8/30/10

DHS plays Murray County HS on Friday in Chatsworth. Itinerary: 5:15p meet at DHS, put on uniforms, 5:30p load buses, 5:45p depart DHS for Murray County, 7:30p kickoff.

08/08/10

Dalton Catamount Marching Band E-mail Distribution Groups

Parents: Keep up with the latest news all season and get instant updates on rehearsal schedules, events, etc.

As important information is posted on this site, you can be notified immediately by joining our e-mail distribution.

To be added to our e-mail distribution, send an email to DaltonCatamountBand@charter.net/Parents.

8/18/10

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.

Saturday Oct 9 - Valhalla Classic at Northgate HS in Newnan, GA

Saturday Oct 23 - 37th Annual Peach State Marching Competition at Barron Stadium in Rome, GA (DMS Band trip)

Other Important Marching Events:

Friday Oct 15 @ 4pm - DHS Homecoming Parade

8/18/10

Black Pants for Marching Season

The band typically wears white pants as part of the uniform. However, there will be times that you shouldn’t wear the white pants in order to preserve them. During rainy weather and Friday nights prior to a Saturday competition, we would prefer to wear black pants instead of the white. We have made arrangements with Jim’s Slack Shack to provide the black pants for us so that everyone’s look the same. Sometime soon, please visit Jim’s Slack Shack at 1507 E Walnut Avenue (706-226-6378) and tell them you are a member of the Catamount Band. They will take care of you. Several paid for black pants as part of their band fees. If you did not, but still need black pants, you can pay Jim Slack Shack when you show up to be fitted.

Note: You may wear last year's black pants if they are in good condition. Please find them now and try them on to be sure,

8/09/10

Fall Rehearsal Schedule Beginning August 16th

8/18/10

8/01/10

08/07/10

Introducing the 2010 DHS Catamount Marching Band...

Photos available at CLC Photography

08/06/10

DHS Band - In the News...

Omar Garcia, right, Omar Cruz, middle, and co-drum major Amy Hernandez practice a rotational marching exercise Thursday morning at Dalton High School. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)

Members of the Dalton High band practice Thursday morning. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)

Caitlin McDonald plays the bass drum as she marches with the Dalton High band during their practice Thursday morning. The band is practicing morning and evening each day this week as part of their band camp. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)

Zach Barton keeps the beat as he plays the snare drum and marches with the Dalton High band during their morning practice as part of the school's week-long band camp. (Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen)

7/13/10

7/11/10

"Congrats to the leadership corp of the Marching Catamount Band for 2010!" - Mr Henry

Drum Majors..................................................... Amy Hernandez, Grace Kling
Band Major .......................................................................................... TBA
Colorguard .............................. Maygan Headrick (Capt), Deanna Marler (Capt)

Drumline .................................................... Nate Rich (Capt), Erik Morton (Lt)

Front Ensemble ............................................................ Derrick Belanger (Lt)

Flutes ............................................................................................... TBA**

Clarinets ............ Jalika Joyner (SL), Celina Gomez (Lt), Spencer McCraven (Lt)
Saxophones ................................ Mark Hernandez (Lt), Emanuel Sanchez (Lt)
Trumpets ............................................................................ Josh Parrott (SL)
Mellophones .................................. Kimberly Almaraz (Lt), Dayre Alvarado (Lt)
Baritones............................................... David Burton (Lt), Gregg McCurry (Lt)
Tubas ........................................................ Omar Garza (SL), Omar Cruz (Lt)

Capt=Captain, SL=Section Leader, Lt=Lieutenant

(** Flutes: "To Be Announced. I am having trouble reading some of the tiny handwriting on your exams, girls. I will meet with you at rehearsal." - Mr Henry)

7/10/10

We want to thank Ace Transportation Repair Inc and A&M Signs, as well as Bryan Morton for coordinating all the efforts.

5/27/10

Snare - Zach Barton, Erik Morton, Nate Rich
Tenors- Ben Southerland, Eric Wiggins
Basses- Ebbie Belles, Erin Hullender, Caitlin McDonald, Rosa Moreno, Danielle Thomas
Front Ensemble- Zaharia Arnold, Derrick Belanger, Justin Croy, Kristen Fowler, Ryan Harper, Taylor Perez, Sawyer Stinnet
Cymbals - TBA

5/24/10

Alexa Harrison, Alexis Talent, Alma Barajas, Ariel Ramos, Brittney Lance,

Cayla Dills, Deana Marler, Emily Brady, Emily Weathers, Janet Gonzalez,

Jessica Acosta, Kara Burns, LaShae Bradley, Mallory Jordan, Maygan Headrick,

Natalia Quezada, Nyisha Hester, Rachel Mendez, Sam Rainey, Sara Starks,

Stasia Harrison, Taylor Starks, Ty Hill

5/20/10

3/22/10

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.

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