“Final” information for Thanksgiving Day Parade
Download the flyer at this link
Once again, in order to march, students need to have had an *excellent* record of attendance at the 6 parade rehearsals
Please bring in the following to help take care of the group on Thursday:
Seniors: Box of Granola Bars Thursday morning or Tues
Juniors: Gallon of Milk or Orange Juice Thursday Morning or Tues
Sophomore Boys: Box of Bisquick Tuesday after rehearsal
Sophomore Girls: Bottle of syrup or “tubbed” margarine Tuesday
Freshman Boys: Dozen Eggs Tuesday end rehearsal
Freshman Girls: Pkg. “Link” sausage Tuesday at end of rehearsal
Uniform policies for Thursday (slightly different for Friday):
All normal uniform expectations are in effect including:
• Hair must be secured up and into hat so that the hat can be put on and removed as
necessary
• Makeup must be subtle/“invisible”; Earrings must be subtle stud-style and invisible at
10 feet
• Socks must be black and run up to mid-calf; Shoes must be clean
• Any-underlayers must be invisible and NAVY blue or black in color
Additional uniform considerations:
• Navy blue or black hats and head bands are allowed under the uniform hat, but cannot interfere with the ability to wear the hat
normally; Sweatshirt layers must not have hoods
• Students may use hand and foot warmers, but please be careful about having them in direct contact with bare skin
• Students may wear additional layers of black gloves; layers must not interfere with the normal operation of the instruments
• Students should wear multiple thin layers (navy blue or black); Leggings, secondary pants-layers must be tucked into socks
Itinerary for Thursday, November 27:
4:00 AM Building opens
4:15 AM Breakfast volunteers start setting up, cooking
4:55 AM Sit down for hot breakfast at PHN Cafeteria; Students arrive in full uniform, carrying hats
Need breakfast food donations, see above Please contact boosters at phnbb.com
Looking for breakfast cleanup crew (*could* be fan bus people!)
5:35 AM Band buses depart
6:00 AM Fan Bus departs
6:45 AM Required arrival, per Parade Company
- Line up, check in, walk from buses to staging area to parade “head”
- If you bring blankets, we have arranged for them to be donated to a homeless shelter. We have no mechanism to transport/store/return them
9:00 AM Stepoff
10:15 AM APPROXIMATE TV APPEARANCE ON WDIV
- Don’t forget to have all of your friends and neighbors vote for us on “Click on Detroit” Link will be available on www.phnbands.org from November 26 - 30!
10:45 AM Approximate PHN Bands parade finish
11:00 AM Bands load equipment, get drink, snack
- Parents/Students riding home with parents *must* check out with Mr. Senkmajer before the buses depart
11:30 AM Student buses will depart from Larned between Woodward and Randolph
- Students that have not been picked up by 11:30 will be transported back to Port Huron.We will not leave students in Detroit; we can’t hold everyone else up from their families
Port Huron Santa Parade Nov. 28 and Sarnia Parade of Lights Dec. 6
(Sarnia parade is watched by tens of thousands and they *love* our band!)
Uniform adjustments for Friday, November 28, Saturday, December 6
- Students are encouraged to wear a plain red-and-white santa hat (unless an entire section does otherwise)
- Students are encouraged to wear a scarf of ANY color!
- Students are encouraged to decorate themselves and their instruments with tinsel, electric lights, ribbons!
Eat Dinner before you arrive
4:30 PM Band Room opens
4:45 PM Band Room Closes
5:15 PM Meet down behind SEMCO
6:45 PM Pickup at McMorran North Lot
7:15 PM Possibly a pep band that night?
Information to follow!
3:00 PM If anybody would like to help
decorate, the band trailer, come
and help!
Itinerary for Saturday, December 6
Eat Dinner before you arrive
4:30 PM Arrive at PHN Band Room
4:45 PM Board buses
5:15 PM Cross into Canada
6:00 PM Parade begins
7:15 PM Parade finishes, get snack
7:30 PM Depart Sarnia
8:30 PM Anticipated return
According to Customs agents on both sides of the border, students are *required to carry* any one of the following: a birth certificate, a Nexus card, Enhanced ID or Passport
