All-State Festival: February 26-28, 2009, at Samford University

All-State Checklist:

1 All-State Music: Directors should order music for each student planning to audition for All-State at least eight weeks prior to the audition date, and should contact the District Chair for copies of music that has not been received by three weeks before the audition.

2 "Must Know" Info: Print and study P-1, P-1a, and P-2, as well as Sections III, IV, V, and VI of the Standing Rules from the AVA Handbook for specific information regarding every aspect of All-State Auditions and All-State Festival.

3 Audition Application: Mail Audition Application Packet by the deadline to your District Chair (see deadline and address below). Include these items in your application packet :

• completed forms which apply; two pdf versions are available from the website, regular and fillable (High School: F-1, F-1a, F-1b, F-1c; Middle School: F-2, F-2a, F-2b)
• school check or signed school Purchase Order
• a copy of your MENC card
• Please add a $50.00 late fee if mailing after the deadline.

4 Audition: District Chairs will contact directors about audition time(s) after they receive the complete audition application and schedule all of the District auditions. Each student must bring the following to auditions:

• F3 All-State Audition Form, signed by PARENT and STUDENT, after reading P1a
• complete set of music for the choir for which they are auditioning (NO PHOTOCOPIES)

5 Registration (for those who make All-State): Directors will receive notification of students accepted into All-State after November 22, 2008. If you have not received this by December 1, contact your District Chair. Re-read P-2 and for students accepted into All-State, mail the All-State Registration Packet by December 15 to Pat Blackwell, AVA Treasurer, 1703 Emily Circle, Huntsville, AL 35802:

• completed forms which apply (High School: F-4, F-4a, F-4b, F-4c; Middle School: F-5, F-5a, F-5b)
• school check or signed school Purchase Order
• Please add a $50.00 late fee if mailing after 12/15.

All-State Choirs:

• Audition Application Fee per student: $5.00
• Audition Application School Fee: $40.00
• Festival Registration Fee per student (for students who make All-State): $25.00
• Festival Registration School Fee: $40.00

All-State Audition Dates, Locations, and Deadlines:

	Audition Deadline*	Audition Date	Location
District I:	October 17, 2008	November 17, 2008	First Baptist Church, Decatur
District II:	October 17, 2008	November 18, 2008	Bluff Park U. Meth Church
District III:	October 17, 2008	November 18, 2008	Bluff Park United Methodist Church
District IV:	October 17, 2008	November 19, 2008	Oxford First Baptist Church
District V:	October 17, 2008	November 14, 2008	Willowbrook Baptist Church
District VI:	October 17, 2008	November 21, 2008	St. James School
District VII:	October 17, 2008	November 20, 2008	Eastern Shore Baptist Church
*Please add a $50.00 late fee after this date.

Mail All-State Audition Application to:

• District I: Carl Davis, AVA District I Chair, Decatur High School, 1011 Prospect Drive, Decatur, Alabama 35601
• District II: Deborah Petipas, AVA District II Chair, Shelby County High School, 101 Washington Street, Columbiana, AL 35051
• District III: Margaret Heron, AVA District III Chair, Mortimer Jordan High School, 8601 Old Hwy. 31, Morris, AL 35116
• District IV: Susan McCall, AVA District IV Chair, Oxford High School, 915 Stewart St., Oxford, AL 36203
• District V: Sherry Smith, AVA District V Chair, Huntsville High School, 2304 Billie Watkins Dr., Huntsville, Alabama 35801
• District VI: Jerry Cunningham, AVA District VI Chairman, Tallassee High School, 502 Barnett Blvd., Tallassee, AL 36078
• District VII: Jennifer Fyock, AVA District VII Chair, Daphne High School, 9300 Lawson Road, Daphne, Alabama 36526