First Football Game August 24

​The 2018 Warren Marching Blue Devils will make their debut this Friday evening (tomorrow – August 24, 2018) at halftime of the varsity football game. Come see what your students have been practicing over the past month.
Please see detailed schedule at the bottom of this email or in the attachment.

• Please have your child eat dinner before they arrive at O'Plaine
• While in uniform and during varsity football games, students are not allowed to have any food or drink (except water), unless otherwise indicated by the directors
• During home football games, students are not allowed to leave unless dismissed/excused by the directors. Please contact your director by the afternoon of the game if you need to have your child leave early for a legitimate reason which will be determined by the band directors.
• Any questions or conflicts with games, please contact Mr. Jenkins or your student's band director as soon as possible.

Black Shoes - For those that ordered black marching band shoes, students can pick those up as they get their uniform.
Field Crew and parent volunteers

• Please try to arrive around 5:30pm (or earlier)
• Once you arrive, please check-in Dawn Tsarpalas (Uniforms) or Phil Megginson (Field Crew).
• If you are assisting on the field, you may pick up your Field Pass from Lucy Carpentier in the cafeteria (café). Field passes are numbered and have been assigned to a specific role/volunteer (e.g. 1st ladder person, 1st speaker person, etc.)

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August 24 / Game Day Performance Timeline
 


5:00-5:30      Call time for all members in café – Must wear white band t-shirt, blue mesh shorts, and mid-calf, black socks
                           Change in cafe – leave personal items there (parents will keep secure during game)
 
6:00               Move to practice field behind stadium
 
6:15               Field rehearsal
 
7:15               Move to stadium - Sit in band stands
 
7:25               National Anthem singers, then band plays school fight song
 
First half:      Play in the stands during time outs
                        Play at end of first quarter
                        Fight Song after every Warren score
 
5min mark    Band preps for show
 
SHOW:          March on field
                        Play and march drill for Movement 1
                        March off field
 
Second half:  Non-competition members return to band stands **
                         Play at end of third quarter
                         Fight song after every Warren score
                         Fight song at the end of the game
 
                         Competition band members (except drumline) return to Café/dismissal (unless staying for rest of game); return uniforms, put away instruments
 
End of game:  Non-competition members dismissed: APPROX 9:30-10pm. We stay until the end of the game and have no control over how long a football game lasts.
 
** Non-Competition Pit/Front Ensemble: move all equipment (except Crash Cymbals) back into O’Plaine Band & Choir Rooms after half-time performance; then return to the stadium (while remaining in full uniform).


Any questions about this schedule, please contact Mr. Jenkins or your student's band director. 

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