Attached are the proposals for our upcoming NWAPA membership meeting on Sunday, May 19^th at 12:00pm at Sherwood High School in the Commons Classroom.

There are a total of eight proposals this year. This is a significant increase from last year and several of them require consideration and conversation. I would encourage unit directors to read through these proposals in advance so you can voice your questions and opinions at the meeting. Feel free to ask any questions ahead of time in order to help streamline our conversations at our meeting.  Also, if you do not plan to be in attendance but you would like someone to vote for you in your place, please coordinate your proxy in advance so that votes are as informed as possible and in sync with your viewpoints.

Each proposal will be presented one at a time. We will allow the person making the proposal to state that proposal’s case. Circuit Board will provide additional context as to how it could affect our operating and budgeting procedures. Circuit Members will have the opportunity to discuss the topic. Once the conversation points have been made and questions addressed, we will take a vote by ballot. Ballots will be provided & tabulated by the NWAPA Secretary.

2019 Submitted Proposals

NWAPA is now accepting 2020 Winter Show Sponsor Bids. Please review the information linked below:

2020 Winter Show Sponsor Handbook

2020 Winter Show Sponsor Bid Form

Send questions to contest coordinator: Jeff Mitchell

NWAPA is ready and excited to release its 2019 Fall Schedule! We hope you attend as many shows as you can. Registration will occur sometime during June, so please be on the lookout and at the ready. See you there!

9/28 — Pacific Coast Invitation @ Sprague HS
10/5 — Kamiak Music in Motion @ Mariner HS (tentative)
10/5 — Sherwood Show @ Linfield College
10/12 — Sunset Classic @ Sunset HS
10/12 — Pride of the Northwest @ Grants Pass HS
10/19 — Century Showcase @ Hillsboro Stadium
10/26 — Liberty Marching Arts Challenge @ Hillsboro Stadium
11/2 — UO Festival of Bands/NWAPA Championship @ Autzen Stadium

The Percussion Premier event at Glencoe HS on February 9th has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Per NWAPA inclement weather policy, all teams registered and paid will be issued a credit for a future NWAPA event. Please direct questions/concerns to Jeff Mitchell – contest_coord@nwapa.net.

Greetings membership- this correspondence is aimed at the bands that have hosted a fall show or have expressed interest in hosting a fall show. Please see the attached 2019-2020 Fall Show Bid Form for more details. We are requesting that these be returned to president@nwapa.net by Monday, February 4th.

2019-2020 Fall Show Bid Form

Fall 2019 Unit Registration opens June 1st, 2019.

Winter event registration is now open.

Important note for show hosts: Show hosts should register the units for their own event, but do NOT pay that entry fee.

Registration for all winter events will open during the evening of December 1st.

Navigate to !!!Winter Info!!! for Winter Member Handbook and Schedule.

Winter Membership meeting is Saturday, December 8th, at 12:00pm at Mountainside HS in Beaverton, OR.

Please contact !!!NWAPA Contest Coordinator!!! with questions.

Gas powered vehicles will be allowed on the field. HOWEVER vehicles must be in excellent working condition and must not drip gasoline or oil on the field. UO and NWAPA staff reserve the right to prohibit vehicles observed to be in poor condition on the field.

Gas and propane powered generators MUST NOT be placed directly on the field. Plan to place generators on a protective surface.

The tunnel at Autzen cannot accommodate props that are taller than 6 feet 9 inches and/or wider than 10 feet. Props larger than that will have to be brought in pieces and assembled on the field during your interval time.

Bands will be allowed to stage into side 1 (audience left). Interval time will begin when any member, props or equipment crosses 30 yard line side 1, or at your scheduled time – whichever comes first. 30 yard line shall extend wall to wall so that crossing the line off field back will trigger interval start.

Front ensemble (pit) will be allowed to begin setup off field outside front sideline without triggering interval time start. Pit equipment that is staged on the field will trigger interval time as noted above.

Interval time will stop when all members, equipment and props are in side 2 and making forward progress towards the side 2 exit.

Due to the short time between Preliminary Awards and Finals, bands who are scheduled to perform in Finals schedule slots 15 – 10 may experience a challenge in assembling at their designated warm-up areas at their scheduled warm-up times. To help mitigate this, we will contact directors of bands scheduled to perform in Finals schedule slots 15 – 10 PRIOR TO PRELIMINARY AWARDS via email and phone number we have on file as “day of event” phone number to provide advance notice of their finals performance time so that they may, at their discretion, make preparations to arrive at their designated warm up area on time.

Please contact Jeff Mitchell – contest_coord@nwapa.net – with any questions or concerns.

Due to the short time between Preliminary Awards and Finals, bands who are scheduled to perform in Finals schedule slots 15 – 10 may experience a challenge in assembling at their designated warm-up areas at their scheduled warm-up times. To help mitigate this, we will contact directors of bands scheduled to perform in Finals schedule slots 15 – 10 PRIOR TO PRELIMINARY AWARDS via email and phone number we have on file as “day of event” phone number to provide advance notice of their finals performance time so that they may, at their discretion, make preparations to arrive at their designated warm up area on time.

Directors who wish to provide alternate email or phone must email Jeff Mitchell at jmitche76@comcast.net.

!!!NWAPA Championships Schedule!!!

Directors/staff, navigate to your private Contest Dynamics link for Sunset Classic and scroll to the “Media Links” section. Review the download instructions for access to video with all judges’ commentary tracks.