Issues Renting Instruments?

Alumni Band Weekend Registrants:

We are excited that so many of you are joining us for Band Day 2014! Please note, that if you did not select and pay the $10 instrument rental fee then we will not have an instrument for you to rent. We have a limited number of each instrument and will be verifying that you paid before issuing instruments. Please make arrangements to bring your own instrument to Band Day 2014.

Thanks for your understanding and Hook 'Em!
 

Kids at Band Day

This is just a friendly reminder that children over the age of 2 are required by Athletics to have a ticket to enter the stadium. Please abide by their policy.

At the Indoor Practice Facility (IPF aka..Bubble) it's imperative that we respect Athletics facility and their equipment. While we welcome the vibrant energy and enthusiasm of children, they are to be closely monitored by an adult not participating in rehearsal. Please find a friend or babysitter for this task. We appreciate your help with this matter as guests of the Athletic department.

Lastly, for the safety of your child and others, children and non-LHAB members are NOT allowed to march in the ranks. We will have an LHAB officer and other adults assigned to walk this group of kids on the sidewalks near the band. Each child must have their ticket in hand as they will use a different entrance from LHAB. Your children will be escorted to our section of the stadium.

Thanks for your understand and making this a fun day for all ages,
LHAB Officers

Call for Players - Post-Mr. D Memorial @ Scholz's - Sunday, October 19th

Mr. DiNino always held a special place in his heart for LHAB.  As was his wish, he wanted LHAB to a part of his memorial.

We are looking for volunteers to play traditionals at Scholz's following the service on Sunday, October 19th.

Scholz Garten 1607 San Jacinto Blvd. Austin, TX 78701

No uniform is required, just bring your instrument, play your heart out, and honor Mr. D! 

The U-Hauls will be there as well with the rented instruments. (All instruments will be returned by 2 pm.)

The reception begins at 12 pm.  Our performance will take place after a short presentation in honor of Mr. D from Alpha Phi Omega and the Texas Cowboys.  Mr. D's favorite jazz band will perform acoustically until the end of the reception.  

If you have any questions, please contact George Moxley at utband1@gmail.com.

Friday Night Rehearsal Location - St. David's Church

Friday Night's rehearsal will be held at St. David's Episcopal Church.

St. David's Church301 E 8th Street, Austin, TX 78701


The schedule is as follows: 

5:00-8:30 pm: Check-In

6:15-6:30 pm: UT Club Pep Rally 

7:15-8:15 pm: Playing Rehearsal & Annual Meeting

8:15-9:30 pm: LHAB Social @ St. David's

Parking is available at St. David's garage and meter parking nearby.

Band Day Uniform Reminder!

In order to participate in LHAB Band Day, all members MUST be in the following uniform:

-black pants

-black shoes

-black socks

-ELBOW LENGTH OR LONGER white collared shirt

**The longer sleeved shirt is a change from previous years, and was made to compliment the burnt orange arm-bands LHAB will be wearing to honor Mr. D.

**Members may opt to wear a short sleeved collared shirt as long as a longer sleeved white shirt is worn underneath.

As usual, burnt orange vests will be issued on Saturday.

Music and Music Pick-Up Instructions

Music and Music Pickup

All of the music that we will be playing on Band Day can be found at http://www.lhab.org/login/music.cfm.

We will play all of the following songs either in the stands and/or during halftime (see the 2014 band day show blog post for more details on this year's halftime show):

Calypso

Grandioso

March of the Longhorns

Texas Fight

The Eyes of Texas

The Yellow Rose of Texas

Wabash Cannonball

There are two music pickup times:

Friday, October 17, 2014 (St. David's Episcopal Church; 301 E. 8th St., Austin, TX 78701)

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Saturday October 18, 2014 (The University of Texas Music Building and Recital Hall)

10:00AM - 11:00AM

Music Pickup Directions

1. Choose your appropriate music folder - music parts are first come, first serve. Brass players: first parts go quickly. I encourage those wishing to play first part to download / print your own music or pickup your music on Friday night.

2. Before leaving the music table, please check to make sure that all of the music you need is in the folder you chose. If not, return the folder and grab a different folder.

3. Play your chops off.

4. After the game, turn in your music in the choir room on the marked table. If you must leave early, please ask a friend to turn in your music folder. Please do not leave your music in the stands at the stadium. 

Thanks and Hook 'Em!

Heather Wright

Longhorn Alumni Band

Vice President: Music Librarian / TBS Liaison

hewright@yahoo.com

LHB Silks: 1997 - 2002

Band Day 2014 Schedule

FRIDAY, October 17     LOCATION~St. David's Church 
                                    301 E 8th Street, Austin, TX 78701

5:00-8:15 pm                Pick up Name tags, BBQ wristbands, Spirit Items; Late registration; Instruments & Music; London Uniforms Distribution 

6:15-6:45pm                 UT Club Pep Rally

7:15-8:30 pm                Business Meeting, Scholarship Presentations, Playing Rehearsal
8:30-9:30pm                 Social Hour
9:30-10:00pm               Vacate St. David's Church

SATURDAY, October 18

10:00 - 11:00 am           Pick up Name tags, BBQ wristbands, Spirit Items; Instruments & Music; London Uniforms Distribution (water, juice, snacks) (Band Hall)

10:00 - 10:30 am           Section Leader Meeting (Byrd Room)  

11:15 am                      Shuttle/Walk to Denius Practice Facility (Bubble)

11:30 am                      Set Up/load in (Bubble)

12:00 – 2:00 pm            LHAB Playing and Marching Rehearsal (Bubble)

2:15 - 2:45 pm              Combined Rehearsal with LHB (Bubble)

3:00 - 4:00 pm              LHB Rehearsal (Bubble)

3:00 - 4:15 pm              LHAB BBQ Meal (Breezeway between BSOM and COFA)

4:15 pm                        LHB BBQ Meal (Band Hall)

4:30 - 5:30 pm              Pick up Vests - must be in uniform (2.106)

5:30- 5:48 pm               LHAB Line-up for march down

5:50 pm                        Call-to, LHAB step-off for march-down to DKR-TMS

6:30 pm                        LHB Line-up and Step-off

7:00 pm                        Kickoff 

SUNDAY, October 19   

10:00-11:30 am             Mr. DiNino’s Memorial Service @ Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Concert Hall

                                    2350 Robert Dedman Dr. Austin, TX 78712

                                   

12:00-2:00 pm               Mr. DiNino’s Reception @ Scholz

                                    1607 San Jacinto Blvd. Austin, TX 78701

Opening the reception, the APO, Silver Spurs, and Cowboys will present Mrs. DiNino a gift in Mr. D's honor.  Afterwards, LHAB members are welcome to perform. Please bring your instrument. The U-Hauls will be there with the rented instruments. Return all instruments at 2p.m.  Mr. D's favorite jazz band will perform acoustically until the end of the reception. 

Get your cameras ready as the UT Tower will be lit in Mr. DiNino's honor on Sunday evening! Hook 'Em! 
* Set your DVR as Longhorn Network will air our halftime show.

Parking and Shuttle Schedule

Pick-up and drop-off locations:

1. On Saturday morning (between 9:15 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.) a Charter bus will make multiple trips to pick up LHAB members from the Speedway Garage Entrance on Speedway and drop them off at MRH (Band Hall building).

2.  Post-Practice: A shuttle will be provided from the bubble to the Music Recital Hall. (Three loops only).

After the game (and up to 75mins. later) the bus will make multiple trips to pick up LHAB members at the SE corner of Robert Dedman & E. Dean Keeton and drop them off at the Speedway Garage.

Payment instructions:
1. The link is here: https://utparking.clickandpark.com/venue. 
2. Select the radio button by DKR- Texas Memorial Stadium and then hit next. 
3. Hit "Select" by the Iowa State Game. 
4. Select the radio button by the Speedway Garage and click on "Add to Cart". 
5.  When checking out, they use "DININO" as the coupon code for $7.50 off. 

 All permits are mailed out from our permit vendor directly to you. 

*** PLEASE NOTE: For football, the parking attendants get there at 7 am in the morning. You can park all day with this permit. The permit itself will have a start time of fours hour before and four hours after the kick-off time. It unfortunately is a bug that we cannot change in the system. The parking permit is still valid.***

Time:	Special Instructions:
9:00-11:00 a.m.	Pick up from Speedway Garage and shuttle to the Music Recital Hall (MRH) at Robert Dedman stop.
11:15 a.m. 11:55 a.m.	Pick up at Robert Dedman stop and shuttle to the Indoor Practice Facility (Bubble).
12:45 p.m.	Pick up at Robert Dedman stop and shuttle to the CO-OP on Guadalupe. Stay parked at designated area.
1:20-1:35 p.m.	Return Pep Band to Bubble.
2:45-3:30 p.m.	Pick up band members from Indoor Practice Facility (Bubble) and shuttle to Music Recital Hall (MRH) and proceed to Speedway Garage. Three loops only! Reserved for seasoned veterans, disabled, parents with young kids to board first.
3:30 p.m.	Park the bus. Driver can attend the 7:00 p.m. game. Leave during the 4th quarter to retrieve the bus.
9:45-11:00 p.m.	Following the game, the bus will run up to 75 minutes afterwards until no one else is at Robert Dedman & Dean Keeton stop.

Mrs.Timothy Sloan DiNino's Letter to LHAB

October 2, 2014

To the Longhorn Alumni Band:

I’m looking forward to seeing all of you at the 51^st year of the birth of the Longhorn Alumni Band.  What an accomplishment! 

The fact that the Alumni Band has grown into the organization that it is today was a source of great pride to Vince.  It was his dream that you would function as you do—as a chance for the “old” Longhorn banders to reunite to see old friends, meet new friends, and play music together once again.  Each year, Vince so looked forward to being with all his “children.”  It was through his efforts and love for all of you that we will all gather together once again.

In 1955, I saw those less than 100 men take the field and actually march in a straight line and sort of play in tune.  Over the next years, I saw the birth of the Showband of the Southwest and watched it grow into the great band that is fielded today.  You LHAB folks, as former members of the LHB, helped accomplish that.  You are the history of the LHB.  You and the LHB have worked together to see the band of today march out on that field at every football game and look like and play like the band Vince dreamed would someday become reality. 

Over the years that Vince and I have been together, it has been so much fun to meet and get to know so many of you.   It will be an honor to be with you, and to hand each scholarship student the scholarship award that Vince established and was earned by the recipient.  I know that the show you have planned and all that you are doing in memory of my wonderful and beloved husband will be an incredible show and I thank you from my heart of hearts.    

Congratulations to each and everyone of you for a job well done.  I look forward to seeing you and to being with you at the places and with the people Vince loved so much.

Warmest greetings to all of you,

Timothy Sloan DiNino

Instrument Check Out

It’s time to dust off those horns again!  We are anticipating another great turnout this year, so here is the general info on instruments.  

First, please REGISTER EARLY to reserve an instrument if you need one.  We have a very limited amount of instruments and if you wait until Friday night, we cannot guarantee the correct instrument for you.  REMINDER, we do not own any woodwind instruments to check out, so please bring your own.  Also, if you can borrow an instrument from a friend, family member, or local school, PLEASE DO!  We are looking into getting more mellos and percussion, but as always, we anticipate having a limited amount.  

This year on the registration section of the website, we will have an updated number of instruments available for a first come, first served basis.  Instruments will be handed out between 5:00pm and 6:45pm at the loading dock at St. David's Church, look for the U-Haul truck, on Friday, October 17^th.  Please show up early, because those who do will be given priority when selecting an instrument.  

If by chance you still have an instrument from last year, please contact me so I can update our inventory.  If you ABSOLUTELY cannot attend on Friday and you cannot have someone else pick up you instrument for you, please contact me.  I look forward to seeing everyone again this year!  

And please, BRING YOUR OWN INSTRUMENT IF POSSIBLE!!!  TUBA!’s and Mellos, if you are checking out an instrument, bring your own mouthpiece and valve oil.  Mellos, be aware that we own “F” Mellos, as that has been an issue in the past.  Percussion, bring your own mallets as we do not own any.  

If you have any questions, send an e-mail to jaime_r_luna@yahoo.com.

Hook’Em!

Jaime Luna

LHAB Vice President Equipment

Guest Game Tickets Iowa 2014

This year, we tentatively have tickets reserved for us in the section adjacent to where the LHAB is sitting. Please see the stadium diagram for the location of our seats (sections 120 and 121) and available guest seats (section 122). Guests seats are available for $55 each (face value- the amount the LHAB is charged), and you may purchase them on our registration form. Pick guest tickets up Friday night at the business meeting or Saturday during check-in.

Please understand that because there are so many season ticket holders in the stadium and because of a new NCAA rule that requires a certain number of visiting fans to sit near the field, we do not have a choice as to our guest seating location. We are grateful to UT Athletics for making this block of seats available to us.

Hook ‘em!
Kent Kostka
Trumpet, ‘85-‘91

Officer Nominations 2014-2015

2014-2015 LONGHORN ALUMNI BAND OFFICER NOMINEES

(1 Year Term)

President	Nefertiti Williams
President-Elect	Ben Brooks
Vice President/Treasurer	Cynthia Wren
Vice President/Secretary	Jennifer Wesoloski-Betak
Vice President/Librarian/TBS Liaison	Heather Wright
Vice President/Technology	Ben Lee Schneider
Vice President/ Registration	JoLyn Peters
Vice President/ Registration	Janice Stone
Vice President/ Registration	Joe Dahlstrom
Vice President/Communication	Emily Ellenberg
Vice President/Communication	Matt Brandt
Vice President/ KKY Liaison	Eddie Martinez
Vice President/Alumni-LHB Liaison	Kevin Collins
Vice President/Equipment	Jaime Luna
Vice President/Archives	Sara Beth Purdy
Vice President/ Partners in Education	Vince Goodwine
Austin Area Rep	George Moxley
Dallas Area Rep	Scott Harmon
Houston Area Rep	Tom Staton
San Antonio Rep	Casey Magnuson
Past President	vacant

2014-2015 NOMINEES TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THE LONGHORN ALUMNI BAND

Joe Dahlstrom	3 year term expires 2107
Ruth Dahlstrom	3 year  term expires 2017

2014-2015 NOMINEES TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 THE LONGHORN ALUMNI BAND CHARITABLE FUND

Donna Beth McCormick Kent Kostka

2 year term expires 2016 3 year term expires 2017

Respectfully submitted by LHABCF Nominating Committee – Scott Hendrix, Chair