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Marching Colonel for a Day

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EKU’s Marching Colonel for a Day program provides high school students the opportunity to perform with the Marching Colonels at Roy Kidd Stadium during a home football game. This event is open to all high school marching band members.

Due to increased costs, we are asking for a fee of $10 per student. This will include commemorative swag for the student, food prior to game and after half-time, and complimentary tickets for parents and band directors. You can access the online payment portal after you register, or directly by using this link.

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Schedule of Events

  • 9:00 – Arrival and Check-in
  • 9:30 – Meet your Sections, and Sectional rehearsals (MC’s on field)
  • 9:45 – Winds Group rehearsal
  • 10:15 – Full Ensemble Halftime Rehearsal
  • 11:00 – Wrap-up, Announcements
  • 11:30 – Group photo in Powell Plaza
  • 12:00 – Tailgate food with the Marching Colonels
  • 12:45 – Baseball Warmup
  • 1:00 – Baseball Performance: Pregame, Hey Baby, Halftime
  • 1:30 – Arrive at Roy Kidd and move into stands
  • 1:44 – MC’s Pregame
  • 2:02 – Kickoff
  • 3:15 – Approximate Halftime
  • 5:30 – Approximate end of game

Time of Arrival / Registration

All participants should plan to arrive on the Eastern Kentucky University campus approximately around 9:00am EST, Saturday, November 23, 2024 to check-in and prepare for rehearsal. Check in for all participants will take place in the Mobberly Lot north of Roy Kidd Stadium. If you have registered and cannot participate for some reason, please contact us so that we may adjust our numbers for food orders.

Lunch (tailgate food and pizza) will be served to participants at no additional cost. Non-participants and observers will be responsible for their own meals. Fruit and snacks will be provided after halftime as well.

  • Brass and woodwinds should bring your school band uniform, instrument, lyre, and phone to hold your music. You must download the UDB and Beam apps to your phone. You will be given an EKU BANDS pop socket to attach to your phone, which will fit in a standard music lyre.
  • Percussionists should bring your school band uniform, your instrument, sticks or mallets and your phone to hold your music. You must download the UDB and Beam apps to your phone.
  • Note: We do not use pit percussion. If you are a pit percussionist, please bring a marching percussion instrument (snare, tenors, bass drum or cymbals).
  • Colorguard should bring your uniform, flags and poles.
  • Twirlers should bring your uniform and any necessary equipment.
  • Dancers/Majorettes should bring your uniform and appropriate dance shoes.
  • Note: We do not use pit percussion. If you are a pit percussionist, please bring a marching percussion instrument (snare, tenors, bass drum or cymbals).

PLEASE BRING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, MUSIC, ETC. WE CANNOT PROVIDE ANY OF THE ABOVE ITEMS.

UDB and BEAM Information for Winds and Percussion
New this year, we will use Ultimate Drill Book and Beam to share drill information and music parts to you.

  • Download the apps from your app store.
  • Sign in to UDB and Beam: ensemble codes and passwords are automatically emailed to you after you register for the event.

If for some reason, you cannot bring your high school band uniform, don’t worry, just wear some spirit gear to represent your school!

The temperature for MCfaD can be very cold or sometimes very pleasant. Please be sure to dress appropriately for the weather. Wear layers, long sleeves, bring a jacket, long johns, leggings, etc. Bring a hat, scarf, gloves. Above all, you need to be comfortable so you can have fun with us!

You can bring a water bottle, hand warmers, and some snacks (although we will feed you two different times!)

For Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion:
New this year, we will use Ultimate Drill Book and Beam to share drill information and music parts to you.

  • Download the apps from your app store.
  • Sign in to UDB and Beam: Ensemble codes and passwords are automatically emailed to you after you register for the event.
  • In Beam, download your parts, and practice Americano, Born this Way, and Bad Romance in the Show 6 – Lady Gaga Show You do not need to learn Poker Face. You can also practice the Stands Tunes setlist so you can play with us in the stands!
  • In UDB, wait until November 11, 2024 to see the drill. Select an open HSB (band) or HSP (percussion) number. This will allow you to look at the drill. This will not be your specific spot, but will give you an overview of what the drill will look like.

For Guard, Dancers/Majorettes & Twirlers:
You do not need to download UDB or Beam for the event. Please go to the Music & Choreography folder to watch videos of your feature work in counts and with music. Please use these videos to practice your choreography. Videos will be available for your use by November 1, 2024.

Thank you for loaning us your students for the weekend! We will have complimentary tickets for you to attend the game. If you will have more than one director attending, please let me know. My email address is posted below.

We welcome parents and friends to attend this event. You may pick up one or two complimentary tickets to the game for your parents Saturday during check-in. Additional tickets may be purchased at the ticket box office, by telephone at 859-622-2122, or on the EKU Athletics website.

If you have any other questions, contact Dr. Wiggins at timothy.wiggins@eku.edu.

We look forward to seeing you in November!