Shikellamy Marching Braves

Need dinner tonight? Come support the marching band!

What a fantastic weather week we have had so far! High 70s during the day, hoodie weather once the sun sets. It’s day #3 and the opener is on the field. Excited to see what this season holds! 🐴 🤠🏜️

Please consider helping our friends at Elizabeth Forward High School. We will be collecting monetary donations for the next week. Please note that we are not taking instrument donations at this time. As of Wednesday, February 22, you have helped raise almost $23,000!

Doors open in just over an hour. See you there!

There will be a sports card show benefitting the Shikellamy Marching Band on Saturday, January 7, 2023. The Shikellamy Card Show is the most anticipated card show in our area every year. The card show will be held at the Shikellamy High School from 9:00am - 3:00pm and will have a $1 admission cost. There will be over 40 tables of collectibles at the show that will fil the high school's cafeteria. A special autograph session will be held from 11:00am - 1:00pm with Braeden Fausnaught, a Danville graduate that is currently playing with the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Please come out to the show to support the band and the vendors!

There will be a sports card show benefitting the Shikellamy Marching Band on Saturday, January 7, 2023. The Shikellamy Card Show is the most anticipated card show in our area every year. The card show will be held at the Shikellamy High School from 9:00am - 3:00pm and will have a $1 admission cost. There will be over 40 tables of collectibles at the show that will fil the high school's cafeteria. A special autograph session will be held from 11:00am - 1:00pm with Braeden Fausnaught, a Danville graduate that is currently playing with the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Please come out to the show to support the band and the vendors!

Shikellamy Marching Braves put football fans in a flurry during field show The Daily Item

Happy Thanksgiving from our band family to yours! Have fun watching all of the bands in today’s Philadelphia and/or Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parades!

You can catch the Shikellamy Marching Braves welcome Santa to Sunbury in tomorrow’s Christmas parade!

Parents of current band/guard students, please keep an eye on the band parent or guard Facebook group for an updated arrival time. We will arriving later than the anticipated 12:45 am arrival time. Unfortunately, our show host ran out of food before we even performed this evening so we stopped to be sure than the kids were fed. Again, we will post arrival times to the band and guard pages and we will also have students text as we get closer.

We appreciate our kids who put in the work week after week and give life to the show put together by our staff as well as our parents who work tirelessly to make sure that these kids have water, food, money, and love. Without them NONE of this would be possible. We are also so thankful for the support we receive from our school and community. THANK YOU!

Sometimes they don't get much respect, these marching band kids.

They get ignored or called names. They are misunderstood. They sometimes get passed by for recognition or funding or accolades.

But let me share a little bit of what I've seen the past year.

These kids practice in sweltering heat for hours during the summer with sweat dripping off their faces. They perform in rain and wind and cold. They lug pounds and pounds of instruments (have you ever held a sousaphone or tuba? It's like 20-30 lbs.) and equipment and props from the school to the fields to the bus and back again.

Want to get your 10,000 steps in? They do that in one pareade route or practice or sometimes even routine!

They get to school at 7 a.m. to practice before competitions, and stay until 10 p.m. for football games. They meet during class and practice at home and stay after school and late into the night.

They look out for each other. They offer rides and snacks and support. They make sure the freshman feel included and the seniors are celebrated because they are all part of one big team. They are part of something greater than they ever could be by themselves.

And the parents? The parents of these marching band kids are hard core.

They spend their weekends creating elaborate set designs and fitting uniforms and serving meals for 14-hour days. Each weekend I see moms and dads and grandparents and siblings loading U-Haul trucks and handing out waters and cheering in the stands.

A lot of people don't give marching bands the appreciation they deserve. They don't take it seriously.

But marching band is often a place that welcomes everyone. Where the lonliest kids can find their people, where kids who feel different can feel like they belong, where even if you don't play an instrument, they will find a place for you.

Isn't that what every kid deserves? Isn't that what we should be celebrating?

Truth is, I didn't realize how special it was until I saw it with my own eyes.

Let me tell you something about those kids in marching band....they are performers, they are athletes, they are a team.

They are family.

And we can all learn a little something about how to live life, how to treat each other, how to focus on what's important, from them.

I'm a proud Marching Band parent. I hope you will support them, too.

xoxo,
Whitney Fleming Writes

It’s Friday night lights! Congrats to the seniors of the Shikellamy Marching Braves, Shikellamy Cheerleading, and Shikellamy Football who will be celebrated tonight!

Come join us tonight! $10 adults/$8 students

Our sky for rehearsal tonight. Some beautiful artistry in the skies at night recently!

Home Show = Next Saturday! See you there!

Sky appreciation tonight at the Shikellamy Braves @ Shamokin Area Indians game!

DATE: Wednesday, Sept. 28th
TIME: 6pm
LOCATION: Shikellamy HS Stadium, Sunbury PA
ADMISSION: $3 students & seniors / $5 adults

Had a great time with the cheerleaders tonight cheering on the football team to a W!

Thank you Shikellamy Cheerleading for joining us in band war fun this evening! We apologize for not warning you that we were going to play Mach speed! 🎵🤸🏼‍♀️🏈

Mother Nature rained on our basic’s block tonight, but also gave us a double rainbow! Rain🌦☔️🌈

See you there!