HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITY BAND

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Dr. Al Corley will direct the band The Hill Country Community Band is pleased to announce that Dr. Al Corley will lead the band as director. Dr. Corley, a native of Odessa, Texas, recently relocated to Wimberley, after serving 5 years as music department chair and director of bands at Mars Hill College in North Carolina.

Before moving to North Carolina, Dr. Corley served on the faculty of the University of North Texas where he supervised student teachers and taught a variety of music education classes. Prior to his work at University of North Texas, Dr. Corley taught 19 years in the public school system of Texas, 15 of which were spent at Plano Senior High School. During his term at Plano, Dr. Corley conducted the wind symphony and served as co-conductor of the Plano Sr. High symphony orchestra, performing concerts at the Midwest Clinic and the MENC national conference.

Dr. Corley is an active clinician and adjudicator. His professional affiliations include Phi Beta Mu honorary band fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lamda, Phi Delta Kappa, Music Educators National Conference, and College Band Directors National Association. Corley’s educational background includes a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baylor University, Master of Music from Southern Methodist University, and Ph.D. in Music Education from University of North Texas.

The band rehearses every Tuesday from 7:00-8:30 PM at the Wimberley Jr. High Band Hall at 200 Texan Way. The band welcomes all who love to play music. Currently there are openings in all sections. Dr. Corley would especially like to recruit percussionists/drummers, French horns and trombone players. High School and advanced Jr. High players are welcome to join. Members hail from all over the hill country and range in age from 12 to over 70. For those wishing to join the band please contact Dixie Camp, Band President at 512-858-7960 or Dixie Camp.

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CONCERT SCHEDULE 2008
July 3, 2008, San Marcos	San Marcos in the park, 7:30 pm. Call time to be announced later.
July 4, 2008, Wimberley, on the banks of Cypress Creek, by Ozona Bank at noon	Call time announced later.
July 4, 2008, Dripping Springs fireworks show	Sportsplex Park, on RR 12 at 7:30 pm. Call time to be announced.

Welcome to the Hill Country Community Band�s webpage. Our band was formed in 1991. In the beginning we were called Wimberley Community Band, but because our membership is from all over the surrounding hill country, we changed our name to the Hill Country Community Band. We have members from Wimberley, Dripping Springs, Kyle, San Marcos, New Braunsfel, Austin and Lakeway, Buda, Universal City and Lytle.

Our band is made up of 60 talented musicians. We range in age from 7th graders to members that are 70+. Because our members volunteer their time and talents to play in the band, our performing band numbers between 35 and 40. Our concert season starts in the fall and runs through the Fourth of July. We take a break and then resume practices at the end August. There are no tryouts or fees for becoming a member of our band. We practice every Tuesday night from 7 - 8:30 P.M. in the Wimberley Middle School Band Hall.

We play a broad range of music ranging from traditional marches to broadway and show tunes, oldies and pop music and classical pieces. We are available to play for community activities, organizations and groups. In the past, we have played for the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Fourth of July events in Wimberley and Dripping Springs, Founder's Day in Dripping Springs, The Pound House also in Dripping Springs, Butterfly Days in Wimberley, Veteran's Day Concert in Dripping Springs and the Texas Community Music Festival held in Austin, as well as many other events in the surrounding communities. We are supported solely by donations from individuals,groups and businesses.

If you are or ever were in a jr. high , high school,or college band, and are interested in getting out that dusty old horn, come and join our band. If you are interested you may email our band President Dixie Camp. You may also email our webmistress RoseMary Sheldon. Also contact them if you are interested in having our band perform at an event for you. Please come and join us, we have a great time practicing, playing and performing together.

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