10/05/19 - Harvest of Harmoney Parade & Competition

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

The Band loads buses at 6:00 am and leaves KHS at 6:30 am.  The trailer will already be loaded on Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm.  We should not need much additional help for this early time.  Meet us in GI.

We arrive at Connestoga Mall at 7:30 am.  We unload the Battery percussion, Sousaphones and Flags at the mall.  Look for our blue trailer and busses as we may change location but usually park in the Southeast parking lot, Southeast of the 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 the mall during the parade.  We step off for the parade at 9:15 am-ish.

The parade begins at 8:00 am going down 3rd Street.  We arrive at the check in location at 10th & Walnut at 8:30 am. (band order) (parade route)

After the parade (10:00am-ish), we meet back at Connestoga 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 Central Catholic'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.  At 3:00 the band will change in to uniforms and arrive at GISH by 3:30 pm.

By 3:15 pm the trailer arrives at GI Senior High (on the North side of the football field) and we unload the trailer and prepare for our show.  We are On Deck at 4:50 pm and the Band performs on the field at 5:00 pm.  (band order)  We will follow the Hastings band's performance.  After our performance we reload the trailer and students return to the stadium for the awards.

Awards are at 6:15 pm.  After awards (by 6:30?), we 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/text Ed to find out what the plan is.

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

09/21/19 Saturday UNK Parade & BMF Field Competition

The trailer will NOT be going to the parade (per the Directors), so students will need to get their own equipment to and from the parade, and we will not need to have anyone at the parade route to load/unload the trailer.  This gives us time to be ready for the BMF parking and pit area details.

The Band equipment will be in the KHS Band room.  The Band is to assemble in Warmup area A at 2:45 pm, so our Kearney Pit Crew needs to be available by then to help move all the equipment to the South end of the HS parking lot.  We begin staging our pit crew outside the fence at 3:00 pm.  At 3:15 pm we move our Pit on to the track.  So, we need to be set up and ready to go for performance no later than 3:10 pm at the South end.  We follow Grand Island Senior High, so when they are On Deck (their Pit is on the track), our Pit needs to be in the staging area outside the fence.  Be sure to stay on the North half of that driveway so that the GISH band can enter the field and perform.  After the GISH band enters the field, the North Platte Pit will exit the field and then our KHS Pit will enter the track and be On Deck.  Stay on the outside four lanes and be in the order we enter the field.  Remember that this is in reverse order from what we do at UNK for football halftime shows.  The sound system and speakers will always be first, but the rest of the pit will be in reverse order.  Once the Pit is set out on the field, we stand back against the front of the stadium while they perform.  After their performance, we will move everything to the Band Room.  If you can help with getting equipment to the Band room and with cleanup, that would be appreciated.

If you are helping with the BMF event, you need to stay at your position with the volunteers for the BMF event until we assemble at 2:45 pm.  At 2:45 pm please join our KHS Pit Crew for moving our gear for the KHS Band performance.  Those not helping with BMF will need to help us with moving equipment while the BMF volunteers are finishing their tasks.  The Parking workers should be done when GISH parks, so they should be able to leave their posts and help on schedule.  The Pit Area volunteers will need to get NP & GISH on the field and then they can join the KHS Pit to help get KHS on/off the field.

Thank you for your help.  We appreciate everyone who is helping.  Everyone is needed for this event to happen successfully, both as a BMF volunteer and as a KHS Pit Crew volunteer.  Thank you.

Remember to wear BLUE.

Thank you for helping and supporting the KHS Band.
Be sure to make our BMF guests feel welcome.  Remember, we represent Kearney in all we do.

Kearney Signup Genius (sign up to help with Pit Crew and/or BMF19):  click here

Details for the BMF Parking/PitArea:  click here

Guest map for BMF:  click here




Lineup for Front Ensemble on the Field: [[assignments]]
1/1) Center Podium (50yd) [[_______]]
2/2) Sound Tower Rack  on left 48yd line [[_______]]
3/4) North/Left Speaker/Subwoofer  (35yd) [[_______]]
4/3) South/Right Speaker/Subwoofer (35yd) [[_______]]
5/10) Timpani Wagon2 - also transport chimes on this wagon
6/9) Glock/Bells
7/8) SynthCart  on 50yd line - bass guitar on left [[_______]]
8/7) Xylophone

9/6) new Aux Rack inside Right 40yd line [[_______]]

10/5) AuxPercussion Wagon1 - bass guitar, bells, gong, x-stand and white bass drum [[_______]]
11/17) North/Left Podium (25yd) [[_______]]
12/16) Vibe2
13/15) Marimba2
14/14) Marimba1
15/13) Vibe1
16/12) Vibraphone (red wheels)
17/11) South/Right Podium (25yd) [[_______]]
18/18) Props Wagon (flats on the middle of the field) [[_______]]
 

09/20/19 Football Halftime

This Friday game will be the same as the last game.

Check the post from the previous game (8/30/19) for all the details.

Here is the short version.
+ 5:20 pm - Trailer at UNK Fine Arts- unload instruments (percussion & low brass).

+ 5:55 pm - Trailer moves to Foster Field - at North end - setup percussion stands, rope, etc. in the stands  - Unload the 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.
+ 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.  The trailer will not be going to the parade route on Saturday.  See the Saturday blog entry for details.

Remember to Wear BLUE.

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

Call Ed Uden with questions 308-440-0694



Lineup for Front Ensemble on the Field: [[assignments]]
1) Center Podium (50yd) [[_______]]
2) Sound Tower Rack  on left 48yd line [[_______]]
3) South/Right Speaker/Subwoofer (35yd) [[_______]]
4) North/Left Speaker/Subwoofer  (35yd) [[_______]]

5) AuxPercussion Wagon1 - bass guitar, bells, gong, x-stand and white bass drum [[_______]]
6) new Aux Rack inside Right 40yd line [[_______]]

7) Xylophone8) SynthCart  on 50yd line - bass guitar on left [[_______]]
9) Glock/Bells
10) Timpani Wagon2 - also transport chimes on this wagon
11) South/Right Podium (25yd) [[_______]]
12) Vibraphone (red wheels)
13) Vibe1
14) Marimba1
15) Marimba2
16) Vibe2
17) North/Left Podium (25yd) [[_______]]
18) Props Wagon (flats on the middle of the field) [[_______]]