1975 - 1979 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.

1975  •  20th Annual Convention & New Music Reading Clinic

Officers
President - Ken Fulton
Past President - James A Ramsey
First Vice President - James E Sheppard
Second Vice President - Ray Moore
Third Vice President - Lavern Williams
Secretary/Treasurer - Anita Spain
Executive Secretary - Pat Patterson

Session Conductors

John Williams
Melva Sebesta
James A Ramsey
John Lawhorn
Allen Pote
Roger Malone
Tom Jennings
Bobby L Siltman

Workshop Clinicians

John Lawhorn - Elementary
Ella Jenkins - Elementary
Allen Pote - Church
Bobby L Siltman - Sightreading in Middle School

1976  •  21st Annual Convention & New Music Reading Clinic

Officers
President - Jim Sheppard
Past President - Ken Fulton
First Vice President - Sally Schott
Second Vice President - Ray Moore
Third Vice President - Laverne Williams
Secretary/Treasurer - Anita W Spain
Executive Secretary - Pat Patterson

Session Conductors
Rosemary Heffley
Jim Casey
Melva Sebesta
Ken Fulton
Michael Kemp
John Yarrington
Carroll Barnes
Tom Jennings

Workshop Clinicians
John Yarrington - Elementary
Lenore Pogonowski - Elementary
Michael Kemp - Church Music
Cherrie Lee Rose - Choreography for Junior High
Jane Beethoven - Elementary

1977  •  22nd Annual Convention & New Music Reading Clinic

Officers
President - Jim Sheppard
Past President - Ken Fulton
First Vice President - Sally Schott
Second Vice President - Ken Steele
Third Vice President - Linda Pennington
Secretary/Treasurer - Mary Ann Winden
Executive Secretary - Pat Patterson

Session Conductors
John Woicikowsk
Bill Cormack
Bob Buchanan
Ken Fulton
Millicent Wiley
Alice Parker
Sally Schott
Dr Lee Kjelson
Milton Pullen
Clydene Miles

Workshop Clinicians
Phyllis Kaplan - Elementary
Alice Parker - Relationship of Music Performer/Composer/Listener
Diane Steele & Barbara Reuman - Elementary Performance/Clinic
John Hemmenway
Mary Belle Leach
Mary Nan Wehrung - Sightreading
Dr Lee Kjelson - Elementary

1978  •  23rd Annual Convention & New Music Reading Clinic

Officers
President - Melva Sebesta
Past President - Jim Sheppard
First Vice President - Rosemary Heffley
Second Vice President - Ken Steele
Third Vice President - Linda Pennington
Fourth Vice President - Frederica Braidfoot
Secretary - Mary Ann Winden
Treasurer - George Mather
Executive Secretary - Pat Patterson

Session Conductors
Danny Hart
Eleanor Grant
Sampy Wall
Charles Nelson
Bobbie Dougalass
Lloyd Pfautsch
Frederica Braidfoot
Loyd Hawthorne
Richard Surfac
Charlotte Greeson
Nick Boltz
Milton Pullin

Workshop Clinicians
Mary Ann Nelson - Elementary
Marcia Schramm Purdy - Choral Movement
Heinz Werner Zimmerman - Church
Rebecca Best - Use of Media in Performance
Eva Mae Struckmeyer - Music for Early Adolescence
Charles Nelson & Harry Wayne - Voice Teacher/Music Education

1979  •  24th Annual Convention & New Music Reading Clinic

Officers
President - Melva Sebesta
Past President - Jim Sheppard
First Vice President - Rosemary Heffley
Second Vice President - Carroll Barnes
Third Vice President - Robert B. Buchanan
Fourth Vice President - Fredrica Braidfoot
Secretary - Teddye Brown
Treasurer - George Mather
Executive Secretary - Pat Patterson

Session Conductors
Carol Pyle
George Biffle
Bobby Siltman
Tom Council
Fredrica Braidfoot
James Moore
Woody Schober
Ron Shirey
Harell Slack
Martha Card
Ruth Whitlock
Nick Boltz
Milton Pullen

Workshop Clinicians
Elmira K Beyer - Elementary
Dr Howard Swan - A Conductor's World
Linda Anderson - Junior High Girls Literature
Ron Shirey - Programming