Current Schedule

2026-27 Sumner Summer Marching Band & Color Guard

(Updated 8/9/2026)

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I hope everyone had a great week - I heard from Mr. Fuge that there were a lot of students at the first pre-season marching basics rehearsal so thank you very much for attending. Don’t forget that there will be a couple more rehearsals on the next 2 Mondays (August 10th and 17th) starting at 5:00PM at Sunset Stadium. Getting a lot of basics learned and cleaned-up in marching will enable us to start work on our field show drill a lot sooner - as I’ve mentioned, we’re planning on marching our field show opener at halftime of our first home football game on Friday September 11th, our first time ever that we’ve done this. Thank you again for attending these rehearsals and we’d like everyone to be there - the older you are the more experience you have and you can really help to give guidance to our younger members (just leading by example), and the younger you are the quicker you’ll get comfortable doing something you’ve never had to do before but you’re going to HAVE to know for Friday September 11th for both Pregame and Halftime.

Mrs. Carl and I will be back later this week - we’re really enjoyed our trip to Toronto and Montreal (we’re currently in Montreal and it is a beautiful city!). Starting Monday August 17th we hit the ground running with so much to do: a final pre-season marching basics rehearsal, District owned instrument distribution, and a VERY IMPORTANT student and parent meeting. I know that the start of school is September 1st, but the meeting is especially important because we’ve got so much to do before school even starts, including a lot of things that you’ve got to be there to hear and see:

We’ll talk about and pass-out important information and discuss in-detail our 26-27 Band Program schedule and expectations and the many events we’ve got coming-up
We’ll be ordering Band and Color Guard Shoes and Gloves so we can get them delivered ASAP (for new students and families, we all wear the same shoes and so we look sharp and identical at each of our performances - STARTING IN JUST 2 WEEKS!)
We’ll be ordering our Black Dri-Fit shirts that we wear under our uniform jackets
WE NEED PARENTS - LOTS OF PARENTS - TO HELP DISTRIBUTE BAND AND COLOR GUARD UNIFORMS ON AUGUST 18-21 SO WE’LL BE IN COMPLETE UNIFORMS FOR OUR FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE DISTRICT CONVOCATION ON AUGUST 24TH. It’s a fairly detailed process that takes a while to get everyone through and if you don’t get your uniform on one of those days, you won’t be able to perform with the rest of us who will be in uniform on the 24th and 25th!

Pre-Season Rehearsal Attendance is REQUIRED to perform early in the season Rehearsals & Meetings are held in the Sumner HS Band Room unless otherwise mentioned.

PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE:

August 3 Monday

Pre-Season Marching Rehearsal - 5:00-7:00PM - Sunset Stadium

August 10 Monday

Pre-Season Marching Rehearsal - 5:00-7:00PM - Sunset Stadium

August 17 Monday

BLC/DM’s/SL’s/Captains Leadership Meeting - 2:00-4:00PM
District Instruments Check-Out - 5:00-6:30PM
Pre-Season Marching Rehearsal - 5:00-6:15PM - Sunset Stadium
Students & Parents Meeting - 7:00-8:30PM

August 18 Tuesday

MB-CG Uniform Distribution - SENIORS/JUNIORS - 4:00PM
Pre-Season MB-CG Rehearsal #1 - 6:00-8:30PM

August 19 Wednesday

MB Uniform Distribution - SOPHMORES - 4:00PM
Pre-Season MB-CG Rehearsal #2 - 6:00-8:30PM

August 20 Thursday

MB Uniform Distribution - FRESHMEN - 4:00PM
Pre-Season MB-CG Rehearsal #3 - 6:00-8:30PM

August 21 Friday

MIDNIGHT MADNESS REHEARSAL - 11:30PM-7:00AM

AUGUST 24 MONDAY

DISTRICT CONVOCATION PERFORMANCE (SS) - 7:00AM

AUGUST 25 TUESDAY

PHASE 2 GROUNDBREAKING PERFORMANCE - 4:00PM

August 26 Wednesday

Pre-Season MB-CG Rehearsal #4 - 6:00-8:30PM

August 27 Thursday

Final Pre-Season MB-CG Rehearsal #5 - 6:00-8:30PM

AUGUST 28 FRIDAY

Q13 TV PERFORMANCE - 7:00AM
FB SCRIMMAGE GAME PERFORMANCE - 6:00-8:00PM

SEPT 1-OCT 3:

September 1 Tuesday

First Day of Classes - NO Instruments Needed

September 2 Wednesday

MB-CG Rehearsal 6:00-9:00PM

September 3 Thursday

CG Rehearsal - 2:30-4:30PM - Phase 1 Commons

September 4 Friday-7 Monday

NO CLASSES - LABOR DAY WEEKEND

September 8 Tuesday

CG Rehearsal - 2:30-4:30PM - Phase 1 Commons
Director-Led Sectionals - BRASS - 2:30-3:30PM
Senior Parent Meeting - 6:00PM
SBPA Meeting 7:00PM

September 9 Wednesday

MB-CG Rehearsal 6:00-9:00PM

September 10 Thursday

MB-CG Rehearsal 6:00-9:00PM

SEPTEMBER 11 FRIDAY

WASHINGTON STATE FAIR RODEO PARADE - 10:00AM
MB-CG HOME FB GAME PERFORMANCE - 4:30-10:00PM

SEPTEMBER 12 SATURDAY

MB-CG UW HUSKY BAND DAY - 5:00AM-7:00PM

September 14 Monday

MB-CG Rehearsal 6:00-9:00PM

September 15 Tuesday

CG Rehearsal - 2:30-4:30PM - Phase 1 Commons
Director-Led Sectionals - WOODWINDS - 2:30-3:30PM

September 16 Wednesday

MB-CG Rehearsal 6:00-9:00PM

September 17 Thursday

CG Rehearsal - 2:15-4:00PM - Phase 1 Commons

SEPTEMBER 18 FRIDAY

MB-CG HOME FB GAME PERFORMANCE - 4:30-10:00PM

September 21 Monday

CG Rehearsal - 2:30-4:30PM - Phase 1 Commons

September 22 Tuesday

CG Rehearsal - 2:30-4:30PM - Phase 1 Commons
Director-Led Sectionals - ON-FIELD DRUMS - 2:30-3:30PM

September 23 Wednesday

MB-CG Rehearsal 6:00-9:00PM

September 24 Thursday

MB-CG Rehearsal 6:00-9:00PM

SEPTEMBER 25 FRIDAY

MB-CG HOME FB GAME PERFORMANCE - 4:30-10:00PM

September 28 Monday

CG Rehearsal - 2:30-4:30PM - Phase 1 Commons

September 29 Tuesday

CG Rehearsal - 2:30-4:30PM - Phase 1 Commons
Director-Led Sectionals - PIT PERCUSSION - 2:30-3:30PM

September 30 Wednesday

MB-CG Rehearsal 6:00-9:00PM

October 1 Thursday

MB-CG Rehearsal 6:00-9:00PM

OCTOBER 3 SATURDAY

COME WALK WITH ME PERFORMANCE - 8:00-10:30AM
MB-CG Special FS Rehearsal 12:00-3:00PM

So I hope you’ll have a great week and I want to meet ALL OF YOU AND YOUR PARENTS at our meeting on Monday August 17th. We’ve got a fantastic year coming-up and we’re going to do so many great things WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP! Please be at the pre-season basics rehearsal on the 10th at 5:00PM at Sunset Stadium - Marching Band is such a unique and wonderful activity that combines music and motion and we want to build your confidence as musicians, as students, and as people!

Thanks again and we’ll see you on the 17th!

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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