41st Annual Rough Rider Marching Contest
2024 Rough Rider Marching Contest
will be held on October 12th, 2024
at Heroes Stadium
High School Music will have a booth near the warm up areas. They'll have a few emergency replacement items and an instrument repairman for any last minute fixes you might need.
Awards Ceremony/Trophy Presentation
For the awards presentations, please send your Drum Majors and any other officers down to the scoreboard end zone two bands ahead of the scheduled time.
As always, we will have full concessions with everything from our famous Rough Rider hamburgers, hot dogs, smoked sausage wraps, nachos, Frito pies, and snacks available. We also have cold drinks. Kona Ice, Arctic Ape, Kettle Corn, and Five Moon Lemondade will also be on site. These concessions are very important to the success of our contest and we would appreciate any support you could give us by encouraging your students and parents to patronize them.
Directors: If you're moving quickly on contest day, and especially if you have to go straight to another contest or to a football game, please consider our Box Combo Meal Special. You can pre-pay these for $7 per studyent and we'll have them ready for you whenever you want. Included in the Box Combo Meal:
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Hamburger or Sausage Wrap or 2 Hot Dogs,
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Chips
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Either bottled water or a soda
High School Music will have a booth near the warm-up areas. They'll have a few emergency replacement items and an instrument repairman for any last minute fixes you might need.
Awards Ceremony/Trophy Presentation: For the awards presentations, please send your Drum Majors and any other officers down to the scoreboard end zone two bands ahead of the scheduled time.
As always, we will have full concessions with Rough Rider hamburgers, sausage wraps, Frito pies, and snacks available. Kona Ice, Arctic Ape, Kettle Corn, and Five Moon Lemondade will also be on site. These concessions are very important to the success of our contest and we would appreciate any support you can give us by encouraging your students and parents to patronize them.
We will once again have our air conditioned Director's Retreat on the 3rd floor of the press box. We'll have a few snacks and cold drinks on hand and, of course, the air conditioning.
Awards:
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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place in each classification. These awards are the high point total of Band judges scores.
Also recognized in each classification:
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Outstanding Horn Line. This award is the high point total from the Music caption of the judges scores.
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Outstanding Battery Percussion. This award is the high point total from the Battery caption of the Percussion sheet.
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Outstanding Front Ensemble. This award is the high point total from the Front Ensemble caption of the Percussion sheet.
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Outstanding Color Guard. This award is the high point total from the Color Guard judge.
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Outstanding Soloist in each classification. Chosen by the Band judges.
N.B. The Percussion and Color Guard are not calculated into the Band scores.
2024 Adjudicators:
Band Judges
Greg White
Shannon Gill
Richard Herrera
Color Guard Judge
Richard Lopez
Percussion Judge
Bryce Turner