This Week in DHS Band and Guard

Monday, April 13th

• Senior Scholarship Applications Due
• Wind Ensemble Rehearsal (with percussion), 5:30-8pm

Tuesday, April 14th

• 8th grade parent meeting, DMS Gym, 6:30pm
• Percussion Journey Rehearsal, 7:30-8:30am
• SLT Applications due, 11:59pm

Wednesday, April 15th

• Percussion Journey Rehearsal, 7:30-8:30am

Thursday, April 16th

• Section Leader Interviews during the school day, as scheduled
• Section Leader Tryouts, 4:30pm
• Interview Schedule Linked Here

Friday, April 17th

• Hosting American Classics Music Festival, volunteers needed (see information below)
• Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble perform at American Classics music festival (see information below)

Saturday, April 18th

• Hosting American Classics Music Festival, volunteers needed (see information below)

Here is the schedule for our performance at the American Classics Music Festival on Friday, April 17th. We encourage parents to come for the performances! Please check in at the front office. We will wear tuxes and dresses.

Students need to bring the following items to school on Friday.

• Black dress shoes (closed toes, can be marching shoes)
• Black crew length socks or hosiery
• White undershirt for boys

Wind Ensemble Schedule (out for 6th and part of 7th period)

• 1:50pm 5th period starts- report to PAC foyer
• 2:20pm Report to band hall and change into Tuxes / Dresses
• 2:40pm Band Hall is clear to grab instruments
• 2:50pm Warm up in orchestra room
• 3:20pm Performance
• 3:50pm change out of uniform and go to 7th period when done

Symphonic Band Schedule (out for 7th period)

• 2:45pm report to band hall for 6th period, change into tuxes / dresses, grab instruments
• 3:20pm Warm up in orchestra room
• 3:50pm performance
• 4:15pm change out of uniform and go home at the end of the school day

We host the first of three American Classics Music Festivals this Friday and Saturday, April 17-18 in the DHS PAC. These music festivals are a great fundraiser for our program- we just need to provide workers for the event. During class on Monday, we will ask for volunteers for the festival on Friday and Saturday. Students who volunteer on Friday will be excused from classes (but will need to make up missed work). Students who volunteer Saturday will be provided pizza for lunch.

Please consider volunteering to help at the music festivals! We need an announcer, stage crew, warm up room crew, and a runner. Volunteers will wear this year's state shirt and jeans.

Call time for volunteers is 8am on Friday, and we will be done by the end of the school day. Saturday call time is 7am, and we should be done by 2pm.

All students who qualified for TSSEC are invited to Fine Arts Awards night. See the flyer below for more information.

Our Purcell Suite brass quintet is playing at the beginning of the ceremony.

📣🎓📸 Reminder: Senior slideshow submissions are due no later than Wednesday, April 15th. Please be sure to submit all 3 photos by this date. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Cristin Adkins or April Baber.

--> Submit your digital photos at: tinyurl.com/DHSBand-Seniors.

Contact Info:👇

cristin.atkins@comalisd.org

april.baber1@gmail.com

Below is the link to submit photos from marching season. If you would like to see your photos featured at banquet, please submit them here.

https://forms.gle/J5TJJBzL1dg6tZgK9

Please consider volunteering to help at Band Banquet. We need help setting up before the event and cleaning up after the event. The sign up link is below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4DABA929A1F4C34-63311811-band.

Thank you for helping make this a special night!

Tickets are now for sale for the 2026 Band Banquet. Banquet is on May 9th, 2026 from 6pm-11:30pm. Doors will open at 5:30pm. We are looking forward to celebrating yet another historic year for the Wolf Band.

Tickets are $50 each and sales are limited due to seating capacity.

Tickets on Sale now until banquet, but the price increases on March 29th and again on April 26th.

2 Steps

FIRST, visit tinyurl.com/DHSBBTickets to buy yours and get your payment confirmation code for choosing your seat.

THEN, after you purchase your tickets, you will need to sign up for seating through the Sign Up Genius.

Please note the following from our Band Handbook about Band Banquet.

• Students who are ineligible two out of the three 9 weeks grading periods lose the privilege of attending the Band Banquet. All fees must be paid in full for students to purchase a band banquet ticket.

Elections are approaching for the booster board next year. Treasurer and Vice President are confirmed vacancies. If you are interested in volunteering, or are interested in more information about any of the positions, please reach out to Lisa Humphrey at lisa.humphrey@comalisd.org.

Our band boosters are a huge reason why our students are able to achieve so many things. Please consider volunteering!

We are so proud of the 75 students who advanced to the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest (TSSEC). These students will attend contest on Monday, May 25th in the South Austin area. Please mark your calendars.

All students who advanced to TSSEC will be recognized at the Fine Arts awards night on April 29th at Pieper HS. Please mark you calendars for this event as well.

This week, outstanding balances will be sent to DHS front office. Statements are being emailed biweekly through Presto.

Fee payments can be made at any time to Mr. Lehmann or online. Please email Mr. Lehmann at william.lehmann@comalisd.org if you have any questions or concerns.

• You may pay your booster fees online at this link.
• The instrument usage fee can be paid at this link.

CLICK HERE to access the music and audio files for region jazz year A.

Here is the scholarship application for seniors. Scholarship applications will be available in the band hall the week after spring break if you do not have access to a printer. We are so thankful that our booster club is able to offer six scholarships to our graduating seniors. Seniors, please fill out the attached application and required materials (detailed on page 1 of the application) and turn in to Mr. Lehmann by Monday, April 13, 2026 in a sealed envelope. Please do not email your submission.

Please mark your calendars for this year's summer camps. Attendance at summer camps is critical to our success in marching season. Here are the dates for this year's summer camps:

• Dates required for all DHS Band members
• May 26-28, Mini Camp, DHS Band Hall, 9am-4pm (required for all students)
• July 27-31, Band Camp, 9am-4pm (required for all students)
• August 3-7, Summer Band, 8am-4pm (required for all students)
• August 10-14, Summer Band, 8am-4pm (required for all students)
• August 17-21, Summer Band, 8am-4pm (required for all students)

• Additional Dates Required for SLT

• July 14, SLT Workday, 9am-4pm (required for all SLT)
• July 15, SLT Training Day, 9am-4pm (required for all SLT)
• July 16-17, Drum Major Camp, 8am-4pm (required for drum majors and junior drum major)
• Additional Dates Required for Color Guard
• June 5, 9am-4pm
• June 10, 9am-4pm
• June 17, 9am-4pm
• June 24, 9am-4pm
• July 8, 9am-4pm
• July 15, 9am-4pm

Please note that more specific dates and times for August will be available as our professional development schedule is set by DHS and CISD admin. We are thankful that administration allows us to practice in August, which helps extend our summer. We are excited to get to work on our new show! 🙂

We are proud to offer private lessons and masterclasses on nearly all instruments. If you are interested in signing your student up for private lessons, please email Mr. Lehmann.

• All parents and students have been added to the DHS Band ParentSquare Group. If you are not receiving messages in ParentSquare, please email Mr. Lehmann at william.lehmann@comalisd.org. We will no longer use Remind and only use ParentSquare and Presto for band communication.

See link below to join the Texas Arts Education Campaign. The TAEC team's mission is to inform state lawmakers about the unique importance of fine arts as a part of a well-rounded education and preparation for a global workforce.

www.txartsed.org/join-us

Here is a link to the DHS Band Calendar in list format. Green cells are confirmed dates / times / locations. Yellow cells are estimated but unconfirmed.

Here is a link to sync the DHS Band Google Calendar to your personal calendar.

• April 21, Pop Percussion and Jazz Concert, 7pm, DHS PAC

• April 22, Drum Major Tryouts

• April 24, Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble perform at Music Festival, Boerne Champion HS

• April 24-26, Dallas Trip

• April 29, CISD Fine Arts Awards Night, Pieper HS, 6pm

• May 4, 5, and 7, Color Guard Audition Camps, 5:30-7pm

• May 6, Hosting CISD Beginner Band Festival

• May 8-9, Hosting Music Festival

• May 9, Band Banquet, 6pm

• May 11, AP Music Theory Exam

• May 11, Combined Spring Concert with DMS, 6pm, DHS PAC

• May 15-16, Hosting Music Festival

• May 21, Last Day of School

• May 23, DHS Graduation, Strahan Coliseum @ Texas State University, 4pm

• May 26-28, Mini Marching Camp, 9am-4pm

• May 30, Band Registration

Michael Lehmann

Director of Bands

Davenport HS

william.lehmann@comalisd.org

Tyler McClendon

Associate Band Director

Davenport HS

tyler.mcclendon@comalisd.org

Marli Dority

Associate Band Director

Davenport HS

marli.dority@comalisd.org

Matthew Sotelo

Color Guard Director

Davenport HS

davenport.colorguard1@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: william.lehmann@comalisd.org

Website: http://www.davenportband.com/
Location: 23255 FM3009, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: (830) 837-7521
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