Rehearsal, Pictures, & Family Night
Buchanan Marching Band

Veteran’s Memorial Stadium • Clovis, CA
Saturday, September 12, 2026

LAST UPDATE: 9/5/26 • 2:49pm

General Trip Details

Meals Provided/$ for Meals Needed: Dinner provided for students.

Family Night Details 

Location: Veteran’s Memorial Stadium @ Buchanan
Student Report Time: 3:00pm (for pictures)
Open Rehearsal Begins: ~6:15pm
Performances: 8:00pm to 8:30pm
Admission: Free
Spectator Parking: Located in the stadium lots (free)
Concessions: None available

Important Reminders

  • Attendance is mandatory.

  • Dinner is provided.

  • An open rehearsal (all are welcome) begins around 6:15pm (after we’ve finished our group photo).

  • First full performances of the show start at 8:00pm

  • Parents: Please make sure arrangements for transportation to and from rehearsal have been made for your student in the event you cannot make it to Family Night.

  • This is a free event! Anyone is welcome to attend. Come out and enjoy the first performances of our marching band show!

  • Video & Audio Recording Prohibited. For the consideration of fellow audience members and in order to protect the rights of composers and copyright owners who license their music to the Buchanan Instrumental Music Program and to our host organizations, the use of any audio or video recording devices—including mobile phones and live-streaming applications—is strictly prohibited during all rehearsals and performances.

Packing List

  • Instruments and Equipment

  • Morning: Rehearsal

  • Afternoon/Evening: Show Attire

  • Don't forget your 5 S's - ApolloS (not needed), (Compression) Shirt, Shorts, (Black) Socks, & Shoes!

  • Dot cards, Small Music, and Lanyards

  • WATER!!

Itinerary - Rehearsal

7:45am  Report to Buchanan Bandroom.

  • Percussion: TBD

  • Hornline: Blacktop

  • Colorguard: Field B1

8:00am Rehearsal Begins
12:00pm Rehearsal Ends (Dismissed)

Itinerary - Pictures & Family Night

3:00pm Students report to Buchanan Bandroom. Get into uniform.

  • PLEASE NOTE: If the Colorguard uniforms have not arrived by Saturday, we will add an additional photo day to take the guard photos and the marching band group photo.

  • Wind & Percussion individual, small group, and sectional photos will be taken regardless.

3:15pm Individual and Small Group Photos Begin in the Choir Room

3:30pm Section Photos Begin.

  • Line up with your section in height order (short to tall) with NO instruments 5 MINUTES before your scheduled time. 

  • Individual & Small Group photos may be taken when you are not taking your section photo. If you take the photo, someone IN the photo must BUY the photo.

  • 3:30pm  Drumline

  • 3:35pm  All Percussion

  • 3:40pm  Front Ensemble

  • 3:45pm  Colorguard

  • 3:50pm  Flutes

  • 3:55pm  Alto Saxes

  • 4:00pm  All Saxes

  • 4:05pm  Low Saxes

  • 4:10pm  Mellophones

  • 4:15pm  Leadership Team

  • 4:20pm  Tubas

  • 4:25pm  Baritones

  • 4:30pm  Trumpets

  • 4:35pm  Clarinets

  • 4:40pm  Seniors

4:30pm Student Dinner Begins (Half Uniform) (Provided)

5:15pm Parent/Chaperone Competition Front Ensemble/Pit Equipment Meeting. (Anyone who plans to chaperone a marching band or winter percussion event this year, or who will be available to help move pit equipment onto the field/floor, should attend this meeting.

5:30pm Full Band out to the stadium. Parents will help.

5:45pm  MB Group Photo

6:15pm  Open Rehearsal in Uniform

8:00pm  Full Show Run-through #1

815pm  Run-through #2

8:30pm  Push everything back to Bandroom & Change. Parents…it will take us about 30 minutes to get everything back to the bandroom and get changed. Please pick your student up at the bandroom.

9:00pm  Dismissed

Maps & Weather

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