Colorado Springs Director s Choice Scholastic Music Festival Trip Itinerary General Information Directors Mr. Hillock, Mr. Gartner, Mr. Stevenson Chaperones Greg Davis, Don Vash, Mike Lanigan, Michael Thomas, Raymond Sierra, Denise Davis, Gene Ann Kerr, Oneilly Rodriguez Students will be required to wear Travel Shirt on Friday. Make sure to include travel shirt with other packed items. Wednesday, April 25 th 5:00 AM Band Room Unlocked, Medicine Check In Students that have medicine report to band room at this time. A room outside of the main band room will be used for medicine check in. All medicine has to be in the original container with the prescription easy to read. Students that have more than one item should place all medicine in a zip-lock bag with name clearly written on the outside. 5:30 AM Student Check In Students will have to check in with Mr. Hillock and verify that they are here and ready to go. 5:45 AM Buses Arrives 6:00 AM Load Buses and Van Campus police recommends that you have someone bring you to the band room. If you have to leave your vehicle here, it needs to be parked in the Music Building parking lot. Do not leave anything of value in your vehicle and give further cause for break in or theft. Bus Information Concert Attire is to be stored in the front storage bays, suitcases in the middle storage bays, and instruments in the back storage bays of each bus. Smaller specialty items (such as mutes, etc.) will also be stored in the back storage bays with instruments. Special care should be taken when packing and loading these items so they do not become damaged at any time during the trip. Percussion students make sure and load everything that we need for our performance with cases. Check and double check that needed equipment and mallets have been loaded for each song. 6:30 AM Depart for Colorado Springs Driver Change in Tonkawa 11:30 AM Lunch Kansas Buffet Company 2351 South Ninth Salina, KS 67401 12:45 PM Resume Travel to Colorado 2:15 PM Scheduled Stop Hays, KS (I-70, exit #159) Golden Ox Truck Stop and 24/7 Travel Store for driver rest stop. 2:45 PM Resume Travel
---- TIMES LISTED FROM THIS POINT ON ARE ALL MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME ---- Change happens after I-70 MM 36 in Kansas. Move watches back one hour. 4:15 PM Dinner Arrive in Burlington, CO, I-70 Exit #437 $10 Cash Allotment for fast food dinner Options include: Arby s, Burger King, McDonald s 5:30 PM Resume Travel to Colorado Springs 8:00 PM Arrive at Embassy Suites by Hilton Colorado Springs 7290 Commerce Center Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80919 (719) 599-9100 All concert attire and luggage unloaded. All Instruments with the exception of tubas and percussion should be taken off the bus and kept in hotel room overnight - especially woodwinds. Cold weather is not good for these instruments. 9:00 PM Curfew and Room Check to be Determined Thursday, April 26 th 6:45 AM Wake Up 7:30 AM Breakfast At Hotel 8:30 AM Load Buses 8:45 AM Depart for US Air Force Academy 9:00 AM Arrive at US Air Force Academy North Gate North Gate N Gate Blvd Colorado Springs, CO 80921 10:30 AM Depart Academy for US Olympic Center Training Complex 10:50 AM Arrive at US Olympic Training Center 1750 East Boulder Street Colorado Springs, CO 80909 11:00 AM Tour 11:45 AM Depart for the Citadel Mall 12:00 PM Arrive at the Citadel Mall 750 Citadel Drive East Colorado Springs, CO 80909 $10 cash allotment. Food court located on 2 nd floor of mall. 1:30 PM Depart for Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center 1:50 PM Arrive at Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center 1805 North 30 th Street Colorado Spring, CO 80904 (719) 219-0105 4:00 PM Depart for Old Colorado City
4:15 PM Arrive at Old Colorado City Area around 2324 W Colorado Ave Colorado Springs, CO 80904 Free group time. 5:15 PM Depart Old Colorado City for The Summit Interquest 6:00 PM Arrive at The Summit Interquest 1180 Interquest Parkway Colorado Springs, CO 80921 (719) 278-3861 8:30 PM Load Buses 8:45 PM Depart for Hotel 9:00 PM Arrive at Hotel Curfew and Room Check TBD Friday, April 27 th 6:15 AM Wake Up 7:00 AM Breakfast At Hotel 7:45 AM Load Buses Students are required to wear their travel shirt this day. Shirt must be visible throughout the day. Students will also need to bring instruments, music, and a folding stand if you have one. There will be no stands at the rehearsal site. Make sure that stands are clearly labeled with name. 7:55 AM Depart for Morning Rehearsal 8:00 AM Morning Rehearsal The Church of St. Michael the Archangel 7400 Tudor Rd. Colorado Springs, CO 80919 (719) 598-3244 Schedule includes unloading instruments, setting up for rehearsal, break down, and reloading. 11:00 AM Box Lunch Delivery 11:50 AM Depart for Cave of the Winds Mountain Park Eat Lunch on Bus while enroute. 12:15 PM Arrive at Cave of the Winds Mountain Park 100 Cave of the Winds Road Manitou Springs, CO 80829 (719) 685-5444 2:00 PM Load Buses 2:15 PM Depart for Manitou Springs
2:30 PM Arrive for Manitou Springs Drop off site: 930 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, CO 80829 4:35 PM Load Buses Free time. Lots of neat shops to visit. There is also a Penny Arcade, which has 400 games including pinball machines, skeeball, pool tables, DDR, boxing machines, and more. Each game costs varies from $0.01 to $1.50. No money is provided for this time, but no one is required to spend any money during this time either. 4:45 PM Depart for The Broadmoor Seven Falls 5:15 PM The Broadmoor Seven Falls 2850 S Cheyenne Canyon Road Colorado Springs, CO 80906 (719) 476-6700 7:00 PM Load Buses 7:10 PM Depart for Dinner 7:25 PM Arrive at Rudy s Country Store BBQ 315 South 31 st Street Colorado Springs, CO 80904 9:30 PM Load Buses, Depart, Return to Hotel Curfew and Room Check TBD. Big Day Tomorrow. Saturday, April 28 th 7:00 AM Wake Up 7:45 AM Breakfast 8:25 AM Load Buses Will need to bring all needed items for contest performance today (concert attire, instrument, music, etc.) 8:35 AM Depart for Manitou Cliff Dwellings 8:55 AM Arrive at Manitou Cliff Dwellings 10 Cliff Road Manitou Springs, CO 80829 11:15 AM Load Buses 11:30 AM Depart for Lunch 11:45 AM Arrive at 31 st Street & Colorado for Lunch $10 Cash Allotment for lunch Options include: McDonald s, Taco Bell, Subway, Wendy s 12:30 PM Load Buses 12:40 PM Depart for Pikes Peak Center
12:50 PM Arrive at Pikes Peak Center Pikes Peak Center El Pomar Great Hall 190 South Cascade Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80903 General Phone: (719) 477-2121 Change into concert attire Concert Band first, then Symphonic Band CONCERT BAND 1:50 Warm Up 2:20 Performance 2:45 Performance Review/Clinic 3:00 If logistics allow, listen to Symphonic Band Performance SYMPHONIC BAND 2:20 If logistics allow, listen to Concert Band Performance 2:30 Warm Up 3:00 Performance 3:25 Performance Review/Clinic 4:00 AM Depart Festival Site for Hotel 4:15 PM Arrive Change clothes. 6:00 PM Load Buses 6:10 PM Depart for Dinner 6:25 PM Arrive at The Warehouse Restaurant 25 West Cimarron Street Colorado Springs, CO 80903 8:30 PM Load Buses, Depart, Return to Hotel Initial packing and cleaning up of rooms. Curfew and Room Check TBD. Sunday, April 29 th 5:45 AM Breakfast, Room & Hotel Checkout 6:45 AM Depart for Home ---- TIMES LISTED FROM THIS POINT ON ARE ALL CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME ---- Change happens after I-70 MM 36 in Kansas. Move watches forward one hour. 11:00 AM Lunch Kolby, KS I-70 Exit #53 $10 cash allotment Options include: Arby s, Burger King, McDonald s and Subway
3:00 PM Scheduled Stop Salina, KS (I-70, exit #252) Petro Stopping Center and Pilot Travel Center for driver rest stop. 5:00 PM Dinner Golden Corral 616 South Ridge Road Circle Wichita, KS 67209 (316) 945-5100 7:30 PM Driver Change Tonkawa, OK 10:00 PM Estimated Arrival Back In Jenks Unload everything. Students that have medicine need to remember to pick it up and take it home that night. Medicine should not be left at the band room.