Band Day 2012 Live Blog

Whether you can't make it or want family and friends to follow along, check out the LHAB Live Blog of Band Day and all of the alumni weekend festivities. You can watch below, at http://www.lhab.org/live and on our LHAB Facebook Page. We will provide updates as our connection from the stadium permits. You can also chime in from Twitter with the hash tag #lhab2012.

Friday Post-meeting Fun

Posse East and Crown and Anchor will both have happy hour specials for LHAB members following our business meeting and rehearsal tonight. Just show your LHAB name tag at Posse from 8-9 or Crown and Anchor from 8-10 to take advantage!

Parking - UPDATED 9/6

Parking on Friday will be in the San Jacinto Garage across from the Band Hall. Parking will cost $6 on Friday.  Parking on Saturday will be in the Speedway Garage and the cost will be $10.  Representatives from Parking Services will be at the Band Hall Friday night to collect parking payments for both days and you can pay by credit card.  

If you are not coming until Saturday, please pick up a coupon at registration or download one here to include with your payment in an envelope that you will pick up at the Speedway Garage office.  Please be sure to pay or you will receive a $25 bill in the mail.

There should be ample parking around the Music Building East and Law School after 5:45 PM on Friday evening for rehearsal and check-in, but please pay attention to signs indicating time and permit restrictions. 

UPDATE: We are working on getting parking at a reduced rate at the San Jacinto Garage directly across from the Band Hall for Friday night.  As it looks now they will have someone there to pay as you enter the garage.  Will send out an email when the plan is finalized.

Vehicles remaining in the garage after midnight will be towed to clear the parking garage for the game on Saturday. * LHB/LHAB ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PARKING/TOWING FEES. 

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Game day parking is always scarce. 

Again this year UT is offering us the use of the Speedway Garage located at 27th and Speedway. The parking fee is $10 for the whole day. (Parking is usually $15.) They will be reserving us spaces in the garage. 

There was some confusion last year about paying when the attendant was not at the exit at the end of the game. Here is what should be done when exiting when the attendant is not there. 

Anyone finding an envelope on their vehicle when they return to that vehicle should place $10 in the envelope along with your LHAB parking coupon and drop the envelope in the white "NIGHT DROP BOX" located at the exits on Level 2 of the garage (the exits nearest the garage office).  If there isn't an envelope on your car, drive to the exit floor.  Last year there were envelopes outside the closed office.  Take one of those envelopes and complete the information, especially the license plate portion of the form.  If the envelopes are not turned in with payment within the time frame noted on the envelope, you will subsequently receive a $25 citation in the mail.

We will be hiring a bus from Clark Travel again to shuttle us from the parking garage to the Band Hall and elsewhere we may need to go. 

Of course, the easiest ways to get to the area is by carpooling or have someone drop you off and pick you up in the area. 

Any changes to this will be announced at the Friday meeting.

Lighting in the Stands

If you came to Band Day last year, you probably noticed the darkness of our seating area.  We have requested additional lighting but do not know if this will occur.  One thing that might help is everyone bringing one of those little lights that you can clip on your music.  At least you will be able to see the music, if we do not get additional lighting.  Most music stores have these little lights for music stands and everything is available on the web.  In Austin, Strait Music has these lights available.

From the President

Well...here we are again!! Longhorn Football Season is upon us!! We are already preparing for Band Day weekend on September 7-8, 2012.  If you have not already put this date on your calendar, please do so. We need you to be there this year!! We will be playing New Mexico on September 8, 2012 at 7PM. PLEASE READ this entire edition of The Blast as it contains everything you need to know about our fun filled weekend with the Alumni Band. The current schedule is included and remember to check the website regularly for updates. You can also sign-up for our Twitter and Facebook updates to get the latest news about our Band Day weekend.

We are returning to rehearsal in the Band Hall this year.  Following the rehearsal, socializing time has been arranged at Double Dave’s, the Posse and The Crown and Anchor. This year’s officers are hard at work putting together a great weekend for our members. Here are a few other things for you to check out and consider for Band Day weekend:

• This year we are returning to the Band Hall Lobby for Registration and Check-In.
• We will have our business meeting and playing rehearsal in the Band Hall.
• If you are interested in the show theme for this year, keep reading!
• See inside for information about guest tickets and a seating chart. This year, you can buy guest tickets through registration. The guest seats will be in the section next to us.
• Also see inside for how you can join us for the game and halftime even if you are not able to make the Saturday rehearsal or are unable to march at halftime.
• Keep reading for information on uniform, instrument check-out, parking and anything else you can think of!!

Finally, do not forget to follow us on Twitter, friend us on Facebook, and generally keep up with LHAB through our social networking groups. For more information, check out www.lhab.org/groups. 

Please make plans now to come to Band Day weekend September 7-8, 2012 for the Texas vs. New Mexico game. We need you to attend so that we can break all attendance records this year! Start contacting your friends from your section and making arrangements to meet them on Friday night, September 7, 2012 at the business meeting and playing rehearsal. 

We can’t wait to see you on September 7-8 for a fantastic reunion weekend.

Hook ‘Em!
Karen Hanson
LHAB President ’11-‘12

A Message from Mr. D.

Greetings Again Alum Banders!!!!

Well once again I attended a spectacular Commencement here at UT! and look forward to welcoming graduating LHBers to OUR Alumni Band!!!!

It seems that even though the football team has "slowed" their National Championship contending the LHB keeps attracting and performing at the highest of levels as always!

As I note this will be my 57th year as Longhorn and Alum Bander and once again I look forward to seeing and greeting and even perhaps "Conducting" you all once again this Fall!

As you are all aware the conference is changing once again!!!  Damn!  I always liked the old battles with those Southwest Conference foes!    Except Ark of course!!! And now that the Aggies especially! have "walked" into the SEC lion’s den we will have to learn new lyrics to songs of different schools!

Nevertheless if you have the time! and I hope you do! and the funds?? which the economy dictates, I urge you to once again book Alum Band weekend so that I can shake your hand and thank all of you again for making this such a band life for all of us!!!! but especially ME!!!!!

AMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and Hook Em!   Horns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

D

From the LHB

Dear LHAB Members          

            The past 10 years have simply flown by for me and, as always, I am extremely proud to be a part of an organization that means so much to so many people.  This sense of pride does not stop with the current iteration of the Longhorn Band, but extends to the thousands of alumni who have paved the way for our current and future members.

            I would like to express my sincere thanks to all of you who continue to support the endeavors of LHAB by participating in pep band performances around our state, contributing to our scholarship fund and/or by venturing to campus each fall to take part in our annual Alumni Band Day. 

            While LHB and LHAB are entities unto themselves and serve as icons for our great university, it is you - the individual - who make these groups what they are.  It is extremely important to me that you know how much I value your individual contributions for the good of the order.  In large organizations such as LHAB and LHB It is easy to think that individual efforts go unnoticed or are somehow insignificant.  Nothing could be further from the truth – we need you and your involvement to maintain the excellence of the past and propel us to an even brighter future.

            I sincerely hope your plans allow for a return visit to the 40 acres on the weekend of September 8, 2012 for Alumni Band Day, but if not, I hope you can find another way to contribute to the efforts of LHAB in the coming year.

THANK YOU and Hook ‘Em,

Robert Carnochan, D.M.A.

Director, Longhorn Band

Schedule

LHAB Alumni Weekend Schedule

The game time has been set for 7PM and you will find the latest tentative schedule below. Please keep checking the LHAB web site, www.lhab.org for updated information. 

Friday Night

5:00 - 7:00 pm          Registration Check-in

6:00 - 6:45 pm          Music and Instrument Check-out
7:00 - 8:00 pm          Rehearsal and Annual Business Meeting in the Band Hall

8:00 - ???                 Friday Night Social Activities
(Scholarship presentation has been moved to Saturday during the beginning of the joint bands rehearsal)

Saturday

10:00 - 10:45 am      Registration (water, juice, snacks) at Denius Field

10:00 - 10:45 am      Section Leader Meeting (Bubble)

11:00 am - 1:30 pm   LHAB Playing and Marching Rehearsal (Bubble)

1:30 - 1:45 pm         Transition from Bubble to lower Denius Field

1:45 - 2:15 pm         Special Presentations

                                    (scholarships, donor recognitions, and Invitation to 2015 London Parade)

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

2:45 - 3:00 pm         LHAB field entrance run-throughs (Denius)

3:00 - 4:00 pm         LHB Rehearsal in Bubble

3:00 - 4:15 pm         LHAB BBQ Meal at the Band Hall

4:15 pm                  LHB BBQ Meal at Band Hall

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

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 - BTHOONM!

Check-In

If you have registered online, checking-in on Friday evening will be a breeze.

Please note that check-in will be in the Lobby of the Band Hall this year

5:00-7:00 P.M., Friday, September 7th.

The check-in area will be set up as you enter, listed by last name. Sign and pick up your packet with all the information you’ll need for Alumni Band weekend, including information on meals purchased, instrument rental, and vest checkout. We’ll help solve any registration problems at a designated area, so if you have questions, just ask. Please pick up your own check-in packet. Anyone picking up your packet for you will be required to sign for your packet and will be responsible for getting it to you.

The business meeting and playing rehearsal will last about an hour, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. At this important meeting we elect new officers and share very important information about the next day’s schedule and show- and of course, play music!

For socializing, food, and beverages following the playing rehearsal, we have made arrangement to gather at several nearby establishments.

Friday Night Social Activities

Fun and Frivolity to Follow Friday’s Rehearsal.

The LHAB Officers are working with nearby establishments including

Double Dave’s Pizzaworks + Posse East + Crown & Anchor Pub

to arrange food and drink specials after LHAB’s rehearsal on Friday night (September 7, 2012).  Check-in and rehearsal will be located in the music building this year.  We hope you will join us off-site after rehearsal to enjoy the evening and catch-up with your friends and band mates.  More information will be presented online (lhab.org) in the coming weeks and at the Friday night business meeting and rehearsal.

Hook ‘em

Tadd Lanham (LHAB Treasurer)