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Samuel French, Inc. Announces New eBook Program
By Press Release from Samuel French | Monday, December 05, 2011 11:45 AM
Samuel French, Inc., the world’s oldest and largest publisher of plays and musicals, announced this week that they will expand their offerings to include eBooks. Titles from playwrights such as Dale Wasserman, Charles Busch, Israel Horovitz, Ray Cooney and Marsha Norman will be available for download beginning in November, along with other Samuel French plays and musicals.
This is a significant development for the theatre industry, which has only a few small entries into the eBook market from other theatrical publishing companies. Samuel French is by far the largest play publishing and licensing house to venture down this road. They will bring a substantial selection of their catalogue t
Judge Etiquette in the Sight-reading Room
By Jeff Turner, TMAA Orchestra VP | Monday, December 05, 2011 10:47 AM
Another concert and sight-reading judging season will be here sooner than we think. As that time of the year nears, I wanted to share a few thoughts and ideas about professionalism on a sight-reading panel. As I thought about the word professionalism in this context, I concluded it would be more appropriate to speak in terms of etiquette defined as: the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other.
In our TMAA judging workshops, we spend most of the time discussing best practice for writing educational sheets and assigning appropriate ratings. I’d like to suggest some things that come under the “other” category of judging that we tend to take for granted.
Coaches Need to Prepare for Start of Swimming and Diving Season
By Traci Neely, Assistant Athletic Director | Monday, December 05, 2011 9:37 AM
The swimming and diving competitive season is upon us.
Coaches need to make sure they complete required documents to begin the competitive season. Coaches must complete the UIL Individual Sport Eligibility Form and file a copy that includes a list of all varsity athletes with the District Executive Committee Chair prior to the first competition.
Coaches should retain a copy of the original eligibility list. Also, please remember to file a supplemental eligibility list in the case additional athletes come out for the team later in the season.
Council Approves Changes for Golf and Wrestling
By Peter Conteras, Assistant Athletic Director | Monday, December 05, 2011 9:07 AM
The idea is — if a policy change is educationally sound and the masses support it, the UIL Legislative Council will listen. This proved to be true once again this past October.
Wrestling and golf saw approved changes in their qualifying standards at the recent Legislative Council meeting in Austin. All Council action is still awaiting the Commissioner of Education approval. If the commissioner signs off, the changes will be effective Aug. 1, 2012.
Katy Superintendent Named New Legislative Council Chair
By Jeanne Acton, UIL Journalism Director | Monday, December 05, 2011 8:57 AM
At the October Legislative Council meeting, the council thanked and congratulated Mesquite Superintendent Linda Henrie for her service as the 2010-2011 Council Chair.
Photo by Jeanne Acton
At the October 2011 Legislative Council Meeting, Alton Frailey, the superintendent at Katy ISD who served as first vice chair in 2011, was elected as the new chair.
UIL Executive Director Charles Breithaupt said Frailey is a “tremendous leader and innovative thinker.”
“He is a huge supporter of the UIL,” he said. “I am looking forward to working with him.”
Frailey will replace Dr. Linda Henrie, the superintendent from Mesquite ISD.
State Marching Band Goes Live (on the Web)
By McKensie Wallesen, UIL intern | Monday, December 05, 2011 8:41 AM
At the 4A State Marching Band Competition, Vandergrift High School performs at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Vandergrift HS placed ninth at the state competition. Cedar Park High School won the 4A title. Queen City High School won the 2A title, and Sundown High School won the 1A title. For a full list of results, go to http://utdirect.utexas.edu/uilsmbc/lbw2_sched_results.WBX?s_conference=1A&s_round=2&s_display_sw=R.
Photo by Jeanne Acton
For the first time in the history of the UIL State Marching Band Contest, parents, fans and bands across the state were able to see the performances live without making the trip to the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Over the two-day contest, the webcast received more than 60,000 hits without even much advertising to promote the event.
One of those hits was from a parent who had emergency surgery days before the marching contest so she couldn’t travel to see her daughter play.
ILPC Spring Convention Moves to Late April
By Jeanne Acton, UIL Journalism Director | Monday, December 05, 2011 8:08 AM
Due to statewide testing dates, UIL regional competitions and conflicts with the national journalism conference, the ILPC Spring Convention will be held April 28-29 this year at the University of Texas at Austin.
We surveyed members last year to see if an early date or late date in April would work best, and an overwhelming majority selected the later date.
The later date offers a few benefits for schools and ILPC. For example, we moved the newspaper and broadcast deadlines from Feb. 1 to Feb. 15, and with more time, we are hoping to add a competition component to the convention.
Leaguer Moves to Issue-based Format
By Stephanie Ramirez, Communications Officer | Monday, November 07, 2011 3:02 PM
The Leaguer has had many makeovers during its time at the League. It's gone from a broadsheet to a tabloid to finally an online publication. Starting in December, the online Leaguer will return to an issue-based format and will continue to be published online.
In an effort to improve the online Leaguer and increase readership, the publication will return to an issue-based format published online.
The first issue will post Tuesday, Dec. 6. New content, including articles, columns, photos and media packages, will appear in each issue.
“This change should make it easier for our readers to know when they should visit the Leaguer online,” managing editor Jeanne Acton said. “Because we don’t have a full-time Leaguer staff to generate new articles every week, it is hard for our readers to know when new material is posted.”
The League will continue to use social media, like Facebook and Twitter, to give updates on breaking news, and it will move the weekly blog to the homepage of the website. Individual departments also will utilize their homepages to post time-sensitive articles.
Preparations For First Two UIL State Championships
By Stephanie Ramirez, Communications Officer | Friday, October 28, 2011 11:27 AM
It’s a busy time of year around the state as several UIL programs gear up for the culmination of their seasons at the UIL State Championships. Both athletics and music have their first State event coming up just around the corner.
Team Tennis regional tournaments are taking place this weekend to determine which teams will qualify for one of the eight spots at the UIL Team Tennis State Championships being held in College Station.
Marching Band will finish their regional contests this week and area contests next week in preparation for the State Marching Band Contest which will be held on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 7 and 8 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
To see the full UIL calendar and all state qualifiers, please visit the UIL website at www.uiltexas.org. Good luck to all our participants!
UIL Legilslative Council Results
By Stephanie Ramirez, Communications Officer | Monday, October 24, 2011 11:15 AM
The UIL Legislative Council met Oct. 16-17 in Austin to listen to proposals and discuss possible UIL rule changes.
If approved by the Commissioner of Education, items that will take effect Aug. 1, 2012 include changes to athletic preseason practice regulations, an additional conference in wrestling, new music programs having the option to enter concert and sight-reading contests as non-varsity and the Theatrical Design Contest becoming an officially sanctioned event.
To see the full press release issued by the UIL with all the results of the annual October Legislative Council meeting, go to http://www.uiltexas.org/press-releases/detail/uil-legislative-council-meeting-results8.