September 26th, 2022

2022 Effingham Marching Hearts Invitational on Oct. 8th

The 2022 Effingham Marching Hearts Invitational is scheduled for Saturday, October 8th in Effingham, IL. 

Please make sure to bring the following items:

• Department shirt
• Department shorts
• Black crew socks
• Drillmasters
• 1 quart water cooler filled with water
• Roughly $10-20 in cash for dinner & snacks (lunch is provided)
• Sweatshirt or light jacket, pants, & comfortable shoes. It gets cold!

The schedule for the day is as follows:
8:30 am.................Call-time at RCHS for all Marching Tigers
8:40 am.................Rehearsal in stadium 
11:00 am...............Load equipment on trailer
11:45 am...............Lunch provided by the Olney Music Boosters
12:20 pm...............Buses arrive at RCHS, circle drive
12:30 pm...............Depart for Effingham, IL
2:00 pm.................Arrive at Effingham High School (1301 W. Grove Ave)
2:10 pm.................Unload instruments, & equipment
3:30 pm.................Mental warm-up at trailer in full uniform
4:00 pm..................Meet event guides
4:10 pm..................Leave for physical warm-up
4:20 pm..................Physical warm-up
4:35 pm..................Move to musical warm-up
4:45 pm..................Musical warm-up
5:00 pm..................Move to staging area
5:10 pm..................Arrive at NW Gate
5:15 pm......................Perform at the Effingham Marching Inv.  (Class 4A)
5:30 pm..................Return to buses to load equipment & instruments
6:00 pm..................Free-time (concessions available for dinner)
7:30 pm..................Meet in the visitor stands stadium stands (dept. shirts)
8:30 pm..................Awards ceremony
9:15 pm..................Depart for Olney, IL
10:30 pm................Estimated arrival in Olney, IL

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