37th annual KBA Convention
July 14-17, 2010
Wichita Marriott - 9100 Corporate Hills Drive, Wichita, Kansas

2010 Convention Registration Form
2010 Marriott Reservation Form

WEDNESDAY, JULY 14

KBA Golf Tournament - Derby Hills Country Club, 2600 Triple Creek Road, Derby, KS, 316-788-3070. From the Marriott: go south on Rock road to 63rd street. West on 63rd street one mile. Course is on south side of the road.
The dress code at this institution requires a collared shirt and no denim, such as jeans. Please plan accordingly.
$35 fee covers green fees and cart.
9:30 am   Registration
10:20 am   Putting Contest
11:00 am   Tee time (Four-person best ball tournament)
7:00 pm KBA Executive Board Meeting

THURSDAY, JULY 15
8:00 am   Vows and Ants; How do you teach — OMG — singing?
9:00 am   Young Band Reading Session
10:00-11:30 am   Exhibits
11:15 am - 12:00 pm   Daniel Kirk — Marching Execution
12:00-1:00 pm   Lunch on your own
1:00-2:00 pm   Young Band Director Panel: Helen Tyler, Daniel Kirk, Erin Shelton
1:30-3:30 pm   Exhibits
3:15-4:10 pm   Scott Watson — Brass Clinic: “Great Sound NOW!”
4:15-5:00 pm   Dr. Charles Robinson — “The Joy of Being Teachers”
5:30-7:00 pm   Complimentary dinner at Senseney Music, Inc.
7:30 pm   Concert: Jazz Friends Community Band
8:30 pm   ”Jazz in the Club” (bring your horn/fingers/voice)
8:30 pm  State Required List Committee Meeting

SATURDAY, JULY 17
8:00 am   Dr. Dori Waggoner — Music for the Small School Band
9:00 am   Alan Comstock — All You Want To Know About Double Reeds
9:45 am  District Meetings
10:10 am   KBA General Business Meeting
10:45 am   Concert: Independence City Band — Don Farthing, Conductor
12:00 pm   KBA Executive Board Meeting

Downloadable 2010 Convention Schedule

Be sure to bring your instrument and participate in the reading sessions. We will also need a “Directors Band” for the 1:15 session on Friday.

Please visit the KBA website (www.kansasbandmasters.org) for information concerning convention registration, hotel reservations, clinics, and clinicians.

As always, be sure to share this information with other band directors in your building and school district. We look forward to seeing you in Wichita in July!

The Kansas Bandmasters Association presents the very finest association of experienced and successful instrumental music educators dedicated to working within the organization to mentor each other and new additions to the community.

The rich heritage of Kansas Music Education is preserved in our organization when names like Dilley, Foster, Barnes, Markovich, Tracz, Betton, Hewitt, Molina, Fuchs, Elsass with hundreds of others have contributed to making Kansas Bands among the most respected in America.

TRADITION

Founded at the Ramada Inn in Manhattan in 1972 and 1973, the Kansas Bandmasters sought to find a community of like minds who would assemble to assist each other in the growth and development of bands in Kansas. The CONVENTION has a great tradition of getting directors AND THEIR FAMILIES together in a comfortable and affordable location where they share in clinics, concerts, rehearsals and reading sessions. Evenings provide informal sessions by the pool, concerts by our outstanding Kansas Community Bands and opportunities for families to share in the close-knit kinship of directors from school districts, universities, private studios and the amazing wealth of knowledge shared by our retired directors.

COST

KBA is one of the most reasonably priced professional organizations. Dues are geared to support the organizations but not be damaging to the budgets of our members. The convention cost is MINIMAL and the hotel rooms at the Marriott are a real “bargain” for members who can enjoy the convention, the pool, the location in east Wichita. And GREAT FOOD!

GUEST ARTISTS

KBA tries to bring the very best EDUCATORS to the convention to share with our membership. This summer, the convention will include: James Barnes, Scott Watson, Mary Watson, Daniel Kirk,  Doug Auwater, The Independence City Band with Don Farthing, The Marshall’s Band with Clifford Manning and MORE! The Kansas All-Collegiate Jazz Band, YOUNG TEACHER PANEL, KSHSAA State Required Band Music READING BAND, Pep and Marching Band reading session, Jazz by the Pool, SMART music lab setting, The Outstanding Band Master Award…and more!

PLEASE consider joining the Kansas Bandmasters both in MEMBERSHIP and at out summer CONVENTION!

2010 KBA Summer Convention Schedule and Additional Forms

2010 KBA Summer Convention Brochure

2010 KBA Clinic Proposal Form

2010 KBA Membership Form

2009 KBA Summer Convention Registration Form

2009 KBA Summer Convention Marriott Reservation Form

2009 KBA Summer Convention Highlights