This Week in DHS Band and Guard

Monday, September 30

• Full Band, 5-7:30 pm

• Color Guard Sectional, 7:30-8:45 am
• Winds and Percussion, 5-7:30 pm

Wednesday, October 2

• Comal ISD Marching Festival, 7:30 pm, Wolf Stadium, see below for itinerary

Thursday, October 3

• Full Band, 5-7:30 pm
  

• Football @ Kennedy, Kennedy HS, 7 pm, see below for itinerary, click here for map

• USBands San Antonio Regional (Hosting), Wolf Stadium, see below for itinerary

Students, please study the videos, especially the done video, to find opportunities for improvement (ballad hit set, last set 🙃).

Video from Press Box - https://youtu.be/9XOkqYJJ_PQ

Drone Video - https://youtu.be/Nxd2bn39kcE

Love letters - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-3UNcdHKKu2RGlJdGOD6n8r9S1QfxY0X

Hello beautiful band family-

If you signed up to volunteer for uniform committee at registration or contacted me personally already, I will be sending out a text to you tonight. Please respond so that I know you are still interested. If you do not get that text by tomorrow morning and would like to volunteer, please text me as well.

We will be handing out uniforms to wash next weekend after all of this weeks events. More info to follow.

Thanks again for all you do. You are an amazing group of parents!

Emily Lachance

830-734-3005

The Comal ISD Marching Band Exhibition is Wednesday, October 2nd. Parents, please consider signing up to volunteer as a chaperone or load crew if you have already completed the CISD background check here. We also need volunteers to take tickets at the event. The sign up to volunteer is here.

All 5 marching band in Comal ISD will be performing their marching shows. Tickets are $5, and all proceeds go towards college scholarships. Tickets can be purchased here.

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

• Grey Wolf Band water bottle filled with ice and water
• Formal Uniform Parts for game

• Band - long black socks, marching shoes, compression shirt and shorts
• Guard - Show hair and makeup, show undergarments, no show socks, guard shoes

Schedule for the day

• 4:30 pm - Feed the Band
• 5:15 pm - Run Through
• 6:15 pm - Move equipment to stadium and change into uniform
• 7:05 pm - Inspection
• 7:15 pm - Walk to stadium
• 7:30 pm - First band performs
• 8:30 pm - DHS Performance
• 8:45 pm - Take equipment back to band hall and change out of uniforms
• 9:15 pm - Parent Pickup

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.

We will be taking school busses to Kennedy. Students will ride busses by instrument

• Bus 1 (27) - Flute (18), Tubas (9) + room for load crew adults + Keyes
• Bus 2 (43) - Baritones (29), Clarinet (12), Bass Clarinets (2) + Lehmann
• Bus 3 (44) - Trumpets (19), Altos (11), Bari (2) + Mellophones (11)
• Bus 4 (24) - Percussion (24) + overflow guard + room for load crew adults + McClendon
• Bus 5 (46) - Color Guard (46) + Dillon

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

• Grey Wolf Band water bottle filled with ice and water
• Formal Uniform Parts for game
• Band - long black socks, marching shoes, compression shirt and shorts
• Guard - Show hair and makeup, show undergarments, no show socks, guard shoes

Schedule for the day

• 1:50 (5th period) All band students meet at the band hall
  

• 2:05 Run Through

• 2:25 Load truck

• 2:40 Winds and color guard go to 6th period

• 3:30 Bus #4 (McClendon) leaves for Kennedy HS
  

• 3:40 (7th period) Winds players and color guard report to band hall

• 4:30 Bus #1, 2, and 3 (Keyes) leaves for Kennedy HS

• 4:30 Color Guard eats at DHS

• 5:30 Bus #5 (Lehmann/Dillon) leaves for Kennedy HS

• 7:00 Davenport vs. Kennedy HS Football Game (Bs perform show @ halftime)

• 11:30 Approximate pick-up time at DHS Band Hall - A remind message will be send out when we are on the road with a more accurate pick-up time

Parents, 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 2 other bands. There are 15 bands total competing for 10 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.

Planning document for the day - click here.

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

Spectator Parking: There will be a $5 per vehicle parking fee collected by Davenport High School. Cash or card is accepted.

Tickets: Tickets can be purchased prior to the event here. There will be a price increase day-of at the box office.

Schedule for the day

• 8:00 am Call Time @ DHS

• 8:30-10:00 Run through/Rehearsal at Band Pad

• 10:00 Pre-stage props in stadium

• 10:15 Parent pick up or stay on campus and volunteer/watch bands

• 2:30 Call Time @ Band Hall
  

• 3:00 Inspection

• 3:30 Warm Up

• 4:15 Performance

• 5:00 Announcement of Finalist Bands (Class champions plus next 6 highest scores advance)

• 5:30 Dinner (provided)

• 5:30 Parent pickup if we do not make finals

• ~7:30 Finals begin - we have not been given a finals schedule yet

• ~9:45 Awards

• ~10:30 Parent Pickup @ DHS

Items to Bring on Saturday

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

• Grey Wolf Band water bottle filled with ice and water
• Bandtober shirt
• Athletic shorts
• Formal Uniform Parts for game
• Band - long black socks, marching shoes, compression shirt and shorts
• Guard - Show hair and makeup, show undergarments, no show socks, guard shoes

• 10/2 Comal ISD Marching Band Showcase
• Raising Cane's Chicken Three Chicken Tenders, Fries, toasted bread , Go Gurt and Cane's Sauce
• 10/4 SA Kennedy (Away) Game
• What-A-Burger Cheeseburger, Fries, GoGurt and a Cookie
• 10/5 US Bands at Davenport (Dinner)
• Jimmy John's Sub Choice of Ham, Salami, Turkey Sub Sandwich with Chips, Cookie and Pickle. Veggie toppings and condiments on the side.

Students who fail a class on the 6-week progress report will not be eligible to attend football games and marching competitions starting with the Kennedy away game on October 4th. We will be talking with student on Monday to tell them their eligibility status.

ALL students will need to pass all their classes on the 9 week report card to remain eligible. Students who loose their eligibility on the 6 weeks progress report can regain their eligibility if they are passing all their classes on the 9 week report card. Please note that we will be replacing students in the show who loose their eligibility at the 6 weeks progress report. Students who are ineligible after the 6 weeks progress report will miss the USBands marching contest, Comal Classic marching contest, and UIL region marching contest. We need to have all spots filled in the show for these performances.

Timeline for eligibility

• October 18 End of 9 week grading period. All students will again keep, lose, or regain eligibility based on these grades.

• October 25 Previously ineligible students may regain eligibility at the end of the school day.

• November 8 Grade check for ineligible students only.

• November 15 Previously ineligible students may regain eligibility at the end of the school day.
  

We understand the eligibility can be very confusing. Please do not hesitate to ask if you have questions about eligibility.

• October 12 - Comal Classic (same day as homecoming dance), performance at 12:45 pm
  

• October 19 - UIL Region Marching Competition, performance at 5:00 pm

• November 2 - UIL Area Marching Competition, TBA

• November 13 - UIL State Marching Contest, TBA

Fine Arts students are issued a Fine Arts pass that allows students to attend certain events and sporting events in Comal ISD free of charge. Here is a video with information on how to retrieve this year's Fine Arts Pass.

https://youtu.be/sJ1pCQP5VZk

We will be reassessing our A and B shadow assignments after the performance at Del Rio HS on September 20th. Observations during performances and rehearsals, as well as pass off completion for the winds will be used to make final assignments. This will have given our As and Bs two performances each before we make final assignments for contest season. As and Bs will continue to follow this performance schedule.

We will taking a daily grade for inspection on Friday. Students who are missing one item will receive a 50, and two or more items will result in a 0. Winds and battery percussion will have their flip folders checked. Front ensemble (cymbals) does not need flip folders. Color guard and band students will need to have all required summer uniform parts including a belt and hat for the band. Please talk to a band director before Friday to get help obtaining any missing items to avoid loosing points on inspection.

Here is a link to order band pictures of you did not order them before they were taken in August.

https://www.samrobertsphotography.com/graduation/davenport_high_school/2024-25_dhs_galleries/2024-25_dhs_band/

Video shout outs on the jumbotron can be purchased at the link below through the Wolf Athletic Booster Club.

https://buildingthepack.com/store-2/video-board-shout-out/

All band students are encouraged to use these recordings and tutorials on this year's region music as they prepare for region auditions in early December.

https://bit.ly/atssbyeard

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

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12W2VNcYDjIsrOuKXHw2AeB0vR0B0D3As?usp=sharing

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

Senior student and parents, please join the Davenport HS Band Seniors Class of 2025 remind group by texting @b7d4fe to 81010.

Click here to access the 2 page calendar as well as the Google Calendar. You will also find instructions for syncing the Google Calendar on your phone.

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

• September 14 - Thunder in the Hills percussion contest

• October 5 - USBands Davenport (hosting)

• October 12 - Comal Classic

• October 19 - UIL Region Marching Competition

• November 2 - UIL Area Marching Competition

• November 13 - UIL State Marching Contest

Fee payments can be made at any time to Mr Keyes or online.

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

• October 9th, Homecoming pep rally
  
• October 11, Football v. Fredericksburg (homecoming), 7 pm
• October 12, Comal Classic Marching Festival, afternoon performance time
• October 12 Football @ Somerset, 7pm
• October 19, UIL Region 12 Marching Contest, Heroes Stadium, 5:15 PM performance time
• October 25, Football v. Uvalde (Senior Night), Wolf Stadium, 7 pm
• November 1, Football @ Canyon Lake, 7 pm
• November 2, UIL Area Marching Contest, Calallen HS
• November 8, Senior Walk (all students required to attend), 7 pm, Wolf Stadium
• November 13, UIL State Marching Contest, Alamodome

Jeffrey Keyes

Director of Bands

Davenport HS

jeffrey.keyes@comalisd.org

Tyler McClendon

Associate Band Director

Davenport HS

tyler.mcclendon@comalisd.org

Michael Lehmann

Associate Band Director

Davenport HS

william.lehmann@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
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davenporthsband/
Twitter: @davenporthsband