ILMEA District 5 Jazz Festival

ILMEA District 5 Jazz Festival at Eastern Illinois University on 11/6/2017

Select RCHS Jazz Ensemble students have the opportunity to participate in the ILMEA District 5 Jazz Festival at Eastern Illinois University on Monday, November 6th, 2017. RCHS is sending three students this year. Those students are Caleb Thomas, Jacob Ferguson, & Alice Chenault.

Required materials for the festival include:

• Appropriate school clothing (to wear for travel & for rehearsals)
  
• Jacket
  
• Concert attire
  
• Music stand
  
• Pencil
  
• ILMEA District 5 Jazz Festival music
  
• Mutes
  
• Extra reeds
  
• Value oil or slide grease
  
• Cash for lunch and dinner
  

Event itinerary:
7:30 am...............................Meet at RCHS
7:40 am...............................Depart for EIU in Charleston, IL
9:00 am...............................Registration in the MLK Union Bridge
9:30 am...............................Jazz rehearsals begin

• Jazz Band 1 rehearses in the Dvorak Hall (Doudna Fine Arts Center)
  
• Jazz Band 2 rehearses in the Black Box (Doudna Fine Arts Center)
  

11:30-12:30 pm..................Lunch (times may vary per ensemble)
4:30 pm...............................Break to change and prep for the concerts
5:45 pm...............................Jazz Band Concerts in Doudna Dvorak Hall
7:00 pm...............................Dinner
9:30 pm...............................Estimated return time to RCHS

https://ilmea.org/districts/district5/jrsrjazzbands/