10/01/2022 - Harvest of Harmony in GI

The competitions begin this Saturday.  We leave KHS at 6:30 am and will need some help at the Conestoga Mall parking lot by 7:30 am to unload battery percussion and sousaphones for the Parade.  After Kearney marches in the parade they return to Conestoga Mall parking log and we go to lunch.  After lunch, we will load and go to a TBD location (check back here for updates on location) and we prepare for a rehearsal at 12:30 pm.  We will likely need to unload everything for this rehearsal.  After the rehearsal, we reload the trailers and go to GISH.  We will be at GISH by 2:00 pm and unload to prepare for the field competition.  Kearney competes at 4:45 pm and the Awards are at 6:15 pm.  We return to KHS at 8:00 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

Harvest of Harmony - Saturday, October 1st,  2022

6:30 am	Depart Kearney High School
7:30 am	Arrive at Conestoga Mall Parking Lot to change into uniform
8:15 am	Check in for parade route - Click HERE for the parade map (page 4)
8:55 am	Approx Step off time
10:00 am	Load and head to Conestoga Mall for Lunch
12:30	Transport to ???? for Rehearsal
2:00 pm	Arrive at GISH to listen to bands, snack, suit up
4:00 pm	Field Competition Warm Up
4:45 pm	Field Competition Performance at GISH - 2124 North Lafayette - Grand Island, NE 68803
6:15 pm	Awards
7:00 pm	Depart for Kearney
8:00 pm	Arrive and Unload

 09/30/22 Football Game & Halftime

This week's football game and halftime will run similar to the last game on 9/23/22.

We need your help on the Pit Crew for the Friday, September 30, 2022 Football Game Halftime.

We unload 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 at UNK and unload the Front Ensemble equipment.  This happens right away at about 6:00 pm, before pregame.

Then you can watch most of the first half.  At 5:00 minutes before halftime, meet at the trailer at the North end of the field to prepare for halftime.  

After halftime we reload the percussion equipment back in to the trailer.  

After the game please make sure all tuba stands, all percussion stands, and the rope come back to the trailer (which will be parked on the south side of CT Ryan library).

Check back here for any changes or updated information.  Remember to wear BLUE!

Contact Ed Uden 308-440-0694 with questions.  See the 9/23/22 post for additional details.

Thank you for being part of the Pit Crew!

09/23/22 Football Game & Halftime

This week's football game and halftime will run similar to the last game on 9/2/22.

We need your help on the Pit Crew for the Friday, September 23, 2022 Football Game Halftime.

We unload 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 at UNK and unload the Front Ensemble equipment.  This happens right away at about 6:00 pm, before pregame.

Then you can watch most of the first half.  At 5:00 minutes before halftime, meet at the trailer at the North end of the field to prepare for halftime.  

After halftime we reload the percussion equipment back in to the trailer.  

After the game please make sure all tuba stands, all percussion stands, and the rope come back to the trailer (which will be parked on the south side of CT Ryan library).

Check back here for any changes or updated information.

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

NOTE:  This year may again bring schedule changes at a moment's notice.  Please check this page for Pit Crew changes and check the Sign-Up Genius for schedule changes.  We appreciate your help and your flexibility.  We will do our best to give our students the best possible experience again this year.

Now for the details if you're interested.

The Band marches halftime at Friday night's game.  We need your help right before the game (during pregame) and possibly as the game starts at the North end of Foster Field, by the blue Band trailer.  We will help get equipment unloaded so the Pit can warm up and get everything set up.  We should be unloaded by the start of the game so you can then watch the first quarter and most of the second quarter.  Then, at 5 minutes remaining in the 2nd Quarter, we need everyone back at the trailer and we will get ready to go on the field.   At 2 minutes before Halftime, we move on to the NW side of the field to preset and then move to the field at the start of halftime.  After the Band has performed we move everything back off the field and load it all back in to the trailers.  This week will be our first run this year, so there may be some adjustments made as we go - thank you in advance for your patience as we get everything fine tuned.  These first weeks are vital because we are establishing what we each need to be doing for Halftime so that when the competitions start, we know the routine and can execute smoothly.  Come join the team, we will have a fun time.

We could also use a few people to help at 5:30 pm at UNK Fine Arts to get the percussion battery and sousaphones out.  Look for the blue Band trailer - we will be parked on the South side of the C.T. Ryan Library (East of the Fine Arts building).  Then again AFTER the game please help pick up the percussion stands and the tuba stands and bring them to the trailer at the same spot East of UNK Fine Arts where we load the battery and sousaphones back in to the trailer and then unload back at the High School Band room.  Students do most of this work, but it helps to have some adults around to assist in loading & unloading the trailer at UNK as the students are in uniform and we don't want to risk damaging uniforms as we load and unload stuff from the trailer.

Remember to Sign Up on the Band Website at SignupGenius (see link on Band website) for your spot for each performance.  IF possible, it would be ideal to have the same 12 people for the competitions and games so that everyone has their job and know what needs to happen.  But, we understand that not everyone can be at every game and competition, so we appreciate your help and your willingness to volunteer and support the Band.  

We do have two trailers, the regular blue Band trailer for the font ensemble, battery percussion, sousaphones, etc., and the second trailer for the podium stands, extra pit equipment, props and hat bags (during competitions).

We have a large pyramid prop this year, so we need extra help in addition to our regular pit crew.

Your help is needed and it is appreciated!  Thank you!

Remember to wear BLUE.

If you have any questions, call or text Ed Uden 308-440-0694.

Note:  We are moving/adding a Pit Crew page on the Kearney Bands website.  Ed will post both here and on that blog until we get completely migrated to the Band website.  Click here.

 09/17/22 Saturday UNK Parade & BMF Field Competition

A big thank you to everyone helping with the Pit Crew this year.  You are appreciated!

For the UNK Band Day Parade, 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.

For the Bearcat Marching Festival, the Band equipment will be in the KHS Band room.  The Band is to assemble at 1:45 pm in the Band room, so our Kearney Pit Crew needs to be available by 2:00 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 2:30 pm so we need to start moving equipment from the Band room at 2:20 pm so we are at the South end of the field by 2:30 pm.  At 2:45 pm we move our Pit on to the track (On Deck).  We follow Columbus, 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 Columbus band can enter the field and perform.  After the Columbus 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 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 2:30 pm.  At 2:30 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 from the Band room to the South end of the field while the BMF volunteers are finishing their tasks.  The Parking workers should be done when Columbus parks, so they should be able to leave their posts and help on schedule.  The Pit Area volunteers will need to get Hastings and Columbus 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 BMF22) link is found on the Band website.

Details for the BMF Parking/PitArea:  http://bit.ly/bmf22crew 

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