Our final weekend of marching band is quite a busy one! First, we perform at the Iowa High School Music Association’s State Marching Band Festival at Waukee High School. Second, we perform the Star Spangled Banner as part of the All City Band (all 6-12th Grade Band students in Ankeny) to kick off our own Mid-Iowa Band Championships. Finally, we perform in exhibition to cap off the evening!
Itinerary
7:45am- Chaperones Meeting
8:00am- Load Busses
8:15am- Busses Leave NV
8:45am- Arrive at Waukee
– Unload/Change
9:45am- Warm-Up
10:50am- Move to Gate
11:05am- Performance
11:20am- Pictures
11:40am- Change and Load
12:45pm- Busses Leave Waukee
1:15pm- Busses arrive at NV
– Unload/Assemble Percussion in Band Room-
– Uniforms stay on trailer
4:00pm- Trailer Open to get Uniforms
4:30pm- All-City Practice in Stadium
5:00pm- All-City Band Performs for Opening Ceremonies
5:15pm- Change out of Uniform
– Equipment stored in Band Room
– Hats and uniforms stored on trailer
7:30pm- Trailer Open to get Hats and Uniforms
8:10pm- Meet at North Gate to watch Ankeny Perform
– In Uniform, With Instruments
– We will sit as a group in the stands
8:35pm- Warm Up
9:40pm- Gate
9:50pm- Performance
10:05pm- William Penn Performs
10:30pm- Awards
11:00pm- Change and Put Away Equipment
State Contest Schedule
Waukee High School Stadium
| School | Class | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Des Moines Christian | 2A | 8:00am |
| Earlham | 2A | 8:15am |
| Judges Conference | 8:30am | |
| North Polk | 2A | 8:35am |
| Adel DeSoto Minburn | 3A | 8:50am |
| Bondurant Farrar | 3A | 9:05am |
| Judges Conference | 9:20am | |
| Carlisle | 3A | 9:25am |
| Clark, Osceola | 3A | 9:40am |
| Dallas Center-Grimes | 3A | 9:55am |
| Judges Break | 10:10am | |
| Saydel | 3A | 10:20am |
| Winterset | 3A | 10:35am |
| Ankeny | 4A | 10:50am |
| Ankeny Centennial | 4A | 11:05am |
| Judges Conference | 11:20am | |
| Urbandale | 4A | 11:25am |
| DM Roosevelt | 4A | 11:40am |
| Lunch Break | 11:55am | |
| DM East | 4A | 12:45pm |
| Valley, WDM | 4A | 1:00pm |
| Newton | 4A | 1:15pm |
| DM Lincoln | 4A | 1:30pm |
| Indianola | 4A | 1:45pm |
| Judges Break | 2:00pm | |
| Johnston | 4A | 2:10pm |
| Dowling Catholic | 4A | 2:25pm |
| Norwalk | 4A | 2:40pm |
| Waukee | 4A | 2:55pm |
Mid-Iowa Band Championships
Ankeny Stadium
| Class | Band | Gate | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opening Ceremonies | 4:50pm | 5:00pm | |
| 2A | Prairie City Monroe | 5:10pm | 5:20pm |
| 2A | West Marshall | 5:25pm | 5:35pm |
| 2A | North Polk | 5:40pm | 5:50pm |
| 2A | Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont | 5:55pm | 6:05pm |
| 3A | Perry | 6:10pm | 6:20pm |
| 3A | Bondurant-Farrar | 6:25pm | 6:35pm |
| BREAK | 6:50pm | ||
| 3A | Oskaloosa | 6:55pm | 7:05pm |
| 3A | Saydel | 7:10pm | 7:20pm |
| 3A | Winterset | 7:25pm | 7:35pm |
| 3A | Pella | 7:40pm | 7:50pm |
| BREAK | 8:05pm | ||
| EX | Ankeny High School | 8:10pm | 8:20pm |
| 4A | Brandon Valley, SD | 8:25pm | 8:35pm |
| 4A | Dowling Catholic | 8:40pm | 8:50pm |
| 4A | Waterloo West | 8:55pm | 9:05pm |
| 4A | Sioux Falls Washington, SD | 9:10pm | 9:20pm |
| 4A | Valley, West Des Moines | 9:25pm | 9:35pm |
| EX | Ankeny Centennial High School | 9:40pm | 9:50pm |
| EX | William Penn University | 9:55pm | 10:05pm |
| AWARDS | 10:30pm |
Ankeny Bands 