Dates & Deadlines 2008-2009

     

Note-All Meetings except August will be at Sam Houston H.S.

August

 

26        District Meeting 7:00 pm

                     RyanŐs, L.C.                           

                     Dinner 6 pm

           

 

September 

12        Entry Deadline

                     1st Round All-State entries

                     due - Sharon Stephenson

 

27        H.S. 1st Round All-State Auditions

                     Winds at LC-B (Percussion TBA)

 

October

4          Pickering Marching Festival

 

7          MSU Marching Festival: Dr. Jay Jacobs, Director

 

11        2nd Round All-State Audition – Pineville HS

 

14        District Meeting 7:00 P.M.

            ELECT DISTRICT DIRECTOR EVERY 2 YEARS.

            SUBMIT TO LMEA NLT 1 DECEMBER.

 

18        DeRidder Marching Festival: Carolyn Herrington,

                     Director

 

25        LaGrange Marching Festival: James Hearne, Director                   

 

November-No Meeting

 

1      Sulphur Marching Festival: Fred Roeder, Director

 

20-23   LMEA State Convention Baton Rouge

 

December

 

2          District Meeting 7:00 pm Sam Houston

 

13        Entry Deadline:

                     Middle School Honor Band Audition Forms

                     Mack Golden, Chairperson  

 

17        H. S. District Honor Band Entry Deadline

            Jason Liles - Chairman

 

January

10       Middle School Honor Band Audition

                     S.J Welsh Middle School

            District Meeting 12 Noon

        

10        Entry Deadline: High School Honor Band Pledge Sheet and Fees

 

10        Deadline: District Jazz Audition fees due

                     Jay Ecker, High School Chairperson               

                     Tim McMillen-  Middle School Chairperson

 

17        District High School Honor Band Auditions

            Barbe H.S.

 

T.B.A.      Entry Deadline: 

                     Solo and Ensemble Festival

                                 Daphne Richardson, Chairman

 

24         Deadline: Middle School Honor Band Pledge Sheet

                      And Fees

 

24        All-District HS & MS Jazz Auditions: Site: W.W. Lewis Middle School

 

30-31 Honor Band Weekend; HS Rehearse at MSU, MS Buc at FK White, MS Contra at SJ Welsh

 

31        Honor Band Concerts: 2:30 pm & 4:00 pm

Site: Bulber Auditorium at MSU

 

February

 

3     District Meeting 7:00pm

 

17    Entry Deadline:

                     Large Ensemble Festival Forms

                      Sharon Stephenson, Chairman

 

21    Solo & Ensemble Festival (Additional sites and dates TBA)

 

March

 

3          District Meeting 7:00pm

 

5-7       District Jazz Honor Band Festival

7          District Jazz Honor Band Concerts

 

17-19       Large Ensemble Festival – Lake Charles Civic Center; Rosa Hart Theatre

 

April

 

1-3, 6-8        State Testing

 

1      Entry Deadline: LMEA State Band Festival

                     Bruce Lambert, Chairman:

 

7          District Meeting 7:00pm - Sam Houston H.S.

                     Bob Sweeney Scholarship Audition

 

27 – May 1    State Band Festival – Lake Charles

 

May

 

2          District V Contraband Days Jazz Festival