9-10:00am Rehearse in the auxiliary gym at LMS. We will need parent help in the beginning to help load the floor onto the trailer. Flag bags and other equipment will be transported with the performers on the bus.
10-11:00am Performers change into uniform, do hair and make-up (please remove nail polish before Saturday). You will need to bring your own mirror as we will probably use the band room as a dressing room.
11:30am Leave LMS (lunch stop on the way, bring $ or a bag lunch)
2:00pm Arrive at Powhatan HS and go straight into the gym to watch ECG Percussion perform
2:30pm Unload the floor cover from trailer, final bathroom break before warm-up. Parent help is needed to take the floor from the trailer into the school.
4:48pm Perform! We have a 7 minute time limit to get on the floor, perform our 4 minute routine, and get everything off the floor. Parent help is needed getting the floor cover on and off the performance floor as it weighs about 300 pounds.
5-5:30pm Load the floor back onto the trailer, load flags and equipment onto the bus and change into t-shirt and jeans
5:30-6:15pm Watch the rest of the guards in our class (Scholastic Regional A). We will sit together in the bleachers with chaperones.
6:15-7:00pm Dinner break at the concessions area. Bring $. There will also be various souvenirs for sale (t-shirts, photos, etc). We will bring leftover water bottles and snacks from Monday’s camp as concessions food can be expensive.
7-8:30pm Watch the rest of the color guards perform. We will sit together with chaperones.
8:30-9:30pm Awards Ceremony and Critique (where the judges meet with instructors to give feedback for the next competition)
11:30pm Approximate return to LMS. The building will be locked when we return, so students are encouraged to bring a cell phone on the trip so that they can call home when we are close to the school.
Special Competition Information:
Chaperones get free admission passes.
General spectator tickets are $10 and purchased at the main entrance.
Each performing group only gets 1 video pass. If you are available to video tape our performance, please let us know. We would like to watch our performance at the following Tuesday’s rehearsal.
Flash photography is not allowed during performances, but most competitions have professional action photographers.
Proper etiquette while watching a winter guard performance is to clap and cheer during the parts of the performance you find interesting (like after a toss).
Directions to Powhatan HS:
Take US 460 to Appomattox. Take Rt 24 North to Buckingham. Take US 60 East for about 40 miles to Powhatan. You will travel about seven miles, passing several traffic lighted intersections. Once you pass the intersection that contains the McDonalds, prepare to turn left at the next traffic light. This is the intersection of Judes Ferry Rd. and US 60 (Bank of Powhatan at the corner). Turn left onto Judes Ferry Rd. Powhatan High School is just ahead on your right.
For a complete list of participating schools, visit www.atlanticindoor.org.
