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Sultan High School Music Parents Association

Welcome to our home on the web! We are a parent-run, non-profit group supporting music programs at Sultan High School in Sultan, Washington. If you would like to find out more about who we are and what we do, please visit our about us page. In the meantime, please feel free to browse through our site and email any comments or suggestions to our webmaster.

Announcements

Officers for Next Year

Your officers for 2010-2011 are:

President: Suzanne Whitbeck
Vice President: Melissa McNaughton
Secretary: Frank Scott
Treasurer: Nadean Levin

Congratulations!

Flowers By Karen

Looking for flowers for the holidays or other special occasions? Local Monroe florist Flowers By Karen will donate five percent of all proceeds from orders we generate through this web site to the parent group! Please visit their online store, mention the SHS Music Parents Association, and support businesses that support us! (Thanks, Karen!)

Use the Forums, Luke...

As a shameless ad for the forums, here is an interesting link:

  • The daily schedule. Our own miniSumpter posts this every morning so you can keep track of what's going on.

Please feel free to contribute to the forums yourself -- we encourage fostering the online community!

Shirts and Stuff

We still have a few "Pride of the Valley" shirts and bags in need of good homes. If you are interested, please visit our Shirts and Stuff page to indicate your interest!

Note: No payment information will be collected, this is just a means to communicate your interest to our Surplus Elves.

Fifth Avenue Theater Award Nominations
May 21, 2010

The Fifth Avenue Theater has nominated Sultan High School for the following awards for this year's musical performance of Crazy For You:

  • Outstanding Actor In An Ensemble Role: Michael Tran
  • Outstanding Actress With No Singing Role: Michelle McNaughton
  • Best Hair and Makeup (we won this last year!)

The troupe was also given honorable mention for lighting. Congratulations and good luck to the nominees!

Bremerton Parade Results
May 15, 2010

On Saturday, May 15, 2010, the Marching Band performed and competed in the Bremerton Parade. The results:

  • First Place in the AA division
  • Best Color Guard
  • Festival Award (judge's choice)

If you have pictures, please put them on a CD and send them to our webmaster!

Wenatchee Parade Results
May 1, 2010

On Saturday, May 1, 2010, the Marching Band performed and competed in the Wenatchee Apple Blossom Parade. The results:

  • Second Place in the AA division
  • Best Drum Majors
  • Best Color Guard

If you have pictures, please put them on a CD and send them to our webmaster!

Marching Band Video Posted
November 29, 2009

Check out a great YouTube video about the SHS Marching Band, complete with some behind-the-scenes interview clips with some of the performers!

Auburn Competition Results
November 7, 2009

On Saturday, November 7th, 2009, the SHS Marching Band competed in both a parade competition and a marching band competition at Auburn. The results:

  • First Place in the AA Division Parade Competition (score: 90.8!)
  • Second Place in the AA Division Marching Band Competition (score: 78.28)
  • Best Marching in the AA Division Marching Band Competition

If you have pictures, please put them on a CD and send them to our webmaster. In the meantime, check out the video of the performance on YouTube!

Everett Competition Results
October 24, 2009

On Saturday, October 24th, 2009, the Turk Marching Band competed in Everett. The results:

  • Second Place in the A division (behind Naches Valley)
  • High Color Guard

Score-wise, the Turks came in behind one A-division band, two AA-division bands, and just three out of the fifteen AAA bands to place 10th overall and make it to finals. (There were three bands in the "OPEN" division who outscored everyone.) Overall, a very good showing given the rest of the field!

If you have pictures, please put them on a CD and send them to our webmaster!

Yakima Competition Results
October 17, 2009

On Saturday, October 17th, 2009, the Marching Band left Sultan hours before dawn and competed in Yakima. The results:

  • Second Place in the A division (behind local band Naches Valley)
  • Best Brass
  • Best Woodwinds

If you have pictures, please put them on a CD and send them to our webmaster!

Tumwater Competition Results
October 10, 2009

On Saturday, October 10th, 2009, the Turk Marching Band competed in Tumwater. Initial results streaming in via cell phone instant message include these results for Sultan:

  • First Place in the A division
  • Sixth Place overall
  • Best General Effect
  • Best Marching
  • Best Music
  • Best Auxiliary

If you have pictures, please put them on a CD and send them to our webmaster. In the meantime, check out the video of the finals performance on YouTube!

Silverdale Competition Results
September 26, 2009

On Saturday, September 26th, 2009, the Turk Marching Band competed at the Peninsula Classic in Silverdale. The following bands were scheduled to appear: Bainbridge, Enumclaw, Auburn High School, Auburn Mountain View, Kingston, Bonney Lake, North Thurston, Sultan, Shelton, Ferndale, Tumwater, Chimacum, Black Hills, Peninsula, North Kitsap, Cascade High School and South Kitsap.

Initial results streaming in via cell phone instant message include these results for Sultan:

  • First Place in their division
  • Third Place overall
  • Best Auxiliary
  • Drum Majors: second place overall
  • Percussion: third place overall

Great job!!! Videos of the preliminary competition and finals competition are on YouTube! If you have pictures, please put them on a CD and send them to our webmaster. Also, don't forget to post your comments about this competition or anything else on our forums!

Band Camp 2009: One for the Books
August 23, 2009

Band Camp 2009 has come and gone, and the combination of great weather, an awesome new turf field, and a focused and dedicated group of student performers culminated in a first-ever achievement for Sultan: learning the music and drill for an entire show by the end of the week! Congratulations to the students, and a big THANK YOU to all of the parent volunteers, without whom this would not have been possible.

The first batch of pictures is up in our gallery, with more to come as they come in. If you have pictures you would like to contribute, please burn them onto a CD or DVD and get them to our webmaster for inclusion.

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