This month's Repertoire & Resources spotlight video comes from Collegiate R&R Chair, Christopher Jackson.

Over the next several months, we will highlight areas of the choral art in an effort to engage with our membership through social media and web-based platforms.  Our Repertoire & Resources coordinators will pose a question to the membership in a video, and you are invited to respond in the comments section then come back to the post to see what other members think.  We begin with Lifelong Choirs R&R Coordinator Joe Stuligross.  Feel free to add a comment below, or check out the video on our Facebook or Instagram accounts and comment there!

The ACDA Sing-Up! campaign started Sunday and extends until November 15!

ACDA-PA’s membership goal is 626 members!
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As ACDA-PA members, you have four very cool opportunities. May I ask you to consider how you can help with the following?

• Complimentary Membership Program. We can give up to 10 complimentary memberships to new members in the state. If you have a colleague who you know will benefit from ACDA and will also continue with us in the future, please send me an email with their name, and I will then reach out to that person!
  

Read more: https://acda.org/ACDA/Membership-Root/Complimentary_Membership_Program.aspx

• Refer a Colleague Program: If a current member refers a new member, then a free thumb drive of performances from the 2019 National Conference is sent to that person!
  

Read more: https://acda.org/ACDA/Membership-Root/Refer_a_Colleague.aspx

• Student Membership Initiative: ACDA-PA is sponsoring 100 student memberships (for new members only) at $5 each!
  

Read more: https://acda.org/ACDA/Membership-Root/Student_Initiative_States.aspx

• Post pictures and videos (2-min or less) online using the hashtag #ACDASingUp. A free ACDA water bottle or choir folder (while supplies last) will be sent to all who do. On November 18, National ACDA will select the best photo/video to receive a one-of-a-kind, handmade baton and hardwood case! WOW!
  

Help us reach our 626 goal!
All best,
Caron Daley
ACDA-PA President

As was announced at the beginning of the summer conference on August 4, the following changes to the ACDA-PA state board have been approved:

• Elizabeth Colpo was elected to the position of President-Elect.  Her term begins immediately, and she will serve as President for the 2021-2023 term, then Vice President for the next 2 years.
• An election will be held in January for the position of President-Elect Designate.  That person will join the board on July 1, 2020, then will assume the role of President-Elect when the 2021 board begins.
• A Student Activities chair position has been created that will fall under the Collegiate R&R committee.  This position will serve as a facilitator for communication among the collegiate chapters in the state.
• The Conducting Competition chair position has been eliminated, and those responsibilities will now fall to the Collegiate R&R chair.
• The Ensemble-Specific R&R area has been renamed "Encompassing Genres" to more accurately reflect what falls under that committee.
• The Ethnic/Multicultural R&R chair position has been eliminated as multicultural music is represented in almost every other R&R area now.
• An Equity and Justice R&R chair position has been created to focus on the various types of choirs not previously represented that relate to social justice, prison choirs, representation, and more.
• In the interest of promoting more inclusive language, the Women's Choirs and Men's Choirs R&R positions have been renamed Upper Voice Choirs and Lower Voice Choirs R&R.
• A Conference Chair position has been created to serve on the executive committee.

Check your e-mail for log-in information and a link to the ballot for our special election to fill the vacancy on the board due to Joy Hirokawa's appointment to the ACDA board as national R&R chair for Children and Community Youth Choirs.  The election is run through ElectionRunner, and a separate e-mail with log-in and candidate bio information should have gone out to our active membership.  Some e-mail filters may catch it, so check your spam.  The voting window closes August 2, 2019.