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Gifts for directors besides a check with presentation before last tune Gifts for host and auditorium manager Nice Letter for admistrative team of hosting school Thank you cards signed by students for conductors
 * Gifts and Thanks**

More specified jobs, more help with transitions, clarification of jobs DPD (chairs and stands almost became a problem) see ***Meetings** - DPD Teachers with children (their own, not students) participating deserve to be a parent on that night. Everyone else needs to help. Be good band directors - see what needs to be done and constantly think of what needs to get done and DO IT!!!!. - DPD
 * Some People Help, Some People Watch**

some type of placement process for students - DPD (I propose that if you nominate in 2010, that I will rotate a few days next year and come listen to the kids play) - positives - love the representation of schools and diversity, good instrumentation - negatives - students nominated that don't know fingerings (really?), unprepared students and some interesting definitions of characteristic tone, students with incorrect fingerings on music (indicating that teachers did not work with students),
 * Placement Process**

Best Flute, Clarinet, Sax Trumpet and Euphonium in your perceived order (as many as you want since we stop taking after the nomination process ends when filled) Submit your Double Reeds, Low Reeds (not bari sax), Horns, and Low Brass (not euph) and we take them as needed Submit Percussion and we can audition ( limited percussionist need to learn not to be limited percussionists)
 * Instrumentation - Selection Process**
 * 2 separate nominations from teachers**

We are going to have to switch to 2 Concerts or limit. Can't break fire code a 2nd time. 6:30 and 8pm? DPD
 * Logistics**

LOVED the look and I think we should truly adopt it for our concert bands as a district, HOWEVER, some students got the colors right, but got the tact wrong - (eliminate jeans for concert band as a district) Find a way for unfunded students to have appropriate clothes -
 * Student Dress**
 * BOYS (from the bottom up)**
 * Black Dress Shoes
 * Black Dress Socks
 * Black Dress Pants
 * Black Dress Belt
 * **__Long Sleeve__**, White, Button Up Dress Shirt
 * GIRLS (from the bottom up)**
 * Black Dress Shoes
 * Black Dress Pants OR Black Dress skirt that must touch the knees when seated (length appropriate, but I am a guy so correct away)
 * 1/2,3/4 or Long sleeve, White, Button Dress shirt (no cleavage)

Wednesday Night schedule was great. Thursday vs Transportaion, Sectionals and then Mandated 10am - 12pm rehearsal schedule on Thursday, the lunch plan worked better then trying to refocus- DPD
 * Schedule**

Rotation of High Schools Hosting and their responsibilites (Unfortunately Boulder Creek would not work because of bussing, not possible to get the south schools to the north as easily as the north schools to the south)
 * Hosting**
 * 2006 - O'Connor
 * 2007 - Barry Goldwater
 * 2008 - Didn't Exist (grr)
 * 2009 - Barry Goldwater
 * 2010 - DVHS, MRHS, SDOHS??
 * 2010 - DVHS, MRHS, SDOHS??


 * Clarification fo Hosting duties**

Process of borrowing needs to be laid out with responsiblity on our end of care.

Middle School and HS Booths in the Lobby so parents can talk to the programs - DPD
 * Concert Items**
 * MS - HL, Hillcrest, DSMS, DVMS
 * -HS - DV, BG, BC, SDO, MR

NOMINATIONS FOR 2010

I personally enjoyed the out of district conductors and think we need to keep that trend - DPD - Douglas Akey (MS or ES) - Brian Murphy (MS or ES) - Jill Mahoney - Renee Esparza-Young
 * 2010 MS CONDUCTOR - Nominations (lets secure asap)**
 * 2010 ES CONDUCTOR - Nomination**