1965 - 1969 Conventions

The first two TCDA Conventions were held in Dallas, and all Conventions since have been held in San Antonio. Following is a recap of each Convention since 1955. This information was taken from Convention Programs and other archival references in the TCDA offices in Austin. Special thanks to former TCDA Executive Secretary J Marvin Pollard for gathering information from TCDA’s early years.

If you have any additional information that would make this TCDA Convention history more complete, please contact TCDA.

1965  •  10th TCDA Convention and New Music Reading Clinic

Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, August 5 - 7

Officers

President - Cloys Webb
1st Vice President - Vernon Moody
2nd Vice President - William A Hunt
3rd Vice President - Jim Casey
Secretary/Treasurer - Ann Anderson
Executive Secretary - J Marvin Pollard

Elementary Workshop Chairman - Martha Jim Palmer
Music Selection Committee - Cloys Webb, William A. Hunt, Robert Buchanan, Ruth Summers.


Reading Sessions/Conductors
Claud Zetty (SATB with Wind Ensemble, TTBB General)
Frank McKinley (SATB Sacred - two sessions)
Theron Kirk (SSA General) Harold Decker (SATB Christmas)
Lawrence McQuerrey (Novelty, Spiritual, Showtune, SATB Secular - two sessions)
Arpad Darazs (Orchestra and Chorus, Major Works, TODA Orchestra with TCDA Reading Choir)
Roy Johnson (Unison, SA, SAB) Hugh Sanders (TMEA All-State Choir)

Elementary Workshop
Sylvia Ostrow (Elementary Workshop - two sessions)
Arpad Darazs (Elementary Workshop - two sessions)
Pat Dunlap (Elementary Workshop - two sessions)
Martha Jim Palmer (Elementary Idea Swap Shop)



Church Music
Ministerial Panel (Church Music Workshop)
Frank R Neff (Church Music Workshop)



Concerts/Entertainment/Address
B.R. Henson, Director, concert by the Schola Cantorum of Ft Worth
Arpad Daraz, address - "Choral Teaching"
Kaffeeklatch honoring ACDA 2nd Vice President, Harold Decker

1966  •  11th TCDA Convention and New Music Reading Clinic

Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, August, 4 - 6

Officers
President - Karl Hickfang Im
Past-President - Cloys Webb
1st Vice President - Martha Jim Palmer
2nd Vice President - William A Hunt
3rd Vice President - Robert I Irby
Secretary/Treasurers - Ann Anderson
Executive Secretary - J Marvin Pollard
Music Selection Committee - Cloys Webb, chairman, Robert B Buchanan, Karl Hickfang, William A Hunt, Robert I Irby, Martha Jim Palmer, and Ruth Summers.

Reading Sessions/Conductors
R Paul Green (SATB Concert Sacred, SATB Church Sacred)
William Dailey (SATB Showtunes, Pops, Folksongs, Sprituals, SATB Christmas)
William Boland (Treble Choir)
R Wayne Hugoboom (Male Choir, SATB Secular)
Charlotte DuBois (unison and two-part)
Theron Kirk (Treble Choir, Proven basic developmental Junior High Literature, UIL Prescribed List)
Hugh Sanders (TMEA All-State Choir - Charles Hirt to be the Director

Elementary Workshops
Mary Helen Richards (Threshold to Music - three sessions)
Charlotte DuBois (Sharing Contemporary Music With Children)
Gloria Follett (Elementary Music Workshop)
Veldean Dennis (The Elementary Ear Can Hear, The Bat Horn - the Tonette)

Concerts/Entertainment/Addresses
Morris Beachy, Director, concert by the Austin Chorale
Concert by the US Air Force String Orchestra
Koffeeklatch honoring American Choral Directors Association officers, R Wayne Hugoboom and Theron Kirk.
Sharing the Texas Orchestra Directors Association Picnic Supper at the Lone Star Brewery

1967  •  12th Annual Convention & New Music Reading Clinic

Officers
President - Karl Hickfang
Past President - Cloys Webb
First Vice President - Martha Jim Palmer
Second Vice President - Mel Ivey
Third Vice President - Robert I Irby
Secretary/Treasurer - C M Shearer
Executive Secretary - J Marvin Pollard

Session Conductors
Dr Ray Moore
Dr Wayne Hugoboom
Herff Applewhite
Dr James E Richards
Dr Lloyd Pfautsch

Workshop Clinicians
Dr Lloyd Pfautsch - Church Music
Dr Kurt Miller - Elementary
Mary Ann Vaughan - Elementary
Elinor Montandon - Elementary
Paul Ofield - Elementary
Cloys Webb - Elementary

1968  •  13th Annual Convention & New Music Reading Clinic

Officers
President - Jim Casey
Past President - Karl Hickfang
First Vice President - Martha Jim Palmer
Second Vice President - Mel Ivy
Third Vice President - C J Leslie
Secretary/Treasurer - C M Shearer
Executive Secretary - J Marvin Pollard

Session Conductors
Marie Hill
Jack Coldiron
Gary Ebensberger
Dr Edward Baird
Cody Garner
Theron Kirk
Cloys Webb

Workshop Clinicians
Jacqueline Gray - Elementary
Marie Hill - Elementary
Sally Monsour - Elementary
Mel Ivy - Church Music

1969  •  14th Annual Convention & New Music Reading Clinic

Officers
President - Jim Casey
Past President - Karl A Hickfang
First Vice President - Virginia Sorrel
Second Vice President - Dr Ray Moore
Third Vice President - C J Leslie
Secretary/Treasurer - George Mather
Executive Secretary - Pat Patterson

Session Conductors
Lucile Levine
Dr Robert Young
Alfred Tellinghuisen
Robert F Wham
Ross Edward Hise
Cloys Webb

Workshop Clinicians
Margaret Nichols - Elementary
Annie Mary Jones - Elementary
Lucile Levine - Elementary
Dr Robert Young - Church Music