Weekly Announcement
Trip Sheet: Douglas County Marching Showcase - September 11, 2024
WHO: RCHS Marching Band
WHAT: Douglas County Marching Showcase
WHEN: September 11, 2024
WHERE: Halftime Help Stadium
Travel Attire: Show shirt, comfortable gym shorts (fit under uniform), long black socks, marching shoes. Students may bring comfortable socks and tennis shoes to wear in the stands after the performance.
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Performance Attire: Full marching uniform, including long black socks, marching shoes, marching gloves and gauntlets, shako hats, and plumes. We will adjust our attire uniformly based on weather conditions.
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Itinerary:
2:30 pm - Students are dismissed from class, come to the band room for physical and musical warmup.
3:30 pm - Load trailers with equipment.
4:00 pm - Load buses (W.W. and Percussion on Bus 1, Brass and Color Guard on Bus 2).
4:15 pm - Buses depart RCHS.
4:45 pm - Buses arrive at Halftime Help Stadium, students find seats in the stadium and receive meal tickets.
5:00 pm - first band performs!
6:40 pm - students travel back to buses to get into uniform and get instruments.
7:00 pm - combined Douglas County School District band performs 9/11 Tribute
7:20 pm - Students to trailers to help move props to the gate. Students may NOT play until our warmup time on the field: sound will bleed into the stadium.
7:50 pm - RCHS takes the field! We have 20 minutes for field entrance, visual warmup, musical warmup, performance, and field exit. We will begin our run through of Movements 1, 2, and 3 at approximately 8:00.
Immediately after performance - students quickly return equipment to trailers/buses, return to stands (in uniform) to watch final band
~8:50 pm - Load trailers, students change into show shirts and black shorts/pants.
9:00 pm - Students back on buses.
9:15 pm - Buses depart Halftime Help Stadium
9:35 pm - Buses arrive at RCHS. Help unload the trailer, then you are free to go - Have a great night!
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Parent Information
Admission to the show is free! Halftime Help Stadium is located at:
3270 Redstone Park Cir, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Spectator parking is located to the east of the stadium, with some overflow parking available across the street to the north.
The first band’s time slot begins at 5:00, and the final band’s time slot begins at 8:10.
The concession stand will be open during the show! Proceeds from concessions will be split amongst all of the bands performing.
All students are required to take the bus both to *and *from the stadium.
Mr. McLaine's Monday Minute - September 9, 2024
Rock Canyon Band Family,
Happy Monday! The band program is really starting to operate as normal, and we have shaken off the “summer funk!”
Marching Band: Douglas County Showcase!
This Wednesday, September 11th is our annual Douglas County Showcase. This is a fun opportunity for band students in our school district to see what everyone else is doing in a supportive, non-competitive environment. All students will be bussed from the school to Halftime Help Stadium, where we will watch the other bands. At 7:00 PM, all of the bands will join on the field for a combined tribute to September 11th. At 7:50 PM, Rock Canyon will take the field to show off portions of our show. This will be the first time for parents to see our students in full uniform! This is an all-evening event, and all students are expected to be present for the entirety of the event. Please see the detailed itinerary below, and the Trip Sheet will be posted in the Band App.
Concessions Signup: We are in need of volunteers to signup for shifts in the concession stand. Note: All students and families are required to work at least 2 shifts throughout the year. Concessions shifts account for the largest portion of our annual fundraising, so full participation by families in these shifts is necessary to help our band function.
Marching band rehearsal: Marching band rehearses every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 3:30-6:30. Note that all rehearsals are mandatory; if a student misses a rehearsal, every student around them suffers! Marching band is the ultimate team activity, and we need every member of our group present and participating to get the most out of our time!
I am so fortunate to be here and interact with the students and families in this band program.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me at tmclaine@dcsdk12.org if you have any questions.
Let’s go Jags!
Best,
Trevor McLaine
Rock Canyon High School
Director of Bands
Some important dates this semester:
August 15 - Mandatory Parent Meeting, 7:00 PM, RCHS Band room
August 22 - Back to School Night Performance
August 30 - Football vs Chaparral HS (Eighth Grade Band Night with Rocky Heights MS)
September 11- District Marching Band Showcase @ Halftime Help Stadium
September 16-20 - Homecoming Week (Daytime Spirit Tour, Football game, Parade, etc.)
September 20 - Homecoming Football Game vs Grandview High School
September 28 - Legacy Marching Band Festival @ Adams 12 Five Star Stadium
October 3 - Football vs ThunderRidge (Senior Night)
October 5 - Douglas County Marching Invitational @ Douglas County High School Stadium **
October 7 - All Bands Concert
October 12 - Marching Band Mid Season Camp 9AM-5:30PM
October 17 - Marching Band Mid Season Camp 9AM-3PM and CBA Metro Marching Band Regional Competition
October 14-18 - Fall Break
October 25-26 - CBA State Championships
October 31 - Football vs Valor Christian
November 4 - Marching Band Banquet 7 PM
December 2 - Feeder Festival Concert
December TBD (likely 9, 11, or 12) - Chamber Music Concert @ Restaurant TBD
Band Booster Update - September 9, 2024
Hello Marching Band Families,
Thank you to all the Families that came out to the Qdoba Restaurant Night last Friday! It was a fun event and great to see so many families dining or grabbing take out to take home.
Mark your calendars, our next night out will be a Red Robin on November 21st and stay tuned we are waiting for confirmation of a couple more dates as well!
Band Booster Reminders:
Band Spirt Wear
Yard Signs are In!
If you ordered a Yard Sign, these are in and were passed out last week, If your student hasn’t brought theirs home yet, please ask them to pickup in the Band Room.
Band Apparel
Thank you for ordering your Band Apparel and Accessories! Denver Athletics is preparing our orders and these will be ready in a couple of weeks.
DCSD Marching Showcase is this Wednesday, September 11th, Shows start at 5 pm at Halftime Help Stadium.
Watch for the Monday Minute communication tomorrow from Mr. McLaine with all the details.
The kids will be eating their Pre-Ordered Concessions Meals at 5:00 pm. The Boosters will be passing out the pre-order meal tickets to the kids when they arrive at the stadium. If you didn’t pre-order a meal, please make sure your student brings a Sack Dinner to eat at this time.
RC will perform at 7:00 pm with all the bands with a special 9-11 music selection. Our RC performance of “Let Them Eat Cake” will be on the field at 7:50 pm.
The Band Booster meeting is this Thursday, Sept. 12th at 6 pm in the Band Room.
All are welcome to attend this meeting.
Minutes from the August meeting and previous meetings can be found here.
Concessions
Signup for your Concessions Shifts and help the Bands with the our largest Fundraiser. Thank you to all that have already worked a shift or two, your help is so Appreciated!
We still have some open slots to fill, especially for the games on Oct. 3rd and Oct. 31st. Kids signup with your friends and this will be a fun Halloween Night!
Signup here: https://www.rockcanyonbands.org/signup
Thank you to all our Kids, Parents and Families for all your help! Band Families are the BEST Families!
RC Band Boosters
Band Communications
CutTime - Text Messages from (844) 385-8463, Reply “Stop” if you prefer emails
Band App - Band App Invite Link
Band Website - https://www.rockcanyonbands.org/
Facebook: “Rock Canyon Bands” - https://www.facebook.com/groups/549092548486640
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rchsbands/
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