DeKalb Baron Brigade

05/31/2026

Tomorrow is Graduation Day at DHS! Band members: make sure to park further away from DHS, near DMS in order to get a spot. We need all Intermediate Band and Advanced Band wind and percussion members to be dressed nicely and in the gym, sitting, and ready to play at 1:30pm! Plan accordingly and make sure to arrive early - it will be busy!

05/29/2026

THIS THURSDAY, June 4th, 2026 @ 6:00 pm at the DeKalb Outdoor Theater in Auburn, IN! Come help us kick off our summer and lock in for the upcoming Fall 2026 Baron Brigade season! We'll have a raffle for prizes to support the Brigade. Also, DeKalb Alumni and former DeKalb Middle School director, Matt Murdock, will be MCing our event, as we also take time to celebrate the life of former DeKalb band director Kevin Campbell, who passed away this winter. We hope to see you there!

If you'd like to play a few tunes with the band, bring your instrument! Mr. Murdock picked out a few of Kevin's favorites to play together!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YJPe4QuDyaNKoJ5AWsRMj3PJU5LohdrK?usp=sharing

If you'd like to help in another way, please use the following link to send a donation to the Baron Brigade in Kevin's honor. Simply click the link below for the DeKalb Central Foundation, and make sure to add that you'd like your donation to go to the Baron Brigade in Mr. Campbell's memory.
https://www.dekalbcentralfoundation.net/donate

05/27/2026

We ​need you or your businesses' help ​to get our 2026 season started! ​Get ​local ​recognition at parades, our invitational, and more! Information attached!

05/26/2026

Parent Meeting 2: Tonight! Enter Door 26 and head to choir room! We'll start at 7:00pm! Same info as 1st meeting; no need to do two unless you really want to!

05/25/2026

Many of our DeKalb Baron trumpet players joined 70+ others for Taps Across the Water at Webster and Wawasee Lakes this Memorial Day weekend. This event honors America’s fallen with trumpet players surrounding the lake and playing Taps when they hear it played by someone else. The sound is incredibly unique; hearing echoes across the water, not being able to see where it’s coming from. Personally, I stop and reflect after playing every year and think of a veteran who passed and just listen as the Taps finishes.

Thank you to Matt Murdock for creating one of the largest Taps Across events in the nation, for inviting so many trumpet players out, arranging music for small concerts at each site, and sharing his own personal connection to the event.

05/21/2026

Please help us welcome the newest member of the Baron Brigade and DeKalb Middle School, Andres Miranda!

05/20/2026

The DeKalb High School Band has once again been honored as an ISSMA All-Music Award recipient for the 2025-2026 school year! Congratulations to all of our musician Barons!

05/20/2026

Here's the link to our NEW Baron Brigade Merch store through Big Red Sports! 2026 Fall shirts will be available later this summer featuring our show and sponsors!

Online ordering for Baron Brigade 2026 ends on Mon, Jan 29, 2029 (11:59 PM EST)

05/18/2026

THIS WEEK! School's almost out, but the Baron Brigade has a few more preseason practices until June 4th's Outdoor Theater and Celebration of Life for Kevin Campbell; be there!

05/14/2026

TONIGHT! Intermediate and Advanced Bands take the stage one final time, with Band Awards presented after the Advanced Band performance! Be there at 7:30pm to honor these fine young people!