Current Schedule

2024-25 Sumner HS Marching Band & Color Guard

(Updated 3/30/2025)

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I hope that you have enjoyed an “off-weekend” for the first time in over a month and have had a chance to recharge and get ready for a BIG week ahead for our Sumner HS Band. We didn’t even have a Marching Band rehearsal or Benefit Night performance on Wednesday due to the “severe storm” (but really, I’m glad that safety is the top priority of our District and it wouldn’t have been good to be caught in any kind of severe thunderstorm, so it’s completely OK to cancel out of safety). This week is going to be really busy as we make our way to Saturday and the 4 Daffodil Parades, but so far the advanced weather reports are saying it just might be . . . BEAUTIFUL! With partly sunny weather and a projected high temperature Saturday of 67 degrees and NO RAIN, we may finally get outside in some great conditions - and I know we always perform better when the weather is nicer so let’s hope the forecasters are right. Getting to Friday and Saturday might be challenging though, as we might have wetter weather on Wednesday, but we’ll see. While the parades are the “big deal” this week, we’ve also got a couple of other important events, including the MB & CG Uniform Refitting on Monday night and the first combined Musical Pit Orchestra & Cast Rehearsal on Thursday from 2:30-5:00PM followed by the rescheduled Benefit Night performances by BOTH Jazz Ensembles A and B from 6:35-7:00PM. Our BIGGEST LOCAL PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR however are the Pre-Daffodil Stadium performance on Friday night, where we’ll be see by our future MS members (and their parents) and the FULL-DAY 4-PERFORMANCES OF THE DAFFODIL PARADES ON SATURDAY. I’ve attached our Time-Line and Information (as well as our Trip Permission Form) so you’ll know where and when to be, and for parents and families to see you at least once (maybe they can follow us to all 4 events on Saturday). Here’s the parade start-times (we’ll be near the front of all parades at Unit #22)

The Tacoma Daffodil Parade in Downtown Tacoma starting at 10:15AM
The Puyallup Daffodil Parade in Downtown Puyallup starting at 12:45PM
Our Hometown Sumner Daffodil Parade down Main Street starting at 2:30PM
The Orting Daffodil Parade down the Main Street of Orting starting at 5:00PM

There are well over 100 separate groups marching in one, two, three or, like us, all 4 of the parades, so students will need to bring sack lunches (we eat on the road between the end of the Tacoma Parade and before the Puyallup Parade). They'll also get hot dogs and drinks from the Orting Eagles before the Orting Parade. It’s a long day but since we’re in near-constant motion it’ll go quickly and students can start their vacation as soon as we get back to school from Orting and we’ll have NO BAND ACTIVITIES OVER SPRING BREAK!

As I mentioned before, we can always use parents who are school district approved as chaperones to help with our street rehearsals to serve as flaggers, etc. as we march around the streets of Sumner as well as come with us on the buses for the Daffodil Parades April 5th.

So, here’s our upcoming 3-week schedule:

Schedule for THIS WEEK:

MARCH 31 MONDAY - LATE-START & ADVISORY SCHEDULE

NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
2:45PM BLC MEETING
3:00-4:30PM COLOR GUARD REHEARSAL
6:00-8:00PM MB & CG UNIFORM RE-FITTING

WHILE THIS UNIFORM REFITTING SHOULDN’T BE AS LONG AND DRAWN-OUT AS OUR INITIAL UNIFORM FITTING IN THE FALL, WE’LL STILL NEED LOTS OF PARENTS AND STUDENT-LEADERS TO HELP GET THINGS RESET FOR ALL OF OUR MB AND CG STUDENTS. SOME STUDENTS MAY HAVE CHANGED SIZES OVER THE LAST 8 MONTHS SINCE THEY INITIALLY RECEIVED THEIR UNIFORMS, SO WE WANT THEM TO COMPLETELY TRY-ON THEIR UNIFORMS (INCLUDING BAND SHOES) AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER (AS THE STUDENTS KNOW, I’VE GOT SEVERAL BALDRICS THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TURNED-IN FOR CLEANING). WE’LL GO AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN BUT BE PATIENT - THE REFITTING NIGHT ORDER WILL BE:

SENIORS AND JUNIORS AND CG MEMBERS - 6:00-7:00
SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN - 7:00-8:00PM

APRIL 1 TUESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

2:45-4:00PM MUSICAL PIT ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL

APRIL 2 WEDNESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

4:00-7:00PM MB-CG MUST-ATTEND PARADE REHEARSAL
SINCE WE DIDN’T HAVE LAST WEDNESDAY’S MB & CG REHEARSAL THIS REHEARSAL IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AS WE’LL HAVE PARADE-WORK ON THE STREETS AS WELL AS A ONE-TIME RUN-THRU OF OUR FRIDAY STADIUM PERFORMANCE

APRIL 3 THURSDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE
ALL PERMISSION FORMS DUE

2:30-5:00PM MUSICAL PIT ORCHESTRA FULL-CAST REHEARSAL
3:00-4:30PM COLOR GUARD REHEARSAL
6:30-7:00PM JAZZ A AND B PERFORMANCE AT RESCHEDULED BENEFIT NIGHT OUTSIDE THE SHS PAC
PURPLE POLO SHIRT UNIFORMS

APRIL 4 FRIDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
BRING MB-CG UNIFORMS TO SCHOOL - GARMENT RACKS IN THE BAND ROOM
5:00PM MB-CG REPORT TO BAND ROOM IN UNIFORMS
5:15PM MB-CG WARM-UP RUN-THRU IN THE COURTYARD
5:30PM MB-CG MARCH FROM COURTYARD TO STADIUM
6:00PM MB-CG PRE-DAFFODIL STADIUM PERFORMANCE
MS MEGA BAND/BLHS BAND/SHS BAND
6:45PM MB-CG RETURN TO BAND ROOM - PACK-UP INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SATURDAY (NO REHEARSAL BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR TACOMA)

APRIL 5 SATURDAY - DAFFODIL PARADES-DAY

7:30AM MB-CG REPORT IN UNIFORM
7:45AM MB-CG LOAD BUSES AND TRAILER AND LEAVE ASAP FOR TACOMA
ORDER FOR EACH PARADE: UNLOAD/STAGE/WARM-UP/GO/ LOAD-UP/GO TO NEXT TOWN
10:15AM TACOMA DAFFODIL PARADE STARTS
(LUNCH ON THE BUSES BETWEEN TACOMA AND PUYALLUP)
12:45PM PUYALLUP DAFFODIL PARADE STARTS
2:30PM SUMNER DAFFODIL PARADE STARTS
(HOT DOGS AND WATER IN ORTING EAGLES HALL BEFORE PARADE - POSSIBLE DRUMLINE PLAYOFF BEFORE PARADE)
5:00PM ORTING DAFFODIL PARADE STARTS
7:00PM RETURN TO SUMNER HS

CLEAN-UP BUSES
UNLOAD BAND TRAILER
CLEAN-UP BAND ROOM
TAKE HOME ALL MB-CG UNIFORMS
START SPRING BREAK

APRIL 6 SUNDAY

NO BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
BAND BLAST WILL BE SENT OUT

Highlights for NEXT 2 WEEKS:

NO SUMNER HS BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES APRIL 6-13

BAND BLAST WILL GO OUT ON APRIL 13 SUNDAY

APRIL 14 MONDAY - LATE-START & ADVISORY SCHEDULE

NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
2:45PM BLC MEETING
3:00-4:30PM COLOR GUARD REHEARSAL
7:00-8:30PM SBPA MEETING

APRIL 15 TUESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

2:30-5:00PM MUSICAL PIT ORCHESTRA WITH CAST

APRIL 16 WEDNESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

4:00-7:00PM MB-CG PARADE SECTIONALS & REHEARSAL

APRIL 17 THURSDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

2:30-5:00PM MUSICAL PIT ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL
3:00-4:30PM COLOR GUARD REHEARSAL

APRIL 18 FRIDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

2:30-5:00PM POSSIBLE MPO REHEARSAL WITH CAST

APRIL 19 SATURDAY

NO BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

APRIL 20 SUNDAY

NO BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

We don’t get seen live and in-person by more people from more of our local communities the entire year than what we’ll be doing this Friday and Saturday. You are outstanding people and we are an outstanding Band Program - you know that and we know that. This week we want to make sure - VERY SURE - THAT THEY KNOW THAT! Virtually every Band in the area will be performing in at least one Daffodil Parade and we want to show them our best - playing, marching, routines, uniforms, EVERYTHING! Just give your best every day in rehearsals and make those rehearsals the reflection of how we’ll be doing in our 5 performances. Thanks so much for your hard work and WE ARE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB!!

See you Monday