12.19.24
Hello Dragon Band Students, Parents and Families,
We’ve had a terrific fall semester that began way back on the first day of Summer Band! Our students have performed extremely well at their events, be it in the concert hall, countless rehearsals inside and out, a classroom somewhere, in the stands at football games all over central Texas, an elementary school lobby, soaking wet in our own cafeteria, at a pep rally in the fieldhouse, marching through a neighborhood or across campus, on a football field here or there or a dome down in San Antonio, the students have done incredible work through every bit of it!!
The winter guards have already begun their work for the spring semester, getting their shows blocked out and staged and choreography learned and they’ll start competing in the Spring. In January, the winds and percussion will be in our five concert ensembles and some students will begin in full orchestra. We’ll all begin selling mulch in January as well. Take a look at the coming events down at the bottom of the message to see what else is coming up!
Next Year’s Dragon Band - 9th, 10th and 11th grade students
If you have not already done so, please take a minute now to complete this form! - We have only 138 responses so far, so we’re missing quite a few returning students
We build our roster for next year starting with a google form that we ask all of our 9th, 10th and 11th graders to complete and we send this to our feeder middle school campuses and 8th grade band students fill it out there.
Dragon Band students in 9th, 10th and 11th grade - all instruments and all sections, please take several minutes to complete this form. Pay careful attention to entering email addresses and read each question before answering.
Region Band
We had 205 students audition over the two days and of those 205, 79 students made a Region Band!
Of the 79 students earning a chair in Region, 22 students advanced to the Area level
Our Region Band clinic and concert is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, January 24th and 25th. The students received their music folder that contains all the pertinent information!
Congratulations once again to our 79 Region Band members and our 22 Area advancers! WAY TO GO!!
AREA STUDENTS:
Avery Calhoun, Bassoon, 1st Chair
James Hanzlik, Contra Bassoon, 1st Chair
Vic Ducea, Clarinet, 2nd Chair
Seungwan Son, Clarinet, 7th Chair
Hudson Qui, Clarinet 11th Chair
Beck Nielsen, Bass Clarinet, 2nd Chair
Riley O’Connor, Contra Bass Clarinet, 1st Chair
Vishesh Mishra, Alto Sax, 2nd Chair
Charles Wang, Tenor Sax, 1st Chair
Guilherme De Lima Machado, Bara Sax, 1st Chair
Angelina Villanueva, Trumpet, 2nd Chair
Jacob Bergeron, Trumpet, 4th Chair
Ishwara Vasista, Trumpet, 6th Chair
Kyle Cox, Horn, 5th Chair
David Le, Horn, 7th Chair
Shiryans Muthyala, Trombone, 1st Chair
Daphne Jones, Trombone, 3rd Chair
Nate Thomas, Trombone, 4th Chair
Daniel Pi, Trombone, 6th Chair
Hudson Pedrotti, Bass Trombone, 1st Chair
Derek Chang, Euphonium, 1st Chair
Bobby Pena, Tuba, 4th Chair
Woodwinds!
UMHB is hosting a Woodwind Day open to all students grade 8-12
Saturday, February 1st, 10am-5pm, cost is $10.00
Attendees are invited to bring their instruments and participate in music-making and learning throughout the day, including chamber ensembles, masterclasses, and a final concert where participants will premiere a new composition for woodwind choir by Dr. Dylan Pich
Lunch will be provided
The registration deadline is January 24
A schedule of events with music to be prepared will be emailed after registration is received.
Grades
Students must remain academically eligible to participate in football games and marching contest performances and all TMEA activities. Should a student become ineligible they will still practice with the group during band class and in some cases, outside of the school day.
There are two types of official grade reporting - IPR (Interim Progress Report) and Report Card. We are required to go by these official methods to determine eligibility.
The main thing to remember is - ALL STUDENTS - PASS YOUR CLASSES TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE
Attendance
Look ahead at the rehearsal and event schedule and plan your appointments and tutorial help around it
The band's calendar is on dragonband.com
Attendance at rehearsals and events is mandatory unless otherwise specified
Absences due to sickness are excused with notification from a parent if the student has a fever, is vomiting or cannot otherwise get out of bed
Absences due to prolonged sickness/injury are excused with a doctor's note
Who do I email? Mr. Mobley for Varsity Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony and Concert Band 2, Ms. Benford for Junior Varsity Marching Band and Symphonic Band and Ms. Bouhadana for Concert Band 1, Mr. Hammack for all Percussion and Mrs. Stone for all Color Guard.
Absences that are not excused-birthdays, completing homework, test preparation, pop concerts, parties, vacations, weekend getaways
Upcoming Special Dates and Events
Thu 12.19 Last Day of Fall Semester
Tue 1.7 First Day of Spring Semester
Tue 1.7 Mulch Sale Begins
Sat 1.11 TMEA Area Auditions, Duncanville (Dallas), details TBA, select students only
Tue 1.14 All State Student Recording, RRISD Hartfield PAC, 7:30am
Tue 1.14 Band Booster Meeting, 7pm, Band Hall
Mon 1.20 No School
Fri-Sat 1.24-1.25 TMEA Region 26 Band Clinic and Concert, details TBA
Wed 1.29 No School
Sat 2.1 Winterguard Show, hosting here at RRHS
Mon 2.3 Mulch Sale Ends
Thu 2.6 Dragon Band Winter Concert, RRISD Hartfield PAC, 6:30pm
Tue 2.11 Band Booster Meeting, 7pm, Band Hall
Wed-Sat 2.12-2.15 TMEA All State Clinic and Convention, San Antonio Convention Center
Sat 2.15 Winterguard Show, New Braunfels
Mon 2.17 No School
Mon 2.24 WE and WS and Battery lead the State PTA Rally at the Capitol
Thank You Everyone,
David Mobley
Band Director, Round Rock High School
201 Deepwood Drive, Round Rock, TX 78681
512-464-6028
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