Lending support to the Music Departments of the Coatesville Area School District
WEEK OF 9/21/26
Monday, 9/21/26
NO Marching Band Practice — School Closed
Wednesday, 9/23/26
Marching Band Practice — 6pm to 9pm
Thursday, 9/24/26
DINE-TO-DONATE - Casa Herrera - 4pm to 9pm
**Dine in or Take Out**
Friday, 9/25/26
Football vs. West Chester East HS
Students report to Band Room at 2:30pm (after school)
DINNER 4pm - 5pm
(students can pack something to eat or go off campus since it's a home game)
CHAPERONES report at 5pm
Saturday, 9/26/26
US Bands Competition - Ridley HS
901 Morton Ave, Folsom, PA 19033
ATTENTION ALL BAND & GUARD PARENTS/GUARDIANS/SIBLINGS
IT'S COMPETITION SEASON ... AND
YOUR STUDENTS NEED YOU!
The stage is set and we're excited to mystify and entertain judges and audiences alike during our upcoming competitions. But our MAGIC can't happen without YOU!
We would like to thank all of the parents/grandparents/siblings who showed up for our kids on Saturday! You all ROCK! It takes a village and we're so glad you're part of ours!
To finish our season, we are in need of at least eleven (11) people to help with State Championships on Saturday 11/2 and Nationals on Sunday 11/3.
Our "mirror" set pieces are light weight and could blow over easily on a windy football field. The assistance required would be for you to stand behind a "mirror", and hold onto it. That's it! Nothing difficult. You are not part of the performance, and won't be seen. As part of the band's performance, the band members will move the "mirrors". **Clearances aren't needed for this task.**
Please email secretary@cvillepmc.org if you are able to help so we can get a head count.
Bus transportation is, unfortunately, not available for our helpers. We can, however, set up carpools to get everyone to and from the competitions, if needed.
YOUR STUDENTS ARE COUNTING ON YOU!
Schedule Details
Detail to come
SCHEDULE Saturday, 4/11/26
Indoor Drumline Championships - Spring-Ford HS
350 S Lewis Rd, Royersford, PA 19468
STUDENTS ARRIVE - 8:30am
PRACTICE - 8:30am to 11:30am
LUNCH - 11:30am to 12:30pm
REHEARSAL - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
CHAPERONES/HELPERS ARRIVE 1:00pm
PARENT RUN-THROUGH - 1:15pm
(this is for parents who are helping with the PIT CREW Saturday)
LOAD - 1:30pm to 2:00pm
LEAVE CASH - 2:10pm
UNLOAD/DRESS - 3:10pm
WARM-UP - 3:40pm
MOVE TO STAGING - 4:40pm
ON-DECK - 4:50pm
PERFORM - 5:00pm
LOAD/CHANGE - 5:15pm
CONCESSIONS - 6pm
(Send $$ for concessions)
IN STANDS - 7:30pm
AWARDS - 8:00pm
LEAVE FOR CASH - 8:45pm
ARRIVAL/UNLOAD - 9:45pm
DISMISSAL - 10:00pm
**We will need a few people with strong backs to help get our wagons/gator/trailer/box truck prepped, loaded and ready. Please arrive around 8:30am. With enough people, we should get most everything done in the morning.**
**We will need parent volunteers for our PIT CREW on Saturday. Lots of extra hands to help load, unload and move equipment will make for a smooth pre- and post-show. If you are able to help, please sign up using the link below. Rustin is a close drive, and once we’re loaded up after the performance, you are free to leave. Thank you!**
Just a reminder … if you are signed up for PIT CREW, you will be responsible for your own transportation to and from the competition. Unfortunately, we do not have room on the bus, nor are there seats in the van.
SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE 2/28/2026
INDOOR DRUMLINE- COMPETITION
Avon Grove HS
10 Waltman Wy, West Grove, PA 19390
STUDENTS ARRIVE - 8am
Practice - 8am to 12pm
PARENTS/HELPERS ARRIVE - 12:30pm
LUNCH/LOAD/DRESS - 12pm to 1pm
LEAVE CASH - 1:20pm
UNLOAD/DRESS - 1:50pm
WARM-UP - 2:20pm
MOVE TO STAGING - 3:20pm
ON DECK - 3:30pm
PERFORM - 3:40pm
LOAD/CHANGE - 3:55pm
CONCESSIONS - 4:40pm
IN STANDS - 4:50pm
AWARDS - 5:20pm
LEAVE FOR CASH - 6:05pm
ARRIVAL/UNLOAD - 6:35pm
DISMISSAL - 6:50pm
STUDENTS will need to wear BLACK T-SHIRT (short sleeve) and BLACK PANTS — NO LOGOS — and their Dinkles
Please PACK A LUNCH for your student that they can eat quickly before we leave. Also send $$ for concessions.
We will have snacks on the bus for the ride home.
SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE 3/15/2025
INDOOR COLOR GUARD - COMPETITION - Penncrest HS
134 Barron Road, Media, PA 19063
STUDENTS ARRIVE -- 8:00am
RUN TO SHOW MUSIC -- 8:05am
STRETCH -- 8:15am
RUN THROUGH (in gym or stand still) -- 8:30am
CLEAN SHOW IN CHUNKS -- 8:45am
SNACK/LUNCH -- 11:30am to 12:00pm
CHUNK CLEAN -- 12:00pm
RUN THROUGH -- 1:30pm
PACK UP -- 1:45pm
LEAVE FOR PENNCREST -- 2:00pm
PERFORM -- 4:15pm
Hair in show hair; performing in uniforms; half ballet shoes; make-up, bring slides/crocs/flip flops to wear before/after you perform
FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE 9/25/26
HOME FOOTBALL GAME vs. WEST CHESTER EAST HS,
Students report to Band Room at 2:30pm (after school)
DINNER 4pm - 5pm
CHAPERONES report at 5pm
DRESS 5pm - 5:30pm
WARM UP 5:30p
MARCH TO STANDS 6:15pm
GAME - Starts at 7pm THEME - Morgan’s Message
SCHEDULE Indoor Color Guard
TIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Perkiomen Valley HS,
509 Gravel Pike,
Collegeville, PA
Saturday 4/25/2026
Students Arrive — 8am
Run-Through/Pack-Up — 12:15pm
Get Ready — 1:00pm-2:45pm
Leave for Perkiomen Valley — 3:00pm
Arrive at Perkiomen Valley — 3:45pm
PERFORM — 5:44pm
Awards - 6:45pm
Return to CASH - 8:15pm
This is Color Guard’s last performance this season! Please invite family/friends to come and see your last show of the season! Color Guard happily invites everyone from Drumline and Marching Band to come out and support them or help!
GOOD LUCK COLOR GUARD!
STUDENTS ARRIVE - 8:30am
CHAPERONES/HELPERS ARRIVE 1:00pm
PARENT RUN-THROUGH - 1:15pm
(this is for parents who are helping with the PIT CREW Saturday)
LEAVE CASH - 2:10pm
**We will need a few people with strong backs to help get our wagons/ gator/ trailer/ box truck prepped, loaded and ready. Please arrive around 8:30am. With enough people, we should get most everything done in the morning.**
CPMC Fall 2026 Chaperones: Games, Competitions and Events
Chaperones: Please sign up for chaperoning our band and guard for away football games, home football games and for band competitions and other events.
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Band and Guard chaperoning is a unique and wonderful way to positively impact and support a very hard-working, talented and dedicated group of performers.
Chaperones might also assist with the timed movement of instruments, equipment and props on and off the field and back to the trucks
We are still in need of several salad items for our “Feed-the-Band” Ziti Bar for this coming Saturday, 9/26. Please use the link below to sign up and feed our kiddos before they take the field for their second competition of the season!
We could use some help in both concession stands this coming Friday, 9/25, for the West Chester East game. Concession volunteers should report at 5:30pm. Link to the SignUp Genius can be found below and also in the Team Snap chat and CPMC Facebook page. Thank you!
CANDY GRAMS are a marching band tradition, where parents/friends buy candy to gift their favorite student on a job well done after their competition.
We will have CANDY GRAMS for purchase on Wednesday night at practice during drop off or pick up in the band room. They are $2/each, and will be given to the student after the competition on Saturday.
US Bands Competition - Rustin High School -
1st Place: 65.50 -
Caption Awards:
Best Visual and Best Color Guard
Snap! Raise Fundraiser
* The Snap! Raise! fundraiser is still going on. This is the final week, so we need to really bring it home! If you haven’t yet, be sure to share your Snap! fundraiser page on your socials, your parent’s socials, etc. Be sure you are set up to collect donations! We need everyone’s participation for this to be successful!
Every dollar helps provide uniforms, equipment, instruments, travel, competitions, and unforgettable experiences for our marching band. Our program and this fundraiser also supports all music departments throughout the Coatesville Area School District.
Please donate using the QR code and help us reach our goal. Every contribution - big or small - brings us one step closer to a successful season.
CPMC Fall Chaperones:
Games, Competitions, and Events
Chaperones: Please sign up for chaperoning our band and guard for away football games, home football games and for band competitions and other events.
Band and Guard chaperoning is a unique and wonderful way to positively impact and support a very hard-working, talented and dedicated group of performers.
Chaperones might also assist with the timed movement of instruments, equipment and props on and off the field and back to the trucks.
Chaperones supervise uniform management pre and post event; communicate performer injuries and/or illness to the Band Director(s); accompany kids to and from their field or event destination or to rest-rooms and generally ensure the safety, health and welfare of our Red Raider performers.
We recommend encouraging your fellow band parents , awaiting picking up their band and guard performers at the end of an event, to hop out of their cars to lend a hand.
Home Games: Home game chaperoning requirements include pre and post-game uniform management, sitting in the stands with the performers; possibly participating in the timed movement of equipment, instruments and props on and off the field for the performance. Chaperones may be tasked with guarding the instruments in the stands while the band is on their break. Chaperones may be called upon to accompany groups of performers to the rest-rooms. Chaperones will also supervise post-game clean up of stands and accompanying the band and guard back to the band room for instrument and uniform management and dismissal of students once ALL tasks are complete.
Away Games & Competitions: Away games & Competition chaperoning requirements include pre and post-game uniform management, bag checking (making sure they have their gloves, all parts of their uniform, their chickens & their dinkles), supervision of bus-loading, distribution of snacks and cases of water, taking attendance and ensuring presence of all participants; sitting in the stands with the performers, may include participating in the timed movement of equipment, instruments and props on and off the field for the performance. Chaperones will be tasked with guarding the instruments in the stands while the band is on their break. Chaperones may be called upon to accompany groups of performers to the rest-rooms. Chaperones will also supervise post-game clean up of stands and accompanying the band and guard back to the bus, manage bus loading, take attendance, manage water and snack distribution and clean up, manage off-loading and bus clean up and supervise instrument and uniform management and dismissal of students once ALL tasks are complete.
Departure time from the High school is dependent on distance & travel time, which is also dependent of their performance time for competitions. Departure time and a recommended time for the chaperones to arrive at the high school will be obtained from the Band Director and communicated by the Board Secretary via Facebook and/or email. You will also receive a text from one of the Chaperone Team leaders.
Competitions: Competitions are generally on Saturdays with the exception of two competitions in November which may have us scheduled on either Saturday or Sunday of those weekends. To be communicated as more information is received. Chaperones are generally asked to arrive at the school about an hour before departure (times will be communicated).
All Competition times have not yet been established but will be communicated along with chaperone details relevant to each event.
MOST IMPORTANTLY: all bathroom breaks, individual escorting of children, or any reason to leave the group MUST come from/be approved by/communicated with the Band Director(s) prior to leaving the group. The Band Director(s) must know where their students are at all times.
This page is for current band students and their parents/guardians. Click on this link or search Coatesville Parent's Music Club (Red Raider Marching Band Members). There are some questions to ask to be allowed to join. We will confirm you as student in the band or a parent/guardian.
Our website is constantly updated so please make a point to check it out regularly. Our calendar is kept up to date here as well.
CPMC Meeting Schedule
Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, October 7th 2026
6:30pm
General Membership Meeting
Wednesday, October 14th 2026
7:30pm
Come thru Band Room, Meeting room will be posted.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Monthly Meeting Minutes Will be posted here from the CPMC general membership meetings.
Monday, September 21st No Rehearsal
Marching Band
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday, September 23rd Rehearsal
Marching Band
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday, September 25th Football Game - Home
West Chester East HS
Marching Band
Game starts: 7:00pm
Saturday, September 26th USBANDS Competition
Ridley HS
Marching Band
TBA
Monday, September 28th Rehearsal
Marching Band
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wednesday, September 30th Rehearsal
Marching Band
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday, October 2nd Football Game - Away
Downingtown West HS
Marching Band
TBA
Saturday, October 3rd USBANDS Competition
Marple Newtown HS
Marching Band
TBA
Want to help, but not sure exactly how you can help?
There are many ways!
Please reach out and find out more:
Pit Crew, Prop designs, Drivers, Chaperones, Finances, Fundraising, Scheduling, Concessions, Donations, Uniform sizing, Photographer, Banquet, Events, etc.
We have many openings for next year! If you can volunteer for 1 hour, 1 football game, 1 competition, we'd LOVE to see you! Our group is very welcoming to newcomers. We look forward to meeting you!
Cart of Wonders
Available after practices in band room.
*Candy available for purchase for $1
*Wawa Coupons
*Discount Cards
Also - NEW* Pay your dues by Credit card at Cart of Wonders.
Who needs a fast and delicious meal? Have your Wawa coupons on hand! Wawa Hoagies coupons are a great way to earn money for your student account. Each coupon purchased for $5 puts $1 into your student account. Fill out the attached order form and place it with your money into an envelope and put it into the CPMC mailbox or get them at the Cart of Wonders. This is an on-going fundraiser so keep selling and raise money for your account.
CPMC has set-up the ability to accept payments through Paypal by using your own Paypal account or by using a debit or credit card. Of course, cash and check will continue to be acceptable forms of payment.
Click the Link Below
Coatesville Parents Music Club | P.O. Box 72082
| Thorndale, PA 19372 | cvillepmc.org