The Rockridge High School Band Winter Concert will be held on Wednesday, Dec 17th at 7:00 pm. Call time will be 6:00pm. There will be refreshments in the lobby after the concert. Concert dress is all black for girls, and tuxes for guys (if you’re new to this, no, you don’t have to go out [...]
Auditions to determine chair placement will be held this Thursday, right after school. All band members are required to audition, regardless of instrument. They will audition individually for either a brass, woodwind, or percussion judge.
Thursday, Oct 9th
Night Rehearsal: 6-9
The 45 minutes of rehearsal will be Parent Night. Come see your child perform the field show in a special performance just for a home audience. After a run of the show, we’ll run it again, only this time you may join your student on the field! This should prove to [...]
Thursday, Sept 25th: 6-9 in the stadium
Thursday, Oct 9th: 6-9 in the stadium
Oct 9th will be Parent Night. Come see a full performance of the show just for a home audience. After the show is finished, a parent may join their student on the field and try their hand at marching the show along with [...]
Saturday, Sept 27th
10:00-Rehearsal at home
11:00-Load and depart
11:50-Arrive at Geneseo High School
1:00-Clinic
4:45-Suit up
5:30-Depart for warm up field
5:45-Warm up
6:30-Perform
9:30-Awards
9:45-Depart
10:35-Arrive home and unload
Reminder: Wear you white band shirts and bring black socks. Bring money for food.
Thursday
5:00-Call for parade
5:30-Step off for Parade
Pep Rally to immediatly follow parade
Friday:
5:00-Call, we will rehearse on the marching band field at 5
6:00-Eat
6:30-Suit up
6:50-Head down to field
We will be finished after halftime of the varsity game. There will be no performance for the JV halftime this week.
8:30-Call: we will be putting on unforms at the school
8:50-Depart
9:00-Arrive and unload
9:15-Warm up
9:40-Get in place
10:00-Step off
11:15ish-Arrive home
Itinerary for Labor Day Weekend
Saturday, August 30th:
9:30-Call time-load busses
9:45-Depart
10:30-Parade Steps off
Arrive home-Approx 1:00
Monday, Sept 1st:
9:00-Call time, load busses
9:15-Depart
9:45-Arrive in Rock Island
10:30-Step off
Approx 2:00-Arrive home
*we will be watching WIU’s band at Rock Island High School
BAND CAMP 2008 SCHEDULE
Thursday, August 7th: 8:00am-4:00pm
Friday, August 8th: 8:00am-4:00pm
Saturday, August 9th: Illinois City Parade-Call time 9:00am
Monday, August 11th: 8:00am-4:00pm
Tuesday, August 12th: 1:00pm-8:00pm
On Tuesday there will be a special preview performance for parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, dogs, or whoever on the marching band practice field. We will be showcasing what we have accomplished over the [...]
