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High School Band Day

The ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Marching Band, The Showcase of Southeast Texas, invites all Texas and Louisiana high school band students to join us for the 4th Annual High School Band Day! It is an exhilarating, all-day event for students to experience what it's like to be a part of a university marching band during one of our home football games.

Participation is free for high school seniors and only $35 for high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Each participant receives: football game admission, a Chick-Fil-A box lunch, rehearsals/activities, and an LU Band cap. It is an individualized experience, so your high school band director does not need to be there for you to participate! Family members will be able to purchase special discounted tickets to the game.

This year's High School Band Day will take place on Saturday, November 22 as the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Cardinals take on McNeese State University right here in Beaumont at the Provost Umphrey Stadium on campus.

For those who performed last year, the experience will be very similar! However, past experience is not required; in fact, we would love to have every Texas high school band student join us this year!

(A link to register will be available on this site by September 1. A detailed schedule and updated information will be provided on this page at the same time.)

Additional Information:

More details will be sent via email to all those who register as we approach the weekend of the event; but here are some answers to frequently asked questions by parents and students prior to registration.

• Participation in the LU High School Band Day is FREE for high school seniors and only $35 for high school freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Each participant receives: football game admission, a Chick-Fil-A box lunch, rehearsals/activities, and an LU Band cap.
• Students register for this event individually, so it does not matter how many performers attend from a specific high school (in other words, high school band directors do not need to be at the game for you to participate.) Parent/Guardian permission is required for anyone under the age of 18; otherwise, the only HS Band Day participation requirement is that performers must have at least two months of marching band experience.
• Friends and family members of Band Day performers/participants can order tickets at a special price (information and details forthcoming.)
• Participants can be dropped-off at the stadium or, if participants can drive, there will be on-campus parking made available.
• Participants are free to leave after halftime, or stay through the game.
• Participants should bring and then be ready to wear their full high school band uniform. One of the best part of this event is seeing all the different uniforms together!
• Participants will need to bring their own instruments or colorguard/twirler equipment, etc.
• In addition to the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ directors, faculty and staff, the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Band will hire professional, certified HS/MS band educators to care for and oversee the participants throughout the day. This means that students may participate in the event even if their high school band director is not involved. In fact, one of the goals of the event design was to allow for high school students to experience a college marching band gameday without having to ask area school band directors to work another Saturday. (That being said, MS/HS band directors are always welcome to join us!)
• This experience will combine marching band and game day activities with a clinic/music rehearsal taught by ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Faculty and Staff.
• General Overview: Participating students will rehearse with the LU Marching Band in the morning, attend indoor rehearsals/clinics for their area, receive Chick-Fil-A boxed lunches in the Setzer Student Center, and experience an LU home game from start to finish with the LU Marching Band. High School students will parade to the stadium with the LU Band, give a tailgate concert, sit with the band in the stands, and PERFORM AT HALFTIME!
• Participants will have the option to leave after halftime or stay through to the end of the game.