Why Would Educators Want To Attend the Conference?
Work on improving your craft and how to ask for what you need! Advocacy to administrators is a never-ending challenge, but sometimes figuring out how to communicate effectively with them and demonstrate the value of our programs is more work than we realize, and knowing how to do that without prior experience can be daunting.
Additionally, knowing what to listen for in a band is always a challenge; how do we prioritize the many corrections we hear and focus our listening, as well as our students' listening? Chad King will share his tips on how he achieved such success over 30 years at Millcreek Junior High.
2026 Midwinter Conference Schedule
Thursday, February 5, 2026 - Snow Canyon High School
11:30 Meet for Golf at the St. George Golf Club (optional, additional fee)
12:00 Golf Begins/Pickleball
2:45 Registration for Collegiate Session
3:00 Collegiate Panel: McKayla Wolf, Carsten House, Cloe Wright, Wyatt Gilles
4:00 Register/Jimmy Johns
4:30 Welcome/Awards/Elections
4:50 Break
5:00 "How to Advocate and Speak Admin" panel with Bret Hughes (Park City School District Fine Arts Coordinator), Brandon Larsen (Elk Ridge Middle School Assistant Principal), Shanda Stenger (Utah State Board of Education), and Mitch Hall (Davis School District Fine Arts Coordinator)
5:50 Break
6:00 American Fork "Cavemen of Note" performance
6:45 Break/Dessert
7:00 "How to Clean a Band" with Chad King
7:50 Break
8:00 Marching Band Committee Meeting
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Jeff King
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Jeff Allardyce
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Shawn Smith
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Brett Hughes
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Tom Golightly
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Colonel Schofield
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Bobby Lambert
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Rosie Queen
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Joel Denton