CDHS Band Announcements
News of the week from the CDHS Band Program!
Announcements May 14th, 2024
Hello Everyone!
Hard to believe that May is here! Please check out your updated band announcements below:
Band Officer's Bake Sale: Thank you to all the band officers and baked good bakers. The baked sale was a great success!!
PA State Capitol Performance: This week, the CDHS Marching Band was suppose to perform as part of the PA VFW Loyalty Day celebration in the Capitol Rotunda on May 1st. Unfortunately, through some egregious communication errors from the Capitol, the marching band showed up and was unable to perform, due to 'new protocols' forbidding brass and percussion performances. This is a huge slap in the face to live performance, student musicians, and school music programs. Please consider finding your representatives here, and contacting them to alert them to this event and ask them to relook at these policies inside the Capitol. What could have been an awesome experience for our students in music performance, civics, and community service, turned into a lesson in governmental inefficiency, and non-support of our awesome student musicians. Thank you for your support!
Music in the Parks: As the year winds down, Music in the Parks is an adjudication program that Central Dauphin HS Hosts on many Friday's and Saturday's in the HS auditorium. We need student help to run these programs that bring in money for the band program. Please consider volunteering here: https://forms.gle/XpvTDKVawHmxYQDPA. Please note that filling out this form doesn't guarantee you will be selected to help. Helpers will also be able to get out of classes on some Fridays during the day.
Band Car Wash: Thank you to all the awesome band students who signed up for the first band car wash of the season!! Lots of funds were raised and lots of fun was had!
Senior Band Scholarships: Each spring, the CDHS Band program is proud to offer graduating senior members the opportunity to apply for monetary awards sponsored by the CDHS band program. Each award is named after former members of the CDHS music community for their contributions to our program. Please find the award application here: https://forms.gle/mpBPA1KrbyAkFbDNA Applications are currently open and should be submitted by no later than May 13th.
Band Banquet: The annual CD Band Banquet will be held on Thursday May 23, 2024 at 6:00pm at the Colonial Golf & Tennis Club located at 4901 Linglestown Road. This event is open to all CD Band students (Marching Band and Color Guard, Concert Bands, Jazz Bands, Percussion Ensemble, Pit Orchestra, Indoor Guard, Indoor Drumline, Indoor Winds, etc.) and their families.
The menu will include a pasta bar with chicken and meatballs, salad, dessert, and drinks. The cost is $30.00 per person. Please visit the link below to RSVP. Please make sure to read the form thoroughly and complete it no later than Monday May 13th. We need an accurate count of how many students and family members will be attending.
Payments for the banquet can be dropped off in The Box in the Band Room. Checks can be made out to the Central Dauphin Band Boosters. Please make sure to include the name of the student on the envelope so we can keep accurate records.
Here is the link to RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFO-LGElMB3oGsPYKkWdoMLesxUjZJyzI9QTAi0IZjRUvCOQ/viewform
Any questions, please reach out to our banquet coordinator: Sheila DeNezza - sdenezza@comcast.net
Keep an eye out for: Coming out in the next few weeks:
-Details about the CDHS Band Program trip for 2024-25
Thank you all for reading!
Best,
Mr. Tate
2024-25 Marching Band Season Camp Dates
Indoor Guard at CD East
CDID presents "The Crow"
CD RamBand
Email: state@cdschools.org
Website: cdramband.org
Location: 437 Piketown Road, Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone: 717-703-5360