5.9.25
Hello Dragon Band Students, Parents and Families,
Wow, what a spring concert! The kids played marvelously well in groups both small and large. Also, what amazing recitals we had!! The students did incredible work and their performances were a joy to hear!! Thank you to everyone who attended and applauded for our incredible students!
I hear your concerns about the length of the concert and I agree! It was 3 hours and 24 minutes including jazz band that started at 6:15. That’s a long time.
A couple of thoughts…of the 14 days of school we’ve had since UIL on April 16th and 17th we’ve had after school events on 12 of them and we have 4 more after the 5 days of school next week. So in 19 days we’ll have done 16 after school events. Oh yes, we also had the Band Banquet. That’s a lot!! I say that because it’s very hard to find spring dates to schedule an event and then if there’s an open date, there also has to be a suitable facility.
Our option then is to schedule a chamber ensemble concert in late March or early April, after full orchestra and pre-UIL and before UIL, and make sure all the ensembles are ready to go by then. That is a significant challenge but we can rise to it. Many of them were not ready to perform at that time this year but they all wanted to play at the Spring Concert. I would be a bad band director to tell them no. We’ve held a chamber ensemble concert in the past (I think in March 2015) at the Hartfield PAC; 5 instrumental choirs performed and about 40 people came. For our next go round we’ll have a separate concert for our instrumental choirs and that event needs to be well attended.
Very few high school bands in the country have SEVEN functional instrumental choirs. That’s remarkable. What’s truly astonishing is that they’re all student led!! I would venture to say that our Dragon Band is possibly the ONLY high school program in the country that could make that claim. And they all play tremendously well to boot!! The students love to play together and that’s a chief goal of any music program.
Fitness Gram
TODAY - Friday, May 9th, all students in all classes
Students will complete a google form with their numbers (sit ups, push ups, etc…)
Have the clothing needed for fitness gram!
Round Rock High School Graduation
Wednesday, May 21st, 8:00pm
Cedar Park Center
NEXT YEAR’S Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony will perform (no incoming students, no percussion)
Students will attend school on the 21st, then go home and return a bit later
Times are approximate based on bus departure time as assigned by the district, which I do not yet have
EAT EARLY DINNER BEFORE COMING TO GRADUATION
~4:30pm Return to school, dressed in formal wear, bring clothes to change into after the performance
~4:45pm Rehearsal
~5:45pm Depart for Cedar Park Center
~6:30pm Arrive, unload, get set up, use restrooms
~8:00pm Graduation begins
~10:45pm Graduation ends
~11:10pm Depart for RRHS
~11:45pm Arrive
Change out of concert attire and turn it in on the racks
Turn in school owned instruments so we can take inventory on Thursday, May 22nd
Instrument pick up will take place Friday, May 23rd
~Go home
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
Sat 5.10 TCGC, guard solo and ensemble
Mon, Tue, Wed 5.12-14 Everything Day, times assigned by section
Fri 5.16 Color Guard Pinning, 6:00pm, 100 building student center
Fri 5.16 Recital Series #4, Percussion only, Band Hall
Wed 5.21 RRHS Graduation, 8:00pm, Cedar Park Center
Thu 5.22 Last day of school
Fri 5.23 Instrument pick up
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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