Current Schedule
view the SHS Band calendar in Google
2023-24 Sumner HS Marching Band & Color Guard
(Updated 3/3/2024)
Sumner HS Band Program Students, Parents and Families:
Another busy week just finished and I consider it the end of our Winter-season of activities, putting us at the 2⁄3 mark of the school-year with Spring activities beginning this week. Before we move on however, I want to thank everyone for a great season of activities, culminating with our 3 BIG performances in 3 consecutive days at the Tacoma Dome this past week. I re-checked the totals for the season and it added-up to 30 Pep Band Performances from early December to last Saturday. We performed for a couple of wrestling matches, a swim meet, and 27 BB Pep Band performances as we supported our League Champion Boys AND Girls BB Teams throughout the regular season and a LOT of playoff games. I know it was a lot to ask after our fall MB-CG field show and parades performances, but your dedication and efforts were simply amazing. We performed home games and road games at Tacoma CC (a double-header), Auburn HS, and of course in Tacoma 3 times at the Dome. Many people came up to me when we were at the Dome - people I didn’t even know - and said how great you were and how we were the best Band at the Dome this last weekend, so you should feel good about how you played and how we helped our winning teams. Great Job!
I also want to congratulate and thank Zoe Roberts for representing our School and our Band Program at the Daffodil Queen Coronation on Saturday afternoon. She was so poised and articulate in her 1-minute speech and her impromptu question that she had just seconds to see before she answered it in front of a packed PAC audience. What did she talk about in her speech? YOU and the Sumner HS Marching Band and how much she has enjoyed being a part of it and working with such great students. While she didn’t earn the Daffodil Queen award (it went to the Daffodil Princess from Puyallup HS), I think I can speak for all of us in saying how fortunate we are to have a person like Zoe in our Band Program and representing all of Sumner High School - she (like all of the Daffodil Princesses) is a WINNER and she is going to do great things in her life!
So, here we go with a new section of the year - we start Parade Marching Band rehearsals this Wednesday and every Wednesday from 4:00-7:00PM until June (the first couple of rehearsals will be a combination Parade Band and FULL Symphonic Band rehearsals as we finalize our preparations for the 2024 Valley Region Band Contest on Saturday March 16th - I’ve attached a tentative copy of the performance-times when we play at Emerald Ridge HS - more exact report and return-times information will come in the BLAST next week). The Daffodil Parades weekend (5 performances over Friday and Saturday) is just a little under 5 weeks away and these Wednesday rehearsals are the only times each week we’ll be getting together as a full-group and working on our NEW parade music, so make sure you work hard and get ready for a busy month ahead. Don’t forget also that it’s time for our Big Band Dance this Saturday March 9th at the new Phase 1 Commons, and it’s going to be a wonderful event in a new place. Non-stop jazz charts by many schools starting at 5:40PM and ending at 10:00PM with our own Sumner HS Jazz A, along with lots of delicious desserts and a lot of really cool raffle baskets being sold, all to benefit our Sumner HS Band Program. Let’s get a LOT of friends and families to attend!
Here’s our 2-week busy schedule:
MARCH 4 MONDAY - LATE-START/ADVISORY SCHEDULE
- NO Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals
- 1st Period Drumline: SB Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 2:45PM BLC MEETING
MARCH 5 TUESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: BBD Charts Work
- 1st Period Drumline: SB Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 3:00-4:30PM COLOR GUARD PARADE REHEARSAL
MARCH 6 WEDNESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: BBD Charts Work
- 1st Period Drumline: PARADE BAND Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: PARADE BAND Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: PARADE BAND Rehearsal
- 4:00-7:00PM COMBINED SB & PARADE BAND REHEARSALS
- 4:00-4:50PM - 9/10 SB & REST OF MB & CG
- 5:00-5:50PM - 11/12 SB & REST OF MB & CG
- 6:00-6:55PM - COMBINED MB & CG PARADE REHEARSAL
MARCH 7 THURSDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: BBD Charts Work
- 1st Period Drumline: SB Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 3:00-4:30PM COLOR GUARD PARADE REHEARSAL
MARCH 8 FRIDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz BBD RUN-THRUS IN THE “OLD” COMMONS
- 1st Period Drumline: SB Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 4:30-7:30PM: BBD SET-UP IN THE PHASE 1 COMMONS
MARCH 9 SATURDAY - BIG BAND DANCE AT THE PHASE 1 COMMONS
- SET-UPS DURING THE DAY
- 5:40PM FIRST PERFORMANCE
- 10:00PM EVENT ENDS - CLEAN-UP
MARCH 10 SUNDAY
- NO BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES - NEW BLAST OUT
Highlights for NEXT WEEK:
MARCH 11 MONDAY - LATE-START/ADVISORY SCHEDULE
- NO Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals
- 1st Period Drumline: SB Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 2:45PM BLC MEETING
MARCH 12 TUESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: NJF Competition Charts Work
- 1st Period Drumline: SB Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 3:00-4:30PM COLOR GUARD PARADE REHEARSAL
MARCH 13 WEDNESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Sectionals: NJF Competition Charts Work
- 1st Period Drumline: PARADE BAND Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: PARADE BAND Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: PARADE BAND Rehearsal
- 4:00-7:00PM COMBINED SB & PARADE BAND REHEARSALS
- 4:00-4:50PM - 9/10 SB & REST OF MB & CG
- 5:00-5:50PM - 11/12 SB & REST OF MB & CG
- 6:00-6:55PM - COMBINED MB & CG PARADE REHEARSAL
MARCH 14 THURSDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz Rehearsals: NJF Competition Charts Work
- 1st Period Drumline: SB Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 3:00-4:30PM COLOR GUARD PARADE REHEARSAL
MARCH 15 FRIDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
- Zero-Period Jazz BBD RUN-THRUS IN P1 COMMONS
- 1st Period Drumline: SB Rehearsal
- 3rd Period 11/12 Band: SB Rehearsal
- 4th Period 9/10 Band: SB Rehearsal
MARCH 16 SATURDAY - VALLEY REGION BAND CONTEST AT ERHS
SEE ATTACHED (TO THE BLAST) SCHEDULE FOR PERFORMANCE TIMES - MORE TIME-LINE INFORMATION OUT NEXT WEEK
MARCH 17 SUNDAY
- NO BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES - NEW BLAST OUT
Don’t forget about our VERY busy month of March and early April coming-up:
- March 20 Wednesday - MB-CG Parade Rehearsal - 4:00-7:00PM
- March 23 Saturday - Jazz Ensembles Newport HS Jazz Competition
- March 27 Wednesday - MB-CG Parade Rehearsal 4:00-7:00PM
- April 3 Wednesday - MB-CG Parade Rehearsal 4:00-7:00PM
- April 5 Friday - MB-CG Pre-Daffodil Stadium Performance - 6:00-7:00PM
AT SUNSET STADIUM WITH OTHER DISTRICT MS AND HS MARCHING BANDS
And the BIG DAFFODIL PARADES-DAY: - April 6 Saturday - 2024 Daffodil Parades - ALL-DAY
- Tacoma - 10:00AM
- Puyallup - 12:30PM
- Sumner - 2:30PM
- Orting - 5:00PM
It is so wonderful to work with all of you: parents, families, and especially the students who make our 2023-24 Sumner HS Band Pargram sound, look, and act so well all of the time. Let’s look at what we’ve accomplished so far this year and what is still coming-up:
- Fall:
Field Show Performances and Competitions ✔ CHECK - Winter:
Concert and 30 Pep Band Performances ✔ CHECK - Spring:
Valley Region Symphonic Band Contest MARCH 16 SATURDAY (EMERALD RIDGE HS)
Jazz Competitions MARCH 23 SATURDAY (NEWPORT HS)
MAY 4-5 WEEKEND (MT. HOOD, OR) - Parades APRIL 6 SATURDAY (DAFFODIL PARADES)
MAY 18 SATURDAY (BREMERTON AND POULSBO PARADES) - Collage Concert (SB/JE/MB-CG) JUNE 5
- SHS Graduation Performances (SB/JE) JUNE 17
Let’s have a terrific week together and I hope to see ALL of you at the Big Band Dance Saturday Night at the SHS Phase 1 Commons!
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