Next Year’s Dragon Band - April

Written By David Mobley

Next Year's Dragon Band

April Update

Hello Next Year's Dragon Band!

ARemind group has been set up for next year - join now by texting @db26-27 to 81010. Remind works best when you have the app on your phone but it isn’t required.

THIS MESSAGE COVERS THESE TOPICS

  • Auditions - audition music for woodwinds and brass is now available and there's an updated audition date for Color Guard, see below!

  • Disney Travel Plans - time to sign up, see below!

  • Everything Day is coming in May - Parents read carefully, this involves money

  • Student Leadership - Interest form due TODAY!

  • Instrument Check Out - Friday, May 22nd between 9am-Noon, see below!

  • Previously Covered Items, no updates at this time...

    • UIL physical requirement

    • New Parent Meeting

    • Important links

    • Next fall’s marching shows

    • Summer Band

    • Items to purchase before Summer Band

AUDITIONS FOR WOODWINDS, BRASS, PERCUSSION AND COLOR GUARD

Woodwind and Brass Auditions

  • Audition Materials

      • You'll play the audition with a metronome set at the marked tempo, a band director will turn it on and off for you

      • All players will prepare and perform the Lyrical and Technical Etudes

      • If you want to march in Legacy next fall you'll ALSO prepare the Legacy Etude on the 2nd page of music

  • Audition Schedule

      • Students who cannot audition at the posted time should have their parent contact me to set up a time for Thursday

  • Incoming (8th grade) Flutes, Clarinets, Bass Clarinets, Bassoons and Trumpets

      • Monday, April 27th starting at 4:30, see schedule for your time

  • Incoming (8th grade) Oboes, Saxophones, French Horns, Trombones, Euphoniums and Tubas

      • Tuesday, April 28th starting at 4:30, see schedule for your time

  • Thursday, April 29th, make ups for any incoming students

  • Audition results will be posted on Friday, May 8th

  • We will re-audition in December

The high school band directors hear all of the brass and woodwind students to place them in one of two marching bands and one of four concert bands.

  • 1st/5th period band class is Wind Ensemble - Legacy

  • 2nd/6th period is Wind Symphony - Legacy

  • 3rd/7th is Symphonic Band  - Horizon

  • 4th/8th is Concert Band - Horizon

Percussion Auditions

Mr. Hammock will be communicating with percussion students directly at the upcoming prep camps.  He will explain audition material and process.

ROCK DRUMS Prep Camps - at the Round Rock High School Band Hall  

  • Thursdays starting on February 19th from 6:00-8:30pm

ROCK DRUMS Pre Summer Camp - at the Round Rock High School Band Hall

  • Tuesday, May 26th - Friday, May 29th

  • 9:00am-4:00pm

  • Lunch on your own from Noon-1pm

Color Guard Auditions

Prep Camp & Auditions

  • Audition Prep Wednesday and Thursday, April 22nd and 23rd

  • Auditions Friday, April 24th

  • 5:00-7:30pm

Pre Summer Camp - at the Round Rock High School Band Hall/Gyms

  • Tuesday, May 26th - Friday, May 29th

  • 9:00am-5:00pm

  • Lunch on your own from Noon-1pm

Disney Travel Sign Up

  • Presentation Slides and Full Trip Info!

      • Dates:  Thursday, March 11th-Sunday, March 14th

      • Flights:  Allegiant Air charter and a commercial flight (likely Southwest or American)

      • Hotel:  Disney's Pop Century Resort

      • Travel package price includes:  Transport to and from airports, flights, hotel, all meals, transportation while at Disney and all park tickets

  • Steps to Sign Up

    • Start by going to www.musictravel.com

      • Click on "TRIP LOGIN" in the UPPER RIGHT

      • Click on "Register as a New User"

        • [or use existing account for previous travelers]

      • Fill in all information and click "Create Account"

      • Enter your email address and password

      • Go to "Register A Traveler" and fill in the requested information

      • Your trip number: 2703-3-56

      • Select "Make a Payment" to make payment

      • Please Note:  Deposit must be paid to secure spot, registration is on a space-availability basis and once the trip reaches capacity, you will be added to the waitlist

EVERYTHING DAY - MANDATORY ATTENDANCE

MONEY:  Family Funding (fees) are due at Everything Day. These range from $520 to $840 depending on which marching group and section your student is in.

Payments must be either cash, check, or money order. Cards are not accepted for fees.

To see exactly how much fees are go here:  Everything Day and Family Funding

The table on the website shows the total amount due (across the top of the table) AND an itemized breakdown of costs.

Round Rock High School Band Hall Location

  • Monday, May 11th

    • NEW MEMBER Woodwinds 6:00pm

    • NEW MEMBER Brass 7:00pm

  • Wednesday, May 13th

    • RETURNING MEMBER Woodwinds 6:00pm

    • RETURNING MEMBER Brass 7:00pm

  • Thursday, May 14th

    • ALL Percussion 6:00pm

    • ALL Color Guard 7:00pm

Student Leadership Information

  • Open to Next Year's 10th, 11th and 12th grade students only

  • Go to this page on our website to learn more and complete the interest form

  • All students who completed the interest form by TODAY will be emailed the application separately.

INSTRUMENT CHECK OUT

  • Students who currently have a high school instrument checked out will return them the last two days of school - students performing at graduation will turn them in upon returning from graduation

  • All students, including INCOMING 8TH GRADERS who use a school owned instrument will pick up their instrument on Friday, May 22nd between 9am-Noon

  • PLEASE NOTE:  Our campus is the oldest in the district thus we have the oldest inventory.  While our inventory has been updated and somewhat refreshed over the years, not every instrument is new, or even 10 years old, some are much older and we use our full inventory to check out to our band.

  • School Owned Instruments to be picked up:

    • Oboes

      • Bassoons

      • Bass Clarinets

      • Tenor Saxes *select students only who will be notified*

      • Bari Saxes *select students only who will be notified*

      • Legacy Trumpets

        • A matching set of instruments all Legacy trumpets will use

      • French Horns

        • and Mellophones (for marching)

      • Bass Trombones *select students only who will be notified*

      • Concert Euphoniums

        • and Marching Euphoniums

      • Concert Tubas

        • Sousaphones are not checked out to students until Summer Band

  • We will ask the students at auditions if they have their own instrument that is typically considered a "school owned" instrument.  In other words, they have purchased an oboe, or bassoon, or horn, etc...the list above.  They will not be checked out a school instrument if they already have one of their own.

  • The high school does not own Flutes, Clarinets, Alto Saxes, Trumpets or Trombones so we will not be checking these out

  • We do not have enough instruments for students to have one here at school and at home.  That is sometimes possible at the middle school level but we do not have the inventory to support it.

UIL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT

All band and color guard students must have a yearly physical to participate

NEW PARENT MEETING

  • If you missed this, please see the slides to see what we covered

    1. Overview of the year - great resource is the New Members page of our website

    2. Boosters - we need everyone's involvement

    3. Everything Day - take a look at the Everything Day page of our website

    4. Important Items - preparation, attendance, etc...

Important Links

Legacy

The music is from Christopher Rouse, Tool and Ennio Morricone, arranged by Vince Oliver and Colin McNutt. The visual design is by Lindsey Vento and Joe Huls.

The Round Rock Dragon Band Legacy proudly presents their Fall 2026 production titled, “Spiraling.”

To give, again and again and again. Bending and yet never breaking. Sustained by a force whose depth cannot be measured. Pushing. Around, through, against and beyond, always and ever climbing... Spiraling.

Horizon

Night has not yet fallen though the sky is slowly darkening. A chill in the air betrays the dusty orange hues of a fading sunset.

On the horizon an impossibly large moon rises.  Through the trees it looms. This is what they call the Blood Moon.

Music is from Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Melillo arranged by Vince Oliver and the visual design is by Joe Huls. The Round Rock Dragon Band Horizon is proud to present their Fall 2026 production, "Blood Moon Visions"

SUMMER BAND

Summer Band is mandatory…Summer Band is required…Attendance at Summer Band is mandatory

Leadership Training - ONLY STUDENT LEADERS ATTEND

  • Friday-Saturday, July 17th-18th

    • Overnight trip to Newk’s for team building

  • Monday-Wednesday, July 20th-22nd

    • 9:00am-3:00pm

Summer Band Week 1 (just 2 days of the week) - NEW MEMBERS AND STUDENT LEADERS ONLY

  • Thursday-Friday July 23rd-24th

  • 7:00am-3:00pm

  • Lunch on your own from 11:00am-Noon

Summer Band Week 2 - ALL MEMBERS ATTEND

  • Monday-Friday July 27th-31st

  • 7:00am-3:00pm

  • Lunch on your own from 11:00am-Noon

  • Legacy members (including Color Guard) also attend Tuesday/Thursday from 6:30-8:30pm

SPECIAL Saturday, August 1st - ALL MEMBERS ATTEND

  • OUR FIRST DAY LEARNING DRILL!

    • Horizon 7:00-9:30am

    • Legacy 9:45am-12:15pm

Summer Band Week 3 - ALL MEMBERS ATTEND

  • Monday-Friday, August 3rd-7th

  • 7:00am-3:00pm

  • Lunch on your own from 11:00am-Noon

  • Legacy members (including Color Guard) also attend Tuesday/Thursday from 6:30-8:30pm

SPECIAL Saturday, August 8th - ALL MEMBERS ATTEND

  • Saturday, August 8th

  • Band-A-Thon fundraiser

  • 8:00am-Noon

  • More details about this fundraiser will come later

Summer Band Week 4- ALL MEMBERS ATTEND

  • Monday-Friday, August 10th-14th

  • 7:00am-3:00pm

  • Lunch on your own from 11:00am-Noon

  • Legacy members (including Color Guard) also attend Tuesday/Thursday from 6:30-8:30pm

Parent Preview - ALL MEMBERS ATTEND

  • Friday, August 14th

  • Dragon Stadium (indoors if raining)

  • Section Photos 5:00-6:00pm

  • Warm Ups 6:00-7:00pm

  • Performances begin at 7:00pm

What to bring and wear to Summer Band

  • Returning members bring Dragon Band water jug

  • New members will get a Dragon Band water jug (filled) on the first day of summer band

  • Lunch

  • Instrument, music and a pencil

  • Comfortable clothing in which you can easily move and stay cool

    • Athletic shorts and shirts, breathable materials

    • No Jeans

  • Hat-advisable to avoid sunburn

  • SUNSCREEN

  • Sunglasses

  • Good athletic shoes-VERY IMPORTANT to avoid injury from long term stress-No Sandals, No Flip Flops, No Vans, No Boat Shoes, No shoes with poor support

ITEMS TO PURCHASE BEFORE SUMMER BAND

FUTURE EMAILS

Be on the lookout for these messages…

Audition Results

Everything Day

Summer Band

THANK YOU,

David Mobley, Band Director

Round Rock High School201 Deepwood DriveRound Rock, TX 78681512-464-6028davidw_mobley@roundrockisd.orgdragonband.com

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David Mobley https://dragonband.com
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