Pursuit of Excellence Marching Competition in Marshall Information

Students/Parents,

On Saturday, September 22nd, we will be traveling to Marshall, MN to compete in the Pursuit of Excellence marching band competition.  Marshall is always a great competition because it allows us to work with clinicians during the day before we compete.  This is a jam-packed day full of exciting musical experiences for the kids and as you can see by the arrival time home...a long day as well!  Below is a schedule of events for that day:

ITINERARY - 9.22.18
9:00AM - Load Bus
9:15AM - Depart for Marshall
11:45AM - Arrive in Marshall and Unload Equipment for Clinic at Middle School
12:25PM - Clinic at Marshall Middle School
2:10PM - Load trailer after clinic
2:30PM - Lunch at MHS
3:00PM - Downtime to hang in homerooms
5:00PM - Dinner at MHS or on campus
6:00PM - Meet in homerooms to get dressed and ready
6:30PM - Warmup
7:30PM - March to Gate
7:45PM - Arrival at Gate
8:00PM - PERFORMANCE
8:30PM - Stay in uniform for AWARDS
8:45PM - Pack trailer and uniforms
9:30PM - Depart for Mitchell
12:00AM - Approximate Arrival into Mitchell
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If anyone has questions, please feel free to contact me.  I hope that you all can make it up to cheer us on! For those that are planning on traveling to Marshall, the performance is held at Mattke field on the SMSU campus.  The link to the field is at: goo.gl/maps/T9BFNdK4dQ42  

Thanks!
Ryan Stahle
ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us

Below is a schedule of all bands:
Gold Class                              
5:30 – Lennox HS, Lennox, SD                                                              
5:45 –  Bishop HeelanHS, Sioux City, IA                                              
6:00 – Madison HS, Madison, SD                                                          
6:15 – Anoka HS, Anoka, MN                                                             
6:30 – Harrisburg HS, Harrisburg, SD                                               
6:45 –  Hastings HS, Hastings, MN                                                    

Crimson Class                         
7:00 –  West Central H.S. Hartford, SD                                      
7:15 – Huron   HS, Huron, SD                                                 
7:30 –  Sibley Ocheyedan HS, Sibley, IA                                      
7:45 –  West Lyon HS, Inwood, IA                                              
8:00 –  Mitchell HS, Mitchell, SD                                                                                                                                   

​Exhibition
8:15 –SMSU Mustang Pep Band
8:30- Gold Class and Crimson Class Awards                                                                              

Navy Class
8:40 – Irondale HS, New Brighton, MN                                                        
8:55 – Central HS, Aberdeen, SD                                                                  
9:10 –  O’Gorman HS, Sioux Falls, SD                                                         
9:25 -   Brookings HS, Brookings, SD                                                          
9:40 -   Brandon Valley HS, Brandon, SD                                                     
9:55 –  Roosevelt HS, Sioux Falls, SD                                                         

Ivory Class
10:10 – Rosemount HS, Rosemount, MN                                                 
10:25 - Lincoln HS, Sioux Falls, SD                                                      
Judged Exhibition
10:40 – Marshall HS, Marshall, MN                                                                  
10:55 –Navy Class and Ivory Class Awards