Vol. 36, No. 3; October 2017 The International Voice of Community Bands INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Make Your Band’s International Trip One That “Matters” Conductor’s Corner: It’s All About Communication Harry Watters Trombone Soloist “ …breathtaking technical assurance…” —The Washington Post Career Highlights: Summit Records Jazz Recording Artist Jupiter Band Instruments “Power Practicing” Clinician United States Army Band Trombonist Former Leader of The Dukes of Dixieland Recent Appearances: ACB National Convention Midwest Clinic International Trombone Festival American Band College Great American Brass Band Festival European Trombone Festival MENC, ABA, JEN, TMEA, A Prairie Home Companion Emeril Live! Booking Information:
[email protected] www.HarryWatters.com also available: the watters brothers www.WattersBrothers.net The International Voice of Community Bands Vol. 36, No. 3; OCTOBER 2017 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CONCERT BANDS President Jerry Brubaker Estes Park, CO President-Elect Susan Sands Sewickley, PA Edmond E. DeMattia Andy Isca 1977-1979 1999-2001 Past President Lew Buckley Salem, CT Williard I. Musser Richard E. Hord 1979-1981 2001-2003 APPOINTED OFFICERS Leonard B. Smith Gerald J. Guilbeaux Secretary Nada Vencl Montgomery Independence, OH 1981-1983 2003-2005 Treasurer Roy Burgess Fairfax, VA Herbert L. Schultz Allen E. Beck 1983-1985 2005-2007 Publications Coordinator Nancy Michalek McKinney, TX Donald M. Hardisty Don Snowden Convention Coordinator Jim Caneen Arkport, NY 1985-1987 2007-2009 Historian Delbert Eisch Racine, WI Delbert Eisch James Caneen Chief Information Officer Mike Montgomery Independence, OH 1987-1989 2009-2011 Membership Chair Sarah McElfresh Farmville, VA Joseph S. Sulkowski Judith Shellenberger BMI/ASCAP Compiler Donna Caneen Arkport, NY 1989-1990 2011-2013 Life Members Bill Dawson Northbrook, IL Leland A.