Illinois High School Association has selected the Richland County High School Pep Band to play at the 2019 Boys Basketball State Tournament at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday, March 9th. The 40-piece Pep Band will comprise of the Honors Wind Ensemble and select members from the Symphonic Band. The band was selected from an audition process that included the top pep bands throughout the state of Illinois.

The tentative pep band roster may be found at the bottom of this post. Members of the Honors Wind Ensemble were selected, plus seniors in the Symphonic Band, and select underclassmen to fill out a few sections within the pep band. Unfortunately, due to the restriction on band size, not everyone in the Symphonic Band is able to participate.

Uniform: blue jeans, tennis shoes, department shirt, band hockey jerseys. Students may wear the department sweatshirt.

Packing List: money (lunch & dinner), coat, instruments, & extra reeds. OPTIONAL: pillow and a blanket for the bus ride. We will make brief stops on the way to and from Peoria for restroom breaks. 

2019 IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals Schedule:
5:00 am...........................................................Call-time at RCHS
5:15 am........................................................Depart for Peoria, IL
9:30 am.....................Arrive at the Peoria Civic Center (Peoria, IL)
10:00 am...........................................................................Snacks
10:30 am...........................................Band ready in the Carver Arena
11:00 am.....................................................1A Third Place Game
12:30 pm...........................................Band ready in the Carver Arena
1:00 pm..................................................1A Championship Game
2:30 pm........................................................................Big Lunch
5:00 pm.............................................Band ready in the Carver Arena
5:30 pm.......................................................2A Third Place Game
6:45 pm.............................................Band ready in the Carver Arena
7:15 pm..................................................2A Championship Game
9:00 pm..................................................Load & depart for Olney
9:15 pm..................................................Brief stop at McDonald's
1:00 am................................................Estimated arrival at RCHS

[UPDATED 2/21/19]


2019 IHSA Pep Band Roster:

FLUTES
Haven Fryman
Kali Hinterscher
Sara Roark

CLARINETS
Katie Campbell
Natalie Doan
Kendra Jellison
Alex Keys
Desiree Kurtz
Ethan Steber

BASS CLARINET
Colby Steber

ALTO SAXOPHONES
RJ Englert
Noah McCorvey
Dylan Seessengood

TENOR SAXOPHONES
Jase Rusk

BARI SAXOPHONE:
Max McVicker

TRUMPETS
Adrian Bower
Ryan Drummond
Taylor Klingler
Jacob Pampe
Jillian Tyler

MELLOPHONES
Sydney Berkshire
Delaney Shryock

TROMBONES
Nick Baker
Alice Chenault
Ben Hout
Bradley Sample
Garrett Wright

BARITONE
Mac Alexander
Austin Vaughn

SOUSAPHONES
Max Balding
Braeden Jackson
Jake Wheeler

PERCUSSION
Rylan Craig - bells
Colby Garrard - keyboard
Joshua Hartleroad - set
Allison Howard - set
Maddi McKinney - bells

After consulting with Mr. Wheeler & Mr. Anselment, I have decided to cancel the band performances for the January 3rd, and January 5th games. I have also talked to Mr. Weitkamp about a potential performance for select choir students to perform the national anthem during those games.

The band performs on Friday, January 4th for the Marshall vs. RCHS basketball game at Richland County High School. This is now a combined performance between the Orange and Black Bands. Please contact Mr. Jones at cjones@rccu1.net or via Remind101 should you have an unavoidable conflict with January 4th.

The reason for combining the bands for the January 4th game, and removing the bands' participation for the January 3rd and 5th games is to allow the students more time to enjoy the winter break. The band performs with the dance teams at boys basketball games. The dance team is performing on the January 4th, which is why the band is performing on January 4th.

Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.

https://www.rchsbands.net/2018-2019-calendar.html