From Mr. Woods:
Hello Tiger Band Family,
I hope that everyone has had a wonderful holiday break, and are ready to dive right into 2024. I know that the band staff is happy and ready to work with all our Tiger Band students to provide the best opportunities for us all to grow as musicians, performers, and most importantly, as people.
A big thank you for representing the Tiger Band goes to the small ensembles that performed at the Dripping Springs Western Wonderland at Ranch Park prior to the holiday break.
Congratulations to all of our TMEA AREA E auditionees. These students kept their building over the break to participate on Saturday at Westlake HS in the Area auditions. We are sooo proud of all the students that chose to engage themselves in the TMEA All-State process, starting with at the Region level, and these 21 Area students went the extra mile to represent themselves, the Tiger Band and Dripping Springs HS at a very high level.
Omar Acosta - Alto Sax
Keegan Ballard - Tenor Trombone
Grace Bertram - Bari Sax
Eric Brown - Contra-Bass Clarinet
Andrew Darilek - Tuba
Jackie Garcia - Percussion
Kaitlyn Greene - Bb Clarinet
Parker Hoffman - Percussion
Alyssa Lantz - Piccolo
Marthinus Lourens - Bassoon
Gavin MacAlpine - Bb Clarinet
Graeme MacAlpine - Horn
Woodrow Mau - Bass Clarinet
Dylan Moore - Bb Clarinet
Evan Murphy - Percussion
Josh Peters - Horn
Jaden Pina - Percussion
Alana Sayger - Horn
Kylie Smith - Flute
Kalle Thomas - Tenor Sax
Madeline Trussell - Flute
And special congratulations go to Andrew Darilek for being selected to the TMEA All-State Band! Way to go, Drew! The TMEA All-State concerts will be held at the Lila Cockerell Theater in San Antonio on February 10th, in conjunction with the TMEA Convention.
The next big event will be the Pageantry in the Springs Colorguard/Percussion contest we are hosting on January 27th. This will be an all day contest, very similar to the Thunder in the Hills event in September. All students are expected to sign up for at least one volunteer shift, and we will need lots of parent volunteers, too. This event is indoors, and will feature performances from almost 80 HS and Independent winterguards, indoor percussion and winds groups from all over the Central Texas area. Check below for more information on how to sign up.
GO TIGER BAND!
Derek Woods
Director of Bands
Dripping Springs H.S.
512-858-3214
President's Update
Hey Band!
I hope you all had an amazing and restful holiday!
Pagentry in the Springs - DSHS Band is hosting a Texas Color Guard Circuit (TCGC) competition on January 27. This is a great fundraising opportunity for our band program. We will need lots of parent volunteer help, as well as students. This fundraiser supports the entire band program, not just the color guard. Please help us out. Volunteer signups will go out later this week. We are asking parents to sign up for at least one spot.
Band Booster Meeting - Monday, January 8 at DSHS Band Hall at 6:30 pm - all parents are welcome to attend.
Pagentry in the Springs planning meeting - January 8 - directly after the booster meeting at 7:30 pm in the band hall. Please consider attending to help out with the event.
Have a great week!
Caryn Pacelli
Pageantry in the Springs (PITS) Update
Pageantry in the Springs is 3 weeks away (Sat, Jan 27th)…YAY!! Look for the Adult Volunteer sign-up later this week on Fb and email. (The student sign-up will be separate.) We need all band families to help in some way with this event and appreciate your awesome support!!
There will be a PITS planning meeting on January 8th at 7:30pm, immediately after the DS Band Boosters board mtg. Any interested people are welcome to attend!
Please contact Mary Fernandez, PitS coordinator, with any questions or offers to help at 972-740-2286 or maryferntx@gmail.com
Color Guard Update
Please mark your calendar for these important upcoming dates:
JV- 9am-1pm
Varsity 2pm-7pm
Varsity Practice 5-8pm
Jan 9,11,16,18,23,25,26,30
JV Practice- 5-8pm
Jan 8,10,15,17,22,24,26,29,31
Show Dates:
- Jan 13th- Hays High School
- Jan 27th- Dripping Springs High School
- Feb 10th- Akins
- Feb 17th- Hays High School
- March 9th- Vista Ridge High School
- March 16th- Jv Championships Only at Moe & Gene High School
- March 23rd- Georgetown SNA Championships
Thank You,
Derek Vereen
Percussion Update
Please be sure that you review Remind for the percussion ensemble practice sessions for this week. There are several morning rehearsals so be prepared. This is in preparation for the Percussion concert in February.
Hope everyone enjoyed the Holidays – we are already off to a busy start to the new year.
Allison
Senior Photos Needed
Attention senior parents! I have started working on the senior books and we need your photos! Please send in pictures of your kiddos from freshman to senior year to nicolermoore@yahoo.com.
The photos must be high resolution, no screenshots or texted images please- they will turn out fuzzy. If you can tell me your students name and what year for each picture so we will know how to group them we’d appreciate it. Some have sent separate emails for each year for their child and I have gotten a Google doc with them organized and that works great too.
Thanks so much! I’m excited to get started on this!
Nicole Hoffman
March-a-thon Event Qualifiers
Marchathon Epic Fun Event
Thank you to all of our students and families who participated in our fall Marchathon fundraiser. The band could not have travelled to Grand Nationals without the help of every single one of you!
The Band Boosters will be sponsoring an evening at Epic Fun for the students who met their $300 fundraising goal. If your student qualified for this prize, you should have received an email from me last week.
If you didn’t get the email but believe your student should have qualified, please double check the list of qualifiers and let me know if there’s an error (or if you need the email resent)!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pTdcEpEoSTMABZ2jVu5JaRHSM8Fj6kv9XGdi3pS6BCc/edit
Thanks again for your continued fundraising support! Stay tuned for more opportunities in the coming weeks.
Kimberly
HEB Gift Cards Fundraiser Info - PLEASE READ!
As we begin a new year, please join the HEB Fundraiser. It's simple...
1. You purchase HEB gift cards (just like all of those holiday cards you buy for your family at Christmas).
2. You receive the full amount of your purchase to be used at HEB or Central Market for groceries, gas, prescriptions, etc. You do not have to pay the band a penny for this.
3. HEB donates a portion of the purchase back to the band. The larger the amount of gift cards that we sell, the larger the percentage HEB gives back.
If everyone participates, the band can raise as much money as some of our fundraisers without a cost to anyone.
If you aren’t in the mix already, please consider adding this to your 2024 To-Do list. It really is so easy to purchase gift cards that can be used for groceries, gas, and prescriptions, and our band will benefit. If you are already participating, perhaps it’s time to consider increasing your monthly amount. I know my cards get used quickly with our busy household!
Here is the link to get you started! Email with any questions to hebcards@gmail.com
SAVE THE DATE — BAND BANQUET
Band Banquet will be Thursday, April 25, 2024, this year!
Stay tuned for more details!