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:
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
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/
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)
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/