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2023-24 Sumner HS Marching Band & Color Guard
(Updated 4/14/2024)
Sumner HS Band Program Students, Parents and Families:
We hope you’ve enjoyed your Spring Break and are getting ready for the last segment of the 2023-24 school-year. The weather this weekend is so nice - it would’ve been perfect for marching the 4 Daffodil Parades last Saturday, but that’s the way it goes. At least you got a full 8 days to relax and recharge. Mrs. Carl and I decided to go somewhere we’d never been before during Spring Break - New Orleans - and it was just fantastic! Weather was warmer and nicer (and really stormy on one day) but if you enjoy music (especially Jazz) and food you ought to go there sometime. We were fortunate to be able to go to the first 2 days of the GIANT French Quarter Jazz Festival that started on Thursday - so many groups and it was all FREE (we even saw a HS Marching Band in a New Orleans tradition of a spontaneous parade one evening, and they were REALLY GOOD!). After observing all of this I was even thinking of having us try to form a Dixieland-style Jazz Combo next school-year - it might be really cool. Anyway, we’re looking forward to being back on Monday and getting started on what will be a busy upcoming few weeks - actually all the way until June. So, let’s come back and be ready to move on to a number of things, including:
- Both Jazz Ensembles performing at Stafford Suites Senior Prom Friday April 20th
- Both Jazz Ensembles traveling to the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival in Portland to use the experience we received at the Newport HS Jazz Festival last month and do our best job in our final Jazz competition of the year
- MB & CG starting to prepare for our final 2 parades of the Spring (both are competitive judged events) on May 18 at Bremerton and Poulsbo
- Starting to work on our new combined 9/10/11/12 SB piece for our Spring Concert
- The initial 2024-25 Student and Parent Meeting, where we’ll be talking about:
- The latest update on the San Diego Holiday Bowl Trip
- 2024-25 Jazz Ensemble Tryouts
- Summer Marching Band
- 2024-25 Drum Major Tryouts
- Preparations for our 2024 Spring Collage Concert (affectionately called “The Crying Concert” with all sorts of special things, including the special performance of both combined 9/10 and 11/12 Symphonic Bands being conducted by retiring LMS Band Director Mr. Osborn, as well as new Jazz charts by both groups, encore performances of our top-rated Solo-Ensemble Contest performers, our traditional Senior slide-show video, and of course, our Spartan Marching Band & Color Guard in their final performance of the school-year in the PAC.
- And an earliest-ever start to our Fall 2024 Fall Field Show music!
Also, don’t forget about the Butter-Braids Fund-Raiser going on all this month. Help us to raise money and go places (maybe like a return to the South Sound Speedway?)
So here’s our 2-week schedule, day-by-day:
APRIL 15 MONDAY - LATE-START/ADVISORY SCHEDULE
- NO Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals
- Drumline/9-10/11-12 MB Daffodil Parades Review and Rehearsals
- 2:30PM BLC Meeting
APRIL 16 TUESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: MHJF Competition Charts
- Drumline/9-10/11-12 MB Rehearsals: Parade Music
- 3:00-4:30PM CG Rehearsal
APRIL 17 WEDNESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: SR Charts for SSSP
- Drumline/9-10/11-12 MB: Parade Music Review with DM’s
- NO 4:00-7:00PM AFTERNOON MB-CG REHEARSAL
APRIL 18 THURSDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: MHJF Competition Charts Run-Thrus
- Drumline/9-10/11-12 SB: SR New Music
- 3:00-4:30PM CG Rehearsal
APRIL 19 FRIDAY - SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE: CELEBRATE YOURSELF
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: SSSP Charts Run-Thrus
- Drumline/9-10/11-12 SB and MB: Run-Thrus of SB and Parade Music
- CELEBRATE YOURSELF ASSEMBLY 12:10-1:35PM
(Full-Group will NOT be performing)
APRIL 20 AND 21 WEEKEND
- NO BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
Highlights for NEXT WEEK:
APRIL 22 MONDAY - LATE-START/ADVISORY SCHEDULE
- NO Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals
- Drumline/9-10/11-12 MB Rehearsals
- 2:30PM BLC Meeting
- 7:00PM SBPA PARENTS GROUP MEETING
APRIL 23 TUESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: MHJF Competition Charts
- Drumline/9-10/11-12 MB Rehearsals: Parade Music
- 3:00-4:30PM CG Rehearsal
- 5:00-8:30PM RESTAURANT NIGHT AT WINDMILL BISTRO GARDENS FUNDRAISER
BE SURE TO MAKE RESERVATIONS
APRIL 24 WEDNESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: SSSP Charts-Work
- Drumline/9-10/11-12 MB: SB Work & SR
- 4:00-7:00PM AFTERNOON MB-CG REHEARSAL
- 4:00-4:50PM SECTIONALS
- 5:00-6:50PM MARCHING REHEARSAL
APRIL 25 THURSDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: MHJF Competition Charts Run-Thrus
- Drumline/9-10, and 11/12 MB Review-Work
- 3:00-4:30PM CG Rehearsal
APRIL 26 FRIDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: SSSP Charts Run-Thrus
- Drumline/9-10/11-12 SB and MB: Run-Thrus of SB and Parade Music
- 5:45PM - JAZZ ENSEMBLES SET-UP AT STAFFORD SUITES
- 6:00PM - JAZZ ENSEMBLES STAFFORD SUITES “SENIOR PROM”
- 8:00PM - EVENT FINISHED - BAND ROOM WILL BE OPEN AFTER
APRIL 27 SATURDAY - STATE SOLO CONTEST AT CWU - ELLENSBURG
- AIDEN HATCHER IS PERFORMING HIS TENOR SAX SOLO AT 8:00AM
STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND (ROOM IS HOGUE 102)
APRIL 28 SUNDAY
- CAR WASH FUNDRAISER AT BONNEY LAKE LES SCHWAB
This is a really fun time of the year coming-up with so many things going on. The Jazz Ensembles performing and competing in successive weekends, a special never-done-before combined 9-10-11-12 Symphonic Band celebrating Mr. Osborn, the start of planning for 2024-25 with Drumline, Jazz Ensemble, and Drum Major Tryouts, MB-CG performing and competing at 2 great parades in the same day, and the “beginning of the end” as we start preparations for our Final Concert, the Awards Dinner, and SHS Graduation at the Tacoma Dome. This last section of the year will go by quickly, so enjoy every day and do your best - we’ve got so many things to be thankful for this year, so let’s keep it up and end both literally and figuratively on a high-note. Thanks again for your great work. And oh yes, SELL THOSE BUTTER BRAIDS!
Sumner HS Band Program Staff:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Sumner High School Band Director
Ellen Carl, Sumner High School Auxiliary Coordinator
Laurie Selle, Sumner High School Color Guard Assistant Instructor
Sumner High School, 1707 Main Street, Sumner, WA 98390
- (253) 891-5565: Band Office
- (253) 891-5500: Sumner HS Main Office (7:00AM-3:30PM)
- (253) 891-5585: Sumner HS FAX
- (360) 889-0080: Carl Home
- (253) 307-5705: Mr. Carl‘s Cell
- (253) 307-5706: Mrs. Carl‘s Cell
