ELIGIBLE STUDENTS FROM EACH
SENIOR REGIONAL ORCHESTRA:

Double bass players and wind & percussion players who qualify to audition from their Senior Regional Orchestra are eligible to audition for All-Virginia Orchestra or Band and must state a preference upon registration.

1. Qualifying students must be enrolled in their school and be a regular performing member of the school band or orchestra programs at the time of the event to be eligible to participate.

2. Wind and Percussion players who qualified from BOTH District Band and Regional Orchestra on different instruments MUST SELECT one or the other. THEY CANNOT AUDITION ON BOTH INSTRUMENTS.

3. String bass players who qualified to audition for All Virginia from All District Band will audition with the orchestra students.

4. Oboe players who play English Horn (if the instrument is needed for the bands/orchestra) should be prepared to audition on both instruments. Orchestra instrumentation may also require selected Bb clarinetists to play A clarinet parts.

5. Any student dismissed from, or moved below an eligible chair in a District Band or Regional Orchestra for reasons of attendance, conduct or infraction of District/Regional Event rules, shall NOT be eligible to audition for All Virginia that same school year.

6. Each district shall be permitted to send the allotted number of students per section from the All-District Band and All-Region Orchestra to audition for the All-Virginia event. Students who choose not to accept the opportunity to audition, or who possess dual eligibility as a result of their selection to both All-Region Orchestra and All-District Band, shall be replaced by the next eligible student as listed in the All-District concert program. It shall be the responsibility of the District Instrumental Representative, working in cooperation with event hosts, to resolve all eligibility issues during the All-District event. At the conclusion of the All-District event, the District Instrumental Representative should send copies of both All-District Band and All-Region Orchestra programs to the VBODA president-elect, with all eligible students clearly marked.

7. Any student who knows they will not be able to participate in the All-VA event IS  NOT TO AUDITION! Students who audition and decline to participate in the All-State event may prevent another student from participating. Any student who declines to participate forfeits future eligibility to audition for the All-Virginia event (see page 52, section VIII, VBODA Administrative Handbook).

Directors/District Representatives must e-mail any substitutions or changes in eligibility to Doug Armstrong, VBODA President-Elect, no later than Friday, February 15, 2008.