DIXIE HEIGHTS
BAND
COLERAIN HIGH SCHOOL
September 20, 2014
Itinerary
TIME
ACTIVITY
Eat Breakfast before you arrive
8:15am Arrive and Set-Up/Stretch
8:30am Morning Rehearsal
10:00am Color Guard Ends Practice
10:40am Load Truck and Trailers
11:00am Lunch – Fast Food adjacent to Dixie
11:45am Load Buses
11:50am Depart Dixie
12:20pm Arrive at Colerain High School
12:30pm Unload Truck and Trailers/ Build Props
1:05pm Dress into Uniforms
1:30pm Visual Warm-Up
1:50pm Travel to Warm-Up
2:00pm Warm-Up
2:45pm Warm-Up Ends – Travel to Field
2:55pm Band at Gate
3:00pm DIXIE BAND – Prelim Performance
3:30pm Change Out of Uniforms
4:00pm PRELIM AWARDS
4:15pm Meeting at Trailers for Finals
4:30pm Dinner at Trailers
5:15pm First possible time to change for Finals
7:00pm First possible performance time for Finals
8:45pm Finals Award Ceremony
9:15pm Load Trailers
9:45pm
10:20pm
10:25pm
10:30pm
Load Buses
Arrive Back at Dixie
Unload the Penske Truck
Dismissed
NOTES
DO NOT BE LATE!!!!
Hair and Makeup
Everyone stays and helps
Practice Field
Area B
Immediately after awards
Info coming soon
This may be done earlier, depending on
finals performance time.
DIRECTIONS TO:
Colerain High School
8801 Cheviot Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45251
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Turn left out of Dixie onto Dixie Highway, North
Exit onto I-275 West toward the Airport
Exit onto I-75/I-71 North and travel into Ohio
Exit onto I-74 West toward Indianapolis (Exit 4)
Take Exit 14 for N Bend Rd toward Cheviot
Turn Right onto N Bend Rd … at the split follow Cheviot Road
Turn Left onto Blue Rock Road (which is also Cheviot)
Turn Left onto Cardinal Village Drive
PARKING INFORMATION
Band Parking
Buses, equipment vehicles and staff cars should enter the campus at the Poole
Road entrance. Band guides will meet your band and direct you to your designated
parking area. Do not enter at Cheviot Road.
Important: Do not take Woodthrush Drive to reach the high school. It is a deadend
with no turn around for buses or trailers.
Spectator Parking
Parking will be available for spectators on the Colerain High School main campus
and at the Home Depot and Groesbeck United Methodist Church satellite
locations. It is suggested that spectators park off campus as parking on the main
campus will be limited! Shuttle service will be provided from the Home Depot
and Groesbeck United Methodist Church satellite locations only.
Home Depot Lot – We ask that parking be restricted to the WEST end of the
parking lot in the area available in front of the Post Office. The Home Depot
parking lot is on Joseph Road. When leaving Colerain High School, cross Cheviot
Road, and drive up Joseph Road. The parking lot entrance is on the right.
Groesbeck United Methodist Church – This location is also located on Joseph
Road. The entrance to this parking lot is on the left, across the street from Home
Depot.
Northwest Community Church – Located next door to the high school on
Cheviot Road. The church entrance is just south of the high school entrance.
3 Signs will be posted directing spectators to those lots.
Handicap Parking is available on the Colerain High School campus. This
parking area is located at the West end of the campus and can be accessed from
Poole Road.
Shuttle Service
Shuttle service will be provided at the Home Depot and Groesbeck United
Methodist Church satellite locations to transport spectators to and from the
competition. Please look for the “Shuttle Stop” signs at each location. Service
is not provided at Northwest Community Church, which is located next door to the
high school.
Rain Parking
If it rains the day or, or a day prior to, the invitational, parking will be very limited
on campus, and no spectator parking will be allowed in the Northwest Community
Church parking lot. You may be directed to park in the Home Depot or Groesbeck
Church lots.
SPECTATOR ADMISSION
All Day Admission – $10
Seniors (age 60 and over) – $5
Students (ages 5 -18 and college students with student ID) – $5
Children 4 and under – FREE
Programs – $2.00
Uniform Information
All students must have their RED BAGS with them at all contests. Their marching shoes need
to be clean and with them at all times.
Wind and Percussion Members –
Make sure you have the following items in your bag.
1. 2 Pairs of Clean, LONG, PLAIN white socks (no stripes)
2. Plain White Underwear. No patterns or colors. You will be able to see patterns and colors through
the white pants and if you do not bring white underwear, then the box parents will make you change into them.
3. Clean Shoes
4. Band Show Shirt
5. 2 Plain white t-shirts used only for when wearing the uniform.
6. Deodorant – Axe does not count!!
7. Girls will need things to pull back their hair...as well as boys with long hair.
Color Guard – Doug and Kara will explain Hair and Make-Up.
BAND CONTEST ETIQUETTE –Please keep in mind that you are representing our school and our band
at all times. Please do not talk badly about other bands....and please do not talk about our band’s
business with other groups. Please turn off all Cell Phones while watching bands perform. It is
important to clap in appropriate spots for all bands, but it is not appropriate to talk during
performances. Also, please do not try and enter the stands or leave the stands while a band is
performing. If this is your first competition you will find that these are fun events, but there are
definitely differences between band comps and football games. We need to support all of the bands
there. Please take time to read the article at the following link about appropriate etiquette and band
shows. http://kyband.com/home/articles/marching-contest-etiquette/
Awards Ceremony Information –
The band should wear their show shirts when not in uniform. The band stands together during the awards ceremony.
The students that are staying in uniform for the awards ceremony are the two drum majors (Victoria & Joe), the Color
Guard and Percussion Captains, and 1 Wind Captain, which will rotate at each show. All seniors stand together at the
last competition, MidStates Championships.
FOOD –
Donations – The only things we are asking for this week are plates, utensils, napkins, and
desserts.
WATER – Each week we ask for donations of bottled water.
We ONLY want the 8oz bottles, please. Larger bottles
end up going to waste. These can be dropped off in the concession stand the night before or the morning of the show.
We use these at Warm-Up and at meals.
LINE –UP
National Anthem at 1:00pm
CLASS
BAND
TIME
A
AA
AA
AA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAAA
AAAA
AAAA
Exhibition
Butler Traditional
Taylor
Indian Hill
Simon Kenton
East Central
Westerville North
Bourbon County
Boyle County
DIXIE HEIGHTS
Talawanda
Olentangy
Colerain
Prelim Awards
12:30pm
12:45pm
1:00pm
1:15pm
1:45pm
2:00pm
2:15pm
2:30pm
3:00pm
3:15pm
3:30pm
3:45pm
5:15pm
Finals start at 7:00pm. We draw a number after prelims to determine which spot we perform in.
COME TO THE TRAILERS!
I would like to invite parents, grandparents, families, and friends to come to the trucks in between
performances. We will have name tags there for everyone, so please come and visit with your kids. They
would love to see you there and it is also a great way to meet other band families.