The RCHS Honors Wind Ensemble performs at the IHSA Organizational Contest on Saturday, April 15th. Performance attire is concert black-and-white (tuxes or dresses) that were issued out to the students at the beginning of the term. Parents may sign out their sons & daughters following the last RCHS 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 7:00 AM.........................Call-time at RCHS 7:05-7:30 AM................Change into black-and-white concert attire 7:25 AM...............................Buses arrive at the RCHS circle drive 7:30-8:30 AM................Travel to Salem HS and settle into assigned homeroom 9:30-9:55 PM............Honors Wind Ensemble warm-up 10:00-10:25 PM....................Honors Wind Ensemble performance 10:40-12:00 PM................Pack bus, travel to RCHS, unpack, & dismiss! (est. time) CONTEST ADDRESS: Salem High School is located at 1200 N. Broadway St. in Salem, IL Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions at cjones@rccu1.net, or 618-393-2191 ext. 3157.  The RCHS Music Department participated in the 2023 IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest at Lawrenceville High School on Saturday, March 4th, 2023. This festival is an opportunity for student-musicians from several member schools to perform for adjudication. Richland County High School had a strong showing with the following results: BAND STUDENTS: Division I (Superior Rating) = 16 Division II (Excellent Rating) = 3 CHOIR STUDENTS: Division I (Superior Rating) = 3 Division II (Excellent Rating) = 2 The students that were rated Superior included Kyle Rennier, Ari Henby (three times), Wyatt Baker, Victoria Zwilling (twice), Jasper Tracy (twice), Evey Mason, Aidan Gomez, Ethan Zuber, Jordi Mendoza, Lila Balding, Brendan Kirkland, Riley Harrolle, Emma Wells (three times), James Benton (twice), Dee McKinney, Liam Ryden, Ridge Davis, Bailey Snyder, Ryan Zhu, Evan Irvin, Ethan Mehl, Molly Fehrenbacher (twice), River Logan, Sean Joyce (twice), Coy Shipman, Colleen Steber, Riley Harrolle, and Jack Williams. The students that were rated Excellent were Isaac Zwilling, Emma Bower, Carly Houchin, Jozalyn Houser, Coy Shipman, and River Logan, Evan Irvin (picture on the left) and Emma Wells (picture on the right) were selected as Best in Class (deemed the best performers judged by their respective adjudicators of the day’s performances).
The IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest for 2023 is nearly upon us! The 2023 IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest is scheduled for Saturday, March 4th, 2023 at Lawrenceville High School. The day's itinerary is as follows: 7:45 AM - Meet in the RCHS Rehearsal Hall 7:55 AM - Depart for Lawrenceville, IL 8:25 AM - Estimated arrival at Lawrenceville High School 2:30 PM - Estimated departure from Lawrenceville for Olney 3:00 PM - Estimated return to RCHS Students may sign-out with a guardian following performances. Please sign-out with Mr. Jones (band) or Mr. Weitkamp (choir) before leaving. The address for Lawrence High School is 2200 James St, Lawrence, IL 62439. Packing List: Performance attire (you do not have to wear the concert black-and-white attire, but dress attire is required), instrument, extra reeds, musical accessories, sheet music, lunch money. We will not leave Lawrenceville High School until the event is over; however, students may buy lunch from Lawrenceville Band Boosters. Performance Fees: Accompanied solos = $20 Unaccompanied solos = $10 Duet = $9 (per student) Trio = $8 (per student) Quartet = $7 (per student) Quintet = $6 (per student) Each participating student is required to pay the performance fee. Students & parents may elect to use funds that have built up in the student's band activity account. The due date for fees is March 3rd. Please visit https://www.cuttime.net for and log in for balance and invoices. 8:40 AM - Victoria Zwilling (401 Piano) - Performance Room: 117 - Unaccompanied - 1 student(s) 8:50 AM - Henby, et al (601 Flute Ensemble) - Performance Room: 304 - Unaccompanied - 2 student(s) 9:00 AM - Joyce, et al (653 Mixed Ensemble) - Performance Room: 204 - Unaccompanied - 8 student(s) 9:00 AM - Victoria Zwilling (105 Oboe) - Performance Room: 404 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchle - 1 student(s) 9:20 AM - Coy Shipman (501 Jazz & Musical Theatre) - Performance Room: 201 - Accompanied by Sherri Snider - 1 student(s) 9:20 AM - Gomez, et al (610 Trombone Ensemble) - Performance Room: 308 - Unaccompanied - 4 student(s) 9:30 AM - River Logan (502 Arias and Art Songs) - Performance Room: 201 - Accompanied by Sherri Snider - 1 student(s) 9:50 AM - Natalie Zwilling (401 Piano) - Performance Room: 117 - Unaccompanied - 1 student(s) 9:50 AM - Henby, et al (601 Flute Ensemble) - Performance Room: 404 - Unaccompanied - 3 student(s) 9:50 AM - Brendan Kirkland (114 Eb Alto Saxophone) - Performance Room: 304 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchle - 1 student(s) 10:00 AM - Zwilling, et al (608 Trumpet Ensemble) - Performance Room: 308 - Unaccompanied - 2 student(s) 10:00 AM - Harrolle , et al (702 Clarinet Choir) - Performance Room: 402 - Unaccompanied - 2 student(s) 10:20 AM - Natalie Zwilling (105 Oboe) - Performance Room: 404 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchle - 1 student(s) 10:40 AM - Emma Wells (109 Bb Clarinet) - Performance Room: 304 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchle - 1 student(s) 10:50 AM - Bailey Snyder (102 Flute) - Performance Room: 304 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchle - 1 student(s) 10:50 AM - Benton, et al (705 Percussion Choir) - Performance Room: 117 - Unaccompanied - 4 student(s) 11:00 AM - Zhu, et al (607 Mixed Wind Ensemble) - Performance Room: 404 - Unaccompanied - 2 student(s) 11:10 AM - Carly Houchin (102 Flute) - Performance Room: 404 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchle - 1 student(s) 12:10 PM - Jozalyn Houser (109 Bb Clarinet) - Performance Room: 402 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchle - 1 student(s) 12:30 PM - Kyle Rennier (114 Eb Alto Saxophone) - Performance Room: 308 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchle - 1 student(s) 12:40 PM - Ari Henby (102 Flute) - Performance Room: 308 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchle - 1 student(s) 12:40 PM - Sean Joyce (501 Jazz & Musical Theatre) - Performance Room: 204 - Accompanied by Sherri Snider - 1 student(s) 12:50 PM - Wyatt Baker - Performance Room: 304 - Unaccompanied - 1 student(s) 1:00 PM - Molly Fehrenbacher (501 Jazz & Musical Theatre) - Performance Room: 302 - Accompanied by Sherri Snider - 1 student(s) 1:10 PM - Evan Irvin (115 Bb Tenor Saxophone) - Performance Room: 404 - Unaccompanied - 1 student(s) 1:20 PM - Ethan Mehl (204 Baritone/Euphonium) - Performance Room: 308 - Unaccompanied - 1 student(s) FROM THE COORDINATOR: "I just realized that it would be more efficient to use the rooms we have differently and not have to move a bunch of percussion equipment. That being said, we will be moving room 505 to 117. Every event listed as being in room 505 will now be performing in room 117." 
 Bottom Row: Jasper Tracy, Ari Henby, Carly Houchin, Evey Mason, Bailey Snyder, Victoria Zwilling, Natalie Zwilling, Riley Harrolle, & Emma Wells 2nd Row: Callista Ridgely, Evan Irvin, Ryan Zhu, Brendan Kirkland, Kyle Rennier, Addison Ridgely, Emma Bower, & Isaac Zwilling 3rd Row: Wyatt Baker, Alex Schneider, Ethan Mehl, Ethan Zuber, Lila Balding, Aidan Gomez, Jordi Mendoza, & John Slater Top Row (center): Dee McKinney & Liam Ryden Not in picture: Jozalyn Houser, Ridge Davis & James Benton Illinois High School Association has selected the Richland County High School Pep Band to play at the 2023 Boys Basketball State Tournament at the State Farm Center on the campus of the University of Illinois on Friday, March 10th. The 30-piece Pep Band will comprise of the Honors Wind Ensemble and select members from the Symphonic Band. The band was selected to be the official IHSA Boys State Basketball Pep Band from an audition process that included bands throughout the state of Illinois. 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 Champaign for restroom breaks. 2023 IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals Schedule: 6:00 am...........................................................Call-time at RCHS 6:05 am....................................................................Buses arrive 6:15 am................................................Depart for Champaign, IL 8:00 am...............................................I-57 Rest Stop at Pesotum 8:30 am.......................................Arrive at the State Farm Center 9:30 am.............................................................Band ready in the Arena 10:00 am.............................................Game #7 (3A Semi-Finals) 11:15 am..........................................................Band ready in the Arena 11:45 am.............................................Game #8 (3A Semi-Finals) 1:30 pm (estimated)......................................................Big Lunch 2:00 pm.............................................................Band ready in the Arena 2:30 pm.............................................Game #9 (4A Semi-Finals) 3:45 pm.............................................................Band ready in the Arena 4:15 pm.............................................Game #10 (4A Semi-Finals) 6:00 pm..................................................Load & depart for Olney 6:15 pm.................................................Brief stop at McDonald's 9:30 pm................................................Estimated arrival at RCHS FOOD AND DRINK RESTRICTIONS Schools will not be allowed to bring in any food or drink to the State Farm Center. This will be strictly monitored and enforced, and we expect your band will cooperate with this requirement of the State Farm Center. Bands may visit the concessions stands. Each time a band member enters or leaves the pep band seating area, the Official Band Pass must be shown to the usher on duty. Ushers are instructed not to allow access to the pep band seating area to any unauthorized person(s). This is strictly enforced. Session 4 (Friday, March 10) 10:00 a.m. — Class 3A semi-final [Game No. 7] 11:45 a.m. (Approx.) — Class 3A semi-final [Game No. 8] Session 5 (Friday, March 10) 2:30 p.m. — Class 4A semi-final [Game No.9] 4:15 p.m. (Approx.) — Class 4A semi-final [Game No. 10]   Click HERE for bus and van seat assignment. Students must sign into their rccu1.net account for access to this document. Click on the tabs to navigate between the roster, the bus seating chart, and the van seating chart.
There have been a couple of updates pertaining to the Basketball Band schedule for the 2023 season:
1) The game originally schedule for Thursday, February 9th has been moved to Wednesday, February 8th. This impacts those within the Orange Basketball Band. 2) The Honors Wind Ensemble has been selected to perform at the IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals on Friday, March 10th, 2023 on the campus of the University of Illinois. In addition to the members of the Honors Wind Ensemble, select students from the Symphonic Band will be invited to perform as a way to fill out sections. More details coming within the next week or two.
The RCHS Honors Wind Ensemble performs at the 2022 IHSA Organizational Contest on Saturday, April 9th. Performance attire is concert black-and-white (tuxes or dresses) that were issued out to the students at the beginning of the term. Parents may sign out their sons & daughters following the last RCHS 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 7:00 AM.......................Call-time at RCHS 7:05-7:25 AM...............Change into black-and-white concert attire 7:20 AM...........................Buses arrive at exit 22 at RCHS 7:30-9:00 AM................Travel to Centralia HS and settle into assigned homeroom 9:30-9:55 PM..................Honors Wind Ensemble warm-up 10:00-10:25 PM...............Honors Wind Ensemble performance 10:40-12:30 PM..............Pack bus, travel to RCHS, unpack, & dismiss! (est. time) CONTEST ADDRESS: Centralia High School is located at 2100 E. Calumet St., Centralia, IL Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions at cjones@rccu1.net, or 393-2101 ext. 3153.    
The IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest for 2022 is nearly upon us! I have not yet received the performance times and location for each entry for Saturday, March 5th. Once we receive the performance times from IHSA, you may find performance times & locations at the bottom of this email. The day's itinerary is as follows: 7:50 AM - Meet in the RCHS Rehearsal Hall 8:00 AM - Depart for Lawrenceville, IL 8:25 AM - Estimated arrival at Lawrenceville High School 2:30 PM - Estimated departure from Lawrenceville for Olney 3:00 PM - Estimated return to RCHS Students may sign-out with a guardian following performances. Please sign-out with Mr. Jones (band) or Mr. Weitkamp (choir) before leaving. The address for Lawrence High School is 2200 James St, Lawrence, IL 62439. Packing List: Performance attire (you do not have to wear the concert black-and-white attire, but dress attire is required), instrument, extra reeds, musical accessories, sheet music, lunch money. We will not leave Lawrenceville High School until the event is over; however, students may buy lunch from Lawrenceville Band Boosters. Performance Fees: Accompanied solos = $20 Unaccompanied solos = $10 Duet = $9 (per student) Trio = $8 (per student) Quartet = $7 (per student) Quintet = $6 (per student) Each participating student is required to pay the performance fee. Students & parents may elect to use funds that have built up in the student's band activity account. If this is the case, payment will show $0 and the fee will be deducted from the account balance automatically. The due date for fees is March 1st. Please visit https://www.cuttime.net for and log in for balance and invoices. 9:00 AM - Victoria Zwilling (401 Piano) - Performance Room: 117 - Unaccompanied - 1 student(s) 9:00 AM - Az Tracy (102 Flute) - Performance Room: 404 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 9:20 AM - Anderson , et al (612 Mixed Brass Ensemble) - Performance Room: 304 - Unaccompanied - 4 student(s) 9:20 AM - James Benton (305 Snare Drum) - Performance Room: 505 - Unaccompanied - 1 student(s) 9:30 AM - Austin Vaughn (502 Bass Solo) - Performance Room: 204 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 9:50 AM - Kyle Rennier (114 Eb Alto Saxophone) - Performance Room: 308 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 10:00 AM - Ryan Zhu (114 Eb Alto Saxophone) - Performance Room: 308 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 10:20 AM - Victoria Zwilling (105 Oboe) - Performance Room: 402 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 10:30 AM - Kali Hinterscher (102 Flute) - Performance Room: 402 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 10:40 AM - Slater, et al (612 Mixed Brass Ensemble) - Performance Room: 308 - Unaccompanied - 3 student(s) 10:50 AM - Harrolle , et al (602 Clarinet Ensemble) - Performance Room: 402 - Unaccompanied - 5 student(s) 11:20 AM - Jozalyn Houser (109 Bb Clarinet) - Performance Room: 404 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 11:40 AM - Rylan Craig (502 Bass Solo) - Performance Room: 117 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 12:10 PM - Summer Culpepper (501 Treble Solo) - Performance Room: 201 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 12:30 PM - Jase Rusk (114 Eb Alto Saxophone) - Performance Room: 308 - Unaccompanied - 1 student(s) 12:50 PM - Carly Houchin (102 Flute) - Performance Room: 404 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 1:10 PM - Evan Irvin (116 Eb Baritone Saxophone) - Performance Room: 308 - Unaccompanied - 1 student(s) 1:10 PM - Hinterscher , et al (605 Mixed Woodwind Ensemble) - Performance Room: 404 - Unaccompanied - 3 student(s) 1:20 PM - Austin Vaughn (107 Bassoon) - Performance Room: 402 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 1:40 PM - Emma Wells (109 Bb Clarinet) - Performance Room: 404 - Accompanied by Joyce Fritchley - 1 student(s) 
Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus within the continental United States of America, IHSA has cancelled the 2020 Organizational Contest throughout the state on April 18th, 2020.
The IHSA Solo & Ensemble Contest for 2020 is nearly upon us! I have not yet received the performance times and location for each entry for Saturday, March 7th. Once we receive the performance times from IHSA, you may find performance times & locations at the bottom of this email. The day's itinerary is as follows: 7:30 AM - Meet in the RCHS Rehearsal Hall 7:40 AM - Depart for Lawrenceville, IL 8:15 AM - Estimated arrival at Lawrenceville High School 3:00 PM - Depart Lawrenceville for Olney 3:30 PM - Estimated return to RCHS Students may sign-out with a guardian following performances. Please sign-out with Mr. Jones (band) or Mr. Weitkamp (choir) before leaving. The address for Lawrence High School is 2200 James St, Lawrence, IL 62439. Packing List: Performance attire (you do not have to wear the concert black-and-white attire, but dress attire is required), instrument, extra reeds, musical accessories, sheet music, lunch money. We will not leave Lawrenceville High School until the event is over; however, students may buy lunch from Lawrenceville Band Boosters. Performance Fees: Accompanied solos = $20 Unaccompanied solos = $10 Duet = $9 (per student) Trio = $8 (per student) Quartet = $7 (per student) Quintet = $6 (per student) Each participating student is required to pay the performance fee. Students & parents may elect to use funds that have built up in the student's band activity account. If this is the case, payment will show $0 and the fee will be deducted from the account balance automatically. The due date for fees is February 21st. Please visit https://www.cuttime.net for and log in for balance and invoices. PERFORMANCE TIMES WERE POSTED ON MARCH 2ND AT 10 AM.   2020 RESULTS:
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