ASBDA Festival 2024

ASBDA Honor Band Festival
Francis T. Maloney High School
Wednesday, November 13^th, 2024

EVENT PROGRAM

Congratulations to all of our 2024 ASBDA Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Band members! Please review the information below and reach out to your Director with any questions. Any additional information or requests from conductors will be posted here, so check back as we progress closer to the event.

Directions: Please GPS: 121 Gravel Street, Meriden CT. When you arrive, please enter the first or third driveway. The second driveway is reserved for busses only. Parking in either of the lots on Gravel Street. No parking passes needed.

Entry: Please enter via the main entrance at the front of the bus loop. Students must be on the ASBDA roster to enter the building. Adults need to check-in the main office and receive a visitor badge. There will be greeters in the main hallway to get you to the music department.

Cases & Personal Belongings: Students should plan to use the theater seating area to leave cases and personal belongings. The Symphonic Band will start on the main stage and the Wind Ensemble will begin in the Band Room. The ensembles will switch locations after lunch.

Director Meeting & Hospitality Area:

We will use room 129 (classroom stage left of theater). This will provide you with easy access to the rehearsal spaces throughout the day as well as a place to do work and meet as a group.

Meals:
Lunch will be sandwiches or salads. Students will preorder through the website
ORDERS DUE 11/8/24
NOTE: USE CODE ASBDA2024 WHEN ORDERING SO YOU ARE NOT CHARGED A FEE

STUDENT LUNCH ORDERING SITE
(please put student name and school in shipping address or "notes to seller" so we know who the order is for)
ORDERS DUE 11/8/23
Lunch items are provided by Rosa's Deli, Wallingford, Connecticut

Dinner will be pasta, meatballs, salad, bread - NO PRE-ORDERING NEEDED
(Please let us know if there are any dietary restrictions)

Schedule:

Schedule:

8:30 Arrive to Maloney

9:00 Rehearsals Begin – Symphonic on main stage, Wind Ens. in Bandroom

9:30 ASBDA Meeting in Music Technology Classroom

11:30 Director’s Lunch

12:15 Student Lunch in Café, Directors change stages over for new groups

12:45 Composition rehearsal in Choral Room

1:15 Rehearsals continue – switch stages – Symphonic to bandroom, Wind Ens to main stage

1:45 Composition group rehearsal conclusion

(Note: 2:00-2:15 school dismissal - please not breaks/sectionals at this time)

5:00 Dinner

6:00 Dress/Prep

7:00 Concert

8:30 Est. Conclusion

Green Rooms:

Green Room for Symphonic Band prior to concert: Bandroom

Green Room for Wind Ensemble prior to concert: Choral Room

Room 129 will serve as the director's area for the duration of the day. Feel free to work out of this room, leave personal items, etc.

Changing: Student performers will use the gym locker rooms for changing areas. These are located near the theater.

Tickets & Program: This is a free concert and is open to the public. The program will be projected in the theater and a link will be provided so the program can be accessed digitally. There will be no paper program copies.

Filming: The event will be professionally recorded and a link will be provided to directors. DVDs will not be sold for this event.

Bus Parking: We do not have the ability to hold busses on campus during the day due to parking limitations. If you have busses that are staying with you, we have parking areas off campus we can recommend to the drivers.