the
spring of 2010. You may include the $10.00 in your district participation check.
I hope everyone will support this endeavor so we are able to help a child begin
their career in music education that Regina loved so dearly. I will also need a
copy of your updated MENC card. Remember your membership must be current for your students to participate in ABA events.

I am in the process of updating the directory. If you have a new director in your area, please send me their name and school or contact them and ask them to send me all their information ASAP. I need to get all the updates to Gene Gooch ASAP! If your bookkeeper has an automated system, remember to update ABA District II to my school address and not Pam’s! The best way to assure it is going to the right
person on time is to mail it yourself!

I look forward to seeing you on Aug. 26th at Gadsden City High School.

Musically,

Missy Lindley
Chairman,District II
mlindley@albertk12.org

Talladega Bands 2008 Field Shows!!!!

Band directors,

Post your 2008 Field Show on this blog or reply to this post and I will be happy to add your show. I overheard bits and pieces of your show ideas during our Fall Meeting so I thought this would be a good place to display all of our shows.

I'll go first: The Talladega High School Band show is entitled "Who's That Masked Man?" The first song is a medley of The Batman Theme from the Motion Picture, Spiderman TV Theme, Phantom of the Opera, Glory Days from The Incredibles, and The Ride from Zorro. Our 2nd song is Hey, Pacuco! from the Jim Carrey movie "The Mask". Our last movement will be the jazz standard This Masquerade and will then go in to Cirque Du Soleil's Urban to close the show.

We will have masks, superheroes, and other mask-type items to tie in all the visual elements with the music.

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A Productive Fall Meeting!

Thanks to you all for attending the Fall meeting of the Talladega County Band Directors Association. We appreciate Mike Sims and Munford High School for hosting the workshop and offer special thanks to Danielle Todd for organizing the meals.

I want to encourage you to drop Dr. Frank Buck a line and let him know how much you enjoyed the workshop, "Get Organized: Time Management for Band Directors". I know you all received helpful hints to help ease your time and enable you to spend more time doing the things you want to do.

Best of luck to you all as you begin your 2008-2009 school year.