ABC Bandgeek Central

Welcome to my personal site dedicated to the American Band College in my favorite town, Ashland, Oregon. -- Elizabeth

If you're not familiar with this fantastic program of professional development for band directors, take a moment to visit ABC Director Max McKee's official American Band College website.

If you've been to ABC, join our American Band College Yahoo! Group for discussions, photos, polls, and links related to ABC. Membership is by invitation only, so request an invitation today.

If you're on Facebook, look for the American Band College and American Band College Alumni groups. Membership does not require an invitation.

Stay in the ABC spirit year round!

2003 grad Mary Ann Vidourek will be glad to custom stitch not only ABC shirts and jackets, but hats and other items as well. Check out her online catalog, then e-mail her for pricing.

New:

New in '09: the Entertainment Listing is streamlined and the Calendar is gone.
New in '08: I've set up an Amazon aStore where you can get books, videos, and cds by many ABCers. It's rather cumbersome trying to locate everything I know I should include, but I'm sure there's much more I don't know about, so let me know what I'm missing and I'll try to add it. In the unlikely event that I make a commission on referrals, it will offset my expenses in operating this site.
Check the Greensprings page for links to ABC's latest online study materials.
In August '07 I developed a new look and new name for the site. The day I got it all worked out also happened to be the day I was offered a new job. I've now completed the final phase of the changeover, but I haven't had time to do a full check for bugs. Please let me know if you find things I need to fix. You may need to update any bookmarks or links to reflect the change in format from .html to .shtml.
Family Member Profiles are as complete as I can get them for 2007. If you have changed schools, or your info is otherwise outdated, help me out by updating your profile.
Links page is now updated with 2007 clinicians.
The menu will now reflect up-to-the-minute updates to my study materials. I've done a lot of updating on Lit. I've added hangman games to familiarize you with the works of composers we've worked with in recent years. More revisions will be developed as needed.
Frequently Asked Questions are now up, and I'll be adding to them as needed. See the iLife page for further Tech Tips. My best tech advice is still: buy a Mac and keep the software updated!!!!

Must see:

On the meal plan? Check the Cascade Dining menu for this week and next.
Bringing a toddler to ABC? Download this Word document with tips for things to do with baby from Pam Hodges Jones.
Download a copy of Cory Walavich's help sheet for Research Project 1.

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