First Field Show Competition!

Performance site: Tucci Stadium at Illinois Wesleyan University

September 21st - Saturday

Students should wear their orange band t-shirts to rehearsal as well as at the competition (under uniform).  All students should eat a solid meal BEFORE you arrive for rehearse!

  12:00 pm - Rehearsal at MCHS practice field (attendance required!)

    2:00 pm  - Rehearsal ends  / begin loading busses & trailers

    2:45 pm – Leave MCHS

    4:15 pm –  Meal at Fairview Park in Normal - see below

    8:00 pm – MARCHING INDIANS FIELD SHOW PERFORMANCE
    8:15 pm – change uniforms at busses and return to stadium 

    9:15 pm – Awards Ceremony in stadium
 10:00 pm - Leave for MCHS           

 11:30 pm – Arrive at MCHS (time approximate) 

Students will have the option of pre-paying for a Subway meal in advance or bringing their own meal to eat when we arrive at the park. The Subway meals must be pre-payed and ordered on or before Wednesday, Sept. 18th.  Order forms are available in the band room. Please place in orders in the "black box" in the band room.

1st FB Game / Senior NIght

Our first game is this Friday, September 6th.

Schedule:

5:45 pm - Report time to change into full uniform
6:15 pm - Sectional warm-up
6:30 pm - Full band warm-up (srs will go to stadium w/Mr. Anderson for Sr. night)
6:45 pm - Leave for stadium

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 individual sennior pictures.

GO INDIANS!

Demonstration/Desserts/Information Night!

August 19th (Monday)

Students should report to the band room at 5:30 pm wearing their orange band t-shirts and jeans. Parents should drop off dessert items in the cafetorium (central campus) and then come to the stadium for a preview of our 2013 competition show! All relatives and friends of the band are invited for the free show! We will begin at 6:00 pm! After the show, our evening will conclude in the cafetorium with desserts and an information presentation about our fall marching band season by our MCHS band boosters.

Picture Day

Saturday, August 17th
Report at 8:30 am
Conclude at 9:45 am (approx)

Students should wear summer band outfits (polo shirt, black pants, black shoes, black socks) for the picture.  Band students will take a group picture and then have the option of taking an individual shot with the photographer.  Order blanks are available from Mr. Anderson, Ms. Wych, or Mr. White starting Wednesday during school.

The group photo will be used in the athletic program for the fall season.

Channahon Parade!

ALL BAND STUDENTS - Call time for the Channahon 3 Rivers Parade this Sunday, August 11th is 10:45 am. Meet at the band room and students will be bussed to the parade starting point. 

Attire for the parade is orange band polos, black pants (NOT skinny jeans), black socks, and black Drillmasters. 

Our band is entry #32 in the parade.

ONLY students who have submitted an activities release form may be signed out with their parent when the our band concludes the parade. Please be prompt when picking up you student. Busses will leave the loading area (corner of Jessup and Tryon St) 20 minutes after band breaks formation.  All other students will ride the bus back to MCHS. 

Approximate pickup time at MCHS should be around 2:15 pm.

Please contact Mr. Anderson (randerson@mchs.net)

Shorewood Parade!

ALL BAND STUDENTS - Call time for the Shorewood Crossroads Parade this Sunday, August 4th is 10:30 am. We will be loading the busses at MCHS and ride to Shorewood as a group.

Attire for the parade is orange band polos, black pants (NOT skinny jeans), black socks, and black Drillmasters. Students who still need to pick up summer band uniform parts (orange polo and/or shoes) may pick them up in the band room starting 10 am.

 ONLY students who have submitted an activities release form may be signed out with their parent when the our band concludes the parade. Please be prompt when picking up you student. Busses will leave the loading area 20 minutes after band breaks formation.  All other students will ride the bus back to MCHS. 

Approximate pickup time at MCHS should be around 2:30 pm.

Please contact Mr. Anderson (randerson@mchs.net)

Basic Band Camp Schedule!

The following is an outline of the activities for each day! All students are required to follow the schedule:

Sunday 

10 am - 11:30 am- Med turn in gym at Central campus

11 am - 12:30 pm - Load trailers with luggage/equipment

1:00 pm - approximate departure time (meal in Rantoul-bring $)

5:00 pm - approximate arrival time at EIU/check in

7:00 pm - evening marching rehearsal in quad area near dorm

9:00 pm - important informational meeting regarding rules/guidelines/expectations

10:30 pm - curfew

Monday - Thursday

7:30 am - Breakfast

8:15 am - line-up/march to field

8:45 am - warmups/basics/marching techniques

10:00 am - break

10:15 am - marching sectionals/drill instruction

11:45 am - return to dorm/cafeteria

12:00 pm - lunch

12:45 pm - line-up/march to field

1:15 pm -  music sectionals/full band rehearsal

2:45 pm - break

3:00 pm - drill instruction/review

4:45 pm - return to dorm/cafeteria

5:00 pm - dinner

6:15 pm - line-up/march to field

6:30 pm - drill instruction

7:30 pm - break

7:45 pm - review music/drill learned! *see below about Thursday*

8:40 pm -return to dorm/cafeteria

9:00 pm - all go to Lantz Pool area for relaxing

10:15 pm - floor curfew

10:45 pm - in room/lights out

*all going to Charleston Park District POOL at 7:30 pm on Thur)

Friday

7:30 am - Breakfast

8:15 am - line-up/march to field

8:45 am - warmups/basics/marching techniques

10:00 am - break

10:15 am - marching sectionals/drill instruction

11:45 am - return to dorm/cafeteria

12:00 pm - lunch

12:45 pm - line-up/march to field

1:00 pm -  music sectionals/full band rehearsal

2:00 pm - return to dorm to load busses/trailers

4:00 pm - depart EIU (meal at Rantoul-bring $)

8:00 pm - arrive at MCHS (time approx)