Here is information for the LVW members and support staff as you prepare for the upcoming rehearsal and performance week. It will be another "BIG WEEK" with one show, four parades and the DCI Whitewater Classic! The show will be our fifth MACBDA show of the season at New Berlin Eisenhower on July 2. The first parade of this next week will take place on Friday night, July 3, in Menomonee Falls. We will also be participating in three parades on our nation's birthday, July 4, in Racine, Somers, and Hales Corners, WI.
PACK A BAG LUNCH for Wednesday, July 1. Rehearsal begins at 10:00 AM at Kettle Moraine Lutheran HS (KML). All other meals will be provided by LVW.
We will be staying at KML on Tuesday through Saturday when we depart for Whitewater, so all staff and LVW members are to pack accordingly.
Remember, you should pack for FOUR days (FIVE if you are staying for the Whitewater Classic), but again try to utilize small suitcases and duffel bags. We are traveling with school buses for this trip so space will be very limited.
Here is a summary of our rehearsals and performances this coming week:
Wednesday, July 1 - Rehearsal day at KML
Thursday, July 2 – Rehearsal day, followed by the MACBDA Show in New Berlin, 7:30 PM
Friday, July 3 - Rehearsal day, and then Menomonee Falls WI Independence Day Parade, 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 4 – Racine Parade, 9:00 AM; Somers Parade, 2:00 PM; Hales Corners Parade, 4:00 PM
Sunday, July 5 – LVW and friends attend The Whitewater Classic show at UW-Whitewater, 5:00 PM
LVW will be housed at:
Kettle Moraine Lutheran HS
3399 Division Road
Jackson, WI 53073
Emergency contact information:
James Neujahr Cell Phone - 920-740-3924
Randy Kramer Cell Phone - 920-242-9835
Since this is a rehearsal, performance, and travel week, LVW members should remember to pack the following:
Sleeping bag and pillow
Air mattress (optional)
ONE suitcase (Remember, we are on School Buses this weekend)
All personal items as needed (towel, soap and shampoo, change of clothes, DEODERANT, etc.)
BLACK SHOES AND SOCKS, BLACK A-4 T-SHIRTS, BLACK GLOVES, GUARD APPAREL, ETC. (Note we have FIVE performances this trip!)
Instruments, music, etc.
Water jugs, sunscreen, bug spray, sunglasses, comfortable marching shoes, hats, etc.
Checkout Procedures for Saturday, July 4:
If you are going to be picked up following the Hales Corners parade, and are not staying with the group to attend the Whitewater Classic, the following procedures MUST be followed:
1. Your parents must pick you up following the parade. That will be on Saturday night at the end of the Hales Corners Parade, or later when the band returns to KML. If you pick up your child after the parade, 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 to KML and you can pick them up at that location.
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!
Itinerary for Wednesday through Sunday
Please note that show and parade information will be posted individually in the near future, including parade information and maps (when available), and Show information. Google Map links to the stadiums are already included on our Schedule page.
Wednesday, July 1 (Follow the directions for your school until 9:30 when we all are at KML)
Rehearsal Day at KML
SLHS/WLHS students – please note that there will be NO SLHS BUS for this rehearsal day
FVL Students:
7:30 AM Arrive at FVL, load bus/trucks
8:00 AM Depart for KML
MLHS Students:
8:00 AM Arrive MLHS, load van
8:15 AM Depart for KML
KML, WLHS, LLHS, LHS, LPS, and SLHS will arrange for their own transportation to KML, as there will not be a Shoreland bus for this day.
Entire LVW
9:30 AM Arrive KML
10:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch (All students are to bring a BAG LUNCH for this meal)
1:15 PM Rehearsal
5:30 PM Supper
6:30 PM Rehearsal
10:00 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Thursday, July 2
Rehearsal Day at KML
MACBDA Show at New Berlin Eisenhower HS
7:30 AM Wake Up, Shower, Eat
8:30 AM Rehearsal
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Rehearsal
3:00 PM Pack and Load, Change into halves
4:15 PM Depart for New Berlin Eisenhower HS
5:00 PM Supper at show site
7:30 PM Show begins
10:30 PM Depart for KML
11:15 PM Arrive KML, Unload, change out of uniform
11:45 PM Lights out
Friday, July 3
Rehearsal Day at KML
Menomonee Falls Independence Day Parade
7:30 AM Wake Up, Shower, Eat
8:30 AM Rehearsal
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Rehearsal
3:30 PM Shower, change into halves
4:00 PM Supper
4:30 PM Load truck, buses
5:00 PM Depart for Parade Line Up (Bethlehem Lutheran Church, N84W15252 Menomonee Ave, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051)
7:00 PM Parade Begins
9:00 PM Load trucks and buses following parade
9:30 PM Return to KML, Unload, change out of uniform
10:30 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Saturday, July 4 – Happy Birthday, America!
Parade Day!
Evening Fireworks!
6:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
7:00 AM Depart for Racine
8:15 AM Arrive line up, unload, warm up
9:00 AM Racine Fourth Fest Parade begins
11:30 AM Depart for Shoreland Lutheran HS, Somers
12:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Somers July 4th Parade begins
3:00 PM Depart for Hales Corners
4:00 PM Hales Corners July 4th Parade begins
6:00 PM Return to KML to shower and change (Or students go home with parents if not going to DCI)
7:00 PM Band members have free time at Cedarburg until Fireworks (Supper TBD)
9:30 PM Fireworks in Cedarburg!
11:00 PM Return to KML
12:00 AM Lights out
Sunday, July 5
Church at Morning Star, Jackson
The Whitewater Classic
6:45 AM Wake Up, Shower, eat
7:30 AM Depart for Morning Star Lutheran Church (KML buses to church and back, not Lamers)
8:00 AM Worship begins
9:00 AM Return to KML, Change clothes, pack, clean
11:30 AM Depart for Brookfield Square, Brookfield (Lunch ON YOUR OWN)
2:30 PM Depart for Whitewater
3:30 PM Arrive at Perkins Stadium, UW-Whitewater – watch corps “In the Lot”
5:00 PM The Whitewater Classic Begins! Supper at show site (ON YOUR OWN)
10:30 PM Depart for home (Most students will arrange for transportation home from UW-W)
Lamers bus will stop at Wisconsin Lutheran HS, Allenton Park and Ride, and FVL
11:45 PM Arrive Wisconsin Lutheran HS
12:15 AM Arrive Allenton Park and Ride (HWY 45 and 33)
1:45 AM Arrive Fox Valley Lutheran HS (Lamers Bus)
PACK A BAG LUNCH for Wednesday, July 1. Rehearsal begins at 10:00 AM at Kettle Moraine Lutheran HS (KML). All other meals will be provided by LVW.
We will be staying at KML on Tuesday through Saturday when we depart for Whitewater, so all staff and LVW members are to pack accordingly.
Remember, you should pack for FOUR days (FIVE if you are staying for the Whitewater Classic), but again try to utilize small suitcases and duffel bags. We are traveling with school buses for this trip so space will be very limited.
Here is a summary of our rehearsals and performances this coming week:
Wednesday, July 1 - Rehearsal day at KML
Thursday, July 2 – Rehearsal day, followed by the MACBDA Show in New Berlin, 7:30 PM
Friday, July 3 - Rehearsal day, and then Menomonee Falls WI Independence Day Parade, 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 4 – Racine Parade, 9:00 AM; Somers Parade, 2:00 PM; Hales Corners Parade, 4:00 PM
Sunday, July 5 – LVW and friends attend The Whitewater Classic show at UW-Whitewater, 5:00 PM
LVW will be housed at:
Kettle Moraine Lutheran HS
3399 Division Road
Jackson, WI 53073
Emergency contact information:
James Neujahr Cell Phone - 920-740-3924
Randy Kramer Cell Phone - 920-242-9835
Since this is a rehearsal, performance, and travel week, LVW members should remember to pack the following:
Sleeping bag and pillow
Air mattress (optional)
ONE suitcase (Remember, we are on School Buses this weekend)
All personal items as needed (towel, soap and shampoo, change of clothes, DEODERANT, etc.)
BLACK SHOES AND SOCKS, BLACK A-4 T-SHIRTS, BLACK GLOVES, GUARD APPAREL, ETC. (Note we have FIVE performances this trip!)
Instruments, music, etc.
Water jugs, sunscreen, bug spray, sunglasses, comfortable marching shoes, hats, etc.
Checkout Procedures for Saturday, July 4:
If you are going to be picked up following the Hales Corners parade, and are not staying with the group to attend the Whitewater Classic, the following procedures MUST be followed:
1. Your parents must pick you up following the parade. That will be on Saturday night at the end of the Hales Corners Parade, or later when the band returns to KML. If you pick up your child after the parade, 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 to KML and you can pick them up at that location.
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!
Itinerary for Wednesday through Sunday
Please note that show and parade information will be posted individually in the near future, including parade information and maps (when available), and Show information. Google Map links to the stadiums are already included on our Schedule page.
Wednesday, July 1 (Follow the directions for your school until 9:30 when we all are at KML)
Rehearsal Day at KML
SLHS/WLHS students – please note that there will be NO SLHS BUS for this rehearsal day
FVL Students:
7:30 AM Arrive at FVL, load bus/trucks
8:00 AM Depart for KML
MLHS Students:
8:00 AM Arrive MLHS, load van
8:15 AM Depart for KML
KML, WLHS, LLHS, LHS, LPS, and SLHS will arrange for their own transportation to KML, as there will not be a Shoreland bus for this day.
Entire LVW
9:30 AM Arrive KML
10:00 AM Rehearsal
12:30 PM Lunch (All students are to bring a BAG LUNCH for this meal)
1:15 PM Rehearsal
5:30 PM Supper
6:30 PM Rehearsal
10:00 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Thursday, July 2
Rehearsal Day at KML
MACBDA Show at New Berlin Eisenhower HS
7:30 AM Wake Up, Shower, Eat
8:30 AM Rehearsal
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Rehearsal
3:00 PM Pack and Load, Change into halves
4:15 PM Depart for New Berlin Eisenhower HS
5:00 PM Supper at show site
7:30 PM Show begins
10:30 PM Depart for KML
11:15 PM Arrive KML, Unload, change out of uniform
11:45 PM Lights out
Friday, July 3
Rehearsal Day at KML
Menomonee Falls Independence Day Parade
7:30 AM Wake Up, Shower, Eat
8:30 AM Rehearsal
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Rehearsal
3:30 PM Shower, change into halves
4:00 PM Supper
4:30 PM Load truck, buses
5:00 PM Depart for Parade Line Up (Bethlehem Lutheran Church, N84W15252 Menomonee Ave, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051)
7:00 PM Parade Begins
9:00 PM Load trucks and buses following parade
9:30 PM Return to KML, Unload, change out of uniform
10:30 PM Devotion
11:00 PM Lights out
Saturday, July 4 – Happy Birthday, America!
Parade Day!
Evening Fireworks!
6:00 AM Wake up, shower, eat
7:00 AM Depart for Racine
8:15 AM Arrive line up, unload, warm up
9:00 AM Racine Fourth Fest Parade begins
11:30 AM Depart for Shoreland Lutheran HS, Somers
12:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Somers July 4th Parade begins
3:00 PM Depart for Hales Corners
4:00 PM Hales Corners July 4th Parade begins
6:00 PM Return to KML to shower and change (Or students go home with parents if not going to DCI)
7:00 PM Band members have free time at Cedarburg until Fireworks (Supper TBD)
9:30 PM Fireworks in Cedarburg!
11:00 PM Return to KML
12:00 AM Lights out
Sunday, July 5
Church at Morning Star, Jackson
The Whitewater Classic
6:45 AM Wake Up, Shower, eat
7:30 AM Depart for Morning Star Lutheran Church (KML buses to church and back, not Lamers)
8:00 AM Worship begins
9:00 AM Return to KML, Change clothes, pack, clean
11:30 AM Depart for Brookfield Square, Brookfield (Lunch ON YOUR OWN)
2:30 PM Depart for Whitewater
3:30 PM Arrive at Perkins Stadium, UW-Whitewater – watch corps “In the Lot”
5:00 PM The Whitewater Classic Begins! Supper at show site (ON YOUR OWN)
10:30 PM Depart for home (Most students will arrange for transportation home from UW-W)
Lamers bus will stop at Wisconsin Lutheran HS, Allenton Park and Ride, and FVL
11:45 PM Arrive Wisconsin Lutheran HS
12:15 AM Arrive Allenton Park and Ride (HWY 45 and 33)
1:45 AM Arrive Fox Valley Lutheran HS (Lamers Bus)
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