Motions for the August 2025 Meeting
Click here to submit motions to be read at the August 16th meeting. Deadline is Wednesday, August 13th at 11:59 PM.
2025-2026 Member Registration
Here is the link for WTSBOA membership for the 2025-2026 year. Our first meeting is Saturday, August 16, at 9:30 AM at the University School of Jackson, 232 McClellan Road, Jackson, TN 38305. You may pay your registration fees online, mail a check to the PO box on the registration form, or bring a check to the meeting. A blank invoice is linked below in case you do not receive one by email. Deadline for registration AND dues is September 1st.
J. Darrell Evans – WTSBOA Treasurer
PO Box 161 West University Pkwy 11595
Jackson, Tennessee 38305-9998
RESEARCH PROJECT: Comparing the Ratios of Enrollment, Recruitment, and Retention in non-Competitive to Competitive High School Marching Band Programs
Kreston Smith is working on a research project as part of his Master’s degree in Music Education at the University of Memphis. Current and former high school marching band directors: please click the link below if you would like to participate in the survey.
survey link: https://forms.gle/
Last Call for TBA Young Directors Symposium
All,
I hope you will plan to join us this Friday and/or Saturday for the Tennessee Bandmasters Summer Symposium featuring Alfred Watkins and Rachel Maxwell on Friday and the ASBDA Young Directors Symposium on Saturday.
HERE is the schedule for the TBA Summer Symposium
If you are planning on attending would you please REGISTER by tomorrow so that Amro can plan for lunch?
Looking forward to seeing you at these great events!
May Minutes
The Spring 2025 meeting minutes are now available to view.
Hall of Fame Nominations
Hall of Fame Nominations will close this Friday, May 9th. Please send a photo and bio of your nominee to officers@wtsboa.org. The guidelines can be found by clicking here.
TBA Important Updates
- TBA Summer Symposium has now been confirmed to be at Poplar Grove Middle School on June 13th.
- A vote for President Elect will be sent out in the next week or so and we will send that reminder out as soon as it is posted.
- If band directors didn’t pick up all state certificates at the conference, they were mailed last week so be on the look out for those. Let Jennifer Cupples or JR Baker know if you do not receive yours this week.
Spring 2025 Financial Report
All-West Music Committee
Click here to view the findings from the All-West Music Committee.