Daily Bulletin for 9/23

REHEARSAL COUNTDOWN = 4

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 (Homecoming & Alumni Band Night)..........Newton vs. Richland County Home Varsity Football Game (RCHS stadium)

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024..........Olney Fall Festival: City Park (last Sat of September) & the Newton Marching Eagles Band Classic in Newton

PERFORMANCE CALENDAR      |     REHEARSAL CALENDAR

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TUESDAY'S HOURLY WEATHER FORECAST:

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Updated 9/23/24 at 10:15 a.m.

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MONDAY (9/23): Review the judges comments, scores, and video. Review sets 28A-34A.  <OBJECTIVE MET>


TUESDAY (9/24): Rehearse the memorized warm-ups, time-out tunes, the Star Spangled Banner, Los Dos Bandidos, Wanted Dead or Alive, & Silverado. -INDOOR REHEARSAL-

Colorguard need not report until 8 a.m.


WEDNESDAY (9/25):  Clean sets 1-34A. Review sets 34A-36A. Learn sets 36A-40.

• 7:00-7:19...............................Winds, drumline, and colorguard march in Parade Block A to the field, stretch.
• 7:20-7:39................................Clean sets 1-4A, 4A-9A, 9A-15A (no instruments)
• 7:40-7:59................................Clean sets 15A-19A, 23A, 23A-25A, 25A-28A (no instruments)
• 8:00-8:24................................Clean sets 28A-31A, 31A-34A. Review sets 34A-36A (no instruments)
• 8:25-8:44................................Learn sets 36A-40 (no instruments)
• 8:45-9:04................................Run sets 1-36A (with instruments)
• 9:05-9:09.................................March in Parade Block A back to the school
• 9:10-9:15..................................Stow instruments, guard equipment, drill charts, coordinates, lanyards, water bottles, Drillmasters, Crossovers, and/or StylePLUS shoes.

THURSDAY (9/26):  Clean sets 1-34A. Review sets 34A-36A. Learn sets 36A-40.

• 7:00-7:39...............................Winds and drumline only (no colorguard) in your chairs in the band room. You need your tuners, time-out tunes, the Star Spangled Banner, Inside the Circle book, and show music. Our primary focus is Silverado.
  
• 7:40-7:44...............................Put away tuners, and music, before making your way (carefully avoiding buses) to the grass on the circle drive. 
  
• 7:45-7:59...............................Rehearse Full Volume, Los Dos Bandidos, Wanted Dead or Alive, and Silverado in a circle.
• 8:00-8:04...............................Colorguard joins the band. Parade Block B to the practice field. No tuners or music.
• 8:05-8:19................................Getting on and off the field at Newton (with instruments)
• 8:20-8:54................................Clean sets 1-40 (with instruments)
  
• 8:55-8:59.................................March in Parade Block B back to the school
  
• 9:00-9:07..................................Stow instruments, guard equipment, drill charts, coordinates, lanyards, water bottles, Drillmasters, Crossovers, and/or StylePLUS shoes.
  

 

• 2:30-5:30................................Colorguard only evening rehearsal. The colorguard is exempt from 7:00-7:59 rehearsals on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

If you have musician earplugs, I recommend wearing them for this rehearsal. No music and tuners outside, please (except for Alex and Hadley). Colorguard need not report until 8 a.m.


FRIDAY (9/27): Clean sets 1-40. Learn 40-43A. -STADIUM-

• 7:00-7:19...............................Winds, drumline, and colorguard march in Parade Block A to the field, stretch, and run a lap.
• 7:20-7:49................................Learn sets 40-43A (no instruments)
• 7:50-8:19................................Clean sets 28A-40 (with instruments)
• 8:20-8:39................................Clean sets 15A-28A (with instruments)
• 8:40-8:49................................Clean sets 1-15A (with instruments)
• 8:50-9:04................................Run sets 1-36A (with instruments)
• 9:05-9:09.................................March in Parade Block A back to the school
• 9:10-9:15..................................Stow instruments, guard equipment, drill charts, coordinates, lanyards, water bottles, Drillmasters, Crossovers, and/or StylePLUS shoes.

PLEASE NOTE: The schedule above is a plan that may change, based on the weather, and how the band is performing on any given rehearsal. Consider this a pacing-guide for the ensemble, and not a stead-fast schedule. The schedule is subject to change as needed.

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NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• MATTRESS FUNDRAISER PARENT/GUARDIAN MEETING: October 1st at 6 p.m. in the RCPAC. Students receive 1 hour of band personal time if a parent/guardian attends in-person, or 30 minutes if a parent/guardian attends via Facebook live. Sorry, kiddos. No extra time is awarded should more than one parent/guardian report to the meeting.
• THE PRESIDENT'S OWN: The United States Marine Band (arguably one of the best performing concert bands in the world) performs Sunday, 6 Oct Urbana, IL at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign at 3 p.m. If there is enough interest, we would leave at noon and return around 8 p.m. Students would need to provide only dinner money. Fill out the interest form by clicking HERE if you would like to attend.
  
• DRUMLINE PERFORMANCE: Drumline performance for the boys soccer senior night is October 7th. The call-time is 3:15 p.m. in the RCHS band room. The location is currently at the middle school; however, it may be moved to OCC. The performance time is 4 p.m. Performers will be back by 5 p.m.
• THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE: Wednesday is a 2 p.m. dismissal.
• HOMECOMING GAME & RCHS, ERHS, & WRHS BAND ALUMNI NIGHT: That's right, folks! The game is this week! Should you know of any alum, please invite them to the game! To attend, all they need to do is fill out the form by clicking HERE. The form is embedded within the webpage.
• WATER BOTTLE: Bring your water bottle to Friday's rehearsal. You need your bottles for the competition on Saturday. 
• BAND STANDS: The band is on the track this game. There will be bleachers set up for the band. More on this later. 
• BPT: Students may not claim Band Personal Time (BPT) the day before or the day of a performance. Sorry, folks. no BPT Thursday or Friday of this week.
• ILMEA LESSONS: Click HERE for ILMEA lesson times.
• LUNCH: The music department is open for lunch this week, except Tuesday.
• BUS & VAN SEATING: Click HERE to view the seating chart. You must be logged into your RCCU1 account on your browser to view. Click on the tabs on the bottom of the screen to toggle between the van and the bus.
• PLAYING TEST #4: Wisconsin from memory. Upload the video onto Google Drive, and share the file on Schoology. The due date is Friday, September 27th.
• 2025 MARCHING BAND LEADERSHIP APPLICATION: Click HERE to fill out the 2025 RCHS Marching Tigers Leadership Application

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OLD ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• GREEN ROOM: Color guard, please use the restrooms to change. The Green Room needs to be accessible to all students, per the administration. 
• ILMEA AUDITIONS:
  • Jazz = Lila Balding, Ethan Zuber, Callista Ridgely, Addison Ridgely, Jereme Higginbotham, Maddison Syers, & Camden Poland
  • Band = Ethan Zuber, Alex Schneider, Lila Balding, Ethan Zuber, Callista Ridgely, Hadley Heath, Maddison Syers, & Conner Akers
  • Orchestra = Jereme Higginbotham
  • ILMEA JAZZ RESOURCES: Clicking HERE, and scrolling down until you find the DISTRICT 5 (under the A column) row.
  • ILMEA BAND/ORCHESTRA RESOURCES: Music may be found under "Student Resources" and "Sheet Music"
• RCHS MARCHING TIGERS DRUMLINE FUNDRAISER: Friday, September 20th from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the RCHS circle drive. There will be a bake sale and t-shirt orders taken that night as well.
• Just a reminder that doors are unlocked at the following times for weekday rehearsals:
  • Band Room glass doors = 6:45 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
  • Main Entrance (student parking) = 6:50 a.m. until 6:58 a.m.
    

• We have two birthday shout outs to throw today. We hope that Payton Richardson and the fantabulous Mrs. Billington have truly awesome birthdays today!!
  
  
• This is Homecoming week!! We are celebrating Skittles Class Color Day today. Be on the lookout for activities this entire week. First off, the OTE Community Service Class will host a sock and toy drive this entire week. That’s right, it’s the Seniors and Sophomores against the Juniors and Freshmen. Bring in new or cleaned used toys and brand new adult socks next week. The winner will receive a one hour lunch. Happy Soctember!!!
  
• As you can tell, the hallways are looking quite festive this morning. It’s hallway decorating and door decorating time. 
  
• Please listen carefully to announcements all week this week. Our Student Council is hosting daily trivia. One super smart person will win a free Homecoming Ticket to the dance this Friday upon submitting the correct answer. What if the winner already has a ticket?? Good question. He or she will be reimbursed for their ticket purchase. The trivia will be at the end of announcements.
  
• Tonight, we have dodgeball in the Aux Gym starting at 6:30 PM. Everyone is welcome to join!
  
  
• Tomorrow, it’s Big League Chew sports attire day. Wear your fav sports team apparel. Jack Williams says No Chicago Cubs gear, but Olney Cubs gear and St. Joe Wildcat drip will work just fine. 
  
  
• The RCHS Book Club will meet Thursday during lunch in the library.  Please sign up in the library so that enough pizza can be ordered.
  
  
• OTN had some success over the weekend:
  
  • Our Tiger Golf squad competed in Paris. Tiger pats on the back go to Ayden Nealis as he took 6th place overall. Reese Glover grabbed 11th place, Carsyn Ameter took 29th place, Carter Blank finished in 48th place, and Austin Smith claimed 51st place.
    
  • Your RCHS Marching Tigers competed in Robinson Saturday. RCHS won captions for Best Color Guard, and Best Drumline in class 1A. The Marching Tigers took home 1st Place in Class in their class.
    
  • Our Tiger and Lady Tiger Cross Country teams competed in the Olney Invite Saturday. Our Tiger runners took 4th place overall out of 16 teams. Tiger roars go to Quaid Berger as he grabbed 2nd place overall. Judah Dicks took 6th place, Tristin Butler finished in 9th place, Landon Livingston claimed 29th place. Folks, did I mention that these four are Freshmen!! Golly Gee Willickers!! Kadyn Cooley took 60th place overall.
    
  • Our Lady Tiger runners took 5th place out of 15 teams. Tiger shout outs go to Mackenzi Thomas as she finished in 6th place overall. Josie Ginder claimed 20th place, Lily Stevens grabbed 37th place, Karlee Piercefield took 42nd place, and Mallory Kocher finished in 49th place. 
    
  • Our Olney Football Tigers grabbed their 4th win on the season Saturday. Gavyn Cothern had 277 yards of total offense and helped out with 6 touchdowns, Dirks Weiler had 78 yards on the ground, 1 touchdown and an interception for a touchdown, Reed Klingler had 2 touchdowns and Ian Pianfetti also had a touchdown. Your Tigers took down Marshall 56 to 21 to remain undefeated on the season.  
    
    
• Tiger good luck roars go to our Tiger and Lady Tiger Golfers as they are on the road to St. Anthony. Our Tiger Soccer squad will lock paws with Harrisburg at the middle school at 5:00 PM. 
  
  
•  At the end of announcements, SENIORS may pick up their Powderpuff t-shirts in Ms. Fehrenbacher’s room 122. 
  

JUNIORS will be announced after seniors. Do not come now.

• All righty, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. It’s day 1 of Student Council Trivia. The first person who emails Mr. Houchin with the correct response will win a ticket to the ball Friday or some money. Here we go:
  
  • What are the 5 original Skittles flavors??
    
    

Have a great day today. You are in control of your actions, do what’s right - make today 1% better than yesterday, and remember everyday is a great day when you are an Olney Tiger!!      -     

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