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The Poway Days Parade is on Saturday, September 9th! Call time 8:00 AM at Poway Road & Pomerado Road in the Smart & Final Parking Lot.

Attire: Summer Uniform for this event: Red Polo, Black shorts with a pocket to hold a water bottle or fanny pack (hydration pack is also acceptable), White Crew Socks (no logos), and White Tennis Shoes. No hats, jewelry, makeup, or nail polish are allowed, but sunglasses are acceptable. Leave your instrument case in your parent’s car. Only bring what you need to play your instrument to the parking lot.

Parents: Drop off your student at the “Smart & Final” parking lot. Corner of Poway Road and Pomerado Road. Then drive over to Community Road and Poway Road (take Twin Peaks road to Community to avoid Poway Road shut down) and park in the Aldi/Harbor Freight lot to pick up your student after the Parade. Families are encouraged to watch the parade and cheer on the band. The best viewing spots are near the announcer’s booth. The Parade starts at 9:00 AM and finishes by approximately 11:00-11:30 AM

This year our tentative position in the parade is 41.

Info for the football home game on 8/25.

What: Home Football Game vs Patrick Henry

Where: Music Building

When: Friday, AUGUST 25
5:45 pm Call time
6:15ish pm March into Sundevil Stadium
7:00 pm Game Starts
9:15 pmish (depending on game end) Band Dismissal

Dress: Summer uniform [Black shorts, white shoes, white socks, RED polo]

As you all know, each year Mt. Carmel hosts the “Annual Mt. Carmel Tournament of Bands”, San Diego County’s largest marching band tournament with participating schools joining us from as far away as Los Angeles. This year’s tournament will be the 46th we are hosting, taking place on October 28, 2023.

As you may remember from Mr. Fierro’s presentation, the tournament is not only a fantastic community outreach but is also the Music Foundation’s largest fundraiser.

The proceeds of the tournament account for almost one-third of our annual budget!

However, a tournament of that size can only be successful with as much volunteer help as possible.

All of our students in the music programs (band, guard, and orchestra) are required to participate but we do need a lot of support from adults due to the various responsibilities.

Last year we had 23 bands participating and we hope to have even more bands join us again this year.

We are therefore asking that at least one adult member of each family volunteer during the tournament.

Michele Prescott, who so successfully has led the tournament efforts over the past years, has again kindly agreed to chair the tournament organization and share all her knowledge with other parents, for which we are very thankful.

There are a number of different areas we need to cover in preparation for the tournament, each of which will be chaired by different members. To assure continued coverage of the various responsibilities (e.g. in case of unforeseen events before or during the tournament), it is imperative that the various sub-committees are chaired by at least two parents.

In preparation for the tournament, we will be meeting every Wednesday at 6:30 pm in the Band Room.

Meetings generally last until 8:00 pm, sufficient time to drop off students for Wed night rehearsal prior to the meeting, and to join the students after the meeting in the stadium to enjoy the progress in their performance.

During the meetings, we will discuss and coordinate efforts and outstanding action items.

Please join us this Wednesday, August 23 at 6:30 pm where you can meet fellow volunteers and determine which committee you may wish to participate in.

Thank you very much in advance for any support you can provide to make the 46th tournament another great experience for everyone and success for the Mt Carmel music program.

For this coming Saturday’s Band Practice (i.e. August 19th) Mr. Fierro has modified the time to be 8am to 10am. Please be aware.

SAT Info Night
Wed. August 30th at 6:30pm in the Band Room.6:30 pm
Come learn more about how you can be part of the SAT Fundraising Program.