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TBA News

Michael Brashear, TBA Executive Director

I hope you have had your best start Even with the later TBA date
ever for a school year! By this time, and early start for some marching
the TBA Convention/Clinic is a distant programs, our attendance matched
memory and you are busy attending previous years! Several directors
football games, pep rallies, booster started summer band and still made
meetings, back to school night, and time to attend TBA to take advantage continued support of TBA allows us
fall concerts along with many hours of the great concerts and to earn several to present the largest summer band
of rehearsals with your students. hours of CPE Credit. One exciting convention in the country. Our
Whether you teach high school aspect of this year was the partnership exhibit hall displays the very latest
marching band, middle school band, between TBA and YBDT-Young Band in products used in the band world.
or beginner band, you are making a Directors of Texas. We look forward I offer special recognition to our
tremendous impact on each and every to furthering this relationship in years Premier Sponsor Perform America/
student. I hope in all the “busy-ness” to come. Good luck to all the new Ultimate Drill Book, and our
of being a band director, you are teachers this year! Patron Sponsors TMF Tour &
able to take time to enjoy the music One characteristic of the TBA Travel and Conn-Selmer. All of our
making with your students. Convention that sets us apart is sponsors and exhibitors are listed on our
I am happy to report that the TBA our emphasis on creating a “family website and I encourage you to
Convention/Clinic was a huge success atmosphere”. Congratulations to our remember these businesses as you make
in every way. I offer a special thanks Spouse Board for helping us meet this purchases for your band programs
to each clinician, demonstration goal. The Spouse Luncheon, Painting this year.
group, reading band, concert band, Party and tours to The Pearl were a I hope you enjoy this Bandmasters
jazz band, and mariachi group who huge success this year. We continue Review —this edition marks the 20th
were featured at the convention. TBA to have many families attend our BBQ Anniversary for our publication!
attendees benefited from the hard and enjoy the boat rides, balloon Check the TBA website for archives of
work that went into the preparation artists, and face painting as well as the many years of BMR magazine articles
for the clinics and concerts. This year, entertainment. Consider bringing the and convention handouts. There is
convention attendees spent more than entire family to TBA next summer! a wealth of information available for
19,000 hours in clinics and concerts— I want to thank our business you to download and print. Have a
and many more in the exhibit hall! members and exhibitors whose great Fall Semester!

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