A new edition of Take Note Tuesday is now available.
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The Orchestra and Band Divisions will have their division business meetings today. The information was sent out via Cvent and other methods yesterday. If you need the link to the Google Meet, please reach out directly to your VP.
10:30am - Orchestra Business Meeting
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6:00pm - Band Business Meeting
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UPDATED OkMEA WEATHER STATEMENT:
In keeping with our mission to provide quality opportunities for music educators and their students to the best of our ability, we have been monitoring all of the aspects of the conference and the historic and unique situation that this year provides. We thank you for your patience as we worked toward an informed decision.
We will be hosting the full conference and All-State ensemble activities as scheduled from Wednesday, January 21, through Friday, January 23, at 5pm. We encourage you to attend as many of your planned events as possible. However, due to the extreme nature of this weekend’s forecast, all events after Friday at 5pm are cancelled.
Tickets pre-purchased for Friday night’s honor concerts and Saturday’s All-State concerts will be refunded electronically. Due to copyright restrictions, we are unable to livestream any of the events.
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Is there a way some of the practice or other sessions could be shortened and a mini concert take their place so the students and parents may at least get that experience?
Any possibility that they could reschedule the concert later in the year? I remember a snow storm hitting during my all state year and we did it later.. we won’t talk about how many decades ago that was.
OKMEA is the Saturday morning session, "Sensory Songs: A Deep Dive into Sensory and Emotional Regulation in Early Childhood Music" cancelled entirely? Any chance of a virtual session?
It's not too late to join us for the 2026 OkMEA Winter Conference! Online registration has closed but you can still register on site! We hope to see you there! #okmea #okmea26winter
Winter Conference Website:
bit.ly/2026winterconference
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Those of us who have been around over 30 years remember MANY times the weather would be forecast to be bad during OkMEA. And many times it was. Use your best judgement.
Will the sessions be offered on zoom for the people that can’t attend?
I understand not rescheduling. I do not understand the student not getting credit for being an All-stater just because they can’t brave the weather. That is the difference in scholarships for some students. That is not a good or safe policy. Please reconsider penalizing students for not wanting to drive in 8 inches of snow. I know weather has been forecast in the past that has not happened, but this one seems like a fairly safe bet.
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What we hope is that common sense comes into play if kids and parents have to make the decision to leave.
Kenzi Geis Faulk
