This Week in DHS Band and Guard

• Monday, September 28th
• No after school rehearsal due to Academic Awards ceremony
• Mr. Lehmann out this day
• Tuesday, September 29th
• Honor band day for wind ensemble: concert instruments needed
• Full Band Rehearsal, 5-7:30pm
• Bandtober shirts handed out after practice

• Wednesday, September 30th
• Color Guard Sectional, 7:30-8:45am
• Percussion / Winds sectional, 5-7:30pm

• Thursday, October 1st
• Fee payments due for those on payment plans- payable by cash or check to Davenport Band Boosters. Can be turned into DHS front office or a band director.
• Full Band Rehearsal, 5-7:30pm

• Friday, October 2nd
• 6 week grade check, 4:30pm, see details about eligibility below
• PM Pep rally, see detailed schedule below
• Football vs Tivy, see detailed schedule below
• Saturday, October 3rd
• US Bands Davenport Marching Contest (hosting), see detailed schedule below

Goals for this week:

• Finish the show
• Preparation for first contest
• Pass your classes!

• Have fun!

• We only control our own work and performance.

• We respect our competitors as peers and know they are working as hard as we are.

• The judges are watching and listening to us with an open mind and a fair heart.

• Placements and trophies are secondary to the feeling of SUPERIOR performances.

• We accept ALL results with dignity and grace.

• Be UNDENIABLE

Mr. Green's Keys to Success

1. Personal Accountability
2. Mental Focus
3. Confidence

Parents, please consider signing up to volunteer as a chaperone or load crew if you have already completed the CISD background check here. The sign up to volunteer is here.

Game expectation document with lots of information - click here.

Students need to bring these items with them to school on Friday.

-Grey Wolf Band water bottle filled with ice and water

-Full uniform

• Band - long black socks, marching shoes, compression shirt, compression shorts, and gloves. No makeup or jewelry, natural hair colors only. DHS band backpack.

• Colorguard will be in skirt and maroon shirt with body tight. Show hair and show make up , Black shoes AND Black jazz shoes. Body tight and jazz shoes will be handed out this week.

• flip folder with this music inside

Schedule for the day:

• 3:00pm Out of class to prepare for pep rally / change into compression gear and athletic shorts / meet in band hall
• 3:30pm Meet in Band Hall
• 3:35pm walk to gym with water jugs, instruments, flip folders
• 4:00pm pep rally starts
• 4:30pm pep rally ends / immediately move to run through with instruments
• 4:45pm Run through
• 5:15pm Run through ends / move equipment to stadium / feed the band in cafeteria
• 5:45pm Change into full uniform, prepare for inspection in band hall
• 6:30pm Uniform inspection in band hall; set up parade block and parade over to stadium with color guard clinic participants
• *7:01pm Estimated time Color Guard clinic performance on track in front of band stands
• 7:30pm Davenport vs. Tivy Football Game
• 10:30pm Estimated Game End Time- take equipment back to band hall, clean up
• 10:45pm Approximate pick-up time at DHS Band Hall

Friday 10/2 Tivy Game

What-A-Burger, Choice of Cheeseburger or Hamburger.

Lettuce, Tomatoes, Pickles and condiments on the side, Gogurt and a Costco Cookie

Please bring your water jug or a drink from home.

Location: DHS Cafeteria

On Saturday, October 3rd, the Wolf Band will be hosting the USBands San Antonio Regional Marching Contest. We are looking for any and all volunteers that would be willing to donate their time to ensure the competition is a success! We are still in need of volunteers for the time slots where DHS Band students are not allowed to volunteer due to conflicts with our performance time. Please consider signing up!

Please sign up to volunteer here.

Parents and students, please consider signing up to volunteer for the marching contest here.

We are attending the USBands San Antonio Regional Marching Competition this Saturday at Davenport High School. We are competing in Group IV with two other bands. There are 13 bands total competing for 13 spots in finals. We have set the goal of making finals, but we are also going to support everyone else's success regardless of our placement as all bands are working hard. Here is the lineup for prelims (click "schedule" to see all bands)

Spectator Arrival: Spectators should arrive through the main entrance of Davenport HS at the traffic light.

Planning document for the day- click here

• Schedule for the day
  

  • 7:30 am Call Time @ DHS

  • 8:00am-9:15 Run through/Rehearsal at Band Pad

  • 9:15 Pre-stage props in stadium

  • 9:30 Parent pick up or stay on campus and volunteer/watch bands

  • 2:15 Call Time @ Band Hall
    

  • 2:45 Inspection

  • 3:15 Warm Up

  • 4:00 Performance

  • 4:45 Announcement of Finalist Bands (Class champions plus next 5 highest scores advance)

  • 5:30 Dinner (provided)

  • ~7:00 Finals begin - we do not know finals schedule yet

  • ~10:00 Awards

  • ~10:45 Parent Pickup @ DHS

  
  

  Items to Bring on Saturday

  Students need to bring these items with them to school on Saturday.

• Grey Wolf Band water bottle filled with ice and water
• Bandtober shirt (handed out after practice Tuesday!)
• Athletic shorts
• Formal Uniform Parts
• Band - long black socks, marching shoes, compression shirt and shorts

• Colorguard will be in skirt and bandtober shirt with

  
  

  body tight. Show hair and show make up

  Black shoes AND Black jazz shoes

  
  

Lunch: Volunteers for USBANDS will receive a meal ticket to use at concessions. Volunteers MUST be signed up on the Sign Up Genius to receive a lunch meal ticket at volunteer check-in.

Dinner for the full band: Panda Express

Choice of Entree:

Orange Chicken

Broccoli Beef

Kung Pao Chicken (Spicy)

Chicken Teriyaki

Choice of side:

Steamed Rice

Fried Rice

Chow Mein Noodles

Super Greens

Fortune Cookie

Gatorade or Bottled Water

Location: DHS Cafeteria after prelim results (approx 5:30pm)

This week is week 6 of the school year. At the end of week 6, the first eligibility check will happen. Students who are failing a class at the end of the day on Friday, October 2nd will become ineligible at the end of the school day on October 9th.

Parents, please check your students' grades and contact their teachers if you have any questions. The band staff is committed to making sure our students pass their classes. Tutoring is permitted on practice days as long as students bring a pass from tutoring when they were done.

Here are some important bullet points about Eligibility in regards to extracurricular activities such as marching band.

• A student who fails on the 6 week or 9 week progress report / report card will be ineligible to travel with / perform with the band.
• Grades are determined based on the "snapshot" taken at the end of the day on these days. If a student turns in an assignment afterward or does test corrections, the "snapshot" is not changed- the student is still failing
• Most students who fail are failing because of 0's in the gradebook- missing assignments
• Teachers are much more likely to work with you to help you with makeup work if you communicate absences ahead of time
• No pass, No play is a statewide rule that affects all extracurricular activities. No exceptions will be made to UIL No pass, No Play.

Thank you to all our student participants and volunteers who made Friday's parade go smoothly. We are proud of our performance that day!

Region music for all instruments can be found at the link below. Please make sure you are looking at Year A and reading the cover sheet to see if there are cuts to your instrument's etudes.

Link to region music

Here is a link to practice videos from the Dallas Winds to help students practice for Region Band. Each instrument folder contains a sample performance of the music, a video to play along with at separate, slower tempos, and a talk about how to approach the audition.

Link to practice videos from Dallas Winds

See flyer attached for the annual CISD marching band exhibition, along with the brushfire link below for purchasing tickets. Proceeds provide CISD scholarships for band seniors.

https://brushfire.com/comalisdprograms/2025marchingbandexhibition/639608/details

We are currently troubleshooting an issue with PayK12, our online payment system. I will send out payment details to the band when this issue is resolved. In the meantime, the link to payment in the newsletter has been removed. Please do not make any payments using PayK12 until things are fixed as it may create more work for us while we try to solve the issue. If you need to make a payment, we accept cash or checks made out to Davenport HS Band Boosters.

Please note that the link to PayK12 from previous newsletters may still be active and may even allow you to complete a transaction. This does not mean that the system is working properly. I will send an email when this issue is resolved, and I will include an updated link in the newsletter.

Presto balances should now be up to date. Thank you for your patience!

Are you missing music? CLICK HERE to submit a form to ask for music to be printed for you.

The alternate travel form must be turned in if your student will not ride the bus to or from an event. CLICK HERE to access the form.

2026 Marching Band Contest Dates (required)

Please mark your calendars for the following dates. Please plan for the contest to take the whole day.

• US Bands Davenport: Saturday, October 3rd, 2026
• Comal Classic: Saturday, October 10th, 2026
• UIL Region 12 Marching Contest: Saturday, October 17th, 2026
• UIL Area E Marching Contest: Saturday, October 31st, 2026
• UIL State Marching Band Contest (4A): Wednesday, November 11th, 2026

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.

All students will sign up for Presto as part of band registration on Saturday, May 30th. We will send weekly newsletters and important updates through Presto and ParentSquare.

Please sign up for ParentSquare using the attached image.

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

Fee payments made through cash or check can be turned into a director in the band office at any time.

You may pay your instrument usage fees here.

We are still working on a solution to allow online payments for fees for booster fees such as fair share fee, region fees, or outstanding balances from previous years. We will send an email and include the new link here when that is up and running. Thank you for your patience!

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

• October 7, Comal ISD Marching Festival, Smithson Valley HS, 7pm

• October 9, Football @ Austin LBJ, Burger Stadium, 7:30pm

• October 10, Comal Classic Marching Contest, Canyon HS

• October 12, Student Holiday
  

• October 16, Football @ Fredericksburg, Billie stadium, 7:30pm

• October 17, UIL Region 12 Marching Contest, Heroes Stadium

• October 21, Homecoming pep rally, band practice field, 7pm

• October 23, Football vs Taylor, Homecoming, Wolf stadium, 7pm

• October 30, Football @ Austin Travis, House Park Stadium, 7:30pm

• October 31, UIL Area D Marching Contest, The Pfield

Michael Lehmann

Director of Bands

Davenport HS

william.lehmann@comalisd.org

Tyler McClendon

Associate Band Director

Davenport HS

tyler.mcclendon@comalisd.org

Elijah Paterson

Assistant Band Director

Davenport HS

elijah.paterson@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 Rios

Assistant Director of Bands

Danville MS

nichele.rios2@comalisd.org

Email: william.lehmann@comalisd.org

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