Welcome to the on-line home of the Dalton High School and Dalton Middle School band programs. As communication is not always easy, this website will be used to assist the band parents, students, alumni and friends in keeping them informed of upcoming events, news and information. This site will be updated frequently, so check back often. If you have information that needs to be included here, please let us know (email).

Latest News.....


Countdown to Savannah's St Patrick's Day Parade:


2/23/10

After-school Full Band Rehearsals

 

Tuesday, 3/02 4:00-6:30 (rescheduled for Wednesday)
Wednesday, 3/03 4:00-6:30
Thursday, 3/04 4:00-6:30
Tuesday, 3/09  4:00-6:30
Thursday,3/11  4:00-6:30
Monday, 3/15  4:00-6:30 (if needed)
 
[times are subject to change]

2/04/10

2010 DHS Football Schedule

 

Date

Opponent

Location

27-Aug

Calhoun (7B-AA)

Home

3-Sep

Murray County (7B-AAA)

Away

10-Sep

Gilmer (7B-AAA)

Away

17-Sep

Allatoona (7B-AAA)

Home

24-Sep

OPEN

-

1-Oct

Ridgeland (7A-AAA)*

Away

8-Oct

Heritage (7A-AAA)*

Away

15-Oct

Ringgold (7A-AAA)*

Home

22-Oct

LaFayette (7A-AAA)*

Away

29-Oct

Southeast Whitfield (7A-AAA)*

Home

5-Nov

Region Play-In Game

Home

*=Region Game

 

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


1/10/10

Dr Jack Stamp - Why Music Matters

 

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

GMEA District Honor Band & All-State Auditions - Middle School

 

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

Also, congratulations to Emily Poplin and Joshua Newby for passing the 1st Round All-State Cut.


12/03/09

Dalton Christmas Parade - Thursday 12/03 


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 Muņiz 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

Dalton Veteran's Day Parade - Saturday 11/14

 

Band room opens:  10:00am  ( in case students need to pick something up )
Meet at First Baptist Church (no buses today):   10:00-10:15am
Parade Step Off:      11:00am
 Note: Please bring a change of clothes so you can drop off your uniform at DHS before going home after the parade.

 

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

Friday Night Football vs Tucker - 11/13

 

Dalton High School band member Ebbie Belles, 16, watches as the Catamounts lose to the Tucker Tigers Friday night at Harmon Field. Dalton’s team, the Sub-region 7A-4A champion, hosted the No. 10-ranked Tucker team. / Daily-Citizen News (Matt Hamilton)

10/25/09

Friday Night Football Game Schedule - 10/30

 

DHS plays Northwest HS on Friday in Tunnel Hill.

Itinerary: TBD


10/25/09

Post-Competition Rehearsal Schedule

 

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

LaFayette Marching Classic (Fayetteville) - Sat Oct 24th

(Prelims Awards: 1st Place Percussion Class AAAA, 3rd Place Band Class AAAA, 3rd Place Colorguard Class AAAA,

Finals Awards: 6th Place Band Overall)

 

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)

 

CLASS AAA
Caption >

Drum Majors

Guard Percussion Band
Place  V
1st 96.0 - Hiram (AAA) 95.5 - Hiram (AAA) 93.50 - N Forsyth (AAA) 93.43 - Hiram (AAA)
2nd 94.0 - N Forsyth (AAA) 90.4 - N Forsyth (AAA) 93.00 - Hiram (AAA) 91.47 - N Forsyth (AAA)
3rd 91.0 - Dalton (AAA) 89.8 - Lakeview (AAA) 92.50 - Dalton (AAA) 89.93 - Dalton (AAA)
4th 88.0 - Lakeview (AAA) 81.5 - Dalton (AAA) 89.50 - Lakeview (AAA) 86.93 - Lakeview (AAA)

     

OVERALL SWEEPSTAKES
Caption >

Drum Majors

Guard Percussion Band
Place  V
1st 96.0 - Hiram (AAA) 95.9 - Starr's Mill (OPEN) 93.75 - Pickens (AAAA) 96.40 - Starr's Mill (OPEN)
2nd 95.0 - Starr's Mill (OPEN) 95.5 - Hiram (AAA) 93.50 - N Forsyth (AAA) 93.43 - Hiram (AAA)

3rd

94.0 - N Forsyth (AAA) 94.9 - Pickens (AAAA) 93.25 - Starr's Mill (OPEN) 92.60 - Pickens (AAAA)

4th

93.0 - Oconee Co (AA) 91.0 - Oconee (AA) 93.00 - Hiram (AAA) 91.47 - N Forsyth (AAA)

5th

93.0 - Pcikens (AAAA) 90.4 - N Forsyth (AAA) 92.50 - Dalton (AAA) 89.93 - Dalton (AAA)

6th

91.0 - Dalton (AAA) 89.8 - Lakeview (AAA) 90.50 - Grayson (AA) 89.10 - Villa Rica (AA)

7th

90.0 - Villa Rica (AA) 89.3 - Grayson (AA) 90.00 - Oconee (AA) 89.06 - Grayson (AA)
8th 89.0 - Grayson (AA) 87.7 - Villa Rica (AA) 89.50 - Lakeview (AAA) 88.46 - Oconee (AA)
9th 88.0 - Lakeview (AAA) 87.5 - Temple (A) 89.00 - Villa Rica (AA) 88.27 - Temple (A)
10th 85.0 - Temple (A) 87.0 - Henry Co (A) 87.00 - Temple (AA) 86.93 - Lakeview (AAA)
11th 78.0 - Bowden (A) 85.0 - Banks Co (A) 86.00 - Paulding Co (A) 84.33 - Henry Co (A)
12th 76.0 - Paulding Co (A) 83.0 - Bowdon (A) 84.00 - Henry Co (A) 84.30 - Paulding Co (A)
13th 70.0 - Henry Co (A) 81.5 - Dalton (AAA) 81.00 - Banks Co (A) 79.60 - Banks Co (A)
14th 70.0 - Banks Co (A) 81.0 - Paulding Co (A) 81.00 - Bowden (A) 77.77 - Bowden (A)

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)

  

CLASS AAA
Caption >

Drum Majors

Guard Percussion Band
Place  V
1st 94.0 - Douglas Co (AAA) 91.5 - S Paulding (AAA) 90.50 - S Paulding (AAA) 94.33 - S Paulding (AAA)
2nd 92.5 - McIntosh (AAA) 91.0 - McIntosh (AAA) 87.75 - McIntosh (AAA) 91.50 - Gilmer Co (AAA)
3rd 92.0 - Gilmer Co (AAA) 87.5 - Douglas Co (AAA) 87.50 - Douglas Co (AAA) 91.17 - Dalton (AAA)
4th 90.0 - S Paulding (AAA) 87.0 - Cartersville (AAA) 86.25 - Gilmer Co (AAA) 90.50 - Douglas Co (AAA)
5th 85.5 - Dalton (AAA) 84.0 - Gilmer Co (AAA) 85.75 - Dalton (AAA) 87.33 - Cartersville (AAA)
6th 73.0 - Cartersville (AAA) 81.0 - Dalton (AAA) 85.50 - Catersville (AAA) 86.17 - McIntosh (AAA)

     

OVERALL SWEEPSTAKES
Caption >

Drum Majors

Guard Percussion Band
Place  V
1st 95.0 - Parkview (AAAA) 93.5 - Parkview (AAAA) 90.50 - S Paulding (AAA) 94.33 - S Paulding (AAA)
2nd 94.0 - Douglas Co (AAA) 93.0 - Carollton (OPEN) 89.50 - Carrollton (OPEN) 91.50 - Gilmer Co (AAA)

3rd

93.0 - Cass (A) 91.5 - S Paulding (AAA) 88.25 - Parkview (AAAA) 91.17 - Dalton (AAA)

4th

92.5 - McIntosh (AAA) 91.0 - McIntosh (AAA) 87.75 - McIntosh (AAA) 91.00 - Parkview (AAAA)

5th

92.0 - Gilmer Co (AAA) 89.0 - Villa Rica (AA) 87.50 - Douglas Co (AAA) 90.67 - Cass (A)

6th

90.0 - S Paulding (AAA) 88.0 - Cass (A) 86.25 - Gilmer Co (AAA) 90.50 - Douglas Co (AAA)

7th

89.0 - Carrollton (OPEN) 87.5 - Douglas Co (AAA) 86.00 - Villa Rica (AA) 89.50 - Carrollton (OPEN)
8th 88.0 - Northside-Columbus (A) 87.0 - Cartersville (AAA) 85.75 - Dalton (AAA) 89.00 - Villa Rica (AA)
9th 86.0 - Cedartown (AAAA) 84.0 - Gilmer Co (AAA) 85.50 - Catersville (AAA) 87.33 - Cartersville (AAA)
10th 85.5 - Dalton (AAA) 81.0 - Dalton (AAA) 84.50 - Northside-Columbus (A) 86.17 - McIntosh (AAA)
11th 85.0 - Villa Rica (AA) 81.0 - Northside-Columbus (A) 83.75 - Cass (A) 85.83 - Northside-Columbus (A)
12th 81.0 - Bowdon (A) 79.0 - Bowdon (A) 83.00 - Cedartown (AAAA) 83.67 - Sandy Creek (AA)
13th 73.0 - Cartersville (AAA) 79.0 - Cedartown (AAAA) 82.00 - Sandy Creek (AA) 82.67 - Cedartown (AAAA)
14th 70.0 - Sandy Creek (AA) 77.0 - Sandy Creek (AA) 81.00 - Bowden (A) 80.33 - Bowden (A)

 


9/11/09

Catamount Band Club Meeting - Thur October 8th

 

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.

 

Saturday Oct 3 - Yellow Jacket Classic at Rockmart HS in Rockmart, GA

Saturday Oct 17 - Southern National Band Championships at N Paulding HS in Dallas, GA

Saturday Oct 24 - LaFayette Marching Classic at Fayette County HS in Fayetteville, GA (prelims & finals format)

  

Other Important Marching Events:

Friday Oct 2 @ 4pm - DHS Homecoming Parade

Saturday Nov 14 @  11am - Dalton Veteran's Day Parade

[The annual Veterans Day parade will be in downtown Dalton on Saturday, Nov. 14, beginning at 11 a.m.  Staging begins at 9:30 a.m. in the parking lot of First Baptist Church at 311 N. Thornton Ave.  The route starts at 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.]

Thursday Dec 3 @ 6pm - Dalton Christmas Parade

[PARADE ROUTE: starting on Waugh at Jones St., right on Thornton Ave., left on Morris St., left on Pentz St., left on Waugh St. and ending at the original starting point on Waugh St.]


8/15/09

2009 Dalton High School Marching Catamount Band


8/20/09

In the News...

Dalton Middle School’s Ben Southerland, 13, practices playing the marimba with Dalton High freshman Jazman Acosta, 14, at Dalton High School Thursday afternoon. The band’s first performance is scheduled for next Friday night as the Cats open their football season at Calhoun.  -- Daily Citizen News, 8/21/09


8/17/09

Marching Band Video Bloopers

 

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


8/14/09

Follow Mr Henry's Catamount Band Director Blog

 

Band members, friends, family and fans can keep up with the progress of the 2009 Catamount Marching Band by following us on Blogspot: http://daltoncatamountband.blogspot.com.


8/06/09

2009 Marching Band Photos

 

Photos courtesy of Anita Moore. If anyone has other pictures to post, please let us know and we'll provide a link to them.

 

Rookie Camp        Band Camp - Monday        Band Camp - Tuesday        Band Camp - Wednesday        Band Camp - Thursday        Band Camp - Friday        Freshman Follies

Picture Day        Picture Day Seniors        Practice Before 1st Game        Calhoun Game        DPS Pep Session        Practice 9/03        Sprayberry Game 


7/24/09

In the News...

Color guard member Maygan Headrick, 16, tosses her flag during practice Thursday at Dalton High School. The newer members of the color guard are practicing a week before the school's band camp begins on Monday. -- Daily Citizen News, 7/24/09


7/03/09

Follow Us On Twitter

 

Keep up with the latest news all season and get instant updates on rehearsal schedules, events, etc by following us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DHSMarchingBand


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

DHS Marching Band Drumline Announced for 2009-10

 

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

DHS Marching Band ColorGuard Announced for 2009-10

 

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

Catamount Band Club Meeting Schedule for 2009

AUGUST 2009 SEPTEMBER 2009 OCTOBER 2009 NOVEMBER 2009 DECEMBER 2009

 

07 - 1st Day of School

11 - Band Club Officers & Dirs (6:00pm)

24 - Band Club Officers & Dirs (6:00pm)

07 - Band Club Officers & Dirs (6:00pm)

10 - Band Club General Mtg (7:30pm)

21 - Band Club Officers & Dirs (6:00pm)

05 - Band Club Officers & Dirs (6:00pm)

08 - Band Club General Mtg (7:30pm)

19 - Band Club Officers & Dirs (6:00pm)

05 - Band Club Officers & Dirs (6:00pm)

06 - Band Club General Mtg (7:30pm)

07 - Band Club Officers & Dirs (6:00pm)

08 - Band Club General Mtg (7:30pm)


4/27/09

Dalton Band Club Scholarship Info

 

The Dalton Band Club offers 3 scholarships to qualified applicants. The first 2 scholarships are for graduating seniors: one for honor students based on highest GPA and the other for those that will be music majors in college. The third scholarship is for DMS and DHS students that are looking to further their music learning through a summer music camp or other opportunity. Please print the appropriate scholarship from the links below, complete the form, and submit to your band director.

 

Senior Honor Student Scholarship            Music Major Student Scholarship            Summer Music Program Scholarship


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

DHS Band - Late 70s

DHS Colorguard - 1970s

DHS Majorettes - 1970s

DHS-Miscellaneous Photos


02/02/08

DMS - DHS Band Bridge

The Band Bridge is a publication intended to help build a bridge and bond between the DHS Marching Band students and those middle school students involved in music at DMS. The DHS Marching Band’s long history of excellence is only possible with the yearly pilgrimage of students from DMS over to DHS. Studies have shown that music education is important to developing smarter kids and that skills learned through the discipline of music transfer to study skills, communication skills, and cognitive skills useful in all academic subjects. Over the last 25 years at DHS, more than 85% of the senior class valedictorians, salutatorians, and star students were band students.

2007-08

Jan-2008

Oct-2007

2006-07

Jan-2007

Dec-2006

Oct-2006

 

Ideas for DMS band retention


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).

 

    1996 DHS Catamount Marching Band Halftime Performance   

 

1985 Bradenton DeSoto National Band Contest - Field Show Competition

(warm-ups, performance1, performance2, performance3)

 

1987 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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

 

1970 Greatest Band in Dixie Contest

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

 

1985 Bradenton DeSoto National Band Contest - Parade Competition (Casey Jones)

 

1979 Peach State Marching Contest (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)

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

 

1966 Greatest Band In Dixie Contest

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

 

If anyone has any additional information on these performances, who's in it, awards won, details from the trip, etc, please let us know so we can post it here.


7/18/07

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

Facebook: Search for "DHS Catamount Marching Band" group.

Myspace: To join the "Dalton Strawhat Marching Band" group,click here http://www.myspace.com/dhscatamountmarchingband.


9/15/07

Calling All DHS Band Alumni...
 

To all alumni of the DHS Band: Please submit your name for our alumni database. To be added to the on-line Alumni Register please send your Name, Graduation Year, Instrument(s) Played, Current City/State, Current Job/Activities, Fondest DHS Band Memory, and Your E-mail Address (if you want it posted) to this e-mail. Please help us spread the word to other DHS Band Alumni. Click here to see who is already registered.

 

Welcome to our latest alumni to register with us: Jim O'Donnell (1977), Karen Hill Sutherland (1999), Scott Keefer (1985).


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