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Dear ABA Family,
Invitation to the 2009 Convention in College Station!
Anne and I invite you to the 2009 American Bandmasters Association convention in College Station, Texas, March 4 – 8. Please mark your calendar, as this promises to be a spectacular convention complete with good friends, superb bands, excellent food, and that always-outstanding Texas hospitality.
Our dynamic and gracious hosts Tim and Jennifer Rhea plus Tim’s wonderful Texas A&M staff (Jean Stanley, Jay Brewer, Travis Almany, and Paul Sikes) have been working diligently to make this convention a truly superb event. They have succeeded in securing a great hotel, College Station Hilton Hotel & Conference Center (reasonably priced with free parking), and have planned outstanding side trips to The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, the Messina Hof Winery & Resort, the Blue Bell Creamery, and a wonderful luncheon in The Zone Club (located in the new north end zone of the football stadium)— sponsored by the Texas Aggie Band Association—complete with a demonstration by the famed Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band on Kyle Field. Tim has also secured the nationally recognized Pebble Creek Golf Club, designed by Ken Dye, for our ABA Golf Tournament.
Visit the convention page.
Convention Performances
We are proud to announce that five outstanding bands will be performing in the newly renovated Rudder Auditorium. Located on the campus of Texas A&M University, this wonderful performance venue has a seating capacity of 2500.
Wednesday, Welcome Concert, March 4, 2009
The Austin Bowie High School Wind Ensemble, Bruce Dinkins, conductor
The Texas A&M University Wind Symphony, Tim Rhea, conductor
Thursday, March 5, 2009
The Texas Christian University Wind Symphony, Bobby Francis, conductor
The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Friday, March 6, 2009
The United States Navy Band, Captain George N. Thompson, Commanding Officer/Leader
ABA Committees
The officers and board of directors of ABA invite members to visit our website
http://www.americanbandmasters.org to get more information about our ABA
committees. We encourage everyone to remain active in ABA by attending conventions,
and also by volunteering to serve on ABA committees. If you are interested
in a committee assignment, please contact Joseph Hermann, President-Elect
and/or the committee chair and advise them of your interest in a 2009 assignment.
I look forward to presiding over the 2009 Convention and hope you will join
with me to make this a truly outstanding convention!
Best Wishes,
Bob
Robert D. Jorgensen, President
The American Bandmasters Association
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