Current Schedule

2025 Sumner Summer Marching Band & Color Guard

(Updated 7/6/2025)

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I hope everyone is having a great extended July 4th weekend and that you all stayed safe out there with all of the explosions going on. Mrs. Carl and I watched an “unofficial” fireworks show on Lake Tapps on Independence Day night that was truly amazing (and we’re guessing VERY expensive) but it seemed everywhere it was a wild evening at the end of a great day. Thanks very much to all of you (over 80 total!) who attended and performed at the Cedar Ridge Independence Day Parade on Friday - this was the 34th year they’ve had it and we’re so proud to represent our Schools and our District every year (see the attached pictures in the BLAST). It has certainly become a community tradition (and a tradition for our Sumner HS Band Program) and we want to thank the residents of Cedar Ridge and Fir Ridge in Bonney Lake for allowing us to help to celebrate the 4th with them and to have lots of drinks, hot dogs, and treats at the end of the parade. It was also great to see so many Sumner HS Band Program parents and families in the audience cheering us on as we marched about 1.5 miles in our first performance of the summer. Now we move on to our next performance at the Capital Lakefair Parade in Olympia on Saturday July 19th at 5:00PM - it’s a beautiful setting for a parade as we march by the State Capital and after we finish there are lots of things to do and eat at a variety of different venues. We’ll have our second piece (“Watermelon Man”) ready for the parade and we’ll continue to work on our marching and routines over the next 4 rehearsals so we’ll be ready to have a great time. The final information and time-line will be out in next Sunday’s BLAST, but just so you know, we’ll meet at Sumner HS at about 11:30AM to leave for Olympia on District School Buses (and our Band Trailer for equipment), we’ll get judged by the parade music judges before the parade begins, and then the parade will start (it’s nice to have a later afternoon parade so it’ll be a little cooler). The parade is a mile or so in length and we encourage parents who want to chaperone or families to just show-up in Olympia just to cheer us on - it’ll be a fun time. Then we get into our busiest week, with 3 performances over the course of just 3 days:

July 24 Thursday in Tacoma performing for the National Character Strong Convention
July 25 Friday performing at the Pre-Torchlight Band Jam
July 26 Saturday performing at the BIG Seattle Seafair Torchlight Parade

So, we’ve got lots of activities going on and we’ll have lots to get ready for, so we hope you can make it to rehearsals when you can and get ready to be seen by hundreds of thousands of people!

Schedule for the NEXT 2 WEEKS:

JULY 8 TUESDAY

SUMMER MB-CG REHEARSAL - 5:30-7:30PM

WATERMELON MAN MUSIC & ROUTINE-WORK
INITIAL SIGN-UPS FOR THE WHITE ROCK, BC TRIP AUGUST 2-3
CONTINUED MUSIC AND MARCHING WORK

JULY 10 THURSDAY

SUMMER MB-CG REHEARSAL - 5:30-7:30PM

PLAYING AND ROUTINES SECTIONALS
MARCHING AND PLAYING BOTH PIECES ON THE STREET

JULY 15 TUESDAY

SUMMER MB-CG REHEARSAL - 5:30-7:30PM

CAPITAL LAKEFAIR INFORMATION AND PERMISSION FORMS OUT
PLAYING AND ROUTINES SECTIONALS
CONTINUED STREET MARCHING - 2 MILES

JULY 17 THURSDAY

SUMMER MB-CG REHEARSAL - 5:30-7:30PM

FINAL MUSIC AND ROUTINES CLEAN-UP

JULY 19 SATURDAY - SUMMER MB-CG CAPITAL LAKEFAIR PARADE
DOWNTOWN OLYMPIA, WA

GROUP REPORT TO SHS AT 11:30AM
LEAVE FOR OLYMPIA (SCHOOL BUSES)
SACK-LUNCH (NO GLASS) ON THE WAY DOWN
PRE-PARADE JUDGING PERFORMANCE
PARADE BEGINS AT 5:00PM
DINNER-BREAK (BRING MONEY) AFTER THE PARADE FINISHES
BUSES RETURN TO SHS AT ABOUT 9:30PM

Let’s have a great week together and enjoy the chance we have to play and perform with each other in several different settings. Thanks again for a terrific job on the 4th at Cedar Ridge!

See you TUESDAY at our next Summer MB-CG Rehearsal

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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