LoneStar Preview contest itinerary
Meals:
Breakfast - At home
Lunch - At school, provided by KMCBC
Dinner - At stadium, provided by KMCBC
Concessions - Please bring money for additional concessions in the event that we are at the stadium late in the evening.
Materials:
Instrument
Dot Book (rehearsal)
Pencil (rehearsal)
Water Jug - Please fill completely prior to loading the bus!
Uniform
Member shirt
Long black socks AND
Black ankle socks
Marching shoes
Ticket Information:
Tickets will be available at the gate. Ticket prices are as follows: Adult: Prelims only-$12, Finals only-$12, All day-$19; Students & Senior Citizens (65 & older): Prelims only-$7, Finals only-$7, All day-$12. Parking: $5 per vehicle. More information will be included in your director packet which will be e-mailed to you early in October. Ticket information will also be available on our website at www.twhsband.org/Lone-Star-Preview.html.
Itinerary:
9:30 am - Call time!
10:00 am - Rehearsal begins
11:00 am - Rehearsal ends - Load, eat, change, pack
12:15 pm - Inspection
12:45 pm - Meeting
1:00 pm - Depart for Woodforest Bank Stadium
2:15 pm - Arrive at Woodforest Bank Stadium
2:30 pm - Woodwinds travel to bathroom, brass unload and stack instruments by section
2:45 pm - Brass travel to bathroom, trade with woodwinds who will unload and get into twos
3:00 pm - Get into twos, get plumed, prepare to travel to warm-up
3:15 pm - Warm-up time (Area D)
4:30 pm - Amazing performance!
4:45 pm - Meeting by trucks
4:50 pm - Light load - de-plume, put instrument into cases, but leave off of the trucks in stacks
4:55 pm - Change into halves (except for drum majors)
5:30 pm - Take meal to stands
5:35 pm - Travel to stands for awards
5:45 pm - Prelims awards
This band contest is a preliminary and finals format. This means that should the band advance to finals, we will be at the venue till the contest concludes later in the evening.
In the event that we do not make finals, the following schedule will take place:
6:00 pm - Meeting by trucks
6:15 pm - Change into hot weather uniform
7:00 pm - Travel to stands to watch Finals performances
10:00 pm - Finals ends
10:15 pm - Load
10:30 pm - Depart for KHS
11:30 pm - Arrive at KHS
12:00 am - Estimated dismissal time
In the event that we make finals, the following schedule will take place:
6:00 pm - Meeting by the trucks
Below is the finals schedule. Our schedule will be based on our draw time.
Band Warm-up Travel Performance
1 6:15 pm 7:15 pm 7:30 pm
2 6:30 pm 7:30 pm 7:45 pm
3 6:45 pm 7:45 pm 8:00 pm
4 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 8:15 pm
5 7:15 pm 8:15 pm 8:30 pm
6 7:30 pm 8:30 pm 8:45 pm
7 7:45 pm 8:45 pm 9:00 pm
8 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 9:15 pm
9 8:15 pm 9:15 pm 9:30 pm
10 8:30 pm 9:30 pm 9:45 pm
After our performance, the following events will take place:
X:00 pm - Meeting by trucks
X:00 pm - Load
X:00 pm - Change into hot weather uniform
X:00 pm - Travel to stands to watch other bands' performances
9:00 pm - Leave stands, change into full uniform
9:30 pm - Rehearse for full retreat
10:30 pm - Full Retreat
11:00 pm - Awards/Placements
11:15 pm - Directors will go to critique - chaperones will need to help the staff by getting the students to the buses and changed.
11:15 pm - Change out of uniform
11:45 pm - Depart for KHS
1:00 am - Arrive at KHS
1:30 am - Estimated dismissal time