The 2023 LIC Basketball Band is scheduled for Saturday, January 21st at Richland County High School. Currently, we have 96 student-musicians between the two basketball bands. Should students in one band also wish to play with the other band, they are more than welcome! However, I must stress that the student or students must still perform at both of their assigned games. 

Percussionists, please bring their own sticks. We have three drum set players per band (six total). These students will take turns performing over the course of the two games at which they are assigned to play.

The remaining percussionists may play mallets or auxiliary percussion, whichever they prefer. In fact, when not playing, drum set players are also welcome to play a mallet instrument or auxiliary percussion. Drum sets are provided. 

Mr. Ritter from Casey-Westfield High School will provide folders for students the day of the event (A BIG THANK you to Mr. Ritter!). One quick note. Students need to leave the music at RCHS for directors to collect. There will be two students per music stand/music. Each of the folders has pep music as well as the school songs for each school. Music stands are provided by RCHS. 

The date of the tournament is Saturday, January 21st. The event is held at Richland County High School.  The address is 1200 E. Laurel St. Olney, IL. Rehearsal begins at 11:00 a.m. Please arrive at 10:30 or 10:40 a.m. RCHS students, please arrive at 10 a.m.

Rehearsal will last 90-minutes or less. We perform before the 1st game and during half-times and between games, alternating bands. We will have pizza between 4:00 and 4:30 p.m.

Buses and RCHS students should park in the parking lot North of the high school (between the stadium and the high school..  Students may be dropped off at the circle drive. The band room is located on the circle drive.  If you have any additional questions regarding the LIC pep band, feel free to contact me. 

Please see the schedule below:

Rehearsal:  
Basketball Band #1 (band room)
Directors: Mr. Jones, Mrs. Setzer, Mr. Ritter, & Dr. Pruiett

Basketball Band #2 (theater)
Directors: Mrs. Tohill, Mr. Brickner, & Mr. Ridlen

Storage for Cases (Choir Room)

Directors’ Room (Green Room between the band room and the theater - no students)

Performances at Games:         
Each band will perform before and at half-time of two games.

Game 1 (Richland County vs. Marshall at 1:00):  Basketball Band #1 (directed by Mr. Jones & Mrs. Setzer)

Game 2 (Lawrenceville vs. Robinson at 2:30):  Basketball Band #2 (directed by Mrs. Tohill & Mr. Brickner)

Game 3 (Casey-Westfield vs. Paris at 4:00):  Basketball Band #1 (directed by Mr. Ritter & Dr. Pruiett) 

Game 4 (Newton vs. Mt. Carmel at 5:30):  Basketball Band #2 (directed by Mr. Ridlen & ?)

CONCESSIONS MENU:

        Popcorn………………..……….$1
        Water………………….…….….$1
        Soda………………….…….…..$2
        Hot dog……………….…….….$2
        Chips & Cheese…………....…$2
        Candy……….…….……….…..$2
        Slice of Pizza……………….…$2
        Nachos with Taco Meat……...$5

Congratulations to those that were selected to participate in the LIC Pep Band Conference on Saturday, January 22nd, 2022! You may find the roster of participating students listed below, as well as the assignments for the LIC Pep Bands.

The LIC Conference is held at Casey-Westfield High School this year. Rehearsal begins at 1:00 p.m. The call-time for that day is 11:00 am in the RCHS rehearsal hall. Buses arrive at 11:00 am at RCHS circle drive.  We depart for Casey, IL at 11:10 am. Lunch is at Dairy Queen when we pull into town, so please bring money or a sack lunch. We arrive at the host school no later than 12:45 pm. Rehearsals begin at 1 pm.

Band 1 & Band 2 perform before games and during all breaks. Pizza & drinks are provided between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m at no cost to the students. Concessions is also available, for those that wish to bring cash.

Performance attire:

• Jeans
• Tennis shoes with socks
• Department shirt
• Basketball band jersey (unless all have a department shirt)

Required items:

• Instrument
• Valve oil or slide grease
• Extra reeds
• Money for dinner at concessions
• Jacket or coat

Rehearsal locations:
Band 1 (gym stage or bleachers)
Band 2 (band room)

Each band will perform before and at half-time of two games:
Band 1 will play the first and 3rd games.
Band 2 will play at the second and fourth games.

Historically, the game times are as follows (take with a grain of salt):
Game 1 = 3pm
Game 2 = 4:30pm
Game 3 = 6pm
Game 4 = 7:30pm

I anticipate a return time to Richland County High School at around 11pm.