ASBA Newsletter

Please encourage colleagues in your area to join the Arkansas Small Band Association. Our goal this year--55 member schools!

Note the new address below for where you should send your forms and money. Make sure your bookkeepers know this--their computer systems will often address envelopes to old addresses.

Registration Forms and $25 Due--Initial deadline is September 30 (Find on our website.)

Extended Deadline for Forms and $35 Due--October 31

New Address: Trey Reely, Executive Secretary, 2 Cathy Drive, Searcy, Ar 72143. Send everything to this address! Checks should be made out to ASBA.

All-Star Honor Band Try-outs--Tuesday, February 11 at Riverview HS in Searcy (Snow Date--13th)

All-Star Honor Band Clinic--April 3rd and 4th at Pangburn HS (possibly Harding or Searcy HS)

From John Maxwell's No Limits:

(paraphrased): "I am determined to believe there is always an answer, no matter what the question or situation is. That means practicing possibilities. It means changing the question from 'Is there an answer?' to 'What is the answer?'"

ASBA member Alan Nesbitt of Harding Academy is offering to do instrument cleaning and repair at great prices. If you are interested, e-mail him at anesbitt@harding.edu.

"I think the most valuable person alive is the elementary or junior high school teacher who is inspiring and is inspired and produces top results." (John Paynter)

Why did Mozart hate his chicken?

Because it kept saying, "Bach! Bach! Bach!"

To illustrate a deep breath: Ask students to pretend they are stepping into a freezing pool of water. (Krebs)

John Fultz of Perryville has been kind enough to put his helpful thoughts for inexperienced band directors in writing. I'm sure his ideas would be of help to all. Be on the look-out for this. If you would like an advanced copy, e-mail him at john.fultz@perryvilleschool.org.