2/23/10

2/04/10

*=Region Game

(http://ga.prepcountry.com/?t=5&w=1&sc=88&s=1&tm=1&wy=2011)

1/10/10

Dr. Jack Stamp is Professor of Music, Chairperson of the Music Department and Director of Band Studies at Indiana University and is a strong advocate for keeping music in our school systems. We are very fortunate to have such a strong music/band program within the Dalton Public School system!! And, we should thank our superintendent, board of education, and all our school system leaders for that. There are schools across the US that no longer have music as part of their curriculum due to budget cuts and other issues. You may have heard the example in the video before; Mr Henry & Mr Humphrey have done similar exercises in recent years.

12/06/09

Congratulations to these DMS students for making District Honor Band: Emily Poplin, Joshua Newby, Amanda Pham, Marion Hawkins, Jesus Herrera, and Joesph Ortega.

12/03/09

11/26/09

Ring the Bell for Salvation Army - Wednesday 11/25 

Dalton High School band members, from left, Angie Lee, Julia Spinetta, Katelyn Esters, Omar Garza, Jaime Delafuente, Nick Walker, Vidal Salmeron, Norberto Muñiz and Enrique Alvarez play holiday music for last-minute Thanksgiving shoppers Wednesday as they also ring the bell for Salvation Army. / Matt Hamilton (Dalton Daily Citizen News)

11/13/09

Parade Route: Depart First Baptist Church, Waugh Street (facing east), then right (south) on Thornton Avenue to Emery Street, left (east) to Pentz Street, left again (west) on Crawford Street, then right on Selvidge Street and back on to Waugh Street to finish.

11/13/09

10/25/09

DHS plays Northwest HS on Friday in Tunnel Hill.

Itinerary: TBD

10/25/09

Now that our competition season is over, the rehearsal schedule is as follows:

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays - No rehearsal.

Thursdays - TDB, probably immediately after school.

10/25/09

Recap sheet & show videos to be posted soon...

10/18/09

Southern National Band Championships (N Paulding) - Sat Oct 17th

(Awards: 3rd Place Band Class AAA, 5th Place Band Overall,

3rd Place Drum Major Class AAA, 3rd Place Percussion Class AAA)

10/04/09

Yellow Jacket Classic Marching Band Competition (Rockmart) - Sat Oct 3rd

(Awards: 3rd Place Band Overall Sweepstakes, 3rd Place Band in AAA,

Superior Rating for Band, Drum Major, & Percussion; Excellent Rating for Guard)

9/11/09

The Dalton Band Club will hold it's monthly general meeting on Thursday October 8th at 7:30 pm in the band room at Dalton High School. We will be finished in time to watch the last 30 minutes of band practice.  All parents of Dalton High School and Dalton Middle School band students are automatically members of the Dalton Band Club and are invited to attend. We hope to see everyone there. If you have any discussion items that should be added to the agenda please contact Jeff Parrott (DaltonCatamountBand@charter.net). 

If anyone has questions about the band program or band club opportunities, feel free to email any of these individuals with questions:

David Henry (Director of Bands), Jeff Parrott (Band Club President), Bryan Morton (Band Club 1st VP, concessions), Robert McCurry (Band Club Treasurer, financial and personal account info)

8/08/09

2009 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 becomes available.

Other Important Marching Events:

Friday Oct 2 @ 4pm - DHS Homecoming Parade

8/15/09

2009 Dalton High School Marching Catamount Band

8/20/09

8/17/09

Marching Band Video Bloopers

 Video-1    Video-2    Video-3    Video-4    Video-5

8/14/09

8/06/09

7/24/09

7/03/09

7/08/09

Marching Band Leadership 2009-10
 

"Congratulations to those of you selected to lead the DHS Catamount band in 2009!  I believe we have selected our strongest leadership corp yet. The "competition" for these positions grows stronger every year. To those members who weren't selected, many of you were very close to Lieutenant status.   In fact, this year's scores were collectively the highest on record.  Let me also say I know I can count on your support for our leadership corps, and I would like each and every one of you to pursue leadership again next year. Our band is truly blessed with many talented individuals!" --- Mr Henry

Drum Majors......................... Grace Kling, Kimberly Almaraz
Band Major ................................................................ TBA
Colorguard Captain ................................... Maygan Headrick
Drumline Co-Captains ...................... Melissa You, Nate Rich
Pit Section Leader .................................... Derrick Belanger
Flute Section Leader ..................................... Shelby Jones
Flute Lieutenants ........................ Katelyn Esters, Angie Lee
Clarinet Section Leader ................................... Jalika Joyner
Clarinet Lieutenant .............................................. C. Gomez
Saxophone Section Leader .................................. Taylor Cox
Trumpet Section Leader .................................... Joe Vidalez
Trumpet Lieutenant .......................................... Josh Parrott
Mellophone Section Leader .......................................... TBA
Baritone Section Leader.................................... Hunter Ford
Baritone Lieutenant......................................... David Burton
Tuba Section Leader ........................................ Omar Garza

6/04/09

Snare:  Zach Barton, Caitlin McDonald, Erik Morton, Nate Rich
Tenors: Caleb Satterfield, Eric Wiggins
Basses:  Melissa You, Hank Henson, Ebbie Belles, Andrew Cox,  Ereich Brooks
Cymbals:  Amber Paniagua, Danielle Thomas, Eunice Guerrero,
Front Ensemble: Jasmin Acosta, Derrick Belanger, Princeton Colon, Justin Croy, Josh Dillard, Stasia Harrison, Rosa Morena, Taylor Perez

6/04/09

Kimberly Almaraz, Emily Brady, LaShea Bradley, Whitney DeBeer, Cayla Dills, Maygan Headrick,

Amy Hernandez, Deana Marler, Samantha Rainey, Sara Starks, Destiny Stokes, Emily Weathers,

Kristen Fowler (Alternate), Mallory Jordan (Alternate), Miku Sasaki (Alternate)

8/13/09

4/27/09

06/11/08

100's of Vintage DHS Band Photos

We received this email from DHS alum Steve Hill this week: "Jeff- I have hundreds, perhaps thousands of band (and other DHS) photos from most of the mid to late 70s. I've been scanning many, many of them in high-resolution for a year or so. Most of these photos have never been seen by anyone else, and many of them I haven't printed or scanned until now, so it's been a real treat. I'm building a SmugMug gallery of the images that anyone will be able to access, view, and download or order prints from, at no profit to me. So far I have built galleries for the majorettes, cheerleaders, colorguard, and I'm starting to build galleries of general band photos and general DHS photos. Please encourage anyone visiting the photos to use the comment button at the bottom left of each gallery to post a story or thoughts about them, or to email me with comments if they wish. I'll be adding more photos as I have time in the next few days and weeks. I still have several thousand negatives to sift through." Main Site: http://stevehill.us/dhs

02/02/08

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. 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.

7/18/07

How to Join the Dalton Marching Band Groups in Facebook & Myspace
 

9/15/07

Calling All DHS Band Alumni...