Great Bridge Middle School Band

Michael Oare, Mark Gerhardt

Directors

441 Battlefield Blvd. South

Chesapeake, VA 23322

Telephone: (757) 482-5128

Email: oaremjo@cps.k12.va.us

On the web: www.gbmsband.org

TO: District IV Band Directors

FROM: M. Oare, Band Festival Chair

RE: 2008 Band Festival

The 2008 District IV Band Festival will be held Thursday, March 6 through Saturday March 8 at Great Bridge High School. All information and forms associated with this event can be found on the District IV website (vboda4.org). Below are important changes to our registration deadlines. Complete explanations for these changes were discussed at the Fall meeting which was held on September 19, 2007. Minutes of this meeting can be found on the VBODA District IV web page (Dist. Archives – Fall 2007 minutes).

2008 Festival Registration Deadline is Tuesday, JANUARY 15, 2008. By this date each participating band must submit the following:

1. Director’s Financial Form indicating the Name of the ensemble(s), number of members, grade of music performing, Festival fee amount (based on the 2008 Fees Matrix).

2. Festival Fees must be paid at this time. As stated in our VBODA District IV policy: All fees (payable to Great Bridge Middle School) and the “Director’s Financial Form” must be received by M. Oare, Festival Chair, by 4:00 PM on Tuesday, January 15, 2008. Unless prior arrangements are made, all bands registering late will perform at the end of the event. If more than one ensemble registers late, they will perform in the order their completed registrations (form and fees) were received.

3. NOTE: Directors do not have to decide on their final program by January 15^th. The “Prepared Selections Form” and the “Stage Crew Form(s)” are due by February 8, 2008.

Finally, the adjudicators for this year’s Festival are:

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