Home vs. CWHS and Band Fest

Good Morning Marching Tiger families,


It is Band Fest week! There are many things to cover in this FYI, if there is information about this weekend you can not find, please feel free to email me directly for student related things or Emily Haverfield for Band Fest/volunteering related questions.  

Pickerington Band Festival 
Our home show is this Saturday at PHSN.  Please invite your family and friends to attend and support the Marching Tigers.  The booster clubs have been working very hard to organize a great show.  If you get a chance, please say thank you to a Tiger or Panther Booster.  This is a time consuming project, both clubs have done a great job collaborating.  Not all booster clubs in town work as well together as our two band booster clubs. 

Uniforms For Friday and Saturday
Friday night is purple pants and black socks.  We did a great job with uniform socks last Friday. Let's get it right this week too!

​Saturday we will be wearing our competition white pants.  This impacts a few details regarding uniform.  Sock must be all white and students should wear neutral colored shorts under their uniform.  Students need to continue to wear their show shirts for the season.  
 As with every performance, students aren't permitted to wear hooped or colored ear rings of any kind when in uniform.  Small ear rings are acceptable.  Students must remove all bracelets and fingernail polish that is not neutral in color.

Transportation
The most important bit of parent information on Saturday night is transportation for the band is "one-way".  Parents must pick-up their student at Pickerington NORTH at the end of the contest. This serves multiple functions, it encourages parents to come and support their child/children and saves money in our transportation budget.  The band room will be open after the show if students want to return instruments that night.  Students who use the trailer to transport instrument back to Central and/or are responsible for any form of logistics are required to return to help unload.  Non-Logistics crew and students with the ability to transport instruments home are welcome to do so.  Just don't forget your cases! 

Ticket sales and booster help
Tickets for the event are $12 per person.  However, the boosters are still in need of additional volunteers. If you consider that volunteers get free admission and parents need to pick-up their child after the contest, it only makes sense for you to volunteer TODAY!   It will cost $0 to help the band, see the show and pick-up your child!  ​See the link for tickets and band guide volunteers below. 

Band Fest Volunteers

Band Fest Tickets

Friday Timeline
3:10-4:10 Dress rehearsal in Tiger stadium
5:15 - Band room opens
5:45 - Meet at Flagpoles in uniform 
6:20 - March to stadium
6:30 - Athletic Hall of Fame announcement (we need to be in the stadium before this)
6:45 - Begin Pregame
7:00 - Kick-off 

Saturday Timeline
12:00 - Band room opens
12:30 - Dress rehearsal in Tiger Stadium
2:00 - Load Equipment and dismiss for dinner/volunteer at Band fest
5:00 - Band room opens
5:30 - Depart for North HS
6:00 - Arrive and unload 
6:55 - Warm-up 
8:00 - Perform at Pick Band Fest
8:45 -  Pickerington Marching Band and Alumni Performance
8:55 - Awards 
TBD - Dismiss after awards, load and report to Central to unload. 

Parent Volunteers for Friday
Nurse:
Kelly Long

Field Help:
Bridget McGeorge 
Chris Mirakian
Jennifer Dryer
Barb Gilbert
Erica Matthews
Lisa Mezquita
Joy Shaw ​

Parent Volunteers for Saturday
Sarah Hurst-Pelfrey
James Pelfrey
Chris Mirakian 
Jennifer Dryer
Julie Browfield 
Josh Warmund
Heather Edwards
Natalie Matney