Marching Colonel for a Day

EKU's Marching Colonel for a Day program provides high school students the opportunity to perform with the Marching Colonels at Roy Kidd Stadium during a home football game. This event is open to all high school marching band members. 

Due to increased costs, we are asking for a fee of $10 per student this year. This will include commerative swag for the student, food prior to game and after half-time, and complimentary tickets for parents and band directors.

November 18, 2023

Registration   ♦  Participation Information  ♦  Music/Choreography  ♦  Schedule of Events   ♦   Parking Map

Schedule of Events (tentative)

9:00-9:30 – Check-in
9:30 – Welcome meeting (MC's on field)
9:45 – Begin setting halftime block (perc and guard to sectionals)
10:15 – Sectionals Rehearsal with MC's
10:30 - Winds Group rehearsal
10:45 - Full Ensemble Halftime Rehearsal
11:15 - Wrap-up Announcements
11:30 - Walk to Tailgate
12:30 - Tailgate food with the Marching Colonels
12:45 - Colonel Walk (tuba tunnel)
2:00 - Tailgate Performance: Pregame, Hey Baby, Halftime
2:30 – Arrive at Roy Kidd & move into stands
2:45 - MC's Pregame
3:05 - Kickoff
4:15 - Approximate Halftime
6:30 - Approximate end of game 

Time of Arrival/Registration

All participants should plan to arrive on the Eastern Kentucky University campus approximately around 9:00am EST, Saturday, November 18, 2023 to check-in and prepare for rehearsal. Check in for all participants will take place in the Mobberly Lot north of Roy Kidd Stadium. If you have registered and cannot participate for some reason, please contact us so that we may adjust our numbers for food orders. 

Meals

Lunch (tailgate pizza) will be served to participants at no additional cost. Non-participants and observers will be responsible for their own meals. Fruit and snacks will be provided after halftime as well.

What to Bring

• Brass and woodwinds should bring your school band uniform, instrument, music, lyre, and flip folder to hold your music.
• Percussionists should bring your school band uniform, your instrument, sticks. *Note: We do not use pit percussion. If you are a pit percussionist, please bring a marching percussion instrument.
• Colorguard should bring your uniform, flags and poles.
• Twirlers should bring your uniform and any neccesary equipment.

PLEASE BRING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, MUSIC, ETC. WE CANNOT PROVIDE ANY OF THE ABOVE ITEMS.

If for some reason, you cannot bring your high school band uniform, don't worry, just wear some spirit gear to represent your school!

The temperature for MCfaD can be very cold, or sometimes very pleasant. Please be sure to dress appropriately for the weather. Wear layers, long sleeves, bring a jacket, long johns, leggings, etc. Bring a hat, scarf, gloves. Above all, you need to be comfortable so you can have fun with us!

You can bring a water bottle, hand warmers, and some snacks (although we will feed you two different times!)

Music

The half-time program will include songs for our halftime show, along with some traditional songs, such as Hail, Hail; and Yea! Eastern. Please download from the music link above and prepare all of these pieces prior to arrival, so we may perform at our highest level. Also, we ask that students download and prepare Hey! Baby!, Defensive Cheers, and Shorties.

Directors

Thank you for loaning us your students for the weekend! We will have complimentary tickets for you to attend the game. If you will have more than one director attending, please let me know. My email address is posted below.

Visitors and Parents

We welcome parents and friends to attend this event. You may pick up one or two complimentary tickets to the game for your parents Saturday during check-in. Additional tickets may be purchased at the ticket box office, by telephone at 859-622-2122, or online at http://www.ekusports.com.

If you have any other questions, contact Dr. Wiggins at timothy.wiggins@eku.edu.

We look forward to seeing you in November!