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Cliff Huckabee - President, Elementary/General Division

thank Dr. Moya Nordlund from Samford University for partnering with us and hosting the festival at Samford.

I hope this message finds every one well after a restful summer. I begin my two year tenure as the President of the Elementary/General Division,and I look forward to serving you. I also welcome Phil Wilson to our Elementary Executive Board as President-Elect as well as Ben and Kristina Sisco as our Music Festival Directors.

Our 10th Annual Elementary Music Festival is coming up on Friday, October 9th, 2015 at Samford University. We have over 45 schools committed to participate totaling about 450 4th & 5th grade students from all over the state. We will have Tiffany English and Andrea Coleman as clinicians, and we

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The following day from 9:00AM until 3:00 PM (Saturday, October 10th), we will have a joint AMEA/AOSA teacher workshop with Tiffany English as our presenter at a local elementary school in the Birmingham area. We will email registration information once it is available. If you are not receiving emails from the Elementary Division, please send us an email at elementaryamea@gmail.com and we will gladly add you to our email list.

Finally, our AMEA Annual In-service will be Jan 21st-23rd, 2016 at the Renaissance Hotel & Conference Center in Montgomery, Alabama. We are excited to have some outstanding clinicians and exhibitors this year. First, we will have Denise Gagne from Theme & Variations with us on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. She will also do a fun evening session on Folk Dancing that Thursday night. We will also have Roger Sams from Music is Elementary who will present all three days and will have a Friday night fun session. Both of these clinicians will also have booths in the exhibit hall. This will give us two additional elementary music exhibitors which is something many of you have requested. We also will have two elementary performances in the concert hall along with other sessions of interest to our elementary music teachers. I am very excited about the 2016 In-service and encourage everyone to attend! Please be sure to pre-register and book your hotel rooms at the special conference rate! You can find links to do both online at www.alabamamea.org.

I am honored to serve our elementary/general division as President, and I look forward to seeing you at one or more of our upcoming events!

AMEA Presidents - Past to Present

1970Jerry Bobo

1992Dianne Johnson

1948Walter A. Mason

1950Vernon Skoog

1952John J. Hoover

1954Lamar Triplett

1956Carleton K. Butler

1958Mort Glosser

1960Wilbur Hinton

1962Lacey Powell, Jr.

1964G. Truman Welch

1966Jerry Countryman

1968Floyd C. McClure

1972Frances P. Moss

1974George Hammett

1975Frances P. Moss

1976S. J. Allen

1978W. Frank McArthur, Jr.

1980Paul Hall

1982Lacey Powell, Jr.

1984Johnny Jacobs

1986Merilyn Jones

1988Ronald D. Hooten

1990Ken Williams

1994James K. Simpson

1996Johnnie Vinson

1998Michael Meeks

2000John McAphee, Jr.

2002Tony Pike

2004Becky Rodgers

2006John Baker

2008Pat Stegall

2010Steve McLendon

2012Sara Womack

2014 Carl Hancock

Itisnottooearlytobethinkingaboutour AMEAConferenceinJanuary,2016.Just remember,youmustjoinNAfME,and youshouldpre-registerifpossible.A healthyorganizationisalwaysconcerned withgrowthanddevelopment,andthe AMEAboardisinterestedingrowingour organization,andforgettingallmusic teachersinAlabamainvolvedin professionaldevelopmentthroughAMEA andNAfME.Youcanhelpincreaseour membershipbycommunicatingthe benefitsofmembershiptoourcolleagues. Whenyouarejoiningorrenewingyour membership,thinkofthosemusicteachers inyourareathatmaynotbeactive members,andsendthemamessage invitingthemtojoin!Youcouldsendan emailwiththeircontactinformationtome atpstegall@mscs.k12.al andIwillinvite them!

Rememberto:Remindyourcolleagues tojoin,includethenewmusicteachers, invitetheinactivemusicteachersandbe involvedasamentortotheyoungmusic teachers

Renewyourmembershipnowat www.nafme.org .MembershipinNAfME isrequiredforparticipationinstateMEA sponsoredeventsliketheAMEA Conference,theElementary DivisionFallConference,AllstateandMusicalPerformance Assessments.

JoiningNAfMEsecuresyour membershipinAMEAandin yourdivision.

Registernowforthe2016 AMEAconferenceonlineat www.alabamamea.org

Youwillfinditiseasy andwillsaveyoutime andmoney.Reunite withfriendsand colleaguesfromallover thestateinJanuary. Rejuvenateyourenergyandrenewyour enthusiasmfortherestoftheschoolyear!

Remindyourcolleaguestojoin, includethenewmusicteachers, invitetheinactivemusicteachers andbeinvolvedasamentortothe youngmusicteachers