Ten months of band fun!
Nine flutes a-dancing,
Eight Brame analogies,
Seven saxes swinging,
Six cool band trips,
Five golden means,
Four pep band games,
Three French horns,
A two-headed turtle,
And a piccolo in the key of C.
So here's my list of the coolest DHS Band event for each month of the school year:
- August - Marching Band Camp! The march off at the end of the week is only one of many great traditions.
- September - The Potpourri Concert where Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble debut for the year in front of a capacity crowd in the auditorium.
- October - Bandorama, the shortest and loudest concert of the year.
- November - The Fall Band Concert where each group gets to show off all of their first quarter work.
- December - The Jazz Band's gig in the front hall on the day before winter break (although the citrus unloading is a close second!)
- January - The Honors Level Recital, everyone's favorite last-minute concert paper opportunity.
- February - The Evanston Township HS Jazz Festival with the requisite side trip to Buffalo Joe's.
- March - The Solo and Ensemble Contest together with our friends from HPHS.
- April - Jazz Night as the Jazz Band joins forces with Choraliers for a swinging evening.
- May - The social event of the year, the Band Awards Dinner!
So what do we do in June and July? To paraphrase former Chicago Cub legend, Rogers Hornsby, "We stare out the window and wait for fall."
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