Dear MBB Students and Parents,
Happy Sunday and I hope everyone is getting excited for HOMECOMING WEEK. In addition to our normal rehearsals, this week will be an especially fun one for the Marching Bruin Band with performing at the Powderpuff Football Game on 10/6, the Homecoming Football Game on 10/8 and at our THIRD COMPETITION, the Shenandoah Valley Marching Invitational on Saturday 10/9. Below I have included the itinerary for all three of these events and this LINK will take you to more information on how a typical long Competition Day works in the Marching Bruin Band. You can also find this information in our Marching Bruin Band Handbook. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding any of these events in general, and I look forward to all of these fantastic performances this week with the MBB!
HOMECOMING WEEK ITINERARY
POWDERPUFF GAME
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
4:30 – Full Band Report to Football Stadium with instruments in White Band Shirts
5:00 – Kick Off
7:00 – Game Concludes
7:15 – MBB will rehearse and perform full production on Football field
7:45 – Full Run /Dismissal after/ Clean Up
HOME VS WOODBRIDGE HS GAME
Friday, October 8th, 2021
4:30 PM – Leadership + Ops Crew Report for set up
(Set up sound for National Anthem)
5:00 PM – Full Band Report/Get Into Uniforms
5:50 PM – Warm Up on Driver’s Ed Lot
6:30 PM – Move to Stadium
(For this game, the band will be positioned on opposite side of bleachers)
7:00 PM – Kick Off
8:30 PM – Perform Halftime
9:30 PM – Game Finishes/Pack Trailer for next day
10:00 PM – Head Home (and straight to bed)
Please read on to the next page for the SVMI Itinerary
SHENANDOAH VALLEY MARCHING INVITATIONAL
Saturday, October 9th, 2021
*ALL FPHS MBB MEMBERS ARE TO BRING MONEY FOR DINNER AT CONCESSIONS AS WELL AS A WARM WINTER COAT AND OTHER ACCESSORIES THAT WILL KEEP YOU WARM*
9:00 AM – Report to FPHS/Get Dressed in Uniform
(Trailer will be packed from night before)
10:00 AM – Depart FPHS for Harrisonburg HS
12:30 PM – Arrive at Harrisonburg HS
1:00 PM – Use Bathrooms/Unload Trailer
1:30 PM – Snack Break
1:45 PM – Move to Warm Up
2:00 PM – Warm Up
2:30 PM – Move to Gate
2:40 PM – Gate Time
2:45 PM – PERFORMANCE
3:00 PM – Return to Busses/Load up Trailer
4:00 PM – Return to Stands
4:30 PM – Enjoy the Competition
5:00 PM – Dinner time from Concessions
6:15 PM – Preliminary Awards Begin
6:45 PM – PERFORMANCE BY JMU MARCHING ROYAL DUKES
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE REST OF ITINERARY
After the preliminary awards, the Marching Bruin Band could potentially have the opportunity to perform in the SVMI Finals, if we win our class or end up being one of the top eight highest scoring bands at SVMI. The order of performing bands is decided by a drawing during the Preliminary Awards, so we will not know our placement in Finals until then. In the event that we do not place in Finals, we will depart Harrisonburg HS following Preliminary Awards. Please see below for information regarding both outcomes of the competition:
Shenandoah Valley Marching Invitational Itinerary
FINALS
7:00 PM – MRD PERFORMANCE Concludes
7:30 – 9:30 PM – Potential Warm Up
7:40 – 9:40 PM – Potential Gate Time
7:45 – 9:45 PM – Potential Finals Performance
10:00 PM – Finals Awards
10:30 PM – Awards Conclude/Move to Busses
10:45 PM – Depart Harrisonburg HS
1:00 AM – Arrive at FPHS/Unload Trailer
Shenandoah Valley Marching Invitational Itinerary
NON FINALS
7:00 PM – MRD PERFORMANCE Concludes/Move to Busses
7:30 PM – Depart for Harrisonburg HS
9:30 PM – Arrive at FPHS/Unload Trailer
