Limestone Community High School Bands
Upcoming Events and Activities
(All events, dates, and times subject to change)
Printable Tentative Schedule – Marching Band
Printable Tentative Schedule – Color Guard
August 2026
Thursday August 13 - Thursday October 22
Percussion and Color Guard Sectionals
| 5:30‑6:00 pm | Color Guard Weapons practice |
| 6:30‑8:30 pm | Percussion, Color Guard rehearsals |
October 2026
Friday 23 - Saturday 24
Bands of America - St. Louis
Marching Band
| 10/23 7:15‑7:45 am | Students drop off luggage at the trailers. |
| 10/23 7:45 am | Parents load luggage, uniforms, instruments, and props |
| 10/23 1:05 pm | Students to band room after 6th hour. Prep for bus ride. |
| 10/23 1:20 pm | Load buses |
| 10/23 5:30 pm | Arrive at BOA St. Louis. Students into dome; buses to parking |
| 10/23 7:30 pm | After Union's performance, load buses |
| 10/23 7:45 pm | Depart Dome for Hotel |
| 10/23 8:05 pm | Arrive at hotel |
| Check into rooms. Eat pizza. | |
| 10/23 10:00 pm | Lights out |
| 10/24 8:00 am | Wake-up Call |
| 10/24 8:30 am | Breakfast at the hotel |
| 10/24 9:30 am | Clean up rooms. Check out. |
| 10/24 10:00 am | Students arrive at stadium (in base layer) |
| 10/24 10:15 am | Student eat and watch bands. Buses to secondary lot |
| 10/24 11:20 am | Trailers drive to stadium lot |
| 10/24 11:30 am | Students to buses after Effingham performance. Buses to stadium lot. |
| 10/24 11:45 am | Lot Arrival |
| 10/24 12:30 pm | Head to warm-up |
| 10/24 12:35 pm | Prop Staging Area |
| 10/24 12:40‑12:55 pm | Physical Warm-up |
| 10/24 12:45‑1:15 pm | Pit Warm-up |
| 10/24 1:00‑1:30 pm | Music Warmup |
| 10/24 1:20 pm | Pit Report Time |
| 10/24 1:35 pm | Band Report Time |
| 10/24 1:45 pm | Performance |
| 10/24 2:00 pm | Pictures |
| 10/24 2:15 pm | Walk back to buses. |
| Get out of uniform. Load trailers. | |
| Take necessary items from the buses (which will not be available) | |
| 10/24 2:45 pm | Watch Bands, especially Broken Arrow (3:00) and SMSU (3:15) |
| 10/24 3:30 pm | Awards |
| 10/24 4:00 pm | Load buses and head home |
| 10/24 7:30 pm | Arrive at LCHS |
November 2026
Monday 2
Winter Guard Parent/Guardian & Student Meeting
Winter Guard
| 7:00‑8:00 pm | Meeting |
Cafeteria
Saturday 7
ILMEA Band & Chorus Festival
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL
Rock Island, IL
Sunday 8
Winter Guard Auditions
Winter Guard
| 10:00 am‑12:00 pm | Auditions |
Monday 9
Booster meeting
| 7:00 pm | Meeting begins |
Cafeteria
Tuesday 10
Concert Band Auditions
Concert Bands
| 6:00‑8:00 pm | Auditions |
Saturday 21
ILMEA Jazz Festival
Galesburg High School
March 2027
Saturday 13
Stompin' at the Savoy
Jazz Bands