News and Updates 5.7.23

Written By David Mobley

Hello Dragon Band Students, Parents and Families,

Here's the information for the week!

Spring Concert - Friday, May 12th

  • RRISD Hartfield PAC, 6:30pm

  • Multiple chamber ensembles will perform in the lobby prior to the concert

  • 6:10pm CB arrive, store cases, warm up on stage at 6:15pm

  • 6:15pm SB arrive, store cases, warm up in the green room at 6:25pm

  • 6:20pm WS and WE arrive, store instruments (in cases), sit in audience by 6:30pm

  • After CB, WS moves to green room for warm up, approx. 6:45pm

  • Midwest Sax Choir will perform after CB

  • After SB, WE moves to green room for warm up, approx. 7:15pm

  • Midwest Clarinet Choir will perform after SB

Uniform Help - still in need of some parent volunteers

  • We are searching for several people to help with uniforms for next year.

  • 1) 2 people to help and shadow Laura Garland for next school year's marching season.

  • Work has already begun with sizing but there's lots more to do and Mrs. Garland will need some help and someone to train for when she's graduated

  • For questions, contact  lauragarl.lg@gmail.com

  • AND 2) A parent to head up Concert Uniform Fittings next year. The job starts late in the fall, and entails:

  • Line up volunteers (Sign-Up Genius works great) to help with fittings during class periods. The best time is at the end of marching season.

  • Line up volunteers to hand hem uniforms as marked. Boosters will have a list of volunteers to draw from for this.

  • Repair hems as needed through the concert season.

  • Come back the first week of summer and put away returned uniforms in the uniform room.

  • For questions, contact anne_barnett@roundrockisd.org

More Uniform Info-for STUDENTS

Concert Uniforms

  • Seniors and students not participating in graduation ceremonies should return their concert uniform the week of May 15. Please return it clean, using the instructions below.

  • Leave the bow tie in the back pocket of the bag, and remove all personal items, such as socks, shoes, white shirts, tissues, reeds, etc.

  • Tuxedo: 

  • Jacket – DRY CLEAN ONLY

  • Pants – Either machine wash, gentle cycle, cold water and line dry OR dry- clean

  • dry- clean

  • Dress:

  • Either machine wash/gentle cycle/cold water/line dry OR dry clean. When you return it to school, pull the bottom of the dress out of the bag, so it doesn’t stay crumpled in the bottom of the uniform bag.

Band Banquet

YAC Finals - Tuesday, May 16, 2023

  • 6:30pm Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center on the Southwestern University Campus in Georgetown, TX. 

  • All are welcome to attend and listen to our 9 finalists

  • Map to Fine Arts Center - https://goo.gl/maps/bbFodu8rMHfZsjRa6

Graduation - Thursday, May 25th

  • HEB Center in Cedar Park, 8:00pm start

  • Next year's WE and WS will perform, without percussion

  • 5:30pm Arrive at the band hall, dressed in formal wear with a change of clothes

  • 5:35pm Run through graduation music

  • 6:15pm Ready to load buses - Flutes, Double Reeds and Saxes bus 1, Clarinets and Trumpets bus 2, Horns and Low Brass bus 3

  • 6:25pm Load and Depart

  • 7:00pm Arrive, unload, set up, restrooms

  • 7:45pm Prelude music

  • 8:00pm Graduation begins

  • 10:55pm (approx.) Graduation ends, Postlude music

  • 11:00pm (approx.) Load buses and depart asap

  • 12:00am (approx.) Arrive, unload

  • BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE NIGHT:  Change out of formal wear, store on racks, turn in school owned instrument

Next Week's Rehearsals

  • Tuesday 5/9 V Woodwinds Band Hall 4:30-4:50

  • Tuesday 5/9 Jazz Room 126 4:45-6:15pm

  • Wednesday 5/10 V Brass Band Hall 4:30-4:50pm

  • Wednesday 5/10 Guard 100 Gym 5:00-7:30pm

  • Thursday 5/11 Jazz, Room 126, 4:45-6:15pm

  • Thursday 5/11 Rock Drums Band Hall 6:30-9:00pm

Upcoming Dates

  • Friday, May 5th Percussion Concert Band Hall 6:30pm

  • Thursday, May 11th All Color Guard Parent Meeting 7:00pm, Orch Room or 100 Gym

  • Friday, May 12th Spring Concert RRISD PAC 6:30pm

  • Saturday, May 13th Band Banquet, RRHS 1100 Cafeteria 6/6:45pm

  • Saturday, May 13th TCGC Solo and Ensemble

  • Tuesday, May 16th YAC Finals Southwestern Univ 6:30pm

  • Thursday, May 25th Graduation HEB Center 8pm (Next year's WE and WS)

  • Thursday, May 25th Last Day of School

PREVIOUSLY SENT INFO

Bocal Majority Camps

TXST BAND CAMP | June 11-16, 2023 | High School & Middle School 

  • Perform in concert ensembles with conductors Caroline Beatty, Kyle Glaser, Robert Herrings and Britni Dunn 

  • Top-placing HS students will have the opportunity to perform in chamber ensembles 

  • Jazz & Salsa ensembles are an option for afternoon sessions 

  • Learn from great instrumental faculty and session presenters 

  • Counseling/Supervisory staff are predominantly certified teachers

  • For more information and registration:  www.txst.edu/bands 


Used Instruments for Sale

Jazz Band

Next Year's Marching Shows

Tubas and Euphoniums!

  • Teupha Week on June 13-16

  • This is the ultimate Teupha Camp experience – a full week of music-making with over 120 students

  • Participate in ensembles of all sizes, attend masterclasses, listen to faculty performances, visit instrument and mouthpiece vendors, and take lessons from the Teupha faculty at a discounted rate

  • Take your musicianship to the next level by signing up for the small ensemble competition where you'll receive an additional free 30-minute coaching with the faculty as you compete for cash prizes and scholarships! 

  • Sign up now at teuphacamp.com to secure your spot at Teupha Camp – we can't wait to see you in March and in June!

Attendance

  • Look ahead at the rehearsal and event schedule and plan your appointments and tutorial help around it please

  • The band's calendar is on a google calendar 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 Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony, Ms. Benford for Symphonic Band and Ms. Bouhadana for Concert Band, Mr. Roeder for all Percussion and Mrs. Stone for all Color Guard.

  • Absences that are not excused-birthdays, completing homework, test preparation, concerts, parties, vacations, weekend getaways

Thank You Everyone,

David Mobley

Band Director, Round Rock High School

201 Deepwood Drive, Round Rock, TX 78681

512-464-6028

dragonband.com

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David Mobley
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