From Mr. Woods:

Hello Tiger Band Family,

Thank you to Mary Fernandez and crew and everyone who helped to plan, organize and volunteer for the Pageantry in the Springs TCGC contest. Tiger Band Boosters put on another great event! Congratulations to the JV and Varsity Winterguards and Mr. Vereen on a really strong start to the season!

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.

UIL Solo and Ensemble for all Brass and Woodwind players is on Saturday, February 24th at Hays HS. Entry fee is $15 per solo and $15 per performer in an ensemble. This fee will be paid through your Membership Toolkit account, and is due by Feb. 23rd. Additionally, Accompanist fee of $50 for Class 2 or 3 and $65 for Class 1 solo will be paid via check made out directly to assigned accompanist or cash (Mr. Mayer will collect and distribute the payments) This fee is due by Feb. 9th. Students will receive two 15 minute practice sessions with the accompanist and the performance.

Percussion Solo Contest entry fee is $20 for 2 solos and will be paid through Membership Toolkit.

Payment for solo and ensemble fees for winds and percussionists can be paid by logging into your membership toolkit account and clicking on "Access Forms". Membership Toolkit Login

Rehearsal Schedule for this week:

Monday 7:00-7:40am CB Flutes

SB Trumpets

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

7:40-8:20am CB Clarinets

SB Flutes

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

5:00-8:00pm WG JV

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

SB Horns

7:40-8:20am CB Trumpets

SB Clarinet/BCl

7:00-8:20am CB Percussion – Gotham

5:00-8:00pm WG Varsity

Wednesday 7:00-7:40am CB Horns

SB Trombones

7:40-8:20am CB Trombones

SB Oboe/Bassoons

7:00-8:20am WE ALL Brass

7:00-8:20am WE Percussion – I Ching

4:30-6:30pm JB 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

4:30-6:30pm JB II

5:00-8:00pm WG Varsity

Friday 7:00-7:40am SB Euphoniums/Tubas

7:40-8:20am SB ALL Saxophones

7:00-8:20am Percussion - Zev

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

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:

Another week of rehearsals in the morning and afternoon – please review the schedule. We are looking forward to next Saturday, February 3^rd for the Percussion solo contest. All students will check-in at the band hall based on their scheduled time slots and practice activities for the day. I will be there during the day to visit with parents and support the event. Let me know if you would like to assist – it only takes about 2 adults for this event – primarily to support set-up and provide hospitality for the Percussion judges.

TCGC / Pageantry in the Spring:

If your child completed volunteer hours and did not receive a certificate, please inform your student to send me an email directly at percussion@dsbandboosters.org. I will provide certificates to Mr. Woods before the end of the week.

Thanks!

PitS Update

Woohoo…we did it! It’s Sunday, January 28th and another Pageantry in the Springs is in the books!! We hosted exactly 80 Percussion and Color Guard units from across Central Texas, and it was a long, exciting, busy, and successful day. Congratulations to Mr. Vereen and the JV & Varsity Winterguard teams for getting their first competition of the season under their belts, and for their 5th (JV) and 1st (Varsity) place finishes!! Thank you, thank you to all the adult and student volunteers who gave their time and energy into making this event a success! I can’t say, “THANK YOU” enough!

Your phenomenal Tiger Band Students were helpful and enthusiastic as always. I’m so thankful for all 118 student volunteers that covered 165 volunteer spots. We had 38 incredible Adult volunteers covering 88 shifts (and other jobs), with a handful of outstanding people doing multiple shifts. Plus my awesome Volunteer Leads who were there from the early morning to late at night! All that to say, it cannot and does not happen without your help! If you couldn’t make it this year, we missed you (because we did have fun while we worked hard) and we NEED YOU next year.

Thanks for all the support in time, energy, and donations to make Pageantry in the Springs 2024 a successful fundraiser for DSHS Tiger Band!

Concessions - Thank You!

Thank you to all the amazing parent and student volunteers that helped out in Concessions yesterday for Pageantry in the Springs. Because of your support, we were able to provide food, snacks, and drinks from 7am till after 10pm. Everyone came with a great attitude and showed why Dripping Springs High School Band has the best parents and students around.

Special thanks to the parent volunteers who stayed beyond their scheduled shift time to help out when we were short-handed, and to the volunteers who took an additional shift to ensure we provided support to the color guard members and spectators.

Go Tiger Band!

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

HEB Gift Card Fundraiser Q&A

•How many people participate?

~30 orders

•How much does the band make?

~$350 per month

(3% HEB discount amount of ~$12,000 order)

•What percentage does HEB discount our program?

5% discount for >$75,000 order

4% discount for >$25,000 order

3% discount for >$10,000 order

How many band members do we have?

~190 band members (170 families)

•How much would our band make if our orders average $300 per family per month?

$2040 per month AND $24,480 annually …..WOW!!!

•What are some ideas to give gift cards to?

Give to high school & college children, give to workers that you would like to thanks, give to your teens that make HEB runs for you (a $25 card instead of giving your credit card), use for your weekly HEB trips including gas, prescriptions, and Central Market.

•What card amounts are available to order?$500, $400, $300, $250, $200, $150, $100, 50, $25, and $20.•When & where do I receive my gift cards?By the 1st of each month via USPS mail.

•How do I order my cards?

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQnl6ngRRI7uXEDFQ0vpC1xAMmpjHAdyrMnWPTQDecFgh88w/viewform

•How do I pay for my order?

Set up Auto-Billpay with your bank,

or mail personal check,

or drop off at band hall DSBB lock box.

If any more questions, feel free to contact us.

Laurie Darilek & Jennifer LaRochelle

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

Stay tuned for more details!