| Band Entry Fee: EARLY BIRD PRICING: (265.00 per band for all fees postmarked by August 4th) 285.00 for all fees postmarked August 5th or later.
Spectators: Admission Fees: We will charge a seven-dollar admission fee ($7.00) to the field competition for each attendee. Passes for band directors, drivers, administrators and your spouse will be in a check-in packet as we greet your bus.
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General Information
• MCMF is to be an educational, informative and primarily evaluative festival. The primary goal is for you and your students to receive quality comments and less about competition.
EARLY BIRD PRICING: (265.00 per band for all fees postmarked by August 4th) (285.00 for all fees postmarked August 5th or later.
• This is an event for field shows.
• Invoices will be out by 7-01-23. All invoices must be paid before step-off. (It's just common courtesy.)
• This event is (Will be) MSHSAA sanctioned and all schools will be classified by school size according to MSHSAA Official School Enrollment Information. (Grades 9,10,11) (At Present)
o Class 5...979 and above
o Class 4...456 – 978
o Class 3...220 - 455
o Class 2...108 - 219
o Class 1...1 – 107
• Judges are experienced high school and college/university directors.
• Food and drink will be available to directors in the hospitality room.
• There will be a concession stand open with a variety of items available at Mt’neer Stadium. This is a major portion of our income for this event and will help offset judging and award costs. Additional restaurants, if needed, are located on the business loop. (Please help us get this established with a solid income from concessions.)
• Parking for buses will be assigned... A parking map will come out at a later time.
• Bands will receive a recording with comments from all judges in all events and written scoring.
Admission Fees
• We will charge a seven-dollar admission fee ($7.00) to the field competition for each attendee. Passes for band directors, drivers, administrators and your spouse will be in a check-in packet in our front gate.
Awards
• Trophies will be presented to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each division.
• Caption trophies will be awarded for Drum Major, Percussion, Auxiliary, Music, G.E.
• Each band has a twenty minute slot in which to set up all props, enter the field, perform and exit the field.
• We have a warm-up area to do a light playing warm up. There will be no markings on that field for marching.
• To protect our turf and track, school officials require us to do all the towing of equipment onto the field. If your band has a trailer for percussion equipment, etc., you will need to pull it to the staging area. We will hook our gators up to it and pull the trailer from there. After your performance we will return the trailer to the west parking lot.
• If you have special needs concerning towing, please let me know ASAP in order to work out the kinks.
• We will have our sound system available on the field with multiple options for sound (barring rain) as well as an extension cord and a power strip.
• We will have Music Performance, General Effect, Visual performance (marching, movement) Auxiliary and Percussion captions.
• Following your performance you will receive a clinic with video for you and your staff as well as your band if so desired.
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| Participating Bands | Class 2G
40.19 Diamond
37.35 Seymour
Music Diamond
Visual Seymour
GE Diamond
Percussion Seymour
Auxiliary Diamond
Drum Major Diamond
Class 2W
48.00 Thayer
46.19 Sarcoxie
45.31 Riverton
Music Thayer
Visual Thayer
GE Sarcoxie
Percussion Thayer
Auxiliary Riverton
Drum Major Thayer
Class 3
55.15 Ava
54.96 Mt. Grove
53.85 Aurora
50.92 Buffalo
44.54 Iola
Music Ava
Visual Aurora
GE Ava
Percussion Ava
Auxiliary Ava
Drum Major Mt. Grove
Class 4
59.92 Carl Junction
58.85 Marshfield
45.15 Hillcrest
Music Carl Junction
Visual Marshfield
GE Marshfield
Percussion Carl Junction
Auxiliary Marshfield
Drum Major Marshfield
Class 5
63.69 Joplin
63.32 Parkview
Music Joplin
Visual Joplin
GE Parkview
Percussion Joplin
Auxiliary Joplin
Drum Major Joplin
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