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TBA News

Michael Brashear, TBA Executive Director

Congratulations on the completion of another successful and afternoon. There will also
school year! I hope that you have some down time planned be time to visit the exhibits
and are able to enjoy your family and friends. after our Business Luncheon
The TBA Convention/Clinic is coming soon: Thursday- until they close at 3 p.m. Plan
Saturday, July 20-22. Pre-register before July 1 to take to spend more time in the
advantage of the discounted fee. Note the following changes: exhibit hall this year! The
• The TBA registration area has been moved to the revenue generated from
new lobby of the Convention Center. You can access exhibitors is crucial to our financial strength as an
this area from Market Street or simply enter the convention organization. The exhibitors will continue to attend only if
center across from the Marriott, walk past Lila Cockrell they see good support from our attendees. Let them know
Theatre and follow the signs. how much we appreciate their presence!
• The Exhibit Hall will be open Friday 9 a.m. to • The main entrance into the exhibit hall is from our
6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Built into the registration area in the lobby. There is also a secondary
schedule will be Exclusive Exhibit Hall time each morning entrance down the hall toward Lila Cockrell theatre. For
band directors, the easiest way to access the
exhibits is down the escalator from the second
floor where all our clinics are located.
• The marching band clinics and Active and
Retired Members Luncheon can be accessed
through the exhibit hall. This entrance will be
at the back of the exhibit hall close to the elevators.

TBA Celebrates 70 Years of Service
To mark this occasion, TBA commissioned Brian
Balmages, our Featured Composer, to write a band
piece. This work is titled “Infinite Hope” and
will be premiered by the U.S. Coast Guard Band
during their concert Friday evening. TBA thanks the
following schools who participated in the consortium
for this piece: Canyon Vista MS-Round Rock ISD; Cele
MS-Pflugerville ISD; Cobb MS-Frisco ISD; Cockrill
MS-McKinney ISD; Hornedo MS-El Paso ISD; Klein
Oak HS-Klein ISD; Metzger MS-Judson ISD; Pearland
HS-Pearland ISD; Rice MS-Plano ISD; Richardson ISD;
Spillane MS-Cypress-Fairbanks ISD; Tays JH-Katy ISD;
Tejeda MS and Tex Hill MS-North East ISD; Valley View
JH-Valley View ISD; and York JH-Conroe ISD.
I hope you will attend our TBA Active and Retired
Members Luncheon and Business Meeting at noon
on Saturday. In addition to taking care of TBA
Business and hearing from our Bandmaster of the

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