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Fall band

2025 Fall Band Championships

Date

LOCATION

Waco ISD Athletic Complex
1401 S. New Road Waco, TX 76711

TAPPS TICKETS

Tickets are not required to attend this event.

SCHOOL ENTRANCE & PARKING LOTS

ALL Bands / Drumlines have a specific lot to park in. 

WACO ISD FACILITY MAP

Please review the facility map for assigned parking and flow of traffic from on deck to performance to clinic. Please let parents and fans know to proceed to the spectator entrance.

CHECK-IN/REGISTRATION

Plan on arriving 1 hour prior to your warm-up time and check-in at the Registration Tent near Entrance #3. You will need time to check-in, unload, and warm-up prior to arriving at the Pre-Deck area.

STATIONS:

Warm-up Areas
You will warm-up near your vehicles this year to help keep cross traffic low.


On Hold
Please move to area A at the scheduled time. You will wait there until the group ahead of you starts to move out of area B to perform.

On Deck
As soon as the group ahead of you completes their performance and they start moving off the field, you will take your place in the performance area. At this station you will be asked to verify the announcing message.  The ramp to get from A to B is really steep.  You may use the long ramp with a lower degree grade if needed.


Performance
Prep play while setting up is allowed.  Set-up begins as soon as you begin making your way from On-Deck end-zone to Perform.  Once you are set, the announcer will make an announcement of your group. When your performance is over, you will exit to the opposite side of the stadium for your clinic.

Clinic

The ramp out of the stadium to the clinic area is steep.  Please make sure your students are prepared for the incline and support your equipment/instruments from the back.  The clinicians we have are really awesome musicians.  Please make sure your students are ready to learn something from them.

Be ready and transition quickly.

AWARDS & PHOTOS

Awards ceremonies will take place as indicated on the schedule.

Field Band and Marching Band Awards:

Full Bands should sit together in the stands. Drum Majors or Band Directors will pick up awards on the field when announced.

Drumline Awards:

Full Drumline squads should sit in the stands or be along the fence. Only Drum captains will come up to receive the award when announced.

LINK TO 2025 Bush’s Chicken Boxed Lunch Order Form

WISD will open the concession stand on the home side throughout the day. Boxed lunches must be pre-ordered and paid as a school when you pick up the order.  Order may include students, directors, parents, & fans.

Pre-orders are due by 6:00 PM on OCTOBER 16.

TAPPS MEMORABILIA

TEAM IP will be on site at all locations throughout the tournament. In addition, TAPPS gear can be found at the TAPPS online store linked below.

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