10/13-10/17 Weekly Schedule
Updated: 6 days ago
Rehearsals
Monday, 10/12 - Chipotle Fundraiser!
Tuesday, 10/13 - Rehearsal (5:15pm - 9:15pm, doors open at 4pm)
Thursday, 10/15 - Rehearsal (5:15pm - 9:15pm, doors open at 4pm)
Friday, 10/16 - Home Football Game vs Northern Burlington High School (Homecoming!)
*Eat dinner before you arrive, you will not be able to eat a snack until halftime.
We will need parent volunteers to help us transport equipment. Sign Up Here.
We would like as many students to stay after school as possible. I suggested bringing dinner or walking to Wawa (with parent permission) right after school
2:50pm - Students that stayed after school can assist with retrieving all of the pit equipment and putting it on the trailer beds
3:20pm - Everyone Report to HS
Retrieve your uniform from the uniform closet and change into uniforms.
Please use bathrooms now!
If you cannot stay after school or report by this time, you may take your uniforms home and meet us at the football stadium if we've already left the high school.
3:45pm - Depart for Stadium
Set up in the stands before student section arrives.
Put extra drums and cymbals for Chop on the track along the fence (easy grab and go when we're done performing)
Unload the pit trailers
Retrieve podium and props from trailers (weather depending). Put everything at the corner of the track for warm up.
4:20pm, Begin warm up in the side 1 endzone track area
4:45pm, Approximate Pre-game performance
We might begin our performance slightly earlier/later. We will take the field as soon as both football teams are done with their pregame practice.
After our performance:
Battery will walk over to the field house to escort the football team to the field
Pit will store all instruments and equipment in the corner of the track, then grab their drums/cymbals and walk over to join the battery
If we have enough parent help, parents will carry the props to the blue and white trailers, while winds students prepare for Chop and National Anthem.
If we don't have enough parent help, Winds will assist with carrying props off the field with the pit equipment, then go back on the field to play Chop and the National Anthem.
Perform Chop and the National Anthem
We will load up the trailers immediately after the National Anthem and drive everything back over to the high school to avoid the incoming storms
5:15pm - Game Starts
Halftime - Homecoming Ceremony.
Students will be given pretzels and water provided by the Band Parents and will be allowed to use the bathrooms. Students will be able to visit with the visiting school's band.
7:45pm – Approximate game end
8pm – Approximate Return to WHS
8:15pm - Approximate Dismissal (after clean up)
Saturday, 10/17 - Rehearsal & Halloween Parade
Parents that would like to participate in the parade, please Sign Up Here.
Mr. Kuntz will need a few banner holders to march in the front of the parade (usually siblings that are around 8-10 years old). Please contact Mr. Kuntz asap if you have interested children.
If you are attending the parade, we recommend parking near St. Mary's/Oak Knoll Elementary and then walking to CVS/the parade in order to leave easier to remain on time for pick up.
10:30am - Doors Open
11am - Report to High School for attendance and to watch film from last night's performance.
11:45am - Load Trailers, Travel to Practice Field, and Set Up Props.
Please eat breakfast/lunch before you arrive.
Make sure you bring your Halloween costume to change into after rehearsal.
12:30pm - Rehearsal Begins
2:45pm - Clean up & Walk back to the high school
Students that are not participating in the parade are dismissed after clean up.
3:30pm - Rehearse Parade Music & March Around the theater parking lot
4pm - Pack, Eat, & Change into costumes
The Band Parents will be providing dinner for all students and staff. Please bring a dinner if you want to eat something else.
Use the bathrooms before we depart. There are no bathrooms at the parade sight.
5:45pm - Depart
6pm - Arrive at CVS parking lot
7pm - Parade begins
7:45pm - Approximate Return to WHS
8pm - Approximate Dismissal (after clean up)
Upcoming rehearsals and performances
Tuesday, 10/20 - Rehearsal (5:15pm - 9:15pm, doors open at 4pm)
Thursday, 10/22 - Home Football Game vs Eastern (Senior Night & Middle School Recruitment Night!)
Report Time 4:15pm (We rehearse and perform the National Anthem with the Middle School students during pregame. There will also be a senior night ceremony during pregame).
We will need parent volunteers to help us move props and equipment on and off the field. Sign Up Here.
5:50pm - Seniors and Senior Escorts meet in the stadium endzone gate.
6pm - Senior Night Ceremony happens
Chop
MS join the Marching Band to perform the National Anthem
Game starts at 6:30pm
Friday, 10/23 - Rehearsal (5:15pm - 9:15pm, doors open at 4pm)
Saturday, 10/24 - NJMBDA Class Championships at Piscataway HS
We will need parent volunteers to help us move props and equipment on and off the field. Sign Up Here.
TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR!! Spectators are more than welcome to purchase tickets the day of the event, or even on their phone at the gate, but there will be no cash handling of tickets, or kiosks at Piscataway.
Report time TBD
1:55pm - Performance
3:15pm - Awards
6pm - Dismissal after clean up
Sunday, 10/25 - TOB Region 1 Championships at Eastern Regional HS
We will need parent volunteers to help us move props and equipment on and off the field. Sign Up Here.
Report time TBD
Performance time TBD
Tuesday, 10/27 - Rehearsal (5:15pm - 9:15pm, doors open at 4pm)
Thursday, 10/29 - Rehearsal (5:15pm - 9:15pm, doors open at 4pm)
Friday, 10/30 - Christmas Parade Rehearsal & Playoff Football (TBD)
Saturday, 10/31 - Rehearsal & Send Off Performance
7:45am - Report for Senior Speeches, End of the year Slideshow, and Group Activities
Seniors, please plan out what you'd like to say! Each Senior will have up to 5 minutes to speak. You don't have to use all of the time. (If all 15 Seniors take 5 minutes to speak, speeches will last for about 1hr 15min...).
10:30am - Warm Up & Rehearse
1pm - Send Off Performance
Sunday, 11/1 - NJMBDA Finals at The College of New Jersey
Report time and Performance time TBD (dependent on how we place at Piscataway)
We will need parent volunteers to help us move props and equipment on and off the field. Sign Up Here.
TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE DOOR!! Spectators are more than welcome to purchase tickets the day of the event, or even on their phone at the gate, but there will be no cash handling of tickets, or kiosks at TCNJ.
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