2006 - 2007 Refer to Forms for Members for Specific Reports for Each Reporting Period September 15 Chapter Reports are due. October 31 Collegiate Dues Payment Deadline (to Executive Secretary). Chapter and Club Service Fee is Due (to Executive Secretary). Chapter Reports are due to the Province President. Order graduation cords now. December 15 Chapter Reports are due to the Province President. Deadline for Fall Term Prospective Member Fees and Forms due to the Executive Secretary. March 1 Chapter Reports are due to the Province President. Senior Honor Pin Recipients Information submitted. April 1 Chapter Investment Payments Deadline (to Executive Secretary). Founder Pennies due (to Executive Secretary). Rotating Grant Application Deadline. Star of Delta Omicron awardees named. Order graduation cords now. April 2 Summer Scholarship Applications are due to Scholarship Chair. April 30 Delta Omicron Foundation Grant Applications are due. May 15 End-of-Year Chapter and Club Reports are due to Province President. Chapter Adviser Report due to Province President. Absolute Deadline for Spring Term Prospective Member Fees and Forms (due to the Executive Secretary) June 15 Province President and National Officer Annual Reports due July 1 Board of Directors Annual Reports due 2009 Centennial Celebration --- New Delta Omicron Songs Triennial Conference -- TBA Saturday, April 21, 2007 Epsilon Eta Installed in Alabama Delta Omicron is proud to announce the installation of Epsilon Eta Chapter at Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama on April 21, 2007. Sixteen new Delta Omicron members were initiated during the morning. They included Kolawole Aremu, Amber Harmon, Brandy Todd, Maria Sullivan, Byron Smith, Tiawanna Roshell, Lena Randall, Cassie Porterfield, Kendiell Pettway, Gerald Parrish, Jonathan Moten, Kamekia Humphrey, Rahsaan Doctor, Yolanda Cook, Juan Beane, Lauren Anthony. Chair of Fine Arts and Music at Talladega College and alumna of Omicron Sigma Chapter, Dr. Lindy G. McLeod, will serve as Epsilon Eta Chapter Adviser and Faculty Sponsor. International President Jonny Ramsey and Iota Province President Laura Thuirer conducted the ceremonial installation activities. They were assisted by Past Iota Province President Dr. Claire Keel, and by eight members of Omicron Gamma Chapter of Samford University during the new member initiation. Omicron Gamma President Emily Parker and Province President Laura Thuirer conducted the officer installation ceremony that followed the initiation. The two chapters enjoyed fellowship following the morning activities, getting to know one another and share chapter activity ideas. The Installation Musicale occurred in the afternoon at Deforest Chapel. The program featured a medley of Mo’Town Favorites, a four-part acappella performance of Moses Hogan’s Ride on King Jesus, and four-part harmonizations of “The Prayer of Delta Omicron” and “The Keynote.” The program closed with the singing of the Talladega Alma Mater “Dear Old Talladega.” The sixteen members of Epsilon Eta are all members of the forty-member Talladega Choir which has toured nationally throughout the East under the direction of Dr. McLeod. During the Musicale, Dr. Erline Patrick, Executive Assistant to the Talladega College President, was inducted as a Chapter Patroness in recognition of her support for the choir and fine arts programs at Talladega. A reception in Andrews Hall followed the concert. Historic Talladega College was founded in 1867 and is the oldest historical black college in Alabama. The college is nationally recognized for its outstanding undergraduate studies in science and the humanities.         Triennial Composition Competition 2009 for Cello and Piano JUDGES William Bolcom     Kirk Trevor     John White   AWARDS One Thousand Dollars and Premiére at the 2009 International Delta Omicron Conference   PURPOSE To encourage composers To give their work public performances To further the cause of contemporary music   RULES ELIGIBILITY: This competition is open to COMPOSERS of college age or over. This is regardless of any music fraternity affliation. MUSIC REQUIREMENTS: The composition should be for Cello and Piano. The length of time should be from seven to fifteen minutes. Manuscripts should be LEGIBLY written in ink or processed, signed with nom de plume, and free from any marks that would identify the composer to the judges. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: To be eligible, the composition shall not have been published or publicly performed (except for feedback) prior to the time that judging is completed in the summer of 2008. To be eligible for the award, the winner of the competition must wait to publish her/his work until after the premiére performance in August 2009. Each entry should be accompanied by an envelope with the pseudonym written on the outside. The envelope should contain the entrant's name, address, phone number, email address, and entry check. This is only for the use of the Competition Chair and will not be shared with the judges. If more than one composition is entered by the composer, each entry should be sent separately and should abide by the rules set for a single entry. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN MARCH 24, 2008. An entry fee of $25.00 (American money) should accompany each manuscript. Checks should be made out to "Delta Omicron". This fee is to cover postage, insurance and handling costs to and from each of the judges and the return of the compositions to the composers. Please note; once a manuscript is submitted, there will be no refund of the entry fee if the entrant chooses to withdraw from the competition. Due care will be used in protecting all manuscripts received, but each applicant specifically releases all persons, judges and Delta Omicron from any and all claims and damages arising out of loss or destruction of submitted composition, however caused. THREE copies of each manuscript should be sent in a FLAT package by first-class mail. Upon receipt of the entry, the composer will receive an acknowledgment. Music should not be spiral bound. AWARDS: The awards shall be $1,000.00 and the Premiére Performance at the 2009 Delta Omicron International Fraternity's Triennial Conference. The monetary award is underwritten in part by the Delta Omicron Foundation, Inc. The composer is encouraged to attend the Premiére Performance of her/his composition at the 2009 Triennial Conference. All expenses to the Conference are the responsibility of the composer. The decision of the judges will be FINAL. The prize will be withheld, if in the opinion of the judges, none of the compositions submitted is of a caliber warranting an award. MISCELLANEOUS:  All of the above rules shall be followed, or the composition will be disqualified.   Address ALL Entries and Inquiries to: MRS. JUDITH EIDSON, Chair, Composition Competition 12297 W. Tennessee Place, Lakewood, Colorado 80228-3325 Email: rbzdx@webtv.net     Centennial Celebration in 2009   Wanted: New DO Songs!!   In preparation for Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity's centennial celebration in 2009, the fraternity is seeking new Delta Omicron songs. The fraternity will review any submitted songs for possible publication in the Delta Omicron Songbook. Songs may be in unison in keys appropriate for both male and female voices, in a cappella four-part arrangements, or in four-part arrangements with piano accompaniment.   Songs may be submitted in manuscript or computer-generated notation. Submitted songs should include the composer's and lyricist's names, address, phone number, e-mail address (if available), and date of composition. Because of publication requirements, the fraternity will seek written transfer of copyright ownership from the composer of any songs selected for publication. For more information or to submit a song, contact Dr. Robert Lindahl, National Music Adviser.   Let the creative talents and musical notes begin! Good luck!