2012 Marching Wildcat Field Show ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the school year offically beginning tomorrow, the summer schedules and all beginning season information will be reduced to links so that this information will still be available. A weekly information board concerning schedules, announcements, directions, etc will begin to be posted starting Aug. 22nd. Thanks for your support and please check back to see our latest happenings! Jim Dougert 2012 Marching Band Schedule Please click on the link below to access the 2012 Marching Band Schedule August trhough November Forms The following forms were included in the band camp letter and will be included on this web page. These forms are all due the first day of Band Camp. Click on the link to the form for the ability to read and print. To hear professional recordings of the marching band music click on the following link and scroll down the list of "Theme Shows" until you find Cirque Du Soleil: La Nouba. Click the play button provided and you can hear the complete arrangements. This is likewise great to play along with or practice your routines: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Week of Aug. 20th- 26th MONDAY, AUG 20th Opening Day Ceremonies at DAHS...all band students are to report by 7:00 AM to the band room in full uniform, minus your head gear. Our performance begins at 8:00 AM and students should be dismissed no later 8:30 AM. Our fieldshow music along with the National Anthem and School Alma Mater will be performed for the entire DASD staff to help start off our school year! WEDNESDAY, AUG 22nd "Meet the Band Night" 7:30 PM DAHS Football Stadium...all band and guard members are to report to the HS band room by 5:00 PM...Individual Photographs will be taken at that time. The annual group picture will be taken at 6:00 PM in the HS gym. A brief run through of the show will be done prior to the event on our Practice Field/ Parking Lot. The program officially begins at 7:30 PM. THURSDAY, AUG 23rd Band rehearsal 6 to 9 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. Week of Aug. 27th- Sept 2nd TUESDAY, AUG 28th Guard will rehearse after school from 3 to 5 PM WEDNESDAY, AUG 29th Guard will rehearse after school from 3 to 5 PM THURSDAY, AUG 30th Band rehearsal 6 to 9 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. This rehearsal will be a "GLOVE & GUANTLET" Rehearsal. Please bring these items to rehearsal. FRIDAY, AUG 31st Football Game - AWAY- Lancaster Catholic High Schhool Everyone should report to the HS Band Room at 4:30 pm. It is planned that we should depart for the Game at 5:00 pm. Our performance will be the half time. We are anticpating to return to Dallastown by 10:30 pm. Week of Sept 3rd - Sept 9th TUESDAY, SEPT 4th Guard will rehearse after school from 3 to 5 PM WEDNESDAY, SEPT 5th Guard will rehearse after school from 3 to 5 PM THURSDAY, Sept 6th Band rehearsal 6 to 9 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. FRIDAY, Sept 7th Football Game - AWAY- West York Everyone should report to the HS Band Room at 5:00 pm. It is planned that we should depart for the Game at 5:30 pm. Our performance will be the half time. We are anticpating to return to Dallastown by 10:00 pm. SUNDAY, Sept 9th York Fair, Bands On Parade Everyone should report to the HS Band Room at 1:30 pm. Since all equipment will remain packed from our Friday evening football game, we are anticipating to depart for this event at 2:00 pm. I will provide a link that will show the performance schedule for all 14 band particpating. The drop off and formation of this activity is scheduled for the practice fields located between the West York Jr and Sr High schools. The Fair Grounds are just a block away. The directions provided for this week's Friday football game will get you to where you will need to be. There will be numerous pay-parking areas available for the Fair activities. (Once you open this link, right click and chose "Rotate" to properly view the image) ANNOUNCEMENT & OPPORTUNITY!!!! Every year, our band offers a field trip to the Annual Collegiate Marching Band Festival. This year we plan to do same...the event is scheduled for Sunday, September 30th and as usual it is being held at the J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, Pa. We leave from the high school at 9 AM, arrive at the stadium by 11:30 AM and then... we get see 20 plus of the best college marching bands from up and down the east coast. In the past, our return time to dallastown has been around 9 PM. Ticket sign-ups are posted in the band room. To get a deal on tickets, we can pre-order prior to September 14th and save at least $5's a ticket. I will call our ticket order in that Friday, September 14th. Tickets can still be ordered after that date, however they will coast more... GroupTicket Cost: 20 or more people, post marked by 9/14… $10.00 each (pre-orderonly) Student(K- College)/ Senior Admission (65 & over): $13.00 after 9/14, $15.00 at thegate 9/30 AdultAdmission: $15.00 after 9/14, $20.00at the gate 9/30 To Pre-order/ sign-up in the band room prior to 9/14 !!!! Week of Sept 3rd - Sept 9th TUESDAY, SEPT 11th Guard will rehearse after school from 3 to 5 PM THURSDAY, Sept 13th Band rehearsal 6 to 9 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. FRIDAY, Sept 14th Football Game - HOME Penn Manor Report time will be at 5:15 for this event. Please note that we are asking everyone to be in 15 minutes earlier, due to an additional performance prior to the game. To help support the "Turf Project", a number of high school organizations will be performing in a Tailgate Event located at the high school's upper parking lot. Our band is scheduled to perform at 6:20 pm. Our schedule for this evening will look as follows: Report: 5:15, Warm-up: 5:30, Line-up: 5:45, Step-Off: 6:05, Performance at Parking Lot: 6:20, Depart for stadium: 6:31. Pre-Game activities, (SSB & ALMA MATER) will be performed from the bleachers. The band's field show performance will be Post Game. SATURDAY, SEPT 15th Select Ensemble Court Of Valor Ceremonies at The Historic Prospect Hill Cemetery at 1:00 pm What is this ceremony?... The Court of Valor contains the names of almost 300 York County veterans who distinguished themselves either through their valor or sacrifice (in many cases, both.) This year amongthe 15 names to be added to the monument is the name of Chris Wrinkle, a D'Town graduate who lost his life in Afganistan. Report Time for those involved: 11:00 AM Depart Time from HS: 11:30 AM Performance Time: 12:40 to 1:00PM Returning Home: 2:00 PM
Week of Sept 17th - Sept 23rd THURSDAY, Sept 20th Band rehearsal 6 to 9 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. FRIDAY, Sept 21st Football Game - AWAY Dover Everyone should report to the HS Band Room at 4:45 pm. It is planned that we should depart for the Game at 5:15 pm. Our performance will be the half time. We are anticpating to return to Dallastown by 10:30 pm. Schedule Adjustment & Date Change!!!! The date given in our Fall Band Calendar for the York City Halloween Parade has been changed from Saturday, Octoder 27th to Sunday, October 28th. This change was made by the YWCA over the summer months...Please make adjustments to your schedule. Thank you! Week of Sept 24th - Sept 30th WEDNESDAY, Sept 26thHomecoming rehearsal for the entire marching unit period 6, 12:32 to 1:14 PM THURSDAY, Sept 27th Band rehearsal 6 to 9 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. FRIDAY, Sept 28th Football Game - Home New Oxford Everyone should report to the band room at 5:30 pm. Warm-up will begin at 5:45 PM. We will move to the front circle of the high school at 6:15 pm to line-up the parade block. At 6:30 the entire marching unit will march to the stadium. Pre-Game activities, (SSB & ALMA MATER) will be performed from the bleachers. The band's field show performance will be Post Game. SATURDAY, SEPT 29th Red Lion Sound Spectacular - Red Lion High School 7:00 PM Everyone should report to the HS Band Room at 5:15 pm. It is planned that we should depart for the Game at 5:45 pm. We should arrive at Red Lion by 6:00 pm and I am planning on a half hour to unload. Our warm-up time will begin at 6:30 pm. We will depart for the stadium at 7:30 PM and be on deck ready to perform at 7:45 PM. Our performance will be at 8:00 pm. We are anticpating to return to DAHS that evening sometime around 10:00 PM.
Red Lion Sound Spectacular's Drum Major Retreat
The Following link will take you to a video of a portion of our perfromance at Red Lion.
ENJOY!!!
Sunday, Sept 30th Allentown Collegiate Band Show We leave from the high school at 9 AM, and plan to arrive at the stadium in Allentown by 11:30
AM. Throughout the afternoon, 20 plus of the best college marching bands from up and down the east coast
will perform their half time shows plus some added suprises. We will stop on the way home to something
to eat, and plan to arrive home to Dallastown around 9:00 pm. For more details on this event and a schedule
of when the bands perform, please click on the link provided below: ANNOUNCEMENT!!! This past week our school board approved the music department's trip to Florida for this upcoming February. Trip information packets have been copied and are being handed out today in band class, (9/28). I am posting this information sheet on line to insure everyone has access to this important and time sensitive information. Week of Oct 1st - Oct 7th THURSDAY, Oct 5th Band rehearsal 6 to 9 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. FRIDAY, Oct 6th Homecoming Football Game - HOME South Western Everyone should report to the band room at 5:30 pm. Warm-up will begin at 5:45 PM. We will move to the front circle of the high school at 6:00 pm to line-up the parade block. At 6:15 the entire marching unit will march to the stadium. Pre-Game activities including the presentation of the Homecoming Court will begin at 6:30. We will perform the SSB & ALMA MATER from down on the field. The band's field show performance will be Post Game. ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Band Practice will be canceled for Thursday, October 5th, 2012. Enjoy your evening off! Week of Oct 8th - Oct 14th THURSDAY, Oct 11th Band rehearsal 6 to 9 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. FRIDAY, Oct 12th Football Game - AWAY William Penn Everyone should report to the HS Band Room at 5:00pm. It is planned that we should depart for the Game at 5:30 pm. Our performance will be the half time. We are anticpating to return to Dallastown by 10:00 pm. Week of Oct 15th - Oct 21st WEDNESDAY, Oct 17th
Band Night practice will take place in school during periods 6 and 7. If weather permits will be outside at the stadium. If the weether is not cooperative we will practice in the HS auditorium.
THURSDAY, Oct 18th Band rehearsal & the Dallastown Annual Halloween Parade 6 to 8 PM...Report to the band room in full uniform for the schedule and list of activities for the evening FRIDAY, Oct 19th Football Game - Home Central YorkEveryone should report to the band room at 5:30 pm. Warm-up will begin at 5:45 PM. We will move to the front circle of the high school at 6:00 pm to line-up the parade block. At 6:15 the entire marching unit will march to the stadium. Pre-Game activities including the Band Night presentation & senior recogitions will begin at 6:30. We will perform the SSB & ALMA MATER from down on the track. The band's field show performance will be Post Game. Week of Oct 22nd - Oct 28th THURSDAY, Oct 25th Band rehearsal 6 to 9 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. FRIDAY, Oct 26th Football Game - AWAY Spring Grove Everyone should report to the HS Band Room at 4:30 PM. It is planned that we should depart for the Game at 5:00 PM. Our performance will be the half time. We are anticpating to return to Dallastown by 10:30 pm. SUNDAY, Oct. 28th York City Halloween Parade Everyone should report to the HS Band Room at 12 noon. Since the trailer will already be packed from the Friday evening football game, we will try and depart no later than 12:15 PM. We are scheduled to be in the second division of the part, unit 52. The entire parade steps off at 2:00 PM. I will estimate that we should be home sometime between 5 to 5:30 PM. ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! Our marching band will not be participating in the York City Halloween Parade today...Even though the parade is continuing rain or shine, both our administration and I agree that the continual rain forecasted throughout this day is not good for our student's well being, the uniforms and our instruments and equipment in general. There will be no parade for us today. Enjoy your time down. Mr. Dougert Week of Oct 29th - Nov 4th THURSDAY, Nov 1st Band rehearsal 6 to 8 PM...Report to the band room for the schedule and list of activities for that evening. This will be our last evening rehearsal for marching season! FRIDAY, Nov 2nd Football Game - Home Red Lion Everyone should report to the band room at 5:30 pm. Warm-up will begin at 5:45 PM. We will move to the front circle of the high school at 6:00 pm to line-up the parade block. At 6:10 the entire marching unit will march to the stadium. Pre-Game activities, (SSB & ALMA MATER) will be performed from the bleachers. The band's field show performance will be Post Game. ANNOUNCEMENT!!! With our team's victory against Red Lion last friday evening, they have quailified to enter the PIAA district playoffs. The marching band will accompany the team to the game at Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pa. near Reading. The game is scheduled for a 7 pm start. Our schedule for Friday will look something like this... Students should plan to bring their marching uniforms with them to school on Friday, Nov 9th. The uniforms may be hung in the band room when the students come to school that morning. The full marching unit will rehearse directly after school in the stadium at 3 pm. We will run through the show and review what will be needed for that evening's performance. At 3:40, a pizza party/ meal will be given to the full unit. When we are done eating we will load the buses and depart for Wilson. I am planning to pull out around 4:15. The estimated travel time is 1 hour and 45 minutes. This will put us there at 6 pm. The game begins at 7pm, we are performing at Half time. Our arrival time home should be around 10:45 to 11 pm. There will no Thursday evening rehearsal; however, the after school practice will be greatly needed. This is why we will bring in the uniforms and stay directly after school, (If students traveled home on the bus after school, they would be just getting home to no sooner turn around and try and get back, if they would even be back before the busses had to pull out). I do relaize this is an added performance; however, everyone has been told of this possibility for several weeks. If there is any reason why a student can not attend, I will need to know ASAP in writing. I would hope we can do the field show; however, if there are too many holes, we may have to do a stand still performace. This is another reason for the Friday after school practice. It should be stressed that the number of students participating will likewsie effect our travel costs and meal costs for this event. If there are any conflicts I need to know as soon as possible. Thank you. Jazz Band Rehearsals will begin Thursday, Nov. 15th, starting at 6:30 until 8:00 pm in the HS Band Room. Auditions are being done by appointment with Mr. Dougert. If you have not auditioned and are interested, please plan to attend this Thursday evening Rehearsal. See you there! Week of November 27 -Dec 2 Jazz Band Rehearsal: Thursday evening 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the HS Band Room Deadline to register for District Jazz Band Auditions is Friday Nov. 30th AM District Band & Orchestra Auditions are Saturday, Dec. 1 Students who have registered need to meet in the HS auditorium between 6:45 -7 AM All parent & student helpers need to report to the band room at 7 AM for assignments Week of December 3rd - 9th Jazz Band Rehearsal: Thursday evening 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the HS Band Room Congratulations to the following band students for successfully auditioning and making the PMEA District 7 Lower Band!!!! Meganne Beach Jenna Dell Shelby Hellwig Ellen Delp Macy Heaps Mary Eckert David Fowler Leah Jorgenson Ryan Summers Allison Trauffer This year's festival will be hosted at New Oxford High School on January 25th and 26th. The Public concert will be that Saturday the 26th at 7:00 pm. General admission tickets are $7.00 and will be available at the door. & Congratulations to the following band students for successfully being placed and representing our school in the the 2nd Annual York County HIgh School Honors Band!!! Meganne Beach Jenna Dell Alys Tucker Seckin Kara Shelby Hellwig Ellen Delp Macy Heaps Mary Eckert Adam Kohlbus David Fowler Leah Jorgenson Ryan Summers Allison Trauffer Madison Stine This festival will be hosted at Northeastern High School on February 1st and 2nd. The Public concert will be that Saturday the 2nd at 2:00 pm. General admission tickets are $7.00 and will be available at the door. ANNOUNCEMENT!!! With the annual holiday concert fast approaching, all the gentlemen in the symphonic band will need to have a white tux shirt with windsor collars for use in all our concerts. In York, there is one tux shop that always have these shirts in stock and ready for multiple schools. Formal Affairs is conveniently located on Route 30 Near Old Navy. There phone number is 717-848-5014. Rental shirts for purchase are $20 and new shirts are $30. Don't wait until the last minute to get one if this is your first year in symphonic band. - Week of December 10th - 16th >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IMPORTANT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Tuesday, December 11th
Due to the lost rehearsal time caused by the extended testing time needed for the KEYSTONE EXAMS, it will be necessary for us to add some additional rehearsal time to our schedule this week prior to our concert. On Tuesday, December 11th, our band class has been moved to the 8th period time slot to accomodate the KEYSTONES; this adjusted period runs from 2:18 TO 2:50. As a full emsenble, I would like to extend this time on the stage to 3:30 pm. Please plan accordingly to make this work. I do realize there may be some conflicts that can not be re-arranged...I will accept that, please just let me know. Students with transportation issues may use the first run of the late buses that day. I will provide passes for those who need this. Students who are athletes, please talk to coaches to see if you can arrive a little later that day to your practice. I will be sending an email to your coaches explaining this situation. We have all worked very hard to learn this music. Our regular school schedule has been greatly altered. Please let's go this extra distance to finalize and clean our selections for our Sunday program! Thank you for your support. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13th JAZZ BAND 6:30 - 8:00 PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16th Annual HS Music Dept. Holiday Concert The Symphonic Band should plan to report to the band room by 2:00 pm - WEEK of December 17th - 21st - Thursday evening, December 20 6:30 - 8 pm Jazz Ensemble Rehearsal at the HS Band Room
Friday morning, December 21 7:00 am Jazz will meet in the front lobby and perform fro 7:15 - 7:40 for Winter Days. Wear your black and whites.
Symphonic Band will be performing for school assemblies on Friday morning periods 2 & 3. All band members should report to the band room at the start of period 1. Please bring your concert attire for these performances!
Florida Information WELCOME BACK!!! Further Information and Activities for the start of 2013 Full activities and practices will resume the week of... JANUARY 7th -11th JAZZ BAND PRACTICE, THURSDAY EVENING 1/10 6:30 - 7:30 PM DISNEY SYMPHONIC BAND PRACTICE, THURSDAY EVENING 1/10 7:30 - 9:00 PM OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS... * TRIP SCHOLARSHIP FORMS ARE DUE JANUARY 9th * SIGN-UPS FOR ROOMS BEGIN JANUARY 10th IN THE MUSIC OFFICE * FINAL TRIP PAYMENT WILL SOON BE ANNOUNCED WEEK of JANUARY 14th - 18th No evening or after school rehearsals this week due to Mid-Term Exams WEEK of JANUARY 21st - 27th JAZZ BAND PRACTICE, THURSDAY EVENING 1/24 6:30 - 7:30 PM DISNEY SYMPHONIC BAND PRACTICE, THURSDAY EVENING 1/24 7:30 - 9:00 PM OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS PMEA District Band Festival hosted at New Oxford HS January 25th & 26th...The public concert will held Saturday evening, January 26th starting at 7:00 pm. Tickets will be available at the door. JANUARY 28th - FEB 3rd TRIP INFO FINAL PAYMENT FOR THE TRIP WILL BE $180.00. THIS PAYMENT IS DUE BY FEB. 4TH. THE FOLLOWING LINK IS FOR OUR FINAL TRIP PACKET...THIS WILL INCLUDE THE BASIC PACKET, THE TRIP MED FORM, AND INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARENT MEETING FOR THE TRIP: JAZZ BAND PRACTICE, THURSDAY EVENING 1/31 6:30 - 7:30 PM DISNEY SYMPHONIC BAND PRACTICE, THURSDAY EVENING 1/31 7:30 - 9:00 PM COUNTY BAND REHEARSAL, FRIDAY EVENING 2/1 Departure time from the High School is 4 pm 4:45-5:15 Registration 5:30 9:00 Rehearsal 9:00 Depart for Home COUNTY BAND REHEARSAL, SATURDAY 2/2 Departure time from the HIgh School is 7:30 am 8:30-12 Rehearsal 12:30 Festival Banquet 2:00 pm Concert 3:15 pm Depart for home CONGRATULATIONS This past weekend at the PMEA District Band Festival hosted at New Oxford High School, four of our students will be moving on to the PMEA Regional Band Festival hosted at Bangor High School on March 7, 8, & 9th. Congratulations to Shelby Helwig, Ellen Delp, Ryan Summers, & Leah Jorgenson! IMPORTANT MESSAGE!!!!! The PMEA Regional Band Festival will be altered due to the inpending storm scheduled to hit on Wednesday. All Regional Band activities will begin on Thursday. Students attending this festival should plan on meeting at the HS Band room on Thursday morning at 6 am, weather permitting. Stay tuned for more info as it comes... Due to this change in schedule there will be no Jazz ensemble rehearsal on Thursday evening and likewise there will be no set building activities until Friday after school. March 14th No jazz ensemble rehearsals this evening due to Musical | 
