SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL BAND
2361 School Drive, Southside, Alabama 35907
​(256) 442-2172 Ext. 8
BAND 101:

Info for new students & parents
Links to info under "Band 101"
ORIENTATION 2025-26
Check out the information below for starting the 2025-26 school year.
Spring 25 Newsletter by Matt Weaver
STEP ONE:
Read the Spring Newsletter
STEP TWO:
Register for Band!
STEP THREE:
Attend Spring Training
MAY 13-15, 2025 - Southside Band Room
Wear comfortable clothes and bring water.  We will be outside learning how to march.
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Students will be fitted for uniforms and will come home with a card on sizing info for which sizes to purchase.
STEP FOUR:
Purchase Uniform Items
DUE MAY 30, 2025
Instrumental member must purchase their own bibbers (pants), shoes, and gloves.
Parents and fans are welcomed to purchase a halftime show theme shirt. 

Students DO NOT buy their own - the PMA Boosters provide them!
STEP FIVE:
Attend the mandatory student/parent Orientation Meeting
May 19, 2025 - 6 pm - SHS Auditorium
*Please bring a copy of your medical insurance card
STEP SIX:
Pay Band Fees
STEP SEVEN:
Practice and condition over the summer.
All of the music is online.  Students receive a memorization and pass off schedule.

​Parents - be sure your child stays ACTIVE over the summer!
Password is 1958
STEP EIGHT:
Attend Band Camp!
All Members
July 14-18, 2025
​8 am to 12 pm ; break; 5 pm-9 pm

July 21-25, 2025
​8 am to 12 pm ; break; 5 pm-9 pm

*Additional post-camp night blocks (5-9 pm) 
​July 29, 31, Aug. 4, and 5th