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Summer Band Camp starts TOMORROW, on Monday, July 22nd! The DHS Band Staff is so excited to get started!
Tonight, be sure to eat a healthy dinner and drink a lot of water! Set out all of the items that you will need to bring with you tomorrow. You will need your instrument, and any of the music that you have already printed. You will get the rest of your music from your section leaders at school. Students should wear light colored athletic clothes - NO jeans. You will need athletic shoes with arch support. I highly recommend a baseball cap and sunglasses. Students must bring a water jug (between ½ - 1 gallon). You may also want to bring a small snack, towel or yoga mat, and sunscreen. Students are NOT allowed to leave campus during the lunch break. There is lunch provided in the Cafeteria at 12 pm. This must be eaten in the Cafeteria. You can also bring lunch from home and put it in our fridge/freezer in the band hall. There is also a microwave available for students to use to warm up their lunch. Physicals ALL students in the 2024 Touch of Gold Marching Band need to get a physical prior to the start of summer band camp on Monday, July 22nd. Most of our students did this in May at the free event put on by Denison Athletics. Please bring the completed form with you on the first day of summer band, or email it to Mrs. Lewis at [email protected]. If you have already turned in your physical to the DISD Athletic department, I will not need a second copy. Required Forms Each student will need to turn in their Medical History/Physical Form by the first day of summer band camp. In addition to this, your student will need to fill out the following forms by the first day of school in August:
These forms will be available at Band Registration for you to fill out! If you are a student whose parents are not able to attend band registration on Thursday next week, please let me know. There is a make up registration date available, or we can meet by appointment. Uniform Fittings If you missed uniform fittings last week, we will fit you during one of the lunch breaks (there is an hour each day, so you will have time to eat first and then get fit!) Private Lessons If your student was taking summer private lessons, those will continue this week as normal. Your student will be able to leave for their lesson and then return to band camp afterwards. Please bring your concert instrument on the day of your lesson. All Region Sectionals - Wind Ensemble Students who are interested in auditioning for All Region will receive music on Monday. Students in Wind Ensemble are required to learn this music in the fall semester. We will begin pulling students in small groups during summer band to start learning this music. Please bring your concert instrument with you to band camp! Friday - Color Guard Only On Friday, July 26th the color guard will rehearse from 8 am to 4 pm. These are the only students who are required to come to camp on this day! Picture Day Next Week Picture Day for the Touch of Gold Marching Band will be on Monday of next week, July 29th. You will need to wear a t-shirt, athletic shorts, and long black socks. If you have marching shoes already, please bring those with you! When you arrive to school, you will get dressed in your uniform in the band hall. We will take individual, section and full band photos in the Main Gym. Students in color guard should do the Fall Basic Look including red lipstick and hair pulled half up/half down. Details are on Schoology under Resources. One of my favorite annual traditions is the Band Calendar photos. Each section has picked a month - they will dress up for a silly photo after their serious section photo. This silly, themed photo will be used in the band calendar. The band calendar will include ALL band dates, so it is a great thing to hang up in your kitchen! You will also receive a large group photo and all of the silly section photos as part of the calendar, so it is an economical way to get copies of those photos as well. One of the best ways to get the full marching band and section photos is by purchasing a band calendar for $20! You can place your order at https://forms.gle/7PMhHDt8meym2gS87 Calendar Theme Assignments: January: Clarinets February: Color Guard March: Directors April: Baritones May: Trombones June: Percussion July: Flutes August: Tubas September: Trumpets October: Drum Majors November: Altos and Low Reeds December: Mellophones Band Registration - Thursday, 8/1 Band Registration will take place on Thursday, August 1st in the Denison HS Band Hall. Freshmen: 4:00 pm Sophomores: 4:45 pm Juniors: 5:30 pm Seniors: 6:00 pm Each parent should plan about a 30-45 minute time slot for registration. We will be finished by about 6:30 pm. During band registration, you will get the necessary forms, update your students’ information, and pay for your students’ band fees. Please bring a method of payment. We will need a few parent volunteers to help with both the Band Registration and cookout before the Parent Preview. If you are able to volunteer, please sign up on Cut Time OR let Mrs. Lewis know via email. Volunteer Opportunities There are additional volunteer opportunities for families this summer! You can sign up by logging into your student’s Cut Time account and looking under Events. You can also sign up at Band Registration. All volunteers will need to fill out a Denison ISD Volunteer Application. These will be available at Band Registration. Any one who wishes to volunteer as a Chaperone will need to attend a required training on Monday, August 5th at 5:30 pm. We will also go over the full fall schedule at this time. Items to Bring to Cookout We are assigning each section specific items to bring to the cookout on Thursday, August 1st. Students should bring these to the band hall during the first week of band camp, no later than Thursday. If you would prefer to donate $5 instead of bringing in your assigned item, you can turn in money to the booster box as well! Woodwinds - Individually wrapped chips/crackers Brass - Individually wrapped cookies or desserts Percussion and Color Guard - Package of water bottles Drum Majors: Veggie or Fruit tray Fish Camp - Friday, 8/2 All freshmen will have Fish Camp on Friday, August 2nd from 9 am to 1 pm. The student leaders will perform at the morning’s event - arriving at 8:30 am. Leaders should be finished around 10 am. We will not have band camp that day, so that the freshmen can attend Fish Camp Booster Meeting Our next Band Booster meeting is on Monday, August 5th at 6:30 pm at the Denison High School Band Hall. This is immediately following the Chaperone meeting. All current band and color guard parents are invited to attend! We will discuss upcoming events and ways to get involved in the Touch of Gold Band Boosters! Optional Social - DCI Live Stream On Saturday, August 10th, we will have an optional social event at Denison High School to watch the live stream of the Drum Corps International Finals! I will have more information as we get closer to this event. Meet the Jackets The annual Meet the Jackets event will be held on a Friday this year, August 16th. I will share more information on this as we get closer to the event. Summer Band - Week 1 Monday, 7/22
Tuesday, 7/23
Wednesday, 7/24
Thursday, 7/25
Friday, 7/26
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