- Department shirts
- Department shorts
- Drillmaster or CrossOver shoes
- Black crew socks (tall black socks)
- Dinner money (concessions) or sack dinner
- Pants, comfortable shoes, and sweatshirt/jacket (optional)
- Canteen/cooler
The schedule for the Olney Fall Festival, Marching Eagles Band Classic, & the Marching Maroons Band Festival is as follows:
NOTE: Instruments need to be packed on the trailer the Friday before during class.
7:00 am..................Call-time for all Marching Tigers at RCHS
7:05 am..................Load equipment & change into uniforms (keep small instruments out)
7:45 am...............Visual block on the practice field
7:40 am...............Buses arrive at RCHS, exit 21
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
9:30 am...............Practice on practice field (no instruments) & restroom break
10:15 am.............Depart for Newton, IL
10:55 am.............Arrive at Newton High School
11:00 am.............Unload instruments, & equipment
11:30 am.............Lunch provided by the Olney Music Boosters & change
12:30 pm.............Mental warm-up at trailer in full uniform
1:10 pm...............Move to musical warm-up
1:15 pm...............Musical warm-up
1:30 pm...............Leave for physical warm-up
1:35 pm...............Physical warm-up
1:50 pm...............Move to staging area
2:00 pm...................Perform at the Newton Marching Eagles Classic (Class 4A)
2:15 pm...............Return to buses to load equipment & instruments
2:30 pm...............Exhibition performance by the NHS Marching Eagles
2:50 pm...............Awards ceremony
3:00 pm...............Depart for Robinson, IL
3:45 pm...............Arrive at Robinson High School
3:50 pm...............Unload instruments, & equipment
4:30 pm...............Dinner & change into uniforms
5:30 pm...............Mental warm-up in full uniform
6:10 pm...............Physical warm-up
6:25 pm...............Move to musical warm-up
6:35 pm...............Musical warm-up
6:50 pm...............Move to staging area
7:00 pm..................Perform at the Marching Maroons Band Festival (Class AA)
7:15 pm..............Return to buses to load equipment & instruments
8:00 pm...............Return to stadium to watch Newton & Robinson perform
8:15 pm...............Awards ceremony
9:00 pm...............Meet at buses
9:15 pm...............Buses depart for Olney, IL
10:15 pm................Estimated arrival time for buses to RCHS.