12/12/22
From Mr. Woods:
Hello Tiger Band Family,
The TMEA Region Band clinics and concerts were a wonderful opportunity for our Region qualifiers to play and socialize in a non-competitive setting with students from our Region 18 high school band programs. Congratulations to the 40 DSHS students who participated and thank you to the volunteers who drove the trailer on Friday and Saturday!
DSHS Band Holiday Concert: Monday, December 12 at 6:30pm in the DSHS Auditorium. Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will be performing. Report time is 5:15pm. Students will wear the Concert Uniform - black bib pants, concert jacket, t-shirt with sleeves, long black socks and black band shoes. Dinner is NOT provided.
5:15pm Uniform Room opens
6:00pm Warm up begins
Concert Band on Stage, Symphonic Band in Band Hall, Wind Ensemble in Orchestra Hall
6:30pm Concert begins in DSHS Auditorium
7:45 or so Clean up stage and turn in uniforms
DSHS Jazz Orchestra: An interest form has been sent out for all students interested in participating in a DSHS Jazz Orchestra ensemble. Once the interest level is determined, details for ensemble auditions, rehearsal schedule, etc. will be made available. Rehearsals will start at the beginning of 2nd semester. Mr. Mayer and Mr. Cuevas will direct the Jazz Orchestra ensembles.
GO Tiger Band and have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!
Derek Woods
Director of Bands
Dripping Springs H.S.
512-858-3214
President's Update
Thanks to all that volunteered this week. Logan Lucas, Ed Muth, and Travis Wilson for providing the Band mover support needed to get our TMEA Region Band clinics and concerts and pulling trailers down I-35! Thanks also to the students and parents that came out Saturday morning to clean the concession stands and move our equipment to storage. You rock!
As the year winds down and we start thinking about the new year and things that we'll change, please consider adding participating in the HEB card fundraiser to your habits this year. The fundraiser has brought in over $4,000 for the band program with just 30 families regularly participating. If we have more families participating the percentage of the card sales the band receives increases. Setting up a recurring monthly order makes participation a one-time event and helps the band year round. Please see the section below for more details!
Planning for Pageantry in the Springs, our TCGC Winter Guard and Percussion contest on January 28, is in full swing. Please contact Maria Morales at fundraising@dsbandboosters.org to get plugged in to help with this INDOOR! fundraiser.
I'll see you all at the holiday concert tomorrow!
Go Tiger Band!
Timmie Smith
president@dsbandboosters.org
979-219-2828
Colorguard Update/Colorguard Cadet Club
Winterguard Pre-season Schedule
2022 Pre-Season Dates
Camps and auditions are required for all participating students. Please communicate any schedule conflicts as soon as possible.
Pre-Season VARSITY/JV Training Camps:
● December 6 (5-7pm) in the Band Hall
● December 8 (5-7pm) in the Band Hall
Melissa Tyree
DSBB Color Guard Liaison
512.439.9006
cgliaison@dsbandboosters.org
Concession Update
SAT 12/10 - LAST REQUEST FOR CONCESSIONS HELP IN 2022!
Next Saturday we will be moving out of the concessions stand and preparing for hand over to the soccer boosters for their season. We need a group of 25 people or so to work Saturday morning to knock this out quickly. We’ll have some volunteers that are familiar with concessions to help direct the packing and labeling of items for storage, and welcome others that are available (including hard working students) to come help. Please sign-up so that we know that we’ll have a sufficient team to get this done. If the spots are all filled, feel free to show up anyway!
What we’ll be doing:
- Inventory remaining food items and determine best use (dispose, save, donate, sell to soccer group, etc.)
- Set aside items (equipment, food, and supplies) needed for Pageantry in the Springs
- Categorize items pack and label to easily identify for next season
- Move-items to storage
- Clean
A big shout-out to Brian Tuohy, and Mike, Austin and Travis Rutherford yesterday for their assistance with emptying/cleaning the fryers and power washing the cooking areas. This is a dirty job and will make moving and cleanout much smoother this week – THANK YOU!
We’ll have our trailers in place and ready to start at 8:00. With the right amount of help we should have this wrapped up before noon.
Thanks for everyone that has pitched in to help in concessions this season!
Kevin Smith, VP Concessions
concessions@dsbandboosters.org
Band Movers Update
Thank you to all of the drivers and movers this performance season and all the other volunteers who made this season extremely successful!!
The games season continues but we have less gear to move. Driving assignments will be assigned once needs are finalized.
Thank you,
-Daniel Jennings
Percussion and Pit Crew Update
I hope everyone has enjoyed the Thanksgiving break! It was great to see so many faces at the game on Friday. Thanks to those that assisted with unloading trailers and getting equipment moved.
We will be supporting the band with moving equipment for the game on Friday, but again – no sign up will be posted – students will be taking care of the majority of equipment, but always welcome a few extra hands to load/unload trailers.
Percussion liaison
713.256.3028 (m)
Save the date: Jan 28th, 2023
Do you know a vendor that may be interested in having a booth? Please share this link https://forms.gle/oeppRu1vMMUDvQAX9 (embedded link)
Next meeting: Dec 5th, 7:30pm
More info or questions? Contact Maria Morales fundraising@dsbandboosters.org
Uniform Update
Congratulations to all of our TMEA Region Band students for their performances Saturday. You all make Dripping Springs proud. Students must return uniforms by Monday morning, so we have them for Monday night's concert on the 12th. The concert uniforms can be washed in cold water on gentle, inside out, and dry on a low setting (garment bag can be thrown in as well).
12/12 Holiday Concert in DSHS Performing Art Center at 6:30pm - Students will dress in black Concert uniforms. Students must have their grey dri-fit* or a short-sleeved t-shirt, grey lycra bike shorts, long black socks, and their black shoes. Mr. Woods will announce hairstyle expectations.
* Dri-fit shirt color (grey or white) is at the discretion of Mr. Woods. Color listed here is based only on what has been done in the past.
A Great Big Thank You goes out to our Student Uniform Team and our Kubby Keepers for keeping the band outfitted and cleaned this past marching season, but...we are not done yet! We will continue with our concert uniforms for the remainder of the school year. Stay tuned to our group chat for updates.
If you have any further questions, please contact us at: uniforms@dsbandboosters.org.
Thank you,
Su Gibbs and Suzanne Gusella
Co-VP Uniform Coordinators
GO TIGER BAND!
HEB Gift Cards Fundraiser Info
As we are getting close to wrapping up this year, we are grateful for all of our participants in the DSBB HEB card fundraiser. In 2022, you’ve helped the band raise over $4,000 just by shopping at HEB. Towards the end of this year, we generated one of our largest monthly orders post-COVID with a $17,000 card order. It’s so exciting that each month we consistently hover around 30 band families participating, but we know we can do more!
Please add joining this fundraiser to your 2023 to-do list! Just use the link above to place your order or send us an email with any questions. Better yet, mark your order as a recurring monthly order and help out the band all year long. Nothing will make us happier than to mail out your cards each month. We promise to make the process as seamless as possible, and you can always email if you have any questions at hebcards@gmail.com.
Happy Holidays! Laurie Darilek and Jennifer LaRochelle
Spirt and Social Update
Spirit Wear (2nd Order): Your items will be available for pick up in the Band Hall. Everything will be labeled with parent name. Please ask your child to pick up for you if you’re not able to stop by!
Please contact spirit@dsbandboosters.org with any questions or concerns.
Have a great week!
Gina Morton
512.888.2486
Band Sponsor Info
The Tiger Band is proud to announce our 2022-2023 SPONSORS!
Please show your appreciation by supporting their business in our local community:
Virtuoso Society
Republic Guitars - republicguitars.com
Gold Benefactors
Terminal B - terminalb.com
Andrea M. Bibeau, Welcome Home ATX - welcomehomeatx.com
Perdue Brandon - pbfcm.com
Tiger Community
Pool Pro - poolprocustompools.com
Cunningham Orthodontics - cunninghamorthodontics.com
Synergy Investments - synergytx.com
Railroad BBQ - rrbbq.com
Garnett’s Propane - garnettspropane.com
Judge Chris Johnson, Hays County Court at Law #2
Do you want to become a 2022-2023 TIGER BAND SPONSOR?
Please contact Maria Morales fundraising@dsbandboosters.org or 512-736-3910
Thunder in the Hills
Thanks again for ALL the Student and Adult volunteers that supported this event on Saturday and especially to those that took on more shift hours to keep everything running smoothly. If you ordered a shirt as part of the Volunteer pre-sale and you did not pick that up at check-in, those will be sent home with your student this week. In addition, if a student did not receive their certificate for volunteer hours, Allison Muth will be getting those delivered to the Band Directors for pick-up this week as well for their record.
If you are interested in helping or have questions, please contact Mark Glass.
Senior Books
Shutterfly pages have been set up for each class to upload candid photos throughout their band career. Everyone can share their photos and help to create “senior books” for a unique keepsake after graduation. Click on the appropriate link below to join the site and to start sharing photos now!
DSHS Band Class of 2023 (shutterfly.com)
DSHS Band Class of 2024 (shutterfly.com)