Here is the itinerary for the upcoming trip to Traverse City and the week to follow leading up to the MACBDA Championships on July 19.
Please note that we are asking SLHS, WLHS, and KML students to arrive at FVL on MONDAY evening by 8:00. We will be running the bus from Shoreland on Monday, July 7. Because of the early departure on Wednesday morning (8:00 AM), we felt it was necessary to transport those students to FVL the night before. Scheduled arrival time at FVL will be 8:00 PM. We are asking host families to pick up students at FVL at 8:00 for one more night of housing, and meet at FVL on Tuesday morning at 7:00 AM. Watch for the bus times to be emailed and also posted on the LVW Website when they are available.
For travel during this trip, students should bring along a small carry-on bag suitable for a change of clothes. There will be times during the trip when we will change following a performance and we will not be bringing our full suitcases. A small back pack or a drawstring bag will serve nicely for this purpose.
There are a few opportunities druing this trip for students to shop and purchase meals. They are marked on the itinerary below, so please look carefully to determine the amount of money that will be needed for the trip.
Checkout Procedures for Saturday, July 19:
If you are going to be picked up following the MACBDA Finals Show, and are not returning on the bus or with your school’s designated transportation, the following procedures MUST be followed:
1. Your parents must pick you up following the show. That will be on Saturday night, July 19 at UW-Whitewater's Perkins Stadium. Please pick up your child where the LVW buses are parked, as that will be where their luggage and other gear are located. Please be aware, if you are picking up your child, you must be there before the band is ready to leave. If you are not there when the band is ready to leave, your child will come with the band.
2. Your parents must check you out with the attendance chaperon from your bus. This must be done with you and your parent present.
3. If your parents are not there when the band is ready to leave, you will come with us. We leave no one behind – EVER!
4. You may not ride home with anyone else other than your parents UNLESS you have a written permission signed by your parents, and UNLESS that written permission is put into our hands. DON’T FORGET THE NOTE AT HOME, because there are NO EXCEPTIONS!
Emergency Contact Numbers:
James Neujahr Cell: 920-740-3924
Randy Kramer Cell: 920-242-9835
Housing Tuesday night at Mill Creek Campground, Mackinaw City, MI
Housing Wednesday night, July 9 through Saturday, July 12 at:
Trinity Lutheran Church and School
1003 S Maple St
Traverse City, MI 49684-4025
231-946-2720
Housing Saturday night, July 12 through Saturday, July 19 at Shoreland Lutheran HS
9026 12th Street
Somers, WI 53171
262-859-2595
What to Bring:
Since this is a rehearsal, performance, and travel trip, LVW members should remember to pack the following:
Sleeping bag and pillow
Air mattress (optional)
ONE suitcase (Remember, we are on School Buses AND motorcoaches this trip)
ONE small carry-on bag for on the bus
All personal items as needed (towel, soap and shampoo, change of clothes, DEODORANT, etc.)
BLACK SHOES AND SOCKS, BLACK A-4 T-SHIRTS, BLACK GLOVES, GUARD APPAREL, ETC. (Note we have SEVEN performances this trip!)
LVW “As the Darkness Clears Away” seasonal T-shirt – this will be needed for events when the band wears them
Instruments, music, etc.
Water jugs, sunscreen, sunglasses, comfortable marching shoes, hats, etc.
FOR THE CAMPGROUND – Folding camp umbrella chair, umbrella (might also come in handy at the Renaissance Faire – we will go rain or shine) Note that students do not need to bring tents for the campout, as Mr. Kubek has arranged for enough tents for our use.
Tuesday, July 8
Travel Day to Campground
Parade through grounds
Evening Campfire Devotion
7:00 AM Arrive at FVL, load buses/trucks
8:00 AM Depart for Michigan’s Mackinaw Mill Creek Campground
TBD – Rest stop along the way - Set your clocks AHEAD one hour in Escanaba, MI
LUNCH will be on the bus – please pack food for this meal
3:00 PM Arrive Mill Creek Campground, unpack, set up Camp
5:00 PM Supper
6:30 PM Warm up for Campground Parade
7:00 PM Parade through Campground and post-parade concert – SEASONAL T-shirt and “dress shorts” (NOT athletic shorts) needed for this performance!
7:30 PM Load equipment, relax time
10:00 PM Campfire Devotion
11:30 PM Lights out
BAG LUNCH FOR THIS DAY : Students should bring along their own "Bus Food" for this lunch. Please include some healthy lunch items, such as fruit, cheese/crackers, sandwich, etc. We will have refrigerators/coolers available if lunch/food items need to be kept cold. Please mark lunch bags with name. We will eat en route to Michigan. There will be Water/Gatorade bottles available for purchase on the bus.
Wednesday, July 9
Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park
Ferry to Mackinac Island (Spending money suggested for shopping on the island)
Travel Day – Mackinaw City to Traverse City
8:00 AM Wake Up/shower/eat
9:00 AM Pack up/clean up campground
10:00 AM Load Buses
10:30 AM Depart for Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park
11:00 AM Activity Day at Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park (Lunch at Park - Time TBD)
1:00 PM Board Ferry for Mackinac Island
4:00 PM Board Ferry for return to the Mainland
4:30 PM Load Buses/Depart for Trinity Lutheran Church in Traverse City
Supper TBD
8:00 PM Arrive Trinity Lutheran/Unpack/Move in
10:30 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights Out
Thursday, July 10
Rehearsal Day
Free Time at the National Cherry Festival Grounds/Downtown TC (Spending money suggested)
Touchstone Energy Junior Royale Parade
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
11:30 AM Lunch
12:00 PM Depart for Cherry Festival Grounds/Downtown Traverse City
4:00 PM Load, return to Trinity
4:45 PM Supper
5:30 PM Change into Half Uniform, carry jacket/hats/plumes/gauntlets WITH YOU on bus
6:00 PM Depart for line up
6:30 PM Touchstone Energy Junior Royale Parade Begins
9:00 PM Return to Trinity, change out of uniform
10:00 PM Snack
10:30 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Friday, July 11
Rehearsal day
MACBDA Cherryland Band Classic at Thirlby Field
7:30 AM Wake up, shower, eat
8:30 AM Rehearsal
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Move to Rehearsal Field
1:00 PM Rehearsal on Field
3:30 PM Load, return to Trinity
4:00 PM Supper, change into Halves
4:45 PM MACBDA Championship show warm up (At Trinity)
5:45 PM Move to Thirlby Field
6:30 PM MACBDA Cherryland Band Classic Field Show Championship begins
9:00 PM Return to Trinity
11:15 PM Devotion
11:45 PM Lights out
Saturday, July 12
DTE Energy Cherry Royale Parade
Travel Day to Shoreland LHS
8:30 AM Wake Up, Shower, eat, dress
9:30 AM Change into uniform for Group Pictures
10:45 AM Depart for Line up
11:15 AM DTE Energy Cherry Royale Parade Begins
1:15 PM Return to Trinity
2:00 PM Change out of uniform, eat lunch
2:30 PM Load Buses, clean facility
3:30 PM Depart for Wisconsin
6:30 PM Supper Butch’s Beach Burritos, Grand Haven, MI
7:30 PM Depart for Wisconsin (Change clocks BACK one hour at Illinois)
11:30 PM Arrive Shoreland LHS, unpack, move in
12:00 AM Lights Out
Sunday, July 13
Worship at WELS Church (TBD)
Activity Day – Bristol WI Renaissance Faire (Spending money needed – will purchase lunch on your own at the Renaissance Faire)
Laundry in the Evening (Detergent and money for machines supplied by LVW)
7:30 AM Wake Up, Shower, breakfast
8:30 AM Depart for Church
8:00 AM Worship service (Church and time TBD)
10:00 AM Return to Shoreland, change for Faire
11:30 AM Depart for Renaissance Faire
12:00 PM Arrive Renaissance Faire – Lunch ON YOUR OWN – bring money
7:00 PM Load Buses, Return to SLHS
7:30 PM Supper at SLHS
8:15 PM Laundry
10:30 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights Out
Monday, July 14
Rehearsal Day
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
5:30 PM Supper
6:30 PM Rehearsal
10:00 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Tuesday, July 15
Rehearsal Day – Schedule TBD
PM Activity TBD
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
3:00 PM Change, clean up for evening activity (TBD – but a little spending money is suggested)
10:00 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Wednesday, July 16
Rehearsal Day
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
5:30 PM Supper
6:30 PM Rehearsal
10:00 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Thursday, July 17
Rehearsal Day
Show Day – Drums on the Rock, Milton WI
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
3:00 PM load trucks, Change into halves
3:30 PM Depart for Milton HS, Milton, WI
5:00 PM Arrive Milton HS, eat supper, show prep
7:30 PM Drums on the Rock Show begins (LVW Show Time is 8:02 PM)
9:30 PM Load equipment
10:00 PM Depart for SLHS
11:30 PM Arrive SLHS
12:00 PM Devotion, lights out
Friday, July 18
Rehearsal Day
Show Day – Lighthouse Band Championships, Racine WI
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
4:30 PM Load trucks, Change into halves
5:00 PM Supper at SLHS
6:00 PM Depart for Hammes Field, Racine Case HS
6:30 PM Arrive Hammes Field, Racine Case HS, show prep
7:00 PM MACBDA Semi-Finals show begins (LVW Show Time is 8:35 PM)
9:30 PM Load equipment
10:30 PM Depart for SLHS
11:00 PM Arrive SLHS
12:00 PM Devotion, lights out
Saturday, July 19
Rehearsal Day
MACBDA Band Championships, Whitewater WI
Return to Homes!
8:00 AM Wake Up, Shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
1:00 PM Lunch
2:30 PM Pack and load all equipment, change into halves (2 Lamers Buses and 1 Brandt Bus)
3:30 PM Depart for Whitewater
5:00 PM Arrive at Perkins Stadium, UW-Whitewater
5:30 PM Supper at show site
7:00 PM MACBDA Finals Show begins! (LVW Performance time TBD by Friday’s results)
10:30 PM Depart for home
LHS, LLHS, SLHS students will be with parents following this show for return home
FVL will travel home on two Lamers Buses
LPS, KML, WLHS, and MLHS students will ride the Brandt Bus to WLHS, Grafton (Target), and MLHS
11:30 PM Arrive Wisconsin Lutheran HS (330 N Glenview Ave, Milwaukee)
12:15 AM Arrive Target Parking Lot (HWY 60 and 43 in Grafton, WI)
1:30 AM Arrive MLHS (Brandt Bus)
1:00 AM Arrive Fox Valley Lutheran HS (Lamers Buses) and MLHS (Kramer Van)
Drop off times are APPROXIMATE! Please have cell phone contact with your LVW members for ETA - Just in Case
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow! We thank our Heavenly Father for a safe and enjoyable LVW 2014 Season!
Please note that we are asking SLHS, WLHS, and KML students to arrive at FVL on MONDAY evening by 8:00. We will be running the bus from Shoreland on Monday, July 7. Because of the early departure on Wednesday morning (8:00 AM), we felt it was necessary to transport those students to FVL the night before. Scheduled arrival time at FVL will be 8:00 PM. We are asking host families to pick up students at FVL at 8:00 for one more night of housing, and meet at FVL on Tuesday morning at 7:00 AM. Watch for the bus times to be emailed and also posted on the LVW Website when they are available.
For travel during this trip, students should bring along a small carry-on bag suitable for a change of clothes. There will be times during the trip when we will change following a performance and we will not be bringing our full suitcases. A small back pack or a drawstring bag will serve nicely for this purpose.
There are a few opportunities druing this trip for students to shop and purchase meals. They are marked on the itinerary below, so please look carefully to determine the amount of money that will be needed for the trip.
Checkout Procedures for Saturday, July 19:
If you are going to be picked up following the MACBDA Finals Show, and are not returning on the bus or with your school’s designated transportation, the following procedures MUST be followed:
1. Your parents must pick you up following the show. That will be on Saturday night, July 19 at UW-Whitewater's Perkins Stadium. Please pick up your child where the LVW buses are parked, as that will be where their luggage and other gear are located. Please be aware, if you are picking up your child, you must be there before the band is ready to leave. If you are not there when the band is ready to leave, your child will come with the band.
2. Your parents must check you out with the attendance chaperon from your bus. This must be done with you and your parent present.
3. If your parents are not there when the band is ready to leave, you will come with us. We leave no one behind – EVER!
4. You may not ride home with anyone else other than your parents UNLESS you have a written permission signed by your parents, and UNLESS that written permission is put into our hands. DON’T FORGET THE NOTE AT HOME, because there are NO EXCEPTIONS!
Emergency Contact Numbers:
James Neujahr Cell: 920-740-3924
Randy Kramer Cell: 920-242-9835
Housing Tuesday night at Mill Creek Campground, Mackinaw City, MI
Housing Wednesday night, July 9 through Saturday, July 12 at:
Trinity Lutheran Church and School
1003 S Maple St
Traverse City, MI 49684-4025
231-946-2720
Housing Saturday night, July 12 through Saturday, July 19 at Shoreland Lutheran HS
9026 12th Street
Somers, WI 53171
262-859-2595
What to Bring:
Since this is a rehearsal, performance, and travel trip, LVW members should remember to pack the following:
Sleeping bag and pillow
Air mattress (optional)
ONE suitcase (Remember, we are on School Buses AND motorcoaches this trip)
ONE small carry-on bag for on the bus
All personal items as needed (towel, soap and shampoo, change of clothes, DEODORANT, etc.)
BLACK SHOES AND SOCKS, BLACK A-4 T-SHIRTS, BLACK GLOVES, GUARD APPAREL, ETC. (Note we have SEVEN performances this trip!)
LVW “As the Darkness Clears Away” seasonal T-shirt – this will be needed for events when the band wears them
Instruments, music, etc.
Water jugs, sunscreen, sunglasses, comfortable marching shoes, hats, etc.
FOR THE CAMPGROUND – Folding camp umbrella chair, umbrella (might also come in handy at the Renaissance Faire – we will go rain or shine) Note that students do not need to bring tents for the campout, as Mr. Kubek has arranged for enough tents for our use.
- JUST ADDED - sorry for forgetting this earlier - FLASHLIGHT
Tuesday, July 8
Travel Day to Campground
Parade through grounds
Evening Campfire Devotion
7:00 AM Arrive at FVL, load buses/trucks
8:00 AM Depart for Michigan’s Mackinaw Mill Creek Campground
TBD – Rest stop along the way - Set your clocks AHEAD one hour in Escanaba, MI
LUNCH will be on the bus – please pack food for this meal
3:00 PM Arrive Mill Creek Campground, unpack, set up Camp
5:00 PM Supper
6:30 PM Warm up for Campground Parade
7:00 PM Parade through Campground and post-parade concert – SEASONAL T-shirt and “dress shorts” (NOT athletic shorts) needed for this performance!
7:30 PM Load equipment, relax time
10:00 PM Campfire Devotion
11:30 PM Lights out
BAG LUNCH FOR THIS DAY : Students should bring along their own "Bus Food" for this lunch. Please include some healthy lunch items, such as fruit, cheese/crackers, sandwich, etc. We will have refrigerators/coolers available if lunch/food items need to be kept cold. Please mark lunch bags with name. We will eat en route to Michigan. There will be Water/Gatorade bottles available for purchase on the bus.
Wednesday, July 9
Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park
Ferry to Mackinac Island (Spending money suggested for shopping on the island)
Travel Day – Mackinaw City to Traverse City
8:00 AM Wake Up/shower/eat
9:00 AM Pack up/clean up campground
10:00 AM Load Buses
10:30 AM Depart for Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park
11:00 AM Activity Day at Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park (Lunch at Park - Time TBD)
1:00 PM Board Ferry for Mackinac Island
4:00 PM Board Ferry for return to the Mainland
4:30 PM Load Buses/Depart for Trinity Lutheran Church in Traverse City
Supper TBD
8:00 PM Arrive Trinity Lutheran/Unpack/Move in
10:30 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights Out
Thursday, July 10
Rehearsal Day
Free Time at the National Cherry Festival Grounds/Downtown TC (Spending money suggested)
Touchstone Energy Junior Royale Parade
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
11:30 AM Lunch
12:00 PM Depart for Cherry Festival Grounds/Downtown Traverse City
4:00 PM Load, return to Trinity
4:45 PM Supper
5:30 PM Change into Half Uniform, carry jacket/hats/plumes/gauntlets WITH YOU on bus
6:00 PM Depart for line up
6:30 PM Touchstone Energy Junior Royale Parade Begins
9:00 PM Return to Trinity, change out of uniform
10:00 PM Snack
10:30 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Friday, July 11
Rehearsal day
MACBDA Cherryland Band Classic at Thirlby Field
7:30 AM Wake up, shower, eat
8:30 AM Rehearsal
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM Move to Rehearsal Field
1:00 PM Rehearsal on Field
3:30 PM Load, return to Trinity
4:00 PM Supper, change into Halves
4:45 PM MACBDA Championship show warm up (At Trinity)
5:45 PM Move to Thirlby Field
6:30 PM MACBDA Cherryland Band Classic Field Show Championship begins
9:00 PM Return to Trinity
11:15 PM Devotion
11:45 PM Lights out
Saturday, July 12
DTE Energy Cherry Royale Parade
Travel Day to Shoreland LHS
8:30 AM Wake Up, Shower, eat, dress
9:30 AM Change into uniform for Group Pictures
10:45 AM Depart for Line up
11:15 AM DTE Energy Cherry Royale Parade Begins
1:15 PM Return to Trinity
2:00 PM Change out of uniform, eat lunch
2:30 PM Load Buses, clean facility
3:30 PM Depart for Wisconsin
6:30 PM Supper Butch’s Beach Burritos, Grand Haven, MI
7:30 PM Depart for Wisconsin (Change clocks BACK one hour at Illinois)
11:30 PM Arrive Shoreland LHS, unpack, move in
12:00 AM Lights Out
Sunday, July 13
Worship at WELS Church (TBD)
Activity Day – Bristol WI Renaissance Faire (Spending money needed – will purchase lunch on your own at the Renaissance Faire)
Laundry in the Evening (Detergent and money for machines supplied by LVW)
7:30 AM Wake Up, Shower, breakfast
8:30 AM Depart for Church
8:00 AM Worship service (Church and time TBD)
10:00 AM Return to Shoreland, change for Faire
11:30 AM Depart for Renaissance Faire
12:00 PM Arrive Renaissance Faire – Lunch ON YOUR OWN – bring money
7:00 PM Load Buses, Return to SLHS
7:30 PM Supper at SLHS
8:15 PM Laundry
10:30 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights Out
Monday, July 14
Rehearsal Day
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
5:30 PM Supper
6:30 PM Rehearsal
10:00 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Tuesday, July 15
Rehearsal Day – Schedule TBD
PM Activity TBD
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
3:00 PM Change, clean up for evening activity (TBD – but a little spending money is suggested)
10:00 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Wednesday, July 16
Rehearsal Day
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
5:30 PM Supper
6:30 PM Rehearsal
10:00 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Thursday, July 17
Rehearsal Day
Show Day – Drums on the Rock, Milton WI
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
3:00 PM load trucks, Change into halves
3:30 PM Depart for Milton HS, Milton, WI
5:00 PM Arrive Milton HS, eat supper, show prep
7:30 PM Drums on the Rock Show begins (LVW Show Time is 8:02 PM)
9:30 PM Load equipment
10:00 PM Depart for SLHS
11:30 PM Arrive SLHS
12:00 PM Devotion, lights out
Friday, July 18
Rehearsal Day
Show Day – Lighthouse Band Championships, Racine WI
8:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch
1:15 PM Rehearsal
4:30 PM Load trucks, Change into halves
5:00 PM Supper at SLHS
6:00 PM Depart for Hammes Field, Racine Case HS
6:30 PM Arrive Hammes Field, Racine Case HS, show prep
7:00 PM MACBDA Semi-Finals show begins (LVW Show Time is 8:35 PM)
9:30 PM Load equipment
10:30 PM Depart for SLHS
11:00 PM Arrive SLHS
12:00 PM Devotion, lights out
Saturday, July 19
Rehearsal Day
MACBDA Band Championships, Whitewater WI
Return to Homes!
8:00 AM Wake Up, Shower, eat
9:00 AM Rehearsal
1:00 PM Lunch
2:30 PM Pack and load all equipment, change into halves (2 Lamers Buses and 1 Brandt Bus)
3:30 PM Depart for Whitewater
5:00 PM Arrive at Perkins Stadium, UW-Whitewater
5:30 PM Supper at show site
7:00 PM MACBDA Finals Show begins! (LVW Performance time TBD by Friday’s results)
10:30 PM Depart for home
LHS, LLHS, SLHS students will be with parents following this show for return home
FVL will travel home on two Lamers Buses
LPS, KML, WLHS, and MLHS students will ride the Brandt Bus to WLHS, Grafton (Target), and MLHS
11:30 PM Arrive Wisconsin Lutheran HS (330 N Glenview Ave, Milwaukee)
12:15 AM Arrive Target Parking Lot (HWY 60 and 43 in Grafton, WI)
1:30 AM Arrive MLHS (Brandt Bus)
1:00 AM Arrive Fox Valley Lutheran HS (Lamers Buses) and MLHS (Kramer Van)
Drop off times are APPROXIMATE! Please have cell phone contact with your LVW members for ETA - Just in Case
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow! We thank our Heavenly Father for a safe and enjoyable LVW 2014 Season!
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