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2024 Sumner HS Summer Marching Band & Color Guard
(Updated 7/14/2024)
Thanks for another excellent Summer Marching Band week. To review things from last week, we stayed inside on Tuesday which gave us some quality-time to work on cleaning-up the music and routines to both of our pieces, which is really the most basic part of being a Marching BAND. It was really hot on Tuesday so it was good to keep students safe in weather we’re not really used to. It was a little cooler on Thursday and we went out to really try to focus on our marching skills and combining the playing/performing and the marching. Especially for our younger less-experienced students, they can perform standing still on their own and march without playing, but combining the two together takes a little bit of practicing and repeating over and over until they get more comfortable and confident. Over the final few weeks of Summer MB & CG, we’ll be doing more marching and playing/performing, so students can get used to putting both skills together - it’ll pay-off in a big way as they get older and the marching (especially in High School) gets more demanding for the field shows we do. Thank you very much to the parents who have been helping us along at rehearsals, keeping us safe on the streets, and the parents who have provided popsicles at the end of rehearsals - they taste so good after a mile or more of marching! So here we go this week with 2 big rehearsals and our first “BIG” parade on Saturday morning in West Seattle - we encourage parents to sign-up to be chaperones (make sure you are OK’d by the District and fill out the attached Parent Chaperon Permission Form) or just drive up to West Seattle and watch us in action. We’ve attached our updated Time-Line and Information along with both the student and parent permission forms - students will sign-up for one of the 3 School Buses at our rehearsals Tuesday and Thursday. This Saturday is our warm-up performance for the BIG BIG Seattle Seafair Torchlight week performances on Friday and Saturday, so the fun of performing is getting started as we have 3 Saturdays in a row of parade performances, so here we go:
JULY 16 TUESDAY - SUMMER MB REHEARSAL #7
- PRE-REHEARSAL SECTIONALS 4:30-5:15PM (IF CALLED BY SL)
- FULL-GROUP MUSIC AND MARCHING REHEARSAL 5:30-7:30PM WORKING ON BOTH SUMMER MB PIECES/ROUTINES
TEMP IS FORECAST TO BE IN THE LOW 80’S THIS WEEK SO CONTINUE TO REGULARLY HYDRATE AND STAY SAFE
JULY 18 THURSDAY - SUMMER MB REHEARSAL #8
- PRE-REHEARSAL SECTIONALS 4:30-5:15PM (IF CALLED BY SL)
- FULL-GROUP MUSIC AND MARCHING REHEARSAL 5:30-7:30PM WORKING ON BOTH SUMMER MB PIECES/ROUTINES
ALL PERMISSION FORMS IN AND BUS SIGN-UPS DONE - 7:45-8:30PM SUMNER HS BAND LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEETING
JULY 20 SATURDAY - WEST SEATTLE PARADE-TRIP
- 8:00AM REPORT TO SUMNER HS BAND ROOM IN SUMMER MB UNIFORMS
- 8:30AM LOAD SCHOOL BUSES AND LEAVE FOR WEST SEATTLE
- 9:45AM ARRIVE AND STAGING FOR THE PARADE
- 11:00AM WEST SEATTLE PARADE STARTS (WE WON’T KNOW OUR POSITION IN THE PARADE UNTIL WE CHECK-IN ON PARADE-DAY)
- LUNCH AFTER THE PARADE (MANY RESTAURANTS AVAILABLE)
- 2:00PM RETURN TO THE BUSES AND LEAVE FOR HOME
- 3:15PM (APPROXIMATELY) RETURN TO SUMNER HS
JULY 21 SUNDAY
- WATCH FOR THE EMAIL BLAST
Highlights for the NEXT WEEK - PLUS:
JULY 23 TUESDAY - SUMMER MB REHEARSAL #9
- PRE-REHEARSAL SECTIONALS 4:30-5:15PM (IF CALLED BY SL)
- FULL-GROUP MUSIC AND MARCHING REHEARSAL 5:30-7:30PM
JULY 25 THURSDAY - SUMMER MB REHEARSAL #10
- PRE-REHEARSAL SECTIONALS 4:30-5:15PM (IF CALLED BY SL)
- FULL-GROUP MUSIC AND MARCHING REHEARSAL 5:30-7:30PM
ALL PERMISSION FORMS IN AND BUS SIGN-UPS DONE
(WE HAVE BOTH DISTRICT AND SEAFAIR FORMS TO FILL-OUT)
JULY 26 FRIDAY - SEAFAIR TORCHLIGHT BAND JAM TRIP
- 4:00PM REPORT TO SUMNER HS IN SUMMER MB UNIFORMS
- 4:15PM LOAD SCHOOL BUSES AND LEAVE FOR SEATTLE CENTER
- 6:00PM PERFORMANCES START (WE PERFORM AT 7:45PM)
- 9:05PM PERFORMANCES END - LOAD BUSES AND LEAVE
- 10:15PM RETURN TO SUMNER HS
JULY 27 SATURDAY - SEATTLE SEAFAIR TORCHLIGHT PARADE-TRIP
- 10:00AM REPORT TO SUMNER HS NOT IN SUMMER MB UNIFORMS
- 10:15AM LOAD SCHOOL BUSES AND LEAVE FOR SEATTLE CENTER
- LUNCH/FREE-TIME/CHANGE INTO UNIFORMS
- 2:00PM STAGING FOR THE PARADE STARTS
- 3:00PM TORCHLIGHT PARADE STARTS FROM SEATTLE CENTER
(IT WILL BE TELEVISED ON KIRO-TV CHANNEL 7)
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT OUR PARADE POSITION WILL BE, SO WE’LL LEAVE AS SOON AS WE FINISH - 5:00PM RETURN TO THE BUSES AND LEAVE FOR HOME (APPROX)
- 6:15PM RETURN TO SUMNER HS (APPROX)
Again we really appreciate your dedication and efforts so far this summer, especially in the heat we’ve had - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Keep-up the great work on the music and routines and we’ll keep getting better and better each rehearsal. This is the first week of 3 weeks of BIG performances so enjoy the experiences and do your best - you are going to be seen and heard by HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT 3 SATURDAYS! We’ll see you on Tuesday at 5:30PM.
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
