I am so excited to meet you all and work with you this year at the 2013-2014 Tri-M Mini Workshop held at this year's KMEA In-Service Workshop. This year's conference will be held Friday, February 28, 2014, in the Broadview Hotel Room 105. We have a lot of fun and exciting things to discuss, learn about, and work on together. Just a quick reminder for the returnees and for the new people coming to the Mini-Workshop: This workshop is provided to your chapter at no cost. The format for the day is below.

8:00-9:00 - Registration

9:00-9:50 - Music at the Collegiate Level
This will be a wonderful presentation on the transition into being a musician at the Collegiate Level. Dr. Frank Tracz, director of Bands at Kansas State University, will be presenting.

10:00-10:30 - Tri-M, Future Music Educators
We will be hearing from a panel of Future Music Educators discussing what is important to focus on during college and relaying experiences that they have had being a music education major.

10:30-11:00 - Tri-M Ideas and Activities Sharing
Please bring a short presentation, either verbal, PowerPoint, or handouts, that will describe activities that your chapter undertakes throughout the year and fun ways to continue promoting music education in your schools.

11:00-11:30 - Tri-M's Got Talent
The 3rd annual Tri- M's Got Talent competition will take place again during our Mini-Conference this year. Please bring a 2-3 minute routine/performance to share with the other contestants of the competition. Remember, the more the merrier, so get your chapter involved. A panel of judges will decide who goes home with the coveted "M"ee!!!

Registration for Conference
I am so excited to see you all at the conference, hopefully "Mother Nature" will cooperate with us this year and we won't have a repeat of last year! The deadline for chapter registration is February 21, 2014.

Tri-M Scholarship
KMEA awards a $500 scholarship to a Tri-M Music Honor Society member who is a high school senior and who will enroll as a music education major in a four-year Kansas college or university. A student must be a member in good standing of his/her local Tri-M chapter and national Tri-M to be eligible. One scholarship will be granted from all papers submitted. The scholarship will be presented at the KMEA In-Service Workshop. The winning student will be notified ahead of time; however, a student does not have to be present in order to receive the scholarship. Please return the Application Form with a typed essay (250-word minimum) on your background and why you want to major in music education. Also include a letter of recommendation from your school Tri-M Advisor. (Students may apply for this scholarship and the All- State Groups scholarships, but a student may not win both scholarships.)

Tri-M Scholarship Application
www.ksmea.org/awards/scholarships/tri-m.php

Please let me know if there are any questions or concerns and I would love to help in any way.