From Mr. Woods:

Hello Tiger Band Family,

We are hosting another of our annual major fundraiser events happening this coming Saturday, and we need everyone's help throughout the long day. Pageantry in the Springs is a great opportunity for us all to come together again after a couple of months away. Please see the link below to sign up for at least one shift to make sure the PitS contest event runs smoothly for all the performers and audience members coming to DSHS to share their productions in friendly competition. If you've never experienced an indoor winterguard or percussion event before, this is a great opportunity to see what all the excitement is about. As with the TitH event in September, the DSHS Band Boosters and students are known for being awesome hosts of well-run and friendly contest events.

We need your help, and every student's help, to make sure this event is up to our visitor's expectations. Please consider volunteering for more than one shift, especially the afternoon and evening shifts as they tend to have less volunteer participation but are the times we have the most performers and audience members on campus. Our very own JV and Varsity Winterguards will be premiering their 2024 productions.

Rehearsal Schedule for this week:

Monday 7:00-7:40am CB Flutes

SB Flutes

7:00-8:20am WE Percussion – Superhero+Ojo

7:40-8:20am CB Clarinets

SB Trumpets

4:30-6:00pm SB Percussion - Aether

5:00-8:00pm WG JV

Tuesday 7:00-7:40am CB Sax/Low Reeds

SB Clarinet/Bass Clarinet

7:40-8:20am CB Trumpets

SB Horns

7:00-8:20am CB Percussion – Gotham

4:30-6:00pm SB Percussion – Aether

5:00-8:00pm WG Varsity

Wednesday 7:00-7:40am CB Horns

SB Oboe/Bassoons

7:40-8:20am CB Trombones

SB Trombones

7:00-8:20am WE ALL Brass

7:00-8:20am WE Percussion – I Ching

4:30-6:30pm Jazz Band I

5:00-8:00pm WG JV

Thursday 7:00-8:20am WE ALL Woodwinds

7:40-8:20am CB Tubas/Euphoniums

7:00-8:20am WE Percussion – Superhero + Ojo

5:00-8:00pm WG Varsity

4:30-6:30pm Jazz Band II

Friday 7:00-7:40am SB ALL Saxophones

7:40-8:20am SB Euphoniums/Tubas

7:00-8:20am Percussion - Zev

The Tiger Jazz Ensembles will begin rehearsal this week from 4:30-6:30pm. Jazz I on Wednesday's and Jazz II on Thursday's in the Orchestra Hall. The Band Boosters have decided to not host the Evening of Jazz event this year.

HS Band Orientation for the 2024-25 school year will be on Thursday, Feb. 1 in the DSHS Auditorium starting at 7:00pm. All 8th grade students and at least one parent are expected to attend, regardless of plans for participation in HS Band. This meeting is a great opportunity to get an overview of the DSHS Tiger Band Program expectations and benefits for students and parents. Please let Mr. Woods or Mr. Cuevas know if you are not able to attend.

Percussion Solo Contest and Clinic will be held on February 3 from 9:00am-5:00pm in the DSHS Band Hall and Orchestra Hall. This event includes all percussion students grades 7-12.

The JV and Varsity Winterguards will be performing and competing at the following TCGC events this season:

2/10 at Akins HS

2/17 at Hays HS

3/9 at Vista Ridge HS - Varsity only

3/16 at Moe+Gene Johnson HS - JV only

3/23 at Georgetown HS - Varsity only

4/6 TCGC State Championships at Reed Arena at TAMU - Varsity only

Pre-Season Training Camp 2024 dates are June 3^rd – 6^th from 9:00am – 5:00pm at DSHS

Guard/Percussion Camp 2024 dates are July 22^nd – 26^th

Summer Band 2024 dates are July 29^th – August 12^th

Band Registration 2024 dates are August 5^th – 7^th

GO TIGER BAND!

Derek Woods
Director of Bands

Dripping Springs H.S.

512-858-3214

derek.woods@dsisdtx.us

Pageantry in the Springs (PITS) Update

NOW is the time…Pageantry in the Springs is THIS SATURDAY, January 27th!! Donation and Adult Volunteer Sign-up has been very s.l.o.w. Please sign-up. Please help out! (The students are rocking their volunteer sign-up!) You can pick your shift for a few hours between 7am and 10pm on Saturday.

Adult Volunteer & Donations Sign-up

There is an additional opportunity to donate $$ for a wholesale rose purchase from HEB in support of our Color Guard Cadet program (MS Color Guard feeder program). There will be a vendor table selling roses and candy bars as gifts to performers. We are looking for at least 10- $20 donations. Please Venmo @Caryn-Pacelli (note for Flowers) to donate. If you prefer to give cash/check/HEB gift cards...drop it in the DSBB box in the band hall.

Lastly, check your Tiger Band socials for shareable posts that you can post and re-share to promote the show!! You definitely don’t want to miss the world-premieres of our DSHS JV & Varsity Winterguard shows at 1:30pm and 7:00pm!!

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:

Varsity Practice 5-8pm

Jan 23,25,26,30

JV Practice- 5-8pm

Jan 22,24,26,29,31

Show Dates:

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

Percussion:

Please be sure that you review Remind for the percussion ensemble practice sessions for this week. There are morning and afternoon rehearsals so be prepared. This is in preparation for the Percussion concert in February.

We have a tremendous need for parent volunteers for Saturday, Jan 27^th event (TCGC). Please sign up to support these activities.

Lastly, the Percussion Solo Contest is quicky approaching – mark your calendars for Saturday Feb 3^rd. A great opportunity for your students to perform and obtain feedback.

Thanks

Allison B Muth

713.256.3028 (m)

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

Upcoming Fundraising Opportunities

In February, we’ll be kicking off both a Zips carwash fundraiser and the annual Butter Braids fundraiser. Stay tuned for details!

Thanks again for your continued fundraising support!

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

Band Banquet will be Thursday, April 25, 2024, this year!

Stay tuned for more details!