2012 All-State Requirements

ABA Vice-President Rusty Courson has posted the 2012 All-State Requirements.  The links are provided below:

• 2012 Middle School All-State Requirements.
• 2012 High School All-State Requirements.
• Order All-State Audition Recordings.

ABA District II Interactive Calendar of Events-2012

Dear ABA District II Directors,

Below is an interactive Calendar of Events for ABA District II.  All District and State events for the 2011-2012 school year is listed along with deadline dates and appropriate forms.

All registration forms will be handled online.  Simply click the link for the necessary form, follow directions to fill out the form, then click "submit" when you are finished to send to Jeff Gossett.  As deadlines approach there will be other emails from Jeff or David McDaniel concerning specific information.  If you have a question or problem give us a call and we will help you through it.

Deadlines: Online forms have a timestamp when you submit your information to ensure that all are meeting the informational deadlines.  Registration fee checks must be mailed and postmarked before or on the deadline date.  Only Solo & Ensemble fees go to David McDaniel; all other fees must be mailed to Jeff Gossett.

The most important form is the Contact information form.  Please fill this out asap so we can have current contact information for each of you.

Click here to download and save a copy of this calendar for yourself.

DATE	DAY	EVENT	INFO	LOCATION
August 30, 2011	Tuesday	ABA District II Fall Meeting	6:00 (food); 6:30 (meeting)	Gadsden City HS
August 30, 2011	Tuesday	DEADLINE: District School dues and director contact information	Online: Contact Information (click to fill out form). Mail fees (school fee - $30 and the Regina King Scholarship donation  - $15) to Jeff Gossett.	DEADLINE
December 12, 2011	Monday	DEADLINE: All-State Audition Registration	Online: Audition Manager (all Audition Manager info will be sent to you at a later date). Mail fees to Jeff Gossett.	DEADLINE
January 14, 2012	Saturday	All-State Auditions	Times TBA	Jacksonville High School
January 19-21, 2012	Thursday-Saturday	AMEA Conference	Reservations (click for reservation website).	Renaissance Montgomery Hotel
January 31, 2012	Tuesday	DEADLINE: MPA Registration	Online: Registration (click to fill out form). Mail fees to Jeff Gossett.	DEADLINE
February 15, 2012	Wednesday	DEADLINE: District II Honor Band	Online: Registration (click to fill out form). Mail fees to Jeff Gossett.	DEADLINE
February 29-March 2	Wednesday-Friday	District II Music Performance Assessment	Judges: Steve McLendon Terry Ownby Harry McAfee Garry Taylor (sightreading)	Gadsden City High School
March 2, 2012	Friday	DEADLINE: Regina King Memorial Scholarship	(click to download form).  Send to Jeff Gossett.  This form must be printed and mailed in.	DEADLINE
March 9-10, 2012	Friday-Saturday	District II Honor Band	Clinicians TBA	Gadsden State Community College
April 9, 2012	Monday	DEADLINE: District II Solo & Ensemble (both)	Online: Registration (click to fill out form). Mail fees to: David McDaniel.	DEADLINE
April 11, 2012	Wednesday	ABA State Solo Festival	Reservations: (click for reservation website).	Riverview Plaza Hotel/Mobile Convention Center
April 12-14, 2012	Thursday-Saturday	ABA All-State Band Conference	Reservations (click for reservation website. Clinicians: Red Band: Dr. Gregg Gausline (U of GA). White Band: Dr. Scott Hanna (U of TX). Blue Band: Dr. David Ragsdale (UAH). Middle School: TBA.	Riverview Plaza Hotel/Mobile Convention Center
April 30, 2012	Monday	District II Solo & Ensemble #1	Times: TBA	Oxford HS
May 1, 2012	Tuesday	District II Solo & Ensemble #2	Times: TBA	Arab HS
June 26-28, 2012	Tuesday, Wednesday	ABA Summer Conference	Reservations:  (click for reservation website).	Hilton Garden Inn, Orange Beach, AL