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Tournament Indoor Association will hold virtual events for all member units from Saturday, March 6, through Saturday, May 1. (Note: NO events will be scheduled for Saturday, April 3–Easter Weekend) Unit directors must register by 6:00 PM on the preceding Sunday.

Color Guards, Twirlers, Dance Teams, Marching and Stationary Percussion, Marching Winds, and Jazz Bands are all welcome to participate in the TIA 2021 VIRTUAL! events.

Tournament recognizes that the nine states, hundreds of counties and communities, and all member school districts all have specific regulations and guidelines for student participation, rehearsals, and performances during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Tournament supports unit directors and performing units in whatever format is possible. The safety and health of the unit is of most importance as groups encourage participation and foster growth in the activities that we all cherish.

Thank you to the unit directors, staff, supporters and boosters, along with the participants, for continued support for the activities that Tournament Indoor Association offers. We look forward to a season of virtual performances filled with enjoyment and educational value for all involved.

TIA Region Coordinators emailed details and registration link to members last week.

$1 Million for USA Made Instruments 
Today, we are announcing a NEW Stimulus Purchase Program to continue partnering with local music communities and also celebrate USA manufacturing. The pandemic has been difficult for all of us and Conn-Selmer has decided to give an additional $1 million of stimulus aid to schools interested in purchasing school-owned USA manufactured instruments.This includes bass clarinets, tubas, french horns, marching brass, baritones, euphoniums, sousaphones, mallet instruments, timpani, and other made in America products typically purchased by schools and used across multiple ensembles.  
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Only 1 more day until the CBDNA – College Band Directors National AssociationIntercollegiate Marching Band debuts at about 10 p.m. during halftime of the College Football Playoff National Championship game.

Nearly 1,500 nominated performers from 200 bands will join together! Leading up to the event, Publisher Christine Ngeo Katzman will join the other founding partners to talk about the importance of this project! She’ll also present a visual recap of Halftime Magazine’s story “Marching Through a Pandemic part 2” about colleges that continued to support their teams and create music this past fall season. She’ll be joined live by Barry Houser from the University of Illinois Marching Illini and Mark Spede from the Clemson University Tiger Band.

Also, Lexi Duda, one of the IMB program hosts, will present a preview of our upcoming Halftime Magazine story on “Bands at the Bowls.” Join us starting at 6 p.m. on the Intercollegiate Marching Band YouTube channel for the Virtual Tailgate and then again at 10 p.m. for the IMB #CFBVirtualHalftime!

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