Apr 20, 2026 Band & Colorguard Notes

Costa Mesa Jazz Festival This Saturday, April 26th

This Saturday our Jazz Lab Band and Jazz Big Band will be performing in competition at the Costa Mesa HS Jazz Festival. It's our first performance in competition for both groups this year.

Please come out and support! We would love for our jazz band parents to fill the Costa Mesa HS Auditorium. It's free attendance, no ticket purchase required.

• Students will need their own transportation to Costa Mesa HS and will get picked up from there as well.

• Students need to bring their music, instruments, and instruments home with them on Friday after rehearsals (mutes for brass players too).

• Lab Band and Big Band have different call-times and dismissal times, please make sure students are aware of their own schedule.

• Dress is concert black.

The schedule is listed below in the weekly schedule section. Please reach out if you have any questions at all!

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Drumline Finals @ AB Miller HS this Sunday!

This Sunday, drumline travels for the second time to AB Miller HS for WGASC finals. Please come out and support our last performance in competition! More info from WGASC like the site address, ticket cost, etc can be found here.

Please volunteer! Our biggest need will again be parent drivers. Please sign up to volunteer by clicking here.

We will be performing one final time, Monday, April 27th, at Marina HS. It's the HBUHSD Drumline/Colorguard showcase so please come out and support both HBHS groups!

Please email me if you have any questions at all afloyd@hbuhsd.edu

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Family Contributions

We have already began to plan for next year's marching band production, upcoming concerts, hiring (and re-hiring) of staff members, and purchasing new instruments and equipment for our students to play on. As we plan for these things, we have to take into account what we have raised through fundraising and family contributions.

While our Band Champs fundraiser was a huge success, we only had about 50% of families pay their contributions for Marching Band, and close to 0% for the Spring Ensembles (wind ensemble, drumline, and jazz band).

Because of this, we unfortunately have to begin considering difficult decisions for next year, including reducing the number of amazing specialists we re-hire to work with the students, re-think the type of marching band show we can afford to have written, and cutting back on instrument repairs and maintenance.

As a reminder, the school district only pays for my salary as a teacher. They do not fund uniforms, sheet music, instruments, supplies, specialists, or the many other things that our incredible boosters have made possible.

Please make your family contribution for the ensembles your student is participating in, so we can continue to offer a high-quality, and student-centered music program.

• 2nd Semester Wind Ensemble Contribution Payment (new music, instruments, repairs, etc)

• 2nd Semester Drumline Contribution Payment (new floor, uniforms, props, instruments, etc)

• 2nd Semester Jazz Band Contribution Payment (competition fees, clinicians, new music, etc)

Also, if you did not make your 1st Semester Marching Band Family contribution, please consider still that Marching Band Family Contribution Payment.

If you have any questions, please reach out to our treasurer, Jeremiah Hewitt, at hewitt78@gmail.com.

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4th of July Parade & Band Camp 2026!!!

Wow! We are already planning next year's marching band season! Please keep these dates on your calendar, especially Band Camp 2026. If you are still planning your summer vacations, please plan around these dates.

Key Summer Dates

Jun 29th-July 2nd - 4th of July Parade Rehearsals

July 4th - 4th of July Parade

Aug 17th-28th - Band Camp 2026 (M-F both weeks)

Sep 2nd - First Day of School

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Parent To-Do Checklist For This Week

1. OVERDUE: Pay Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Drumline, and Jazz Band family contributions.

2. Drumline parents! Cheer on the group this Sunday @ Fontana HS. Please volunteer as well!

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Band Weekly Schedule

Monday, Apr 20th (Band performing at Prom Assembly)

• 8am Band call-time, rehearse with ASB in the gym

• 10:30am Assembly starts

• 12pm Released to lunch

• 2:10-3:30pm Band

• 3-4:30pm Jazz Big Band

• 4:45-6pm Jazz Lab Band

• 6-9pm Drumline

Wednesday, Apr 22nd

• 1:41-3:22pm Wind Ensemble (Freshman PE Testing)

• 3:30-5pm Jazz Big Band

Friday, Apr 24th

• 1:41-3:22pm Wind Ensemble

• 3:30-6pm Drumline

Saturday, Apr 25th (Jazz Band Festival @ Costa Mesa HS)

Jazz Big Band

8:30am - Call-time @ Costa Mesa HS

9am - Warm-up

9:30am - Perform

10am - Clinic

10:30am - Dismissed

Jazz Lab Band

10am - Call-time @ Costa Mesa HS

10:30am - Warm-up

11am - Perform

11:30am - Clinic

12-12:45pm - Masterclasses

12:45pm - Dismissed

Sunday, Apr 26th (Drumline Finals @ A.B. Miller HS)

• 8:30am Call-time @ HBHS, load the trucks and change

• 10:15pm Leave HBHS

• 11:30am Arrive @ AB Miller HS

• 12:30pm Warm-up

• 1:59pm Perform

• 3:20pm Awards

• ~5:45pm Arrive back to HBHS

• ~6:30pm Dismissed

Monday, Apr 27th (HBUHSD District Drumline/Colorguard Showcase @ Marina HS)

• 3pm Load the trucks/change

• 4:15pm Leave for Marina HS

• 4:30pm Unload trucks @ Marina HS

• 5:30pm Warm-up

• 6:30pm Showcase Event Starts

• ~7:15pm Drumline Performs

• ~10pm Dismissed back at HBHS

Upcoming Events

May 1 - HBUHSD Jazz Festival 7-9pm @ Oceanview HS

May 20 - Tower Awards

Click here for the full calendar