Briarcret Competition Itinerary

Itinerary for Briarcrest Marching Band Invitational

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Briarcrest High School - 76 S Houston Levee Rd, Eads, TN 38028

 

9:45 am                Percussion reports to band room to move instruments to practice field.

10:15 am             Morning rehearsal starts with the stretch routine.

11:15 am             End Rehearsal.  Load instruments and equipment, use restroom, eat lunch in Cafeteria.

12:15 pm             Depart SGCHS.

2:00 pm               Arrive at Briarcrest High School. Unload instruments.  You have this time to go in and watch bands.  Do Not Travel Alone.  Don’t eat too much while you are in the stadium. 

4:15 pm               Put on uniforms, get instruments.           

4:40 pm               Line-up and travel to warm-up.   

4:50 pm               Warm- up.  During this time there is to be no talking. 

5:20 pm               Travel to Stadium.  Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Look proud!

5:30 pm               Perform.  Don’t try to do anything special, simply perform what you know.

5:45 pm               Put instruments in cases.   Properly fold and hang your uniforms.  Leaders be at the field ready to go on for awards by 9:00.

9:15 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. 

10:15 pm             Depart Dyer County High School.

11:45 pm             Arrive at SGCHS.  Everyone will be dismissed once everything is put away properly.

Announcements 9/23/18

1)  Color Guard will have a sectional on Monday from 3:30 to 4:30.  This will give us a great chance to get a head start on the improvements we are going to make for this coming weekend's Briarcrest competition.

2)  I have a couple of parents that are coming to Tuesday's afterschool rehearsal to help with some alterations and patches needed to some of the Band uniforms.  If you are a Ninja with a needle and thread and can come by the Band Room between 3:30 and 5:30 on Tuesday, we would love to have you join us!

3)  Report time for Friday is 6 pm for the home game against McNairy.

4)  On Saturday, we will start our morning rehearsal on the practice field at 10:15 am.  We will eat lunch at the school after that.  I am planning on getting Pizza for the band for lunch.  If you do not want pizza, let me know that you are going to bring your own lunch.  A full itinerary for Briarcrest will be available on Monday.

Still on Schedule

Everything today is still on schedule.  One minor change - we will be rehearsing inside this morning starting at 8:30 am.

Peabody Contest Itinerary

Itinerary for WTSBOA/Peabody Contest

Saturday, September 22^nd, 2018

 

8:00 am                Percussion report to get instruments to field for short rehearsal. 

8:30 am                Everyone be on SGC practice field with instruments for a short rehearsal. 

9:30 am                Rehearsal ends.  Load instruments, use restroom, get on bus. Make sure that you have any money that you might need, black socks, your instrument, and clothes to wear when you change out of uniform.   

10:00 am             Depart SGCHS.

10:30 am             Arrive at Peabody. Leaders will unload the trailer.  Eat snacks and drink water while props are being put together. I encourage you to go watch some bands, also.

12:00 pm             Start putting uniforms on.

12:20 pm             Line-up, receive plumes and travel to warm-up.

12:30 pm             Warm- up in area A.

1:00 pm               Travel to Stadium.  Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Look proud!

1:15 pm               Perform.

1:30 pm                Arrive back at bus, put instruments in cases.  Seniors will keep uniforms on to accept trophies, and go immediately back into the stadium for awards. Everyone else, get out of your uniform and go back into the stadium.  Everyone must be back inside the stadium by 2:00 for awards. 

2:00 pm               Award Ceremony.  We will clap and support everyone as the awards are handed out.  There will be absolutely no booing or loud negative responses. 

 

* We will have to leave the stadium and come back in between the contests so the workers can clean the stands for the evening competition. We will use this time to relax in the parking lot.

 

4:00 pm               Evening contest begins.  You can go into the stadium and watch bands/eat concessions.  Do not travel alone!

7:30 pm               Start putting uniforms on.  .

8:05 pm               Line-up, receive plumes and travel to warm-up

8:15 pm               Warm-up in area B.

8:45 pm               Travel to Stadium. Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Look proud!

9:00 pm               Perform.

9:15 pm               Arrive back at bus, put instruments in cases.  Leaders will keep uniforms on to accept trophies, and go immediately back into the stadium for awards. Everyone else, get out of your uniform and go back into the stadium.  Everyone must be back inside the stadium by 6:15 for awards. 

9:45 pm                Awards Ceremony begins.

10:30 pm             After awards we will take uniforms off, load instruments and props, and clean up the area around our bus.  After all this is done, we will load the buses and go home.

11:30 pm             Arrive at SGCHS.  Everyone will help put the equipment in the correct place.

                                After everything is put up correctly, the band will be dismissed to go home.

 

 

Announcements 9/16/18

1)  I want to congratulate the Field Commander on his 2nd place trophy this weekend and the Color Guard on their 3rd place trophy.  Obviously it was a very competitive class with top notch bands and these awards were well-earned!

2)  As you practice this week, learn the parts around you and how your part fits in with the rest of the band.  A great resource is to get the recordings that are found on the side of southgibsonband.blogspot.com and listen to them over and over.  Learn everyone else's part this week!

3)  Drumline will have rehearsal Monday from 3:30 to 4:30.  Not Front Ensemble, just the drumline.  

4)  Report time for Friday is 6:00 pm.  If you took your uniform home to wash, make sure it is back by Friday.

5)  On Saturday, the morning rehearsal will begin at 8:30 am.  A full itinerary will be posted on Monday.  This will be an all day event.  It is actually two events at the same location, not a prelims-finals event like last week.  Also, we are going to need a few more packs of water for this weekend.  We have done a great job keeping the students hydrated with all the water that has been donated.  With temperatures where they have been and with the number of students involved in this band, we go through the water quickly!

6)  The second shirt orders should be in this week.  I will let you know when they come in.  

Gibson County Contest Itinerary

Itinerary for Gibson County Contest

Saturday, September 15^th, 2018

8:30 am                Front Ensemble report to field to set up instruments for rehearsal. Everyone else make sure you are at the field by 9 am with instruments and flags ready to go.

9:00 am                Stretch routine on practice field followed by rehearsal.

9:45 am                End Rehearsal.  Load instruments and equipment, use restroom, eat snacks, load buses.

10:30 am             Depart SGCHS.  Make sure you have your hat box, long black socks, shoes, and gloves.

11:15 am             Arrive at Gibson County. Loading crew will unload.  Props and trailers will be assembled.  Use the extra time to go in the stadium, eat lunch, watch bands, meet other band members, and generally enjoy your time responsibly.  Do not travel alone! 

1:25 pm               Put on uniforms.  Get your instruments.

1:50 pm               Line-up and travel to warm-up.   

2:00 pm               Warm- up.   

2:30 pm               Travel to Stadium.  Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Look proud!

2:40 pm               Performance.

3:00 pm               Arrive back at bus.  Put plumes back in plume box, put instruments in cases, put uniforms up properly.  Leaders will wear uniforms for Awards.  Make sure everyone is back in the stadium by 4:15.

4:35 pm               Awards Ceremony and announcements of finalists.   

 

Performance time for Finals is based on Random Draw.  If we make Finals, a schedule for Finals

performance will be announced at the buses following the Awards Ceremony.

 

9:15 pm               Finals Awards Ceremony

10:00 pm             Load equipment and buses.

11:15 pm             Arrive at SGCHS.

for more information, see https://sites.google.com/site/gchsmarchingpioneers/Home/gchs-marching-invitational. 

Announcements 9/9/18

1)  Our first competition is this weekend!  The Gibson County Marching Invitational itinerary will be posted Monday morning.  This will be an all day event, so we will talk this week on how to prepare for these long days.  For parents, we always like bringing snacks to these events for the students to eat in between performances and meals.  Granola bars, crackers, and fruit are perfect examples of what we are looking for in light, nutritious snacks that won't weigh the students down.  

2)  We will be wearing our Uniforms this weekend starting with the Away game at Westview on Friday night.  Make sure you have long black socks to wear.  Band members, I have gloves available for $2 in the office.  

3)  Report time for Friday is 5 pm.  We will be leaving at 5:30, or a little earlier if we can.  We will be using props and Guard barriers, so the Pit Crew will be needed.  

4)  With Great Uniforms comes Great Responsibility!  Take care of these uniforms when you fold them, when we travel, and when we are wearing them.  Concessions at football games will be limited due our desire to keep our uniforms in good shape.  Water only!  No condiments on burgers or hot dogs.  No cheese with nachos.  Parents, please help with this by not bringing cokes during the 3rd quarter.  At competitions, you will not be in uniform when we eat meals so the limited menu will not be in effect there.  

5)  There is a mistake on the Band Calendar.  On September 21 and 24, the band calendar says "No School".  That is incorrect.  The last few years, we have not had school on those days due to Parent Teacher Conferences.  The District has revamped those conferences to where school will be in sessions those days.  I apologize for the mistake and for any inconvenience this has caused in any planning for that weekend.

Announcements 9/2/18

1)  This Tuesday's rehearsal is a night rehearsal from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.  We will not have the rehearsal from 3:30 to 5:30.  Parents who are planning on helping with props, guard barriers, and front ensemble instruments - this rehearsal is for you!  Learn where all the props are going to go and how we are going to get on and off the field with all of this stuff.  You help this show run smoothly and I want to thank you for helping us put on our best performance!

2)  Booster meeting this Thursday at 6:30 pm.  We will be spending a lot of time on the Hornet Invitational.  Also we will be talking about the logistics of traveling to the competitions among other things.

3)  We are out of water.  If you get a chance to grab a pack of bottled water, bring it by the band room so that we are able to keep these performers hydrated.  We had a great response at the beginning of the year and it helped immensely.  The students have been thankful for and have been drinking the water provided for them during this hot August and need some more as we head into September.  

4)  Report time for this Friday is 6:15 pm.  We plan on using the props and Guard barriers for this game.  No uniforms yet, it is still simply too hot.  I don't want to risk the performers' health by putting them in full uniform while the heat index is still in the 90s.  

5)  I want to send a big "Thank you!" to the awesome Band Dads who gave up a lot of hours the past few weeks putting the props together for the show!  They are a great group of guys who can work hard, figure out impossible problems, and still have a load of fun doing it!  The Pagoda looks spectacular and will make its debut Tuesday night.