L a Qu i n t a H i gh S c hoo l B l a c kha w k B r i g ade PARENT I N FORMAT ION SH E E T

Home com ing Pa r ade - N ove mbe r 2nd , 2016

PURPOSE The Blackhawk Brigade will be performing at the LQHS Homecoming Parade at Old Town La Quinta on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016. The following is for your information.

ITINERARY 3:00pm Call Time - Load Truck @ New Gym (Low Brass/Reeds, Battery, Flags, Banner w/Blanket - STRAPS!!!) Hitch a ride with the School Bus shuttle to Old Town, or drive yourself 3:30pm Arrive/Unload @ Library Parking Lot (restrooms in library) 4:00pm Section Warm Up/Form up in Parade Block in order (per Ms. Smith) 4:45pm Final Staging, NO MORE RESTROOMS UNTIL THE END (plan accordingly) 5:00pm PARADE BEGINS! Fight Song (2nd ending) + Short Drum Cadence 5:15pm Move to “Coffee Shop Parking Lot” 5:45pm Move onto the “green area” - Stand Still: Fight Song, move off on Drum Cadence back to Truck 6:00pm Load up the truck (Don’t leave anything you need for class on Thursday!) Dismissal - Parent Pick up @ Library, or just leave on your own * Restrooms in the library

THE TRUCK WILL BE DRIVEN BACK TO LQHS, WE WILL UNLOAD IT THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL

Meetup & Pickup @ La Quinta Library 78275 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA 92253

OTHER DETAILS • Mr Schneider will be providing supervision if you have questions, Ms. Smith is the coordinator of the parade - FOLLOW

THEIR EVERY INSTRUCTION!!! • We will wear FULL UNIFORM (TBA - Show shirts and jeans depending on weather) • The truck must have: Large Brass/Woodwinds, Battery, Parade Banner (With Blankets), Flags (?), STRAPS! • There will be school bus shuttles to get you down to Old Town if you can’t get yourself there. (Pickup @ Front of school) • Take your case and personal items, you are NOT coming back to LQHS afterward • Parking may be difficult - do NOT waste time getting over there after school. Please go straight there • You will be dismissed after our standstill performance (no buses back to the school - arrange your own pickup) • We will perform the fight song (short) and short drum cadence (Horn to Attn. on the Taps, Horn up on 5 on count off) • SMALL STEPS! The tempo is quick-ish for the fight song • Once you are lined up after 4:30pm - you CANNOT use the restroom again - plan accordingly

SIGNED DATE October 20th, 2016

La Quinta High School Blackhawk Brigade • 79255 Blackhawk Way • La Quinta, Ca 92253 Tel: (760) 772-4150 ext. 1301 • Fax: (760) 772-4166 • Web: www.blackhawkbrigade.org www.facebook.com/blackhawkbrigade • lqhsbbb on Twitter • Federal Tax ID: 71-0954077

Parade RouteLIBRARY:

Parking/Pre Stage

PICKUP/DROP OFF HERE

TRUCK IS HERE

“Grassy

Area”

EXIT FROM STANDSTILL

PRESTAGE FOR STANDSTILL

Calle Tampico

1 - ARRIVE AT PRE-STAGE, WARM UP HERE (RESTROOMS ARE AT THE LIBRARY)

2 - PARADE ROUTE

3 - Go to Pre Stage and wait until parade is over for standstill performance

4 - Fight Song (LONG) on the grassy area

Exit on cadence, back to the Truck

OLD TOWN LA QUINTA

TAKE WASHINGTON SOUTH TO TAMPICO

Park at the Library: 78275 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA 92253