This Week in DHS Band and Guard

Monday, November 4

• No practice - Academic Awards Night
• Last day to order parent state shirts - orders must be placed by 11:59 pm

• Full Band, 5-7:30 pm (with Mr. Lancaster, B shadows excused from rehearsal)

• Color Guard Sectional, 7:30-8:45 am
• Percussion Woodwind and Brass Sectional, 5-7:30 pm (B shadows excused from rehearsal)

Thursday, November 7

• Full Band, 5-7:30 pm (B shadows excused from rehearsal)

Friday, November 8

• Veterans Day Program (Wind Ensemble and Battery only), 10 am, DHS Auditorium, report to Band Hall at 8:55 am in jeans and band polo
• Last day for donations for GVTC Thanksgiving Give Back Project
• 4:30 Feed the Band
• 5:15-6:15 pm Rehearsal in compression gear and athletic shorts in stadium and set up for performance (no load crew needed, get in the stands so we can perform for you!)
• 6:15 pm Get dressed into uniform in stadium restrooms - take z racks to stadium
• 7 pm Community State Sendoff Performance @ Wolf Stadium
• 7:45 pm Senior March at the stadium
• 8:15 pm Students take all equipment back to band hall and change out of uniform
  
• 8:30 pm Parent pickup

• No school or rehearsal - Veterans Day

• Full Band, 5-8 pm (B shadows excused from rehearsal)

• UIL 4A State Marching Band Competition, Alamodome, Prelims performance @ 4 pm, possible finals performance at night

Thursday, November 14

• Playoff game #1 @ San Marcos HS

Area prelims - https://youtu.be/7UN0t96t-kI?si=62P1mnB09oYU1PCv

Area finals - https://youtu.be/X5rc0T8jhZE?si=9EVbDPeyuHV6m_vX

1. Be at rehearsal - physically and mentally - let's finish the season strong!

2. Foot/leg shape - get those legs straight and toes up!

3. Get squeakier clean - music in time/tune, spinning/choreo in time, spacing even, perfect foot timing

Now is your chance to purchase State shirts and hoodies, but you must act quickly. In order to have these items in time for the competition, your order must be placed by 11:59pm Monday, November 4th. All orders will be processed through our online store. We have hoodies, adult tshirts and youth shirts. Hoodies are $30 and shirts are $15.

Davenport Band Boosters will provide 1 shirt per band or color guard student. No extras will be ordered. Sizes and designs are listed on the website and these are the only options available. All orders will be available for pickup after practice the week of Nov 11th.

Click here to shop for your Wolf Band State swag!! https://tinyurl.com/bandmart

Shop closes at 11:59pm Monday, Nov 4th!!! Order now!

Our prelims performance at the UIL 4A State Marching Competition is at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, November 13th at the Alamodome. The top 10 out of 27 bands will advance to finals that evening. Chaperones and load crew have already been selected for the performance. Transportation will be provided for load crew to and from the Alamodome.

We are so excited to attend the state matching band competition for the second consecutive year. We are so proud of our community, and we cannot wait to represent Comal ISD and Davenport HS at the state level again. It has been a team effort, and the support this season has been nothing short of overwhelming from parents, community members, and our school district.

Here are some important links with information about the UIL 4A State Marching Band Competition

• Contest Info and Itinerary
• Contest Schedule/Lineup
• Ticket Sales
• Bus Assignments (chaperone/load crew seating will be updated shortly)
• 2024 4A UIL State Marching Band Program
• UIL State Marching Band Contest Website
• Clear Bag Policy
• Director Packet

Additional Spectator Parking Info

A limited amount of spectator parking will be available adjacent to the Alamodome in LOT B. Once these lots are full spectators must find parking elsewhere. There are numerous public parking lots west of I-37 in the vicinity of the Convention Center. These lots will open each morning approximately 2 hours prior to the start of the contest. See the map below. Parking rates are set by the City of San Antonio. The spectator parking rate is $15.00 and is subject to change. There are no in and out privileges. There is no onsite parking available for spectator buses.

The Davenport High School Veteran's Day program is this Friday at 10 am. Only our Wind Ensemble and Battery will be performing due to limited space on stage in the auditorium. We’re honored to be able to offer this performance to the Veterans in our community who have bravely served our country. Attire for the performance is band polos and jeans.

B Shadows are excused from all remaining marching band practices. They will still attend all marching competitions and playoff football games. We are working on a way to get all B shadows on the field for our final contest performances.

We are participating in the GVTC Thanksgiving Give Back Project again this year. The band and color guard is taking donations of anything on the attached flier. Drop off is at the band hall to Mr. Keyes. The last day to donate is November 8th.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/tt9ghz7ktmegb7ab27jc9/AEdWrMZbPIqbQZBqslHsMxw?rlkey=a9o1w9glrfmwbe9llhpfwafkg&st=g73b4bpf&dl=0

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.

• November 18, Band Booster Meeting, Auditorium, 6:30 pm
  
• November 21, Butter Braid Fundraiser Kickoff
• November 25-29, Thanksgiving break
• December 5, Butter Braid Money Due
• December 7th, Region Band Auditions, La Vernia HS, all day
• December 9, Holiday Band Concert, Davenport Auditorium, 7 pm
• December 16, Region Band Concert and Clinic, Davenport HS, all day

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
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Twitter: @davenporthsband