This Week in DHS Band and Guard

Monday, May 29th

• TSSEC Day 2 - See below for more info

Tuesday, May 30th

• SLT Call Time, 8:15 am
• June Camp, 9 am - 4 pm, DHS Band Hall (please arrive early)
• Letter Jacket Fitting, 4:00 pm, band hall

Wednesday, May 31st

• June Camp, 9 am - 4 pm
• Movie Night (optional), times TBA

Thursday, June 1st

• June Camp, 9 am - 4 pm
• Parent Preview Performance and Parent Meeting, 6:30 pm, DHS Competition Gym

Friday, June 2nd

• SLT Band Registration setup, 10 am - Noon

Saturday, June 3rd

• Band Registration, DHS Band Hall - see below for times by grade and last name

TSSEC Info

• Updated performance schedule as of 5/27/23
  

• Contest info document

• Patches

Schedule for Monday, May 29th

• 5:15 am - Call time @ DHS and load percussion instruments under the charter bus
• 5:45 am - Leave for Hendrickson HS
• 7:45 am - Arrive at Hendricks HS
• Noon - Leave Hendrickson HS - stop for food/fun on the way home (bring $, per diem provided)
• ~3 pm - Parent pickup

Our June Marching Band Camp is May 30th-June 1st from 9 am-4 pm at DHS. This is required for all students participating in band or color guard during the 2023-2024 school year. Please bring water, snacks, lunch, and your instrument. We will have school owned instruments available. All winds and percussion need to wear their new rehearsal attire tennis shoes, a plain white tshirt, and athletic shorts. All color guard need to wear their new rehearsal attire - black shirts and athletic shorts.

All students need to arrive at 8:30 am on Tuesday if you need a school owned instrument. We will all start together with a student meeting at 9 am in the band hall.

We will be telling our drill writer how many spots to write in the show based on attendance at June Camp. Please communicate with us if you have a conflict with June Camp.

There is a Parent Preview Performance and Meeting on June 1st at 6:30 pm in the DHS Competition Gym. Call time for students for this performance is 6 pm. All winds and percussionist will wear a plain white tshirt and athletic shorts. We are having a color guard meeting in the gym right after the main meeting and a percussion meeting in the auditorium right after the main meeting as well. These meetings are for both students and parents.

All wind player will be issued lockers for their instruments on Tuesday morning. Students are required to use a school lock on their locker. All percussion students have been assigned a cubby in the percussion room. Color guard students will be issued a locker in August.

Students will be checked out a school owned instrument if needed at June Camp. The fee is $80 for the school year and will be paid at band registration on June 3rd. Percussion students will also pay this fee. Please email Mr. Keyes if you need a school owned instrument and play flute, clarinet, alto sax, or trumpet.

All trombone players in wind ensemble and symphonic band are being asked to play marching baritone next year. We are doing this because marching all baritones and no trombones allows our drill writer to give all low brass students the same opportunities with their drill. It also reduces the wear and tear on trombone slides.

Parents and students, please take a moment to join the appropriate groups by texting the code including the @ to 81010. You do not need to re-join if you were in the correct group this year.

Directors to Students/Parents

• Woodwinds - @99edfh to 81010
• Brass - @dhswolfb to 81010
• Percussion - @kdb2aa to 81010
• Color Guard - @dhswolfba to 81010

Band Registration is Saturday, June 3rd and is required for all students participating in band or color guard during the 2023-2024 school year. We will be collecting fees, getting fitted for our marching band uniform, and ordering uniform parts.

Here are times for registration. You can come at any time during the hour assigned. We do not recommend everyone show up at the top of every hour.

• 8:30 - SLT Registration

• 9 am - Seniors

• 10 am - Juniors

• 11 am - Sophomores Last names A-L

• Noon - Sophomores Last names M-Z

• 1 pm - Lunch Break

• 2 pm - Incoming Freshmen Last names A-D

• 3 pm - Incoming Freshmen Last names E-M

• 4 pm - Incoming Freshmen Last names N-Z

The fair share fee will be $300 again next year. Returning members, please begin finding your uniform items from this year and see if they still fit.

Registration Forms (with fee amounts)

• Band (Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion)
• Color Guard

Here is the form that is required to be used for the pre-participation physical for marching band. A physical is required every year and must be completed after May 1, 2023 to be used for the 2023-2024 school year. Physicals are due on July 27th, 2023.

Here is the recording from our performance last week at the YOSA Invitational. This was truly outstanding. The performance brought tears to my eyes. Bravo, Wind Ensemble!

Photo information (there are hundreds of pictures, and they are great!)

• Website to order
• Event#: 27196610
• PIN#: 45383

Students who lettered at the TCGC Solo and Ensemble Competition will be able to get fitted for their letter jacket on Tuesday, May 30th at 4 pm in the band hall.

The letter jacket company has ask for students placing an order to print the order and measurement forms and have the top portion of the order and the top left of the measurement form completed when they come on the May 30th.

Here is the order form and other important information from the letter jacket company.

Here is the calendar for next year. Summer band times have been adjusted and a few dates have been added since last week.

Please mark your calendars with these dates for marching contest next year.

• September 23- USBands Davenport (hosting), Davenport HS
• October 7 - Comal Classic Marching Festival and Rocket Review Marching Festival, Canyon HS, Judson HS
• October 14 - UIL Region Marching Competition, Heroes Stadium, San Antonio
• October 21 - UIL Area Marching Competition, Calallen HS
• November 1 - UIL State Marching Contest, Alamodone
• November 4 - Brandeis Drumline Competition (drumline, drum majors, and soloist only)

• July 17-19, Student Leadership Team Camp, 9 am - 4 pm
  

• July 24-26, Percussion and Color Guard Camp, 9 am - 4 pm

• July 27-28, July Summer Band Camp Week 1 (for All Band and Color Guard Students), 9 am - 4 pm
  

• July 31 - August 4, Summer Band Camp Week 2, Summer Band for ALL, 8 am - 4 pm

• August 4, Band Pictures, 1 - 4 pm
  

• August 7-11, Summer Band Camp Week 3, 5 - 8 pm (subject to change based on teacher in-service schedule TBA)
  

• August 9, Band Booster Meeting, 6:30 pm

• August 14-18, Summer Band Camp Week 4, 5 - 8 pm(subject to change based on teacher in-service schedule TBA)
  

• August 16, Lupercal (Freshmen orientation, band performs), evening

• August 19, Band Party, 6-9 pm

• August 21, First Day of School

Jeffrey Keyes

Director of Bands

Davenport HS

jeffrey.keyes@comalisd.org

Tyler McClendon

Associate Band Director

Davenport HS

tyler.mcclendon@comalisd.org

Alexis Dillon

Color Guard 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