State Contest Itinerary

Itinerary for Division II State Championship

Stewart’s Creek High School, Smyrna, TN

Saturday, November 7^th, 2015

 

6:00 am                Band report to band room.  Go to the restroom before we leave!

6:30 am Depart SGCHS.  Make sure you have your hat box, gloves, long black socks and shoes.

9:00 am                Arrive at Stewart’s Creek High School.  Equipment will need to be unloaded.

                                Snacks will be provided.  Use this time also to go ahead and start focusing on your musical and visual aspects of the performance.  We must be at our best to make finals!

10:20 am              Report to buses.  Group stretch, Breathing exercises, and Fundamentals.

10:45 am              Start putting on uniforms and getting instruments.

11:05 am              Line-up and travel to warm-up.   

11:15 am              Warm- up.  During this time there is to be no talking. 

11:45 am              Travel to Stadium.  Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Do not talk.  Focus on the upcoming performance. 

12:00 noon          Perform.  Don’t try to do anything special, simply perform what you know.

12:15 pm              Arrive back at bus.  Change out of uniforms, put instruments in cases.   At 4:00, the seniors will meet with the directors behind the home stands to go to the field.

4:15 pm                Recognition of Judges, Announcements of Scholarship participants and Finalists. 

4:45 pm                Gather at the buses where you will be given the itinerary for the evening performance.  . 

7:00 pm                Finals performances start.  Finals performances are based on a random draw that we will not know the order of until 4:45.

10:00 pm              Awards and Final placements.  We will load the buses as soon as these are over.

11:30 pm              Depart Stewart’s Creek High School.

2:00 am                Arrive SGCHS.  After everything is put up properly, we will be dismissed together.    

Dyer County Contest Itinerary

Itinerary for Choctaw Classic (Dyer Co. Contest)

Saturday, October 31^st, 2015

 

8:00 am                Everyone report to band room. 

8:30 am Depart SGCHS.

9:30 am                Arrive at Dyer County High School. Loading crew will unload.  You have this time to go in and watch bands.  Do Not Travel Alone.  Eat lunch while you are in the stadium. 

11:45 am              Report to buses.  We will do the stretch routine, do breathing exercises and review through the visuals.

12:15 pm              Put on uniforms, get instruments.          

12:40 pm              Line-up and travel to warm-up.   

12:50 pm              Warm- up.  During this time there is to be no talking. 

1:20 pm                Travel to Stadium.  Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Look proud!

1:30 pm                Perform.  Don’t try to do anything special, simply perform what you know.

1:45 pm                Props and Front Ensemble will go back to the buses, and then come back inside.  Everyone else will march to the endzone after our performance to wait for awards.

2:15 pm                Awards Ceremony.  We will clap and support everyone as the awards are handed out.  There will be absolutely no booing or loud negative responses. 

3:15 pm                Depart Dyer County High School.

4:30 pm                Arrive at SGCHS.  Everyone will be dismissed once everything is put away properly.

Announcements 10/25/15

1)  Report time for this Friday will be 5:00 pm.  I want to try to leave the school by 5:30 because the traffic and parking for the Milan game is always hectic.

2)  An itinerary for the Dyer County contest will be up tomorrow.  Our performance time is 1:30 pm.  

3)  Please bring in your $10 for your seat on the charter bus to State.  Remember that we will have more seats available for parents/siblings than a regular school bus.

4)  Just a reminder that we have afterschool rehearsals on Tuesday and Thursday rain or shine.

Mid-week announcements

1)  We are watching the storms and rain this Saturday closely.  There are no changes to the schedule.  The chance for storms has dropped and we will see if that continues into Saturday.  If there are any changes to the schedule, I will let you know as soon as they are made. 

2)  Seniors will need to be on the Football Field at 6 pm in uniform with their parent/guardians.  

3)  This Friday, we will wear pink since we got rained out last time.  Band students will wear their pink hats.

4)  Also, this Friday night there will be a special 5th Quarter in the school Cafeteria just for the band!  Mt. Zion church will be graciously bringing food to feed the band to reward them for all their hard work this year.  This will happen immediately after the game and after we get out of uniforms.  Everyone in the band is invited.   

5)  Remember to bring your $6 if you want to take advantage of the pizza and chili on Saturday.

Announcements 10/18/15

1)  Thank you for an outstanding day at the Hornet Invitational!  Everyone worked hard to make this an event successful beyond what we even hoped for.  We got many compliments on the professionalism of the runners and the quality of service and food of concessions among many others.  This would absolutely not have been possible you. To every parent and student who worked, a humongous "Thank you!" from the bottom of my heart.

2)  We have a lot of work to do this week before the huge competition at the Bandmasters Championship this weekend.  Be prepared to go outside every day.  Dress for the weather.

3)  Report time Friday night is 6 pm.  Seniors: I will pass on any information that I get this week about Senior night.

4)  Report time for Saturday is 11:30 am on the practice field.  It is going to be a late night - dress for the weather!

5)  Since we know that the Bandmasters concession are going to be more expensive than most contests, we will be giving an option for the students.  If you bring $6 this week, we have Band parents that will feed you lunch before you leave (probably chili), and we will get Pizza to eat immediately after our performance that evening.   

More Announcements

1)  The performance this Friday is not optional - it is a performance.  We will be playing pep songs and cheering on the Football Team.  The only thing different is that we will not be performing at halftime.  We will still be wearing uniforms, with the exception of the Guard.  Guard need to wear khakis and Band shirt (Hoodie, Sweatshirt, or Long Sleeve is fine) and be ready to cheer, cheer, cheer.  

2) On Saturday, students need to report at 10 am in the band room for a quick meeting.  Parents need to report at 10:30 in the Band Room for a quick meeting.  Please do not park in the SGC Parking lot - we need all of it for buses and spectators.  Please park either at the Medina Park or at Mt. Zion Church.  We will have a trailer going back and forth that morning to transport people to the Band Room.  

3)  We need coolers.  Just like the tents and tables we still need - if you can bring one, make sure your name is on it!  

4)  Plan to wear your Band shirts so that spectators and bands will know who to ask when they have questions.  Wear warm clothes since it is supposed to be chilly.  

Announcements 10/11/15

1) Report time for this Friday night's football game will be 5:30. We will leave the school at 6 o'clock. 

2) I hope everybody is ready for this weekend's Hornet Invitational! This is a great chance to showcase our school to 2000+ people. Everybody needs to be ready to work. Report time will be announced later this week. 

3) Two things that we will need more for this Saturday our tent pavilions and tables.  If anyone can let us borrow these, make sure that your name is on them. Also it would help if we could get these by Friday night. 

4) Also remember that we will be performing the exhibition. Students need to be prepared to warm up and get in uniform right before the award ceremony. 

5) There is no rehearsal on Tuesday because of fall break but we will have our regular Thursday rehearsal from 3:30 to 5:30. 

Stephen Price
Director of Bands
South Gibson County High School

Bandmasters Competition Itinerary

Itinerary for Bandmasters Championship at the Liberty Bowl

Saturday, October 24^th, 2015

 

11:30 am              Be on practice field with instruments for a short rehearsal.  Beginning of the show.

12:15 pm              Load instruments on buses, use restroom, get on bus.

1:00 pm                Depart SGCHS. 

3:00 pm                Arrive at Liberty Bowl.   Eat some snacks since you won’t be able to eat supper until after we perform.  Props and pit trailers will need to be put together during this time.

4:45 pm                Get Uniforms on and get instruments out.

5:15 pm                Line-up and travel to warm-up.   

5:30 pm                Warm- up. 

6:00 pm                Travel to Stadium.  Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Look proud!

6:15 pm                Perform.  Don’t try to do anything special, simply perform what you know.

6:30 pm                Take off uniforms, load buses.   Leaders will need to put uniforms back on by 10 pm.

10:30 pm              Awards Ceremony.  We will clap and support everyone as the awards are handed out.  There will be absolutely no booing or loud negative responses.  After awards, get on buses and prepare to leave after roll is called.

11:30 pm              Depart Liberty Bowl.

1:30 am                Arrive at SGCHS.  After all instruments are unloaded and put in their proper place, you will be dismissed.

Announcements 10/4/15

1)  Great job at Gibson County.  It was two of our best runs yet!  We still have a lot of work to do though, so don't let up.

2)  Gibson County had 20 bands in their competition, and now we will have 20 bands in ours (we just added Southside).  The reason I mention it is that you may have noticed how many parents and students it took to run that competition.  We will need everyone working your assigned spots - especially since we are doing the exhibition at the end.  The students will be learning what their jobs are and how to do them over the next couple of weeks so that the parents will be able to ask students any questions they may have about the jobs they are assigned.

3) Report time for this Friday's home game will be 6 pm.