The packing list includes...
- 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 Panther Marching Band Festival:
9:00 am................Call-time for all Marching Tigers (revised 10/4 from 8:30)
9:15 am................Practice (with instruments & water) in the stadium. Drop empty cases off at the large trailer on the way to the stadium.
10:45 am..............Load instruments & equipment
11:00 am..............Lunch provided by the Olney Music Boosters at RCHS
11:25 am..............Buses arrive at RCHS, exit 21
11:35 am..............Load buses
11:45 am..............Depart for EIU
1:00 pm................Estimated arrival time at
1:00 pm................Change into uniforms and unpack equipment. Mental warmups, time providing.
2:00 pm................Mental warmup
2:20 pm................Move to warmup area
2:30 pm................Warmup on practice field
3:10 pm................Move to the staging area/stadium gate
3:20 pm................Arrive at staging area
3:30 pm....................Perform in the stadium
3:45 pm................Ensemble pictures next to the stadium
4:00 pm................Awards ceremony in the stadium
4:30 pm................Travel back to the buses with equipment
4:45 pm................Load instruments, equipment, & uniforms
5:30 pm................Bus #1departs for Olney, IL
7:00 pm....................Estimated return time for Bus #1 to RCHS
9:10 pm................All remaining students meet at bus #2
9:15 pm................Bus #2departs for Olney, IL
10:30 pm.................Estimated return time for Bus #2 to RCHS
Adults $10.00; Students and Senior Citizens $5,00. Children 5 and under are free. Festival Programs will be available for $5.00. Cash and check only.
I have listed the performance times of class 4A & class 5A below, for those that decide to watch the big marching bands perform.