2024 Band Camp Schedule
Sunday, August 11
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All Day |
Travel/Move-in Day for Student Leadership | |
| 2:00-6:00pm | Leadership Training |
Monday, August 12 
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All Day |
Travel/Move-in for First Year Members |
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| 2:00-4:30pm | First-Year Registration Block Option 1 | |
| 6:00-8:30pm | First-Year Registration Block Option 2 |
*All first-year members are required to attend one band registration block on Thursday. During this time, we will collect money for shoes and flip books. T-shirts, hats, and instruments (if applicable) are free of charge.
Tuesday, August 13
| All Day |
First-Year Members Only |
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| 7:45am | Breakfast snacks available | |
| 9:00-10:00am | Morning Welcome / Warm-ups | |
| 10:00-12:00pm | Marching Phase 1 | |
| 12:00pm | Lunch (provided) | |
| 1:00-5:00pm |
Sectionals/Music Rehearsal / Policies Information Session
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| 5:00pm |
Dinner (provided)
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| 6:30pm | Announcements (rehearsal field) | |
| 6:45pm-dark |
Marching Trial 1 / Playing Trials
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Wednesday, August 14 
| Travel/Move-in Day for Returning Members | ||
| 7:45am | Breakfast snacks available | |
| 9:00-9:30am |
Morning Welcome / Warm-ups (rehearsal field) |
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| 9:30-11:00am | Marching Phase 2 | |
| 11:00-12:00pm |
Marching Trial 2 |
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| 12:00pm | Lunch (provided) | |
| 1:00-5:00pm |
Sectionals/Music Rehearsal / Scholarship Information Session
Returning Drumline/Guard Report
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| 5:00pm |
Dinner (provided for first-year members only)
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| 5:30pm |
Returning Member Registration
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| 6:30pm |
Full Band Music Rehearsal (rehearsal field)
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| 7:15pm | Announcements | |
| 7:30pm-dark | Marching / Playing Trials |
Thursday, August 15
| All Day |
Full Band
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| 8:30am |
Final Block for First-year Marching/Playing Trials
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| 9:00-12:00pm |
FULL BAND Marching Phase 3 Marching Band PT Choreo Block!!! |
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| 12:00pm | Lunch (provided) | |
| 1:00-4:00pm | Drill Reading Session and Introduction of 2024 Field Shows/Trial of Knowledge/Sectionals/Music Rehearsal Blocks | |
| 4:15pm | Pluming Ceremony to welcome all first-year members | |
| 5:30pm | Out in Sections |
Friday, August 16 
| All Day | Full Band | |
| 10:30-1:00pm | Catwalk (small band only) | |
| 2:00pm | Music Rehearsal | |
| 4:30pm | Full Band Music at the Rehearsal Field | |
| 5:00pm | Dinner (on your own) | |
| 6:00pm | HTWWW Drill (Pregame Show) | |
| 8:30pm | done for the day |
Saturday, August 17
| 9:00am |
Thundercats/Fight Song Drill (Pregame Show) |
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| 11:30am |
Camp Photo! |
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| 12:00pm |
Lunch (on your own) |
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| 2:00pm |
Princess and the Frog! Music Rehearsal |
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| 4:00pm |
Full Band Stand Tunes
Orientation Rehearsal
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| 5:00pm |
Done for the day/uniform fittings |
Sunday, August 18 
| 9:00am | Stadium Rehearsal | |
| 11:00am | morning TBD pending Fieldhouse availabilty | |
| 12:30pm | Orientation Performance | |
| 12:45pm |
3rd Quarter Band Rehearsal
(band members attending August Orientation are excused)
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| 2:00pm | 3rd Quarter Band Auditions (optional) | |
| Uniform Fittings By Section | Times TBA |
Monday, August 19
| ALL DAY |
No Full Band -- prep for classes
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| 10:00am |
Drumline ONLY Rehearsal/Sectionals
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Tuesday, August 20 
| 9:00am |
Parade Block/practice for Catapalooza
Rehearsal Field
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| 11:30am |
Convocation Rehearsal
MSU Fieldhouse
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| 1:00pm |
Break/change clothes/etc.
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| 3:00pm |
M Photo (Freshman Only--Optional)
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| 4:00pm | Full Band perform at Convocation | |
| 5:30pm |
First Meal (optional but free!)
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Wednesday, August 21
| 2:10-4:00pm |
SotW Regular Rehearsal
Music Only!!!
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Thursday, August 22 
| All Day | Attend Class |
Friday, August 23
| 2:15pm | Warm-up/Prep for Catapalooza | |
| 3:00pm | Catapalooza Performance | |
| 3:30-5:00pm | Break/Move to Stadium | |
| 5:00-7:00pm* |
Stadium Rehearsal with MSU Spirit Squad
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| note | *Our Catapalooza performance is tentative. If we don't end up playing, then we will hold our stadium rehearsal from 2:10-4:00pm and not into the evening. |