Saturday, September 22, 2018 DIRECTOR INFORMATION General and Spectator Information 1. Plainfield South High School and all stadium areas are NO SMOKING areas. 2. Spectator gates will open at 1:30 PM. The National Anthem will be performed at 2:45 PM and the first band will perform at 3:00 PM. The class A and AA awards will be presented at approx. 5:15 PM and the class AAA awards will be presented at approx. 8:15 PM. 3. Handicap parking will be available. Please notify a parking attendant if handicap parking is required. Wheel chair accessible rest rooms are inside the concession building in the stadium. 4. No director, student, or parent will be allowed in or on the press box. In addition to the drone footage of your performance, we will provide you with a wide-angle video of your performance from the top of the press box. Ticket Information Adults $8.00 ea. or 2 for $15 Students (K 12) $5.00 Children under 5 Free Family Packages $20 (includes any 3 family members); $25 (includes any 4 family members) Parking and Arrival Information 1. The school address is: 7800 Caton Farm Rd., Plainfield, IL 60586 2. Maps have been included to simplify the arrival and parking process for your bands and also as a guide to spectator parking. Please copy these maps and make them available to the parents from your organization that will be attending. 3. Please direct your bus drivers to arrive at the campus from Caton Farm Road turning south into the campus across from Walgreens. Please note the different entrances for spectators, handicap, and band vehicles (buses and trailers). 4. You will be directed to the check-in area at the far south end of that driveway. At the check-in area, you will meet your hosts, receive a registration packet which will include a school map, an updated performance schedule, lanyard(s) for the director(s), wristbands for support staff (chaperones and band staff class A bands will receive 15, class AAA bands will receive 20, and any other related information. Please email Jerrod Cook at jcook@psd202.org if you need additional wristbands) 5. All performing members will have their hand stamped. 6. After registering, buses and trucks will be directed by parking volunteers into spaces. Please let the parking volunteers know upon your arrival if you are not staying for the awards ceremony and will need to leave the parking lot early. 7. Check-in for bands will open at 12:00 PM. Bus Area For the safety of your students in the parking areas, we ask that you assemble them near your busses prior to your warm up departure time. If you are providing a meal, we ask you use the grass areas of the parking lot as noted on the campus map. NO instrument tuning or playing of any kind can take place in the bus or assembly areas. We appreciate your assistance in this matter. Emergency Instrument Repair Emergency instrument repair will be provided by Quinlan and Fabish and will be located inside door N on the SOUTH end of the bus parking lot. Your host will direct students to this area in case of an emergency.
Dressing Rooms We will not be able to provide a large area for students to change into or out of uniforms. Students will need to change on buses, in the bus area, or in restrooms. Your group is responsible for personal items left in the area or on buses, etc. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. There is limited access to indoor restrooms available for students and the general public. These are located just inside door I or N which are adjacent to the bus parking areas. Cooling Center Students, directors/staff, and spectators will be allowed into the cafeteria to use as a cooling center (or warming center you never know) throughout the event. You may enter the building through door M. Please stay in the cafeteria. Warm Up Have your winds, drumline and auxiliary students gather near your busses prior to departure for your warm up. During your warm up, please have all performing members face North, East or West (away from the stadium) during their warm up time. Warm up areas will have water but no restrooms. Warm-up fields are not lined. Winds & Drumline A host will direct your winds and drumline to your assigned warm-up, and performance areas. Color Guard A host will direct your color guard to their assigned warm up area. Front Ensemble A host will meet your front ensemble by your trailer or buses and direct them to their assigned warm area on the northwest side of the building. A host will also direct them to the holding area prior to your performance. There will be power available at the warm up area. Prop and Podium Staging Space will be provided near the Entry area and gate to the performance area for your parent/staff volunteers who will need field access. Please instruct them to not enter the holding area until your band arrives from their warm-up. Performance Details The surface on our field is turf and has high school hash marks. This contest will be run under Bands of America (BOA) contest rules and will use BOA judging sheets. The judging panel will be a standard BOA panel with the addition of separate percussion and auxiliary captions (these captions will not be figured into your final score). The complete BOA Official Procedures can be viewed by following the following link: http://www.musicforall.org/images/pdfs/2018/fall/2018_boa_rulebook.pdf From the performance holding area, bands will be directed into position to enter the field as the previous band exits (refer to stadium map). After performing, bands will exit to the performers LEFT ( side 2 or to the south in our stadium). Exit and entry gates are 11 feet wide. As a courtesy to the next band, after your band has finished performing, we ask that drum lines stop playing as they enter the end zone. Bands will not troop the stands. Front Ensemble musicians and equipment will enter and exit the stadium from the northeast side of the stadium.
The Timing and Penalty judge will keep track of all infractions under BOA rules. Because our show is early and in an effort to promote the educational aspect of the activity, penalties will be recorded but not assessed in your final score. Immediately prior to your performance, the announcer will read the following statement: Joining us from [School City & State] please welcome the [School] Marching Band! (Announcer pauses for audience response.) [School] s musical selections include the following: (Announcer reads their selections.) Plainfield South High School is proud to present Drum Major(s) [Drum Major(s) name(s)] and the [School] Marching nickname. If your drum majors are going to do a salute, please have them do it during the last sentence shown above. The performance order was determined by the reverse order of receiving your registration. Drones The official drone policy for our event will be included as a separate attachment to the email that contained this packet. The short version: PSHS has contracted a drone company and will provide each band with the video footage free of charge. For the safety of everyone, no other drones are allowed on our campus for this event. Seating Spectator seating will be in the main grandstand on the west side of the field. Please have your band sit in the east (visitor) stands WITH your chaperones to watch the other bands. Your students and chaperones should enter the stadium through the main spectator gate and proceed to the visitor bleachers (East side of the stadium). Please note these areas on the map. We also ask that you kindly remind your students they are guests to our campus and to please place any trash in the provided receptacles. We appreciate your assistance in this matter. Students from the last two bands to perform, Plainfield North and Rock Island, may stay within the gates of the performance area and gather to the north end of the field (closest to the school) behind the goal posts for the awards ceremony. First Aid A first aid tent is located at the north end of the field. Should an emergency occur, please contact your host or the nearest volunteer with a walkie-talkie/or cell phone. If a band member needs first aid, a chaperone MUST accompany them to the first aid tent. Please make sure the chaperone has the necessary permission slip/medical information for the band member when they enter the tent. Depending on the reason for the visit to the first aid tent, an incident form may need to be filled out. We appreciate your cooperation in sending a chaperone with the student. Concessions The main concession stand will open at 1:30 PM and offer standard concessions including hot dogs, pizza, nachos, popcorn, candy, water and soda.
Vendors Event t-shirts are available from the following link: http://stores.campus.ink/8734_plainfieldinvitational Shirts ordered via the link by 9/9/18 will be shipped directly to your school. Cost is $15 ea. or two for $25. There will be a limited quantity available the day of the competition. Shout-Outs There will be a table near the main entrance to the stadium where visitors will be able to purchase shout outs to be read as your band is entering and/or exiting the field. Cost for a shout out is $5.00. Hospitality Please let your bus drivers know that there will be a hospitality room for them inside the building in room 307 just inside of door I (closest door to the bus parking lot). There will also be a director s hospitality room located inside the building in room 196 just inside of door W (closest door to the stadium). Refer to the map for the locations. Awards Retreat will be drum majors and color guard captains only. Please have them assemble at the South field entrance at 7:45 PM (during Plainfield South s performance). Trophies will be presented for 1 st, 2 nd, & 3 rd place in each class as well as caption awards in each class for Outstanding Auxiliary and Outstanding Percussion. Grand Champion will be named to the band highest overall score regardless of class. Judges comments, score sheets, a recap sheet, and two videos of your performance, one from the press box and one from a drone, will be available on the track in front of the home-side bleachers at the conclusion of the awards ceremony. Inclement Weather Should inclement weather arise, there are two possible scenarios, depending on the severity and expected duration of the weather. The contest will either be delayed until the weather passes or it may be held indoors running as close to the original schedule as possible. Detailed information regarding an indoor performance will be provided at the bus check-in table. Awards will be based on music scores only (GE, Ensemble, Individual). Judges will provide tapes and score sheets for your standstill performance. It is up to the individual director whether you feel there is room in our gymnasium for your color guard to perform. If you have them perform, they will not receive comments (the judge will have been sent home) or be included in the scores. Should we move to an inclement weather schedule, please have students change into their uniforms on the buses or in restrooms as no large changing areas will be available. Last-minute Emergencies On event day, please call Contest Chair Bill Schawo (815-341-9197) for information and emergencies.
2018 Plainfield South High School Marching Band Invitational Judging Panel (as of 8/2018) Music General Effect: Luther Appel Luther Appel is the current director of bands at Bay Port High School in Green Bay Wisconsin and has been involved with the marching arts for 35 years. He was the director of the Regina Lions Band from Regina Saskatchewan which won 14 consecutive Canadian Marching Band Championships as well as performing at the Midwest Band Director's Clinic in Chicago and the IAJE International Jazz Convention. He served as the program manager for the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps and currently is a DCI music and brass judge as well as judging marching band competitions throughout the country. Music General Effect: Michael Boo Michael Boo is a composer and writer from Chesterton, Indiana. A former band director, he has a Bachelor s degree in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music and a Masters degree is Composition and Music Theory from Northern Illinois University. Grand Mesa Music, TRN Music Publisher, Alfred Music Publishing, LudwigMasters Publications, Studio 4 Publications/Mostly Marimba.com, and Permus Publications have published his concert band and percussion literature. He is also a custom arranger of marching band productions and annually judges solo and ensemble events. Michael serves as Staff Writer for Drum Corps International, writing a weekly column for DCI.org, program books, liner notes, and other projects throughout the year. He has written for publications from Outdoor Indiana Magazine to airline magazines. He also writes for WGI and Bands of America/Music for All. His book on the history of figure skating was selected by Voice of Youth Advocates as one of the top non-fiction books of the year for young readers. Music Performance Ensemble: Jennifer Mills Jennifer Mills (Bio will be provided later) Music Performance Individual: Sean Kelley Dr. Sean Kelley is Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at North Central College, where he directs the Chamber Players, Symphony Band and Cardinal Athletic Band Program, which comprises the Cardinal Marching Band and several basketball bands. Prior to arriving at North Central, Sean served as Director of Bands for the Hillsboro and West Clermont school districts in Greater Cincinnati. He holds degrees in music education from Wittenberg University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and degrees in wind conducting from Wright State University and the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Kelley is an active composer, arranger, show designer, guest conductor, and clinician for high school bands throughout Chicagoland and his native Ohio. He has adjudicated music ensembles across the Midwest with the Central States Judges Association, and has served as Director of the Wright State University Concert Band, Assistant Director of the Cincinnati Junior Youth Wind Ensemble, and as a teaching graduate assistant with the University of Oklahoma s Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band, and "Sound of the Sooners" basketball band. Sean is a member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), the College Music Society (CMS), and the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE). Dr. Kelley's latest composition, A Prairie Hymn has been published by Kjos Music Company.
Visual General Effect: Keith Baker Keith Baker began teaching chemistry in 1986 at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in Ballston Spa, NY. After leaving the US Navy and receiving his degree at SIUE in History he began teaching history at Edwardsville High School in 1999. He designed and implemented the Advanced Placement US History class in 2017. He is the recipient of numerous awards for education including the Olin Corporation Silver Medallion Award and WIU s Most Influential Teacher Award. Keith Baker has several decades of experience in adjudication, instruction, and design in the pageantry arts. He has been the director of the Edwardsville Winter Guard, leading them to an IDTA state championship in 2000 and a Class B MCCGA championship in 2001. He performed with the Belleville Black Knights, Geneseo Knights, and Capital Brass Ensemble and has taught numerous ensembles including Images Winter Guard, Francis Howell Central Indoor Drumline, and O Fallon Township HS Marching Band. He continues to be active as a designer and instructor with high school teams from Missouri to Maryland. Keith is proud to be associated with judging associations such as Drum Corps International, Winter Guard International, Midwest Color Guard Circuit and the Indiana State School Music Association. Visual Performance Ensemble: Kim Wallace Kim Wallace (Bio will be provided later) Visual Performance Individual: Ken Karlin Ken Karlin is a music educator and marching/movement coach and visual designer in the pageantry arts. Ken began his drum corps career in 1987 as a member of Star of Indiana. He served on the visual staff of the Bloomingtonbased corps from 1989-1992. He joined the visual staff of the Concord Blue Devils in 1995. In addition to working with the Blue Devils A Corps Ken has been the visual designer for the Blue Devils B corps since 1999 and served in that capacity for the 2008-2009 Madison Scouts. Ken holds a degree in music from Ball State University. He served as an associate director of bands at James Logan High School (Union City, CA) from 1999-2012. He is currently an associate director of bands and the director of jazz ensembles at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. Ken also serves on the visual staffs of the Blue Knights (CO), Madison Scouts (WI) and The Academy (AZ). Percussion: Ben Stiers Dr. Ben Stiers is Assistant Director of Athletic Bands and Percussion at Illinois State University, where he directs the Pep Band and Drumline and serves as assistant director of the Big Red Marching Machine. Prior to his time at ISU, he served as percussion instructor at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. In addition, he has been a member of the marching percussion faculty for the Music for All Summer Symposium, and has been employed as a writer, arranger, instructor, and consultant for several high school percussion programs in Illinois, Nevada, and Kentucky. He holds degrees from the University of Kentucky, the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and Illinois State University, and is an artist-endorser for Innovative Percussion and Grover Pro Percussion. Auxiliary: Chuck Cummings Chuck Cummings (Bio will be provided later) Timing and Penalties: Tara Faragoi No Bio available