Marching Band Updates 8/21/25

Hello all, please see below for important marching band updates/reminders!

1. Practice Competition 8/22

Students

Bring drill masters and black socks

Wear light breathable clothing to wear under your uniform

Get a good night's sleep!

Section leaders please reach out to sections regarding anything specific.

Families

We'll be doing our first performance tomorrow at 1pm for anyone that is available and would like to attend. We will be having judges adjudicate and give feedback to the students. If you'd like to see all the amazing work your student(s) have accomplished in only 9 days, we'd love to see you there!

2. Potluck and Field Night - The band will host all marching band members for a potluck on 8/22 (5-6pm). Location will be in the stadium (concessions).  We will provide dinner for all students. We will break for an hour and use the Breitenbach Stadium for our "Field night" event this year at 7pm! Parent volunteers please arrive by 4:30pm to help with set up. Food drop off will be 4:40-4:50pm and can be dropped off outside the stadium (picture of location attached to this email). 

We will break for an hour for set up and clean up and then use the Breitenbach Stadium for our field event this year at 7pm. Students, due to good neighbor fest, if you're looking to leave early, we will only be able to do so at the top of the hours to ensure only our students are in and using the stadium. Thank you for understanding. 

3. Good Neighbor Fest - Good Neighbor Fest Starts this Friday, and the parade is Sunday! 

Students remember we wear the provided polo shirts so please wear something comfortable to have on underneath and non-athletic shorts (as is possible). Please have a good breakfast with plenty of water, we won't be able to eat until after the parade. 

Good Neighbor Fest Schedule

9:45am - Call time (in the band room)

10:30am - Practice march down Maywood (pending availability) 

10:45am - Section pictures

11:15am - Line up starts

11:45am - Final line up

12pm - Parade start

~1pm - Approximate end time

Upcoming Dates/Events

8/18-22 - Band Camp Week 2

8/22 - Band Potluck 5pm

8/22 - Field Night 7pm

8/24 - Good Neighbor Fest Parade

8/25-27 - Rehearsals

9/2 - First Day of School

9/5 - Under the Lights Rehearsal 6-9pm

Calendar Changes

9/10 - Rehearsal cancelled (Back to school night)

9/26 - Under the Lights Rehearsal 6-9pm (Football Game was moved to Saturday and this will substitute the time we already had booked for a game)