Attn: District 1 Band Directors

We are looking for District 1 Band Directors interested in serving on a committee to develop a recommendation on ways in which we can enhance our festivals. Equal representation from the District 1 West and East, as well as representation of all sizes of schools and socioeconomic makes ups will be maintained. Interested members should contact Chad Thompson at:

thompson.chad@bphawks.org

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Dave Deitz, who is PMEA’s liaison to PDE, attended the national Modern Band/Little Kids Rock Summit last summer, and during the 2018 PMEA summer conference, he approached members of the PMEA leadership about implementing it as a state-wide program in PA.  (For those of you who are not familiar with Modern Band, it is a free curriculum that uses popular music styles in a sound first and then reading approach to teaching music.  It can be used with anything from rock bands to ukulele ensembles.)  PMEA came on board with this idea, meaning that PMEA would be the owners of this curriculum for the state of PA, and it would be free for members to use it.​