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April Newsletter from Toni Anderson, Regional Governor |
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SPRING AND SUMMER REGIONAL NEWS |
April, 2010 |
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As I
was driving the long way back to LaGrange from Stetson, I was thinking about
how worthy of the time and energy it was again this year to attend the
Regional Auditions. This summer I’m
sure I will feel the same way about attending the National Conference in Salt
Lake City. Let me encourage all of our
Region’s members to be as active as you possibly can in NATS activities on
the Chapter, District, and National levels.
See below about the availability of funding to help independent
teachers attend the National Conference. Thank you, Craig MaddoxThe
2010 Regional NATSAA and NATS Student auditions were a great success. I extend my heartfelt thanks to our
colleagues at Stetson University who hosted these events, especially our
Registrar, Craig Maddox. After twelve
years of faithful service, Dr. Maddox has decided that this was his last year
to serve as registrar. He will be
sorely missed. Thanks, too, to Lloyd
Linney, Stephen Ng, Jane Christeson, Carole Clifford, and Russell Franks for
making this event run smoothly Adam Kirkpatrick, regional NATSAA WinnerAdam
Kirkpatrick from Georgia was chosen as our Regional NATSAA winner and will
represent the Southeastern Region at the national conference in Salt Lake
City this summer. First Alternate is
Jennifer Bryant from Alabama, and second alternate is Anna Hersey from
Florida. Special thanks go to our
NATSAA judges: Roy Delp, William Vessels, and Linda Banister. michelle Debruyn, Emerging leaders awardMichelle
Debruyn of Georgia has been chosen from our region to receive an Emerging Leaders
Award and will also be one of the SERNATS national convention attendees. honoring roy delp at the student auditionsCongratulations
to the many outstanding singers who made it to the Final Round of the student
auditions. It was a powerful
experience to spend Friday evening and Saturday afternoon hearing so many
passionate and skillful performances.
Special recognition of Roy Delp’s thirty-five years of service to NATS
opened the Friday night session.
Please take time to look at the tribute to Professor Delp that is now
on www.sernats.org. I
enjoyed meeting some of our new NATS members and spending time with
colleagues and friends of long standing.
I hope to see many of you at the national conference this summer. Please note that national NATS has grant
money available to independent teachers to help offset the cost of attending
the conference. See the national
website (www.nats.org) for details. Regional cabinet newsPrior
to the NATSAA event, the Regional Cabinet (http://www.sernats.org/ ) met to
discuss several issues that were presented at the business meeting on Friday
evening. At the Saturday lunch
meeting, NATS Treasurer Lloyd Mims engaged the membership in a dialogue
concerning national initiatives and directions. Please take time to read the minutes from
both of these important meetings on our website. Thank
you for your vote of confidence in electing me to a second term as your
Regional Governor. I look forward to
working with each of you as we serve our students and fulfill the mission of
NATS. – Toni Anderson upcoming events
2012 Regional
Student Auditions 2012 NATS 52nd
National Conference
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