This Week in DHS Band and Guard

• Monday, October 26th
• Full Band Rehearsal w/ Mr. Lancaster, 5-7:30pm, in stadium from 6:30-7:30pm
• B's not required to attend rehearsal
• Outside during class- dress appropriately (including Wind Ensemble)
• Tuesday, October 27th
• Percussion Rehearsal, 5-7:30pm
• Outside during class- dress appropriately
• Wind Ensemble Honor Band day

• Wednesday, October 28th
• Color guard sectional, 7:30-8:45am
• Outside during class- dress appropriately
• Brass / Woodwind Sectional, 5-7:30pm
• B's not required to attend rehearsal

• Thursday, October 29th
• Letter jacket fitting date for those that have earned one (most likely in athletic conference room before school)
• Outside during class- dress appropriately
• Full Band Rehearsal, 5-7:30pm (students allowed to wear Halloween costumes to practice)
• B's required to attend rehearsal
• Trunk or treat after rehearsal, 7:30-8pm
• Sign up to park your car at trunk or treat here:

• Friday, October 30th
• Outside during class- dress appropriately
• Wind Ensemble Honor Band Day
• We are not attending the football game in Austin this night. All DHS Band students need to go home and get rest before Area D Marching contest in Pflugerville on Friday.
• Saturday, October 31st
• UIL Area D Marching Contest, see detailed schedule below
• State shirts link posted if / when we qualify to state
• Sunday, November 1st
• State shirts, link closes, 11:59pm

Goals for this week:

• Clean clean clean! Drill, music, pass offs. Music in time / tune, spinning / choreo in time, spacing even, perfect foot timing.
• No musical stick outs- everyone contributes
• Class outside every day
• Add B's in to end of the show with T poles
• Be UNDENIABLE

The UIL Area D Marching Contest is on Saturday, October 31st at The Pfield. We will not attend the football game on Friday, October 30th. Due to our early call time on Saturday, we have received permission to go home and rest before our long day on Saturday. We are very thankful for the support. Good luck to our other DHS organizations on Friday night!

Please sign up to volunteer for Area contest here.

Here are some important links with information about the UIL Area D Marching Contest

• Rules, Itinerary, and Bus Seating List
• Ticket sales- tickets are also available at the gate for $10 cash
• Lineup of Bands
• Alternate Travel Form- must be turned in by Friday, October 30th to pick up your student after our final performance on Saturday. If not turned in before the end of the school day (4:30pm), your student will be expected to ride the bus back.

The top 12 bands out of 32 competing will advance from prelims to finals to perform again at night. This is a very competitive event as all bands had to qualify for this contest by earning a first division rating at the region level. The top 6 bands from finals will advance to the UIL State Marching Contest on November 11th at the Alamodome.

Should we qualify to the State Marching Band Contest, a link to purchase state shirts will be updated on the newsletter and sent through Parentsquare the same night we qualify. I apologize for any late texts you may receive as a result of this. The link for state shirts will close at 11:59pm on Sunday, November 1st. This means that the link will be open for 24 hours or less. The store must close by this point in order for the orders for state shirts to be fulfilled before the state marching contest.

Thank you to Marco Adan for taking pictures at Friday's game:

Link here

10/31 Saturday Area

Breakfast: Choice of McDonalds sausage biscuit, sausage McMuffin or Costco muffin with Gogurt Lunch: Golden Chicks Three chicken tenders with fries, cookie, GRAPES and Gatorade.

Dinner: Jimmy John's Sandwiches

Choice of Turkey, Ham, Roast Beef or Italian (Salami & Capocollo) with chips and cookie.

• 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

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

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.

• 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.

You may pay your band fees here.

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 31, UIL Area D Marching Contest, The Pfield

• November 5, Football vs. Austin Northeast (Senior Night)

• November 10, State Sendoff Rehearsal / Performance / Senior March

• November 11, UIL 4A State Marching Contest, Alamodome

• November 13, Weekly playoff games begin

• November 14, Wind Ensemble Media Day

• November 20, possible football playoff game

• November 27, possible football playoff game

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

Website: https://sites.google.com/g.comalisd.org/davenportband/home
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