Band Day

 

2012 Band Day will be September 15 - K-State vs. North Texas

Mark Your Calendars!

Band Directors:

Click Here to Register for the 2012 KSU Band Day

Band Day Music:

You must purchase and practice these 3 tunes with your bands before the 15th. Music is available for purchase through Senseney Music.

The following music completes our show and must also be practiced. This music is availible for download by clicking here. Please email Mr. Don Linn (dplinn@ksu.edu) for a login and password.

Last year, nearly 2,000 musicians joined the K-State Marching Band for a festive half-time performance. Students and their directors march a short parade through downtown Manhattan and enjoy the festivities of K-State Football! Additionally, all woodwind, brass, flags, twirlers, and dancers are invited to join the K-State Band for a massed half-time performance.

"KSU Band Day provides our students the first road trip of the season and gives them an opportunity to perform in a public setting different from our own venues. The chance to perform on the field in front of a Big XII crowd is pretty cool for the students and the parent chaperones as well. It is a fun trip for us."
T.J. Taylor
Director of Bands
Junction City High School
Junction City, Kansas

 

BUS ROUTE/ PARADE LINE-UP MAP (Coming Soon)

Band DAy Parade Route Map (Coming Soon)

Bill Snyder Family Stadium

Bill Snyder Family STadium Satellite Map

 

In the event of inclement weather, BAND DAY and PARADE WILL GO ON!
We appreciate your reading, understanding and compliance to the following guidelines, which are crucial to a successful Band Day!

 

 

BAND DAY INFORMATION

 

 

GUIDES:
KSU Band members will be waiting at the end of the parade (Near Old Chicago Pizza). They will have the following for you:

• A stadium seating chart and half-time field position for directors.
• Tickets (based on the number submitted).

PRE / POST PARADE DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS:
After unloading at McCain for Parade

• Bus(es) proceed to the Mall
• Bus(es) will depart parking lot A2 by turning left on Vattier St. and continuing around until you reach Lover’s Lane.
• Turn right on N. Manhattan Ave.
• Turn left on Bluemont Ave. and continue to Tuttle Creek Blvd. (Hwy 24).
• Turn right on Tuttle Creek Blvd. and continue to the main mall entrance stoplight. Turn right into the Mall entrance.
• Turn left and follow Mall road to the parking area (by Whiskey Creek & Penney’s, SE lot) where you will be met with parking attendants to help park your bus(es).

Parade begins in Aggieville on N. Manhattan Ave., turns left on Moro St. and right on 11th Street and continues to Poyntz Ave. where it turns right to the Town Center Mall (KSUMB will be the only group to turn left).

After loading at Town Center Mall at end of parade:

• Depart Town Center Mall by turning left (North) onto Hwy 24 (Tuttle Creek Blvd).
• Stay on Tuttle Creek Blvd. (North) until you reach Kimball Ave.
• Exit left on Kimball (West).
• Stay on Kimball until you reach the East side of the Stadium.
• Enter at East side parking Gate 7.

After unloading at Stadium, bus(es) will exit the parking lot via Gate 11 (South back gate) onto Hillcrest Dr. Proceed on Hillcrest until Claflin Rd. OR turn left on Kerr St. to Denison, turn right.

• Turn right on Claflin Rd. and proceed West. You will cross Seth Childs Rd. (Hwy 113).
• Turn right (North) on Wreath Ave.
• Turn left (West) on Robinson Dr. park in the CICO Park swimming pool area.

BUSSES MUST ENTER THROUGH GATE 7, (KIMBALL AVE / East side) UNLOAD ALL STUDENTS AND INSTRUMENTS (EXCEPT PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS)

MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE IN UNIFORM AND READY TO GO ONCE THE BUS(ES) ARRIVE AT K-STATE STADIUM. THERE IS MINIMAL UNLOADING TIME UPON ARRIVAL.

• Busses will be directed to leave the parking lot via parking Gate 8
• Busses exit Gate 8 and turn right (east) onto Kimball Ave.
• Proceed east on Kimball Ave. to Denison Ave.
• Turn right (south) on Denison Ave. and proceed to Claflin Rd.
• Turn right (west) on Claflin Rd. and proceed on Claflin Rd. across Seth Childs Rd. (Hwy.113) to Wreath Ave.
• Turn right (north) on Wreath Ave. to Robinson Dr.
• Turn left (west) on Robinson Dr. into CICO Park (park in pool parking area)

 

ENTRANCE INTO THE STADIUM:
!!!! All band members, directors, chaperones must have a ticket! (1 chaperone ticket will be given for each 15 participating band members). 
Please enter stadium at Gate X:

• You will be directed to your seats in the north end zone of the stadium by your band guides.
• Please do not move from your allotted seating area.
• DO NOT bring cases into the stadium! All instruments (except percussion) can be carried into the stadium and stored underneath or beside your chair.
• UMBRELLAS ARE NOT ALLOWED in the Stadium.
• PLEASE KEEP OUT OF ROPED OFF WALKWAYS!
• Please remember to take everything you will need off the buses before they depart for CICO Park.
• NO PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS ARE ALLOWED IN THE STADIUM EXCEPT FOR THE KSU DRUM LINE. Percussionists will be on the field during half-time with their band.

BUS ROUTE AFTER HALF-TIME:

• Exit CICO pool area back to Wreath Ave.
• Turn left (north) on Wreath Ave. to Kimball Ave.
• Turn right (east) onto Kimball Ave. and proceed to reenter Parking Gate 7
• Follow direction of attendants to stage and to pick-up and exit Gate 8
• Turn right (east) onto Kimball Ave. all traffic must go east bound

 

Meals:

• Lunchtime is your choice; at the Mall, in town, or bring your own sack lunch. Eating at the Mall after the parade is generally discourged due to the limited amound of time between the end of Parade and the start of rehearsal. Eating before the parade starts is preferable as well has having sack lunches or snacks ready for later in the day. Please allow enough time in your schedule for lunch!! Remember that travel to the stadium with game day traffic might take a while, so plan accordingly so your are in place for rehearsal well before rehearsal time.
• You are allowed to bring in sack lunches and drinks for the later meal. Drinks are limited to commercially sealed bottled water and Gatorade type sports drinks (size - 1 litre or smaller). Can also purchase from the concession stands.
• Glass containers, cans, picnic baskets, large bags ARE NOT allowed.

 

HALF-TIME MUSIC:
ALL BANDS ARE REQUIRED TO PURCHASE, AND PERFORM THE FOLLOWING:

Build Me Up Buttercup - arr. Paul Murtha, Hal Leonard Publishing HL 03744871
867-5309/Jenny - arr. Paul Murtha, Hal Leonard Publishing HL 03745321
Sweet Caroline - arr. Tim Waters, Hal Leonard Publishing HL 03745379

PLEASE PREPARE YOUR OWN DANCE, FLAG OR TWIRLER ROUTINES. 
WE WILL NOT BE TEACHING ROUTINES.

ALL BANDS WILL NEED TO ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING BY CALLING THE K-STATE BAND OFFICE: (you will receive a password from us to login and retrieve the following music

• God Bless America - FROM THE K-STATE BAND OFFICE

• 1812 Overture - FROM THE K-STATE BAND OFFICE
  • 1. Take the optional ending into the cut time.
  • 2. We will stay in 4 beats to the bar from the cut time to the end.
• Wildcat Victory - FROM THE K-STATE BAND OFFICE
  • 1. Play the introduction and then go through one time.
  • 2. Take the second ending.

 

Note: If you need music for “Wildcat Victory,” "God Bless America", and “1812 Overture,” please contact the KSU Band Office as soon as possible. (785-532-3816) *Please take the time to rehearse the half-time music. We need everyone playing!

Auxiliary half-time feature locations: Twirlers in the South end zone, Flags will on the West side track, Dancers will be on the East side track

Transportation WILL NOT be provided to the stadium or the bus parking area due to traffic from the game.
You may wish to have a car or van to transport your bus drivers to/from CICO Park and the Stadium.