Parents & Students,

Welcome to the Blue Sheet – your weekly update on all things marching band. It is evident that my formatting of this document is not translating well into CHARMS – so I am attaching it as a PDF so you can see how I format it each week and maybe prefer to see it this way. Hopefully we get some good weather for the coming weekend of marching band. Your positive thoughts are appreciated.

THIS WEEK


Monday, October 21st
• Stadium/Parking Lot Rehearsal (no guard)
Tuesday, October 22nd

• PAWS-6 ALL MEMBERS (Stadium/Parking Lot)
Wednesday, October 23rd
• 4-6:30 Guard Sectionals (Location TBA)
Thursday, October 24th
• 4-6 ALL MEMBERS (Stadium)
Friday, October 25th
• Football @ Pope (See new Plan A and Plan B below)
Saturday, October 26th
• Contest @ GSU (see Saturday schedule)

NEXT WEEK
Monday, October 28th
• No practice
Tuesday, October 29th

• PAWS-6 ALL MEMBERS (Stadium/Band Room)
Thursday, October 31st
• No Practice
Friday, November 1st
• BYE WEEK

FRIDAY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE – PLAN A
3:30 – Show Shirts/Shorts and meet section leaders
4:15 – Load truck in front of school
4:45 – Dismiss to Dinner
5:30 – Load Buses
5:45 – Depart for Pope HS
6:30 – Unload/Warmup
7:15 – Enter Stadium
** We will perform a post-game due to Pope’s Senior Night – and then load quickly for return to Cambridge
11:00 – Approximate Return to Cambridge – look for texts from students (no unload tonight to prepare for our early departure in the morning

FRIDAY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE – PLAN B (Weather protocol)


3:30 – Jeans and Show Shirts – layers and jackets encouraged
4:15 – Load truck in front of school
4:45 – Dismiss to Dinner
5:45 – Load Buses
6:00 – Depart for Pope HS
6:45 – Unload/Warmup
7:10 – Enter Stadium
** Pit and electronics will stay on the truck – only stands instruments needed. We will load battery if it starts to rain.
10:45 – Approximate Return to Cambridge – look for texts from students (no unload tonight to prepare for our early departure in the morning)

Georgia State Contest – October 26th


8:15 AM – Meet section leaders/change to half-uniform
8:45 AM – Load buses to travel to GSU (truck will remain loaded from the night before)
9:45 AM – Arrive GSU/Breakfast provided to students/unload/stretch
11:20 AM – Scheduled Warmup Time
12:30 PM – PERFORMANCE
12:45 PM – Load truck/change to half-uniform/snack/return to stadium
2:15 PM – GSU PERFORMANCE
2:45 PM – Awards
4:30pm - Student Social!
5:00pm - Panther Walk (GSU Band plays for football team entry)
5:30pm - Stadium Gates Open
6:40pm - Panther Band Pre-Game Performance!
7:00pm - Football Game kick-off
*Students should bring money for concessions!
8:30pm - approx. halftime performance
9:15pm - approx. departure
10:00pm - approx. return to Cambridge, unload trailer, dismissal

LOOKING AHEAD


Remaining Marching Band Rehearsals
Tuesday, October 29th – PAWS-6pm
Thursday, November 7th – 4-6pm
Friday, November 8th – Senior Night

SENIOR NIGHT – NOVEMBER 8TH


We celebrate our seniors at the final home football game vs. Alpharetta on November 8th. Seniors will receive a form to complete to announce them and their parent escorts at pregame of that game. The rest of the band will assemble in the stands for this ceremony and play the alma mater and fight song for our graduating seniors. Senior parents will receive a digital copy of this form in the next week as well. Hard to believe we are talking senior night already – make the most of the end of this season of Lunacy!


Ryan Borger & Katie Groves
Cambridge Bands