Maine Motif Issue 3, Vol. II (Spring 2018) | Page 38

The May Jazz Meeting
I know a meeting is not the top event on our “to-do” list for the conference, but the May
jazz meeting provides a rare opportunity for educators to meet in person and discuss
important issues and improvements to jazz activities in the state of Maine. Teachers
who attend or wish to attend state jazz events should have a voice at this meeting. Thus
far our agenda includes discussion of the following items:
• New policies and hotel protocol for Jazz All State
• Review of this year’s state jazz festivals
• Discussion of the district rotation sequence at state jazz festivals
• Review of host bids for the next two years of state jazz festivals
• Discussion of the goals of district jazz festivals
• Refining the state instrumental jazz festival adjudication sheets to match the medal
system
The agenda is still under construction and will be distributed to the membership well
before the meeting.
All the best,
Mike Sakash
MMEA Jazz VP
Preview of Band Sessions
Chris White, Band VP
I am super excited about the slate of band related sessions at this year’s All State
Conference.
One of the big highlights will be the two sessions by Dr. Linda Moorhouse from the
University of Illinois in Champagne/ Urbana. She will be doing an open rehearsal with
the Old Town HS band where we will be able to observe and see in real time various