Band Booster News Waxahachie High School 100 North Highway 77 Waxahachie, Texas 75165 www.spiritofwaxahachie.com WISD Band Staff Rich Armstrong, Director of Bands Kendra Ray, Assistant Director of Bands Roman Montoya, Color Guard Denise Armstrong, Color Guard Tori Popp, Color Guard Paul Jaso, Percussion Dan Francis, Head Director Howard JHS Reggie Cook, Assistant Director Howard JHS Angelyn Seppeler, Head Director Finley JHS Justin Bell, Assistant Director Finley JHS October 2012 from the desk of...Rich Armstrong and Kendra Ray The marching show, “Once Upon a Rose”, is complete and the band has done a superb job of performing this very beautiful show. At the Midlothian Marching Showcase the band won Best in Class 3A, 2nd Overall, Best Overall Winds, Best Overall Marching in the prelims and Grand Champion, Best Overall Winds, Best Overall Marching, Best General Effect in the finals competition. At the DeSoto Classic the band won Best in Class 3A, Outstanding Winds, Out- standing Marching, Outstanding Auxiliary in the prelims and Runner Up (2nd to Duncan- ville) in the finals. The band actually received one first place vote over Duncanville for the first time in the school’s history. At the UIL Region Marching Contest in Duncanville the band earned their 21 st straight set of I’s as they continue the tradition of UIL excellence. Come out and support the marching band as they compete for the first place trophy at the Duncanville Marching Invitational on Saturday, Nov.3. The band staff and stu- dents want to thank the parents and supporters of the band for their amazing assis- tance, guidance, and work this season. You are all amazing! TRUNK OR TREAT Tuesday, October 30th Lumpkins Stadium 8:00 P.M. (details posted spiritofwaxahachie.com)
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www.spiritofwaxahachie.com
WISD Band Staff
Rich Armstrong, Director of Bands Kendra Ray, Assistant Director of Bands
Roman Montoya, Color Guard Denise Armstrong, Color Guard
Tori Popp, Color Guard Paul Jaso, Percussion
Dan Francis, Head Director Howard JHS Reggie Cook, Assistant Director Howard JHS Angelyn Seppeler, Head Director Finley JHS Justin Bell, Assistant Director Finley JHS
October 2012
from the desk of...Rich Armstrong and Kendra Ray
The marching show, “Once Upon a Rose”, is complete and the band has done a superb job of performing this very beautiful show. At the Midlothian Marching Showcase the band won Best in Class 3A, 2nd Overall, Best Overall Winds, Best Overall Marching in the prelims and Grand Champion, Best Overall Winds, Best Overall Marching, Best General Effect in the finals competition. At the DeSoto Classic the band won Best in Class 3A, Outstanding Winds, Out-standing Marching, Outstanding Auxiliary in the prelims and Runner Up (2nd to Duncan-ville) in the finals. The band actually received one first place vote over Duncanville for the first time in the school’s history. At the UIL Region Marching Contest in Duncanville the band earned their 21st straight set of I’s as they continue the tradition of UIL excellence. Come out and support the marching band as they compete for the first place trophy at the Duncanville Marching Invitational on Saturday, Nov.3. The band staff and stu-dents want to thank the parents and supporters of the band for their amazing assis-tance, guidance, and work this season. You are all amazing!
Check spiritofwaxahachie.com for schedule information.
Spring Trip Payment Schedule
September 15 $100 October 13 $100 November 10 $100 December 15 $100 January 12 $100 February 2 Remaining
The eight students that recorded for All
State jazz will find out their results after the 10th of November.
They all did a great job and we wish them the best of luck. Preparation for the 6th Annual Jazz Café is going extremely well. Steady progress has been made and the event on February 2, 2013 will be an awesome night. Please come out and show your support on Tuesday, Novem-ber 13 when the jazz band performs their Fall Jazz Concert. Admission is free.
Percussion News The percussion sec-tion has made great
progress this season. They have moved up in the rankings at every contest and finished 5th at the DeSoto contest on Oct. 13. The great musicianship dis-played by the percussion section has helped the band’s music scores shoot to the top. Thanks to the front ensem-ble and drumline for your great contri-butions.
Waxahachie
Holiday Parade
Saturday, Dec 1st 10:00am
Football Schedule
Nov 2 Red Oak (Senior Night) Nov 9 @Ennis Nov 16 Playoff Weekend #1 Nov 23 Playoff Weekend #2
Congrats to the Waxahachie Color Guard for winning the Best in Class trophy at the Desoto Marching Contest on Oct. 13. Thanks for being excellent. The guard staff wants to thank Mr. and Mrs. Langston for all of their hard work and tireless efforts in creating the castle walls. They are absolutely amazing! We could not experience success without great parent support. The staff wants to announce the beginning of Winterguard. The first instructional practice will be held on Monday, November 12 from 5-8 pm in the band hall. Send all questions to Denise Armstrong [email protected] or Roman Montaya [email protected]. The winter guard is open to all student currently enrolled in grades 9-12.
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Each week throughout the marching season outstanding student band members are honored . These student are chosen for their positive and motivating dedication, determination,
musicianship, marching abilities, work ethic, and attitudes.
August 31, 2012 - Brass - Jesse Dillinger, Woodwind - Taylor Engel, Guard - Tedra Edmunson, Percussion - Colton Brinlee,
Freshman - Gabbie Wallace, Section - Color Guard September 14, 2012 - Brass - RJ Tarpley, Woodwind - Blake Wilson,
November Tuesday, 13 Fall Jazz Concert December Saturday, 1 Christmas Parade Thursday, 13 WHS Holiday Concert Friday, 14 All Region Jazz Concert Tuesday, 18 Howard Holiday Concert Thursday, 20 Finley Holiday Concert
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THANK YOU
Thank you to all the volunteers that have come out to work concessions at the Jr. High, Sub-Varsity, and Varsity football games. This is the largest source of income for the boosters and we could not do this without all of our volunteers that give countless hours in making this happen. A very special thank you to our Concession Managers: Aaron Clayton, Mike Simmel, Edward Quintana, Tricia Peyrot, Donna Ritchie, Paula Simpson, Casey Simpson and Bobbie Jones. They all work tire-lessly to make the Waxahachie Football Concessions heads above all the rest in quality and service.
Band Poster Businesses The boosters would like to thank the following businesses for supporting the band by display-ing photo posters of our WHS band students. If you stop by one of these merchants, please take the time to thank them for supporting the band. Big Thrift Blooms N More Buffalo Wild Wings Cancun’s Catfish Plantation Chicken Express Chick-Fil-A CiCi’s Pizza Citizens National Bank Daily Light Dairy Queen Discount Tire Divine Flowers Dr. Linguist Ellis County Music Ellis County Museum Firestone Fuzzy’s Taco Game Xchange Hasting’s Little Ceasar’s Logan’s Roadhouse
Marble Slab Merle Norman Merry Toppins My Father’s House Oma’s Papa John’s Parker Orthodontics Pizza Inn Polkadots Sassy Katz StarMart Taco Casa TaMolly’s Tire Town Tomato’s Vintage Bank White House Barber-shop Whitley’s Philley Grille Window World Zulas
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Allelo, David Allelo, Sue Allen, Lori Alvarez, Virginia Arney, Nolan Arney, Rachel Autry, Chip Autry, Tina Axtell, Kim Barksdale, Jay Bearden, Chris Bernal, Letty Bernal, Rick Bonillas, Nancy Brandes, Laura Brown, Bill Brown, Denise Buchanan, Carolyn Clayton, Aaron Clayton, Kyle Clemens, Chris Clemens, Stacy Colwell, Chrissy Conanan, Sharon Cook, Elizabeth Cook, Joy Cook, Trey Cooper, Sandy Craig, Maria Craig, Mikel Dacy, Jennifer Dalquest, Karen Doyal, Stacey DuFon, Charlotte DuFon, John Dyer, Kriss
Eaglen, Jennifer Eaglen, Scott Edmonson, Char-leta Engel, Tommy Engel, Tracey Erickson, Kirby Escobar, Cletus Escobar, Michelle Flores, Kathryn Franklin-Grimes, Crestina Friedmann, Debra Garcia, Diana Gasca, Sonia Goad, Beth Gomez, Veronica Gordon, Ellen Gordon, Paige Goss, Annette Goss, Karl Graham, Fidela Green, Erica Green, Michael Griffin, Betty Grimes, Jeff Grosso, Betsy Grosso, Pete Harris, Patty Harrison, Kendra Hebrank, Mike Henry, Beau Henry, Janet Hewson, Carol Ann Hewson, Kim Higley, Joanne
Holder, Anna Hugdahl, Allison Hughes, Cassandra Hunt, Lea Jones, Bobbie Kelley, Ginger Lambert, Chris Lanas, Angie Langston, Dawn Lincoln, Andrea Linguist, David Linguiest, Peggy Lopez, Becky Louque, Kathy Louque, Robin Loya, Tammie Manning, Debbie Martin, Fanny Martinez, Carmen McGee, Teresa McGlothlin, Lori McKay, Katie McMahan, Gay McMahan, Ronnie McMurray, Cheryl McMurray, Wade Meade, Sam Mechelay, Jim Mechelay, Krissi Merritt, Julie Melick, Chrisanna Meyer, Joe Meyer, Rhonda Morgan, Heather Morgan, Josh Muwaquet, Rabab
Oebel, Josh Oebel, Jeni Owens, Sharon Parker, Julie Perkins, Heidi Perez, Judy Peyrot, J.D. Peyrot, Tricia Popp, Lisa Popp, Perry Popp, Tori Price, Emily Quintana, Edward Quintana, Ronda Ray, Jimmie Redd, Joanna Rehonic, Laura Rencher, Kris Richardson, Lisa Rippey, Ruth Rippey, Susan Ritchie, Alan Ritchie, Donna Roder, Kaitlyn Rolen, Scott Rojas-Rojas, Elsa Rundgren, Hen-gameh Schueler, Mary Sessions, Shandra Sessions, Walter Shamel, Robert Shamel, Wendy Shepherd, Joyce Simmel, Donna Simmel, Mike
Simpson, Casey Simpson, Paula Smith, Cherrissa Smith, Jill Smithey, Theresa Speigner, Chris Speigner, Nena Spurlock, Ashley Svrcek, Tina Tamayo, Maria Terry, Michelle Tyler, Babs Tyler, Toby Underwood, Mitze Wallace, Elizabeth Woolard, Debbie Young, Jeanette Yrlas, Ernest
October Adult Volunteers
If your name is missing from this list then please submit your unrecorded volunteers hours by visiting the band website at spiritofwaxahachie.com. You can also signup for volunteer oppor-tunities on the band website.
SPECIAL PROJECTS It has been a great contest season and with the help of all of the many volunteers each student has been well taken care of. The band enjoyed the cookies and milk after practice during UIL week and the decorations in the band halls really pumped the kids up for the UIL marching con-test. Thank you to all of the many parents that helped with this.
I would like to thank Tina and Chris Autry for the wonderful barbecue and Peggy and David Linguist for the beautiful salad at the Midlothian contest. At the very wet DeSoto contest Robin Louque did an awesome job on the tacos and Babs and Toby Tyler made the great refried beans. Thanks to the Perkins family for donating all of the cupcakes at the UIL marching contest. The kids enjoyed special treat bags from the jun-ior parents which was organized by Donna Richie and Heidi Perkins. Many parents, grand-parents, aunts and uncles have contributed their time and talents that I can't even begin to thank each and everyone of you.
So many parents/grandparents baked goodies for the kids it is always an amazing thing to see. The kids eyes get a little glow when they see the wonderful assortment of goodies. Thank you! You are a wonderful group to work with and the band thanks you for your support! Great Job!
- Kathy Louque, AVP Special Projects
Our Parents are the Best!
The WISD band staff wants to thank each and every parent, supporter, and
fan for their awesome participation this year. Without your help and assistance this program would not continue to grow
in quality and excellence. Our volun-teers really help make it happen.
Thanks for everything!
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For Beginning Band Parents
Our beginners are making steady progress and are almost finished with their “Band Member” level of the badge line system. This is a motivational program whereby students who successfully pass-off a designated number of lines and/or scales from their methods books are awarded a badge at the end of each level. The first level in this program is simply called “Band Member.”
For Symphonic I and II Parents:
Eighth grade band night on September 28 with the high school was a great success. The kids had a wonderful time. All-Region tryouts will be November 9 & 10 in Duncanville. We all are diligently prepar-ing for these tryouts with weekly sectionals and individual listenings.
Symphonic I & II will perform at the Howard/Finley football game on November 6th at Lumpkins Stadium. We will perform for the second half of the B Team game and the 1st half of the A Team game. Symphonic I & II are already working on their Holiday concert music and the beginning band will soon follow. Our concert is Tuesday, December 18 at 7 PM in the Fine Arts Cen-ter. We hope to see everyone there. Please call if you have any questions.
Mark Your Calendars HOWARD HOLIDAY CONCERT - December 18 at 7:00 P.M.
FINLEY HOLIDAY CONCERT - December 20 at 7:00 P.M.
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For Beginning Band Parents: All the beginner classes are doing very well and are learning a lot! Starting with the second Nine-Week period, the amount of minutes each student must practice will go up to 150 per week. This equals about 20-25 minutes per day. Help your child remember to turn in their signed practice card every Thursday for full credit.
We will be passing out music for our Holiday concert very soon, so be listening for that when your child practices. They will have several pieces to perform with the full beginner band, plus a shorter piece that features just their class of instruments. The concert will be Thurs-day, December 20, at 7:00 p.m. Bring the entire family to support your band member!
For Symphonic and Honors Band Parents: The 8th Grade Band Night on September 28 was a huge success! Both junior high and high school students had a great time, and the band staff is discussing the possibility of doing some kind of joint performance in the spring semester, as well. Coming up quickly is the All-Region audition on No-vember 9 & 10. All Honors Band students and many Symphonic Band students
should be working diligently on their scales and the two etudes (3 etudes for percussion) which they will have to perform. They have weekly pass-off grades on all of this music in their sectionals, so attendance is absolutely integral to their success, as well as a good grade in band. Both bands will perform at the Howard/Finley 8th Grade football game on November 6. We will perform the second half of the B Team game and the first half of the A Team game. Additional information will soon follow. Students should have a flip folder and lyre (purchased at Ellis County Music) with all of the stand tunes by no later than Friday, November 2. Both bands are also working very hard on music for the Holiday Concert, which will be Thurs-day, December 20, at 7:00 p.m. Mark it on your calendar and bring the entire family for an evening of great music! If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at any time.
