2008-2009 Calendar If you have any corrections, please e-mail them to Jacqui Meunier Month Date Event August 9 State Fair Parade September 2 Fall/New Directors Meeting 5 DEADLINE: SCIBA MS Honor Band Entries (Daphne Monson, Chair) 12 PENALTY DEADLINE: SCIBA MS Honor Band Entries 20 IBA Dues/Membership Deadline (Info) 20 Johnston Marching Invitational - Johnston 27 Oktemberfest Parade and Field Show Competition - Marshalltown October 4 Urbandale Marching Show - Urbandale 7 SCIBA MS Honor Band Auditions - Simpson College (Daphne Monson, Chair) 11 IHSMA State Marching Band Contest - Northern half of Iowa 11 Valleyfest - West Des Moines 18 IHSMA State Marching Band Contest - Southern half of Iowa 18 Mid-Iowa Marching Band Championships - Ankeny 18 Waukee Marching Band Invitational - Waukee 20 DEADLINE: SCIBA HS Jazz Honor Band Entries Due (Joel Poppen & Jeff Patterson, Chairs) 25 IHSMA All State Auditions, Indianola (Chris Crandell, site manager) 25 ACT Date 27 PENALTY DEADLINE: SCIBA HS Jazz Honor Band Entries 28 Central Iowa Drum Line Contest - Ankeny 29 DEADLINE: SCIBA HS Concert Band Festival Entries Due 31 DEADLINE: SCIBA HS Honor Band Entries Due (Treg Marcellus and Andrew Buttermore, Chairs) November 4 SCIBA MS Honor Band - Johnston (Daphne Monson, Chair) 4 Simpson College - High School Honor Jazz Band (Dave Camwell) 5 PENALTY DEADLINE: SCIBA HS Concert Band Festival Entries 9 PENALTY DEADLINE: SCIBA HS Honor Band Entries 20 - 22 IMEA Conference/IHSMA All State Music Festival - Ames December 4 SCIBA HS Honor Band Auditions - Roosevelt HS (Treg Marcellus and Andrew Buttermore, Chairs) 5 - 6 Drake University Honor Band Festival 5 DEADLINE: Major Landers Applications Due 5 DEADLINE: SCIBA MS Large Group Entries Due 12 PENALTY DEADLINE: SCIBA MS Large Group Entries 13 SCIBA Jazz Festival - Waukee HS (Joel Poppen and Jeff Patterson, Chairs) 13 ACT Date 15 SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Festival - North Polk January 10 SCIBA HS Honor Band Festival - Drake University 10 Major Landers Auditions - Drake University 15 Simpson College High School Honor Wind Ensemble Festival 17 IHSMA State Jazz Band Festival, Classes 1A and 3A 17 CJC Middle School Jazz Band Festival - Waukee 20 Orpheus MS Honor Band - Simpson College (Jay Nugent, Coordinator) 16 IBA Conference Performance Intent Form Due 19 DEADLINE: SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Entries Due 22 Simpson College Jazz Festival-Class 4A / 2A 23 Simpson College Jazz Festival-Class 3A / 1A 26 PENALTY DEADLINE: SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble 27 CJC Honor Jazz Band Festival @ Indianola - 6 pm concert 29 Central College Honor Band - Pella 31 IHSMA State Jazz Band and Show Choir Festival, Classes 4A / 2A 31 Jazz Choir Festival - Class 3A / 1A February 2 Jazz Choir Festival - Class 4A / 2A 3 Drake University HS Jazz Honor Band (Andrew Classen - Coordinator) 6 - 7 Cyclone Honor Band - Ames (Mike Golemo - Coordinator) 7 Jack Oatts Jazz Festival - Earlham (Jill McGargill - Coordinator) 7 SCIBA MS Large Group Contest - Roosevelt HS 7 SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Contest - Prairie City Monroe 7 ACT Date 14 IHSMA Piano Festival 14 SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Contest - Albia 14 SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Contest - Ogden 20-21 Tall Corn Jazz Festival - UNI (Chris Merz - Coordinator) 21 Perry Band Olympics 21 Indianola Show/Jazz Encounter (Chris Crandell - Coordinator) 21 SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Contest - Saydel (Woodside) 28 Jim Coffin Jazz Festival - Woodward Granger (Chad Parker - Coordinator) 28 SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Contest - Ames March 6 - 7 SCIBA HS Concert Band Festival - Ankeny 7 Hoover Jazz Festival - Des Moines 7 SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Contest - Winterset 7 SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Contest - Norwalk 7 SCIBA MS Solo and Ensemble Contest - Pella 7 SCIBA MS Large Group Concert/Jazz Festival - (Host TBD) TBA IBA Retirement/Tenure Notification Deadline TBA IBA Outstanding Administrator Nomination Deadline 28 IHSMA State Solo and Ensemble Contest - Class 3A 28 Metro All Star 5th and 6th Grade Honor Band - TBA April TBA IBA Conference - Hotel Registration Deadline 4 IHSMA State Solo and Ensemble Contest - Class 2A 4 ACT Date 18 IHSMA Solo/Ensemble Contest - Classes 1A, 4A 14 Iowa Jazz Championships, Des Moines TBA IBA Conference Pre-Registration Deadline 18 SCIBA MS Large Group Contest at Dallas Center - Grimes 24-26 Drake Relays/Adventureland Festival of Bands May 1 - 2 Drake Relays/Adventureland Festival of Bands 2 IHSMA Large Group Festival - Classes 1A and 3A 9 IHSMA Large Group Festival - Classes 2A and 4A 14 - 16 IBA Conference - Hotel Fort Des Moines