GYPSY DAY
SEE YOU AT GYPSY DAY 2009
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
- 2008 Parade Results
- 2007 Parade Results
- 2006 Parade Results
- 2005 Parade Results
Registration begins here September, 2009. Bands are placed in the parade based on when registration is officially received in the computer database. Although every effort is made to make the day rewarding for all bands, for the sake of fairness, it is not possible to grant special requests for parade placement.
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Read below for general Information which
remains fairly consistent year to year -
PLEASE NOTE SOME SLIGHT VARIATIONS IN TIMING
MAY OCCUR DUE TO ELEMENTS BEYOND NSU'S
CONTROL. Please check the official yearly
director's letter FOLLOWING REGISTRATION for
specifics in any given year. - Thanks BP
Parade begins at 9:00
DIRECTIONS TO NSU: From Highway 281 South - Turn east onto
Melgaard Road. Turn north onto Lincoln Street. Turn east onto 12th
Avenue SE.
From Highway 281 North - Turn east onto 6th Avenue SE (Highway 12).
Turn south onto Main Street. Turn east onto 12th Avenue SE.
From Highway 12 East - Turn south onto State Street. Turn west onto 12th
Avenue SE.
From Highway 12 West - Turn south onto Main Street. Turn east onto 12th
Avenue SE.
HOMEROOM: If you have requested a home room,
you can report to the Johnson Fine Arts
Center on the NSU campus any time after 7:45
a.m. on Saturday.
Please have your band ready by 8:45
AM
LINE UP PROCEDURE AND PARADE ROUTE: Please
refer to the attached map for the proper
staging area for your band. The parade
route is a straight-line march South on Main
Street.
JUDGING: judges are selected based expertise
in the music education and marching mediums.
PARADE RULES: We are making every attempt to
keep the parade under 2 hours. Please
prepare for and understand parade officials
who have an urgent tone to them in regards
to the parade tempo and spacing.
The judges will be early in the parade at
the Coca-Cola Bottling Company on a truck,
on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Main. There
will be a sign notifying you of their
location approximately one block in advance.
Competing bands are required to play at this
time. A person holding a sign stating play
now will be set up one half block in front of
the judging area.
In order to allow individualism of styles,
street drills are permitted as long as
forward motion is maintained. Excessively
slow routines causing a breakdown in the
integrity of the parade will be penalized at
the discretion of the rules judge. No
stopping is permitted at any time except if
the entire parade stops. In the past, there
has been controversy regarding bands
stopping before the judging area to set
lines. This is not allowed. Any infraction
of the above regulations will result in a 5
point penalty subtracted from the final
score.
CLASS SIZES: 9-12 enrollment less
than 100=C, 101-199=B, 200-400=A, 401- AA Directors may register their
band in larger classes if so desired.
COMPLIMENTARY GAME PASSES: Bands will receive official NSU Marching Wolves games passes via email. Please print, cut, and distribute to your students who plan to attend the game.
Directors are highly encouraged to bring their band to
the Gypsy Day game and sit in the area adjacent to the NSU
Marching Wolves. The NSU Marching Wolves display an
excellent example of energy and school spirit in the
bleachers. They will
also perform both a pre-game and half-time show.
The Marching Wolves student leaders are
highly dynamic at the game and this is a
great opportunity to display student
leadership to your band as well as expose
them to the NCAA game day atmosphere. Please
offer this as an option to students who stay
for the day even if you are sending the
busses home.
INCLEMENT WEATHER: The parade and game will
proceed rain or shine. The awards ceremony
will be relocated in the event of inclement
weather.
AWARDS: The awards ceremony will take place
on the campus green immediately following
the last band in the parade – the parade
will not be completely over. Three trophies
will be awarded in each class with one
overall outstanding award in open class. In
the event of a tie the combined score of the
general effect captions will be used to
break the tie. The NSU Marching Wolves will
perform for the bands followed by the
awards. The Marching Wolves performance will
begin promptly as the last band arrives from
the parade route. If your band wishes to
watch the rest of the parade they must know
to arrive on the campus green by the time
the last band arrives. Water
will be provided at the awards ceremony.
BUS PARKING: Busses are to park on either
the Johnson Fine Arts Center or the Barnett
Center Parking lots. Do not pick your
students up on Main Street. Simply have your
band continue marching east on 12th avenue
approximately three blocks to campus and
your busses.
PARADE ORDER: The bands are listed in order
of registration as stated in the
registration policy
Good luck to you and your band! We are
looking forward to seeing and hearing your
band. If you have any questions, you can
reach me at
Boyd.Perkins@northern.edu or
call 605.626.2501. Thank you!
I’ll see you on Gypsy Day!!
Boyd Perkins
GO WOLVES!