Students should arrive to load buses at 11:00 AM we will pull out at 11:30 AM. Please eat lunch before you arrive. We will stop at Tanger Outlet Mall to do a little shopping, eat and change into uniforms. Parade start time is 5:00 PM in old town Branson—link to parade route here. We will eat at Lambert’s on the way home.

• 11:00, Load Buses

• 11:30, Depart CUHS

• 2:00, Arrive at Tanger outlets —shop, eat, change clothes

• 4:00, Depart Tanger

• 5:00, Parade Step Off

• 7:30, Eat at Lambert’s

• 8:30, Depart Lamberts

• 10:30, Arrive at CUHS

Check List:

• Uniform

• Band hat—NO Santa hats in this parade

• dinkles

• $$ for shopping and/or food (Lamberts $15-$20)

• Instrument

Arrive at school to load bus at 7:50—we will pull out at 8:00 AM. You will need to wear nice school clothes for the rehearsals and bring classic black concert attire for the concert that evening. Rehearsals and concert is at the Bicknell Center in Pittsburg, KS. Make sure you check your parts for mutes, sticks, mallets, etc.

• 8:00, Depart CUHS

• 9:00, Rehearsal Begins

• 10:15, Break

• 11:45, Lunch

• 12:30, Rehearsal

• 2:15, Change clothes for Concert

• 3:00, Rehearsal in Scott Auditorium

• 4:00, Break

• 4:15, Return to Tune

• 4:30, Concert Begins

Students will dress in full uniform for the parade. All students will need to wear some type of Santa Hat. Students may also decorate their instruments. Call time will be 6:00 pm. JH students should arrive dressed in uniform. CUHS band members should be in uniform by 6:30 PM. All band members will warm up at 6:30 PM. Official parade start time is 7:00 PM.

JR High & CUHS Bands will rehearse together Monday, December 2. JH Band members should report to band room that morning. Do not go to regular first hour class.

Students should arrive dressed in nice dress clothes. Women—dresses, skirts and/or slacks. Men—Dress pants, button up shirt with tie.

The event officially starts at 5:30 PM on the square. All Tri-M members should meet in costume on the square, ready to hand out candy. It is over at 7:00 or until we run out of candy. Whichever comes first!

The run officially begins at 6:30 PM. Students will need to arrive at 5:00 PM in the band room to get makeup and receive final instructions on where to be located. IF you have other assignments, you know what you are to do. ALL band members are to attend for a grade unless you have checked in with the directors.

This is Senior Night - Be in full uniform ready to warm up at 6:15 PM. We will walk out at 6:30 to participate in Senior Night. Band seniors need to designate an under classman to carry their instrument out.

• 6:00 PM Call

• 6:15, Dressed in Full uniform

• 6:30, Walking out

JH Band will travel to Independence to march in the Neewollah Kiddie Parade on Friday, Oct. 25. Students should arrive at the school dressed in their uniform. Parade starts at 4:00 PM. After the parade the kids will eat dinner in Independence and travel back to CUHS to watch the Home Football game. After the game, approx 9:00 PM, we will board trailers for a hayride & spooky woods at the Holmes Farm. Students will need to bring appropriate clothes for the hayride. We should return back to the school sometime between 11:00—11:30 PM (depending on when we actually take off after the game).

• 1:45 PM, Load buses for Independence (come dressed in full uniform)

• 2:00, Depart CUHS for Independence

• 3:00, Arrive & lineup for the parade

• 4:00, Parade Begins

• 4:30, Change clothes & eat dinner (fastfood)

• 6:00, Depart Independence

• 7:00-7:30 PM, Arrive at CUHS

Checklist:

• Change of clothes—jeans please NO shorts

• Money for fast-food meal

• Instrument

Doors will open at 8:30 AM. Come dressed in uniform. Parade begins at 9:40. Afterwards, put up your instrument and you are free to go.

6:00 Call. Be on time. We are wearing FULL uniforms for this game. You should be dressed & ready to warm up at 6:20. We walk out at 6:30 for this game to observe the Homecoming Coronation. If you are a candidate or involved in helping with the coronation ceremony, make arrangements to get your instrument out to the field.

Wear band t shirt, black dinkles, jeans w/out holes and band hat. After the assembly come to band room, get your instrument and head over to parade lineup. We are first after fire trucks. There will be a bus at the end of the route for large equip. All others walk back. Make sure you meet at the HS to help get your equip of the bus. After you have returned equip to proper storage in Band room you are free to go.

JH Band members will be dismissed at 1:50. Come to band room and get instruments—then we will head over to lineup. Students are to wear the band t shirt and jeans w/out holes. Football boys may wear their jerseys —everyone else should be in band t shirt. At the end of the route there will be a bus for large instruments—percussion equip & tubas. All other students should walk back to the HS with your instrument. DO NOT play your instruments along the walk back! Once you have returned your instrument and/or equipment to storage in the band room, you are free to go.

Meet at 6:15 pm. We play for Farm Bureau meeting at 6:45 on the stage. Please wear your band t shirt and jeans w/out holes. We will be done by 7:15 pm. If you wish to eat—they will provide dinner for you at 5:00 in the cafeteria.

Report time is 6:00 PM in the band room. We will wear jeans w/out holes, band t shirt, band hat and black dinkles.

State Fair Parade is an all day event. We will load at 4:45 AM and pull out promptly at 5:00 AM. We will stop in Augusta at McDonald’s to eat breakfast & you may change into your marching clothes then. We will wear the band t-shirt, jeans (without holes), black dinkles and band hat. You will need $$ for 3 fast food meals. Please refer to the schedule below. Be on time as we will not wait on you.

• 4:30 AM - Perc/Tuba show up to load large items first

• 4:45 - all others show up to load

• 5:00 - Busses will roll

• 7:30 - Arrive in August at McDonald’s for Breakfast & change clothes

• 8:30 - Depart McDonalds

• 9:30 - Arrive in Hutchinson—unload and line up for parade performane

• 10:15 - Marching performance

• 11:00 - Change clothes and enjoy the Fair (lunch will be in the fairgrounds—$7 meal deal coupon will be issued)

• 2:30 - Depart Fairgrounds

• 3:45 - Arrive at Andover - eat at Spangle’s

• 5:00 - Depart Spangles for CUHS

• 7:30 - Arrive back at CUHS - make sure you have a ride home

First home game of the season is on a Thursday evening. Please make sure you inform your employer as this is a required performance for a grade. Students will wear the band t-shirt, jeans w/out holes, band hat, and black dinkles. We will meet at 6:00 in the band room —if you are going to be late, please inform the directors or your section leader. Students will remain seated with the band up through the half time performance. Once our performance is over, you are free to go. Make sure you pick up all items from the stands before you go into the band room.

Meet in the band room to warm up and tune at 5:30 pm. Please wear your band t shirt—if you are involved in a fall sport you may wear that jersey/shirt. We need to begin walking over to the gym at 5:50 as we are first up on the program. We will play the National Anthem followed by the Fight Song. After we play, I will introduce you by class. Once all band members have been introduced, you are free to go. Please either sit in the stands and watch/participate in the rest of the program or walk back to the gym. Do not stand in the gym foyer or at the top of the stands and talk. Put your best forward and support the other sports.

Arrive at the band room by 7:45 & dress into uniform. Once you are dressed meet up in the front lobby. Download form & bring money with you to the photo shoot. All Seniors will get an individual photo! We will take the large group first followed by small groups and then individual photos. Once you are finished, you may change out of uniform & hang out in band room.

Baccalaureate is Sunday, May 12 at 6:00 PM. Band members need to arrive by 5:30 PM. Seniors make sure you put your instrument on your chair. Wear nice professional looking dress clothes. Ladies—dress slacks, dresses, skirts, jump suits; Men- Dress slacks, tie nice shirt and shoes. NO jeans or shorts! We will play Pomp & Circumstance, Spirals of Light and Grand March.

Tri-M Recital is at 2:30. Solos & Ensembles from State Contest will be performed & new Tri-M Nominees will be inducted. If you are involved in this event, 2:00 is call time. All Tri-M members should be in attendance.

The Concert is at 3:30 PM. Call time is 3:10. Come dressed in standard black attire. Concert Band will be first followed by the presentation of the 2023-24 awards. Jazz Band will then perform followed by the annual slide show. All band members should plan to stay for the entire performance.

Meet in band room at 7:50 to load bus, we will depart at 8:00 AM. Wear nice school clothes for the rehearsals & bring classic black concert attire for the evening concert. Lunch will be provided at the Bicknell Center. You will need to bring $$$ for dinner that evening. Refer to the schedule below. Concert is at 7:00 PM at the Bicknell Performing Arts Center, Pittsburg, Ks. Parents are invited to attend.

• 8:00, Depart CUHS

• 9:00, Rehearsals begin

• 12:00, Lunch

• 12:50, Rehearsals

• 4:15, Dinner

• 6:15, Report to Bicknell in Concert Attire

• 7:00, Concert

• 10:00, Arrive back at CUHS

State Band Contest is Thursday, April 18 at the Bicknell Center in Pittsburg. You will be dismissed at 9:30 to change into concert attire and load. We will pull out at 10:00 AM. Warm up is 10:55 and we perform on stage at 11:20. Parents are invited to attend. Bring $$$ for lunch afterwards. You should be back at CUHS by 1:45.

9:30, Dismissed to change & load

10:00, Depart

10:30, Arrive on PSU campus & pick up science fair peope

10:55, Warm up room

11:20, Performance

12:00, Lunch at the mall

1:00, Depart for CUHS

Regional Festival is Saturday, April 6 at PSU. We will depart CUHS at 7:00 AM. You will need to arrive 10 minutes before to load. You should wear black concert attire for your events. You may want to bring clothes to change depending on when you perform. If you are riding home with parents, you will need to check out first with us. All events are in Grubbs Hall. Lunch will be on your own. Best of luck in your preparations!

• 8:07, WW Choir - Rm 309

• 8:08, Mallory Thompson - Rm 109

• 8:23, Anna Head - Rm 309

• 8:30, Sax Quartet - Rm 309

• 8:38, Clarinet Quintet - Rm 309

• 8:44, Natalie Edmondson - Rm 109

• 8:58, Trombone Quartet - Rm 109

• 9:06, John Smith - Rm 109

• 9:20, Ruby Stover - Rm 109

• 9:27, Katelyn Dreager - Rm 109

• 9:53, Bethany Johnson - Rm 309

• 10:29, Kassidy Gharmalkar - Rm 109

• 10:57, Madi Richards - Rm 309

• 10:57, Trumpet Trio - Rm 109

• 11:33, F-Horn Quartet - Rm 109

• 11:34, Ava Allison - Rm 309

• 11:49, Destinee Goff - Rm 309

• 1:07, Chloe Rogers, Rm 307

• 1:14, Brass Ensemble, Rm 109

• 1:24, Darcy Garrett - Rm 109

• 1:38, Taryn Billings - Rm 307

• 1:50, Lizzy Welch - Rm 109

• 2:11, Britni Rooney - 109

• 2:45, Grace Major - Rm 309

• 2:52, Jacianna Heflin - Rm 309

• 2:53, Perc Ensemble - Rm 107

• 2:59, Madeline Graham - Rm 309