09/30/23 Columbus Parade & Field Competition
We hit the road starting this Saturday. See the Band website Itineraries page.
The Band will load from 7:00-8:00 am and leave KHS by 8:00 am on Saturday. The trailer will be loaded on Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm, but we will load hat bags and uniforms on Saturday morning. The trailers will follow the buses as we travel to Columbus.
At 10:00 am we arrive in Columbus and the band gets in uniform. We need to unload the instruments (for the parade) at this time. We will likely be a block or so South of the parade route in Columbus, usually in the gravel parking area by the railroad (about 25th Ave & 12th St). *updated 9/27/23 – We are supposed to stage on 12th St. between 27th and 26th Ave – between Northwest HS and Norfolk HS. Once the students have their instruments, we load the carts back on the trailer and lock it up and it stays parked. We follow Northwest High School. We can then go watch the parade until Kearney marches through. When Kearney is done marching the parade, we load instruments back on the carts and back in to the trailer, and are done with the parade.
After the parade, we go to Pawnee Park (where the field competition is – on the South side of Columbus – right after you cross the river entering Columbus from the South on the highway, on the west side of the highway) and have time for lunch (approximately 12:00 pm). The trailers will follow the buses. As always, look for our blue trailer. The bus parking is East of the field, and the trailer parking is in the lot to the south-east of the bus parking lot.
The itinerary notes that the Parade awards are at 1:00 pm. Lunch break is 12:00 pm to almost 1:00 pm.
After the lunch break, we need to be ready to unload the trailer by 12:50 pm. Look for our blue trailer parked Southeast of the field (if they have not changed their event plan). We unload the trailer by 1:00 pm and prepare for the competition. We will need to assist the students in moving the pit equipment to their warm-up area by 1:25 pm and then to the competition field by 2:00 pm to be on-deck at 2:10 pm.
Kearney’s performance time is 2:15 pm. We follow Lakeview High School. Note that we will enter the field from the South side of the stadium, so we will be lined up to enter in modified field order (we line up in reverse order of the UNK field). Once our performance is complete, we exit the field on the North side of the stadium and move our equipment back to the trailer and load the trailer to prepare for travelling home.
Field awards are at 6:30 pm. We will leave for Kearney by 7:00 pm and arrive in Kearney around 10:00 pm. Plans are to stop for a dinner break on the way home. We unload the trailer back in to the Band room when we get back to the High School.
It will be a big day, but remember that we are representing Kearney – let’s do our very best.
Remember to wear BLUE.
Thank you for helping on the Pit Crew Team. You are appreciated!
Contact Ed Uden 308-440-0694 if you have any questions.
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Ed will publish updates and highlight them on this post.
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Bus route in Columbus to the parade staging area: Bus/truck drivers take either 23rd Street or 8th Street to 23rd Avenue. Then take 23rd Avenue to 12th street. Enter 12th street from 23rd avenue. All parent/Pit Crew volunteer vehicles can park in the area and come help with unloading/loading the trailer.