State Contest Itinerary

Itinerary for Division II State Championship

Stewart’s Creek High School, Smyrna, TN

Saturday, November 3^rd, 2018

 

5:45 am                Band report to band room.  Load uniforms on buses.  Go to the restroom before we leave!

6:15 am                Depart SGCHS.  Make sure you have your hat box, gloves, long black socks and shoes.

8:45 am                Arrive at Stewart’s Creek High School.  Equipment will need to be unloaded.  Pit trailers and props will be put together.  Snacks will be provided.  You may go watch some bands.  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!

10:10 am             Group stretch, Breathing exercises, and Fundamentals.

10:30 am             Start putting on uniforms and getting instruments.

10:55 am             Line-up and travel to warm-up.  

11:07 am             Warm- up.  During this time there is to be no talking. 

11:37 am             Travel to Stadium.  Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Do not talk.  Focus on the upcoming performance. 

11:52 am             Perform.  Don’t try to do anything special, simply perform what you know.

12:12 pm             Arrive back at bus.  Change out of uniforms, put instruments in cases.   At 5:00, the seniors will meet the directors at the back entrance to the stadium

5:15 pm               Recognition of Judges, Announcements of Scholarship participants and Finalists. 

5:45 pm                If we make finals, gather at the buses where you will be given the itinerary for the evening performance. Finals performances are based on random draw.  We will not know the order until 5:45.

7:30 pm               Finals performances start. 

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.   

Announcements 10/28/18

1)  State Week!  There is a place on the buses for parents are on the pit crew and have signed up as chaperones.  We will still have seats left over.  If you or someone you know is going to watch the competition and would like to catch a ride on the bus for $20, let me know.  A full itinerary for Saturday will be available Monday.

2)  We will not be attending the football game in Memphis on Friday because we are leaving so early on Saturday morning.  Since we are not able to have a run-through rehearsal on Saturday, I would like to have a one hour rehearsal on FRIDAY FROM 3:30 to 4:30 to prepare us for Saturday!  

3)  Booster meeting this Thursday at 6:30.  We will be going over details for Saturday and organizing the Breakfast with Santa fundraiser that is scheduled for Dec. 1.  

4)  The Yankee Candle fundraiser starts this week.  I will share information on how to set up your online order form for people to order from you from anywhere in the country.   

Dyer County Itinerary

Itinerary for Choctaw Classic (Dyer Co. Contest)

Saturday, October 27^th, 2018

Here is the lineup for Saturday: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qY5QY0SmLHY2rLfnXPVeVjqNyP5wc2IkcKV10c9EVbY/edit?usp=sharing

 

2:00 pm               Report to Practice field with instruments.

3:00 pm               End Rehearsal.  Load instruments and equipment, use restroom, eat snacks, load buses.

4:00 pm               Depart SGCHS.

5:00 pm               Arrive at Dyer County 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. 

7:00 pm               Put on uniforms, get instruments.           

7:25 pm               Line-up and travel to warm-up.   

7:35 pm               Warm- up.  During this time there is to be no talking.  

8:05 pm               Travel to Stadium.  Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Look proud!

8:15 pm               Perform.  Don’t try to do anything special, simply perform what you know.

8:30 pm               Put instruments in cases, go immediately back to field for awards.   

8:45 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. 

9:45 pm               Depart Dyer County High School.

10:45 pm             Arrive at SGCHS.  Everyone will be dismissed once everything is put away properly.

Announcements 10/21/18

1)  The Band did a great job Saturday after some great rehearsals last week!  You all have come a long way since the last competition and there is still so much farther you can go with this show.  Keep it up!

2)  Report time for Friday will be 6 pm.  Seniors, when the schedule for Friday's Senior Recognition at the football game is released I will let you know.

3)  Report time for Saturday is 2 pm at the Practice field.  A full itinerary will be posted on Monday.

Couple of Announcements

1)  We need one more run of waters for the band to finish the season.  We are down to about two cases and even though it is not as hot anymore we still like to have water at performances to keep the students hydrated.  Thank you to everyone who has donated water throughout the year! It has been invaluable to keeping the students cool during the long hot Fall.

2)  If your family and friends are unable to attend the Bandmasters competition at the Liberty Bowl on Saturday, remember that the entire event will be live-streamed on BandDirector.com.

Bandmasters itinerary

Itinerary for Bandmasters Championship at the Liberty Bowl

Saturday, October 20, 2018

 

10:00 am             Be on practice field for a short rehearsal.

11:00 am             Eat lunch and load trailers. 

12:00 noon         Depart SGCHS. 

2:00 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.

4:15 pm               Get Uniforms on and get instruments out.

4:45 pm               Line-up and travel to warm-up.   

5:00 pm               Warm- up. 

5:30 pm               Travel to Stadium.  Keep your chin up and shoulders back the entire time.  Look proud!

5:45 pm               Perform.  Don’t try to do anything special, simply perform what you know.

6:00 pm               Take off uniforms, load instruments.   Pizza will be served when all trailers have finished being loaded.  You may go inside and watch some other bands until the awards ceremony.  Leaders need to meet at the buses at 9 pm to put uniforms on.

9:45 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.

10:45 pm             Depart Liberty Bowl.

12:45 am             Arrive at SGCHS.  After all instruments are unloaded and put in their proper place, you will be dismissed.

Announcements 10/14/18

1)  Thank you!!!!!! To everyone who worked at the 2018 Hornet Invitational.  It was a huge success and it is because of the hard work of the students and parents.  Everyone represented the school and band well and I got nothing but compliments from the directors and judges about the hospitality they received.  The entire event ran like a well oiled machine and I am so lucky to have such a great group of parents and students.  

2) If there are any parents who could come by the school this week during class (1:30 to 3:00), I would like to get students measured for uniforms this week.  Also, I would like the concessions drinks to get inventoried by Tuesday so that we can have an accurate count on how many drinks we used Saturday.  That is something we can do after school as well.

3)  Report time for the home game this Friday's home game is 6 pm.  If you didn't take your uniform home Saturday, take them home this week and wash them before Friday especially since they got wet Saturday.

4)  Report time for Saturday is 10 am on the practice field.  We will feed you lunch before we leave.  A full itinerary will be posted Monday.

Announcements 10/7/18

1) The Hornet Invitational is this Saturday!  Our booster meeting is on TUESDAY night at 6:30.  We will be going over the final details of the event.  

2)  Report time for this Friday's away football game is 5 pm. 

3) If you were unable to take your uniform home during Fall Break, you need to take it home this week to wash. 

4)  Remember to invite your friends and family to our Performance at 6:45 pm this Saturday as the exhibition at the Hornet Invitational.