Dorman Cavalier Band!

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Enjoy your Summer 2009!

We start back up on July 20th from 1:30-4 PM for all Band Officers.

All first year DHS marchers report July 21-22 at 8 AM. Brass will rehearse those days from 1-2:30 and Woodwinds from 3-4:30.

All Percussion (Front Ensemble and Battery) will practice July 21-23 8-11:30 and 1-4:30.

All Color Guard will practice on July 24-25 8-11:30 and 1-4:30. Guard wil not meet on July 23

Open House for all Band members and their parents will be at 7 PM on Thursday, July 23. Please remember to bring your second $100 band payment. All checks should be made out to "Dorman Band" and indicate your student's name in the memo line.

Gable MS

Congratulations to the Gable Middle School Honor Band for their outstanding performance at Concert Festival. They earned an Excellent Rating on stage and Superiors in the sight-reading room! Way to go!!

DHS
Congratulations to our Wind Ensemble for their performance at SCBDA Concert Festival at Lexington HS on March 25, 2009. The band received straight Superior ratings in class V! Congratulations to all students and staff for this accomplishment!

DFC
Congratulations to the Dorman Freshman Campus Symphonic Band for their performance at SCBDA Concert Festival at Woodmont HS on March 26, 2009. The band received two Superior and one Excellent rating for their stage performance and two Excellent ratings for their sight-reading performance. Congratulations to all students, Ms. Hembree and Mr. Burton for this accomplishment.

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Congratulations to the following Dorman Band students that made the All State and Region Bands! We are very proud of your hard work! Alternates for All State are also listed as Region Band members.

ALL STATE BAND MEMBERS

Clarinet Haylee Utter
French horn Taylor Peterson
Tuba Cameron Harvard
Snare Brandon Lindsey
Snare Colin Whitcomb

REGION BAND MEMBERS

Clarinet Haylee Utter
Clarinet Haley Tyson
Clarinet Claudia Cooper
Bass Clarinet Chris Prince
Alto sax Kevin Pham
Bari sax Ashley Willis
Trumpet Matthew Stansell
Trombone Graham McBride
Trombone Kelly Thomas
Euphonium Mayfield Reynolds
Tuba Cameron Harvard
Timpani Michael Christiano

Flute Ashley Keever
Oboe Holli Branum
Clarinet Ada Bennett
Trumpet Dusan Sojourner
French horn Anna Thomason
Trombone Angelina Viviano
Trombone Michael Stansell
Tuba Jonathan Bussey
Snare Victor Perez
Timpani Taylor Steinberg

We also have students from our middle schools that also made the Region and All State Bands.

We want to congratulate them on this incredible accomplishment.

JUNIOR ALL STATE BAND

Trumpet David Prince Dawkins Middle School

Trumpet Miles Hampton Gable Middle School

JUNIOR REGION BAND

Flute Megan Cummins Dawkins Middle School
Clarinet Mary Anderson Dawkins Middle School
Clarinet Mikaela Jones Dawkins Middle School
Trumpet Dylan Dotson Dawkins Middle School
French horn Luke Turner Dawkins Middle School
Trombone Raymond Ly Dawkins Middle School

Flute Morgan Hope Gable Middle School
French horn Mitchell Grant Gable Middle School
Tuba William Ledbetter Gable Middle School

The Dorman Marching Cavaliers competed in the State 5A Marching Band Championships on Saturday, Nov. 1st. The Dorman Band qualified for the finals with a Superior rating. The Marching Cavaliers had the 2nd highest Visual Effect score in the preliminary competition. The Dorman Band finished in 7th place in the finals of the State Marching Championship. Congratulations to all of the band members on their outstanding success this season!

The Dorman Marching Cavaliers competed in the Pirates Cove Classic at Porter Ridge High School in Charlotte, NC on Saturday, October 25th. The Dorman Band won Best Drum Line, Best Color Guard, Best Drum Major, High General Effect, High Marching, and High Music in Class 4A. The Marching Cavaliers scored a Superior Rating and were 1st Place in Class 4A.

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Please visit the new Gable Band Website!

www.gableband.com

District 6 Region Band Students at Furman Unvirsity

    Letter to Rising 9th Grade Band Parents
We want your 8th grade band member to be a part
of the 2008 addition of the Marching Cavaliers.
Click here to read the letter from the Dorman 
Band Director, Dave Bruce.  


Click here to see a Four Year Plan to take Band
every year and still get all of your college credits.  

Attention Dorman Band members and parents:
If you have some great digital pictures that you would like
to share, please email them to Mr. Bruce.  Please pick your 
best 4-5 shots.  They can be performances, fun times, 
practice, etc.  Thank you!