The RCHS Honors Wind Chamber Ensemble performs at the IHSA Organizational Music Contest on Saturday, April 12th. Performance attire is concert black-and-white (tuxes or dresses) that were issued out to the students at the beginning of the second term. Parents may sign out their sons & daughters following the performance that morning in the assigned homeroom.
Food and drinks are available in the cafeteria. Students may purchase food and drinks after performances.
The schedule for the day is as follows:
IHSA Organizational Contest Itinerary
7:45 AM.........................Call-time at RCHS
7:48-8:14 AM................Change into black-and-white concert attire
8:10 AM...............................Buses arrive at the RCHS circle drive
8:15-9:59 AM................Travel to Mt. Vernon High School
10:00-10:19 AM.................Check into home room and restroom break
10:20-10:24 AM.................Move to the warm-up area
10:25-10:54 PM............Honors Wind Chamber Ensemble warm-up
10:55-10:59 PM............Move to the performance venue
11:00-11:25 PM....................Honors Wind Chamber Ensemble performance
11:45-1:15 PM................Pack bus, travel to RCHS, unpack, and dismiss! (est. time)
CONTEST ADDRESS: Mt. Vernon High School is located at 11101 N. Wells Bypass in Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions at [email protected], or 618-393-2191 ext. 3157.
Food and drinks are available in the cafeteria. Students may purchase food and drinks after performances.
The schedule for the day is as follows:
IHSA Organizational Contest Itinerary
7:45 AM.........................Call-time at RCHS
7:48-8:14 AM................Change into black-and-white concert attire
8:10 AM...............................Buses arrive at the RCHS circle drive
8:15-9:59 AM................Travel to Mt. Vernon High School
10:00-10:19 AM.................Check into home room and restroom break
10:20-10:24 AM.................Move to the warm-up area
10:25-10:54 PM............Honors Wind Chamber Ensemble warm-up
10:55-10:59 PM............Move to the performance venue
11:00-11:25 PM....................Honors Wind Chamber Ensemble performance
11:45-1:15 PM................Pack bus, travel to RCHS, unpack, and dismiss! (est. time)
CONTEST ADDRESS: Mt. Vernon High School is located at 11101 N. Wells Bypass in Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions at [email protected], or 618-393-2191 ext. 3157.
ARRIVAL
Visiting schools, please plan to arrive no earlier than 2:15 pm on Friday and 8:00 am Saturday. The contest officially begins at 3:00pm Friday and 8:00 am Saturday. Keep in mind, this date is the start of MVTHS spring break, so you might encounter Friday traffic if you are a 3-4pm performer. All buses and vehicles should park in the back parking lot. Everyone (including bus drop off) should enter through the cafeteria entrance (Doors 50 and 51) by the ram statue. The front Fine Arts lot and entrance is for judges and workers only. There will be several signs posted outside to help with traffic. Please follow them! Schedules will be posted inside the main contest entrance (Door 3 and 4)
along with an information table with maps and workers to help with any questions.
FOOD SERVICE
The MVTHS Music Boosters will be operating food service/concessions in the
cafeteria. There will be a small variety of food, drinks, and snacks available including bottled water, sodas, various candy bars, cookies, and sour punch straw type candy. There will be breakfast foods as well for the morning arrivals. Students should eat and drink the items they purchase in the cafeteria. Food and Soda/Juice are not allowed into the performance theater, hallways, or classrooms.
PERCUSSION EQUIPMENT
The following list of percussion instruments will be available for use. If you need any other large percussion instruments, please let us know and we will do our best to make them available to you:
● Pearl concert snare drum (we also have two drum set snares)
● Pearl concert bass drum
● Tama drum set with 5 toms (This has our only hi-hat, so if you need hi-hat in addition to drum set, let us know)
● Concert toms of various sizes (let us know if you need specific sizes for your
performance)
● Ludwig timpani 32”, 29”, 26”, 23” (heads replaced this year and all have tuning gauges -
I will make sure the heads have been cleared before Friday)
● Glockenspiel
● Crash, ride, suspended, and china cymbals
● Assorted auxiliary instruments (if you have specific needs, please let us know and we
will let you know if it is available; if it is not, we will do our best to have it for you if you
cannot bring it yourself) - we only have one trap table, please plan to bring your own
if you need another one, or bring a towel to put on a stand as a substitute
○ Including, but not limited to: triangle, wind chimes, tambourine, cowbells, cabasa,
ratchet, castanets, bongos, slapstick, vibraslap, flexatone, maracas
○ If you need congas, please let us know, as we do not have them on campus, but
we can get them for your use
● Adams 1.5 octave chimes (brand new - 2 mallets available)
● Musser 1.6 octave chimes (not great, but if you really need that high F# or G it’s here)
● Tam-tam (on the smaller side, but decent)
● Premier 3.5 octave vibraphone (we are working on getting a band for the motor)
● Jenco 3 octave vibraphone (pretty rough shape - pedal doesn’t work well and no motor
available; use only if a second vibraphone is absolutely necessary)
● Adams 4.3 octave marimba (adjustable height - this will be the default if only one is
needed)
● Musser 4.3 octave marimba (height not adjustable, but instrument is good)
● Adams 3.5 octave xylophone (adjustable height - this will be the default if only one is
needed)
● Musser 3.5 octave xylophone (height not adjustable)
Visiting schools, please plan to arrive no earlier than 2:15 pm on Friday and 8:00 am Saturday. The contest officially begins at 3:00pm Friday and 8:00 am Saturday. Keep in mind, this date is the start of MVTHS spring break, so you might encounter Friday traffic if you are a 3-4pm performer. All buses and vehicles should park in the back parking lot. Everyone (including bus drop off) should enter through the cafeteria entrance (Doors 50 and 51) by the ram statue. The front Fine Arts lot and entrance is for judges and workers only. There will be several signs posted outside to help with traffic. Please follow them! Schedules will be posted inside the main contest entrance (Door 3 and 4)
along with an information table with maps and workers to help with any questions.
FOOD SERVICE
The MVTHS Music Boosters will be operating food service/concessions in the
cafeteria. There will be a small variety of food, drinks, and snacks available including bottled water, sodas, various candy bars, cookies, and sour punch straw type candy. There will be breakfast foods as well for the morning arrivals. Students should eat and drink the items they purchase in the cafeteria. Food and Soda/Juice are not allowed into the performance theater, hallways, or classrooms.
PERCUSSION EQUIPMENT
The following list of percussion instruments will be available for use. If you need any other large percussion instruments, please let us know and we will do our best to make them available to you:
● Pearl concert snare drum (we also have two drum set snares)
● Pearl concert bass drum
● Tama drum set with 5 toms (This has our only hi-hat, so if you need hi-hat in addition to drum set, let us know)
● Concert toms of various sizes (let us know if you need specific sizes for your
performance)
● Ludwig timpani 32”, 29”, 26”, 23” (heads replaced this year and all have tuning gauges -
I will make sure the heads have been cleared before Friday)
● Glockenspiel
● Crash, ride, suspended, and china cymbals
● Assorted auxiliary instruments (if you have specific needs, please let us know and we
will let you know if it is available; if it is not, we will do our best to have it for you if you
cannot bring it yourself) - we only have one trap table, please plan to bring your own
if you need another one, or bring a towel to put on a stand as a substitute
○ Including, but not limited to: triangle, wind chimes, tambourine, cowbells, cabasa,
ratchet, castanets, bongos, slapstick, vibraslap, flexatone, maracas
○ If you need congas, please let us know, as we do not have them on campus, but
we can get them for your use
● Adams 1.5 octave chimes (brand new - 2 mallets available)
● Musser 1.6 octave chimes (not great, but if you really need that high F# or G it’s here)
● Tam-tam (on the smaller side, but decent)
● Premier 3.5 octave vibraphone (we are working on getting a band for the motor)
● Jenco 3 octave vibraphone (pretty rough shape - pedal doesn’t work well and no motor
available; use only if a second vibraphone is absolutely necessary)
● Adams 4.3 octave marimba (adjustable height - this will be the default if only one is
needed)
● Musser 4.3 octave marimba (height not adjustable, but instrument is good)
● Adams 3.5 octave xylophone (adjustable height - this will be the default if only one is
needed)
● Musser 3.5 octave xylophone (height not adjustable)
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