2012-2013 Events

2012-2013 District 2 Events

Middle School Honor Band-January 11-12-Tim Wells

Centennial, Corbett, David Douglas

Middle School Honor Choir-April 12-13- Brice

Centennial, Corbett, David Douglas

Middle School Solo Contest-April 20-Peter Nilsen-Goodin

Gresham Barlow,  Parkrose, Hood River

Middle School Band Festival-March 14th- Danny Hunt

Reynolds, Oregon Trail

Middle School Choir Festival-Date TBA

Reynolds, Oregon Trail

High School Choral Festival- March 19th @ DDHS -Chris Silva

High School Solo Contest-Feb 23rd@Parkrose H.S.

Fall 2011 District II Meeting Minutes

September 12, 2012

Rob called meeting to order.
Introductions.

Festival details.

Middle school:
Band and Choir festival-Reynolds assisted by Oregon Trail
Solo & Ensemble-Gresham-Barlow assisted by Parkrose
District Honor Band and Choir- Centennial Corbett assisted by David Douglas

Date possibilities for middle school festivals above:
Honor band- January 25th & 26th
Honor choir- April 12th & 13th
Solo & Ensemble- April 20th
Band Festival- March 14th (or the week of)
Choir Festival- March 5th (or week of)

High School:
Choral Festival-March 19th DDHS (Silva)
Solo Contest -February 23rd. Parkrose HS. Rob will find instrumental judges.  Molly and Leslie will find piano and choir judges.

2012 MS Honor Band Information and Links to documents

Greetings!

This year, the District II Middle School Honor Band will take place on January 20th & 21st, 2012 at David Douglas PAC. Conductor will be Dan Ogren.

We suggesting that you collect fees IN ADVANCE of making official recommendations in order to guarantee that your students will attend the event. I like to use this Nomination letter with my students. Feel free to edit as needed to suit your situation.

Deadline for recommendations is November 12th, 2011. As usual, please rank your students and include any pertinent information as needed for assignment of parts. There is a 10 student maximum, and we will do our best to include as many of your students as possible.

Last year we had quite a few cancellations, so I am asking that you only send names of students that are a SURE BET to attend the event.

Links to:

Schedule

Contract

Medical

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Deanna McGlothin

deanna.mcglothin@ortrail.k12.or.us

Honor Band venue changed to Warner Pacific College

Please inform your students and their parents/guardians of this change.

In light of the pending strike situation at MHCC, it was decided to use a different venue.

Please also make sure participating students have received the schedule, medical form, and contract. These items, along with the $35 fee are due during registration on Friday, May 13th.

Thanks!

Deanna McGlothin and Ashleigh Winans

Middle School Honor Band

The roster and documents for the 2010-11 Middle School Honor Band are uploaded onto Google documents. The music came in today and we will work hard to get packets mailed out as soon as possible. One item was back ordered, so we plan to wait for a week or so to see if it arrives on time. Look for packets in about 2 weeks. Included will be a schedule with more details about the two day event on May 13 and 14th. Conductor is Andy Nelson.

Links: Roster, medical release form, contract

The medical release form and contract need to be returned by every participant by May 13th along with payment of $35 made out to OMEA District 2. Students can turn those things in during registration.

Any questions? Call Deanna at 503.668.8067 OR 503.668.9393

E-mail is Deanna.Mcglothin@ortrail.k12.or.us (this is a new e-mail address)

General Meeting Fall 2010

Oregon Music Educators Association, District II General Meeting

Meeting Minutes

September 29, 2010

Danny Hunt, Allan Mair, Eric Alexander, Tim Wells, Tawnya Garcia, Elizabeth Labrum, Molly Fazio, Rob McGlothin, Deanna McGlothin, Lesley Bossert, Ann McBride, Boone Langston, Karie Saltmarsh, Monica Belzer,

Next general meeting: TBA

I. Board President - formal election at Spring meeting

II. Dates:

· HS Solo and Ensemble – February 26, band and choir - Parkrose

· All State OMEA conference – January 13 – 16

· MS Solo and Ensemble – April 2

· Large Choir Contest – March 15 at David Douglas

· State Solo and Ensemble – April 30

TBD – MS Choir Festival, MS Band Festival, MS Honor Band, MS Honor Choir (May)

III. Solo fees $15 for 10 minute slot/$30 for 30 minute slot

IV. HS Solo Plaques

• Use same template as previous years. Molly Fazio and Lesley Bossert will take care of this.

V. Trouble with emails bouncing back…if anyone has a current email for:

Rebecca Nederhiser at Hood River Middle

Dan Reed at Cascade Locks.

Steve Hodges in North Wasco

VI. Middle School events:

Solo and Ensemble - Parkrose (Randy McCray)....Ann offered to support him as needed.

Festival - David Douglas....they have it under control

Honor Band - Oregon Trail...Deanna McGlothin is on it for band....she will be supported by Reynolds since they did it last year (basically Danny Hunt will assist her as needed) As far as choir is concerned, there really isn't a middle school choir staff at Oregon Trail. So Molly Fazio and Lesley Bossert said they would make it happen and reach out to people as they need help.

OMEA All-State Nominations Close Oct.13

Just a reminder to get those nominations in..The students are ranked in the order you enter them so please enter them in the order you want them considered. Every school is guaranteed 1 selected student. Thanks :)

Click on the title above to go directly to the OMEA website

Middle School Band Festival Registration

Click the title to access the registration form for this year's Band Festival.

Thursday, March 18
Sam Barlow High School

OMEA District II Jr. Division Choral Festival

OMEA District II Jr. Division Choral Festival

Wednesday, March 3^rd, 2010

Parkrose High School, 12003 Northeast Shaver Street

Registration Form

The OMEA District II Junior Division Choir Festival will be on Wednesday, March 3^rd at Parkrose High School, 12003 NE Shaver St., Portland, OR.

This event is an excellent opportunity for area middle schools and junior high ensembles to perform for evaluation and to grow from hearing a number of other groups perform. Please return your registration form with payment as soon as possible.

The event will include 2 judges providing written comments about your group’s performance and 1 judge will work with your group after its performance.

It is important that you give your students the opportunity to hear a few other groups but it is strongly suggested that you do not stay the entire day and that you stay with your choir at all times. You are responsible for the behavior of your students. Please remind them about appropriate audience behavior.

The registration fee for this event will be $100.00 per choir and we ask that only 1 choir per school enter. If there is room in our schedule, I will enter additional groups from your school on a “first-come first-served” basis.

Please make your checks payable to OMEA District II and enclose it with your registration form.

Registration is due Feb. 3^rd. Mail form and payment to:

Helen Deitz – fest. Chair

Clear Creek Middle School

219 NE 219^th

Gresham, OR 97030

You will receive times and other additional information regarding the festival by Feb. 19^th.

Sincerely,

Helen Deitz Helen_Deitz@gbsd.gresham.k12.or.us

Clarification on All State Notification

There seems to have been a glitch in the notification email that was sent out to you regarding your accepted students. Apparently the list of your students was sent to you with a NO or N/A and not being specific as to who was accepted. PLEASE check the OMEA home page to find the listing of your accepted students. The list on the OMEA website is the CURRENT LIST. Email me if you have questions. The music has arrived and the envelopes are being stuffed. Once I have been notified that all of your students have submited paperwork and payment, I will send you the music.

Be sure to have all paperwork and payments in to OMEA by November 20 at the latest. If not, your students will be removed from the list and an alternate will be selected. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Middle School Honor Band

April 9-10
Reynolds High School
Pat Vandehey, guest conductor

NOTICE THE CHANGE OF DATE

General Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the September 23rd meeting are now available online and in your Google Documents.

Please take a moment to look them over.

ACTION ITEMS:
1. All members new to our district need to create a Google Docs account if they do not already have one associated with their school email address. Directions for doing this are in the upper right corner of this web site.

2. Middle School events needs dates and locations asap (by Nov. 1 at the latest). Here are this year's organizing school districts:

• HONOR GROUPS: Reynolds
• FESTIVALS: Gresham-Barlow
• SOLO AND ENSEMBLE: Corbett and Centennial

3. High School Solo Contest still needs organizers

• Instrumental will be held at Reynolds HS on February 20
• Vocal will be held at Parkrose HS on February 27
  

OMEA All-State Nominations Close Oct.10

Just a reminder to get those nominations in..The students are ranked in the order you enter them so please enter them in the order you want them considered. Every school is guaranteed 1 selected student. Thanks :)

OMEA General Meeting

General Meeting for all District II OMEA members will be held on Wednesday, September 23rd at Floyd Light Middle School at 4:15 p.m.

Food will be provided.

Floyd Light Middle School
10800 SE Washington St, Portland

Band Camp Registration

Registration Form

Dates : July 27 - 31

Cost: $85

Registration Deadline: June 1st

Middle School Band Festival

Date: March 19, 2009

Location: Parkrose High School
12003 NE Shaver St., Portland, Oregon 97220
Phone: (503) 408-2601

http://www.mapquest.com/mq/10-yich

Festival Host: Randy McCray wk - (503) 408-2963

Directors Information

Schedule

Clinicians -
Lewis Norfleet (Union HS, Vancouver)
Tim Siess (Cascade MS, Vancouver)
Kevin Egan (West Linn HS)
Paul Jolstead (Wilson HS)

Please contact me if you need more assistance
Randy McCray, Parkrose Middle School
(503) 408-2963
mccraran@parkrose.k12.or.us

Junior Division Solo/Ensemble Festival

Date: Saturday, April 18th 2009
Location: Cedar Ridge Middle School, 17225 Smith Avenue, Sandy OR 97055
Fees: $12 solo, $15 small ensemble (2-6 members), $30 large ensemble
Contact: Deanna McGlothin mcglothd@ortrail.k12.or.us

For registration form and informational letter, please click on the following links which should take you to google documents.

Informational Letter
Registration Form

Registration forms and fees are due by Friday, March 20th, 2009.
Please send forms and money to Cedar Ridge Middle School, to my attention.
Thanks!
Deanna

Middle School Choral Festival

Venue & date change for M.S. Choral Festival - FRIDAY, MARCH 13, PARKROSE HIGH SCHOOL

Reynolds JazzFest

Saturday, December 6th
Reynolds High School

a completely non-competitive festival with great clinics and an awesome guest performance by Mt. Hood Community College's Jazz Band. Clinicians are Susie Jones (Mt. Hood Community College), Brian McWhorter (University of Oregon), and Jeff Uusitalo (renowned jazz artist). No scores, no rankings, no politics, no worries...just a very supportive atmosphere and a GREAT opportunity for your jazz band's first festival experience. Open to all schools regardless of grade level or experience.

Contact Travis Freshner for more info...
travis_freshner@reynolds.k12.or.us

Action Items - ALL MEMBERS

Sign up for a Google Account - we are going to begin using Google Documents to maintain judges lists, registration materials, event schedules, solo and ensemble room times, and any other documents that we want to share with each other.

• Go to Google Docs and either create an account with your school email OR associate your school email with a pre-existing account...for more help see the "Google Documents How To..."
  
• We would like everyone to do this by September 19th. Once we know we have everyone signed up, then we can begin sharing documents.
  

Attention David Douglas directors....you already have a Google Docs account. While in your Gmail, find the link at the upper left of your screen called "Documents". If you click on that it will take you to your Documents and you will probably already find the OMEA contact list shared with you there.

PLEASE NOTIFY ANN MCBRIDE as soon as you have your account set up....David Douglas folks, just let me know that you have found your Documents area.

This can only work as an effective communication tool if everyone gets on board.