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WELCOME TO THE DANBURY HIGH SCHOOL
MARCHING BAND WEBSITE

The Danbury High School Band Program is committed to offering students an opportunity to learn, perform, and explore music. We are a hard working organization that takes pride in our accomplishments and strives to better ourselves at every opportunity. So please enjoy our website and come see us perform sometime.

Join Our Facebook Group

To keep up to date with the Danbury High School Marching Band and Guard, join our Facebook Group - Danbury High School Marching Band. Here you will find news, information on upcoming events, photos from recent events, and more.

Uniform Order Form Due August 1st

Attention Returning Band Members!

Please remember to turn in your Uniform Order Form (found in your band packet) by August 1st to Heather Rose at heather-rose@snet.net. There is an instructional video link listed on the form to help with measuring if necessary.

Please contact Heather if you have any questions.

Thanks for returning this form on time - it really helps!

Mentor Program

Remember back to the days when you were a new band parent and felt completely at sea about Band Camp, Band Aids, and all things Marching Band?!? This year, to help alleviate the confusion, a Mentor Program is being set up to help all newcomers. Please help out our new members!

Responsibilities are simple: the mentor will set up a time to go through the handbook with the freshman family (in person) and then invite them to the first show in order to make them feel comfortable. Volunteers can contact Crystal.

Winter Guard 2010

Many thanks to the Members, Parents, Band-aids, BOE, Mr. Riley and all those who came out to support the DHSWG Program this year...and make it a success. March 27th, Championships, was wonderful and we were happy to see so many alumni rooting for our team...It was a pleasure to be involved in the evolution of the program this year - stepping up to National A class in WGI as well as MAC...plans are already in the works for next year.

Tentative plans: The guard will offer six clinics, complete with show performances for the purpose of recruiting from DHS...Immaculate...Abbott Tech as well as our Elementary and MS system. Our goal is to have three programs to create a feeder system that will help grow the HS band/winter guard membership. I will keep you posted on the dates and times once we confirm gym time...stay tuned for details on recruiting, clinics and encore performances...

All the best,

George Maloney

Check here to see who participated this season, show details and more.

Scores for the 2010 season are available on the MAC website.

And from Mr. Riley:

Greetings!

I have always said that the real blessing found in my work was the opportunity to work with and learn from our community's wonderful children. I could never have imagined that I would encounter the same such blessing working with their parents. Your creativity, energy and commitment are beyond comparison. Congratulations to you all. Your Jamboree was fantastic!

Mr. Riley

Ad Sales Due August 23rd

Hopefully the heat of summer will be over by the time band camp begins!!! In the meantime, this is a friendly reminder that if you plan on covering your child's participation fee with ad sales, that those ads are due on the first day of camp - August 23rd.

For additional forms and a list of ads sold to date, check out the Ad Sale section of the website. (Updated 8/12/2010)

Please turn in ads that you sell (payments and ad copy) as soon as you receive them by mailing them or dropping them off at the school's Main Office, marked "Band Aids." Susan Cohen, Jamboree Ad Sales Co-Chair, will be checking the mailbox on a weekly basis.

Color Guard Summer Schedule

The COLOR GUARD will rehearse every Thursday night from 6 to 9 PM by the Band Room (weather permitting). Please have anyone interested in our program meet us there and check out a rehearsal.

2010-11 DHS Marching Band Student Chain of Command

Congratulations to all!

Drum Major - Breanna Vanak

Assistant Drum Majors

Bennett Cognato
Sheila Kennedy

Brass Captain – Nicole Cardamone

Section Leaders
High Brass – Alec Lee
Low Brass – Anthony Silva

Woodwind Captain – Gabriel Lahoud

Section Leaders
Flutes – Heather Wyble
Clarinets - Bob Pagniello
Alto Saxophone – Trevor Rose
Low Reeds– Anthony Camacho

Percussion Captain – Jon Zonenshine

Section Leaders
Pit – Alyssa Downey
Snare – Sam Van Nostrand
Tenor – Tom Morris
Bass – Matt Zeigler

Band Aids 2010-11
Exec Board

Congratulations to the 2010-11 Exec Board voted in at the last Band Aids meeting:

President:	Crystal Rumph
VP:	Matt Rose
Treasurer:	Jeff Hull
Secretary:	Tara Lee
Parents-at-Large:	Caryn Brittain
	Linda Mayerson

Band Picnic

Photos from the June 2010 picnic can be seen on Facebook.

For Seniors

Congratulations to all of our graduating seniors! Best of luck in your future endeavors.

Band Aids Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the most recent Band Aids meeting can be downloaded here.

Bottle and Can Fundraiser
This is an ongoing fundraiser for the guard. If you have any, remember to bring them to the Band-Aids meeting.
Band Program Handbook

Check out the handbook online. Print our the parts that you need. Registration forms and order forms are also available online.

Band Roster

The band roster is available on the website. Please review this new roster and let Susan Cohen know if there are any errors. This is what will appear in the Jamboree program so want to make sure that it's accurate!

New Photos Posted

Photos posted in the Pictures section on April 25, 2009. Take a look.

If anyone has photos to share, let Tara Lee know. If they can be put on CD, then I can get them posted on the website.

Help Wanted

Interested in taking over one of the many jobs that keep the band running? Take the opportunity to learn the job by shadowing the current person responsible next year. People are needed for the following:

· Website

Interested in items with the Marching Hatter Logo. See the gym bags, duffel bags, stadium blankets, rally towels and t-shirts available from SK Stichart.

For sweatshirts, baseball hats, knit hats, scarves, etc., contact Joan Hull.

Reminders:

Section leaders will be contacting their sections to set up rehearsals over the summer. Check you email often.

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Danbury Band-Aids, Inc.

Supporting the Danbury High School Jazz, Marching, Symphonic Bands ,

Winter Guard & Percussion

Incorporated Since 1999

43 Clapboard Ridge Road

Danbury, CT 06811
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Upcoming Schedule

8/1/10
Uniform order due

8/19/10
5 - 8PM -Picnic at Hatters Park!

8/23/10
Ads and/or Participation fee due

8/23 - 8/27/10
Band Camp

9/11/10
Jamboree

»Click here for a full schedule of the 2007 season