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2010–11 Essentially Ellington Program Timeline

September 2010: Membership open and materials sent out to schools

October 2010: First EE newsletter sent

December 15-18, 2010: EE at The 64th Annual Midwest Clinic, Chicago, IL

January 28, 2011: Competition & Festival recordings & application due

February 4, 2011: Writing Contest entries due

February 23, 2011: 15 finalists announced / Adjudication sheets mailed

February 25-26, 2011: EE Regional Festival - University of North Carolina,

Chapel Hill, NC

March and April 2011: Workshops in finalists' schools

March 9, 2011: EE Regional Festival - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

March 26, 2011: EE Regional Festival - Greenwich, CT

March 30, 2011: Comments only recordings & application due

April 16, 2011: EE Regional Festival - Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

April 30, 2011: EE Regional Festival - University of Louisiana, Lafayatte, LA

April 30, 2011: Comments returned on recordings submitted for comments only

May 12-14, 2011: 16th Annual Competition & Festival in New York City!

June 2011: Jazz at Lincoln Center Band Director Academy (Date and location to be annouced in December 2010)