 | 2025 EIU Panther Marching Band Festival |
The Marching Tigers compete in the Panther Marching Band Festival at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL on Saturday, September 27th, 2025.
The packing list includes...
Eat a healthy breakfast before reporting for the call-time.
The schedule for the Panther Marching Band Festival:
7:30 am..................Call-time for all Marching Tigers at RCHS
7:35 am..................Load equipment (keep small instruments out)
7:40 am...............Buses arrive at RCHS, exit 10
7:50 am...............Depart for the City Park
8:30 am...................Band performs at City Park: Olney Arts Fall Fun Festival (show shirt, department shorts, black-crew socks, marching band shoes. Department hoodie optional)
9:00 am...................Choirs perform at City Park: Olney Arts Fall Fun Festival
9:45 am...................Practice at RCHS (no instruments)
11:00 am...................Depart for Charleston, IL
12:15 pm.................Estimated arrival time at Eastern Illinois University
12:30 pm..................Lunch, provided by the Olney Music Boosters
1:00 pm................Change into uniforms and unpack equipment
1:40 pm................Mental warmups
2:00 pm................Move to warmup area
2:10 pm................Warmup on practice field
2:50 pm..................Move to the staging area/stadium gate
3:05 pm..................Arrive at staging area
3:10 pm......................Perform in the stadium
3:25 pm..................Return to the trailer to stow uniforms and equipment
4:00 pm..................Meet at in a designated location in the home stands
4:34 pm................Awards ceremony in the stadium
5:15 pm................Those departing on the bus meet in the parking lot (approximate time)
5:30 pm................Activity Bus (Early Bus) departs for Olney, IL
6:45 pm....................Estimated return time for the early bus to RCHS
8:30 pm................All remaining students meet at the bus (late bus)
8:40 pm................Bus (Late Bus) departs for Olney, IL
10:00 pm.................Estimated return time for Bus to RCHS
The packing list includes...
- Department shirts
- Department shorts or jazz bands
- Drillmaster or CrossOver shoes
- Black crew socks (tall black socks)
- Dinner money (concessions) or sack dinner
- Pants, comfortable shoes, and sweatshirt/jacket (optional)
- Canteen/cooler for water
Eat a healthy breakfast before reporting for the call-time.
The schedule for the Panther Marching Band Festival:
7:30 am..................Call-time for all Marching Tigers at RCHS
7:35 am..................Load equipment (keep small instruments out)
7:40 am...............Buses arrive at RCHS, exit 10
7:50 am...............Depart for the City Park
8:30 am...................Band performs at City Park: Olney Arts Fall Fun Festival (show shirt, department shorts, black-crew socks, marching band shoes. Department hoodie optional)
9:00 am...................Choirs perform at City Park: Olney Arts Fall Fun Festival
9:45 am...................Practice at RCHS (no instruments)
11:00 am...................Depart for Charleston, IL
12:15 pm.................Estimated arrival time at Eastern Illinois University
12:30 pm..................Lunch, provided by the Olney Music Boosters
1:00 pm................Change into uniforms and unpack equipment
1:40 pm................Mental warmups
2:00 pm................Move to warmup area
2:10 pm................Warmup on practice field
2:50 pm..................Move to the staging area/stadium gate
3:05 pm..................Arrive at staging area
3:10 pm......................Perform in the stadium
3:25 pm..................Return to the trailer to stow uniforms and equipment
4:00 pm..................Meet at in a designated location in the home stands
4:34 pm................Awards ceremony in the stadium
5:15 pm................Those departing on the bus meet in the parking lot (approximate time)
5:30 pm................Activity Bus (Early Bus) departs for Olney, IL
6:45 pm....................Estimated return time for the early bus to RCHS
8:30 pm................All remaining students meet at the bus (late bus)
8:40 pm................Bus (Late Bus) departs for Olney, IL
10:00 pm.................Estimated return time for Bus to RCHS
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