This is Mrs. Lawson's favorite youtube of Sleigh Ride!  Enjoy.

Practice-a-Thon 2014

  

Hope you are having a great summer!  We are pleased to welcome Mr. Richard Sullivan back to Dewitt Perry Middle School!  Mr. Sullivan brings an exemplary teaching background to the Mighty Eagle Band.   

Mr. Richard Sullivan’s career began in Georgetown Texas in 1979.  As a member of the Georgetown team, the bands won the TMEA 4A Honor Band 3 times, and the UIL State Marching Contest for 4A Bands 5 Times.

The Georgetown Junior High Bands were three times TMEA 3C State Honor Band Finalists and consistent UIL Sweepstakes Award Winners. 

In 1991, Mr. Sullivan moved to Midway Middle School in the Midway Independent School District in Hewitt Texas.  While there the middle school band earned the first consecutive UIL Sweepstakes Awards in more than 20 years.

In 1995, Mr. Sullivan moved to Coppell Texas and worked at Coppell Middle School West.   The middle school program fed into the award winning Coppell High School Band under the direction of Scott Mason. 

After a year in Frisco, Mr. Sullivan joined Mr. Paul Schmidt at DeWitt Perry Middle School in Carrollton and spent 5 wonderful years working with Mr. Schmidt and the students of DWP.  During this time, the Perry Middle School Band was TMEA 3C Honor Band finalists two times (in 2008 and 2009).

After 2 years at Blalack Middle School, Mr. Sullivan returns to DeWitt Perry Middle School.  

Honor Band UIL!

We are really excited for the Honor Band's performance at UIL on March 27th at Wakeland High School in Frisco. Many hours of preparation  have gone into this performance and we are sure it will pay off! Parents are more than welcome to come and listen to the Honor Band.

 

 

Here is the day's schedule:

 

Thursday, March 27^th        

7:30a.m. Arrive at school in FULL CONCERT UNIFORM

7:45a.m. FULL BAND REHEARSAL,

9:00 a.m.                Load buses

10:00 a.m.               Arrive at Wakeland H.S., Frisco

10:10 a.m.               Enter Warm-up Room

10:40 a.m.               U.I.L. Concert performance in auditorium (parents are strongly encouraged to attend- a map to Wakeland H.S. is                       provided in this packet)

11:10 a.m.               U.I.L. Sight-reading performance in the band hall (parents are allowed and encouraged to follow the band and                                          watch the sight-reading procedure!)

11:40 a.m.               Depart for Stonebriar Mall for lunch in the food court

1:15 p.m.                 Line up to load bus and leave 

2:00 p.m.                Arrive at Perry, hang out in band hall until 6^th period. 

CONGRATULATIONS ALL DISTRICT BAND MEMBERS!!!!!!

Flute 5th chair Emma Hoffman

Flute 6th chair Meg Hawkins

Flute 11th chair Kaushik Jampala

Oboe 1st chair Kit Hawkins

Clarinet 1st chair Katie Donia

Bassoon 1st Chair Rohini Kallianpur

Bassoon 3rd Chair Nick Hoffman

A.Sax 1st chair Matthew Sullivan

Trumpet 5th chair Lemuel Soto

Tenor Trombone 1st chair Gage Beason

Euphonium 6th chair Jesus Marban

Percussion 1st chair Brendan Glascock

Percussion 5th Chair Graham Viegut

Percussion 7th Chair Alec Eoff

The band directors are very proud of all our competitors!  

Pack the park at Perry!

 

Dear Honor, Symphonic and Concert Band Parents and Students,

 Next Tuesday, October 29^th, we will perform at the annual Pack the Park Football game.  We will play during the 8^th grade game.  8^th grade, A team football players will play with the band during the 8^th grade B game; 8^th grade, B team football players will play with the band during the 8^th grade A game.  Our portion of the football game will begin at 5:45 and end around 8:30pm.   Uniform for the performance is new band shirt and black pants.

 

The band sits on the East (Visitors) side of the field due to limited space on the home side.  Please do not bring your child food or drink while we are in the stands, this creates major problems for us logistically.  If your child would like to eat he/she may do so prior to 5:45 (see below).

 

Parents may pick students up after instruments have been properly stored following the first half of the 8^th grade A game (approximately 8:30 p.m.) 

 

For band members needing to stay after school: 

4:00p.m. – 5:30 p.m.:  Movie and relax time in the band hall pizza is available for $2, or students may bring their own sack supper.  Students must stay in the band hall under the supervision of the directors, this is NOT a come and go social activity. 

 

As in all band performances, this is a summative (75%) or major grade.   All band members have been preparing for this for many weeks, particularly the Honor and Symphonic band members.  We are very proud of their progress and know you will enjoy their playing.  Unexcused absences will result in a zero. 

Dear Honor Band Students and Parents,

 Wednesday, October 30^th, you will be competing for recognition as an honorary member of the 2013 All-District Band. Entry fees for this contest are $5.00 and have been included in your band fees that were due on Sept. 20^th.  If you have not paid your band fees please send that with your student as soon as possible.   The major purpose of this audition is to give CFBISD students additional experience in trying out before their All-Region Auditions in November.  The intent of this letter is to help you understand the process of auditioning and the responsibilities and commitments related to your tryout.   We felt this letter would assist everyone in having a smooth and efficient audition.  We are also very aware that Wednesday is a school night and want to greatly reduce the amount of time any single student spends in the audition process.

 

Audition Day:

Wednesday, students will receive an audition time when they arrive and check in with their room monitor at the designated room.   This is the time the student should be prepared to enter the audition room, so plan to arrive 15 to 30 minutes ahead of time to be fully warmed up.  The auditions are at Dewitt Perry Middle School, 1709 E. Beltline Road.  Please note the attached map and the appropriate entry doors.  Warm-up will be allowed only in the designated area; absolutely no playing or loud talking will be tolerated in the hallways.  Students should be in hallways when moving to and from their audition room.   At all other times students should be in the warm-up area or the cafeteria.

 

Audition Procedure:

Students will enter their audition room individually.  A monitor will be outside each room keeping students in order and making sure each student knows what to play.  Be sure you understand exactly what to play before you enter the room.  The student will then play 2 major scales and chromatic from memory, after playing scales the student will play an excerpt from the first half of their lyrical etude; then an excerpt from the first half of the technical etude.  Students are then allowed 30 seconds to study the sight-reading which will be 8 measures long, in the key of Bb, Eb or F Major. (Your director will have more details about what the sight-reading music will and will not contain).  Students must know the sequence of performance, when auditioning the student should play each exercise without waiting to be told, this will save lots of time if everyone is prepared.  The judge's will time the sight-reading and prompt that portion of the audition.

 

Percussion auditions will be in the following sequence:

Major Scale, Mallet Etude, Timpani, Snare rudiment, Snare etude and sight-reading

Each percussionist should bring his music and mallets to the audition, all instruments will be provided.

 

Following the audition the student should pack his/her instrument and is free to go home.  All results will be available from each school's director on Thursday, October 31^st.

 

If you have any questions please call your school's director for clarification.  You should be proud of your child and their efforts in preparing for this major event.

 

Students qualifying for the All-District Band receive a certificate recognizing their accomplishment.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Julia Lawson

Ben Howard

Band Directors at Perry Middle school