Wednesday, June 4 2025

at 1:00pm

• The parade starts at 1:00
• Students carpool over to Normandale park (we need parents to help drive students to the event). We meet up at the park between 11:30-11:45. Teachers will be at the park to greet the students and show them where to go. We leave schools around 11:00 on west side and 11:15 on east side.
• Students bring a sack lunch and we stay in the park for about 30 minutes and eat. 
• Kids should wear their t-shirts.  T-shirts can be ordered on the M.U.S.E. Site. T-shirt Link.
• T-shirt deadline is Sunday, May 11 in order for us to order the shirts and have them delivered to kids at school on time. 
• At around 12:00 we proceed to walk through the neighborhoods leading to the starting point. This is a slow process. At 12:30 we usually get to our position in line and wait until the line moves and we are funneled into the parade route on Sandy Blvd. We might not get to that point until 1:30. It’s a game of patience. 
• Once on the parade route we march down Sandy Blvd. all the way down to Grant High school (a Little over a mile)
• Parent volunteers can walk along with us and help. Other parents choose to find a spot more toward the end of the parade route where the cars will be. More details about this later. 

This just gives you an idea of how the day goes. 

Parent Check List (Important Info )

1. Fill out M.U.S.E. permission Slip and email back to the Band Instructor for your child DO NOT LEAVE FORMS AT SCHOOL WITH CLASSROOM TEACHER or THE SCHOOL OFFICE.
2. Read details below “School Permission Instructions” and follow the instructions that your school needs in order to have your child leave school. For those students who are being driven by another parent, we will let you know WHO is driving your child. This way you can let the school know who is going to be taking them. 
3. Read (print off ) Drivers Instructions if you are driving students other than yours or just driving your child only. You will need to know where to drop them off (they will be supervised) and where to go to park towards the end of the parade route. 
4. If you are driving , print off a Bus Pass

Details:

Instructions and Forms (Download/Print) 

• Leaving School Permission Instructions ( Please look under your school listed for specific info on what schools expect from you in order to release student properly)

• M.U.S.E. Parent Permission (will be posted soon). Make 2 copies. Place one signed form in your child’s music case to bring to the event. Send the second copy to your child’s M.U.S.E. teacher attached to an email by  no later than June 2. 
• Driver Instructions (we are not traveling in a bus but follow the Bus instructions so you know where to drop off the students.  M.U.S.E. will send drivers more details about where to go after dropping kids off and where to park. 
• 2025 Band Bus Access Pass (for drivers dashboard)
• 2025 Junior Parade Band Map

Music: Students need to memorize one song

• Beginners will play “Lets Go Band”
• Intermediate/Adv. students will play “Joe Avery’s Blues” in Book

T-Shirts: Wear MUSE t-shirt as our uniform.