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2009 South Dakota All-State Jazz Band Results

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An archive of the South Dakota All State Jazz Band has been compiled by esteemed member of SDBA, Jerry Letcher.  There may be some spelling errors, and we would appreciate notification of any such error so that corrections can be made.  Corrections can be emailed to the webmaster.  This is draft #1, and a different format may appear in the near future.

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The 2009 South Dakota All State Jazz Band is financially supported the South Dakota Bandmasters Association. This year the South Dakota High School Activities Association is also co-sponsoring the event. This year's festival dates are May 7th - 9th, 2009. All rehearsals and the finale concert are held at the new Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD.

The finale concert will begin at 7:30pm in the NSU Theatre on Saturday May 9th, 2009.
 

The 2009 guest directors are Fred Sturm and Patty Darling from the University of Wisconsin in Appleton, and Mike Tomaro from Duquesne.

Students are selected into one of several jazz ensembles based upon their performance on their audition tapes or CD.  The audition materials will be made available in January of 2009 along with deadlines and other pertinent information.

For any additional information concerning the SD All State Jazz Band, please contact Dennis McDermott at Aberdeen Central HS at 1-605-725-8246. Please be aware that there is a $10.00 per audition fee that will need to be sent with the audition materials AND a $30.00 per All State Jazz Band Member fee that will need to be paid when you arrive at the All State Jazz Band weekend.

Directors can find all of the necessary audition information by clicking on the navigation bar on the top.