With Victoria Harbour in the background, Sequim High School’s band plays a jazz tune for the crowd in Victoria, British Columbia, on May 23.    Sequim Gazette photos by Michael Dashiell

To help celebrate Victoria Day, city leaders in Victoria, British Columbia, brought in bands from afar — even across international borders.

Sequim High School band members made the trek to Victoria last weekend, playing jazz tunes, trash can-inspired percussion numbers and traditional parade pieces May 22-24.

It’s the band’s final away-from-campus performance of the school year; Sequim bands host one final concert, starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, at the Performing Arts Building, 533 N. Sequim Ave. The band also plays at graduation the following Friday.

Band director Vern Fosket leads the Sequim High School band in a number with the Empress Hotel in the background.

Junior Allie Booth and other Sequim High School band percussionists use aluminum trash cans to make some beautiful noise in Victoria last weekend.