Anderson High School Band 4610 S Madison Avenue Anderson, IN ext ext FESTIVAL OF COLORS

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1 Anderson High School Band 4610 S Madison Avenue Anderson, IN Richard Geisler Mike Villano Director of Bands Assistant Band/Choir Director ext ext rgeisler@acsc.net mvillano@acsc.net AndersonBand@acsc.net FESTIVAL OF COLORS CONTEST INFORMATION-ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2015 CONTEST TIME SCHEDULE: The current time schedule is available on the IHSCGA website with a current start time of 10:00 a.m. for the first performance. Please be aware that this time schedule will not be finalized until Monday, February 9 th due to promotions that may occur earlier in the contest season. CHECK-IN: Enter through the North Entrance Door # 1. Doors for performers will open at 8:00AM The director of each unit must check-in and complete their declaration form at the guard entrance before allowing students to get off the bus. If you have not completed an announcer/spiel sheet online you will be asked to do that at this time. You will also sign up for critique at this time. All participants, prop people, and chaperones must enter the building through guard check-in on the NORTH side of the building. This includes everyone with your group that does not have an IHSCGA issued pass. As per IHSCGA procedures you will be allowed 8 free tickets for prop people, chaperones, staff, etc., in addition to your declared number of performers. FREE entrance is for BACKSIDE SEATING ONLY. Additional prop people, chaperones, etc. will be charged $3.00 for students and $6.00 for adults at this entrance. REDUCED entrance is for BACKSIDE SEATING ONLY. ALL Adults paying the full admission price at check-in will be issued a spectator wristband. Truck and Bus Drivers will receive a wristband that will allow them access to the spectator seating. (See also Bus/Truck Driver Hospitality Room section) DIGITAL COMMENTARY: This will be delivered through CompetitionSuite approximately one hour after your performance time. If you have signed up for critique, you must listen to these prior to attending. DVD S: A DVD of your guard s performance will be available to purchase for $ Payment must be made at check-in. The order form is included at the end of this information packet. This is for the educational use of the director only. SPECTATOR ENTRANCE: Doors will open at 9:00 AM. All spectators will enter the building through the doors located on the SOUTH side of the building at Door #25 underneath the circular window. Admission price is $6.00 for spectators. Children 5 and under are $3.00. Infants not needing a seat are free. PARKING: All spectators will park in the SOUTH parking lot.

2 BUS PARKING: Busses will park in the long drive in front of the building. Overflow parking will be in the NORTH EAST softball lot. Staff vehicles will park in the North Lot near the Guard Entrance. PROP ENTRANCE: Props will enter the building on the back side of the building just past the loading dock at Door #5. This entrance is approximately 5 10 wide. No one will be allowed to enter the building without a stamp or pass, so please cover this with your driver(s). EQUIPMENT/TRUCK PARKING: All equipment trucks will unload and proceed to park in the South East Lot. To re-load props, you will move out of the lot and circle around the building to the NORTH entrance and around to the EAST side again. LOADING AND PROP EXIT: The prop loading door will be on the EAST side of the building just south of the unloading area at Door #7. The door will be marked on the outside. Please plan to load your equipment immediately following your performance. This exit is approximately 5 10 wide. PROPS AND EQUIPMENT: All props must pass inspection in compliance with IHSCGA rules. Props that are not in compliance will not be permitted in the gym until they do pass inspection. Please review the rules regarding crutch tips and padding of equipment. Nothing will be allowed in the gym that does not pass inspection. TIMELINE/CONTEST FLOOR: There will be a VERTICAL (front to back) timeline utilized for this contest. Entrance to the competition floor will be from the back left as you look at the floor from the spectator side and exit will be from the back right. All entrance/exit doors have an approximate width of These items are marked on the map of the school. AWARDS: Awards for Festival, Cadet, and AA will be in the gym after Festival concludes. Reg. A awards will be in the gym at the conclusion of class A. Class A, Open, and World awards take place after the last group finishes up. Make sure that your representatives meet prior to awards in the hallway nearest the guard entrance to the gym. HOSPITALITY ROOM: (DIRECTORS & STAFF ONLY) This will be located on the main floor in the Media Center. Feel free to stop in at anytime during the day for refreshments. BUS/TRUCK DRIVER HOSPITALITY ROOM: Each school will receive a coupon that can be redeemed for a meal in the cafeteria. There will also be an area of the cafeteria where they can go and relax during the day. This area will be marked. Coupons and information regarding bus/truck driver hospitality will be distributed when you check-in. CAFETERIA: The cafeteria will be open and serving delicious food from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. We hope that your students and parents will patronize the cafeteria. We will also sell some concessions just outside the performance gym. Per IHSCGA policy, outside food or drinks are NOT to be brought into the building. There will be ZERO tolerance with this. Hall Space/Restrooms: Each unit will be allotted hall space for this year's contest. Each of the hallways has restrooms available. Spectators will be limited to using the downstairs restrooms in Hallway C and D and by the cafeteria. All other restrooms will be designated for performers. Girls will use the auditorium for changing. Boys can use the restrooms in the wing of their hallway space. Bags and personal items should be stowed in your designated hall space against the walls or lockers in order to keep aisles clear. Do NOT leave items in

3 the auditorium. Neither the IHSCGA or contest host site is responsible for lost/stolen items. You must clear your designated area within one hour of your performance time and move all items to your bus. For groups performing within 30 minutes of awards, please move items to the downstairs D hallway for holding space until the awards conclude. There is to be NO GLITTER in the building. If glitter is used in hair/makeup please instruct your kids to apply either on the bus or outside the building. Any hairspray should be applied in the restrooms ONLY. The auditorium, especially, is going to be a supervised no tolerance zone for this policy. Please help keep the restrooms clean. Food and drinks should be eaten in the gym or cafeteria, not the hallways that are now being used as Homeroom space. There are water fountains located throughout the building for those who need it. Per IHSCGA policy, outside food or drinks are NOT to be brought into the building. SOUND CHECKS: These will be conducted prior to the start of the contest beginning at 9:30AM or during breaks. CRITIQUE: Any group wishing to attend critique must sign up at check-in. Critique for Cadet, AA, and Regional A will take place in the Media Centear after Reg. A performances conclude. A, Open, and World guards will begin immediately after the conclusion of the contest in the Media Center. Please do not sign-up if you do not actually plan to attend. CONTEST HEADQUARTERS: The Media Center will be utilized as contest headquarters for this contest. In the event that a host is not in the media center there will be a contest volunteer that will have access to a radio to contact one of the hosts if the need arises. EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS: DAY OF EVENT- PLEASE CONTACT Richard Geisler at Cell phone reception is spotty in the building, so PLEASE leave a message or text if your call is not answered. You may also call the band office at Press 9,2,1 to skip the prompts. If your call is not answered, please leave a message. EXITING THE BUILDING: There are exits out each of the 5 wings of the building. When leaving with your group after either the 1 st awards ceremony of the day, please DO NOT have your buses move around to Guard Check-in to pick up your students as that causes a real problem with groups who are trying to check-in. Your buses will be parked on the West side of the building closest to those exits by the homerooms, so please use those exits. Thank you for taking the time to read and familiarize yourself with contest information. This will make for a much smoother day for you and your students!

4 Choir Room Band Room Girls Optional Changing Space Spectator Spectator E-1 E-2 E-3 1ST FLOOR B-1 B-2 B-3 B-5 B-4 E-5 E-4 A-10 A-9 A-8 A-7 A-6 2ND FLOOR B-6 B-7 B-8 B-9 C-6 C-7 C-8 C-9 D-6 D-7 D-8 D-9 E-6 E-7 E-8 E-9 E-10 E-11 BUS PARKING

5 Anderson High School Saturday, February 14 th 2014 DVD Order Form School/Guard Name Class: Yes, I would like to purchase a DVD of Our Performance Today No Thank-you. Cost: $15 Please make checks payable to: ANDERSON BAND Please turn in this form at Guard Check-in when you arrive. Thank-you for supporting the Anderson Band!!

6 Contest Site: Anderson High School4610 S. Madison Avenue Anderson, IN Day Of Event Contact Numbers: Kim Wilhoit (765) Richard Geisler (765) office: (765) ext From Interstate 69: Traveling from either North or South, we recommend that you use Exit 22 (State road 67/9 South) if you have access to Interstate 69. This exit is the least congested and the simplest route. The school is 2.9 miles from the exit and there are only three traffic lights to worry about, two of which are at the exit. When exiting from the North you will turn right. If you are exiting from the south you will turn left. Follow 67/9 in the direction of Anderson and veer to the right when you see a sign that says To 53rd street bypass (before the traffic light). You will turn left at the next light, which is Madison Avenue, and continue two blocks to the school. This is a total of 2.9miles. From State Road 67 or State Road 32:Travelingwest from the Muncie/Yorktown/Winchester area, take Interstate 69 South at Daleville and go south to exit 22. Turn right at the exit and follow the directions above. From the North using State Road 109/9 traveling South: Take state road 109/9 south. Go past the Anderson Mounds Mall to 38 th street. Turn right on 38 th street and go west to the 3 rd light which is Madison Ave. Turn left on Madison Ave and go south to the school. From State Road 32 traveling East from the Noblesville/Lebanon area: Stay on 32 (which is also named Nichol Ave.) through Edgewood and continue to the light at Raible Ave. Turn right on Raible and continue through two lights until you come to a traffic light at a T intersection. This light is 38 th street. Turn left and cross the railroad track to the light at Pendleton Ave. Cross Pendleton Ave. Continue on 38 th street to the next light which is Madison Ave. Turn right on Madison and go south until you reach the school. From The Lafayette Area: Take State Road 28 east to Interstate 69 south to Exit 22. From Interstate 65: Take State Road 32 east at the Lebanon Exit and follow the directions above from the Noblesville area. From State Road 31: Take 32 east at Westfield and follow the directions above from the Noblesville area.

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9 Anderson H.S.--Festival of Colors Winter Guard Contest--Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 MENU AHS Cafeteria Located in the Far-North Side of the School Open 9am 8pm BREAKFAST GRANOLA BAR $1.00 YOGURT $1.00 DONUTS $1.00 MILK OR JUICE $1.00 FRUIT $1.00 LUNCH & DINNER PIZZA $2.00 a slice ¼ lb. ALL BEEF HOTDOG $2.00 with chili or cheese $2.25 / with both $2.50 CHICKEN SHAKERS $3.00 Includes 1 sauce, Extra Sauce $0.50 NACHOS $2.00 / with chili $2.50 PRETZEL $1.00 / with cheese $1.50 BREAD STICKS w/cheese $ bread sticks with a cup of cheese SLOPPY JOE $3.00 BBQ SANDWICH $4.00 COMBINATION PLATTER $6.00 Includes choice of BBQ sandwich, Sloppy Joe sandwich, or Chicken Shakers, 2 sides & drink CHEF SALAD $4.00 Includes lettuce blend, tomatoes, cucumber, cheese, ham or turkey & dressing WALKING TACO $2.00 Includes cheese, chili, lettuce, sour cream SIDES *CHOICES FOR COMBINATION PLATTER* GREEN BEANS APPLESAUCE MAC & CHEESE SOUTHERN STYLE COLESLAW Concession Stand Located just outside the Gym Open 9am 9pm Assorted Chips 1.00 Assorted Candy 1.00 Fresh Popcorn 1.00 Cookies (2) 1.00 Drinks SODA (Bottles) 2.00 Powerade 2.00 Dasani Bottled Water 1.50 Guard Entrance Cafeteria GYM Spectator Seating Spectator Entrance *SIDES A LA CARTE ~ $1.00* DRINKS CANNED DRINKS & WATER $1.00 COFFEE $1.00 DESSERTS DESSERTS $1.00