2009 Marching Season:

Friday, September 18th: Home Opener vs. Shelton
5:00pm: Dress Rehearsal
6:30pm: March Down

Friday, September 25: Away Game (No Pep Band)

Friday, October 2nd: Away Game
5:30pm: Pep Band Rehearsal
6:00pm: Pep Band Departure

Saturday, October 3rd: Apple Festival
8:45am: Meet on West Haven Historic Town Green

Friday, October 9th: Homecoming Game vs. Daniel Hand
5:00pm: Dress Rehearsal
6:30pm: March Down

Saturday, October 10th: Homecoming Festival
11:00am: Rehearsal at W.H.H.S.
Festival Performance at Old Grove Park

Friday, October 16th: Home Game
5:00pm: Dress Rehearsal
6:30pm: March Down

Friday, October 23rd: Away Game
5:30pm: Pep Band Rehearsal
6:00pm: Pep Band Departure

Friday, October 30th: Away Game
5:30pm: Pep Band Rehearsal
6:00pm: Pep Band Departure

Friday, November 6th: Home Game
5:00pm: Dress Rehearsal
6:30pm: March Down

Friday, November 13th: Home Game
5:00pm: Dress Rehearsal
6:30pm: March Down

Thanksgiving: Away Game
9:00am: Pep Band Rehearsal
9:30am: Pep Band Departure

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Reminders:

- Students are asked not to leave the high school grounds between Pre-Game Rehearsals and March Down.

- March Down will take place promptly at 6:30 p.m. prior to all Home Football Games

- Students are to be in Full Marching Uniform until we return to the Band Room for Talk Down. ALL Uniforms are to be zipped, clipped, and velcroed for the full duration of all performances.

- Pants are to be clean and ironed for each performance

- Shoes are to be clean and polished for each performance

- Socks are to be the correct color (white for musicians, black for Color Guard) and above the ankle for all performances.

- Undergarments must be unobtrusive....i.e. unseen either through or protruding from beneath your uniform.

- Hats/Plumes are to be taken care of and kept in presentable condition at all times!

- There is ABSOLUTELY NO eating, drinking, smoking, swearing in uniform.
*Please remember that you are to be professional in thought, word, and deed when representing our organization.

- All Uniforms and Hats are to be stored properly after every performance.
   Uniform Tops - Hung neatly, zipped and clipped
   Hats - Stored on shelf or hung over back of hanger
   Pants/Shoes/etc. - Taken home and cleaned

* While all of our Band Families are welcome to escort us down to the field, we ask that only Marching Band Staff, Band Parent Executive Board Members, and Equipment Crew enter through the side gate. Everyone else should use the Main Entrance. We also ask that only Marching Band Staff and Equipment Crew accompany us onto the track/field. Thank you for your assistance and support.

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Folios: The following tunes should be in your folio at all times. Please see an Office Assistant if you are missing any of this music.