DHS Band Concert - Mon May 19^th at 8 PM

DHS Band Banquet - Thur May 22^nd

03/24/08

Catamount Band Club Meeting - Tue April 8^th

04/08/08

Congratulations DMS Bands !!

The DMS 7th and 8th grade band members were in competition Saturday, April 5th at The Southern Star Music Festival.  The music festival is the only festival sponsored by Six Flags Over Georgia. The Middle School band was in competition with 7 other middle school bands from Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, and the metro Atlanta area. The band scored straight "Gold" ratings ( the highest rating awarded) and won the "Sweepstakes Trophy" for Most Outstanding Middle School Concert Band.

March 12th the 7th and 8th graders went to concert festival and received straight 1's or "Superior" ratings for Performance and also received a 1 for Sight-reading. The next day the beginning band (6th grade) went to concert festival and received 1's for their performance.  

Mr. Humphrey is extremely proud of all of our students for their hard work and dedication to the band this year.

03/24/08

Tentative DHS Football Schedule 2008

02/02/08

1/24/2008

Band Plays for Deborah Norville at the Dalton Leadership Breakfast

More Photos

1/04/08

Dalton Daily Citizen News - Letter to the Editor

To the editor:
"And now entering the field for competition/exhibition please welcome the Dalton High School Catamount Marching Band"! Those words still send chills up my spine. During my days of DHS Band membership, we were huge, loud, and intimidating. I remember tons of other high school band members coming to watch our Thursday night practices at Harmon Field. The band was at least 230 members strong. Under the leaderships of Mr. Darry Pilkington and Melvin Morgan the band grew not only in number, but also in popularity. A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to have breakfast with "Mr. P" and Mr. Morgan at Jacksonville State University. This was due to the annual JSU Southerners Alumni Day. These words I remember from that conversation: "David Henry (Band Director and DHS/JSU alumni) is the best thing that happened to Dalton High in years". You see, Melvin Morgan had judged Mr. Henry’s DHS band a few weeks back during an out-of-town competition. He stated that this particular band had a sound quality much like to bands of yester-year. Yes, the band is small – but growing – but more importantly, the QUALITY of these musicians matches any year yet! I have followed the DHS band from 1968 until present. David Henry is an accomplished musician and teacher. I’ve performed with him at Dalton and Jacksonville; plus other ensembles during college. Please support this excellent group any way you can; and encourage your children to become a member of this "band" of musician’s (brotherhood) that will forever change their lives.

Jeff Cox
Dalton

Video: Marching Band and Cheerleader Mishaps

Fort Mountain Classic Marching Band Competition
Photos   Slide Show

10/25/07

Saturday Oct. 27 - LaFayette Marching Classic at Fayette County HS in Fayetteville, GA

8:30a .............................................. rehearse @ dhs

9:30a ..................................................... load buses

 10:00a ...................................................... leave DHS

noon .................. arrive, lunch, & change into uniforms

1:15p ........................................................ warm up

2:15p ................................................ performance

5:45p ............................... contest awards ceremony

6:00p ................................................... dinner break

7:30p .................................................... finals begin

9:45p .................................. finals awards ceremony

10:30p ...................................... load buses and leave

12:30a ..................................................... arrive DHS

Address: 1 Tiger Trail, Fayetteville GA (website)

10/21/07

The DHS Marching Band's Friday night performance at Harmon field: MiddleSchoolNight

Other performance videos:

10/14/07

Congratulations to the DHS Marching Band for winning 1st in Class, 1st in Silver Division, and 3rd Overall.

10/09/07

Saturday Oct. 13 - Fort Mountain Classic Marching Band Competition at Murray Co HS in Chatsworth, GA

11:30a ............................................. rehearse @ dhs

1:00p ................................................... lunch @ dhs

1:45p ...................................................... load buses

 2:00p ...................................................... leave DHS

2:30p ........................... arrive & change into uniforms

3:40p ........................................................ warm up

4:50p ................................................ performance

5:30p ......... change into street clothes, load the truck

10:00p .......................................... awards ceremony

11:00p ...................................... load buses and leave

11:30p ..................................................... arrive DHS

Address: 1001 Green Rd; Chatsworth GA 30705 (website)

Directions: Follow Walnut Ave EAST towards Chatsworth. After Highway 225 light, Get in the Right hand lane. The next traffic light is at Duvall Rd. (CVS on the corner) continue on to the next traffic light (Old Dalton- Ellijay Road). Make a right at this light, Pass the Gladden Middle School and continue to the Next light. Buses will continue straight on, park behind the school, (you'll be directed as to where.)

9/30/07

(Awards: Class AA - 1st Band, 1st Percussion, 2nd Guard;

Overall - 2nd Percussion, 3rd Guard, 4th Band)

Photos:  Album    Slide Show

Competition Video: Part1, Part2, Part3, Awards Ceremony

CorpsVets Exhibition: CV1, CV2, CV3

9/28/07

DHS plays Southeast High School on Friday. Itinerary: 5:30 - uniforms, 5:45 - load bus, 6:00 - depart.

10/29/07

Marching Band Contest Schedule

The DHS Marching Band will be competing at the following contests. Please mark your calendar now, so you don't miss these important events. More details about each contest will be posted here as information is made available to us.

Saturday Sep. 29 - Yellow Jacket Classic Marching Band Competition at Rockmart  HS in Rockmart, GA

Saturday Oct. 13 - Fort Mountain Classic Marching Band Competition at Murray Co HS in Chatsworth, GA

Saturday Oct. 27 - LaFayette Marching Classic at Fayette County HS in Fayetteville, GA

Our charter buses for our trip to Fayette County on 10/27:

Other Important Marching Events:

Friday Sep 14 - DHS Homecoming Parade

Saturday Nov 10 - Dalton Veteran's Day Parade

Saturday Dec 8 - Dalton Christmas Parade

9/30/07

DHS Marching Band "Blast from the Past" Videos

Whether you are an alumni that marched years ago or someone just interested in the rich tradition of the DHS Catamount Straw Hat Marching Band, you will enjoy these "blast from the past" video performances of the DHS Band from years long ago. Over the next few months, we will be adding a vintage video clip each week provided by our alumni members. So, check back often. If you have any videos that you can share with everyone, please let me know (email).

1985 Bradenton DeSoto National Band Contest - Field Show Competition

(warm-ups, performance1, performance2, performance3)

The band's big trip to NY City 20 years ago.

This was part of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, LA.

DHS Catamount Marching Band won 1st in Class and the overall Sweepstakes award at this contest in Rome Ga.

This was part of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, LA.

10/01/07

Mr. Chester L. Henry, 78, passed away Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007. He was a graduate of Georgia Tech and spent many years in church work in Dalton. Chester is survived by his children, David, Mark and Mary Beth; and two grandchildren. Memorial services will be held in the chapel at First Baptist Church of Dalton on Saturday at 11 am. Visitation is at 10 am. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Chester’s name to the Ga. Tech Baptist Student Union. Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.lovefuneralhomega.com. 

Chester Henry “was an exceptional Bible teacher,” says Sarah Lusk. Lusk was a Sunday school teacher at the First Baptist Church of Dalton when Henry, who passed away last Saturday at the age of 78, came there as minister of education and administration in the mid-1960s. Lusk described Henry as “an encourager.” “He would see the potential in people and encourage them to reach that potential and help them in any way he could, especially in religious education,” she said. As minister of education, Henry brought in seminarians to help train the church’s adult teachers and took the church’s teachers to numerous training events. “He was very much a teacher of teachers himself. On Wednesday night, he would gather all of the adult teachers and teach the following Sunday’s Sunday school lesson, giving them points to make and background Bible study,” Lusk recalled. Henry is survived by his children — David, Mark and Mary Beth — and two grandchildren. Henry was born and raised in Owensboro, Ky., according to his son Mark. “Dad was very smart, a very good mathematician. He grew up in a very rural area, but he had a teacher who took an interest in him and steered him to the co-op program at Georgia Tech,” he said. That program allowed students to go to school for one quarter and then work in industry for a quarter to help pay for their education. Henry was very active with the Baptist Student Union at Tech, and some time before he finished his studies, he felt the call to the ministry, Mark Henry said. He finished his industrial engineering degree and went into the seminary. Henry served in churches in Florida and Tennessee before coming to Dalton. He remained in Dalton until moving to the Atlanta area in the mid-1970s. Henry was also very active in the Dalton High School Band club, serving as its president. “The band was very large. But he kept us organized. He kept us supplied with everything we needed. Everything was on time and ready and top quality,” recalled Lisa Hackney, a member of the band in the mid-1970s. Henry’s son David currently serves as the director of the Dalton High band. In fact, Mark Henry says he and all of his siblings are musicians. He says his father wasn’t a musician, but he saw how important the band was to his children and wanted to get involved. “He was a huge supporter of the band and everything that his family was involved in. He was on practically every trip we went on. He was always right there and interested in what we were doing,” recalled family friend and former band member Mel Abernathy.

8/16/07

DHS Marching Catamount Band 2007

8/04/07

DHS Band Camp: July 30 - August 3
 

Post comments about your band camp experience by clicking here.

7/23/05

We invite all of our parents, alumni, and friends to help support our band programs through our new on-line merchandise opportunities. The Dalton Band Club is offering several links to websites for on-line sales where the proceeds of purchases made by you will benefit the Dalton Middle and High School band programs. Click on the Merchandise button to find out more about New Day Gourmet Coffee sales, and School Pop (representing more than 200 on-line merchants).

2007-08 WebPage Archive

Saturday Sep. 29 - Yellow Jacket Classic Marching Band Competition at Rockmart  HS in Rockmart, GA:

9:00a ............................................. rehearse @ dhs

10:45a .................................................... load buses

11:15a .................... leave DHS (eat lunch on the bus)

1:00p ........................... arrive & change into uniforms

2:10p ........................................................ warm up

3:00p ................................................ performance

3:30p ......... change into street clothes, load the truck

4:40p ...... dinner break (bring money for concessions)

6:00p .......... view AAA, AAAA and Open class bands

9:45p ........................................... awards ceremony

10:30p ...................................... load buses and leave

12:00a ..................................................... arrive DHS

BREAKING NEWS: DHS homecoming parade canceled, football game still on

Friday Night Football Game Schedule - 8/31

5:15 - meet at DHS bandroom, 5:45 - depart DHS for Calhoun, 10:30 - arrive back at DHS

Directions from DHS to Calhoun HS

DHS Marching Band Photoshoot - Thur Aug 16