Senior Night/Football Friday!

Report time for band members is 6:30 pm Friday, Sept. 2. This is our first home football game (vs. Providence). The marching band will stay for the entire game. The band will be providing a pre-game show as well as the first public performance of our competition show. The band will also play spirit tunes in the stands to support our FB team! Varsity games usually end sometime between 9:45 pm & 10:15 pm.

Seniors are to report to the main gym at 4:40 pm in full band uniform for pictures.

GO INDIANS!

Minooka Summerfest Weekend!

Report time is 9:30 am on Saturday, August 27th for the Minooka Summerfest Parade/Concert. The parade starts at 10:15 am from the Central Campus parking lot and concludes in the downtown Minooka parking lot. The band will perform a short concert after the parade. We will dismiss immediately after the concert from the parking lot.

Band students will wear their summer band uniforms (polos, black "docker" style pants, black socks/drillmasters)

Demonstration/Potluck/Information Night!

Students should report to the band room at 5:00 pm wearing their orange band t-shirts and jeans. Parents should drop off potluck items in the cafetorium (central campus) and then come to the stadium for a preview of our 2011 competition show! All relatives and friends of the band are invited for the free show! We will begin at 5:30 pm! After the show, our evening will conclude in the cafetorium with a potluck and an information presentation about our fall marching band season by our MCHS band boosters.

MCHS Band is on Facebook!

Minooka Community High School Band has a Facebook page! Become a fan for last-minute reminders, quick updates, and anything else that we feel can/should be distributed quickly and informally.

This blog will continue to be the primary source of band information, so continue to check it often! The Facebook page is a supplement to the blog.

See you at practice tonight!

Rehearsal/Band Picture Day/Channahon Parade Info

Rehearsal - August 10th (Wed)

Our first evening rehearsal will be Wednesday (8/10) from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Marching Band Picture Day - August 13th (Sat) Picture time is 9:00 am. Our full marching band will have their picture taken for the fall athletic programs. Students are to report to the band room by 8:45 am to prepare for the picture. Students should wear the summer band outfit. (the same as we wear for our August parades). We should be finished by 9:30 am.

Channahon Parade Info - August 14th (Sun)

Report time is 10:45 am in the band room at Central Campus. All students should wear their orange polo shirt, black "docker style" pants (not skinny jeans!), black socks, and the black "Drill Master" marching shoes.

Our band is unit #37. The parade route starts at Bridge Street/Fryer Street. Parents will have the option to pick up their student when the band arrives at the end of the parade. I anticipate this to be between 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm. The busses will leave to return to MCHS within 15 minutes after reaching the end of the parade. Pick-up location is near the corner of Jessup Street and Bridge Street.

Shorewood Parade / Rehearsal Info

Shorewood Parade

Report time is 10:30 am in the band room at Central Campus. All students should wear their orange polo shirt, black "docker style" pants, black socks, and the black "Drill Master" marching shoes.

Our band is Unit #20 in the parade. The parade route runs south on River Road and then west on Seil Road in Shorewood.

Parents will have the option to pick up their student when the band arrives at the end of the parade. I anticipate this to be between 12:45 pm - 1:00 pm. The busses will leave to return to MCHS within 15 minutes after reaching the end of the parade. Pick-up location is the corner of Wynstone Drive and Fieldstone Drive in Shorewood.

Rehearsal Information

Our first evening rehearsal will be Wednesday (8/10) from 6 pm to 8 pm.

(no rehearsal on Monday 8/8)