The Calendar for next year is updated.
Region Meeting
I apologize for the late reminder on this.
We have our annual Region Meeting this morning at 10AM at Gladewater High School Cafeteria.
AREA Fees Update
According to the change from TMEA, AREA fees are now $25. The invoice that Filemaker generates shows only a fee of $20. This was yet another wonderful thing that Filemaker has done for us this year. If you’ve already paid your invoice (several have) please see if you can get the additional funds per AREA qualifier asap. Thank you and very sorry.
Let me know if I can help in any way.
AREA Information
Here is the AREA Audition information just sent out by Joe Hewitt at Chapel Hill High School. If you have any questions, his contact information is listed below, or I will do the best I can to help also.
Directors,
I hope that you had a wonderful Holiday break and are ready to get back at it.
Attached you will find our host letter along with the 2019 Area Judging Panel. ( I will send the room list a little later this week. We may be making some changes to this )
There have been a lot of director changes, and I did my best to keep the panels as even as possible in regards to region representation. (Anyone that KNOWS your region well, please double check EVERYTHING for me) If I didn’t get an email about a change, I just assumed they could be on the panel again. There are LOTS of changes.
I know that it was a concern of some of yours that some region were not represented as evenly as you would have liked. My response to this is some of the region are very small, and I try to keep the judge on the panel as someone that plays that instrument. Smaller regions simply mean a smaller pool of directors to choose from. Lastly, one of our smaller regions had 3 directors that were on the panel last year back out because they didn’t have any one actually make area.
Please know, I do everything in my power to ensure a fair panel. I have no other reason not to.
Joe Hewitt
Director of Bands/Area East Coordinator
Fine Arts Coordinator
903-566-2311 ext. 1410
hewittj@chapelhillisd.org
Clinic and Concert Schedule for 2019
Here is the Clinic and Concert Schedule we decided on last January. If you have any questions please let me know.
High School Auditions
Directors,
Thank you for the great job you all did today at auditions. I apologize for the computer issue, but with the outstanding help of Charlie and Adair Melton and Austin Jesmore, we were able to mitigate the problem relatively quickly.
You have just received your results for the High School All Region Auditions. I have spent the evening and night since the auditions ended making sure they are all correct, but we may have still missed something. We tried to make sure all changes with students qualifying on multiple instruments were decided. Please make sure we have addressed all of the changes concerning those and let me know if there is any additional changes. At this point they can easily be made and reported, but we need to know quickly.
You will also notice that the results will also show you how much per AREA student you owe to the Region. I will write a check covering all of that expense and each school reimburses their AREA fees back to the Region. For some strange reason the Filemaker program printed a “?” instead of the $20 on some results. If you need me to generate an invoice for your Business Office please let me know and I will be happy to do so.
AREA Auditions are in Chapel Hill on January 12th. Your forms for each student have already been sent to the next level.
The Coordinators will be handling all of the changes for the seating in the bands, so please contact them ASAP when you know of a conflict so we can inform the next student.
You can also view the results online:
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South Zone Middle School Auditions
Directors,
Attached is the letter from Brandon Garmon at Union Grove with the details concerning our upcoming auditions. Remember that we will start them earlier in the day than normal, and the deadline to enter kids without late fees is this Friday.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Staff Changes
Directors,
I would like to request again that you send me any staff changes (names, email addresses, phone #, etc.) as soon as possible. We are putting together judging panels and we need as many names as we can get to fill them out correctly.
Also make sure you list your staff as available when you enter your students. Our region rules state that all staff must be present and if they are not they must hire a proxy at their cost of $75.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Fees
Directors,
Please make sure your fees are mailed to the correct address. I have received checks that have been sent to my school address, my old address, the state office, and from another school that had fees sent to them in West Texas.
Here is the correct address. It is also printed on your invoice after you enter your students.
ATSSB Region 4 C/O Jason Steele
PO BOX 667
White Oak, TX 75693
North Zone Middle School Auditions
Today is the deadline for entries if you would like to keep from paying any late fees.
Use the online entry system through TMEA and if you have any questions please let me know.