The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 96, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 13, 2017 Page: 2 of 12
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THE PORT LAVACA WAVE
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Andrew Witte beamed
with excitement, taking a
quick break in the shade. De-
spite spending a summer in
the heat leading the Calhoun
High School marching band
as head drum major, Witte
was all smiles as he explained
this year’s marching show
“A majority of the band is
very excited about this show
because it’s not really a kind
of show we’ve ever done be-
fore,” Witte said.
The show, titled The Pro-
tected, is a patriotic one, pay-
ing tribute to all who serve,
including those in law en-
forcement, first responders
and in the military.
“This is our thank you to
them,” CHS senior Estevan
DeLaCruz said.
“Because of them, we are
the protected,” Witte said.
The audience, head band
director Doug Hamelwright
said, will recognize some of
the music—songs like Ameri-
can the Beautiful intertwined
with original music from
Luke McMillan.
The band show this year
will feature much more in
addition to music. The group,
comprised of over 100 musi-
cians and color guard mem-
bers, has enlisted the help
from several CHS fine arts de-
partments, including theater
arts and the choir.
CHS theater arts teach-
er Greg Griffin worked with
band director Chris Hamel-
wright to design the on-field
marching drill.
“Greg’s going to teach our
band how to act out a scene,”
Doug Hamelwright said, add-
ing that the scene is one de-
picting an earthquake.
Those in the art depart-
ment have helped design and
create props for on the field,
which will include badges of
local law enforcement and
first responders, Hamelwright
said. It is from behind those
props that students dressed as
first responders will appear.
“And then they’ll make
Paige Satterfield marches with her trombone during the Calhoun High School summer band camp.
This year’s Calhoun High School marching band show is titled “The Protected”, and it honors law
enforcement, first responders and those who have served in the military. (Kayla Meyer/Wave photo)
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some motion for the band to
stand up, like their lifting up
us as a community,” Hamel-
wright said.
The music has a cinemat-
ic and dramatic feel, Witte
said. During parts of the show,
the music provides a sense
of foreboding leading up to
a simulated natural disaster,
for which first responders are
needed, DeLaCruz added.
“It’s really cool once we
get into it,” DeLaCruz said
about the music.
DeLaCruz, the group’s
self-proclaimed visual cap-
tain, has helped bring theat-
rics to the band’s performanc-
es.
“I’ve been doing the vi-
suals for the last four years,”
DeLaCruz, who also plays
baritone during the show, said
with excitement. “Like the
movements with out bodies
when we’re not playing, that’s
me. Like when we dabbed last
year, that was me and my head
director.”
Those “first respond-
ers” make their appearance
during the second movement
of the show, which will not be
ready for a Friday night half-
time until later in the football
season. It will be something
for the audience to look for-
ward to, Hamelwright said.
For some, band camp
started early this year. Band
officers, student leaders with-
in the organization, attended
a leadership camp at the Uni-
versity of Houston in June.
“They went together as a
group, and it not only brought
the kids back with some skills
on how to be a leader, it got
them fired up, and I’ve seen
it be a good, positive thing,”
Hamelwright said.
Witte and DeLaCruz
concurred. Witte said the of-
ficers returned to CHS full
of ideas on how to help the
band succeed this year, while
DeLaCruz said the camp was
a turning point for all and
helped bring the officers clos-
er together as a team, a senti-
ment translated to the whole
band.
“Honestly, after we went
to that camp, I feel like it
changed our band around,”
DeLaCruz said.
“We learned our first
movement in a week. We’ve
never done that before,” DeLa-
Cruz added.
At the end of July, the of-
ficers started working with
the incoming freshman and
by August, band camp was
running at full speed. As head
drum major, Witte taught fun-
damentals to students and
lead the group through their
routine warm ups.
Witte said he has enjoyed
the enthusiasm of the band
this year and enjoyed being
able to provide leadership to
the group.
While the band takes the
field each football game at
halftime, the band’s ultimate
goal is to do well at its march-
ing competition later this
year. The band, Hamelwright
said, has plans to attend an
invitational competition in
Edna this year, which will be
held prior to the regional UIL
contest in October.
“Edna, for us, it’s like a
contest where we see what
we need to improve on, and it
still is that way, but I want to
go in with the idea of, ‘Let’s go
win this thing,’ not just show
up and see what we’ve got to
work on,” Hamelwright said.
From regionals, the band
will have the opportunity to
advance to the area competi-
tion and then to state.
As a state-eligible year,
Witte said it is a time when
band members give their all.
“We put as much effort as
we can into our show Usually,
our band doesn’t have props,”
Witte said.
Hamelwright hopes to
convey a sense of appreci-
ation through the show to
those who serve the public.
The band will hit the road
this week to make their Fri-
day night debut at halftime of
the Sandcrabs-El Campo Rice-
birds football game.
“We’re excited about hon-
oring our first responders.
We’re excited about honoring
our military,” Hamelwright.
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Martinez, Thomas R. The Port Lavaca Wave (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 96, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 13, 2017, newspaper, September 13, 2017; Port Lavaca, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1301682/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Calhoun County Public Library.