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Festivals are behind us, summer is approaching, yet your CMEA Bay Section Area Reps, and Special Reps are presently securing site hosts for the 2010 festival season.
I would like to thank all of our very accomplished 2009 hosts starting with our Jazz hosts; Steven Hendee, Larry Colon, Julie Bounds and Andy Collinsworth.
Our other Large Group Festival hosts were: Dave Hill, Steve Accatino, Jen Martinez, Kent Johnson, Benjamin Bricker, Todd Summers, Kevin Gallagher, Steve Barnhill, Greg Grant, Jenny Bent, Sue Stuart, Ken Rawdon, Bruce Lengacher, Jim Yowell, Chad Zullinger, Lou DeLaRosa, John Felder, Cheryl Yee Glass, Larry Widener, Glenn Walp, Kathy Boster, Charles Tallcott, Troy Davis, and Michael Boitz.
You all did a fantastic job not only with your mailings containing detailed logistical information before and after your festivals, but your site was well managed with knowledgeable and friendly personnel.
It is vitally important that directors take note of their Spring Break, Winter Break and Ski Week (President’s observation week) prior to registering for festivals on solochair. We came across a very large problem this year with directors holding on to spots at sites only to cancel just days prior to the festival due to a calendar conflict.The ones that suffer the consequences for that action are your students; please do your best to avoid last minute cancellations, for them.
We all are aware that emergencies do happen, but poor planning keeps other directors from filling a spot at a festival that will be used, and Bay Section loses money. Please be diligent in your planning and do your absolute best at remitting your fees within three weeks of having registered.
Your Area Reps are currently looking for site hosts for the 2010 festival season. In addition to the number of available festivals we held this year, these Areas will benefit with another site to take on overflow for next season:
• Area III Band/Orchestra
• Area V Band/Orchestra
• Area V/VIII Orchestra
• Area VI Band
• Area VI Band/Orchestra
Are you interested in hosting a festival? Please contact your Area Rep via the contact information in this TEMPO issue.
The following Areas had some trouble filling in full days:
• Area I Choral
• Area I/VI Orchestra (had to be cancelled due to extremely low enrollment)
• Area II Choral
• Area IIb Band
• Area IV Choral (had to be cancelled due to extremely low enrollment)
• Area IV Band
If you think you know why these festivals did not fill, I would like to hear from you. How can we better serve these areas?
Our January Winter Conference held at San Jose State University and hosted by Dr. Ed Harris and his staff was fantastic! I attended some fascinating sessions and as always, relished in the collegial atmosphere. Our Conference Committee did an amazing job at presenting some of the most refreshing sessions; thank you for all of your hard work.
Please be assured that your feedback on the festivals you attend is vitally important to the continued success of our Festival Committee’s efforts as well as the efforts of our festival hosts. We would all appreciate you taking the time to fill out a Large Group Festival Evaluation form. If you do not receive one in your check–out packet, you can download a form by following these instructions:
• Log on to www.cmeabaysection.org
• once on the home page, click on “Forms” on the right side of your monitor
• scroll down and click “Festival Forms”
• scroll down and click on “Large Group Evaluation Form”
Registration on www.solochair.com will open on Tuesday, September 1, 2009 for our 2010 festival season. I apologize for this previous year in which opening day for registration fell on Labor Day; this will not happen again!
Festival sites for 2010 will begin to be regularly posted and updated on our Bay Section website (www.cmeabaysection.org) by mid – June, so please keep your eye out for those postings.
Good luck to you and your groups in the last few weeks of your school year.
Sincerely,
Rita Zigas-Brown, Large Group Festivals Coordinator
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 Welcome to the website for CMEA Bay Section. CMEA Bay Section is a regional affiliate of MENC , The National Association for Music Education, and CMEA, The California Association for Music Education. Our mission is to promote music education in our schools, sponsor festivals and other musical activities for our students, and provide information, training, and an exchange of ideas for music educators.
CMEA Board of Directors
Check out our Executive Board page to access information from our seven member top management team. To read a tribute to Jim Martinez , Bay Section's long time Executive Treasurer who recently passed away, click here . Information regarding the Don Schmeer Scholarship can be seen here.
Regional Map
 Regional Map. Click on the link to see the seventeen counties in northern California served by Bay Section and how they are divided into eight areas for the purpose of organizing our music festivals. Area Representative contact information can be found here .
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