Bainbridge Band Boosters

06/18/2026

Spartan Cadet Parade Camp is Canceled for 2026

Due to low numbers of registered campers, we cannot run the camp this year and have made the hard decision to cancel it.

We are truly sorry for the disruption this may cause to your summer plans. We know many of you set aside the week of June 30 – July 4 with the camp in mind, and we did not arrive at this decision lightly.

The Spartan Cadet Parade Camp has always been about giving middle school students a chance to experience the excitement of marching band and color guard—learning pep songs, marching technique, and flag work alongside the coaches and students of the award-winning Bainbridge High School Marching Band & Color Guard. It is a program we believe in and one we are committed to bringing back.

Thank you for supporting of this program and for sharing our enthusiasm for marching band and color guard.

06/15/2026

🚨 LAST DAY TO REGISTER — DON'T MISS THIS! 🚨
We need just 3 more students to make Spartan Cadet Parade Camp happen — register by end of Monday! 🇺🇸
There will only ever be one 250th 4th of July. Your kid can watch from the curb — or march down the middle of it in front of 10,000 cheering people. 🎆
The drums kick in, the flags fly, the crowd roars — and the band fills the whole town with patriotic pride and love of country. This is the part of the parade everyone waits for, and the moment your student will never forget. 🥁🎺
🏆 Learn from the BEST! Your student will be coached by students and staff from the Bainbridge Band — the winningest band in the state of Washington. There's no better program to learn from. 🥇
Calling all 7th, 8th & 9th graders:

🎵 Band members with 2+ years experience

💃 Dancers & cheerleaders ready to twirl flags
Every cadet gets:

🎽 Special parade uniform, t-shirt, hat & digital photos

📅 June 29 – July 4, 9 am–3 pm

💵 $350 — 💙 all proceeds support the Bainbridge Band Programs
⏰ Closes 6/15 — spots gone after today!

👉 https://bainbridgebands.square.site/spartan-cadet-camp-registration
One parade. One chance. Register now and tag a band family! 💙🤍🎆

Bainbridge Island Junior Parade Camp for 7th, 8th and 9th graders who want to experience the thrill of performing in a parade.

05/30/2026

𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 registration is open!
𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱 & 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽!

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟳𝘁𝗵, 𝟴𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀.

𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱 & 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀.

𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗛𝗦 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱. 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 𝟮𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗿𝘀: 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵-𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴.
𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 29 - 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘺 4, 9 𝘢𝘮 -3 𝘱𝘮.
𝗧𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: $𝟯𝟱𝟬

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝟲/𝟭𝟱:
𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴.𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘦.𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦/𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯-𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘵-𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱-𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

03/23/2026

Our Wind Ensemble was lucky enough to snag an hour with Dr Ron Gerhardstein, Director of Bands at PLU today! He gave us some great feedback on Dr Kevin Day's "Blue Hour Skyline", as we prepare to meet the composer next week! Dr G also gave us some great info on continuing music in college. Thank you!

(Also shout out to our boosters for funding big upgrades to our classroom we**am and microphone, which made the call possible!)

03/11/2026

The Kitsap Great Give has been extended to 11:59 PM tonight!

There's still time to support the band students at Sakai Intermediate School, Woodward Middle School and Bainbridge High School. Every gift goes a long way to purchase and repair instruments, provide transportation to competitions and bring special instructors to help the student sharpen their music skills.
Every gift is greatly appreciated. : )

Thank you for supporting the next generation of community musicians!

The Bainbridge Band Boosters

PS - This is our last announcement about the Kitsap Great Give fundraising effort.

Click here for an update from Bainbridge Band Boosters!

03/11/2026

Puget Sounds Jazz Festival Update: Thank you to everyone who supported the Puget Sounds Jazz Festival! The community concert with the Marina Albero Quintet was fabulous! Marina's New Orleans flair and latin soul kept all of us tapping our toes and dancing in our seats. Congratulations to all the student musicians who traveled from all over Western Washington to share their music and learn from Marina and her band members.
Many thanks to all the student, parent volunteers and concert goers who made this a great event. Special thanks to Pastor Mark Garrard of Bainbridge First Baptist Church for displaying our festival banner!
Mark your calendars for next March, see you then!

03/11/2026

There's just a little time left to contribute to the Kitsap Great Give!
Your generous donations play a crucial role in ensuring that all the band students in the Bainbridge Island School District Band programs have the resources they need to keep the music alive. Whether it's a small or larger gift, every bit helps.

If you're ready to donate, visit https://www.kitsapgreatgive.org/organization/Bainbridge-High-School-Instrumental-Music-Boosters

Thank you for your continued support and for being a vital part of our band community!

Click here for an update from Bainbridge Band Boosters!

03/10/2026

Kitsap Great Give is Today! ⏰ Help us keep the music playing 🎶 for all the Bainbridge Island School District Band students.
Thank you for supporting the Bainbridge Bands! 🩷 🎵
kitsapgreatgive.org/bainbridge-high-school-instrumental-music-boosters

03/05/2026

Live Jazz: Friday Night at BHS

Don't miss the Puget Sounds Jazz Festival — two days of world-class jazz right here in our community!

March 6 | 6:30 PM — BHS Jazz9 opens for the renowned Marina Albero Quintet.

March 7 | 9 AM–5 PM — Free public performances and educational clinics featuring high school and middle school jazz bands.

March 7 | 7 PM — Outstanding student ensembles take the stage before Marina Albero Quintet closes the night.

Through master classes with professional performers and educators, students gain skills that elevate jazz programs across Washington. It's an experience you won't want to miss. See you there!

Click here for an update from Bainbridge Band Boosters!