10/02/2021 - Harvest of Harmony in GI

The competitions begin this Saturday.  We leave KHS at 6:00 am and will need some help at Walnut Middle School parking lot (1600 N Walnut Ave) by 7:00 am to unload battery percussion and sousaphones for the Parade.  After Kearney marches in the parade they return to Walnut school and we prepare for a rehearsal at 10:00 am.  We will need to unload everything for this rehearsal.  After the rehearsal, we reload the trailers and go to lunch.  We will be at GISH by 2:00 pm and unload to prepare for the field competition.  Kearney competes at 3:45 pm and the Awards are at 5:00 pm.  We return to KHS at 7:00 pm and unload.

Remember to wear Blue to show our support for our students.  Thank you for your involvement in the Pit Crew.  You are appreciated!

Ed

GISH – 2124 North Lafayette – Grand Island, NE 68803

   09/24/21 Football Halftime

Thank you to everyone who helped with last week's festival - both the event volunteers and the Pit Crew for our Band - it went well.  This Friday's Football Game Halftime will run very similar to last time.  We will try keep everyone on the same tasks as last game if possible.  Please be sure to sign up on the Pit Crew Sign-up Genius and don't forget to wear BLUE.  We do need more help on the Pit Crew, so please invite someone to sign up and come help us.   Sign-up Genius

We start out by unloading instruments at the trailer on the South side of the Library at UNK (East of Fine Arts) at 5:30 pm.  Then we move the trailer to the North end of Foster Field and unload the Front Ensemble equipment.  This happens before the pre-game.  Then you can watch some of the first half.  At 5:00 minutes before halftime, meet at the trailer at the North end of the field to prepare for moving to the field at 2:00 minutes and then on and off for halftime.  After halftime we reload the equipment in to the trailer.  After the game please make sure all tuba stands, all percussion stands, and the rope comes back to the trailer (parked East of Fine Arts).  The tuba stands are the main thing we need to get back to the trailer by the time the Band gets there.  We will bring the two-wheeled cart to help us transport them.

Check back here for any changes or updated information.

Contact Ed Uden 308-440-0694 with questions.  Thank you for helping!

 09/18/21 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.  Know that you can be both a KHS Pit Crew volunteer ~and~ volunteer to help with the BMF event.  Our band is last, so we will just follow our Pit on to the field as the event will be over after our performance.

The Band equipment will be in the KHS Band room when we arrive.  The Band is to assemble in Warmup area A at 2:50 pm, so our Kearney Pit Crew needs to be available by 2:40 pm 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 3:05 pm at the South end.  We follow GISH, 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 Hastings 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 off the field and then 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 BMF21):  kearneybands.org - click SignUpGenius

Details for the BMF Parking/PitArea:  http://bit.ly/bmf21crew

Guest map for BMF:  http://bit.ly/kbmf2021

  09/10/21 Football Halftime

Thank you to everyone who helped with last week's game.  We have a great team again this year.  We are glad you're part of the Pit Crew team.  This Friday's Football Game Halftime will run very similar to last week's.  We will try keep everyone on the same tasks as last week if possible.  Please be sure to sign up on the Pit Crew Sign-up Genius and don't forget to wear BLUE.  We do need more help on the Pit Crew, so please invite someone to sign up and come help us.   Sign-up Genius

We start out by unloading instruments at the trailer on the South side of the Library at UNK (East of Fine Arts) at 5:30 pm.  Then we move the trailer to the North end of Foster Field and unload the Front Ensemble equipment.  This happens before the pre-game.  Then you can watch some of the first half.  At 5:00 minutes before halftime, meet at the trailer at the North end of the field to prepare for moving to the field at 2:00 minutes and then on and off for halftime.  After halftime we reload the equipment in to the trailer.  After the game please make sure all tuba stands, all percussion stands, and the rope comes back to the trailer (parked East of Fine Arts).  The tuba stands are the main thing we need to get back to the trailer by the time the Band gets there.  We will bring the two-wheeled cart to help us transport them this week.

Check back here for any changes or updated information.

Contact Ed Uden 308-440-0694 with questions.  Thank you for helping!