30      Region 1 Music Meeting - Alcester (Alcester Steakhouse @ 6:30 p.m.)

September

1        Region 3 Music Meeting – Watertown (Watertown High School @ 5:00 p.m.)

Region 4 Music Meeting – Aberdeen (Pizza Ranch @ 5:30 p.m.)

Region 6 Music Meeting – Mobridge (Windjammer @ 5:00 p.m. CT/4:00 p.m. MT)

Region 7 Music Meeting – Murdo (Triple H Truck Stop @ 6:00 p.m. CT/5:00 p.m. MT)

7        Region 8 Music Meeting – Rapid City (TBD @6:00 p.m.)

13      Region 2 Music Meeting – Chester (Chester Area High School @ 6:30 p.m. – for new directors/7:00 p.m. for all directors)

Region 5 Music Meeting – Platte (Boom’s @ 5:00 p.m.)

18      “Gypsy Day” Parade – NSU, Aberdeen

21      All-State Orchestra Audition Registration Forms Due

24      Menno Band Day

25      “Big Sioux Review” – Brandon

SDSU All-State Strings Festival – SDSU, Brookings

1        Lake Area Marching Band Festival – Chester Area High School, Chester

1-2     Lucy Weed Solo Competition – Mt. Marty College, Yankton

2        “Dakota Days” Parade - USD, Vermillion

“Swarm Days” Parade –BHSU, Spearfish

“Festival Of Bands, USA” – Sioux Falls

6        NSU Choral Leadership Workshop – NSU, Aberdeen

8        All-State Chorus Registration Forms Due

Lake Region Marching Band Festival – Waubay High School, Waubay

9        Quad State Field Marching Competition – USD, Vermillion

10-11 BHSU Choral Festival – BHSU, Spearfish

12      All-State Orchestra Auditions - Watertown

12-13 All-State Orchestra Auditions - Rapid City

14      All-State Choral Prep Day – SDSU, Brookings

14-15 All-State Orchestra Auditions - Sioux Falls

19      Region 7 Honor Band – White River

23      “Hobo Day” Parade – SDSU, Brookings

28-30  SDMEA State Music Education Conference - Aberdeen

29-30 ALL-STATE CHORUS & ORCHESTRA – Aberdeen

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4-6     SDMTA/MTNA State Music Teachers Conference & Competitions – Aberdeen

12-13 Augustana Concert Band Festival – Augustana College, Sioux Falls

17      NSU Band Clinic – NSU, Aberdeen

22      Yankton Are Region 1 Honor Band – Yankton High School

23      Northern Hills Honors Band – BHSU, Spearfish

28      Region V Music Festival – Gregory

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3-4     North Area Honor Band – Aberdeen

6        East Central Honor Band – Brookings

15      All-State Band Audition Registration Forms Due January

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14      All-State Band Auditions – Aberdeen

15      All-State Band Auditions – Sioux Falls (S)

21      All-State Band Auditions – Watertown

22      All-State Band Auditions – Sioux Falls (F)

27      South Dakota Jazz Festival – NSU, Aberdeen

28      All-State Band Auditions – Pierre

29      All-State Band Auditions – Rapid City

31      Region 2 Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest (Small Schools) – Sioux Falls

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1        Region 2 Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest (Large Schools) – Sioux Falls

2        Region 5 Vocal Solo/Ensemble Contest - Kimball

Region 7 Vocal & Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest – Murdo

9        Region 1 Vocal Solo/Ensemble Contest – Yankton

Region 4 Vocal & Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest – Aberdeen

Region 6 Vocal & Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest – Selby

Region 8 Vocal & Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest – Rapid City

10-12 South Dakota Music In-Service Conference – SDSU, Brookings

J. Laiten Weed Honors Orchestra Rehearsal & Concert – Brandon

23      Region 5 Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest – Kimball

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1        All-State Jazz Band Audition Registration Forms Due

2        Region 1 Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest – Vermillion

4        Spring Orchestra Festival – USD, Vermillion

5        “Center Stage” Show Choir Invitational – Aberdeen Central High School, Aberdeen

7        Elementary Festival Chorus – Beresford, Sturgis, and Mobridge-Pollock (TBD)

7-8     Jazz On The Upper Great Plains – Augustana College, Sioux Falls

8        Region 7 Large Group Contest – Presho

19      “Best Of Show!” Show Choir Contest – Sioux Falls Washington High School, Sioux Falls

17      Coyote Jazz Festival – USD, Vermillion

21      Whetstone Valley Choral Festival – Sisseton High School, Sisseton

22      Region 2 Strings Solo/Ensemble Contest – Sioux Falls

Region 2 Vocal Solo/Ensemble Contest (Large Schools) – Sioux Falls

23      Region 2 Vocal Solo/Ensemble Contest (Small Schools) – Sioux Falls

Region 5 Large Group Contest – Mitchell

24-26 ALL-STATE BAND – Yankton

30      Region 3 Vocal & Instrumental Solo/Ensemble Contest – Watertown

Region 4 Large Group Contest – Aberdeen

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1        SDACDA All-State Honors Choir Auditions – Yankton

2        SDACDA All-State Honors Choir Auditions – Huron

4        Black Hills Jazz Festival – BHSU, Spearfish

6        Region 1 Large Group Contest – Vermillion

Region 2 Large Group Contest (Large Schools) – Brandon

7        Brookings Optimists-SDSU Jazz Festival – SDSU, Brookings

8        Region 6 Large Group Contest – Pierre

8-9     SDACDA All-State Honors Choir Auditions – Sioux Falls

11      SDACDA All-State Honors Choir Auditions – Rapid City

20      Region 2 Large Group Contest (Small Schools) – Harrisburg

28      Region 8 Large Group Contest – Rapid City

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4        Region 3 Large Group Contest – Milbank

5-7     ALL-STATE JAZZ BAND – Aberdeen

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