The Marching Bulldogs welcome all interested 7th and 8th grade students from Chamblee Middle and Sequoyah Middle schools as well as home-schooled and virtual school students who are proficient on an instrument or wish to be in Color Guard.
You are invited to Middle School Band Night with the
CHS Marching Bulldogs!
🥁 7th and 8th graders in the Chamblee District can experience a night with the CHS Marching Band, including Instrumentalists*, Percussion, and Color Guard.
🎷 Event Date & Time: Friday, September 25, at 4:30 PM for the football game at North DeKalb Stadium.
🎵 Check-in at Bulldog Plaza* with parent and student volunteers upon arrival; receive a CHS band t-shirt! (Area in between school buildings, accessible via bus lane off Pierce Drive, or practice field off Mendenhall Drive)
🎷 Bring your instrument** (except double-reeds); try a sousaphone or color guard flag.
🎼 Keep personal items in the band room; avoid bringing backpacks if possible.
🎸 Meet your musical section or Color Guard group and enjoy pizza for dinner.
🎺 Parade into the stadium and perform as part of the Marching Bulldog Band.
🎶 Performances include a pregame show, stands tunes, and watching the halftime show.
🎺 Parents are welcome and encouraged to sign up as chaperones; one needed for every 5 students.
🥁 Purchase game tickets online or at the stadium via GoFan. (make sure to purchase "Varsity Football" tickets!)
🎺 Game Location: North DeKalb Stadium (Stadium behind CHS, accessible via Pierce Drive)
🎶 Cost: NONE thanks to our CHS Band Boosters (includes t-shirt, pizza dinner, and entry to game)
🎷 Registration Deadline: RSVP by September 23rd to ensure enough shirts and pizza; indicate interest in chaperoning when registering.
Contact Band Night Coordinator for more information.
Attire and What to Bring:
Bottoms: wear black or navy shorts, pants or skirts.
Shirt: we'll provide a band shirt (If you have one from last year, feel free to wear that.)
Shoes: sneakers
Your Instrument** (you'll be able to leave your case in the high school).
Water bottle
*Drop off is 4:30pm. Report to Bulldog Plaza (breezeway in between the CHS classroom building and the Fine Arts / Athletics Building) accessible from the bus lane off Pierce Drive or the large exterior stairs next to the practice field off Mendenhall.
**Marching instruments include flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone, sousaphone, percussion.
***Students will be released after half-time. They (with a parent or chaperone) can go back to the stadium and sit with the band after check-out. 8th graders are strongly encouraged to stay and play with the band for the duration of the game, to shadow the high school students and get a real feel for what marching band is like.