TEXAS SINGS! TEXAS CHORAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION President Jeff Rice, Waco Past President Amy Allibon, Fort Worth
Volume 29
Number 2
Spring 2013
contents President’s Page Reflections on My Life as a Choral Director by Jeff Rice
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President-Elect Billy Talley, Amarillo
Candidates for TCDA Board of Directors
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Convention Clinicians
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College/Community Vice President Randall Hooper, Commerce
Membership, Convention & Hotel Forms
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High School Vice President Mark Rohwer, Flower Mound
Convention Conductors & Accompanists
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Convention & New Music Reading Clinic Schedule
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Middle School/Junior High Vice President Kari Gilbertson, Richardson Elementary Vice President Laura Rachita, Friendswood Church Vice President Gary Mabry, San Antonio Secretary/Treasurer Karen Gonzalez, Rowlett Executive Director Sharon Lutz, Austin
TEXAS SINGS! Editor Beverly Schlegel Layout and Design Ben White, Lubbock Official Publication of the Texas Choral Directors Association 7900 Centre Park Drive, Suite A Austin, Texas 78754 512-474-2801 © 2013 Texas Choral Directors Association No part of this publication may be reproduced without the permission of the Executive Director.
columns President 4 Jeff Rice President-Elect 6 Billy Talley Past President Amy Allibon
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College/Community Vice President Randall Hooper
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High School Vice President Mark Rohwer
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Middle School/Junior High Vice President Kari Gilbertson
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Elementary Vice President Laura Rachita
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Church Vice President Gary Mabry
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Secretary/Treasurer 27 Karen Gonzalez
On the cover: Taylor Scott Davis, Director of Music and Worship Arts, First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth, leading a sacred music reading session at the 2011 TCDA Convention. Photo by Mark Rutkowski.
TCDA is an affiliate of ACDA. Spring 2013 · Texas Sings!
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