UPDATE: Current Status Of 2020 Marching Band Season
Band Meeting 7/20/2020: The link below contains an update from…
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Congratulations to Mrs. Campbell and the DRHS band students!! 🎉🎵 🎶
For the 2021-2022 school year, the DRHS band program has earned the high distinction of the William E. Richardson "Program of Distinction" Award by the Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association (ABODA). DRHS is the first band program in the school district to earn this award and only the 6th band program in the state to ever qualify for this achievement.
The William E. Richardson Award recognizes High School Band programs in our state that have a high level of achievement in ALL areas (marching, jazz, concert and solo/ensemble) for a given school year. To qualify for this prestigious award, a program must meet the following criteria:
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• A superior rating by at least one ensemble from the school must be achieved in each area:
• Area Concert Festival
• Area Jazz Festival
• State Concert Festival
• State Jazz Festival
• The program must qualify for participation at the Arizona State Marching Band Semifinals.
• The program must have participation in the AMEA Solo & Ensemble Competition.
• The program must have participation in the Arizona All-State Band.
William E. Richardson came to Arizona from South Bend, Indiana. He built the instrumental music program at both Pueblo High School and Palo Verde High School in Tucson, where he retired as the Band Director. Mr. Richardson's family also has a huge legacy in Arizona - his son, Bill Richardson, was the longtime band director of the celebrated Corona del Sol High School and the adult community band Arizona Wind Symphony. Bill serves as AMEA Conference Coordinator in his retirement. William's grandson, Mark Richardson, is the founder and executive director of The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, Arizona's premier pageantry arts organization.
Hello Current and Alumni Families!
We are currently in the process of cleaning up our website and will be removing pictures from the gallery in the coming weeks. If there are pictures you'd like to have - this would be a good time to save a copy. Thank you! 😃
Photo Gallery located at www.desertridgebands.org/
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The Desert Ridge High School Bands website is a source for information about all the Desert Ridge High School - Mesa, AZ bands.LAST DAY -- LolaSheets extended through today - May 1st.
100% Online -- Great fundraiser for all our friends and family near & far -- including our Alumni families. Sheets are mailed directly to customers for fast delivery. All sets sizes are $49.95. Link to order sheets - www.lolabird.com/fundraiser/drhs-band
Remember to enter your band student's name so they get credit. If you don't have/know a student in the band, enter 'General Band' to help support the DRHS band.
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