09/23/07 UNK Band Day & Bearcat Marching Festival


TIME CHANGES:  Due to Weather, we are moving times up earlier.  We need our Pit Crew at the Band Room by 1:15 pm, NOT 3:30pm.  We will warm up music at 1:45, warmup marching at 2:00 and then perform on the field at 2:15 pm.  All bands will move through much quicker in hopes of getting done ahead of the predicted rain. 

 
We are not transporting any equipment from the High School to the UNK Band Day parade, each student is responsible for getting their own instrument to the parade and back, so we just go and enjoy the parade.

The Awards ceremony from the parade starts off the Bearcat Marching Festival at 1:00 pm at the KHS football field with an exhibition by the UNK Pride of the Plains Marching Band.

The trailer will be parked South of the High School building or just West of the South end of the football field.  We will meet at our blue trailer at 3:30 pm to get set up and then move the equipment on the field and then back to the trailer and Band room after our Band's performance.  No extra stuff with this event - nice having a home-field situation.

3:30 pm Meet on Saturday at the Band trailer at the South side of the High School.

Remember to Wear BLUE.

3:45	KHS Band arrives at the KHS Band Room
4:15	Official Warm Up time begins
4:45	Performance at the Bearcat Marching Festival
5:15	Finished

Click here for all KHS Band itineraries.
 
Many of us will be helping work the Bearcat Marching Festival, so we will need all hands on deck to help get our band ready to perform.  Getting stuff out of the trailer and helping the students move equipment from the Band room around the west side of the building down to the trailer in the Pit area would be very helpful.
Those of us helping with the Bearcat Marching Festival will join our Band's pit crew as we move on to the field.  KHS will be the last band to perform, so we will be done working when our Band takes the field.

Any help with tear-down / clean-up after the event is greatly appreciated.

If you are helping with the Bearcat Marching Festival, remember that we have a 'run-through' on Friday evening.  We will be setting up parking barricades and such, so come prepared to get ready for Saturday.  Meet in the Commons (Cafeteria area) by the Teachers' lounge.

Loading the Trailer

Load Equipment in to the trailer in this order:
+Podium Stands (Center then 2 sides - decks to the wall)
+Tympani4 on left, Tympani3 in center, Tympani2 on right, Tympani 1 on shelf
+First Wagon up on 2x6 loft, push it to the left side
+Small-framed marimba up on wagon (large end on wagon first, swing to front)
+put both wagon handle bars under small-framed marimba
+Wooden Bridge set on wagon-to-shelf span, Blue bass drum on Bridge, strap down
+Second Wagon up on 2x2 loft
+Both Speakers go on left wagon behind small-framed marimba
+One SubWoofer up front by tympani, strap in
+Smaller Marimba up on 2nd wagon (right), small end front
+'Red Wheels' Marimba under wagon 1 to left side, solid wheels first, up to podiums
+Both Largest & Large Marimbas under wagons (Largest w/small end front, Large w/wide end front) - roll them in together, carefully to just past load lock at back of wagons
+Put Gong on right Wagon
+Put 2 Sousaphones on wagons (middle) - can load one on front shelf instead
+Roll Pit Equipment Cart in, load lock
+Roll Battery Equipment Cart in, load lock
+Put wagon decks on either side of Equipment carts on top of load locks
     (1st one w/black side out to wall and 2x4 on bottom, 2nd one 2x4 on top & black to cart)
+Roll Equipment Cart w/Flags in, load lock
+Roll Sound System Rack in on back right corner & strap to wall
+Roll Subwoofer2 in on back left corner & strap to wall

Equipment Cart loading:
1) Pit Equipment Cart
     -Top Shelf:  Piano Keyboard, percussion stands
     -Middle Shelf: 2 Sousaphones
     -Bottom Shelf: Percussion Vault, Both Plume Storage Units
2) Battery Equipment Cart
     -Top Shelf:  Battery Harnesses
     -Middle Shelf: 4 Snare Drums cases, 1 Sousaphone
     -Bottom Shelf: 2 Tenor Drum cases, Bass Drum 1 case, Symbal case
3) Guard Equipment Cart (longer cart)
     -Top Shelf:  Color Guard Flag Bags
     -Middle Shelf: 4 Bari-Sax Cases,
     -Bottom Shelf: Bass Drum cases (5,4,3,2)

Notes:  Left is Left as you are facing the front of the trailer.  Right is right (with the door).

09/15/17 Football Game & Halftime

Here is the plan for Friday's game.  It's basically the same as last week.
Remember to wear BLUE.

The Band meets at the UNK Fine Arts building at 5:30 pm.  I will have the Band Trailer on the South side of the UNK CT Ryan Library by 5:25 pm. (this is just East of the Fine Arts building)  I need a few guys to help unload battery percussion and sousaphones.  Then we move the trailer up to Foster Field.  Once we get the trailer to the field, we will unload the percussion stands and sousaphone stands in to the stadium and put up the rope.

Right before the game starts, we could use most of the crew that is available to unload the Pit percussion.  Then we can go watch the game up until about 5 minutes left in the first half.  At about 5 minutes left in the second quarter we need to have all Pit Dads at the Band Trailer at the North end of the stadium.  We will prepare to move the Pit equipment out on to the field and then after the show we will move it back to the trailer and load the trailer back up.  I will then move the trailer back to the South side of the Library, East of Fine Arts.

After the game, if you could help make sure all the percussion and sousaphone stands come back to the trailer, that would be great.  Then, I need a few guys to help load the battery percussion and sousaphones back on to the trailer.  Once we're loaded up, we will take the trailer back to the High School and unload it in to the Band room.

IF you are available at about 3:00 pm or so, any help with loading the trailer at the High School would be greatly appreciated.  I have the Band kids to help and it would go even quicker if we had a couple of Dads to help.  I'm not asking you to leave work, I'm just offering the opportunity if you are available and would be willing to help.

If you have not filled out the availability schedule, please do so soon (click here).  That helps me know if we have enough help for all competitions and games.  We need to be in the mode of preparing for efficiency at competitions, so doing the same job at each game/competition is the goal.  If you know of any other Band Dads who would be willing to help, have them contact me.  You can also send them to this blog ( bearcatpitcrew.blogspot.com ) for information.

Remember to wear BLUE.  Thank you for being on the team -  your help is valuable and it is appreciated.  See you on Friday.

PS:  Here is the 'job list'.
+Podium Right = Kevin
+Podium Center = Ed
+Podium Left = Eric
+Speaker Right = Andy
+Sound Rack = Shaun & Dave
+Speaker Left = Dean
+Wagon Tympani = 
+Wagon Aux Perc. = 
+Largest Marimba = Tom
+Large Marimba = 
I didn't get it all written down Friday.  Let me know if you're on one of the tasks so I can update this.

Help Needed for Bearcat Marching Festival & NSBA Competitions

You may have already heard, but Kearney High Band is hosting both the Bearcat Marching Festival on Sept. 23rd and also NSBA on Oct. 21st.  This is a great opportunity for the KHS Band.  We need everyone's help to make this an excellent competition event for the Bands in our state.  Please contact Ed if you are available to help with directing Pit traffic at the competitions or with directing Bus traffic, selling tickets, etc.  We are asking that volunteers help with both competitions if possible so that we are fully prepared for the larger event (NSBA).  We expect about 10 bands with about 1000 guests at the Bearcat Marching Festival and around 3000 guests/fans and over 25 bands at NSBA from across the state.  Contact Ed Uden or Andy Donovan with questions or to volunteer for this exciting event.

09/08/17 Football Game & Halftime

Here is the plan for Friday's game.  Remember to wear BLUE.

The Band meets at the UNK Fine Arts building at 5:30 pm.  I will have the Band Trailer on the South side of the Library by 5:25 pm. (this is just East of the Fine Arts building)  I need a few guys to help unload battery percussion and sousaphones.  Then we move the trailer up to Foster Field.

Right before the game starts, we could use most of the crew that is available to unload the Pit percussion.  Then we can go watch the game up until about 5 minutes left in the first half.  At about 5 minutes left in the second quarter we need to have all Pit Dads at the Band Trailer at the North end of the stadium.  We will prepare to move the Pit equipment out on to the field and then after the show we will move it back to the trailer and load the trailer back up.  I will then move the trailer back to the South side of the Library, East of Fine Arts.

After the game, if you could help make sure all the percussion and sousaphone stands come back to the trailer, that would be great.  Then, I need a few guys to help load the battery percussion and sousaphones back on to the trailer.  Once we're loaded up, we will take the trailer back to the High School and unload it in to the Band room.

IF you are available at about 3:20 pm, any help with loading the trailer at the High School would be greatly appreciated.  I have the Band kids to help and it would go even quicker if we had a couple of Dads to help.  I'm not asking you to leave work, I'm just offering the opportunity if you are available and would be willing to help.

If you have not filled out the availability schedule, please do so (click here).  That helps me know if we have enough help for all competitions and games.  We need to be in the mode of preparing for efficiency at competitions, so doing the same job at each game/competition is the goal.  If you know of any other Band Dads who would be willing to help, have them contact me.  You can also send them to this blog ( bearcatpitcrew.blogspot.com ) for information.

Remember to wear BLUE.  Thank you for being on the team -  your help is valuable and it is appreciated.  See you on Friday.