Band Camp is required for all high school band and color guard students.
Band Camp 2025 will take place from Monday-Thursday July 21-24 and Monday-Friday July 28-August 1.
Band Camp concludes with a performance by The Sound of Horizon in Horizon Stadium on August 1 at 7:00pm.
Guard, Leadership, and Percussion students are required to attend additional rehearsals before Band Camp.
Please keep an eye on your email throughout the summer for details and confirmations of who reports for which camp!
Band Camp 2025 will take place from Monday-Thursday July 21-24 and Monday-Friday July 28-August 1.
Band Camp concludes with a performance by The Sound of Horizon in Horizon Stadium on August 1 at 7:00pm.
Guard, Leadership, and Percussion students are required to attend additional rehearsals before Band Camp.
Please keep an eye on your email throughout the summer for details and confirmations of who reports for which camp!
Sample Schedule for Band Camp (Winds/Percussion)
AM/Before Lunch, Marching Fundamentals/Drill (Outdoors/Field)
Lunch (Courtyard/Cafeteria)
PM/After Lunch, Section Bonding Time/Indoor Activity (Indoors), Sectionals (Indoors), and Full Band Rehearsal (Indoors or Courtyard)
This schedule is subject to change based on weather.
Sample Schedule for Band Camp (Color Guard)
AM/Before Lunch, Marching Fundamentals/Drill (Outdoors/Field) or Dance/Equipment Fundamentals (Indoors/Gym)
Lunch (Courtyard/Cafeteria)
PM/After Lunch, Section Bonding Time/Indoor Activity (Indoors), Sectionals (Indoors), Sectionals/Full Guard/Equipment and Movement Rehearsals (Indoors), and Full Band Rehearsal (Indoors or Courtyard)
This schedule is subject to change based on weather.
What to Bring
- Full Water Jug
- Flip Folder/Lyre and Instrument Supplies
- Equipment (Color Guard)
- Sunscreen, Hat, Sunglasses
- Snacks/Lunch
- Pencil/Music
What to Wear
- Practice Shirt and athletic shorts
- Athletic sneakers with socks (no flip flops, Crocs, slides, or high-top shoes)
In the afternoon (after lunch), students will remain indoors for the rest of the day, and may want to bring a change of clothes with personal hygiene items to freshen up after the morning outdoors.
What to Expect
Band camp is our first full band activity of the new school year. Band Camp is required for all students who are a part of the band program at Horizon High School, including woodwinds and brass, percussion, and color guard.
At band camp, students will participate in morning outdoor rehearsals where they are learning marching fundamentals (and in the second week, learning our marching band show). Color guard students will participate in marching fundamentals, equipment basics and fundamentals, and dance fundamentals as well as learning the marching band show. In the afternoons, we will shift indoors for music sectionals and color guard sectionals.
Physicals/ECG Requirement
All students are required to have a cleared physical and ECG (electrocardiogram/heart test) in order to participate in marching band, including color guard and winter guard. Physicals are accepted for one year from the date of the physical. ECGs only need to be completed one time during high school.
All students must complete their physical and ECG requirement by July 1 to give us enough time to clear everyone for participation before Band Camp.
2025-2026 Athletic Clearance Instructions for Horizon High School Band and Color Guard
Lunch
OCPS will be providing free lunch for students at band camp. All students are allowed to bring their lunch if they would like to do so. All students will pick up the OCPS lunch (regardless of whether or not they are going to eat it) and if they choose to eat their own lunch, they can give us the OCPS lunch back and we will save it for other students to have snacks when needed.
School Instruments
If you require a school instrument and have not received it, please see Ms. Cannon. Bring any materials or equipment (mouthpieces, reeds, etc.) you have for your instrument to the first day of Band Camp.
Donations
We are asking for donations of granola bars, fruit snacks, bottled water, and bottled Gatorade/Powerade. These can be dropped off in the band room at any point during Band Camp. During Band Camp, we also request fresh fruit donations for our morning "fruit break" for all students. This information will be shared via email. Thank you for your support!
Our Amazon Wish List will be updated throughout the year with program needs. Thank you for considering purchasing something from our Wish List!
These items can be purchased and delivered to the school throughout the summer. Please avoid deliveries during the week of July 4, when the school is closed.
Premiere Show
On Friday, August 1, we will perform our Band Camp Premiere Show in the stadium at 7:00pm. Join us for the premiere of the 2025-2026 edition of The Sound of Horizon!
AM/Before Lunch, Marching Fundamentals/Drill (Outdoors/Field)
Lunch (Courtyard/Cafeteria)
PM/After Lunch, Section Bonding Time/Indoor Activity (Indoors), Sectionals (Indoors), and Full Band Rehearsal (Indoors or Courtyard)
This schedule is subject to change based on weather.
Sample Schedule for Band Camp (Color Guard)
AM/Before Lunch, Marching Fundamentals/Drill (Outdoors/Field) or Dance/Equipment Fundamentals (Indoors/Gym)
Lunch (Courtyard/Cafeteria)
PM/After Lunch, Section Bonding Time/Indoor Activity (Indoors), Sectionals (Indoors), Sectionals/Full Guard/Equipment and Movement Rehearsals (Indoors), and Full Band Rehearsal (Indoors or Courtyard)
This schedule is subject to change based on weather.
What to Bring
- Full Water Jug
- Flip Folder/Lyre and Instrument Supplies
- Equipment (Color Guard)
- Sunscreen, Hat, Sunglasses
- Snacks/Lunch
- Pencil/Music
What to Wear
- Practice Shirt and athletic shorts
- Athletic sneakers with socks (no flip flops, Crocs, slides, or high-top shoes)
In the afternoon (after lunch), students will remain indoors for the rest of the day, and may want to bring a change of clothes with personal hygiene items to freshen up after the morning outdoors.
What to Expect
Band camp is our first full band activity of the new school year. Band Camp is required for all students who are a part of the band program at Horizon High School, including woodwinds and brass, percussion, and color guard.
At band camp, students will participate in morning outdoor rehearsals where they are learning marching fundamentals (and in the second week, learning our marching band show). Color guard students will participate in marching fundamentals, equipment basics and fundamentals, and dance fundamentals as well as learning the marching band show. In the afternoons, we will shift indoors for music sectionals and color guard sectionals.
Physicals/ECG Requirement
All students are required to have a cleared physical and ECG (electrocardiogram/heart test) in order to participate in marching band, including color guard and winter guard. Physicals are accepted for one year from the date of the physical. ECGs only need to be completed one time during high school.
All students must complete their physical and ECG requirement by July 1 to give us enough time to clear everyone for participation before Band Camp.
2025-2026 Athletic Clearance Instructions for Horizon High School Band and Color Guard
Lunch
OCPS will be providing free lunch for students at band camp. All students are allowed to bring their lunch if they would like to do so. All students will pick up the OCPS lunch (regardless of whether or not they are going to eat it) and if they choose to eat their own lunch, they can give us the OCPS lunch back and we will save it for other students to have snacks when needed.
School Instruments
If you require a school instrument and have not received it, please see Ms. Cannon. Bring any materials or equipment (mouthpieces, reeds, etc.) you have for your instrument to the first day of Band Camp.
Donations
We are asking for donations of granola bars, fruit snacks, bottled water, and bottled Gatorade/Powerade. These can be dropped off in the band room at any point during Band Camp. During Band Camp, we also request fresh fruit donations for our morning "fruit break" for all students. This information will be shared via email. Thank you for your support!
Our Amazon Wish List will be updated throughout the year with program needs. Thank you for considering purchasing something from our Wish List!
These items can be purchased and delivered to the school throughout the summer. Please avoid deliveries during the week of July 4, when the school is closed.
Premiere Show
On Friday, August 1, we will perform our Band Camp Premiere Show in the stadium at 7:00pm. Join us for the premiere of the 2025-2026 edition of The Sound of Horizon!