The AVA Music Education Scholarship... is awarded to one senior choral student each year planning to major in choral music education. District winners are chosen on the basis of a resume and an interview, and the state winner is chosen during the January AMEA Conference from this pool.

Music Education Scholarship Checklist:

1 "Must Know" Info: Print and study Procedure Page P8, Procedure for AVA Music Education Scholarship.

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

• Music Education Scholarship Application Form F14
• (no fees!)
• a copy of your MENC card
• Please add a $50.00 late fee if mailing after the deadline.

3 Music Scholarship Interview: District Chairs will contact directors with an interview time after they receive the complete registration. Candidates for the Music Education Scholarship need to bring TWO COPIES of a resume packet to the interview, each of which include:

• F15 Music Education Resume as the cover page for each packet
• a list of musical honors (typed)
• a list of community and extra-curricular activities (typed)
• an essay explaining why you want to become a music educator (typed)
• 3 letters of recommendation

4 State Music Education Scholarship: District Music Education Scholarship winners will be notified of a final interview time, and need to bring THREE COPIES of the resume packet to the state interview.

Music Education Scholarship Interview Dates, Locations, and Deadlines:

Mail Music Education Scholarship Registration 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