2024 Effingham Marching Hearts Invitational
Please make sure to bring the following items:
- Department shirt
- Department shorts
- Black crew socks
- Drillmasters
- 1 quart water cooler filled with water
- Roughly $10-20 in cash for dinner & snacks (lunch is provided)
- Sweatshirt or light jacket, pants, & comfortable shoes. It gets cold!
The schedule for the day is as follows:
8:00 am.................Call-time at RCHS for all Marching Tigers
8:10 am.................Rehearsal in stadium
9:45 am.................Load equipment on trailer
10:05 am...............Buses arrive at RCHS, exit 10
10:15 am...............Depart for Effingham, IL
11:30 am................Arrive at Effingham High School (1301 W. Grove Ave)
11:35 am.................Lunch provided by the Olney Music Boosters
12:10 pm.................Unload instruments, & equipment
12:45 pm................Mental warm-up at trailer in full uniform
1:00 pm..................Meet event guides
1:20 pm..................Leave for warm-up
1:30 pm..................Warm-up (Location A)
2:00 pm..................Move to staging area
2:10 pm..................Arrive at NW Gate
2:15 pm..................Perform at the Effingham Marching Invitational (Class 2A)
2:30 pm..................Return to buses to load equipment & instruments
3:00 pm..................Free-time (concessions available for dinner)
3:45 pm..................Meet in the visitor stands stadium stands (dept. shirts)
4:30 pm..................Awards ceremony
5:15 pm..................Van departs for Olney, IL (early departure)
6:30 pm..................Estimated arrival of van in Olney, IL
8:00 pm..................Bus departs for Olney, IL (late departure)
9:30 pm..................Estimated arrival of bus in Olney, IL