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FLYWAY CONFERENCE Welcome - March 5
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FLYWAY CONFERENCE

District Solo-Ensemble Festival

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Welcome to the 2011 Flyway Conference Instrumental Solo-Ensemble Festival. Kettle Moraine Lutheran is both pleased and excited to host this event. We hope you enjoy your day with us.

Great care has been taken to arrange the schedules to honor as many requests as possible. The schedule that accompanies this information is the final version. Due to the messages we received over the weekend, this schedule is different from Friday’s version. Any further changes will have to be made within a given site within entries from your school.

Below you will find all of the important information you and your students will need for the festival.

Directions to KML

If you are coming from the north:

  1. Take Highway 41 south
  2. Exit at Highway 60 (Slinger-Jackson exit)
  3. Go east (left) on Highway 60
  4. Remain on Highway 60 through Jackson
  5. Turn right (south) on Highway G (Division Road)
  6. KML will be about one mile south on Highway G. It will be on your right.

If you are coming from the south:

  1. Take Highway 41/45 north
  2. When 41 and 45 divide, take Highway 45 toward West Bend
  3. Exit at Highway 60 East to Jackson
  4. Take Highway 60 east through Jackson
  5. Turn right (south) on Highway G (Division Road)
  6. KML will be about one mile south on Highway G. It will be on your right.

Parking

There are two parking lots available for your use. The first is located as you enter the school campus. The second is located behind the school. To access this lot continue on the school drive past the football field. Buses should park in the lot behind the school.

Entering the School

There are three entrances available to your students:

  1. The main entrance to the school.
  2. The entrance to the cafeteria.
  3. The back parking lot entrance.

These entrances are clearly marked on the school floor plan.

Information

An information station will be located in the lobby at the main entrance to the school. Directions, maps, and programs will be available.

Homeroom

The gym will serve as a mass homeroom for all schools. There is access to the gym from the cafeteria and the main entrance. Each school will be provided a section of bleachers for cases and coats. Please advise your students that there is to be no playing of instruments in the gym.

Concessions

A concessions stand will be open in the cafeteria from 7:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. A wide variety of items, including sandwiches, will be available.

Warm-up Room

The warm-up room is located on the second floor in the study hall. Access is available by using the stairwells in the rear of the building.

Elevator

An elevator is available for access to the second floor, if needed. Show choirs, jazz ensembles, and percussion events are all on the second floor. If you need to use the elevator for equipment we will make it available. However, be advised that it opens into one of the performance sites and usage will be limited.

Results

Results will be posted on the wall across from the office in the lobby by the main entrance.

Sites

There are 11 sites for the festival. They are all clearly marked on the floor plan. There will also be signs posted showing students and parents how to get to the correct room.

Equipment Available

  1. Enough chairs and stands in each room for the largest group.
  2. Percussion:
  1. One four and one-third octave marimba.
  2. One three and one-half octave marimba.
  3. One Musser Xylophone.
  4. One Adams Xylophone.
  5. Four Yamaha Timpani with gauges.
  6. One Vibes (motor is not functioning)
  7. One set of bells.
  8. Four concert toms.
  9. One concert bass drum.
  10. One set of chimes.
  11. One gong.

Students must bring their own mallets and sticks. If you need any additional percussion equipment send me an e-mail to see if we have it.

  1. Jazz Ensemble/Show Choir Room (band/choir room):
  1. Three level choral risers for brass players.
  2. Solo microphone
  3. The floor surface is tile. You will want to bring a rug for your drum set.
  4. Please remember to bring your own extension cords

Directors’ Lounge

The directors’ lounge will be located in the Home Ec. Room (1130). This is also where we will provide the directors’ lunch.

School Packets

School packets with the adjudication forms will be available at the end of the day. Please do not ask the office staff to see forms earlier in the day. The office is of course off limits to students.