This Week in DHS Band and Guard
Week of September 26, 2022
This Week's Schedule
Monday, September 26th
- Full Band Rehearsal, 5 pm - 7:30 pm
- Pop Up March Sale outside Band Hall 7:30 pm
- Percussion Sectional, 5 pm - 7:30 pm
Wednesday, September 28th
- Color Guard Sectional, 7:30 - 8:55 am
- Woodwind and Brass Sectional, 5 pm - 7:30 pm
Thursday, September 29th
- Full Band Rehearsal, 5 pm - 7:30 pm
- Pop Up March Sale outside Band Hall 7:30 pm
- Davenport @ Devine, 7:30 pm, Devine HS
Saturday, October 1st
- USBands Hill Country Regional - Call Time 9 am, Prelims 3 pm, Finals begin at 7 pm
Devine Away Football Game
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. Tickets to the game can be purchased here. Parents who are not volunteering as load crew or chaperones may not enter the band section in the stands.
Students need to bring these items with them to school on Friday.
- Grey Wolf Band water bottle filled with ice and water
- Band – long black socks, marching shoes, compression shirt and shorts, gloves, band ball cap, athletic shorts for run-through.
- Color guard – show hair and makeup, bodytights, black socks, show undergarments, and guard shoes.
Schedule for the day
- 5th period (1:31 pm) - All band and color guard student report to band hall
- 2:00 pm - Short run through
- 2:30 pm - Load truck and get dressed into half uniform
- 3:20 pm - Inspection and load busses
- 3:45 pm - Leave DHS for Devine HS
- 5:15 pm - Feed the Band @ Devine HS
- 6:00 pm - Get dressed in full uniform and unload truck
- 7:00 pm - Pre-Game Ceremonies
- 7:30 pm - Game starts
- 11:00 pm - Leave Devine
- 12:30 pm - Approximate Parent Pick Up (students need to help unload their instrument off the truck before leaving)
USBands Hill Country Regional Marching Competition
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 are attending the USBands Hill Country Regional Marching Competition this Saturday at Pieper High School. We are competing in Group III with 5 other bands. There are 21 bands total competing for 10 spots in finals. This is the most competitive contest we have been to outside of UIL Area. There are bands attending the contest that have advanced to the state marching contests in 4A, 5A, and 6A classifications. 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.
Spectator Arrival: Spectators should arrive on Kinder Parkway via E Borgfeld Rd, go past the stadium entrance, and turn right into the campus. Please follow the direction of parking staff and posted signage.
Spectator Parking: Spectators will park in the lots behind the main school building. There will be a $5 per vehicle parking fee collected by Pieper High School. Cash or card is accepted.
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased prior to the event here. There is only a lower cost all day pass available. The stadium will not be cleared between prelims and finals. There will be a price increase day-of at the box office. Children 10 and under are admitted free without a ticket.
Patches: Patches may be preordered using this google form.
Schedule for the day
9:00 Call Time @ DHS
9:15 Run through
10:15 Load truck, eat lunch (provided), and get dressed into half uniform
11:15 Inspection and load busses
11:30 Depart Davenport HS
12:15 Arrive at Pieper HS
1:55 Warm Up
2:45 Performance
3:30 Announcement of Finalist Bands (Class champions plus next 6 highest scores advance)
4:45 Dinner (provided)
5:15 Depart Pieper HS if we do not make finals
7:00 Finals begin (random draw for order of performance)
10:00 Awards
10:45 Depart Pieper HS
11:45 Parent Pickup @ DHS
Items to Bring on Saturday
- Band Formal Uniform Parts – long black socks, marching shoes, compression shirt and shorts, gloves, athletic shorts for run-through, hair items
- Color guard Formal Uniform Parts – show hair and makeup, bodytights, black socks, show undergarments, and guard shoes
- Jeans
- Gray Wolf Band water bottle filled with ice and water
Eligibility
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 homecoming game on October 7th. Grades will become final on Friday, September 30th at 4:30 pm.
Comal ISD Marching Band Exhibition
The Comal ISD Marching Band Exhibition is Monday, October 3rd. 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.
Here is the tentative schedule.
- 4:30 pm - Feed the Band
- 5:00 pm - Run through
- 5:20 pm - Load truck and change into half uniform
- 6:00 pm - Inspection
- 6:15 pm - Leave for SVHS
- 7:00 pm - Arrive at SVHS and unload
- 7:30 pm - First band performs
- 7:50 pm - DHS Performance
- 8:10 pm - Load truck
- 8:30 pm - Watch bands, last performance at 9 pm
- 9:30 pm - Depart SVHS
- 10:30 pm - Parent pickup @ DHS
Remind Groups
We have two sets of remind groups.
- The first is for directors to communicate with both parents and students. We used this Friday to let everyone know the game was delayed 30 minutes due to rain.
- The second is for section parents to communicate with parents in their section.
Please take a moment to join the appropriate groups by texting the code including the @ to 81010.
Directors to Students/Parents
- Woodwinds - @99edfh to 81010
- Brass - @dhswolfb to 81010
- Percussion - @kdb2aa to 81010
- Color Guard - @dhswolfba to 81010
Section Parent to Parents (no students)
Flute - @eaddkbd
Clarinet - @33628ef
Saxes - @3fb7bhb
Trumpets - @edfbeg
Mello - @2428cb7
Trombone - @ebdakk7
Baritone/Tuba - @g3c79b
Percussion - @kkgdg99
Color Gaurd - @942kc8
Fee Payments
Fee payments (Use this link for everything except instrument usage fees.)
Upcoming Events
- October 3rd, Comal ISD Band Exhibition, Smithson Valley HS, 7:30 pm
- October 5th, Homecoming Parade and Pep Rally, Evening
- October 7th, Davenport v. Taylor Football Game (Homecoming), 7:30 pm
- October 8th, Comal Classic Marching Competition, Canyon HS, performance @ 12:30 pm, Homecoming Dance in evening
- October 10th, Columbus Day, No School or Rehearsal
- October 11th, Full Band Practice Rescheduled from Columbus Day, 5-7:30 pm
- October 14th, Davenport @ Canyon Lake Football Game, 7:30 pm
- October 15th, Region 12 UIL Marching Contest, Heroes Stadium, 5:30 pm performance
- October 21st, Davenport v. Lampasas Football Game, 7:30 pm
- October 28th, Davenport @ Burnet Football Game
- October 29th, UIL Area Marching Contest, Calallen HS
Band Staff
Jeffrey Keyes
Director of Bands
Davenport HS
Dean Ponseti
Associate Band Director
Davenport HS
Kim Booher
Color Guard Director
Davenport HS
Alexis Dillon
Color Guard Assistant Director
Davenport HS
Kelsey Lien
Director of Bands
Danville MS
Nichele Gonzales
Assistant Director of Bands
Danville MS
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