Summer Practices

Summer practices are for all band members.

The first session is June 2^nd through 5^th starting at 9a and ending at 11:30.

The second session is Aug 3^rd through 21^st starting at 8a and ending at 3p.  The week of the 14^th times will work around the teacher in-service schedule.

For safety and to keep you informed, Band Registration Forms (click on image at right) need to be filled out and turned in to the Band Office by Fri morning June 5^th.

Also, before issuing the new uniforms, the Uniform Data sheet (another image at right) needs to be filled out and also turned in on the 5^th.

New Uniforms

In case you missed the June 5^th deadline during early summer practice, the Uniform Data Sheet is at the right:

This year, uniforms will not be taken home.  They will be stored at the band hall.  Your assigned uniform will be issued before each performance and must be turned in afterward.

Whites, guantlets and Shako hats & plumes will only be issued for competition performances.  We will still wear the "cowbow" hats for football games.

You can try on and finalize uniform assignments from 3—6p on the following days:

Get your HEB Cards Now!

... and all the time!

HEB Cards put 5% of their value in your students' travel accounts while giving the recipient 100% of the face value!  Honored at all HEB, HEBplus! and Central Market stores, as well as HEB gas stations and pharmacies.  This is a great way for Barton and Dahlstrom band members to get a head start on their travel account!  Get more information here.

Deleted or missed some emails from the Boosters?
You can review the messages at http://groups.google.com/group/Hays-Band-Boosters-Members  Google will ask you to sign in.  You must be a member of the email group and have (or create) a Google account that matches the email address you are receiving band emails (generally one you gave us on the band registration form turned into the band office).

The Hays Band Boosters is a parent organization.  It is neither part of nor sanctioned by Hays CISD.
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Band Directors

As can be seen above, our Band Directors wear a lot of "hats" (and shirts) and do a lot of duties above and beyond the norm.

While they occasionally have some fun, they also run a marching band from August through December including a few contests thrown in, which quickly converts to a festive holiday season (in between football play-off games), followed by concert season including Solo and Ensemble contests.  During all this, they are conducting their own bands, helping out bands on other Hays CISD campuses, outfitting and painting trailers, putting on acts for the students' enjoyment at lock-ins, playing janitor (just ask Mr. Huston what happens when someone gets overheated then gulps too much water), and coordinating the end-of-school-year band picnic.

And they keep the boosters informed along the way by attending the monthly booster meetings.

And they can cook some mean hamburgers and hotdogs.

Which sometimes gets the attention of onlookers ... including the San Marcos police!

When they are not helping each other or their students, here is who they are and their primary responsibilities.

	Mr. Tony Gibbs Director of Bands Hays HS Wind Ensemble 268-2911 x6227 312-4215 (home) 413-7334 (cell)	Tony Gibbs was born and raised in Monahans Texas where he graduated from high school in 1977.  He played in the band under the direction of his father, Dan Gibbs. Tony received the Bachelor of Music degree from Baylor University and the Master’s of Music degree from The University of North Texas.  He began teaching in 1983 and has taught in the Klein, Denton, Fort Stockton, Monahans, and Hays school districts.  Bands under Mr. Gibbs instruction have been consistent sweepstakes and festival winners as well as being finalists in numerous state level marching and concert competitions.  In 1999, his Monahans High School Band was selected as the 3A Honor Band for the state of Texas. His professional affiliations include Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, and Phi Beta Mu. He married his wife Janice in 1980.  Janice is a CPA and is employed by an Austin based company. Continuing the family tradition of playing in their parents' band, their children Stuart and Sarah played in the Hays HS bands until their graduation in 2006.
	Mr. Anthony P. Leflet Associate Director Hays HS Symphonic Band I Jazz Band Low Brass Specialist 268-2911 x6286 268-0554 (home) 413-1635 (cell)	Tony Leflet has been Associate Director at Jack C. Hays High School since the fall of 1998.  His duties include conducting the Symphonic I Band and Jazz Band, assisting with the Marching Band, and instructing low brass throughout the district.  During his years at Hays, Mr. Leflet has helped to uphold the bands' winning tradition. Mr. Leflet holds Bachelors and Masters degrees from Southwest Texas State University. His professional affiliations include TMEA, TBA and Phi Mu Alpha. Mr. Leflet, his wife Yarda and son Jack live in Kyle.  They have been married since 1998.  Tony's interests include playing golf and spending time with his wife.
	Mr. Christopher Gordon Associate Director Percussion Specialist Hays HS Symphonic Band III Hays Rebel Band Drum Line 268-2911 x6242 292-4956 (home) 789-2781 (cell)	Christopher W. Gordon has been with Hays CISD since 2001.  His duties include arranging for and instructing the Hays Drumline, conducting the Symphonic Band III, teaching percussion technique classes for grades 7-12, and teaching sixth grade beginning percussion. He received a BME from the University of Arkansas in 1997 and a MM in Percussion Performance from the University of Nebraska in 2000. Originally from Ft. Smith, Arkansas, Mr. Gordon was selected to play as a member of the Arkansas Governor’s School Orchestra as a senior in high school.  At the University of Arkansas, he performed in the Razorback Marching Band, Hogwild Basketball Pep Band, Wind Symphony, Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Band and with the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Nebraska, his duties included assisting with all athletic and concert bands and assisting with the instruction of the NU Drumline.  He also performed with the Wind Ensemble, NU Symphony Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble, and with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity and a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.  Mr. Gordon is also a member of the Percussive Arts Society, Texas Music Educator’s Association, and the Texas Bandmaster’s Association.
	Mr. Christian Huston Associate Director Hays HS Symphonic Band II 268-2911 x6242 689-1986 (cell)	Christian Huston has been with Hays CISD since 2005.  His duties include conducting the Symphonic Band II, assisting with the Rebel Marching Band, and instructing low brass technique at Dahlstrom Middle School. Mr. Huston received his Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Angelo State University in the spring of 2000.  Before coming to Hays High School, he was an assistant band director in Andrews, Texas. Mr. Huston's professional affiliations include being a member of TMEA, TBA, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. During any free time, he enjoys spending time with close friends, family, picking up golf tips from the rest of the staff, and keeping up with the Madison Scouts throughout the summer.
	Dr. Dulane Aaberg Hays CISD Double Reed Specialist 268-2911 x6214	Dr. Dulane Aaberg is the double reed specialist for Hays CISD. He is a native of Columbia Falls, Montana near Glacier National Park. His graduate studies were at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and he taught at Texas A&M in Corpus Christi before coming to Hays High School. A professional bassoonist, Dr. Aaberg has performed with the Corpus Christi Symphony and the Victoria Symphony.  Dr. Aaberg enjoys performing chamber music, and as a founding member of Camerata Del Sol, is an active recitalist in the South Texas area.
	Juliana Riecss Barton Middle School Band Director Hays HS Color Guard 268-1472 x6453	Juliana Riecss is the head band director at Barton Middle School, director of the Hays HS Color Guard, and is often seen helping her dad Don Riecss who is director of the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center (PAC). Juliana earned bachelor's degree in Music Education from West Texas A&M in 2001, and her Masters in Music Education in 2007 from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. She has been teaching since 2001.
	Amanda Brandt Barton Middle School Assistant Band Director 268-1472 x????	Amanda Brandt is the Assistant Band Director at Barton Middle School.  She is the director of the Symphonic Band and works the beginning band classes.  Amanda also assists with the Hays High School Marching Band. Amanda received her Bachelors degree in Music Education from Texas State University in December of 2005.  Before coming to Hays CISD she was the band director at Hernandez Intermediate in San Marcos. In her spare time Amanda enjoys running, visiting her family in Houston, and spends her summers teaching with the Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps.
	Pam McAnally Dahlstrom Middle School Band Director 268-8441 x6532	Pam McAnally is the head band director at Dahlstrom Middle School.
	Sharran Lusby Dahlstrom Middle School Assistant Band Director 268-8441 x6566	Sharran Lusby is the assistant band director at Dahlstrom Middle School.
	Angela Luther Hays High School Music Dept Assistant 268-2911 x6242	Mrs. Luther isn't a band director.  She just keeps the band directors, and all their students, on the right track.  Quietly.  Usually in the background.  Often without thanks.  But not forgotten!

2007 End of Summer Band Party

They Came.

They Splatted.
 

They Went Home.

Now watch the videos!

Falling Watermelon Impact

2008 - 2009 Hays Rebel Band Officers

How to get to Hays HS,
Shelton Stadium,
and the Performing Arts Center

Jack C. Hays High School and Shelton Stadium are at 4800 Jack C Hays Trail, Buda TX 78610, 512-268-2911

The following links are interactive so you can find your way from your location.

From IH35 exit 215, take RM 1626 to the west until the stop sign at Kohlers Crossing.  Take a left onto Kohlers Crossing until it dead-ends at RM 2770 (aka Jack C Hays Trail).  Turn right onto RM 2770 and park near the stadium.  You may be directed to alternate parking.

The Hays CISD Performing Arts Center is at 979 Kohlers Crossing near the intersection of RM 1626 on the way to Hays High.

Finding Away Games
and Contest Sites

Links will appear here prior to away events.

Private Lessons

Private instrument instruction is available to improve students' competence and confidence on their instrument.

Instructors have been interviewed by the band directors and are trained and experienced at the collegiate level.

Lessons are 30 minutes if before or after school, or 1/2 the band period.

The cost is $64 every 4 weeks paid to the private lesson instructor.

Please fill out this form and return to Mrs. Luther.

eMail Distribution Lists

The Booster Organization's primary way of getting out timely Band information is through email distribution lists.  The lists are run for the benefit of the band directors, the booster organization itself, and most importantly the parents of the band members.

While most info distributed by email will appear (later) on haysbands.org, last-minute changes before games, contests, concerts, fundraisers, etc demand that we use the more timely aspect of email.

The Hays Band Booster Organization currently runs the following email distribution lists:

How to Get on an eMail List

The primary way of getting on one or more of the lists is by putting your email address on the band registration form passed out to students during summer band or the first day of school.  You may put more than one email address on the form so that your receive emails at home or work or on your mobile device, and add family members.

If you are already on the list, you may add additional email addresses by sending email to the email coordinator (see "Boosters" page).

If you are not on the list, please send email with your students name, which school and band, and the director's name for verification.

When you are added to a list you will receive an "invitation" from the email coordinator which contains a link to accept the invitation.  The link will also give you the option of creating a Google account which you can do at that time or later.  Having a Google account lets you review past email messages and merge the Band Calendar into your own personal Google calendar.

Receiving emails

Emails from lists in the above table will have the following in the "From:" line (for example):
   Hays-Band-Boosters-Members@googlegroups.com on behalf of (real sender's name and email)

The majority of emails will come from the booster president or middle school representative in their role of supporting the directors.  However all directors from all three campuses can send to all the band email lists, so if you see a director's name on the "From:" line you know it is urgent.

The subject field will contain a prefix, such as HaysBand, so that you can easily set up rules to flag the message.  Knowing the sender and subject prefix also allows configuring spam filters to let the message pass.

Replying to eMails

For all groups (except the officers group), replies are only sent to the original sender.  The email distribution lists are not set up as forums and can only be used by the Hays Band Boosters president, the band directors, middle school reps, and (rarely) the email coordinator.  This keeps the volume of email low, puts the responsibility on the original sender to collect feedback and issue further information, and prevents email "storms".

Web Access

If you have "misplaced" an email, all messages are archived for your convenience.  See the links in the above table.  To view the archives you must have signed up for a Google account by assigning a password of your choice for your email address.  (You do not have to have or create a GMail address, no matter how much Google pleads.)

Sponsors

As hard as the booster volunteers work, there are just some things we need help with.  The fine folks at the following companies have helped us TREMENDOUSLY and get our heart-felt thanks!

• $1000 Donation for 2007 Hays Band Booster Scholarship Dinner
• Donated lots of salsa for 2007 Hays Band Booster Scholarship Dinner
• Donated shirts for volunteers to wear while serving at 2007 Hays Band Booster Scholarship Dinner

• Donated and Cooked all the Beans for the 2007 Hays Band Booster Scholarship Dinner

• Cooked all the Rice for the 2007 Hays Band Booster Scholarship Dinner

• $500 Donation for 2007 Hays Band Booster Scholarship Dinner

• $250 Donation for water in the stands during 2007 games