Lafayette Itinerary
Hello Ryle Band Families,
What a great weekend! So very proud of our GRAND CHAMPION Marching Raiders!!! The judges were very complimentary of our show, and we still have lots of room to improve moving into this weekend. Off to a great start!!!
A few items of note for the coming week:
- Friday Night’s Football Game
- Reminder of the call time of 5pm!
- We are also inviting 8th grade band members to perform with us in the stands that night from Gray, Ockerman, and RA Jones!
- ACT Students
- For Friday, we will dismiss ACT takers after our halftime performance so they can rest up for their test the next morning. Should be leaving Ryle somewhere between 8:15 and 8:30 that evening
- For Saturday, we will be leaving at 12:15pm to travel to Lafayette. If your child is finished with the ACT by then, they are welcome to ride the bus down with us. But if they’re taking the writing portion of the ACT, or if they use extended time, they will need to ride down to Lafayette with their parents. They can ride back on the buses with us. Callie Dickman will be compiling a list of ACT takers so we have an accurate attendance count for our bus trips down and back.
- Lafayette Competition
- The Lafayette Competition isn’t a KMEA event, so there are some slight changes to the format.
- They will use a Bands of America scoring/judging format, which has one more judge than KMEA format
- The contest will have scores, but the awards ceremony doesn’t have placements/caption awards
- After we perform we will have a 30-minute clinic with a guest clinician in their auditorium. This will be a great chance for the students to receive real-time feedback on their show!
- This contest also features some of our states’ finest bands, including several 5A groups!!!
Looking forward to another great week! GO RAIDERS!!!
Take care,
joe