Dutchtown Middle School Band

Honor Band Page

If you have made honor band this year, you need to check this page. I will be posting information as to what you need to do here. There are two main events that are involved in the District IV Honor Band. The first is a rehearsal that happens on Saturday, January 9^th 2009, from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM. This is at St. Amant High School.

The second event is the Honor Band weekend itself, which happens January 14-16^th at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. For the two nights of the Honor Band Weekend we will be staying overnight at a motel in Hammond. We will leave on the 14^th right after school. We will be riding a bus to Hammond, and all students going to honor band are required to ride the bus. This bus will also be used to transport us around Hammond during the honor band weekend. Below is the itinerary for the honor band weekend.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

6:30 - 9:00 PM Rehearsal

Friday, January 15, 2010

9:00 - 12:00 Rehearsal

12:00 - 2:00 Lunch

2:00 - 4:00 Rehearsal

4:00 - 6:00 Supper

6:00 - 8:00 Rehearsal

Saturday, January 16, 2010

9:00 - 10:00 Dress Rehearsal

(Check out of hotels in concert dress…parents pick up at 8:00AM)

10:00 - 10:30 Middle School Pictures

10:30 - 11:00 High School Pictures

11:00 Concert

The students will put on a concert at the Music Building at Southeastern on Saturday the 16^th. Students will need to be picked up by their parents at the motel in Hammond before 8:00 AM on Saturday the 16^th. At this time, the parents will transport their own children to the concert. The concert starts at 11:00 AM and should last about an hour. After that the Honor Band Members are released to their parents. Below is a map and directions to both the motel as well as to the SLU Music Building where the concert will be held.

Both of these events are required for participation in Honor Band. If you have any reason that you will not be able to attend, you need to let me know now, so that an alternate from another school may take your position.

The band will pay most of the motel room cost and transportation for all students that have made honor band. Due to the large number that have made honor band this year, it will be necessary to charge a $30.00 fee to each student to help with the hotel and bus cost. Students need to bring money for 5 meals on this trip. There will also be a t-shirt for sale to the Honor Band Members that the students usually wish to purchase. These are $10.00

We will need parent chaperones on this trip. The band will pay for those rooms, but I need those parents to help stay with the students during this event. Please call or email me if you can be with us during the Honor Band Weekend.

There are a couple of rules for honor band that you need to be aware of. First, no students shall be in the hotel room of a student of the opposite sex at any time, unless a chaperone is present. Violation of this will result in the student being sent home from the honor band at that time. By district rule and the hotel rules, curfew will be at 10:00 PM and lights out at 11:00 PM each night.

We will be staying at the Best Western Inn that is at the University Blvd. exit on I-55. Take I-12 to Hammond and then take I-55 North. Exit right at University and you will see the Motel.

Directions to SLU Music Building. Take I-12 to I-55 North, exit on University Blvd – Wardline Rd. exit and go right. Go about 2 miles to General Pershing and take a right. Go two blocks to Western Ave and take that to the left. The Music Bldg. will be on the left in a parking circle. Click here for a printable map.

District IV Honor Band Tryout Material

Middle School

Below are links to Adobe files of the District Honor Band Audition Music. Click on each instrument name to get the music. New—we now have mp3 recordings of the pieces. Click below the music link to hear a recording of the music. Also listed are the scale requirements for each instrument. Netscape users may have to right click and select “open link in new tab.” For either to work, you need to have the Adobe Reader installed on your computer. It is available at www.adobe.com or by clicking on the icon below.

For Set 2 play only the following selections:

Flute - Slow

Oboe - Slow

Clarinet - Slow

Bass Clarinet - Slow

Bassoon - Fast

All Saxophones – Slow

Trumpet - Fast

French Horn - Slow

Trombone - Fast

Baritone - Fast

Tuba – Fast

Percussion

Keyboard - All

Snare – 1st 3 lines

Timpani – last 3 lines

Honor Band Set 2—Year 2009-10