Festival of Bands Competition Details

​Dear Band Parents,

On Saturday, October 3rd, we will be traveling to the Festival of Bands competition in Sioux Falls.  The Festival of Bands competition is set up with afternoon preliminaries and the evening finals at Howard Wood Stadium.  The top ten bands from the morning preliminaries in all classes (there are over 25 bands that attend this competition) will be asked to perform again in finals later that evening.


ITINERARY            10/3/15
9:30AM                LOAD BUSES
9:45AM                DEPART FOR SIOUX FALLS
11:00AM                ARRIVE AT HOWARD WOOD AND GET INTO UNIFORMS
11:00AM                GET INTO UNIFORMS
11:30AM                REPORT TO WARMUP LOCATIONS
12:15PM            CANARIES STADIUM WARMUP
12:30PM            MARCH OVER TO GATE
12:45PM            ARRIVE AT GATE
1:00PM                PERFORMANCE
1:30PM                LOAD EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS (make sure you eat something at Howard Wood before finals are announced.  If we are one of the first bands to perform, we will not have time to eat before we perform)
*5:15PM                AWARDS AND FINALS ANNOUNCEMENT
*TBA                FINALS PERFORMANCE (NO EARLIER THAN 7PM)
*10:00PM            AWARDS 
*10:30PM            DEPART FOR MITCHELL
*11:30PM            ARRIVE IN MITCHELL


*Approximate Times.


DIRECTIONS TO HOWARD WOOD STADIUM (2000 W Russell St)
The easiest way to get to Howard Wood Stadium is take I-29 south from I-90….then take the Russell exit and  head east.  Howard Wood Stadium is on the right side of the street (you cant miss it)


If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me by email (ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us) or by phone at 605-995-3040.  See you in Sioux Falls.


Sincerely,

Ryan Stahle
Director of Bands
605.995.3040
ryan.stahle@k12.sd.us