DMS Band Back to School Newsletter!
WELCOME BACK!
In This Newsletter:
- Week At A Glance
- Open House Information
- Band Parent Meeting image
- Handbook
- Beginner Band
- Concert Band
- Symphonic Bands
- How to Pay Fees
- DMS CALENDAR PDF - subject to change as events are added
- HANDOUT PDF from last week!
This Week: At A Glance!
Tuesday: Advisory Bell Schedule today - DMS OPEN HOUSE - Check arrival time by last name
Wednesday:
Thursday: DMS Scrimmage football game (called "Meet the Panthers" - free!)
Friday:
DMS OPEN HOUSE
DMS BAND PARENT MEETING
Please plan to stop by our first band parent meeting! Get your questions answered, get an overview of the year and what you'll need and learn how you can volunteer with us!
2022-2023 Bands
Please review the Handbook below with your student(s). We have not set a due date for the signature page, so you do not have to send that in at this time. We will set a date this week!
Beginner Percussion will not be its own separate class anymore, and instead will join up with Woodwinds and Brass classes. We have about 20 new percussionists, and they will be split in half between WW/Brass classes.
Thanks for helping our program grow!
Beginner Band
Welcome to Discovery Middle School Bands!
Our students have been wonderful so far!
We will be spending this week exploring all of our instruments and allowing those students who have not yet chosen an instrument to make that decision.
We will have our "sorting" ceremony on Monday of next week and we are SO EXCITED to get started! We are still on track to have our first day with instruments be August 16th!
Check out our syllabus below and the band handbook in this newsletter to get any detailed questions answered, but please remain patient! We have a lot of info to give out and we try not to overwhelm everyone with it all in the first couple of days.
Band fees will be logged into our charms computer system (which we will discuss at our band parent meeting) and we will be able to email statements to each band member. You will be able to keep up and see exactly what you owe.
We will place an order for textbooks next week, but students are welcome to grab their own when you guys go get an instrument if you'd like.
Again, we hope to have instruments by August 16th - so once your student has chosen, please make it a priority to get them set up and ready to go with a great instrument!!!!
Please email us with questions about acquiring instruments if you have them!
Concert Band
Symphonic Bands
Music can be found at www.dmsbands.org
Student resources ---> Music
Password: "pantherpassword"
If you are unable to print, no problem! We will make it happen for your student.
Step-up Instruments
FOOTBALL PEP BAND PERFORMANCES
(Concert and Symphonic Only)
Below is our DMS Football Schedule. Remember: DMS Con&Sym1/2 all play at the DMS home games only. Subject to change!
Home Games: 8/25, 9/8 & 9/15(LMS)
We will also keep the possibility open to playing at the championship game on 10/13 if we make it!
This is a grade in the gradebook, this is some of the music we will be focusing on in class!
First day of school handout PDF - all students received on the first day of school!
Discovery Middle School Bands
Email: info@dmsbands.org
Website: www.dmsbands.org
Location: 1304 Hughes Road, Madison, AL, USA
Phone: 256-837-3735
Facebook: facebook.com/DMSBAND