This Week in DHS Band and Guard

Monday, April 17th

• Drumline Auditions, 5-7:30 pm

Tuesday, April 18th

• Student Leadership Team Interest Meeting, Band Hall, 8:00 am
  

Wednesday, April 19th

• Band Booster Meeting, DHS Auditorium, 6:30 pm
  

Thursday, April 20th

• Band banquet tickets go on sale daily until next Thursday before and after school
• Incoming Freshmen Parent Meeting, DMS Gym, 6:30 pm

Friday, April 21st

• Deadline to register for TCGC Solo/Ensemble Contest

If you are a senior that is planning on majoring in music in college, please let us know ASAP. We would like to recognize you at the Fine Arts Signing Night on May 10th at 6 pm in the DHS Competition Gym.

Our Jazz Band has been asked to play at the Comal ISD retirement banquet at Allen Farmhaus on Thursday, May 4th from 5:30-6 pm. Dinner will be provided. More details to follow.

The Wind Ensemble is performing at the American Classic Music Festival at Seguin HS on Friday, May 5th at 3:40 pm. We are using this as an opportunity to get another recording for concert band competitions. We will be back at DHS at about 5:30 pm that afternoon.

The wind ensemble is performing at the Youth Orchestra of San Antonio Invitational at the Tobin Center on May 23rd at 3 pm. Seniors will join the band after the elephant walk that morning. This performance is open to the public and is free.

Here is the ballot created at the Nominating Committee.

• President - Chris Lachance
• Vice President - Joe Hernandez
• Secretary - Meghan Naizer
• Treasurer - Traci DeGolier

We will be taking nominations from the floor at Band Booster Exec Board Elections at our April Band Booster Meeting on April 19th at 6:30 pm in the DHS Auditorium.

The Comal ISD School Board called for a bond at their workshop on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. I encourage you to educate yourself and others regarding the bond, and I encourage everyone to vote. Information about the bond can be found by following the link below.

https://www.comalisd.org/apps/pages/BOND2023

Proposition B will benefit the band and color guard by giving us additional seating in our stadium. Comal ISD residents will have the opportunity to vote in the bond election on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The deadline to register to vote is Thursday, April 6. Early voting begins April 24 and runs through May 2.

All students who advanced to the UIL Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest will be attending the contest on May 29th with the exception of the trumpet quartet playing Dos Tiempos. The district has decided to send us the day of instead of the day before. We will not be staying overnight at a hotel the night before. More details to follow.

Here are dates for next year's Summer Band Camps.

2023 DHS Marching Band Summer Dates (required)

• May 30-June 1, June Camp
• June 3, Band Registration
• July 13-14, Drum Major Camp
• July 17-19, Student Leadership Team Camp
• July 24-28, Drum Camp
• July 24-28, Color Guard Camp (tentative)
• July 27th, Summer Band begins for all (Winds, Percussion, and Guard)

Here are the links for making a credit card payment for your convenience if you are making monthly payments on your band or color guard fees. We are still accepting cash or check.

Fee payments (Use this link for everything except instrument usage fees.)

Instrument usage payments

• April 24th, Woodwind and Brass auditions for 2023-24 school year begin during class
  
• April 25th, Section Leader Try Outs, 5-7, DHS
• April 26th, Powder Puff Football Game, 5:45 pm, Drumline performs
• April 26th, Drum Major Try Outs, 5-7 pm, DHS
• April 26th, Powder Puff Football Game - Drumline only, 5:45 pm
• May 1st, Pack Celebrations Pepe Rally @ Stadium, 6 pm
• May 4th, Jazz Band Performs at CISD Retirement Banquet
• May 5th, Wind Ensemble Performs at American Classics Music Festival, Seguin HS, 3:10 pm
• May 9th, Spring Concert, 7 pm, DHS Auditorium
• May 13th, Color Guard Solo and Ensemble, Churchill HS
• May 13th, Band Banquet
• May 16th, Marching Band Solo Try-Outs after school
• May 18th, School Board Recognition for Varsity Winter Guard
• May 19th, Percussion/Jazz Concert, 7 pm, DHS Auditorium
• May 23rd, YOSA Invitational, Wind Ensemble Only, Tobin Center
• May 26th, Graduation, Wolf Stadium (Wind Ensemble Performs)
• May 29th, UIL TSSEC, AM, Austin, TX
• May 30-June 1, June Marching Band Camp, 9 am - 4 pm, DHS
• June 3rd, Band Registration, 9 am - 3 pm, DHS

Jeffrey Keyes

Director of Bands

Davenport HS

jeffrey.keyes@comalisd.org

Dean Ponseti

Associate Band Director

Davenport HS

dean.ponseti@comalisd.org

Kim Booher

Color Guard Director

Davenport HS

davenportguard@gmail.com

Alexis Dillon

Color Guard Assistant Director

Davenport HS

davenportguard@gmail.com

Kelsey Lien

Director of Bands

Danville MS

kelsey.lien@comalisd.org

Nichele Gonzales

Assistant Director of Bands

Danville MS

nichele.gonzales@comalisd.org

Email: jeffrey.keyes@comalisd.org
Website: http://www.davenportband.com/
Location: 23255 FM3009, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: (830) 837-7521
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Twitter: @davenporthsband