This Week in DHS Band and Guard

Monday, April 27th

• Color Guard SLT Teaching Audition, 1st period class
• Fall Percussion Auditions, 5-6:30pm

Tuesday, April 28th

• Drumline performs at Military Pep Rally, 5:00-5:30pm

Wednesday, April 29th

• End of year auditions for Danville and Davenport begin during class
• CISD Fine Arts Awards Night, see information below

Thursday, April 30th

• End of year auditions for Danville and Davenport continue during class
• Band Booster General Membership Meeting, 6:30pm, DHS Band Hall

Friday, May 1st

• Mr. Lehmann off campus with DMS for Dallas Trip
• SLT Results posted at 4:30pm
• Click here for SLT Results

All students who qualified for TSSEC are invited to Fine Arts Awards night. See the flyer below for more information. You will receive an email this week with the invite.

Our Purcell Suite brass quintet is playing at the beginning of the ceremony. The quintet will need to rehearse at Pieper High School at 3:30pm. Dinner will be provided for these five performers.

Please vote for banquet awards HERE. Voting closes Thursday, April 30th at 11:59pm.

On Friday, 4-24-2026, the DHS Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band participated in the American Classics music festival at Boerne Champion High School. The purpose of this competition was twofold; we competed in the festival, but we will also use recordings from this performance for our statewide summer concert band competitions.

The awards we received are as follows:

• Symphonic Band:

• Superior Rating

• Outstanding Performance Trophy

• Three outstanding soloist awards

• Wind Ensemble

• Superior Rating

• Outstanding Performance Trophy

• Nine outstanding soloist awards

• Best in Festival trophy (our group was selected as the best out of all the groups that performed on Friday and Saturday!)

Thank you for coming to the Pop Percussion and Jazz Concert! Pictures are below.

We had lots of fun on our Dallas trip this weekend!

The dates and destination for our 2027 out of state Spring Trip will be announced at the parent meeting at the end of Mini Camp on May 28, 2026.

Below is the link to submit photos from marching season. If you would like to see your photos featured at banquet, please submit them here.

https://forms.gle/J5TJJBzL1dg6tZgK9

Please consider volunteering to help at Band Banquet. We need help setting up before the event and cleaning up after the event. The sign up link is below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4DABA929A1F4C34-63311811-band.

Thank you for helping make this a special night!

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 now $65 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.

We are so proud of the 75 students who advanced to the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest (TSSEC). These students will attend contest on Monday, May 25th in the South Austin area. Please mark your calendars.

All students who advanced to TSSEC will be recognized at the Fine Arts awards night on April 29th at Pieper HS. Please mark you calendars for this event as well.

This week, outstanding balances will be sent to DHS front office. Statements are being emailed biweekly through Presto.

Fee payments can be made at any time to Mr. Lehmann or online. Please email Mr. Lehmann at william.lehmann@comalisd.org if you have any questions or concerns.

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

CLICK HERE to access the music and audio files for region jazz year A.

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
• June 5, 9am-4pm
• June 10, 9am-4pm
• June 17, 9am-4pm
• June 24, 9am-4pm
• July 8, 9am-4pm
• July 15, 9am-4pm

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! 🙂

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.

• 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.

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.

• May 4, 5, and 7, Color Guard Audition Camps, 5:30-7pm

• May 6, Hosting CISD Beginner Band Festival

• May 8-9, Hosting Music Festival

• May 9, Band Banquet, 6pm

• May 11, AP Music Theory Exam

• May 11, Combined Spring Concert with DMS, 6pm, DHS PAC

• May 15-16, Hosting Music Festival

• May 21, Last Day of School

• May 23, DHS Graduation, Strahan Coliseum @ Texas State University, 4pm

• May 26-28, Mini Marching Camp, 9am-4pm

• May 30, Band Registration

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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