10/20/18 - NSBA in Kearney

The Final Saturday is upon us.  Thank you for being part of the Pit Crew this year.  It has been a great marching season and it has been fun working together.  

Saturday starts at 6:45 pm for our Pit Crew in the KHS Band room where we need those on the crew who are not actively working/volunteering hosting the event, to help the Pit move the equipment around the West side of the High School, through the South parking lot and to the South-west corner of the football field area.  We will help the Pit set up the equipment, wagons and sound system in preparation for their performance.  Please be sure to bring the podium skirts to put them on our podiums at the gate.  IF you are one of the volunteers helping host the event, when Grand Island (the band right before Kearney) has left your area, please join our band and help us get our Pit on and off the field.  You will be able to volunteer for either the afternoon or evening shifts and still be able to help our Band's Pit Crew.


The Band marches in competition at 8:30 pm.  We need to be staging our equipment by 8:00 pm on the South side of the field, and we are On Deck at 8:15 pm on the track ready to go.  After the competition we will hold the Pit equipment at the South end of the field while we wait for UNK's performance and Awards.  We will send the Pit students to join the Band after the performance to get pictures taken in the Gym.  After the Awards we will help move the Pit equipment back to the Band room.  The trailer will not be used for the Band at this performance.  Note that our three podium stands will be on the track in front of the stadium during the day.  We will need to get our podium stands after the afternoon awards so we can skirt them before our performance.  We will put them between the two fences for the evening.  UNK will want to use the two side podium stands after our performance so we will need to remove the skirts so they can take them back on to the field.  Remember to put the podium skirts back in the bag and then back in the trailer during cleanup.

After UNK's exhibition performance and before the awards, we will participate in the Pit Crew Olympics.  This is something fun this year that we are trying with the Pit Crews from other schools, to have fun with the crowd.  We have spoken with other school's Pit Crews and they are in, so let's have some fun with this.  Scott Murrish is coordinating this and he has it set up for teams of 4 to compete.  We will discuss this on Friday evening at the game.

After everything is over, if you are available, we would appreciate any help with clean-up.

For a site map with instructions and all time schedules, go to this link:  http://bit.ly/NSBA18 

* Note that I may need to make changes to this post as things develop.  Please check back here for updates on Friday after the game if you can, or on Saturday morning before you come to the High School.

Thank you all for helping to make this a great marching season for our students.
 
You are appreciated!

Remember to wear BLUE on Saturday.  Let's represent Kearney well.


NSBA in Kearney! - October 20th 2018
9-11 am Rehearsal at KHS
4:30 pm Last Supper at Kenwood Elementary
6:45 pm Depart Kenwood for KHS (on KPS Band Bus)
7:00 pm Arrive and get into uniform in the band room
8:30 pm Performance at the NSBA. 
9:15 pm Awards
9:30 pm Clean Up

We are the last band to perform, following our band your help in cleaning up would be fantastic!

10/19/18 Football Halftime

Thank you all for your work this past weekend.  The Pit Crew in Lincoln ran smoothly.  Good job, team!

The game this Friday will be the same as the last game.

Check the post from the previous two games for all the details.

Here is the short version.
+ we will load the trailer at 1:30 on Friday if you want to come help load.

+ 5:20 pm - Trailer at UNK Fine Arts- unload instruments

+ 6:00 pm - Trailer to Foster Field - North end - setup percussion & sousa stands, rope, etc.

+ Pregame - Unload Trailer - we need every's help if possible

+ Watch the 1st Quarter and up to the last 5 minutes of the 2nd Quarter of the game.

+ 5:00 minutes left in the 2nd Quarter, we need everyone back at the trailer to prepare for Halftime.

+ 2:00 minutes left, we move onto the side of the field.

+ Halftime - move everything in place, the Band does their show, then move everything off ASAP. 

+ Reload everything back into the trailer after halftime
+ Watch the rest of the game.

+ At the end of the game, please check the grandstand where the Band is to make sure all the percussion and sousaphone stands have been picked up and taken back to the trailer.  Also make sure the rope and post/bracket come back to the trailer too.  The two ladders need to go inside the fenced area under the grandstand.

+ Load all instruments back into the trailer back at Fine Arts when the Band gets there.

+ We will unload the trailer at the High School.  We will be hosting NSBA at KHS on Saturday, so we need all of our Band equipment in the Band room for the students to rehearse on Saturday morning as well as perform Saturday evening.  See the Saturday blog entry for details on NSBA.

* NOTE * if you have not filled out your signups for the events in SignUp Genius, please do so ASAP.  This helps us know that we have enough help to complete our mission of supporting the Band at the game and at NSBA.

Remember to Wear BLUE.

Thank you for supporting the Band.  We are glad you're on the team.

Call or text Ed Uden with questions 308-440-0694

10/13/18 - Lincoln LPS competition

Thank you to everyone who helped in Grand Island last weekend.  
You make Kearney proud!

This Saturday is the Lincoln LPS Competition at Seacrest Field at 4:15 pm.
Seacrest Field in Lincoln is at 75th and 'A' streets.  (GPS coordinates:  40.798958,  -96.621382)

The Band will load equipment carts on Friday afternoon and have everything ready to load but will leave everything in the Band room overnight due to the cold temperatures expected on Friday night.  We will load the trailer on Saturday morning at 10:00 am.  If a few of you are available, this can happen efficiently.  The percussion students will be there, but for some of the stuff on top of the wagons and some of the heavier stuff it is nice to have the adults there to help.

We will load buses at 11:30 am and leave KHS at 12:00 noon on Saturday.  This should get us to Seacrest in Lincoln no later than 2:30 pm.  Look for the blue trailer and the Bearcat buses in the West parking lot.  We hope to be able to park toward the North side of the West parking lot, but it all depends on what they have available and what we can find when we get there.   We will unload the battery percussion and flag carts and sousaphones by the buses promptly so they are ready for their 3:40 pm Warmup time.  It would be best if the whole crew gathered by the buses before we went to the field staging area in order to start getting ready.

Then we will move the trailer to the North end of the field to unload the pit equipment.  This is probably around 3:40 pm that we will be down on the North end of the field getting everything unloaded and ready.  There will numerous bands there on the back side of the buildings North of the field, so we will need to be efficient and probably will not have a lot of room to spread out while we get ready.

The Band is On Deck at 4:05 pm and performs at 4:15 pm.  We will enter the field from the North end, just like we do at UNK.  The Band will enter from the North end with us, just like we did at GI.  Remember that once the Band takes the field after everything has been set up and we have exited the field, even if something falls, we cannot enter the field to assist (it's a penalty point).  It's all up to the students during the performance.  This is also a timed performance.  We have 15 minutes to get on the field, perform the show, and get everything off the field.  So when we are getting off the field, get it all loaded up and get past the goal line quickly.  Once everyone is past the goal line, our time is over and we can resume a 'normal' pace.

After the performance, we will load the pit equipment in to the trailer and then return to the buses in the parking lot for the rest of the equipment where the Band loads instruments and puts equipment away, then we load the battery percussion, flags and sousaphones back on the trailer in preparation for traveling back home.  Awards are at 6:00 pm.  At about 6:15 pm the Band departs for the Mall for supper and at 8:00 we leave for home.  We should arrive home around 10:00 pm and unload the trailer.

Remember to wear blue.  Contact Ed if you have any questions (308-440-0694).
Thank you for helping - we're glad you're on the team.


LPS Marching Contest - October 13th 2018
11:30  Load at KHS
12:00  Depart for Lincoln
2:30   Arrive at Seacrest Field - 7300 A St, Lincoln, NE 68510
3:40   Warm up Time
4:05   On Deck
4:15   Performance
4:30   Change and return to the stadium for awards
6:00   Awards
6:15ish Load and head to Gateway Mall for Supper
8:00   Depart for Kearney
10:00  Arrive in Kearney

10/6/18 - Harvest of Harmoney Parade & Competition

Great Job in Columbus last weekend.  It went well, even with all the precipitation.

Thank you for helping with the GI competition this Saturday.  Here is the plan.

The Band loads buses at 5:45 am and leaves KHS at 6:15 am.  The trailer will already be loaded on Friday afternoon at 2:45 pm.  We should not need much additional help for this early time.  Meet us in GI.

We arrive at Conestoga Mall at 7:15 am.  We unload the Battery percussion, Sousaphones and Flags at the mall.  We are usually on the South-East parking lot of Conestoga Mall.  Any Pit Crew members available that can help would be most beneficial.  This preparation time happens quickly and any help is appreciated.  Once the students are in uniform they take their percussion and sousaphones on the bus with them.  We will leave the trailer parked at Conestoga mall during the parade.  We step off for the parade at 8:55 am-ish.
The parade begins at 8:00 am going down 3rd Street.  We arrive at the check in location at 10th & Walnut at 8:10 am.

After the parade (10:00am-ish), we meet back at Conestoga Mall to load the Battery percussion, Flags and Sousaphones back on to the trailer and then we take a lunch break.

By 1:00 pm we are at a rehearsal at GI Northwest's football field.  We will unload the whole trailer for this rehearsal and then reload it after the rehearsal.  This is a full unload / rehearsal / reload the trailer, so any/all of the Pit Crew that can be there is beneficial.  By 3:00 the band will change in to uniforms and depart for GISH by 3:45 pm.

By 4:00 pm we arrive at GI Senior High and unload the Battery percussion, flags and sousaphones on the South side of the High School (North of the field).  Then we unload the pit equipment and prepare for our show.  We are On Deck at 5:05 pm and the Band performs on the field at 5:15 pm.  We will be the first Class AA band, following immediately after Class A awards.  After our performance we reload the trailer and students return to the stadium for the awards.  The Band Parents are providing supper for the students after they change out of their uniforms.

Awards are at 7:15 pm.  After awards (by 8:00?), we load the trailer and return to Kearney.

Back in Kearney we unload the trailer and we are finished. 

If you have any questions, please contact Ed Uden 308-440-0694.
If something changes during the day, call Ed to find out what the plan is.

Remember to wear BLUE.  Let's represent Kearney with great class.

Band Parade Order

Band Field Show Order

5:45	Load at KHS
6:15	Departure from KHS
7:15	Arrive at GI Mall to change into uniform
8:00	Parade begins down 3rd Street
8:10	Arrival at parade check in location 10th and Walnut
8:55	Step off in the parade
10ish	Lunch at the GI Mall - on your own
1ish	Transfer to Grand Island Northwest for rehearsal (info here)
3:00	Change into uniform
3:45	Transfer to GIPS
4:00	Arrival at GIPS
4:30	Warm Up time
5:05	On Deck
5:15	Performance time at Grand Island Senior High School
5:30	Change out of uniform and return to stadium for awards Supper provided by the KBPA after students change!
7:15	Awards
8:00	Load and depart for KHS