TOUR Schedule--1st draft

Wear your 2017 RB Shirt until after both performances 
BRING EXTRA WATER and SNACKS for the bus—SAVE some for the ride home
9:20  Sousaphones/Battery report (Move to North end—WE NEED TRUCKS)
9:40  Report 
           Get meal Money ($10.00) Section leader
10:00   Load buses (Bus will arrive at 10am)
10:15  Depart Murray
12:25   Arrive Morgantown (BUTLER COUNTY HS)
    Unload buses
    Change into Uniform (???)  Possible just RB shirts and shorts
    Bathroom
     Pit to equipment Truck
12:45   Leave for Warm up area
12:55    Warm-up
1:10    MOVE
1:20    Staged at gate
1:30  Perform  in uniform--yes sunglasses
1:45  Pit load the Truck
         Everyone put your equipment on bus
2:15ish   Lunch at Butler County—Provided
3:15 ish  Depart Buter County
4:45        Arrive Castle
5:00     Final olympic events at Castle
5:45     Dinner-USE YOUR $$$
6:00-7:00 Hang out at contest
7:15 Change  at bus
7:25  leave for warm-up
7:38  warm-up
8:02    Move
8:12 staged at gate
8:15 Perform
8:30    Load truck
9:00 Pass out snack at bus (save some for pit)
9:15 Leave
12:00 am arrive in Murray
        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  2 basses/carriers 2 Tenor/carriers
           Bus # 2  4 sousaphones        2 snares/carriers  1 basses/carriers 1 Tenor/carriers
            Bus # 3  4 sousaphones       2 snares/carriers  1 basses/carriers 1 Tenor/carriers
            Bus # 4  4 sousaphones        3snares/carriers  1 basses/carriers 1 Tenor/carriers
        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

1. Have all members “follow procedures” and know what is going on 
2. Have two great performances--BRING THE HEAT!
3. Meet everyone on your bus
4. 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
                   Switching Sides
                   Coming off the field
     Buses
        Please help clean buses--be sure to cooperate with bus driver instructio

                                                                                           

 General Instructions

Be smart Friday Night.
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)

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