Current Schedule

2025-26 Sumner Summer Marching Band & Color Guard

(Updated 10/5/2025)

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We had a fun and challenging week and I appreciate the work that all of you did:

We had 2 good MB-CG evening field show rehearsals and we are almost done with the initial work on parts 1 and 2. We’ll continue to clean things up this week both musically/routine and drill movements (even though we won’t get on the field until Thursday and Friday) and get ready for our SFOB performances on Saturday
Both Jazz Ensembles have been working hard on their initial charts and will perform them on Thursday evening at the Daffodil Princess Selection program (and then they’ll come out to the stadium and work on field show work)
It was a fun night Friday as we watched the Wicked video and got a better feeling of the context of the music that we’re performing on our field show.
And on Saturday we performed at the Come Walk With Me Breast Cancer Awareness Walk and led thousands of walkers in what is an outstanding event that means so much to our community and the many supporters who joined us.

All in all, a good start to an important month for our Sumner HS Band Program - it gets more exciting each week for the rest of the month as we’ve got performances every week. We are now in the heart of our fall season with field show competitions, a BIG SHS Homecoming Parade and Home FB Game, and a possible FB Playoff game at the end of the month:

THIS SATURDAY - October 11th - we participate and host the SUNSET FESTIVAL OF BANDS, our own Field Show Competition and Fund-Raiser that will give you an early idea of how well we are doing on our Wicked Field Show (we will be judged by multiple judges in several different music and marching categories) and we’ll get to see several other excellent HS Marching Bands from around the State and see how we compare (I’ve attached a copy of our schedules for the day - it’s going to be GREAT!)
HOMECOMING - Friday October 17th - we have the annual SHS HOMECOMING PARADE in the afternoon and maybe the final segment of our full Field Show at halftime of the HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME
AND THE PUGET SOUND FESTIVAL OF BANDS - Saturday October 25th at Everett Stadium, where we get to continue to learn how we’re doing on our Field Show with another set of judges to evaluate us and 17 other very good Bands performing their field shows. Will our scores improve from the SFOB a couple of weeks earlier? We’ll see . . .

SO. here we go with our next 2 weeks schedule:

Schedule for THIS WEEK:

OCTOBER 6 MONDAY - LATE-START & ADVISORY SCHEDULE

NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
COLOR GUARD REHEARSAL - 2:15-4:15PM

OCTOBER 7 TUESDAY

BLC MEETING - 2:30-3:30PM
COLOR GUARD REHEARSAL - 4:30-6:30PM
SBPA MEETING: BAND ROOM - 7:00-8:15PM

OCTOBER 9 THURSDAY

6:00PM JAZZ PERFORMANCES AT DPS NIGHT: PAC
6:00-9:00PM MB-CG STADIUM REHEARSAL

OCTOBER 10 FRIDAY

JAZZ ENSEMBLE D REHEARSAL - 6:30AM
JE DISNEY TRIP DEPOSITS ARE DUE TODAY
6:00-9:00PM MB-CG PRE-SFOB REHEARSAL AT SUNSET STADIUM

OCTOBER 11 SATURDAY - MB-CG SUNSET FESTIVAL OF BANDS (3 PERFS)

8:00AM MB-CG REPORT IN FULL UNIFORMS
8:25AM MB-CG WARM-UP RUN-THRU AT SS
9:00AM SFOB ROUND ONE PERF & CLINIC
11:00AM FULL-GROUP OBSERVE WENATCHEE HS SFOB PRELIMS PERFORMANCE
2:15PM MB-CG REPORT TO BAND ROOM
3:00PM MB-CG SSB PERF (BIG S)
5:00PM MB-CG REPORT TO BAND ROOM
5:35PM SFOB ROUND 2 FINALS PERF
6:15PM16:49:22/CLEAN-UP

OCTOBER 12 SUNDAY

NO BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES (WATCH FOR BLAST)

Highlights for NEXT WEEK:

OCTOBER 13 MONDAY - LATE-START & ADVISORY SCHEDULE

NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
COLOR GUARD REHEARSAL - 2:15-4:15PM

OCTOBER 14 TUESDAY

BLC MEETING - 2:30-3:30PM
COLOR GUARD REHEARSAL - 4:30-6:30PM

OCTOBER 15 WEDNESDAY

6:00-9:00PM MB-CG STADIUM REHEARSAL

OCTOBER 16 THURSDAY

6:00-9:00PM MB-CG STADIUM REHEARSAL

OCTOBER 17 FRIDAY - NO SCHOOL - TEACHER IN-SERVICE DAY

3:00PM REPORT TO SHS - CHANGE TO MB-CG UNIFS
3:30PM CF IN CY: WARM-UPS
4:00PM MOVE DOWNTOWN FOR HC PARADE
4:30PM PARADE DOWN MAIN STREET - MARCHING TO STADIUM FOR PRE-PERF FIELD REHEARSAL
6:00PM HOME FB GAME PERFORMANCE (UNTIL 10PM)

OCTOBER 18 SATURDAY

NO BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

OCTOBER 19 SUNDAY

NO BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES (WATCH FOR BLAST)

We’ll learn a lot about ourselves this week as we are evaluated by several judges at the SFOB. Listen carefully to what they tell you and try to improve both musically and visually - remember EDB! In 2 weeks we will try to use that information at the big PSFOB competition in Everett and then in 4 weeks we finish our competitive season with the SUPER BIG Auburn Veterans Day Parade and Field Show Combined Competition (both the Parade and the Field Show are judged and the combined scores decide the Sweepstakes Award Winner). We’re looking forward to seeing how things go this week - do your best but learn from what you see and listen. Thanks for both what you’ve done so far this year and in advance for what you’ll do this week and beyond.

Parents - don’t forget about the SBPA Meeting this Tuesday October 7 at 7:00PM in the Sumner HS Band Room - lots to talk about and plan for!

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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