Color Guard & Dance Team Audition Prep. Session (OPTIONAL)
Join the Blugold Marching Band Color Guard and Dance Team student leaders for a free clinic! They’ll help you prepare your audition video as you refine your technique and make new friends.
1p Meeting in HFA Lobby
1:30p Session
4:30p Team Dinner (not provided)
Color Guard & Dance Team Audition Prep. Session (OPTIONAL)
Join the Blugold Marching Band Color Guard and Dance Team student leaders for a free clinic! They’ll help you prepare your audition video as you refine your technique and make new friends.
1p Meeting in HFA Lobby
1:30p Session
4:30p Team Dinner (not provided)
Color Guard & Dance Team Video Auditions - DUE by Midnight CT
Drumline
Monday
8:15a Meeting - Gantner Hall
9a Sectionals
12p Lunch
1p Sectionals
4-4:45p Full Battery
Tuesday
9a Full Battery Warm-Up
9:30a Sectionals
~11a Basics
12p Lunch
1p Sectionals
3:30p Full Battery
5p Conclude
Wednesday
9a Full Battery Warm-Up
9:30a Sectionals
~11a Basics w/Instruments
12p Lunch
1p Sectionals
3:00p Full Battery
5p Conclude
Thursday
9a Full Battery Warm-Up/Music
11a Sectionals
12p Lunch
1p Sectionals
2:30p Full Battery
5p Conclude
Friday
9a Full Battery Warm-Up/Music
11a Sectionals
12p Lunch
1-3 TBA
Dancers & Color Guard
Monday
9a Rehearsal
12p Lunch
1p Rehearsal (Indoor TBD, Guard; HFA Studio, Dancers)
4p Dinner
5:30p Rehearsal (Indoor TBD, Guard; HFA Studio, Dancers)
8p Conclude
Tuesday
1p Rehearsal (Indoor TBD, Guard; HFA Studio, Dancers)
4p Dinner
5:30p Rehearsal (Indoor TBD, Guard; HFA Studio, Dancers)
8p Conclude
Wednesday
9a Rehearsal
12p Lunch
1p Rehearsal (Indoor TBD, Guard; HFA Studio, Dancers)
4p Dinner
5:30p Rehearsal - HFA
8p Conclude
Thursday
1p Rehearsal (Indoor TBD, Guard; HFA Studio, Dancers)
4p Dinner
5:30p Rehearsal (Indoor TBD, Guard; HFA Studio, Dancers)
8p Conclude
Friday
9a Rehearsal
12p Lunch
1p Rehearsal (Indoor TBD, Guard; HFA Studio, Dancers)
4p Dinner
5:30p Rehearsal (Indoor TBD, Guard; HFA Studio, Dancers)
8p Conclude
Registration Day
Saturday
9:30a Leadership Set-Up
10a Piccolos
11a Mellophones & Baritones
12p Trumpets
1p Sousaphones & Tenor Saxes
2p Clarinets
3p Alto Saxes
4p Trombones & Late Arrivals
6p Opening Meeting - Gantner Hall in HFA
7p Section Team-Building (+Organize Carson Park carpool)
9p Conclude
Show Learning
Sunday
8a Drill Learning - Carson Park
12p Lunch
1:30p Music - HFA
4:30p Dinner
6p Drill - Carson Park
8p Conclude
Monday
8a Drill Learning - Carson Park
12p Lunch
1:30p Music - HFA
4:30p Dinner
6p Drill - HFA
8p Conclude
Tuesday
8a Drill Learning - Carson Park
12p Lunch
1:30p Music - HFA
4:30p Dinner
6p Drill - HFA
8p Conclude
Wednesday
8a Drill Learning - Carson Park
12p Lunch
1:30p Music - HFA
4:30p Dinner
6p Drill - HFA
8p Conclude
Thursday
8a Drill Learning - Carson Park
12p Lunch
1:30p Music - HFA
4:30p Dinner
6p Drill - HFA
8p Conclude
Friday
8a Drill Learning - Carson Park
12p Lunch
1p Afternoon plan TBD
University Opening Day Performance
Apparel - BMB T-Shirt & Khaki Shorts
1p Concert Arcs - BMB Field
1:30p Concert - Campus Mall
2p Conclude
Blugold Gameday v. Coe College
Apparel - BMB Uniform
9a Band Photo Call-Time, Location TBD - Zorn, Sonnentag, or Carson Park
~9:45a Sectional Photos
~10:30a Conclude & Lunch (on your own)
12p Call Time, Carson Park
12:45p Pre-Game Concert
1p Kick-Off
~2:30p Halftime
~5:00p Conclude
Regional Tour - Madison, Chicago, & Milwaukee (All Times TBD, Performance Times not Confirmed)
Apparel - BMB Uniform
Friday
9a Bus Call-Time & Load
9:55a Roll Call
10a Depart for Madison, WI (178 miles)
11:30a Tomah Rest-Stop
11:45a Depart
1:15p Arrive & Lunch
7:00p Depart for Crowne Plaza; Rosemont, IL (135 miles)
9:30p Arrive, Check-in, & Unload (EQ stay on Buses/Trucks, Luggage inside)
Saturday
8a Breakfast (provided by Hotel)
10a Depart for Chicago, IL (18 miles)
10:45a Arrive
6p Depart for Mt. Prospect, IL (30 miles)
7p Arrive & Unload
7:45p Sectional Warm-Up
8:15p Full Band Warm-Up
8:30p Walk to Gate
8:45p Gate
9:00p Perform
9:30p Load
10:00p Depart for Hotel (10 miles)
10:30p Arrive
Sunday
8a Breakfast & Load (provided by Hotel)
10a Depart for Waukesha, WI (95 miles)
11:30a Arrive & Unload
12:15p Sectional Warm-Up
12:45p Full Band Warm-Up
1p Walk to Gate
1:15p Gate
1:30p Perform
2:00p Load
2:30p Depart for Madison, WI (61 miles)
3:30p Lunch, East Towne Mall
4:30p Depart for Eau Claire, WI (173 miles)
6p Tomah Rest Stop
6:15p Depart
7:30p Arrive & Unload
Music Along the Chippewa Exhibition
Apparel - BMB Uniform
8p Call-Time, CFHS Auditorium (Enter via Band Room under Cardinal)
~9:30p Perform
~10:00p Conclude
Homecoming Parade & Blugold Gameday v. Stevens Point
Apparel - BMB Uniform
9:30a Homecoming Parade Call-Time, Oxford Ave. (West Lot, Eau Claire County Human Services)
10a Parade (end at HFA)
~10:30a Conclude & Lunch
12p Call-Time, Carson Park
12:15a Perform w/Alumni in Lot
12:45p Pre-Game Concert
1p Kick-Off
~2:30p Halftime
~5:00p Conclude
Youth in Music Exhibition
Apparel - BMB Uniform
5:30p Bus Call-Time, HFA Lot
6p Depart
7:45p Arrive & Dinner
9:15p Sectionals, ‘The Commons’ (NW of Stadium)
9:30p Full Band Warm-Up
9:45p Walk to Gate
10:00p Gate
10:15p Perform
10:45p Load Buses
~11:00p Depart for EC
~12:30a Arrive & Unload
Blugold Football v. La Crosse
Apparel - BMB Uniform
10:30a Call-Time, Carson Park
11:15a Pre-Game Concert
11:30a Kick-Off
~1p Halftime
~3p Conclude
Blugold Gameday v. Oshkosh
Apparel - BMB Uniform
12p Call-Time, Carson Park
12:45p Pre-Game Concert
1p Kick-Off
~2:30p Halftime
~5:00p Conclude
Pablo Center Concert
Apparel - BMB Uniform
4:30p Dress Rehearsal (store uniform backstage)
5:45p Dinner
6:30p Call Time
7:00p Perform
~8:30p Conclude
International Trip
Sat., Dec. 28
Fly to Barcelona, Spain (MSP)
Dec. 29-Jan. 2
Explore, Perform, & New Year’s in Barcelona
Thurs., Jan 2
Board Celebrity Infinity
Jan. 3-4
Days at Sea & Ship Performances
Jan. 5
Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Jan. 6
Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Jan. 7
Tenerife, Canary Islands
Jan. 8
Day at Sea & Performance
Jan. 9
Casablanca, Morocco
Jan. 10
Tangier, Morocco
Jan. 11
Seville, Spain
Jan. 12
Malaga, Spain
Jan. 13
Day at Sea & Performance
Jan. 14
Arrive in Barcelona
Jan. 14 or 15 (TBD)
Depart for Minneapolis
Drumline Auditions
9a Meeting - HFA, Gantner Hall
11a Lunch
12p Continue
~2p Conclude
Drum Major Auditions
Haas Fine Arts - Rm. 169
See Registration and Audition details on ‘Drum Majors’ page.
Location: The Dome at America’s Center
St Louis, Missouri
Performance Time: TBD
Location: U.S. Bank Stadium
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Performance Time: 10:15 pm
After the Pre-Game performance, head to the meeting area to prepare for the game.
Kick Off: 1 PM
We will be playing a Mini-Concert for the audience, which will be a little longer than our normal post-game concert.
Tunnel for Football Team: 11:10 am
Performance Time: Around 11:40 am
After the Parade, we will perform a pregame performance as soon as the Football Team Arrives. We will play until 12:10 pm-ish and then march straight into the Stadium.
The Alumni Band will also be playing and sitting with the band.
Meet at the Courthouse: 721 Oxford Ave
Plumes at Haas: 9 am
Call Time: 9:30 am
Step-Off: 10 am
Stop at Haas to get your Plumes, then head to the courthouse!
After you’re finished stop at Haas, again, to turn in your plumes!
Head straight to Carson Park once you’re done! You will be provided lunch, which will be Pizza!
Chippewa Falls High School (735 Terrill St)
Call Time: 8 PM (Meet under the Cardnial)
Performance Time: 9:30 PM
Be organized in sections in Zorn Arena at 11:45 am.
We will take a full band photo and then section pictures one by one. Once your section photo is complete, you’re free to go!
Family Weekend! We will be performing for visiting familes!
Call Time: 10:30 am (Subject to Change) @ Haas Field in Uniforms
Performance Time: 11 am in Campus Mall
Campus Opening Day!
Call Time: 12:30 pm at Haas
Performance Time: 1:30 pm in Campus Mall
Wear your BMB Shirt and Tan Khaki Shorts
Move-In Day: Saturday, August 26th
All Day Registration with Evening Meeting/Rehearsal
Full Camp: Sunday - Friday
Move-In Day:
Section Leaders: Wednesday, August 23rd
Rank Lieutenants: Thursday, August 24th
Load Time: 5:15 pm at Haas Fine Arts
Performance around 10 pm
Bus Sign Up in Slack
