Join us at Sellwood Park at 6pm for a potluck dinner and some fun with friends! Reconnect with your section, and enjoy the long rays of summer. Returning members – please note that we are in a different location at Sellwood Park this year. Details in the flier linked below.

Click here for all the info!

If you can, please bring a dish to share that corresponds with your last name. We hope to see you there! Plates, Napkins and Utensils provided by FOCB

A – I: Main Dish
J – S: Dessert
T – Z: Salad or Side Dish
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The first FOCB board meeting will be held on Monday. While the meetings are usually held in the band room, the school is not available to us before the school year starts. If you would like to attend, please email communications@clevelandbandspdx.com for the address.

If you will be needing a district instrument for the summer, please complete the form linked below.

We do not have enough inventory to supply every student with a district-owned instrument. Mr Riler encourages families to rent an instrument from a local music store so that students who truly have financial need will be able to be served by the district.

Beacock Music is well equipped to supply your student with an instrument. Beacock Music does deliver once a week to Cleveland HS and serves us well, even though they are located in Vancouver. You can contact them, set up a rental and it will usually be delivered to Cleveland HS within a week.

Beacock Music
1420 SE 163rd Ave Vancouver, WA 98683
360-694-7134
www.beacockmusic.com/

This would apply to flute, clarinet, alto sax, trumpet and trombone.
Larger and more specialty instruments will be supplied by the District.
SUMMER INSTRUMENT REQUEST FORM

Calling all Wind Ensemblers – especially Seniors! Come by this week to pick up your State patch!

One of our special clinicians is offering lessons this summer – Mark Pipes! If you’re looking to stay smooth this summer, book some time with him – Info below!

 Rate: $70 per lesson
We’ll find a time that fits your summer schedule.

Contact Mark Pipes
mark.r.pipes@gmail.com
Text preferred: 503-806-6658
Phone calls by appointment

Thank you to all the parents who put their laundry skills to work and signed up to wash the band uniforms for storage until next year. We would like to thank Lexine Pishue, Heidi Schroeder Hill, Sue Heintz, Krista Harmon, Mandy Schmole, Kari Matthews, Jill Chapin, Dawn Payne, Kimberly LeVelle, Anja Stadler, Laura Kohler and Kevin Rudiger. We appreciate your cleaning prowess.

If you’re looking for a worthwhile way to support your friendly Cleveland community this summer, the Friends of Cleveland Bands needs your help with the following upcoming events:

• Band Car Wash Fundraiser, August 9th: We will hold our 2025 Car Wash in the Cleveland Parking lot. This fundraiser raises over $1000 for the band. We need a parent to lead this activity and coordinate getting the supplies from the existing car wash lead.
• Providence Bridge Pedal, August 10th: We need an adult to take lead several band students to volunteer for assist with the bridge pedal. There is a training session to attend. More details will be coming. Providence makes a donation to our band program in exchange for this volunteering.
• Sponsorship and Fundraising Board Positions 2025-26: The two members who filled these roles for this school year are taking new positions, leaving these roles empty. These roles are relatively low work and can bring in significant financial support.
• Treasurer-in-Training Board Position: We are asking for a person to shadow our current Treasurer to learn our operations, in order to take over for our Treasurer in the 2026-2027 school year. This is a well documented but important position!
• Videography: A few years ago a band parent who was skilled at video production came in and interviewed Mr. Riler and shot footage of the band rehearsing. That video turned out fantastic, but features students who have since graduated. We would love to put something new together if anyone has skills in this area. It may be possible to pull the students in to help.

Please email volunteer.coordinator@clevelandbandspdx.com if you think you can help with any of these activities. And if you haven’t yet – complete your background check with PPS here: https://www.pps.net/volunteer.

Just a reminder that we have a Cleveland Band Merch Store!

There are some great summer options including polos with UV protection for those blazing summer days ahead! We on the board have chosen to keep the cost of the band merch store low, so everybody can show their Cleveland pride! So go get your Cleveland Merch and look cool all summer

We have 124 uniforms that need to be washed before the end of the school year. We are looking for 12 parents to take 10 uniforms each for machine washing.

Click here to help out!

Mr. Riler will have them available for pick up during the school day on June 3rd and 6th. They need to be returned to the band room by 3pm on June 12th.

Washing instructions are provided on the sign up page, and of course you are more than welcome to sign up for more than one slot!! Thank you so much for your support.

A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped outfit, water and support our band as they performed in this year’s Starlight parade. Specifically we would like to thank Bayra Garfield, Carolyn Choi, Michelle Lee, Kimberly LeVelle, Katie Mangle, Andrew Rice, Sue Heintz, Gregg Heintz, TK Conrad, Linh Vu, Mark Friel, Heather Randol, Krista Harmon, Peter Harmon, Kari Brooke, Ansel Harris Crowne, Orion and anyone else who showed up to help.