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Your CMEA Bay Section Board Members for Festivals:

	FESTIVAL COORDINATOR - LARGE ENSEMBLES Rita Zigas-Brown Walnut Creek Intermediate School 2425 Walnut Blvd Walnut Creek, CA  94597 E-mail: rzigas@wcsd.k12.ca.us		FESTIVAL COORDINATOR - SOLO & ENSEMBLE Vivian McNulty Blach Middle School 1120 Covington Road Los Altos, CA 94024 E-mail: scootermcn@aol.com
	ADJUDICATION Orrin Cross III 5172 Olive Drive Concord, CA 94521 E-mail: occ3@comcast.net . Go to the Adjudication Page.		MEDALS Laurel Verissimo Cupertino Middle School 1650 Bernardo Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94087 E-mail: verissimo_laurel@cupertino.k12.ca.us.

Festivals Page Index
2008 Schedule of Festivals:
Band	Choral	Jazz	Orchestra	Solo and Ensemble

Festival Notes for Large Ensembles.	The May, 2007 article from Large Ensembles Festival Coordinator Rita Zigas is now posted.
Solo & Ensemble Festival Notes.	The May, 2007 article from Solo & Ensemble Festival Coordinator Vivian McNulty is now posted. Directions for using SoloChair.com.
Notes on Adjudication by Orrin Cross III is located on the Adjudication Page.

Festival and Conference Honor Group Registration for 2008 If you are not familiar with our process, click on this link.
2008 Large Group Festivals.	For 2008 festivals, all registrations will be handled online using solochair.com. If you haven't used solochair.com to register before, click here to find out how to register. First day to submit online applications is September 1, 2006.
2008 Solos/Combos Jazz Festivals.
2008 Solo and Ensemble Festivals.
Nominate Students for Conference Performance Groups.	For 2008 Winter Conference Performing Groups, all nominations will be handled online using solochair.com. First day to submit applications is September 1, 2007. Last day to submit entries is October 15, 2007.
Download Supplemental Festival Forms If you are not familiar with our process, click on this link.
Medal Order Form.	If for some reason your students were unable to purchase medals at a recent festival, use this form for additional orders.
CMEA Bay Handbook Order Form.	This booklet contains the complete rules and guidelines for CMEA festivals, as well as group bylaws. All members and adjudicators participating in Bay Section festivals should have a copy. All members should be using the 2006 edition. If you don't have a copy, click on the link to order one.
All adjudication forms are now located on the Adjudication Page.

2008 Schedule of Festivals

All festivals for 2008 will be available for registration on September 1, 2007, using solochair.com.

2008 Band Festivals (Area and Regional) Confirmed festivals are shown in black. Grayed out festivals are not confirmed for date, place, or times. They still show 2007 information. All band festival applications for 2008 will be registered online. Click here for further details.
Area I	Friday, May 2 at Windsor High School (3:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Saturday, May 3 at Windsor High School, Santa Rosa (1 PM - 9 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host David Hill, the Band representative, or the Area I representative.
Area II	Friday, May 9 at Ygnacio Valley High School, Concord (4 PM - 10 PM) Saturday, May 10 at Ygnacio Valley High School, Concord (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Steve Accatino, the Band representative, or the Area II representative.
Area III	Friday, April 27 at California State University East Bay, Hayward (3 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 28 at California State University East Bay, Hayward (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Jon Grantham, the Band representative, or the Area III representative.
Area IV	Saturday, April 12 at Stagg High School, Stockton (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Benjamin Bricker, the Band representative, or the Area IV representative.
Area V	Friday, April 18 at Gunn High School, Palo Alto (3 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 19 at Gunn High School, Palo Alto (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Todd Summers, the Band representative, or the Area V representative.
Area VI	Saturday, April 26 at Hillsdale High School, San Mateo (8 AM - 5:00 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Mark Fish, the Band representative, or the Area VI representative.
Area VII	(See Band/Orchestra North) If you have any questions contact festival site host Glenn Walp, the Band representative, or the Area VII representative.
Area VIII	Friday, April 4 at Evergreen Valley High School,San Jose (3:00 PM - 10:00 PM) Saturday, April 5 at Evergreen Valley High School, San Jose (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Joey Fortino, the Band representative, or the Area VIII representative.

2008 Band/Orchestra Festivals (Area and Regional) Confirmed festivals are shown in black. Grayed out festivals are not confirmed for date, place, or times. They still show 2007 information. All band/orchestra festival applications for 2008 will be registered online. Click here for further details.
Band and Orchestra Area IIa	Friday, May 2 at San Ramon Valley High School, Danville (3:25 - 10 PM) Saturday, May 3 at San Ramon Valley High School, Danville (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Cheryl Yee Glass,the Band representative, or the Area II representative.
Band and Orchestra Area IIb	Friday, April 18 at Deer Valley High School, Antioch (4 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 19 at Deer Valley High School, Antioch (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Larry Widener, the Band representative, or the Area II representative.
Band and Orchestra Area II/VII	Friday, April 18 at Benicia Middle School School, Benicia (4 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 19 at Benicia Middle School School, Benicia (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Glen Walp, the Band representative, or the Area II representative.
Band and Orchestra Area IV	Friday, May 2 at Weston Ranch High School, Stockton (2 PM - 10 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Brian Marshall, the Band representative, or the Area IV representative.
Band and Orchestra Area V/VIII	Friday, March 28 at Saratoga High School (3 - 10 PM) Saturday, March 29 at Saratoga High School (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Michael Boitz, the Band representative, or the Area V representative.
Band and Orchestra Area VI	Friday, April 11 at Aragon High School, San Mateo, (3:30 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 12 at Aragon High School, San Mateo, (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Troy Davis, the Band representative, or the Area VI representative.
Band and Orchestra Area III	Saturday, May 3 at East Avenue Middle School, Livermore (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Kathy Boster, the Band representative, or the Area III representative.

2008 Choral Festivals Confirmed festivals are shown in black. Grayed out festivals are not confirmed for date, place, or times. They still show 2007 information. All choral festival applications for 2008 will be registered online. Click here for further details.
Area I	Friday, April 25 at Maria Carillo HIgh School, Santa Rosa (4:00 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 26 at Maria Carillo, Santa Rosa (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Gail Bowers, the Choral representative, or the Area I representative.
Area II	Friday, April 18 at Liberty High School, Brentwood (4 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 19 at Liberty High School, Brentwood (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Susan Stuart, the Choral representative, or the Area II representative.
Area IIIa	Friday, May 4 at CSU East Bay, Hayward (3 - 10 PM PM) Saturday, May 5 at CSU East Bay, Hayward (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Ken Rawdon, the Choral representative, or the Area III representative.
Area IIIb	Saturday, May 12 at CSU East Bay, Hayward (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact the Choral representative, or the Area III representative.
Area IV	Friday, April 25 at Weston Ranch High School, Stockton (2 PM - 10 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Brian Marshall, the Choral representative, or the Area IV representative.
Areas V and VIII	Friday, May 9 at West Valley College, Saratoga (8 AM - 4 PM) Saturday, May 10 at West Valley College, Saratoga (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Lou De La Rosa, the Choral representative, or the Area VIII representative.
Area VI	Saturday, May 10 at Aptos Middle School (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Rich Pryor, the Choral representative, or the Area VI representative.
Area VII	Friday, April 27 at Solano Community College. (3 PM - 10 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Suzie Peterson, the Choral representative, or the Area VII representative.

2008 Jazz Festivals Confirmed festivals are shown in black. Grayed out festivals are not confirmed for date, place, or times. They still show 2007 information. All jazz festival applications for 2008 will be registered online. Click here for further details.
East	Friday, January 26 at DeLaSalle High School, Concord (3 - 10 PM) Saturday, January 27 at DeLaSalle High School, Concord (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact the festival site host, Larry Colon, or the Jazz representative.
North	Saturday, January 26 at Kenilworth Jr. High School, Petaluma (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact the festival site host, Dr. Brian Wilson, or the Jazz representative.
West	Friday, February 1 at San Francisco School of the Arts (8 AM - 5 PM) Saturday, February 2 at San Francisco School of the Arts (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact the festival site host, Steven Hendee, or the Jazz representative.
South	Friday, February 1 at West Valley College, Saratoga (3 PM - 10 PM) Saturday, February 2 at West Valley College, Saratoga (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact the festival site host, Julie Bounds, or the Jazz representative.
Valley	Saturday, May 5 at CSU Stanislaus, Turlock (9 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact the festival site host, Matt Pivec, or the Jazz representative.
Solo/Combo	Saturday, February 2 at San Francisco School of the Arts (8 AM - 12 PM) If you have any questions contact the festival site host Steven Hendee, or the Jazz representative. Entrants should read the Notes for the 2007 Solo/Combo Festival.
Vocal Jazz	Saturday, February 2 at San Francisco School of the Arts (1 PM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact the festival site host Steven Hendee, or the Jazz representative.

2008 Orchestra Festivals Confirmed festivals are shown in black. Grayed out festivals are not confirmed for date, place, or times. They still show 2007 information. All solo and ensemble applications for 2008 will be registered online. Click here for further details.
Area I/VI	Friday, April 11 at Santa Rosa High School (3 - 10 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Mark Wardlaw, the Orchestra representative, Area I representative, or the Area VI representative.
Area V/VIII	Friday, April 25 at Lynbrook High School, San Jose (3 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 26 at Lynbrook High School, San Jose (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Dr. John Felder, the Orchestra representative, or the Area V representative.

2008 Band/Orchestra Festivals (Area and Regional) Confirmed festivals are shown in black. Grayed out festivals are not confirmed for date, place, or times. They still show 2007 information. All band/orchestra festival applications for 2008 will be registered online. Click here for further details.
Band and Orchestra Area IIa	Friday, May 2 at San Ramon Valley High School, Danville (3:25 - 10 PM) Saturday, May 3 at San Ramon Valley High School, Danville (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Cheryl Yee Glass,the Band representative, or the Area II representative.
Band and Orchestra Area IIb	Friday, April 18 at Deer Valley High School, Antioch (4 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 19 at Deer Valley High School, Antioch (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Larry Widener, the Band representative, or the Area II representative.
Band and Orchestra Area II/VII	Friday, April 18 at Benicia Middle School School, Benicia (4 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 19 at Benicia Middle School School, Benicia (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Glen Walp, the Band representative, or the Area II representative.
Band and Orchestra Area IV	Friday, May 2 at Weston Ranch High School, Stockton (2 PM - 10 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Brian Marshall, the Band representative, or the Area IV representative.
Band and Orchestra Area V/VIII	Friday, March 28 at Saratoga High School (3 - 10 PM) Saturday, March 29 at Saratoga High School (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Michael Boitz, the Band representative, or the Area V representative.
Band and Orchestra Area VI	Friday, April 11 at Aragon High School, San Mateo, (3:30 - 10 PM) Saturday, April 12 at Aragon High School, San Mateo, (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Troy Davis, the Band representative, or the Area VI representative.
Band and Orchestra Area III	Saturday, May 3 at East Avenue Middle School, Livermore (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Kathy Boster, the Band representative, or the Area III representative.

2008 Solo and Ensemble Festivals
Please Note: Memorization is no longer a requirement for solo performances. Solo piano applications are no longer being accepted. The deadline for refunds is December 1, 2007. All solo and ensemble applications for 2008 will be registered online. Click here for further details. Confirmed festivals are shown in black. Grayed out festivals are not confirmed for date, place, or times. They still show 2007 information.
Area I	Saturday, March 3 at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Dr. Brian Wilson, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area I representative
Area II	Saturday, March 31 at Hercules Middle/High School (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Sharon Calonico, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area II representative.
Area IIIa (Includes Percussion Event)	Saturday, March 3 at CSU East Bay, Hayward (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Gregory Conway, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area III representative.
Area IIIb	Saturday, March 10 at CSU East Bay, Hayward (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Victoria Schmidt, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area III representative.
Area IVa (Includes Percussion Event)	Saturday, March 3 at CSU Stanislaus, Turlock (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Dan Davies, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area IV representative.
Area IVb	Saturday, March 10 at CSU Stanislaus, Turlock (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Dan Davies, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area IV representative.
Area Va (Includes Percussion Event)	Saturday, March 3 at San Jose State University (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Joe Kelly, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area V representative.
Area Vb	Saturday, March 10 at San Jose State University (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Nancy Moser, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area V representative.
Area VI	Saturday, March 24 at San Francisco State University (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Ben Latham, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area VI representative.
Area VII (Includes Percussion Event)	Saturday, March 24 at Solano College (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact festival site host Bruce Tipton, the Festival Coordinator, or the Area VII representative.
Area VIII	Saturday, March 24 at San Jose State University (8 AM - 5 PM) If you have any questions contact the Festival Coordinator, or the Area VIII representative.

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Large Ensemble Festival Notes

Rita Zigas-Brown, Large Group Festival Coordinator

May, 2007

Pssssst, summer is almost here. We all can reflect over our school year and acknowledge for ourselves what worked well and what didn’t work well. I truly enjoy this time of year, as it assists in putting most of the unpleasant issues into perspective that didn’t feel so good while in that moment. This thought process offers a regenerative healing that encourages me to get off on the right foot and emotional state for the new school year!

This brings me to my reflections on how SoloChair.com worked for Bay Section’s Large Group Festival registrations this year. In my opinion, there are many positives to share regarding SoloChair’s efficiency, as well as a few minor glitches. I believe that SoloChair.com was a bit intimidating to a few of our hosts, but once all of the “chair tools” were navigated, it became quite convenient.

Pros of SoloChair.com

The need for additional festivals in various Areas became quite clear very early on in the registration process as I kept watch over the numbers on SoloChair.com. Several Area festivals were full within three hours! This taught us a lot about our future festival planning, which is a very, very good thing. Expect more festival sites! The webmaster and CEO of SoloChair.com, John Beel (mail@solochair.com), is extremely accessible to the Bay Section Board, as well as individuals seeking help with technical problems. A built in data base containing director contact information, date of registration, date of fees received, school enrollment, sight reading or clinic preferences, and performance time preference is at the fingertips of host’s and other personnel with editing privileges.

Cons of SoloChair.com

Some of the wording on the invoice page was misleading; directors interpreted the 3 week “wait period” warning for payment as “the law”. In reality, registrations were kept alive far longer than the 3 week warning, as a professional courtesy. Directors were notified via email (and phone) by our Treasurer, and me, on many occasions; both to collect registration fees of registered groups that were past the December 1st refund deadline, as well as a reminder that fees had gone unpaid. Due to this misunderstanding, we unfortunately are still trying to collect fees from a few directors that are either preparing for approaching festivals, as well as festivals in which the director participated, but hasn’t paid. Directors wishing to register their groups for the 2008 festival season will not have this opportunity until their 2007 festival fees have been paid.

Another unfortunate issue regarding SoloChair.com arose with our site hosts. Registration information is stored in two data bases; once the SoloChair.com navigation tools were learned and practiced, retrieving school, director, and group information was convenient. However, until the navigation tools were learned, information retrieval was daunting and intimidating for some.

A big thank you to all of our Band, Choral, Band/ Orchestra, and Orchestra festival hosts. Everything was fantastic thanks to you, your students and community.

So, as your year wraps up, consider yourselves a success! Whatever your new school year brings, may it please you. Keep your eyes out for festival postings on the www.cmeabaysection.org website, as well as the first issue of Tempo, upon returning to school.

Rita Zigas-Brown
Large Group Festival Coordinator

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Solo and Ensemble Festival Notes

Vivian McNulty, Solo & Ensemble Festival Coordinator

May, 2007

Congratulations! Another successful year is winding down. I am hopeful that your memories of this year are happy ones and that your Festival experiences were educational and up to the high-expectations of our Bay Section Board. I have received many evaluation forms, and over 96% of them were extremely positive. I am looking in to the suggestions that were also made for improvement.

At this point, I wish to applaud our hard working Solo Ensemble Hosts for their endless hours of work concluding with a job well done:

Area I Brian Wilson

Area II Sharon Calonico

Area IIIa Gregory Conway

Area IIIb Victoria Schmidt

Area IV Dan Davies

Area Va Joseph Kelly

Area Vb Nancy Moser

Area VI Ben Latham

Area VII Bruce Tipton

Area VIII Rob Barnes

It once was remarked during a moment of high stress that hosting Solo Ensemble was a “thankless job.” However, when we receive the student remarks such as Mel’s below it becomes clear that all we do for our students in music is never thankless. Working toward positive musical opportunities for our students is revered by the students, their families, and all the directors that participate in these festivals.

"Thank You, Mrs. M., for signing me up for Solo Ensemble. This was one of the most incredible days of my life, I will never forget it. I was nervous during my solo but it turned out OK, and our ensemble was good but we played better at school, but our judge gave me very helpful comments. We were all screaming when we saw we got a “Superior.” Then I saw I got a "Superior" on my solo too. My grandma was so proud of me that she took us all out to dinner. I definitely will sign up for band in high school next year. Can I wear my blue medals on my vest when we go to the band festival?”

For me personally, this is “Thanks” on the very top level! This is why we music teachers keep striving to create the best possible musical experiences for our students in the Bay Area. I sincerely appreciate all the people (directors, parents, students) who helped us provide the festival experience for literally thousands of young musicians.

Solochair.com Update

Kudos! to all you directors who were so positive in working with the Solochair.com site. Adding the Large Group and Conference Group registration to this site has greatly improved the organizational work. Being only the second year we have tried online registration and expanding it, we have discovered some areas that we need to improve. Many of you have sent me e-mails with suggestions such as: “Please put the price of Solo and Ensemble on the first pages so we know how much it costs before we register our students.” Obviously a very helpful comment. Prices are now listed on the first registration page. Suggestions such as this are appreciated. Keep them coming.

One problem we have discovered is that payments are not always being made in a timely fashion. Each director has three weeks after registering to get their payment sent to the treasurer who immediately records it on Solochair.com. Deletions can only be done by the Large Group Festival Representative, and Solo Ensemble Representative. Directors cannot return to the Solochair site and delete students from their invoices. I have been reluctant to delete invoices that have not been paid on time and this has become a problem for CMEA this year. Some students were left out of full festivals as other directors neglected to get payments in on time. Some directors canceled students late and did not pay for the cancellations. This particularly was unfair to students that were not able to register for their first choice of festival. Our festivals are nonprofit ventures and when we lose funds it can cause some festivals to lose money. This could result in less offered the following year.

Therefore, the board has decided that next year we will need to be more active in requesting timely payments for both Solo Ensemble Festivals and Large Group Festivals. As difficult as it will be, we will begin to delete unpaid invoices after three weeks. Directors will be given notice before this action occurs. Students will not be able to perform if the invoice is not paid in a timely fashion. This will be more fair to us all.

Enjoy your summer and take your well deserved vacation. Remember to organize early next year and get those registrations and payments done before the deadline.

Vivian McNulty
Solo & Enesemble Festival Coordinator

SoloChair.com Registration Directions for Festivals and Conference Honor Groups

Part A — Create an Account

(If you have already created an account go to Part B)

1. Go to SoloChair.com Click the "Go" button in the burgundy box labeled "Create an Account" in the left column.
2. Validate your email address. Enter your email address in the text box and click submit. (If the system finds a possible error with your address, you will be asked to check it and try again.) Once your address is confirmed, Enter the State in which you teach/taught, then click the "Continue" Button.
3. On the 'Region' page, select the appropriate information for the drop down menu. If it is not listed in the drop-down menu then enter it in the text box. • Step 1 - enter Zone • Step 2- enter County • Step 3- enter District- Important - Check the drop down menu
   carefully.
4. Complete the form on the 'Create an Account' page. Fields marked with a red asterisk (*) are required. You will receive an error message if you do not complete these fields, and your account will not be created. Click the "Submit" button. (click only once)
5. You should receive an email shortly that includes a randomly created password. You may then log on with your email address and password in the burgundy box in the left column of the "My Account" page. If you do not receive an email, please contact the webmaster at mail@solochair.com
6. After logging on, change your password to something more personal using the "Change Password" tool in the blue box.

Part B. — Register Groups or Students for a Festival

For Solo and Ensemble Festivals:

Scroll down the page until you see the “Festivals” table. — Click the “Register” button next to the appropriate festival.
Select the date and preferred time range for that festival.
Enter in the information about the group, placement in school program, and grade levels.
Complete school information.
Select your payment method in the yellow box. Click the “Continue” Button.
You will see an unofficial copy of what you typed. If it is correct, click the “Finalize” Button. If not, click “Make Corrections.” — Your groups are not entered until you finalize the entries!
If the festival is filled or not available at that time, you will know immediately, and be asked to make another selection
To finish registration, click the link to the “Invoice” page
Print three copies of your invoice, and send two copies to the Treasurer for CMEA Bay Section with your payment.

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Information About Online Festival Forms

CMEA Bay Section forms are now available from this site in Adobe Acrobat Reader pdf files. When you click on the form, it will automatically open through your web browser if you have the plug in or download onto your computer. The files can be read and printed on Mac OS and Windows computers through a free application called Adobe Acrobat Reader. This comes bundled with many software applications already, or you can download it from the Adobe web site. Some forms are now interactive, which means that you can type information into various fields on the form and print them out. (You won't be able to save them unless you have Acrobat Professional on your computer.)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: For the 2008 festival season, all festival application forms and all student recommendations for conference honor groups will be submitted by using the solochair.com service online. As a result, the traditional festival application forms have been eliminated. You must register online.

Additional Notes for Directors:

1. The conductor for all performing group ensembles or the teacher for a student soloist or chamber ensemble must be a member of MENC/CMEA to participate in Bay Section Music Festivals. To download a membership application form, click here.
2. Participating educators should be familiar with all festival rules and regulations. To download a Bay Section Handbook order form, click here.
3. If your students were unable to purchase the correct medal or plaque at a Bay Section festival, you may order medals by mail. Click here to print out a medal or plaque order form.

Adjudication Forms. You can also download copies of all festival adjudication forms and the judges' rubric for performance standards on stage and in sightreading. These are available on the CMEA Bay Section adjudication page.

Please note the out of area restrictions on Band, Choir, and Solo and Ensemble Festival applications. The first day that festival application forms will be accepted is September 1, for festivals in your own area. No out of area applications will be accepted until September 15. To be accepted into the festival of your choice, members are strongly advised to apply early and follow all directions regarding number of copies submitted and fees, to avoid delay in processing. Remember that you have priority in your own area until September 15. After that date, all festivals are open to anyone. Note the December 1 entry deadline date for all festivals!