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ABOUT
ABOUT
The Northern Marching band has a decades-long history of providing high-quality, entertaining, award-winning performances.
Some of the honors they have earned
The only band to ever win both the "People's Choice" and "Best Adjudicated Band" awards in the same year from the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade [2018]
Selected as "People's Choice" for Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade [2018, 2022]
Selected as "Finale Band" for the Washington D.C. National Cherry Blossom Parade [2015]
Repeatedly selected as a "Main Street, USA" performer by Disney [2009, 2013, 2017, 2023]
First Division ratings at district band festival in 18 of the last 19 years
Have been consistently been selected to be part of the National Television Feed for America's Thanksgiving Day Parade (Detroit) [2010, 2014, 2018]
Both caption-head and overall award wins in Scholastic competitions
Our student leaders are consistently recognized as the "best of the best" and win awards at leadership training clinics attended by hundreds of students
How to join the Northern MB
How to join the Northern MB
All students wishing to participate in the Northern Marching Band must be registered for a band class.
Any student that has some skills on an instrument is welcome to participate, without audition, HOWEVER: there *are* auditions for placement in the drum line as well as the color guard. Each of those two units schedules audition clinics as well as 1 or two audition dates. Please check back here often to stay updated on the auditions.
All students wishing to be in marching band must participate in Marching Band Camp (button to camp mailings below)
Paying for Band Camp
Paying for Band Camp
If you choose to used the PHASD online payments, it is helpful to have your student's student number handy
If you choose to used the PHASD online payments, E-Funds (not PHASD, not PHNBands) charges a 2.5% handling fee
Payments may be mailed to:
PO Box 596036, Fort Gratiot Michigan 48059-6036
Checks payable to PHNBands
Summer MB Schedule
Summer MB Schedule
We rehearse 10 AM - 12 Noon Mondays between the end of school and the beginning of band camp
The Drum Line and color Guard have additional Rehearsals
We have a parade performance on the Wednesday night of Boat Week
Camp Week Looks Like This:
Band Camp - Sunday
11:30 AM - 4:00 PM Rehearsals
Luggage drop off, forms/meds turn-in
4:00 PM Parent Meeting, go home for the night
Band Camp - Monday
8:30 AM Drop off (eat breakfast on your own)
Bring carry-on
Lunch provided at Noon
Depart for Camp on buses
Band Camp - Monday - Friday
Rehearsals at Camp, sleep in cabin
Band Camp - Friday
7:00 PM Performance, Parent-pickup
10359 Farrand Rd, Otisville, MI 48463
(no busing home provided)
8:00 PM Take student home
Drive time: approx 1 hr 15 min
We recommend you get to camp by 6:15 PM because parking can be silly!
After Camp
After Camp
We rehearse:
Mondays: 6:00 - 8:45 PM
Wednesdays: 2:30 - 5:15 PM
(sections run sectionals on certain days/times)
Football Games
Football Games
Before Labor Day:
Thursdays, summer uniform 5 PM - 9:30 PM
After Labor Day:
Fridays, full uniform 5 PM - 9:30 PM
Check calendar on front page
On Information, notifications, and social media:
On Information, notifications, and social media:
While we appreciate people trying to be helpful,
in order to avoid confusion, we ask that
questions of time/location/policy *only* be
answered by band booster officers and directors
"official" sources of information:
Remind.com
FB PHNBands [dot] org page (posted by directors or booster officers)
Google calendar
Email from a Booster officer or director
Even during bad weather, consider all events to be "on" unless
Notified by a Booster Officer or a Director
Posted on PHASD web pages
Sign up for Remind.com Notifications
Sign up for Remind.com Notifications
We use it more during band camp, but them only a couple times a week
Get notification of important events and deadlines
Send a text to 81010
in the body of the text, write ONLY ONE of the following, based on graduation year of your student
@phnmb2025
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@phnmb2027
@phnmb2028
@phnjazz
@phnmb-xtra
The "xtra" account is for those who don't fall into the other categories
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