This Week in DHS Band and Guard

Spring Break!

Goals for this week:

• Practice your instrument
• Enjoy the break!

Concert Band and Symphonic Winds go to UIL on Thursday, March 26th, and Wind Ensemble goes to UIL on Friday, March 27th. Please mark your calendars.

We are one of only two 4A schools in our region sending three bands, and we are very proud of everyone’s hard work in preparing for the evaluation. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend the concert and sight reading portion of the contest. Video/audio recordings are not allowed in the sight reading room.

Students need to bring these items with them to school the day they go to UIL.

• Black dress shoes (closed toe), black crew length socks or hosiery, white undershirt for boys.
• Bring your school clothes with you on the bus so you can change out of your tux/dress at Seguin HS before getting food.

Here is the schedule for each band.

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
• More Color Guard camp dates coming soon

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! 🙂

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.

Thank you to all of the volunteers, the band parents, the students, and everyone who has made all the events in the last two weeks possible. Here's what our program did in the past two weeks:

• TCGC Veterans Memorial Contest (Varsity got 1st place!)
• DHS Percussion Concert
• DMS UIL (Straight 1's for both bands!)
• WGI regional
• Jazz Night
• DMS Rock Concert
• Pre-UIL Concert
• Hosted TCGC Davenport Contest

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 $40 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.

Pass-offs can be done during advisory, before or after school, or at any other time scheduled with a director. Sections with more pass-off chunks will have more opportunities to pass off during class and sectionals. Pass-offs are due on the following dates to maintain a 100 in band class:

February 10th: one pass-off done

March 6th: 50% of pass-offs done

March 27: All pass-offs done

Chair Test Schedule

• Week of 2-2: Blue Book Page 12-13
• Week of 2-17: Blue Book Page 10-11
• Week of 2-23: Blue Book Page 14-15
• Week of 3-2: NO CHAIR TEST THIS WEEK
• Week of 3-16: Blue Book Page 18-19
• Week of 3-23: Blue Book Page 20-21
• Week of 3-30: Blue Book Page 22-23
• Week of 4-6: Blue Book Page 24-25
• Week of 4-13: Blue Book Page 26-27
• Week of 4-20: Blue Book Page 28-29

Symphonic Band Pass-Offs can be found at the link here.

CHAIR TEST - Symphonic Band

Blue Book pg. 11-12

February 27th - 2 Pass-Offs Done

March 6th - 50% of Pass-Offs Done

March 27th - ALL Pass-Offs Done

Concert Band Pass-Offs can be found at the link here.

February 27th - 2 Pass-Offs Done

March 6th - 50% of Pass-Offs Done

March 27th - ALL Pass-Offs Done

The next letter jacket sizing date for band students is Wednesday, March 18th in the band hall. The week before spring break, packets will be available for students who qualified for a letter jacket. Below is an excerpt from our band handbook listing the criteria students must meet in order to qualify for a letter jacket.

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.

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

• You may pay your booster fees online at this link. (including solo and ensemble!)
• The instrument usage fee can be paid at this link.

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.

• March 3, CISD Jazz Night, Canyon Lake HS, 6:30pm

• March 6, DHS Band Pre-UIL Concert, 10am, DHS PAC

• March 6-7, TCGC Winter Guard Contest, Davenport High School (hosting, volunteers needed)

• March 9-13, Spring Break

• March 21, Winter Guard Contest, Moe and Gene Johnson HS

• March 26, Concert Band and Symphonic Band UIL, Seguin HS (Times TBA)

• March 27, Wind Ensemble UIL, Seguin HS (Times TBA)

• March 28, Winter Guard Contest, Georgetown HS

• March 31, CISD Fine Arts Senior Scholarships Application Due @5pm

• April 2, Middle School / Jazz Region Clinic and Concert, DHS, All day

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/
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