UPDATE – IF YOU HAVE SIGNED-UP ALREADY – ALL OF YOUR ITEMS CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE KICK-OFF PARTY, THE LUNCH WITH THE CORPS ON FRIDAY, THE MANDATORY FRIDAY REHEARSAL (if performing) OR AT WILL CALL AT THE GATE AFTER 3pm.
Boylan Stadium in Rockford, Illinois will once again play host to the Phantom Regiment’s Show of Shows on Friday June 20, 2014, part of an exciting weekend of interactive alumni happenings.
Perhaps the most exciting of the events scheduled for that weekend is nicknamed “Project 35: Elsa’s Return to the Cathedral.” This one of a kind performance will take place as part of Phantom Regiment’s encore performance and will include alumni brass players along side the 2014 Phantom Regiment. Thank you goes out to a couple of alums (Terry Pearse, Ray Albert & Robert Nunez and everyone else) that helped spearhead this part of the project!
Says Dan Farrell, corps director, “We’re all excited to see this take shape. This will be the first time I’m aware of, that we’ve had an alumni brass section combine forces with the current corps. We’re hoping for a strong showing.”
Other scheduled attractions include opportunities for interaction between corps members and alumni, former staff, volunteers and cadet corps alumni.
To purchase tickets or just sign up www.regiment.org/homecoming
The weekend includes:
Thursday, June 19
- Show of Shows Kickoff Party, Cliffbreakers Hotel
- 6p to 11p
- Open to the public
- Food & beverage available for purchase
- View Phantom Regiment memorabilia
- 50/50 raffles/Silent auction
- Pick up “Will Call” tickets, name badges and polo shirts
- Purchase admission in advance to be entered to win a door prize
- Alumni Hornline First Rehearsal
Friday, June 20
- Alumni Hornline rehearsal with the Phantom Regiment
- Lunch with the Phantom Regiment
- Alumni (& Guests) Only
- Hosted by Dr. Dan Richardson and Ron Schulz. Sit side by side with a current member & share stories over lunch from the Regiment food truck at Boylan High School
- Specially designed 2014 S.O.S. Homecoming polo (mandatory for performing alumni)
- Special “alumni block” seating available with discounted ticket prices
- BBQ Dinner before the show
- 39th Annual Show of Shows
Blue Stars, Carolina Crown, Cavaliers
Madison Scouts, Phantom Regiment
Spirit of Atlanta, Troopers, Pioneer,
Colt Cadets
- Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral – Featuring Alumni Hornline/Phantom Regiment
ALL alumni who will be attending the Show of Shows are encouraged to RSVP via the Homecoming page link below, whether performing or not. This enables the show committee to make name badges and keep the register current.
This Homecoming page can also be used to buy; specially priced tickets to the Show of Shows, BBQ dinner passes, the commemorative polo, tickets to the kickoff party, tickets to the lunch with the corps and register to perform with the corps.
Cliffbreakers, the host of the Kick Off Party & the official hotel for Show of Shows, also has a block of rooms reserved at a special rate of $79.95/night, for both Thursday and Friday nights. To receive the special rate please call the hotel directly at 815.282.3033 and refer to the “Phantom Regiment Rate”. (Sorry, but online bookings at the hotel will not get this rate.)
Notes to alumni considering participation:
Anyone who has performed competitively in the Phantom Regiment brass section is encouraged to participate. The piece will be conducted by the Regiment’s current conductor, along with the corps’ assistant conductors as well as any past conductors / drum majors that would like to participate. Follow the Homecoming link below to register, gain access to sheet music and receive communications.
The instrumentation will be the same bell-front instruments the corps uses: Bb trumpets, F mellophones, Bb Baritones/Euphoniums and BBb (Contrabass-style) Marching Tubas.
For those looking to rent/borrow a horn if you don’t currently have one in the house, we suggest contacting your local band director (we have already reached out to a few local bands here in Rockford, but haven’t received word back yet, and instruments would be very limited anyway). Additionally, there are some instruments available for rent from local instrument stores but finding anything other than a trumpet is rare.
There will be a rehearsal on Thursday evening prior to the Kick-off Party, as well as a mandatory rehearsal with the corps at 11am Friday morning.
To purchase tickets or just sign up www.regiment.org/homecoming
If you’re an annual member of the booster club at a level that comes with a few of the best seats in the house, you’ll still get those tickets if you sign up again for the 2014 Booster Club www.regiment.org/boosterclub. But to receive all the items for alumni homecoming, or just to have your name badge created (alumni only), remember to sign up at www.regiment.org/homecoming
