Current Schedule

2024-25 Sumner HS Marching Band & Color Guard

(Updated 6/1/2025)

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So here we go with the last full-week of our 2024-25 Sumner HS Band Program - it has been a truly great year with a talented group of great students and the outstanding parents and families who have supported them. Congratulations also to the students who were selected to be in Sumner HS Jazz A and B for ‘25-26 (see the schedule for the special students and parents Disneyland Trip Meeting coming-up later this month) While I’ll recap the year in greater detail in the next BLAST next Sunday we just want to make sure to thank the 2025 Sumner HS Band Program Seniors for a job very well done in all respects - there have been so many challenges and expectations in all that you’ve done and you’ve met all of them head-on throughout your 4 years. There will likely be many “firsts” that will never be matched by another class of Band Program students - you have made all of us very proud! As we’ve said so many times before, let’s make this final week truly special and finish strong - we’ve got our biggest concert of the year on Thursday with virtually everything we’ve got: Symphonic Bands, Jazz Ensembles, Solo-Ensembles, and our Marching Band & Color Guard. Give it your best and let’s make this final performance something to always remember. We’ve obviously got a couple of exciting weeks ahead, so check the schedule below and be ready for each day. Remember that you’ll need both your Symphonic/Jazz and Marching Band/Color Guard uniforms for Thursday’s concert - it will be a busy and exciting day both during classes and after-school, as the groups have not performed together for the concert until the actual concert-day on Thursday, but they will be ready and it will be a memorable event for them and for families who have helped them get this far. The concert is unlike anything we (or anyone else I know) does and features all of our groups and students who excelled at Solo-Ensemble contests. Here’s how the day will unfold:

June 5 Thursday: Spring 2025 Collage and Marching Band Concert Day

Zero-Period Jazz Ensembles rehearsal in the PAC
Rehearsals (1st/3rd/4th Periods) During the Day in the PAC
After-School Rehearsals in the PAC

3:30PM Solo-Ensembles
4:00PM FULL 9/10 Band (with Percussion)
4:30PM FULL 11/12 Band (with Percussion)
5:00PM FULL MB & CG in the PAC

6:00PM Final Stage Set-Up
6:30PM Warm-Up in the Band Room/Door Open to the Public
7:00PM Concert Begins:

Part One: SB’s/S-E/JE’s Collage

9/10 Symphonic Band (Main Stage)
S-E Excerpts (Side Stage Right) and Jazz A and B (Side Stage Left)
11/12 Symphonic Band (Main Stage)

Part Two: Senior Slideshow Video (shown in the PAC while students are changing into MB-CG uniforms and lining-up in the hall)
Part Three: MB-CG march into the PAC and perform our Spring Parade Music and Drumline Cadences
Part Four: Quick PAC Clean-Up and Ice Cream Social in the Old Commons

For those of you who have been through this event before, you know how quick and exciting it will be - it’s not as long as it may seem since there is NO APPLAUSE until the end of a segment and there will be NO STAGE CHANGES BETWEEN EVENTS. It is truly a musical collage of the best of what our groups have been doing. Please tell parents/families/friends to attend, as there is no other concert quite like this one. There’s a lot more going on as well, so here’s the schedule for our last couple of weeks together:

Schedule for THIS WEEK:

JUNE 2 MONDAY - LATE-START ADVISORY CLASS SCHEDULE

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

JUNE 3 TUESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

2:45-3:30PM 2025-26 SHS DRUM MAJOR TRYOUTS DAY #6

JUNE 4 WEDNESDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

2:45-3:30PM 2025-26 SHS DRUM MAJOR TRYOUTS SEMI-FINALS (IF NECESSARY)

JUNE 5 THURSDAY - REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE/CONCERT DAY

3:30-4:00PM SOLO-ENSEMBLE PERFORMERS IN THE PAC
4:00-4:25PM 9/10 BAND RUN-THRU IN THE PAC
4:30-4:55PM 11/12 BAND RUN-THRU IN THE PAC
5:00-5:30PM MB-CG RUN-THRU IN THE PAC
6:00-6:25PM FINAL PAC STAGE SET-UP
6:30-6:50PM FULL-GROUP WARM-UP IN THE BAND ROOM
7:00PM COLLAGE CONCERT STARTS

SB’S/JE’S/S-E’S PERFORMANCES
SENIOR SLIDESHOW VIDEO
MB-CG PERFORMANCE
AFTER CONCERT & CLEAN-UP
ICE CREAM SOCIAL

JUNE 6 FRIDAY - ASSEMBLY CLASS SCHEDULE

SENIORS RETURN ALL MB & CG UNIFORMS
SENIOR ASSEMBLY
2:45-3:45PM 2025-26 SHS DRUM MAJOR FINAL TRYOUTS

JUNE 7 SATURDAY

NO SHS BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

JUNE 8 SUNDAY

NO SHS BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

Highlights for NEXT 2+ WEEKS:

JUNE 9 MONDAY - LATE-START ADVISORY CLASS SCHEDULE

SENIOR VICTORY TOUR
NO BLC MEETING
5:00PM BAND PROGRAM AWARDS DINNER PHASE 1 COMMONS

JUNE 10 TUESDAY - EARLY-DISMISSAL CLASS SCHEDULE

SENIOR BREAKFAST
NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
LOAD BAND TRAILER AFTER SCHOOL
5:30PM JAZZ ENEMBLES REPORT TO SHOWARE CENTER IN UNIFORM - YOU NEED TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION BOTH TO AND FROM THE EVENT (IT IS IN KENT)
6:00PM SB MEMBERS REPORT TO SHOWARE CENTER JAZZ ENSEMBLES START (JE B THEN JE A)
6:45PM JAZZ ENSEMBLES FINISH/SB’S SET-UP
7:00PM GRADUATION CEREMONY STARTS
8:15PM GRADUATION CEREMONY ENDS LOAD-UP TRAILER WHEN IT ENDS
9:00PM TRAILER RETURNS TO SHS - HELP UNLOAD

JUNE 11 WEDNESDAY - FINALS SCHEDULE DAY 1

NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
JUNIORS RETURN ALL MB UNIFORMS

JUNE 12 THURSDAY - FINALS SCHEDULE DAY 2

NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
SOPHMORES RETURN ALL MB UNIFORMS
3:00-5:00PM 2025-26 MB-CG MINI-CAMP DAY 1

JUNE 13 FRIDAY - FINALS SCHEDULE DAY 3

FRESHMEN RETURN ALL MB & CG UNIFORMS
NO ZERO-PERIOD FINAL JAZZ REHEARSALS

JUNE 14 SATURDAY

NO SHS BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

JUNE 15 SUNDAY

NO SHS BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

JUNE 16 MONDAY - LATE-START SCHEDULE

NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
FINAL RETURN OF ALL MB UNIFORMS
3:00-5:00PM 2025-26 MB-CG MINI-CAMP DAY 2

JUNE 17 TUESDAY - FINAL-DAY EARLY-RELEASE SCHEDULE

NO ZERO-PERIOD JAZZ REHEARSALS
7:00-8:00PM 2025-26 JAZZ STUDENTS AND PARENTS PROPOSED 2026 DISNEY TRIP-MEETING

JUNE 18 WEDNESDAY - JUNE 22 SUNDAY

NO SHS BAND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

JUNE 24 TUESDAY - FIRST SUMMER MB & CG REHEARSAL

5:30-6:45PM REHEARSAL
7:00-7:30PM STUDENTS AND PARENTS MEETING

So here we go with the final events of the year - lets have fun and do a terrific job!

See you Monday

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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