Beginning Band Enrollment for 2021-2022
2021 enrollment information is UP AND RUNNING! Scroll down for helpful resources and the links to GET SIGNED UP!
We want your soon-to-be 6th grader to be a part of the SD Band and now is the time to get signed up! We can't wait to see your student in the SD Band! Music is a universal language that unites - join the band!
Questions? Contact Mr. McCrary: [email protected]
We want your soon-to-be 6th grader to be a part of the SD Band and now is the time to get signed up! We can't wait to see your student in the SD Band! Music is a universal language that unites - join the band!
Questions? Contact Mr. McCrary: [email protected]
Links to Helpful Resources!
Links to JOIN THE BAND!
The South Davie Tiger wants YOU to join band!
Band Questions, Myths, and Cool Facts!
Fun BAND Facts!
- 96% of our nation’s astronauts performed in the fine arts during their school years, including Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. Mr. Armstrong was a talented euphonium player in middle and high school band.
- President Ronald Reagan was a trumpet player and was drum major in his high school band.
- President Bill Clinton was a three-year All-State band member on saxophone.
- David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs attributes much of his mental quickness and coordination to the study of keyboard and saxophone.
- National Association of Secondary School Principals reports 66% of all college freshmen drop out after the 1st year. In contrast, 96% of band students graduate from Universities.
- American Medical Association states that the #1 admittance to medical schools are students that majored in music as undergraduates. Pre-med majors are #2.
- It is a fact that music students represent the top of the academic scale in our schools. The national average for the SAT test scores in 2013 was 1498, the average for Texas was 1437, and the average for the All-State Band was 1906.
- Commitment in an extra-curricular activity through the senior year is at the top of the list of admission criteria into most major universities.