Berrien Springs Band News
Marching Performances 10/6-10/13
BUSY TWO WEEKS
The next two weeks are FULL to the brim with Marching Band performances - and then the season will be over. Can you believe it?!
Two Week Outline:
Tuesday, October 2 (HALF DAY) - Evening Rehearsal 6:30-8:30pm
Possible additional rehearsal IF NEEDED
Saturday, October 6 - VICKSBURG MARCHING INVITATIONAL
Monday, October 8 - Dig Pink Volleyball game (during school hours)
Tuesday, October 9 - FINAL Marching Rehearsal
Wednesday, October 10 - MSBOA MARCHING FESTIVAL @ NILES
Thursday, October 11 - Senior Hat/Flag Decorating (after school)
Friday, October 12 - Homecoming Parade, Assembly, Football Game
Saturday, October 13 - LAKESHORE MARCHING INVITATIONAL
Schedule for Vicksburg - Saturday, October 6th
3:10 - Warm up/Run Through Show
3:45 - Load Trailer
4:00 - Dress in Full Uniform
4:10 - SOCK CHECK
4:15 - Load Bus
4:25 - Leave BSHS
6:00 - Arrive @ Vicksburg HS
6:10 - Unload Trailer
6:30 - Move to Warm up
6:35 - Warm up
7:05 - Move to stadium
7:15 - Staging
7:20 - PERFORMANCE
7:40 - Return to Trailer/Put away instruments
7:55 - Go to Stadium
8:00 - Watch Portage Central
8:20 - Watch Gull Lake
8:40 - Watch Vicksburg
9:00 - Watch Drum Battle
9:15 - Awards
9:30 - Return to Buses
9:45 - Leave Vicksburg
11:15 - Arrive @ BSHS
Admission is $6. Program available for a nominal fee. Students should eat before arriving to BSHS. Students can bring $ for concession stand dinner/snacks. We will give students a snack, but it will not be a full dinner.
MSBOA @ Niles - Wednesday, October 10th
2:38-4:30 - Load instruments/do homework
4:30-5:25 - Team Dinner & dress in full uniform
5:25 - SOCK CHECK
5:30 - Load Buses
5:35 - Leave BSHS
6:00 - Arrive @ Niles HS
6:05 - Unload trailer
6:25 - Move to warm up
6:30 - Warm up
6:45 - Move to staging
6:55 - Staging
7:00 - PERFORMANCE
7:15 - Return to trailer
7:45 - Return to Stadium
8:00 - Awards
8:15 - Return to Buses
8:45 - Arrive @ BSHS
*No admission or program information at this time. Will update as soon as information is provided.
Homecoming - Friday, October 12th
12:00 - Line up
12:30 - Parade
1:30 - Assembly
2:38 - Dismissal
5:15 - Call Time
5:30 - Full Uniform
5:35 - SOCK CHECK/Warm up
5:45 - Senior Hat/Flag Ceremony
Senior Parents, meet at the field at 5:45pm
After senior hat ceremony, seniors go to field.
6:10 - Senior Walk on Field w/parents
Seniors, as soon as you're done, come back to the HS for your last March Out
Rest of band will run show/rehearse stand tunes
6:30 - Line up
6:35 - March out
6:45 - PERFORMANCE
7:00 - GAME TIME
9:30 - Approximate game time end
Schedule for Lakeshore - October 13th
12:55 - Warm up/Run through show
1:25 - Load Trailer
1:45 - Load Buses
2:15 - Arrive @ Lakeshore HS
2:30-5:30 - Watch Class D & B Bands
5:30 - Return to Trailer
5:35 - Change into Uniform
6:15 - Re-load trailer w/cases
6:25 - Move to Warm up
6:30-7:00 - Warm up
7:00 - Move to Stadium
7:10 - Staging
7:15 - PERFORMANCE!
7:30 - Return to Trailer/Load
7:50 - Go to Stadium
8:00 - Watch Mattawan, LaPorte, Portage Central, Lakeshore
9:00 - Awards
9:30 - Return to buses
10:00 - Arrive back @ BSHS
Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for students/seniors. Program available for $3. Students will need to bring $ for concession stand dinner/snacks. We will be watching a lot of bands before we perform, so students should dress for the weather also.
Vicksburg Invitational
VICKSBURG INVITATIONAL OCTOBER 6, 2018
Performance
2:55 Opening Welcome, National Anthem VHS Seniors
CLASS D
3:00 River Valley
3:20 Reading
3:40 Hackett
4:00 Schoolcraft
4:20 Camden-Frontier
4:40 Galesburg-Augusta
5:00 New Buffalo
5:20 Springport
5:40 AWARDS CLASS D & Judges Dinner
CLASS B
6:20 Otsego
CLASS C
6:40 Comstock
7:00 Olivet
7:20 Berrien Springs
CLASS A
7:40 Mattawan
8:00 Portage Central
CLASS B
8:20 Gull Lake
EXHIBITION
8:40 Vicksburg Exhibition
8:55 VHS-GLHS Drumline Face-off
9:15 AWARDS PRESENTATION FOR CLASS C, B, A
Saturday, Oct 6, 2018, 07:15 PM
Vicksburg High School, East Highway Street, Vicksburg, MI, USA
MSBOA Festival @ Niles HS
2018 MSBOA Marching Festival - Niles
River Valley -5:00
Cassopolis - 5:15
Bridgman - 5:30
New Buffalo - 5:45
Eau Claire - 6:00
15 Minute Break
Brandywine - 6:30
Watervliet - 6:45
Berrien Springs - 7:00
Buchanan - 7:15
Edwardsburg - 7:30
Niles - 7:45
Awards
Wednesday, Oct 10, 2018, 07:00 PM
Niles High School, Eagle Street, Niles, MI, USA
Lakeshore Marching Invitational
BANDS
Eau Claire D 2:30
Hartford D 2:45
River Valley D 3:00
Bridgman D 3:15
New Buffalo D 3:30
Gobles D 3:45
BREAK 4:00
Kenowa Hills B 4:15
Edwardsburg B 4:30
Plainwell B 4:45
Vicksburg B 5:00
CLASS B & D AWARDS 5:15
Parchment C 6:00
Brandywine C 6:15
Dowagiac C 6:30
Coloma C 6:45
Constantine C 7:00
Berrien Springs C 7:15
BREAK 7:30
Battle Creek Central A 7:45
Mattawan A 8:00
LaPorte, Indiana A 8:15
Portage Central A 8:30
Lakeshore EX 8:45
CLASS A & C AWARDS 9:00