London Tour Practice Schedule UPDATE

We have made several slight adjustments to our practice schedule to make up for the cancelled practice originally slated for November 26.

Please note, as well, that we have added a short "walk through" practice on Saturday, December 22. Even though our marching instruments will have already been shipped to London, we feel it is important to give our students one final opportunity to practice the TV Zone choreography prior to departure. Considering that we will not have a space large enough to practice the TV Zone routine while on the ground in London, it will be over TWO WEEKS from our final rehearsal with instruments (Dec. 15) until the day we perform for millions of people (January 1). This is why we have added the December 22 walk-through; we want students to feel confident in their memorization of the TV zone drill sets. If your family has already made plans to be out of town on December 22, parents/guardians are asked to send an email to Mr. Smith or Mr. Teague to alert us to that fact. Students with previous plans to be out of town will be excused from the December 22 walk-through, but we hope to have the vast majority of all traveling students with us for that short practice. Thank you in advance for working to make this final practice opportunity a priority. 

• Saturday, December 1: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM (NO CHANGE)
• Saturday, December 8: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Extended 1 hour)
• Saturday, December 15: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Extended 1 hour) *
• Saturday, December 22: 12:00 - 2:00 PM (ADDED 'Walk Through' Practice)

* Parents/guardians/family are invited to arrive in the Field House at 2:30 PM to view our final run-through of the TV Zone performance. Instrument packing will commence at 3:00 PM for those shipping instruments. Any student planning to perform with Pep Band that evening will not pack their instrument until AFTER the Pep Band performance.

Nov. 26 Practice Cancelled

District 99 has cancelled all classes and co-curricular activities for Monday, November 26. This includes the London New Year's Day Parade practice scheduled for 6:30 - 8:30 PM.

We will extend one or more of our scheduled Saturday practices (Dec. 1, Dec. 8 and/or Dec. 15) to make up for the lost instructional/practice minutes. We will message out an adjusted schedule as soon as we are able to confirm practice spaces.

In the meantime, stay safe, and work on memorizing your London music. That's a GREAT snow-day activity! 

Flight Group Airline Details

Thank you to all our families for their attendance at tonight's meeting, and your assistance in navigating a lot of paperwork/details!

THIS DOCUMENT was referenced tonight, but inadvertently omitted from your packet. The document contains the flight group airline details.

https://tinyurl.com/dgnLondonFlightDetails

Official Tour Itinerary via Google Calendar

You may now subscribe to the Tour Itinerary Google Calendar, and sync it with your smartphone, tablet, Chromebook, etc. Click HERE.

https://tinyurl.com/DGNLondonBandCalendar

Please note: With the exception of USA departure and arrival events, all times are pre-entered in GMT:00:00 (London Time). This will allow the events to appear in local time when a student musician's phone transitions to local time in London. 

London Practices Underway!

The DGN Trojan Marching Band held two special practices this week to begin learning their TV-Zone routine for the London New Year's Day Parade. The 2019 Parade will feature over 10,000 participants from the Unites States and countries throughout Europe. With a street audience of 500,000, and a TV audience that will exceed 300,000,000, band members are motivated to showcase their passion for music while representing Illinois in this prestigious international event. 

Box Lunch on New Year's Day

All London musicians are asked to register their January 1st Box Lunch preference using THIS form. Participants must be logged into their browser with their CSD99 credentials in order to complete the form.

https://tinyurl.com/paradeboxlunch

Please completed the form no later than Friday, November 9.