Ron Jon Hornish

As promised, here is the picture of Director Hornish dressed to impress at Cocoa Beach.

Credit to Katie & Mike H for the photo, and to Danny J for the original post, below.

Islands of Adventure: Live the adventure of a lifetime

The band spends its last day in Orlando at Universal Studios’ Islands of Adventure, with a performance by the Jazz Band at 11:20am on the City Walk Stage, followed by lunch for all in the park.  After a Pirates Dinner Adventure, featuring music, action, romance & comedy (and food, of course), the band loads the buses late this evening and begins the trip back home.  The group is expected to arrive at DGS around 9:00pm Thursday.  Any changes or updates to the ETA will be posted on the blog page.

Islands of Adventure: Live the adventure of a lifetime

After pulling our money together we were able to buy hornish a full head of hair...we bought him a visor that has hair attached to the top from Ron Jon Surf Shop. It looks amazing.

Good morning. We had a fantastic time in Magic Kingdom. The sun came out as soon as we arrived and it turned out to be a beautiful day. The parade was awesome as the band marched for over 10,000 people down Main Street.

Today we're heading for the beach. More later and I hope to have pictures.

Magic Kingdom Park | Walt Disney World

DGS spends Monday at the Magic Kingdom, with free time to enjoy the park most of the day.  Tonight the band marches in the SpectroMagic Parade, and then caps off the evening watching the fireworks display over Snow White’s Castle.
Magic Kingdom Park | Walt Disney World

It's raining again.... Hopefully it will stop soon. We're on our way to Magic Kingdom for the last of the Disney activities. They march tonight down Main Street towards Cinderella's Castle. We'll have Video to share with you at the banquet

Day 4: It's raining and we're in Epcot today. We're expecting rain for thr remainder of the day and then overnight. It should be nice the rest of the week. Last night's award ceremony was pretty cool. Disney knows how to do things right. The band received a superior rating and a Festival Disney trophy.
Regardless of the rain, we're still having fun.

Its raining =|

There is nothing like lunch in Italy.

Sunday at Epcot | Walt Disney World Resort

The band spends today at Epcot.  After lunch, members of the Color Guard move to rehearsal rooms for the Animal Kingdom to participate in Disney’s “Auxiliration” Workshop, where they will rehearse and perform a routine with choreography, flags and show props.  After dinner in the park, the band goes backstage at Epcot into a recording studio for Disney’s “You’re Instrumental” Workshop, where they will rehearse and record their own soundtrack to a Disney animated feature.
Epcot | Walt Disney World Resort

Spectacular performance, we got to warm up in a backstage prop room, i hope to see some hardware later on after the award ceremony to show for it.

Competition went very well. The band sounded fantastic. One of the judges only had suggestions because they played so well and said that's why we will get "high marks". Congrats to Mr. Hornish and the DGS Symphonic Band.

Symphonic Band at Festival Disney

Submitted by Mr. Roselieb:

Back stage warm- up at Disney. Good luck DGS!

DGS Symphonic Band - In Performance!

Submitted by Mr. Roselieb:
Meet our coach drivers and tour guide from the left Tom, Jay and Rick

Day 3

Submitted by Cathy J

Day 3: We're at Disney Hollywood Studios. The kids are enjoying the morning exploring the park. Competition is later today so send positive thoughts. The chaperones are also enjoying the day....

Saturday at Disney's Hollywood Studios

Our students will spend Saturday at Disney's Hollywood Studios, with free time to enjoy the park until mid-afternoon. Around 4pm, the DGS Symphonic Band will perform at Festival Disney, a competition with instrumental, choral and auxiliary groups from schools across the country. After dinner in the park, the band returns to the Lights, Motors, Action Theater for the Festival Disney Awards Ceremony.

"We're Here..." DGS Band arrives in Florida

Submitted by Cathy J

Turns out internet access at the hotel is not actually free, guess my actual blogs aren't going to be as often as my mobile updates. Currently playing frisbee by the pool. =)

Mustang Band Weather

Thanks, Danny. Just for comparison, here's the current info from AccuWeather.com...

The sun on my face, a warm breeze on my back...florida is wonderful

First movie choice on bus 2...the classic comedy: Airplane

We're on our way after a very cold loading of the bus - quickest I've seen the kids move. Almost 2 hours down, 18 1/2 to go.....

Busses in gear, wheels rolling...the marathon bus ride has begun!

Why is it so cold in Downers Grove?

Pre Trip Preparation

Hello Everyone,

Here is my first post of the trip and we haven't even left yet. I can't promise that all my posts will be grammatically correct and have the correct punctuation in the correct places so bear with me. I'm currently in my third period and virtually have all the percussion equipment packed and staged to be loaded. This is a very odd feeling for me due to the fact that packing normally takes me up to the very moment before we leave. Hopefully this is a sign that we'll have a stress free trip when it comes to the transportation of the equipment.

Until my next post....

Danny

P.S. I synced my cell with blogger so i will most definitely be sending pictures often.

Mustang Bands Travel to Orlando

The DGS Mustangs are on their way to Orlando for Spring Break at Disney World.  Directors and members of the band will be posting their impressions of the trip on the Band Boosters Blog page.  Check here throughout Spring Break to see what the band is up to in Orlando.

View the Band's Orlando Itinerary here.
Download Orlando Packing List.

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