Greater Southwest Music Festival Still on Schedule

Because of the Swine Flu scare (aka H1N1), there has been discussion of cancelling the Greater Southwest Music Festival. However, the organizers of the event have decided to keep the event scheduled as planned. This is great news for many middle and high school musicians throughout the area that come for the musical competition. The festival will proceed on May 6^th, 7^th and 8^th as planned.

The organizers of the festival have decided to keep the event on schedule since so many pieces are already in place. The trophies are ready, the plane tickets have been purchased for the judges and the venues have been booked. The Amarillo Civic Center cannot be booked again for awhile, as well. It is booked until June.

Some of the smaller schools have already opted out of participating in the event. Many schools are following the UIL recommendations of postponing any travel until after May 11^th.

The organizers of the festival want to stress to everyone participating that safety precautions will be observed throughout the festival. There will be sanitizers available at all times, restrooms will remain clean and much more.

The Greater Southwest Music Festival will be held at the Amarillo Civic Center, the Center for Performing Arts and the Globe News Center, with almost 9,000 students expected to attend.

It sounds like this will be a great event for everyone attending with many health and safety precautions in the works. It will be a great event for the musicians in the Amarillo area to get together as planned and have a good time.

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