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2024 Sumner HS Summer Marching Band & Color Guard
(Updated 7/28/2024)
Congratulations to everyone on a GREAT Seafair Week. Thanks for your hard work at rehearsals on Tuesday and Thursday, thanks for an excellent performance at the Pre-Torchlight Band Jam on Friday night at Seattle Center Memorial Stadium, and thanks for a fantastic performance at the Seattle Seafair Torchlight Parade Saturday afternoon. Students, Parent Chaperones, Bus and Trailer Staff - EVERYONE did a great job! We were seen and heard by hundreds of thousands of spectators along the parade route and got a lot of TV coverage as we marched by at Westlake Center. The weather was about as perfect as it could get, we were near the front of the parade (#29) so we didn’t have to wait forever, and things went really well. I felt bad for our injured Dance Team member Kenzie Ford, but I found out that what they thought could’ve been a broken ankle was a severe sprain but unfortunately she’ll be healing for awhile - thanks to everyone that helped her out and I’m sorry she got hurt but hopefully she gets better soon. So thanks again for all the good things we did this last week.
Now we move on to our final week of the 2024 Summer Marching Band season and it’ll certainly be a different type of week, with a rehearsal that’s actually a performance on Tuesday as we’re planning to march over to Stafford Suites and perform for the residents there, and then Thursday we won’t rehearse at all, as we’ll have our annual end-of-the-summer potluck cookout at Loyalty Park (see the attached information) as well as talk about our return to the Sea Festival Torchlight Parade in White Rock, BC this coming Saturday. It looks like we’ve got a full set of 2 Charter Buses and we’ll be ready to go Saturday morning. It’s going to be an adventure, but one that we’ve done many times in the past and we’re glad they’ve restarted it for the first time in 5 years. Marching a true night-time parade, sleeping overnight at a hockey arena (without the ice) and enjoying a new experience in Canada will be a lot of fun for a bunch of people who have never done it before, so let’s have fun with our final week! Remember to take all personal stuff home after this week. Here’s our week-schedule:
JULY 30 TUESDAY - SUMMER MB REHEARSAL #10 - FINAL REHEARSAL
- PRE-REHEARSAL SECTIONALS 4:30-5:15PM (IF CALLED BY SL/CAPTS)
- REHEARSAL AND PERFORMANCE AT STAFFORD SUITES - 5:30-7:30PM
- 7:45-8:30PM 2024-25 SUMNER HS MB & CG BLC MEETING
AUGUST 1 THURSDAY - SUMMER MB POTLUCK DINNER AT LOYALTY PARK
- 6:00PM DINNER (SEE ATTACHED INFORMATION FORM)
- 7:00PM PRE-WHITE ROCK TRIP STUDENT AND PARENT MEETING
- ALL PERMISSION FORMS IN AND BUS SIGN-UPS SUBMITTED
(REMEMBER, WE ARE TAKING 2 CHARTER BUSES) - ALL WHITE ROCK TRIP FEES DUE ($65 PER PERSON)
AUGUST 3 SATURDAY - WHITE ROCK SEA FESTIVAL PARADE TRIP
- 10:00AM REPORT TO SUMNER HS NOT IN SUMMER MB UNIFORMS
- BRING OVERNIGHT GEAR (SLEEPING BAGS, ETC.)
- BRING SUMMER MB UNIFORM
- BRING ID (PASSPORT OR ENHANCED DRIVER’S LICENSE OR ID CARD OR COPY OF BIRTH CERTIFICATE WITH STUDENT ID) - WE WILL CHECK EVERYONE’S ID BEFORE WE LOAD THE BUSES
- BRING CHANGE OF CLOTHES/PERSONAL GEAR FOR SUNDAY
- BRING MONEY FOR SATURDAY LUNCH AND DINNER AND SUNDAY BREAKFAST
- 10:30AM LOAD CHARTER BUSES AND LEAVE FOR WHITE ROCK
- 2:00PM ARRIVE AT WHITE ROCK - LUNCH AND FREE-TIME
- 5:30PM CHANGE INTO SUMMER MB UNIFORMS (ON BUSES) AND GET READY FOR PRE-PARADE JUDGING
- AFTER JUDGING-PERFORMANCE - FREE-TIME UNTIL STAGING
- 8:00PM STAGING FOR THE SEA FESTIVAL PARADE
- 8:30PM SEA FESTIVAL PARADE BEGINS
- 10:00PM PARADE ENDS - LOAD-UP AND MOVE TO CENTENNIAL ARENA
- PIZZA AND DRINKS AFTER WE ARRIVE - LIGHTS OUT TBD
AUGUST 4 SUNDAY - RETURN FROM WHITE ROCK
- 8:00AM EVERYBODY UP - CLEAN-UP ARENA AND PACK TO GO HOME
- 9:00AM LOAD BUSES
- 9:30AM BREAKFAST IN WHITE ROCK (SEVERAL CHOICES)
- 10:30AM RE-LOAD BUSES AND LEAVE FOR HOME
- 2:00PM RETURN TO SUMNER HS - SUMMER MB SEASON OVER
REMINDERS FOR 2024-25 SUMNER HS MB & CG STUDENTS:
- WE’VE GOT 2 SPECIAL MARCHING BASICS REHEARSALS COMING-UP THE NEXT 2 TUESDAYS IN AUGUST - THEY’LL BE FROM 5:30-7:00PM AT THE NEW PHASE 1 FIELD RIGHT BESIDE (TO THE WEST OF) THE PHASE 1 BUILDING (WHERE WE HAD SOME MARCHING SECTIONALS DURING SUMMER MB). WE’D LIKE TO HAVE EVERYONE THERE TO WORK ON OUR FIELD SHOW MARCHING SKILLS, WHICH IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN JUST THE FORWARD MARCH AND TURNS WE DO IN SUMMER MARCHING BAND. WE’LL BE A LOT FARTHER ALONG IF WE WORK ON THESE SKILLS BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THE MARCHING AND THE DRILL MOVES, SO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR BEING THERE ON TUESDAY AUGUST 6TH AND TUESDAY AUGUST 13TH!
- OUR FIRST 2024-25 SUMNER HS MB AND CG MEETING IS GOING TO BE AUGUST 15 THURSDAY AT 7:00PM AT THE SUMNER HS BAND ROOM (SEE OUR FULL-YEAR SCHEDULE ON THE FORM ATTACHED). PLAYING REHEARSALS WILL START AUGUST 16 FRIDAY. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND OUR PRE-SEASON REHEARSALS WILL NOT BE READY TO PERFORM AT OUR FIRST PERFORMANCES: AT THE DISTRICT CONVOCATION ON AUGUST 26 MONDAY AND ON THE 3RD DAY OF SCHOOL - SEPTEMBER 6TH FRIDAY, WHERE WE’LL PARTICIPATE IN THE WASHINGTON STATE FAIR RODEO PARADE AND OUR FIRST HOME FOOTBALL GAME - BOTH ON THE SAME DAY! PLEASE ATTEND!! THANKS VERY MUCH!!!
What a fun summer we’ve had and you’ve done a great job at all of our events, from Cedar Ridge to West Seattle to the Band Jam and the Seafair Torchlight Parade. Let’s get ready for what might be the most fun event of all - White Rock is so cool and the people are so nice and supportive of us. Again, thank you to students, to parents, to everyone that has made this last few weeks an exciting time - let’s end it with a great week and one more final fantastic performance on Saturday night - see you Tuesday afternoon!
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
