Hey, Mustang Family! 💜💛

🎉 WAY TO GO, SMHS MARCHING BAND! 🎉

What an AMAZING weekend! Congratulations to the SMHS Marching Band for earning 2nd Place with an overall score of 69.295 and bringing home a Percussion Caption at Saturday’s competition! 🏆🥈🥁

All of your hard work, dedication, and commitment are truly paying off. We are so proud of you! Keep pushing, keep working hard, and keep making that Pride of Sunrise shine! 💜💛

📣 MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Our next marching band competition is HOME at Sunrise Mountain High School on Saturday, October 17, 2026! We can’t wait to see you all perform again and show everyone what the Pride of Sunrise can do! 🌟

💜 A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR VOLUNTEERS! 💛

We also want to give a HUGE shoutout to all of the amazing volunteers who came out to help make Saturday’s competition possible! From setup to helping throughout the event, your time and hard work do not go unnoticed.

We truly couldn’t do it without you! 🙌💜💛

🕷️🕸️ THIS WEEK’S UPDATE 🕸️🕷️

📅 September 27 – October 3, 2026

❤️🖤 IT’S HOMECOMING WEEK! 🖤❤️

Get ready to show your SMHS spirit all week long!

🕷️ Homecoming Theme: “Spider-Man: Homecoming” 🕷️

Don’t forget to dress up and participate in this week’s spirit days!

🕷️ MONDAY • 9/28

🎶 Band Evening Rehearsal: 5:00–8:00 PM

🦸 Brand New Day – Dress as your Favorite Superhero!

🕸️ TUESDAY • 9/29

🥁 Percussion Sectional: 3:00–6:00 PM

🗽 Far From Home – Dress like a New York Local!

🕷️ WEDNESDAY • 9/30

💃 Guard Sectional: 3:30–6:30 PM

🕸️ Into the Spider-Verse – Dress up for the WRONG EVENT! 😂

🕷️ THURSDAY • 10/1

🎶 Evening Rehearsal: 5:00–8:00 PM

🕷️ Spider-Man vs. Venom – RED vs. BLACK! ❤️🖤

🕷️ FRIDAY • 10/2

🏈 GAME DAY: SMHS vs. Yuma Catholic

⏰ CALL TIME: 4:30 PM

🎺 PREGAME SHOW TONIGHT!

🎓 ALUMNI NIGHT + HOMECOMING!

🎉 Homecoming Parade: All students report to the band room for 1st hour. After the parade, we will have our Homecoming Assembly. More details to come!

💜💛 Spidey Sense – Show your SMHS School Spirit!

🎓💜 ALUMNI NIGHT INFO 💛🎓

Whether you graduated last year or before the new millennium, we would be honored to have you join us and play alongside the current Pride of Sunrise during Sunrise Mountain High School Alumni Night on October 2nd!

🎺 Just bring your instrument and your school spirit!

Please let us know if you’re coming and what instrument you’ll be playing so we can coordinate everything efficiently.

📝 RSVP HERE:

https://forms.gle/XvVQLCi9uYk4jAZp8

📅 RSVP by September 30th

We’ll see you there! 🕷️🎶🏈

💰🎮 BOOSTER BUCKS! 🎮💰

ATTENTION, BAND! YOUR MISSION STARTS NOW!

🚨 The Fall Virtual Fundraiser is LIVE! 🚨

🎯 BAND GOAL: $10,000

Every dollar we raise gets us closer to unlocking some MAJOR upgrades!

🎺 Updated Instruments

💃 New Color Guard Silks

🔊 Sound Equipment

🎮 THE MISSION:

✅ Complete challenges

🏆 Unlock achievements

📈 Climb the leaderboard

🤝 Help your bandmates

⚔️ And together… DEFEAT THE FINAL MOVEMENT!

🚀 LET THE FUNDRAISING ADVENTURE BEGIN! 🚀

How it works:

Booster Bucks is a student-led virtual fundraiser. Each student creates their own fundraising page with a unique link that can be shared with friends and family to request donations.

💵 Individual Goal: $100

🎯 Band-Wide Goal: $10,000

Every donation goes directly toward supporting our band with supplies, equipment, and materials!

⭐ SOUNDS AT SUNRISE 2026 ⭐

🎺 October 17, 2026 | Sunrise Mountain High School

Our Sounds at Sunrise Marching Band Competition is right around the corner!

We are excited to welcome more than 20 marching bands from across Arizona to Sunrise Mountain High School for a full day of incredible performances, spirited competition, and a celebration of the performing arts. 🎶

But we can't make this amazing event happen without YOU! ❤️

🙌 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Throughout the day, we'll need help with:

🔨 Set-up & take-down

🎟️ Manning the front gate

🚗 Directing parking traffic

🚶 Directing foot traffic

🎺 Coordinating with visiting bands

✨ And MORE!

If you have some time and would like to help, we'd LOVE to have you join our Sounds at Sunrise team!

📋 Volunteer Sign-Up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FADAA2BA1FEC52-51254680-volunteer#/

💜💛 THANK YOU, BAND FAMILIES!

Your time, support, and dedication make everything our students do possible. Let's have another great week, Pride of Sunrise! 🎶⭐

EXCELLENCE. FAMILY. LEGACY.

🐎💜 LET'S GO, MUSTANGS! 💛🎺