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The band travels as a whole unit on school buses to each venue.
Students are not allowed to ride with parents or separately. Box Moms and Pit Dads are chaperones for each trip.
There are very strict guidelines regarding appearance during competitions. Box Moms are responsible for each student assigned to their “box”. No additional jewelry (watches, necklaces, earrings, rings, etc.) or make-up is allowed. Hair is to be kept as a natural color and pulled up underneath the hat.
Each student will be issued a uniform. Dates for fittings will be announced.
- Box – Uniforms are kept in a “box” which travels with the band. Uniforms never go home.
- Box Moms – “Box Moms” help students get dressed into their uniforms at the venue (or at school prior to the performance) to ensure proper assembling of uniform. Students have the same Box Mom helping them throughout the year.
- Required clothing – Students are required to wear a black shirt, black shorts and black socks under their uniform for each performance. They will be responsible for bringing those items and their shoes (purchased through the band department) to each performance.
Saturdays – Starting in September, Greenwood Marching Woodmen will have contests each Saturday. Typically, these are all day commitments.
- Where – Contests are held all over central Indiana. Usually contests are local, within an hour’s drive. We do go to Evansville every other year for a regional contest (part of the process to qualify for state).
- Schedule/Itinerary – The contest schedule will be available at the end of the previous school year, though specific times/itinerary for each Saturday will be determined during the week of the contest. Information will be emailed and will also come home with the students. Be prepared for some early morning report times and late night dismissals.
Visit the GHS website at http://ghsband.org for the latest calendar of events.
- After band practices, do not attempt to pick your child up at the curb.
Signs will be placed for no parking at the curb after practice. - Please park in the parking lot.
- It is a very busy time (coming and going across the parking lot), so please be aware of safety measures put in place, heed the signs and go slowly.
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT: For each practice, PLEASE make sure your child has an adequate amount of water (usually a quart jug is good) and PLEASE make sure your child wears sunscreen (for summer AND after school practices). Many hours are spent in the sun.
Nominal results for the contests in which Greenwood performs, placings and caption awards, without scores, for Class B, are normally posted very quickly to the GMWIG Facebook Group, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ghsband.org.
For more complete results for any contest, use the INBANDS site at https://inbands.com/contests.
Results posted to INBANDS can be slightly delayed, but will include more complete information like results for all classes, and scores, when those scores are released. ISMMA does not release scores publicly for their events: Regional, Semi-State, and State Finals.
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https://inbands.com/contests