PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE FIELD COMPETITION
October 18, 2010 – Marshall, Minnesota
Gates open at 4:30
All classes are determined by the total number of Winds and
Percussion.
5:25 – National Anthem
Gold Class 1 – 60 Winds and Percussion
Winds/Perc.
5:30 – Hastings HS, Hastings, MN
59
5:45 – ROCORI HS, Cold Spring, MN
30
6:00 – Huron HS, Huron, SD
55
6:15 – Pipestone Area HS, Pipestone, MN
57
Crimson Class 61 – 80 Winds and Percussion
6:30 – Madison HS, Madison, SD
62
6:45 – Sibley Ocheyedan HS, Sibley, IA
73
7:00 – Spirit Lake HS, Spirit Lake, IA
61
7:15 – Sheldon HS, Sheldon, IA
64
Judged Exhibition
7:30 –Marshall HS, Marshall, MN
7:45 –Gold Class and Crimson Class Awards
Navy Class 81 - 120 Winds and Percussion
8:00 – East HS, Sioux City, IA
85
8:15 – North HS, Sioux City, IA
91
8:30 – Washington HS, Sioux Falls, SD
87
8:45 – Roosevelt HS, Sioux Falls, SD
90
9:00 – West HS, Bellevue, NE
105
Ivory Class 121+ Winds and Percussion
9:15 – Irondale HS, New Brighton, MN
74
9:30 – Eden Prairie HS, Eden Prairie, MN
124
9:45 – MOC Floyd Valley HS, Orange City, IA
149
10:00 – Lincoln HS, Sioux Falls, SD
187
10:15 – Rosemount HS, Rosemount, MN
148
Exhibition
10:30 – Star of Minnesota Marching Band, SMSU
10:45 – Navy Class and Ivory Class Awards
Friday
 Clean and polish your horn.
 The drum room will be open all day with everything that you need to make sure that your horn is clean,
oiled and ready to go.
 Woodwinds make sure that you have AT LEAST 2 good reads.
 We do NOT have a home game Friday night.
 We will pack everything on Saturday morning
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Bring a sack lunch on Saturday.
You do not need to bring money because you will not find any place to spend it!
We will have some “lay around” time so bring a pillow and sleeping bag.
The band room will be open when we arrive home on Saturday night and you WILL be able to use the
telephone.
7:00am
7:30am
7:45am
8:00am
8:15am
8:30am
11:00am
12:00am
12:30pm
2:30pm
3:30pm
4:30pm
5:30pm
6:45pm
7:00pm
7:30pm
7:40pm
8:00pm
9:30pm
9:45pm
10:45pm
11:00pm
1:30am
ITINERARY FOR PURSUIT OF EXCELENCE
Band room opens
Section leader meeting
Trailer loading/Chaperon meeting
All band meeting in band room
Load buses
Depart for Marshall
Arrive at Marshall/Lunch(sack lunch on your own)
Warm-up arc
Depart for field – clinic with the judges
Clinic ends – Load buses and trailers to return to our site
Run through with Peter Connell
Bus departs from high school for Marshall with all volleyball players
Catered meal followed by a time to relax
Change into field uniforms/clean school and pack up
Drumline and Front Ensemble Depart for field
Hornline depart for field in full uniform
Arrive at field and unload
Warm-up and tune at practice field – Brass and WW arc / Guard / Drumline
Report to the starting gate
Performance
Awards
Change/Load and leave
Arrive in Orange City
Director’s Notes for Marshall
 Volleyball players – the bus for Marshall will leave the high school (gym)at 4:30pm. We will provide
Subway sandwiches, chips and drinks for you on the bus to Marshall. You are responsible for bringing
your instruments, your shoes, your bags, etc. The band room WILL NOT BE OPEN. The uniforms will be
on the trailer when you get to Marshall. Please come to Marshall prepared to perform. The band will be
focused and ready to go when you get there and we will need to have you focused as well. We want to
wish you good luck during your tournament play during the day. GO DUTCH!
 The Pursuit of Excellence consists of two parts. Every band is given the opportunity to work with three of
the judges one on one during an afternoon clinic. At the clinic we will rehearse the music, work on
sections that the judges would like to see and hear, and we will LISTEN to their comments and get their
input. The session will last for about and hour and 30 minutes.
o You will need to wear MTX’s AND your section t-shirts at the clinic. If your section does not
have a t-shirt your section must wear matching shirts – white?
o Full rehearsal discipline will be expected during the clinic. Full concentration with No talking.
o Treat the judges with respect. Set a good impression. They will be judging you in the evening so
impress them in the afternoon!
 The evening show begins at 5:30. This show classifies bands according to the number of people in the
hornline and percussion section so we are in the LARGEST CLASS. Lincoln is the best band in South
Dakota. They never finish lower than 1st or 2nd at any contest. Rosemount, Irondale and Eden Prairie are
three of the TOP bands in Minnesota. Period. They are some of the best in the COUNTRY! As you can
see, we are as always, in the biggest and most difficult class. It is the BEST place to be because we CAN
compete with anyone.
It is – once again – time for the miracle that is known as THE PRIDE OF THE DUTCHMEN MARCHING
BAND!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE ARE TRADITION