Newark Days Parade
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Please
read this schedule in its entirety. We have had issues with people not reading
the schedule all the way through to the end, and then missing vital
information.
Students
who are not performance-ready due to lack of preparedness (i.e. missing band
camp, missing class/rehearsals, missing sectionals, making no attempts to catch
up, etc.), may be removed from the parade block. Please PRACTICE, as your
performance affects the performance of the ensemble.
Uniform
checklist:
q Shoes must be clean. Before the parade, practice walking around your home in the marching shoes to get used to them. Do not scuff them.
q Practice your instrument with your gloves on, especially if you play clarinet
q
Wear
black socks (full length, not ankle-length) and clean, white gloves.
Failure to wear the complete uniform, correctly, may result in being barred
from performing. (Buy black socks, now.)
q
Check
pant length and do the necessary hemming before the day of the parade. Pant
bottoms should touch the top of the uniform shoes with no bunching of fabric. (Do
not cut cloth!)
q
Tuck in the uniform ruffles
and use safety pins for the cummerbund, if necessary. (Do not lose them or drop
them.) Wear a t-shirt under your uniform. It doesn’t matter what kind, since it
will be covered. (On all-day trips, with both parade & field show, you will
need to wear your band shirt…represent!)
q
If
your uniform is missing the top button on the inside of the jacket, you will
need to sew one on.
q
Long
hair needs to be placed in a bun. Hair must be off the collar of the uniform.
q
No
gum. No jewelry. No makeup. (Color Guard wears makeup, uniformly)
Reminders: Get rest (sleep) the night
before a competition. If you have difficulty waking up, have a band buddy give
you a phone call in the morning, so that you know that you will get to school
in time. The morning of a competition, eat breakfast. Take care of personal
hygiene. Rinse your mouth out with water before you play a wind instrument. Be
proactive by telling your parents/guardians about band activities in advance
and getting your permission slip signed (www.americanband.rocks.it), so
they will know to drive you to school in the morning. It is not okay to
wake them up 5 minutes before you need to be at school, when you never told
them in the first place, nor is it okay to just leave, while they are sleeping.
7:00 A.M. Band
room open - arrive in complete, full uniform
7:20 RA/Band Leadership Meeting (Parents/Guardians/Volunteers: Please
arrive on time, as we need time to go over the schedule, distribute check-off
sheets, answer questions, etc.)
7:25 Band Leadership team calls anyone who may be
late to make sure they have woken up
7:30 Stand in parade block in parking lot, with
instrument in hand (out of the case, put together, in working order). Be on
time. (Section leaders need to check & correct uniforms and instruments
for completeness and working order – gloves, reeds, neckstraps,
mouthpieces, bits, sticks, holsters, poles, flags, etc.)
7:35 Check in with Responsible Adult (RA) before loading vehicles. (No bus for this trip.)
7:40 Load vehicles (wearing full uniform and bringing all needed equipment,
including holsters, sticks, cymbals, stick bag, banner, pole, flags, etc.) and
head for Newark.
7:50 Arrive at St. Edwards and Civic Terrace Blvd. This year, we are unable
to use the parking lots at St. Edwards. Do not enter the parking lots. Drop off
band members and instruments on Civic Terrace between St. Edwards Street &
Birch Street. Staging area is the field at St. Edwards School on St. Edwards
Street & Civic Terrace. Keep your shoes clean by staying off the
dirt/grass, until you receive further instructions from Mr. Wong! Eat breakfast
(if you don’t eat donuts (magic word), then bring something that you can eat).
Parents who will shuttle to the end of the parade route should do so at this
time, so that there will be rides at the end of the parade route. (I recommend
finding parking on the residential/side streets.) The parade will end at the
stoplight at Lake & Cedar Blvd.
8:00 BL meeting (if necessary, location TBD)
8:10 Drink water, rinse out mouth before playing
(use restrooms/port-a-potties)
8:25 Set up for parade, stretch, mentally warm up (focus on our band and our
goals, not on other groups)
8:30 Marching warm up
(see
other side)
8:50 Music warm up (bring the Ultimate Warm-up,
but not your entire flip folder) (Guard separate)
9:05 Tune in sections, together, etc.
9:20 Prepare to move the block (beret inspection,
etc.)
9:45 Parade starts. DM – remember to salute in the competition zone. Guard
& ID Unit – smile!!!!!!!
(Band boosters are to walk on the off-camera, left side, of the band &
guard. Boosters should remain out of the judging area, on Cedar Blvd., after
the right turn, and near the end of the parade.)
After Parade – Disband at Macgregor School. Load vehicles and go back to
AHS. We will need an RA to wait at the
end of the parade route until all the students are picked up. (No child left
behind.)
2:00 P.M. Attend the awards ceremony
at the Main Stage behind the Community Center to support your Drum Majors &
Color Guard Captain. Sit together. (Attending the awards ceremony is optional,
but highly recommended. It is mandatory for DM/ADM/CG Captain.)
Reminders: