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IMAX Theater to Screen "From the 50 Yardline" and "Chops" During Grand Nationals Week
IMAX Theater in Indianapolis and Music for All are partnering to present screenings of two movies focusing on the power of music for band fans during Grand Nationals week. Both screenings are at the IMAX Theater in White River State Park, 650 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Tickets for both screenings must be purchased at the IMAX and Indiana State Museum ticket box office.
"From the 50 Yardline" - Thurs., Nov. 15, 9 p.m.
"From the 50 Yardline" is an award-winning documentary film showing marching band as you have never seen it on the big screen.
The primary story is told through the Centerville (Ohio) High School marching band from suburban Dayton.
The film also portrays the band at Fairfax High School in L.A., which has just started up again after being silenced for 18 years due to budget cuts - and yet they are already winning awards.
"From the 50 Yardline" has been a featured selection, and winning awards, at film festivals around the word.
 http://fromthe50yardline.com/
"Chops" - Friday, Nov. 16, 9 p.m.
Each year, Jazz at Lincoln Center and its artistic director, Wynton Marsalis, host the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival, a competition of high school jazz bands from across the country.
Chops, a documentary film, follows the members of the Douglas Anderson School of The Arts jazz ensemble - a past participant in the Music for All National Festival/National Concert Band Festival - as they prepare for and then perform in this elite competition.
Chops was an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival and has won Best of Festival Prizes from Florida to Alaska.
"The final moments of the film are as thrilling as anything you'll see on film this year.
Any doubts you might have had about the potential of American youth, the efficacy of arts funding, the practical power of music, are answered for good.
And, of course, the music is not to be believed." - Jed Dietz, Director, Maryland Film Festival
www.chopsthemovie.com
Grand National Schedule Change: MFA will not present Celebrate America! or the Garage Bands America event on Friday night, Nov. 16.
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Get Ready for San Antonio Finals Live Webcast
Music for All is partnering with DCI to provide San Antonio Finals Live Webcast, Saturday, Nov. 3, 7 PM CDST.
Please register early to allow processing time if you are signing up for a new membership.
MFA Network members - this live Webcast is included in your membership!
Go to http://musicforall.dci.org for more info and FAQs.
Atlanta and St. Louis Finals Video Are Online!
Atlanta and St. Louis Finals Videos are now available online, exclusively for Music for All Network Hub and Virtual members.
Check out our new streaming video player - better quality and easier to use!
Sign in as a Virtual or Hub member to watch now.
Music for All/Partners Launch New Jersey Arts Education Partnership
Music for All and a group of partners have created a new state-level central resource for information, policy and advocacy for music and arts education.
This new resource is called the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership (NJAEP).
The NJAEP's major focus is to move forward the recommendations of the New Jersey Arts Education Census Report, WITHIN OUR POWER making it a dynamic document to create change in arts education for New Jersey's schools in the years to come and as a model for other states.
The New Jersey Arts Education Partnership is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and funding from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
The project is managed by Music for All.
Other partners include the New Jersey Department of Education and ArtPride NJ.
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Congratulations, New BOA Regional Champions
Congratulations to the new BOA Regional Champions since our last eNewsletter edition:
Oct. 20 - Regional at Towson, MD, Towson University
Kiski Area H.S., PA, Regional Champion & Class AA Champion
Croatan H.S., NC, Class A Champion
West Johnston H.S., NC, Class AAA Champion
Oct. 19-20 - Super Regional at St. Louis, Edward Jones Dome
Broken Arrow H.S., OK, Regional Champion & Class AAA Champion
Central Crossing H.S., OH, Class AA Champion
Berryhill H.S., OK, Class A Champion
Oct. 27 - Regional at Hempstead, NY, Hofstra University
Lassiter H.S., GA, Regional Champion & Class AAA Champion
Immaculata H.S., NJ, Class A Champion
King Philip Regional H.S., MA, Class AA Champion
Oct. 26-27 - Super Regional at Atlanta, George Dome
Carmel H.S., IN, Regional Champion
Jackson Academy, MS, Class A Champion
Tarpon Springs H.S., FL, Class AA Champion
Kennesaw Mountain H.S., GA, Class AAA Champion
A correction from a recent issue:
William Mason H.S., OH was the Class AAA Champion at the Oct. 6 Regional at Youngstown.
Congrats, William Mason!
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BREAK RANKS! With BOA's Dan Potter Podcast
Check out this week's new podcasts!
This past weekend in Atlanta, for the first time ever, the University of Alabama marching band performed in exhibition for a Bands of America audience.
BOA's Dan Potter and Chuck Henson learn more about the "Million Dollar Band!"
And, two of BOA's most successful bands were on the move over the weekend, north going south, south moving north.
It's musical chairs...on a continental scale...in this week's Break Ranks! with Dan Potter.
Subscribe now on iTunes
Learn more or listen online
Former INergy Cast Member Now Part of "Pershing's Own!"
Summer 2006 Erik J. (EJ) Ramos was performing with INergy, Indianapolis' Musical Ambassadors and a program of Music for All.
Soon he'll be on his way to Washington D.C., having recently won a place with "Pershing's Own" United States Army Band, the Army's premier musical group.
EJ graduated from Marian Catholic H.S. in May of 2000.
He holds a Masters in Music degree in trumpet performance at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music where he studied with Edmund Cord and is currently a working on his doctorate of music in Brass Pedagogy at Indiana University.
In 2003, he was the winner of the Trumpet category for Drum Corps International's Individual and Ensemble Competition.
He is a graduate of Valparaiso University's School of Music where he studied with Charles Steck and is an alumnus of the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps.
"I will never forget all the wonderful memories that were made through Bands America," says EJ, "whether it was the Honor Band of America or Grand Nationals, truly life changing."
He goes to boot camp January 9, on his road to the U.S. Army Band.
If you are a college music education or performance major and would like to spend a semester involved in a performance and education ensemble that is also a paid internship, contact us on how YOU can be a part of INergy!
Call 800.848.2263 or e-mail Aaron Carpenter, INergy Coordinator.
Countdown to Grand National Championships!
The 32nd annual BOA Grand National Championships, presented by Yamaha, begins Nov. 14 with the Indianapolis Public Schools Marching Band Tournament in the RCA Dome that evening, concludes with the Finals on Saturday night, Nov. 17 and includes three days of Prelims, Semi-Finals, Expo and special events in between!
There are still Reserved Seat Finals tickets available for purchase.
MFA Network members can order directly from musicforall.org (non-members can order through Ticketmaster or at the RCA Dome ticket office).
Can't Be There in Person? Pay-Per-View Live Webcast!
Even if you can't be there for the final Grand Nationals in the RCA Dome, before it moves into Indianapolis' new Lucas Oil Stadium in 2008, you can still watch live!
Pay-per-view ordering for all three days of Grand Nationals open Nov. 12 at musicforall.dci.org.
Sign up for MFA Network Hub and you'll get the live Webcast free as part of your membership ($30 annual dues).
Music for All Welcomes Halftime Magazine as a BOA Grand Nationals Media Partner
Music for All and Bands of America (BOA) are proud to announce Halftime Magazine as an official BOA Grand Nationals Media Partner.
Halftime Magazine highlights the sights, sounds and spirit of marching band from the perspective of the musician-performers.
The bi-monthly print magazine and online community enhances marching participants' love of music and performance by providing education, entertainment and inspiration.
Content includes first-person accounts, thought-provoking feature stories and tips for playing.
Halftime's third issue, which will be available at BOA Grand Nationals, profiles last year's champions.
"I've always admired Music for All's mission to provide life-changing experiences through music," says Christine Ngeo Katzman, founder and publisher of Halftime Magazine.
"We're very excited to partner with them toward that goal."
Visit www.halftimemag.com
Fighting for YOU! Music/Arts Education and NCLB Reauthorization
Music for All, as part of the The Arts Education Working Group has released a number of legislative recommendations for strengthening the role of the arts in the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.
These legislative proposals are based on the unified statement "Arts Education: Creating Student Success in School, Work, and Life" which was signed by more than 60 national education and arts education organizations.
These recommendations are very timely with the release of Music for All's Within Our Power report and as the House and the Senate are about to formally consider legislation.
We will continue to keep you posted on this critical project for music and arts education.
To stay up to date visit the Advocacy Section of the Music for All website.
Signature Sounds: Jim Campbell
Official Artist Publication of the Yamaha Band & Orchestral Division
The latest issue of Signature sounds features Yamaha Percussion Artist, Jim Campbell (pictured right).
As a renowned performer, teacher, composer, author and respected figure in the development of the contemporary percussion ensemble, Campbell's fingerprint on the world of percussion is undeniable.
Jim Campbell is currently Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Kentucky (UK) in Lexington, and is coordinator of the National Percussion Symposium at the Music for All Summer Symposium, presented by Yamaha.
Signature Sounds is a free eMagazine from the Yamaha Band & Orchestral Division.
Subscribers are treated to full-length, in-depth interviews, short news updates and a complete listing of all Yamaha clinics across the United States.
Read the Latest Issue
Music for All is supported by the Arts Council of
Indianapolis and the City of Indianapolis.
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