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The CLHS Hawk Band has been a UIL Sweepstakes Award winning recipient since 2008. The Hawk Band's "marching season" spans from August through October. The Hawk Band's performances throughout "marching season" consists of Pep Rallies, Varsity Football Games, Local Parades and "Stand Stills," Local Marching Contest and the UIL Marching Contest track. The Hawk Band has been a consistent participant at the UIL Area marching contest and continues it's award winning status.

The Hawk Band's "concert season" spans from November through May. The Hawk Band's performances throughout the "concert season" consists of Holiday Concerts, Pre UIL and UIL Concert and Sightreading Contests, ATSSB Region Band/All State Band Auditions and UIL Solo and Ensemble Contests. The Hawk Band has been a consistent UIL Sweepstakes Award recipient since 2008.

All active percussion students are a part of a Percussion Ensemble class in the fall semester to concentrate on the variety of skills necessary to be a well rounded percussionist. Every member of this class is a part of the marching band during the fall semester and play in the concert bands or percussion ensemble in the Spring. Percussionists sometimes require additional rehearsals to be involved fully. Students in the marching battery percussion should plan on not being involved in other clubs or activities during the fall semester as the schedule with band will be very busy. Some percussionists will be part of the “Cadet Drumline” which are therefore Cadet Marching Band members and will not have a performance position in the competitive marching band. Percussionists also have special performance opportunities through percussion ensembles and optional steel drum band.

The CLHS Jazz Ensemble performs at concerts and at festivals in the spring semester. Opportunities are also provided for students to learn to improvise. Instrumentation is usually limited to the traditional jazz band instrumentation of saxes, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section. Other performance opportunities may arise to perform in the community or for school or district functions. The Jazz Band also participates in the ALL REGION JAZZ audition process as well as compete in the Spring Semester.

The CLHS Color Guard is the Visual component of the CLHS Hawk Marching Band. Students perform weekly at football games and pep rallies as well as perform at community events such as the Comal County Fair and the Sattler Christmas Parade. No experience is necessary for color guard membership. We will teach you everything you will need to know to be successful.

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Lake WG is the indoor competitive color guard group associated with the Hawk Band. Lake WG starts their competitive season as soon as marching season is over and participates in their own Spring semester competitive season. 2020-2021 was the inaugural year for Lake WG resulting in being awarded 1st Divisions at every contest in which they participated.

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Mr. Gonzales is a graduate of William Howard Taft High School in San Antonio and the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has performed with numerous ensembles including Black Gold Drum and Bugle Corps, UTSA Wind Ensemble, UTSA Orchestra, multiple Chamber Ensembles, the UTSA Percussion Ensemble. He has also been a performing member of the Heart of Texas Concert Band and a current member of the San Antonio Wind Symphony.

Past teaching assignments include Assistant Director at White MS, New Braunfels HS and Head Director at New Braunfels Ninth Grade Center and has earned multiple Texas UIL Sweepstakes awards. He was also the Colorguard/Winterguard Director for the Roosevelt Color Guard and most recently, the New Braunfels HS Guard where his ensembles collectively earned six TECA State Divisional Titles. Mr. Gonzales's concert band had the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall in NYC for the National Youth Concert Series in 2013.

Mr. Gonzales is an active clinician in the area for both concert band, marching band as well as colorguard. His professional affiliations include Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Technology Institute for Music Educators, the Association of Texas Small School Bands and the Texas Educational Colorguard Association. Most recently, he completed his tenure as a TMEA State Board Member as TMEA Region 12 Secretary, which he held from 2006-2022.

Mr. Hoffmann is a graduate of New Braunfels High School and Texas Lutheran University. In high school, he studied music with Brad Arnold, Beth Bronk, Randy Leifeste and Ed Gonzales. After high school, he attended TLU and continued his studies in music and earned his Bachelors of Music. His past teaching appointments have been at LaVernia HS and Brennan HS. He currently resides in New Braunfels with his wife and daughter.

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