Eat a Big Breakfast Prior to Arrival

BRING EXTRA WATER and SNACKS for the bus—SAVE some for the ride home
Bring a lunch
You get $10 for food

Wear your 2018 RB Shirt until after both performances 
9:45 Uniform Room opens for problems

9:55 Got a truck--can you help us move tubas and battery from Building??

9:55 Battery and Tubas move to the loading area (NORTH LOT)

10:10 REPORT
Take roll/get organized/pass out $10

10:30 am Depart

11:45 Arrive in HOPtwon
Stadium of Champions
Unload buses
Change into Uniform --Yes to sunglasses
Bathroom
Pit to equipment Truck

12:45 Leave for Warm up area
1:00 Warm-up
1:35 MOVE
1:45 Perform in uniform--yes sunglasses

2:00 stage pit for PM performance
Change

Eat 3:00 $5 meal deal 
Hang out at Contest
RB shirt ticket to contest

4:30 Contest starts
5:55 Change
6:00 Leave for Warm up area
6:15 Warm-up
6:50 MOVE
7:00 Perform in uniform--NO sunglasses
8:15 depart Or sooner
9:45pm arrive home
Take your uniform/shako/shoes/etc home
Unload trucks/buses
Clean buses
Battery sousaphones--return equipment to storage
Pit unload truck
Bus Loading  
1st to be loaded --battery and sousaphones
Bus # 1 3 sousaphones 2 snares/carriers 2Tenor bass 1& 2
Bus # 2 3 sousaphones 2 snares/carriers 1Tenor Bass 6
Bus # 3 3 sousaphones 2 snares/carriers1Tenor Bass 5 
Bus # 4 3 sousaphones 2snares/carriers 1Tenor Bass 3 & 4
2nd to be loaded (Your stuff goes on your bus)
Uniforms --Brass--Saxes--Flag Bags--under the bus (includes Sousaphones)
Hat boxes--Clarinets--Flutes------ Go on bus
Have all members “follow procedures” and know what is going on 
Have two great performances--BRING THE HEAT!
Meet everyone on your bus
HAVE FUN!
Warm-up 
Don’t play until instructed to--no hacking
We will start in sub-section warm-ups (15 Minutes)
Warm-up 
Tune
Don’t Over Play in warm-up
Review Rough Spots and ALL BODY MOVEMENT
We will then get together and:
Review coming on the field
Hash Marks
Coming off the field
Buses
Please help clean buses--be sure to cooperate with bus driver instructions 
General Instructions
There are DVD on some of the buses--please nothing too much language etc.
No hacking when we are there--we will tell you when to start warming up
Clean your shoes etc.
Be in full Uniform or no Uniform--Put your uniform away when we get home
Be on time and stay with the group
You represent MSU--act accordingly
Watch language--be polite--etc.
Be supportive and polite to all high school band performances and awards
Breaking any local, state, or federal law can result in removal from the class (regardless of grade implications).
No consumption or transportation of alcohol on the bus. This will result in removal from the class (regardless of grade implications).
Public Intoxication of any kind, when with the group, will result in removal from the class (regardless of grade implications)

9:40 Drum Line (Battery) hang garment bag up in storage building/stack shako box near your drum
9:45  Walk to alumni house for Racer Walk (With equipment/in RB shirt)
10:00 Racer Walk
10:30  Drum Picnic                                   
11:30     All Members Arrive--start to get ready
             Stack up cases neatly
             Leave your garment Bag and shako box at home

BRING EXTRA SECTION WATER FOR PREGAME

11:40 Head to warm-up
          Grab plume

11:50      Warm-up begins
               (South Gate area—Do not Block the sidewalk)

12:00 Pit Arrives

12:07  Full Band Tuning              
12:10    Line up @ South Gate--ON STREET
            Line up   Brass (in 4’s) in front      
            Percussion in middle    
            WW’s  
            Guard   

12:12  Parade--Don’t Talk
          Parade along Wall  
          We will play 2001/KY Home/Fight Song  

12::30   30 minutes Prior to Game 
            Band Marches in North Gate
            Pit moves instruments to 50yd line track

12:35    25 minutes Prior to Game
            EVERYONE ON TRACK-Ready to go
            Guard enter field from Back Sideline    
            Remind members not to block lockers rooms

12:40  Pre-game
        Stay back on track until given the signal--HELP THE PIT!!!
        2001 KY  SSB Alma Fight SONG

12:45
       Cadence
        Make tunnel--stand with feet apart
        Ww’s use both Stairs--head to stands


5 minutes Prior to Game----when waiting for the team 
        Stand Music/Show Music & Canned Music 
   
4 minutes Prior to Game
    On Coach Stewart’s cue
        2001--last time
        Fight Song


1 minutes Prior to Game
    Brass stay in Place
    Percussion to the stands--South Stairs
    Guard north stairs


30 seconds prior to game
    @ Kick off when team breaks the Huddle
        Call to the post
      
Kickoff-Move Into Stands
    South Stairs        North Stairs
    Sousaphones        Low Brass
    Percussion            Mellos
    Trumpets              Guard  


DURING GAME --SAVE YOUR CHOPS FOR HALFTIME!


10 Minutes Prior to Halftime
    Guard goes to warm-up (watch for horse)


8 Minutes Prior to Halftime
    Pit goes to track (watch for horse)
    Percussion suit up


8  Minutes Prior to Halftime
    Percussion goes to warm-up (have one member watch clock)
    Band suit up


5  Minutes Prior to Halftime
    WW’s go to track (watch for horse)


4  Minutes Prior to Halftime
    Brass go to track (watch for horse)


1 Minutes Prior to Halftime
    Pit close to benches
    Everyone on track ready


Halftime
    Promo (3 minutes)
    Pit Moves
    Guard set flags--stay out of way of Promo
    WW’s and Brass-Stay back on track until given the signal--HELP THE PIT!!!


After Halftime 
    March-off in pairs---head to stands--No talking until you hear the cadence stop
    Guard bring flags unto stands


    When all members are seated
    Pass out water/cookies/fruit


End of 3 Quarter
    Take cones to pit room
    Clean up Water/Fruit Trash


End of Game
    Pass Stand Music in
    Put Percussion stands away
    Members must exit through concourse
    Only members on track--sousaphones and battery--Our south stairs only
            Stay away from interviews-no hacking
    Take Ranger Tripod/stand music/cards to the pit room


@ Home
    Hang up uniform
    Let it air out