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District Performance Assessment

District Performance Assessments are offered in the spring in each district and in the fall in some districts, and serve as a preliminary qualification for State Performance Assessment. All choirs perform from memory two repertoire selections in a public performance for three judges and sight-read for one judge in a closed setting.

District Performance Assessment Checklist:

1 "Must Know" Info: Print and study P-5, P-6, and P-6a, as well as Sections II, IV, V, and VI of the Standing Rules from the AVA Handbook for specific information regarding every aspect of District Performance Assessments.

2 District Registration: Mail your District Performance Assessment Packet by the deadline to your District Chair (see deadline and address below). Include these items in your registration packet:

  • District Performance Assessment Registration form F11
  • 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.

3 District Performance Assessment : District Chairs will contact directors with schedule information after they receive the complete District application and schedule all of the District choirs. Directors need to present the following when they register at the District site:

Fall District Performance Assessment Dates, Locations, and Deadlines:

 
Registration Deadline*
Date
Location
District I:
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TBA
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District II:
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District III:
TBA
TBA
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District IV:
TBA
TBA
TBA
District V:
TBA
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TBA
District VI:
TBA
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TBA
District VII:
TBA
TBA
TBA
*Please add a $50.00 late fee after this date.

Spring District Performance Assessment Dates, Locations, and Deadlines:

 
Registration Deadline*
Date
Location
District I (first location):
TBA
TBA
TBA
District I (second location):
TBA
TBA
TBA
District II (first location):
TBA
TBA
TBA
District II (second location):
TBA
TBA
TBA
District III:
TBA
TBA
TBA
District IV:
TBA
TBA
TBA
District V:
TBA
TBA
TBA
District VI:
TBA
TBA
TBA
District VII:
TBA
TBA
TBA
*Please add a $50.00 late fee after this date.

District Performance Assessment Fees:

  • Student Fee per performance: $1.50 (if a student sings in three different choirs, $1.50 must be paid three times)
  • School Fee: $40.00

Mail District Performance Assessment Packet to:

  • District I: Carl Davis, AVA District I Chair, Decatur High School, 1011 Prospect Drive, Decatur, Alabama 35601
  • District II: Loren Snyder, AVA District II Chair, Eastwood Middle School, 6314 Mary Harmon Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
  • 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: Kathy Hughes, AVA District VII Chair, Spanish Fort High School, 1 Plaza de Toros, Spanish Fort, Alabama 36527

 

 

 

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