Join us for our upcoming car wash fundraiser to support the Scappoose Band! This is a great opportunity to help raise funds while showing off your skills and enthusiasm. Bring your friends, your energy, and your love for music as we scrub away dirt and raise money for our band program. Every car that rolls in represents a step toward funding new instruments, uniforms, and exciting events for our talented musicians. Let's come together as a community, make some shiny cars, and foster our band spirit! We can't wait to see you there!

Please use the Sign Up below to either volunteer for the event or to help provide supplies.

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Volunteers needed Saturday July 19th!

We have signed up to work at the Dairy Women's booth at the Columbia County Fair from 1 pm - 7 pm. We will have two shifts, 1 pm - 4 pm and 4 pm - 7 pm.. This is a fundraiser for the general band fund. We will receive 15% of the sales plus all tips earned during our shift.

All volunteers will receive one fair entry ticket and an ice cream for after your shift.

You may sign up for either, or both shifts.

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Join us for our upcoming car wash fundraiser to support the Scappoose Band! This is a great opportunity to help raise funds while showing off your skills and enthusiasm. Bring your friends, your energy, and your love for music as we scrub away dirt and raise money for our band program. Every car that rolls in represents a step toward funding new instruments, uniforms, and exciting events for our talented musicians. Let's come together as a community, make some shiny cars, and foster our band spirit! We can't wait to see you there!

Please use the Sign Up below to either volunteer for the event or to help provide supplies.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48AFA92AA7FCC61-56380557-band

Join us for our upcoming car wash fundraiser to support the Scappoose Band! This is a great opportunity to help raise funds while showing off your skills and enthusiasm. Bring your friends, your energy, and your love for music as we scrub away dirt and raise money for our band program. Every car that rolls in represents a step toward funding new instruments, uniforms, and exciting events for our talented musicians. Let's come together as a community, make some shiny cars, and foster our band spirit! We can't wait to see you there!

Please use the Sign Up below to either volunteer for the event or to help provide supplies.

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SAVE THE DATE! All middle school and high school band parents - please join us for a mandatory BACK TO SCHOOL “BAND EDITION” NIGHT with Mr. LaGrone, Band Boosters and Student Council on 9/9/2025 from 6-7pm, followed by a Band Booster Parent Meeting. Location: Scappoose High School. Light refreshments will be provided. We look forward to meeting all of you as we all support our Scappoose Bands for their 2025/6 school season!

Join us for our upcoming car wash fundraiser to support the Scappoose Band! This is a great opportunity to help raise funds while showing off your skills and enthusiasm. Bring your friends, your energy, and your love for music as we scrub away dirt and raise money for our band program. Every car that rolls in represents a step toward funding new instruments, uniforms, and exciting events for our talented musicians. Let's come together as a community, make some shiny cars, and foster our band spirit! We can't wait to see you there!

Please use the Sign Up below to either volunteer for the event or to help provide supplies.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B48AFA92AA7FCC61-56380557-band

The Scappoose High School Bands & Percussion play during our annual Veteran’s Day Breakfast in the Scappoose High School Cafeteria.The Veteran’s Breakfast starts at 8:30 am on 11/12/25.

The Scappoose Middle School and High School Bands play at the Winter Concert at the Scappoose High School Auditorium for families, friends and the Scappoose community. The free concert start at 7pm.

The purpose of an OMEA State Composition Contest is to promote music literacy, music theory, and music composition for students at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Compositions may be written in any style or genre and for any solo or combination of instruments or voices (instrumental, choral/vocal, or electronic). Interested students must submit their application, their score and recording to their band director by November 1st.Compositions will be assessed based on the rubric found on the OMEA website and ranked by three (3) individual judges. Rankings will be compiled to determine the winners in each category. Winners will be notified in mid-December and recognized at the OMEA State Conference Banquet in Eugene, OR at the Graduate Hotel on Saturday, 1/17/26. Winners will receive a trophy in recognition of their achievement.

Jazz Band & Choir Festival takes place at the Clatskanie Middle & High School on Wednesday, 2/11/26. This competitive event’s qualifying scores can be accepted for the tape pool for the OSAA State Jazz Finals at Mt Hood Community College in May 2026. Transportation for students will be provided.

The OMEA District 3 Solo & Ensemble Festival happens at our Scappoose High School on Saturday, 2/28/26 from 8am-5pm. This annual event is for District 3 students that are interested to perform a solo/ensemble piece. The band director helps with registration and music selection prior to the event. All performances are evaluated by a judge and scored against a rating system. Festival slots are 10 min per solo, trio and small ensemble. There is a small fee to participate in this event ($10-30 in 2025). Winners in the high school divisions compete at the State Festival in May 2026 at the Mt Hood Community College.

The OMEA District 3 Band Festival takes place at the Astoria High School on March 11, 2026 from 8am to 5pm. This all-day regional competitive event is organized by the OMEA for schools in the Northwestern Oregon region (WA County, Hillsboro, Tillamook, Clatsop, Columbia and Yamhill). Scappoose Wind Ensemble/Percussion’s performances get adjudicated by professional judges and qualifying scores can be considered for the OSAA State Band Championships in May 2026. Transportation for students is provided.

Mt. Hood Community College Band Festival takes place on March 13, 2026 at the Mt Hood Community College. Scappoose High School Wind Ensemble/Percussion will participate in a clinic performance and sight-reading. This festival is a state-qualifying event (not a competition against others), allowing bands to submit their qualifying performance scores for consideration in the tape pool for the OSAA State Band Championships in May 2026.

Clackamas Jazz Band Festival takes place on March 14th, 2025 at Clackamas Community College (CCC). The music department at Clackamas Community College has orchestrated quality music festivals since 1971, bringing high school students from all parts of the Northwest to the CCC campus to perform and compete in the Niemeyer Center for the most prestigious of judges - professionals at the top of their respective fields!

The Northwest Regional Concert Band Festival (NWRCBF) is a non-competitive event held on April 4, 2026 in Jewell, Oregon, that provides a performance and adjudication opportunity for our Scappoose High School Concert Band and other wind ensembles in the northwest.

The Scappoose Middle School and High School Bands play at the Spring Concert at the Scappoose High School Auditorium for families, friends and the Scappoose community. The free concert start at 7pm.

SAVE THE DATE - IF WE QUALIFY! State HS Band Finals featuring all the 15 OMEA district band winners / qualifiers. OSAA stands for Oregon School Activities Association, and 4A is our school classification (size of band: mid-size school).

Scappoose Bands play at SHS GRADUATION 2026 on June 6th, 2026.