Four ways in. One program.
A Raider joins one and usually ends up in two. Open any of the four for how it runs and what a season looks like.
Marching Band
Friday nights at Yenni and Gormley, the parade routes in Carnival season, and the LMEA state marching championship every fall.
Fall ›Concert Band
The indoor season. Festival ratings, District and All State honor band auditions, and a spring concert the whole school comes to.
Winter and spring ›Jazz Band
Small ensemble, big sound. Combos and the big band play school events, community gigs, and festivals across the city.
All year ›Chapellette Dance Team
Sixty years on the field beside the band. Precision dance and kick line, from Archbishop Chapelle, in red, white, and Columbia blue.
Since 1966 ›
Coming soon. The Raider Band Road Trip.
One bus, one Saturday, the whole band.
The Raider Band travels together every year, and this fall the trip is on the calendar for the 24th of October. Where the bus is pointed and how families can come along will post here as soon as Mr. Higgins sets it.
The band has played the Lincoln Memorial and the Super Bowl parade. It does not do quiet weekends.
Where the band lives.
The directors.
Auditions
- Write to Mr. Higgins to set a time. thiggins@rummelraiders.com
- Bring your instrument and something you can play well. Sight reading is part of it, and nobody expects it to be perfect.
- Chapellette tryouts run each spring through Archbishop Chapelle.
- Dates for the 2027 auditions post here.
Honor Bands and Camps
- District VI Honor Band and LMEA All State Honor BandsLouisiana Music Educators Association
- LSU Camps, Clinics, and Events
- George Parks Drum Major Academy
- USM Summer DrumminUniversity of Southern Mississippi
- Music for All Summer Symposium
- Interlochen Arts Camp
- Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
- Jazz and Heritage Foundation grants
- Ray Fransen’s Drum CenterLessons and gear, Kenner
- The Roots of MusicNew Orleans
