MHS Band Weekly Update
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Upcoming Events
Monday, August 24 - 6p - 9p - Monday Night Rehearsal
Wednesday, August 26 - First Day of School!!!
Friday, August 28 - 5:00pm - Home Football Game vs. Montrose - NOTE DATE CHANGE!!!
Monday, August 31 - 6:30p - 9:00p - Monday Night Rehearsal
Monday, September 7 - 6:30p - 9:00p - Monday Night Rehearsal - note rehearsal on Labor Day
Friday, September 11 - 4:30p - Homecoming Parade - downtown Marshall
Friday, September 11 - 5:00p - Home Football Game vs. Hastings
Monday, September 14 - 6:30p - 9:00p - Monday Night Rehearsal
Wednesday, September 16 - All Day - MHS Band / Cheerleaders Elementary Tour
Friday, September 18 - 5:00p - Home Football Game vs. Harper Creek
Saturday, September 19 - 8:30a - Festival of the Forks Parade - Albion
Monday, September 21 - 6:30p - 9:00p - Monday Night Rehearsal
Monday, September 28 - 6:30p - 9:00p - Monday Night Rehearsal
Monday, October 5 - 6:30p - 9:00p - Monday Night Rehearsal
Monday, October 12 - 6:30p - 9:00p - Monday Night Rehearsal
Friday, October 16 - 5:00p - Home Football Game vs. Coldwater - SENIOR SHOW
Friday Night Meal Donation Signup
This Friday's meal (8/28) is going to be Hungry Howies pizza. We are asking for parents to sign up to help set up, serve, and clean up after dinner, cash (or check) donations to pay for the pizza, and donations of chips for dinner. For the game, we need donations of bottled water and cookies/snacks for after halftime.
We have 4 home games this year, so please think about when you can help. If you cannot help financially, maybe you can help by coming in and helping serve the meal(s). There's lots of ways to be involved, and it really does take all of us to provide a great experience for the kids.
To sign up for any of the items listed above, please click the link and add your first and last name.
Click HERE to sign up for food/money/setup donations for this Friday's football game
Senior Band Students - Football Stadium Banners
If you still have not paid for your Senior's banner, please send $35 as soon as possible. Thank you!!!
Attendance Policy
As school begins this week, I would ask that band families be aware of the Band Attendance Policy, which can be found in Section 2.4 of the MHS Band Handbook (linked below).
Once school begins, there will be fewer and fewer conflicts with rehearsals. We are proud of the number of band students who participate in sports, and we are proud of the positive relationships that we have with each of the coaches on staff. The policy for those conflicts is simple:
- Sports contests (games, matches, meets, etc) take priority over music rehearsals
- Music performances (concerts, parades, etc) take priority over practices
- While we try our best to avoid conflicts, sometimes a sports contest runs up against a music performance or a practice is at the same time as a rehearsal. In those cases, the teacher and coach will get together and work things out.
- At not point does a student "pick" what they want to do, and at no point will an adult "punish" a student - either through a reduction of grade or loss of playing time - for following the procedures above
- In ALL cases, coaches and teachers appreciate timely notification if your child has to miss practices or rehearsals. Please communicate if your child is going to be missing rehearsal for any reason.
Friday Night Football Schedule
5:00p - Rehearsal on the parking lot by the tennis courts
5:40p - Dinner (provided)
6:30p - March to stadium
6:50p (approx) - Pregame performance
7:00p - Kickoff
8:00p (approx) - Halftime performance
After game - Band will march as a group back to the school and will be dismissed.
Marching Uniform Care
A few important things:
- When storing, remove uniform from garment bag so that it can breathe
- When bringing the unform to/from school for performances, it must be transported in the garment bag
- NEVER launder uniform pieces - they can only be drycleaned
- These are expensive and still very new, so we must take very good care of them
CONTACT US
Marshall HS Bands
Email: jroot@marshallpublicschools.org
Website: www.marshallbands.org
Phone: 269.781.1252
Facebook: facebook.com/marshallhsbands
Twitter: @marshallhsbands