Yamaha Cup Update for tomorrow

So for the first time since I have been here at Roslyn we have had two Wednesday night rainouts in a row, which means, we haven't had a practice outside for 17 days prior to the Yamaha Cup, our year ending event.  This totally illustrates how the once a week rehearsal can impact our season if the weather isn't cooperative.  In addition, we may not even get outside tomorrow to practice at 3pm due to more rain in the forecast.

The good news, it probably will not be raining tomorrow night at 10:04pm at MetLife, when we are on. Well, the really good news is that our band is smart, they know the show very well, and if it is raining tomorrow we will go through the drill with them in a meeting in the lecture hall at 3pm.  They will probably do an amazing show, as they did for the home game run through last Saturday.

The championship gets hit with rain one in ten times in these outdoor arenas.  If you are in a band the year it gets hit with rain, then you are impacted greatly, which might happen tomorrow.  This is the reason that many bands go to the Carrier Dome for the finals, they are guaranteed to be able to get the show off with no precipitation or weather impact at all.

Tomorrow, if it is raining at 3 we are in the lecture hall, any rain at all. We cannot get wet and sit all day in that condition.  We are going to the Yamaha Cup in any case.

If it is drizzling at 10 we might go on, we might not.  I will make the call with the staff and may wait until just before we go on to make the decision.  I will tweet updates to the twitter site.  In case we march at 10:04 and THEN get wet in the middle of the show, I am asking everyone to bring a towel and plastic bag to put their wet uniform in, and then they can change back into their street clothes, which they wore to the school at 3pm.

Thanks for your understanding and support.

Yamaha Cup Update

The band directors just received a video of the director of US Bands updating us on the Yamaha Cup.  We will be receiving daily updates which I will pass on to you here, on the blog.

The forecast is for 1/8 inch of rain over the entire day at MetLife.  It is supposed to be cold and windy. The weather is supposed to let up at night, when we are on. Hopefully this will change for the better.  They are opening up the Lexus Club for spectators to get warm and the first floor lounge for band members to get warm.  Both are huge areas.  In addition, they are going to get bands into the stadium basement to warm up before they go on.  In any case, we are on for the night.  We will be reporting to the HS at 4:00, no matter what the weather at that time.  We have to go to MetLife because we have no idea what the weather will be like when we perform.

As always, we will not perform and get everyone sick.  The call will probably be made at the stadium.  I will tweet updates.

In the event that we somehow do not perform at MetLife due to the weather at 10pm on Saturday, we are performing our final run through at 8:45 tomorrow at our field for parents, friends and fans.  There is a slight chance that this will be our last performance of this year so I would attend.

The entire itinerary is on roslynrehearsal.com and is also downloadable as a pdf on that page.

More updates to come!