The 2022 Effingham Marching Hearts Invitational is scheduled for Saturday, October 8th in Effingham, IL. 

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:
8:30 am.................Call-time at RCHS for all Marching Tigers
8:40 am.................Rehearsal in stadium 
11:00 am...............Load equipment on trailer
11:45 am...............Lunch provided by the Olney Music Boosters
12:20 pm...............Buses arrive at RCHS, circle drive
12:30 pm...............Depart for Effingham, IL
2:00 pm.................Arrive at Effingham High School (1301 W. Grove Ave)
2:10 pm.................Unload instruments, & equipment
3:30 pm.................Mental warm-up at trailer in full uniform
4:00 pm..................Meet event guides
4:10 pm..................Leave for physical warm-up
4:20 pm..................Physical warm-up
4:35 pm..................Move to musical warm-up
4:45 pm..................Musical warm-up
5:00 pm..................Move to staging area
5:10 pm..................Arrive at NW Gate
5:15 pm......................Perform at the Effingham Marching Inv.  (Class 4A)
5:30 pm..................Return to buses to load equipment & instruments
6:00 pm..................Free-time (concessions available for dinner)
7:30 pm..................Meet in the visitor stands stadium stands (dept. shirts)
8:30 pm..................Awards ceremony
9:15 pm..................Depart for Olney, IL
10:30 pm................Estimated arrival in Olney, IL

​7:00 am..................Call-time for all Marching Tigers at RCHS
7:05 am..................Load equipment & change into uniforms (keep small instruments out)

7:40 am...............Buses arrive at RCHS, circle drive
7:50 am...............Depart for the City Park
8:30 am...................Perform at City Park: Olney Arts Fall Fun Festival
9:30 am...............Return to RCHS
9:31 am...............Practice on practice field (no instruments) 
10:45 am..............Lunch provided by the Olney Music Boosters at RCHS
11:20 am..............Buses arrive at RCHS, circle drive
11:30 am..............Depart for EIU
12:45 pm..............Estimated arrival time at EIU
1:01 pm................Change into uniforms and unpack equipment.
1:35 pm................Move to warmup area B
1:45 pm................Warmup on practice field
2:25 pm................Move to the staging area/stadium gate
2:40 pm................Arrive at staging area
2:45 pm....................Perform in the stadium
3:00 pm................Ensemble pictures next to the stadium
3:14 pm................Return to the stadium
3:15 pm................PMB performs & awards ceremony in the stadium
4:15 pm................Travel back to the buses with equipment
4:30 pm................Load instruments, equipment, & uniforms
5:00 pm................Bus #1 departs for Olney, IL
6:15 pm....................Estimated return time for Bus #1 to RCHS
8:45 pm................All remaining students meet at bus #2
9:00 pm................Bus #2 departs for Olney, IL
10:30 pm.................Estimated return time for Bus #2 to RCHS

Ticket cost is $10 / adult and $5 for senior or student under age 14.  Programs will be virtual this year so therefore FREE! ​

RCHS Bands will provide the music for all band alumni. If you are an alum that no longer has an instrument, flip folder, or lyre, we would be happy to help provide those items. However, we are limited on equipment, so instruments are first come, first serve.

Band alumni will meet the Marching Tigers in the rehearsal hall (room 155). Please enter though the double doors located in the circle drive, or through the commons.

Alumni will march with the band to and from the building to the stadium, and will perform in the stands when the ball isn't in play (time-outs, and between quarters). Alumni may choose to march with the Marching Tigers during pregame. Our guests will be recognized during half-time, but will not perform during that time. 

Alumni from RCHS and ERHS, please wear an orange shirt. Alumni from WRHS wear blue.

The schedule for the night is as follows:

5:15 pm........................Call-time for RCHS ERHS, & WRHS band alumni in room 137 (rehearsal hall/exit 21)

6:20 pm........................Drumline leaves for the stadium

6:40 pm........................Marching Tigers march to the stadium

6:50 pm........................Pre-game (Star-Spangled Banner & Fight Song)

7:00 pm........................Game begins (stand-tunes & half-time show. 3rd quarter off for concessions)

9:20 pm........................Estimated end to the football game

To RSVP, please click HERE, or email [email protected].

For questions, please email at [email protected], or by calling (618) 393-2191 ext. 3153

The Marching Tigers are competing  in the Sage City Invitational in Monticello High School on Saturday, September 17th, 2022. The packing list includes...

• Department shirts
• Department shorts
• Drillmaster shoes
• Black crew socks (tall black socks)
• Dinner money (concessions) or sack dinner
• Pants, comfortable shoes, and sweatshirt/jacket (optional)
• 1 quarter water cooler filled with water

The schedule for 9/18:
11:00 am...............Call-time for all Marching Tigers
11:10 am..............Pack all equipment
11:50 am..............Buses arrive at the RCHS circle drive
12:00 pm................Depart for Monticello H.S. (1 Sage St., Monticello, IL)
2:30 pm................Unpack equipment
3:30 pm................Sing through music
4:00 pm................Meet guides
4:10 pm................Move to to Warmup Area B 
4:15 pm................Warmup
4:45 pm................Depart for stadium gate
5:00 pm................Perform in the stadium
5:15 pm................Travel back to the buses
5:30 pm................Free time (watch competition and visit concessions)
7:45 pm................Meet at the buses before departing as a band to stadium
8:15 pm................Awards ceremony in the stadium
8:45 pm................Estimated return time to the buses
9:00 pm................Departure for Olney
11:30 pm...............Estimated return time to RCHS

Class 2A = Mt. Zion, Jacksonville, Effingham, Mattoon & Richland County

The Olney, IL Christmas Parade is scheduled for Saturday, November 26th at 6:30 PM. The schedule for the combined Symphonic Band, Honors Wind Ensemble, and Color Guard is as follows:

5:30 PM.............Meet in the RCHS Music Department. Change into uniforms & load sousaphone and drum line cases into the small trailer.

5:55 PM.............Walk from the school to parade line-up at the intersection of Scott St. & East St.

6:10 PM.............Set in parade block at parade location

6:15 PM.............Drum major steps off the parade block, band warm-up, and run through the parade tunes.

6:30 PM.............Parade step-off

7:00 PM.............Estimated meet-up with buses near Eagleson's Car Dealership

7:15-7:30 PM....Estimated return to RCHS

I recommend that all students layer up underneath to stay warm. Color guard may wear any holiday garb. Winds & percussion will wear the marching band uniforms (don't forget your marching band shoes and black, crew socks!). Those wearing the marching band uniforms may string lights, tinsel, and wear a Santa's hat, elf hat, reindeer antlers, etc.