Our first away performance is nearly upon us! The Marching Tigers perform at the Jasper County Fall Festival Parade in Newton, IL the morning Saturday, September 10th. Immediately after the parade, one bus will return to the high school, and the other will travel to Eastern Illinois University to join the Panther Marching Band in Charleston, IL. We are awaiting details from the host director. While the parade in Jasper County is a graded performance, the event at EIU is strictly voluntary. More details regarding the EIU portion of the trip coming soon.

Students, please make sure to bring the following items:

• Department shirt
• Department shorts
• Black crew socks
• Marching band uniform
• Drillmasters
• Light jacket/sweatshirt (optional)
• Sun screen
• 1 quart water cooler
• Dinner money (fast food in Charleston)

The schedule for the day is as follows:
8:00 am..................Call-time at RCHS in department shirt, shorts, black socks, and marching band shoes

8:05 am..................Load instruments & equipment on the trailer
8:20 am..................Buses arrive
8:30 am..................Depart for Newton, IL (201 Westend Ave, Newton, IL)
9:00 am..................Estimated arrival at Newton High School & unload
10:00 am................The Jasper County Fall Festival Parade begins
10:45 am................Estimated end of parade (E. Washington St. & N. 3rd Ave.)
11:00 am................Restroom break, lunch, & load instruments.
12:15 pm................Depart for RCHS or EIU (Mr. Jones, & DMs stay for awards)
1:00 pm..................The early bus returns to RCHS

1:30ish pm..................Late bus leaves for Charleston, IL. 
2:15 pm..................Arrival at EIU. Buses unload in the O'Brien Parking Lot and move to your parking location (located nearby)

2:40 pm..................Rehearsal with the Panther Marching Band at O'Brien Field
3:30 pm..................Conclude rehearsal and relocate to Doudna Fine Arts Center
3:45 pm..................Pizza and drinks at Doudna Fine Arts Center!
5:30 pm..................Mass band members in the O'Brien stands and PMB. Members staged under the north scoreboard

5:40 pm..................PMB Pre-Game Show!
6:00 pm..................Kickoff vs Chattanooga!
7:15ish pm..................Halftime Mass Band Performance. Order is:

•       Hall of Fame Introductions by Athletics
•       March onto the field
•       America the Beautiful
•       Salute to Freedom
  
•       God Bless the USA (PMB performs - H.S. students presents flags)

9:30ish pm..................Game concludes and FIREWORKS!

11:00ish pm.................Estimated return time for the late bus

Some notes:
Dinner - Pizza dinner and drinks are provided to PMB / Mass Band members free of charge!

Attire for EIU - SUMMER UNIFORMS

Snacks - There will be a concession stand available throughout the game. Prices are standard collegiate pricing (someplace between high school pricing and professional sports / concert pricing)

The Marching Tigers will perform the Star Spangled Banner, School Song, and the first movement to the show this Friday at 6:30 PM in the RCHS stadium.

The call-time for all Marching Tigers is 5:30 PM in the rehearsal hall. Please eat a healthy dinner and drink plenty of water prior to the call-time.

The event host is the athletic department, and is intended to showcase members of the dance team, cheerleaders, fall teams, and the Marching Tigers.

The performance uniform for Meet the Tigers is the summer uniform (department shirt, department shorts, black crew socks, and Drillmaster shoes/Crossovers). Students, please do not wear the old show shirts or section shirts. Those of you that participate in a fall sport (football, cheer leading, dance, tennis...) will wear your sport/cheer uniforms instead of our summer uniform. I anticipate the band will be done by 7-7:30 PM at the latest.

Just a reminder that the RCHS Bands performance & events calendar may be found at https://www.rchsbands.net/2022-2023-calendar.html