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Mississippi Junior/Community College
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Band Association
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MCJCBDA FALL MEETING
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Friday, September 6, 2002
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| On Friday, September 6, 2002, the first meeting of the year of the MCJCBDA was held at Hinds Community College. President Todd Hill, of Northwest Community College, called the meeting to order. The minutes were read by vice-president Sammy Barr of Jones Jr. College and approved by the members attending. | ||||||
| -Old Business- | ||||||
| The first item on the agenda was the revision of the Constitution. President Hill noted that Article III, Section 2 was no longer applicable. After a few minutes of discussion, the vote was called to completely delete the article from the constitution. A motion was made by Chris Warren of Co-Lin and seconded by David Duiett of MGCCC to suspend the rules in order for the membership to vote on the afore mentioned motion. The vote to suspend was unanimous. The motion to delete Article III, Section 2 was made by Jeff Brown of Jones Jr. College and seconded by David Duiett of MGCCC. The motion was voted on and carried. | ||||||
| -New Business- | ||||||
| Under new business, the topic of realignment of schools was brought to the floor by President Hill. After some discussion, the members approved moving Copiah-Lincoln back to the South, giving each district five members. The alignment now reads: -North: Northeast CC, Northwest CC. Coahoma CC, Itawamba CC, and Ms. Delta CC -Central: East Central CC, East Ms. CC, Holmes CC, Hinds CC, and Meridian CC -South: Southwest CC, Pearl River CC, Jones Jr. College, Ms. Gulf Coast CC, and Copiah-Lincoln CC Chris Warren of Co-Lin put this in a form of a notion with Tracy Irby of Hinds CC making the second. The vote was called and the motion carried. | ||||||
| Also under new business, former President Tom Carson presented President Hill with the traditional green gavel, the symbol of ultimate power. | ||||||
| Next on the agenda was the recognition of new members. Clay Fuller, the new Director of Bands at Ms. Delta, and Jaime Bahr, the new assistant at Holmes, were welcomed. All members were then asked to introduce themselves. | ||||||
| Continuing with new business, it was announced that auditions for the All-State Band would be held at Homes CC on Friday January 17, beginning with percussion at 12:30 and horns at 1:00. Mr. Sheppeard asked to let him know the approximate number of students and staff involved so he could properly prepare the Holmes cafeteria. A discussion of audition music followed with several changes being made. Mr. Brown, from Jones, said he would put all changes on the Jones web site and e-mail the address and link. Dr. Kyle Hill, Ms. Jaime Bahr, Mr. Jared Brownlee, and Mr. Clay Whittington will choose the percussion audition music. | ||||||
| The All-State Clinic will be held at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS Jan. 23-25, 2003. The clinician will be Dr. Dennis Johnson, Director of Bands at Murray State University, Murray Kentucky. | ||||||
| Mr. Barr, of Jones, asked about the possibility of changing the first rehearsal until later in the day on the 23rd. After a period of discussion, it was decided to leave the rehearsal schedule as is. | ||||||
| President Hill said "Treble Clefness".Why? We aren't sure. | ||||||
| December 13, was announced as the next meeting day. | ||||||
| Mr. Stewart of Co-Lin asked that a new location for that meeting be researched. Mr. David Dueitt was appointed to look into this matter. | ||||||
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Ms. Irby of Hinds CC thanked Mr. Randy Mapes, also
of Hinds, for setting up the meeting which included a splendid meal
and facility.
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| Mr. Naz Rhodes of Northeast moved to adjourn; Mr. Sheppeard seconded. The vote was called and passed. | ||||||