09/29/18 Columbus Parade & Field Competition

We hit the road starting this Saturday.  See the Band website Itineraries page.

The Band will load and leave KHS by 7:00 am on Saturday.  The trailer will follow the buses.

At 9:00 am we arrive in Columbus and the band gets in uniform.  We need to unload the instruments (carts 2 & 3 plus sousas) at this time.  We will likely be a block or so South of the parade route in Columbus, usually in the gravel parking area by the railroad (about 25th Ave & 12th St).  Once they have their instruments, we load the carts back on the trailer and lock it up and it stays parked.  Then when Kearney is done with the parade, we load instruments back on the carts and are done with the parade.

After the parade, we break for lunch.  The buses usually go to the HyVee area due to there being a number of fast-food restaurants around there (23rd St & 31st Ave area).  The trailer will follow the buses.

The itinerary notes that the Parade awards are at 1:00 pm.

After the lunch break, the Band will go to the football field at 27th St and 25th Ave for a rehearsal.  We will unload the trailer for this rehearsal.  After the rehearsal, we reload the trailer and prepare to leave for the competition field.

At 3:20 pm we arrive at Pawnee Park for competition (Hwy81 & 8th St).  We unload the trailer and prepare the pit for competition.  We will need to assist the students in moving the pit equipment to their warm-up area and then to the competition field.  Look for our blue trailer parked Southeast of the field.

Kearney's performance time is 4:30 pm.  Note that we will enter the field from the South side of the stadium, so we will be in modified field order (see below).  Once our performance is complete, we exit the field on the North side of the stadium and move our equipment back to the trailer and load the trailer.

Field awards are at 5:15 pm.  We will leave for Kearney by 6:00 pm and arrive in Kearney around 8:00 pm.  We unload the trailer back in to the Band room when we get to the High School.

It will be a big day, but we will do our best to represent Kearney well.

Remember to wear BLUE.

Thank you for helping on the Pit Crew Team.  You are appreciated!

Contact Ed Uden 308-440-0694 if you have any questions.

 
Modified Field Assignments:
1) Center Podium (50yd) = Ed
2) Sound Tower Rack [2 Dads, 1 pulls, 1 runs electrical] = Travis & Jeff
3/4) North/Left Speaker/Subwoofer  (35yd) [2 Dads, 1 pulls, 1 runs cable to Tower] = Dean
4/3) South/Right Speaker/Subwoofer (35yd) [2 Dads, 1 pulls, 1 runs cable to Tower] =Dan
5/9) Timpani Wagon2 = Sam + student
6/8) Marimba3 (red wheels) - student
7) SynthCart [1 Dad w/student - run power & audio line to Tower] = Kevin
8/6) Xylophone - student
9/5) AuxPercussion Wagon1 - also transport bells & x-stand on this wagon = Eric + student
10/15) North/Left Podium (25yd) = Jonathan
11/14) Vibe2 - student
12/13) Marimba2 - student
13/12) Marimba1 - student
14/11) Vibe1 - student
15/10) South/Right Podium (25yd) = Tom
16) Props Wagon - on back side of field = Andy