TOC - Stockton Trip information for November 15th

Make sure you have paid for your food and equipment!

Schedule for week of Nov. 10-14

Refer to general information page given out with the Napa competition forms.

Saturday – Competition Day!!

Students will have one hour on the bus when they can sleep. It’s important to use the restroom at home before coming to RHS.

Parents who are going to support the group – you will need to park in middle school parking lot on Harrisburg or Alexandria. Only the bus and trailer may park in the school parking lot.

5:37am --- NOTE EARLIER TIME!!! Call time. Come dressed in your bibbers, black socks and shoes. Your gauntlets & gloves are in your shako box, and jacket is in your garment bag, which goes on the trailer. Put your name on your garment bag.
Guard – come in your uniform with hair and make-up done.
5:45am --- load bus. You can bring a pillow if you want. No one enters the bus until the trailer is completely loaded.
6:02am --- Leave RHS parking lot. We CANNOT wait for anyone because we are on a tight schedule.
7:00am (approx.) --- arrive at the bus parking lot. Inside trailer crew exits bus first. Unload trailer. Mrs. Wilmer will go to registration so follow the direction of the crews and instructors.
Get snack right away.
Percussion set up for warm-up. Students follow warm-up procedures.
Guard – get flags from crew& follow Mr. Moreno for warm-up.
Warm-ups.
8:25am – in block, plumes distributed.
8:30am – Formation area. We can do further warm-up here.
9:05am – Proceed to first warm-up zone, then quiet zone where we will do final block up for formal, graded inspection. In class 1A we are second of four schools.
9:10 am – final warm-up and silent zone.
9:25 am – WE ARE ON!! Street competition! Let’s do it!
9:30 am -- Percussion competition zone. Competition ends. Proceed to pictures.
10:00am -- Put away instruments, change and return your garment bag, shoe and shako boxes to the crews. Changing rooms are in the gym locker rooms.
Back to watch the larger bands perform in class 4A, 5A and 6A.

12:30pm – Lunch! After lunch, second guard cleanup crew helps parents. Load trailer.
2:30pm -- Proceed to the stadium for the awards ceremony. The group sits together. Shawn, Chase and Gillian go to the stadium in your uniforms. You must be there by about 2:25. Parent chaperons stay with students.
3:00pm – Awards ceremony.
3:40pm (approximately) – End of awards ceremony. Proceed to bus for return trip. Make sure to use the restroom on your way back. We will leave as soon after the ceremony as possible.
4:45pm (approximately) – Return to RHS. Unload trailer. Take home instruments, and shoe box. Shakos and percussion equipment go into the room.
Leave your garment bag unzipped on the rack.
Parents – allow about 20 minutes for trailer unloading.

Thanks for a great day. We will have a 7th period practice Monday, Nov. 17th from 3 – about 4:30. We will go over scores, get some basketball game information, and work pep music.