Below is the 2011-2012 Pep band schedule.

Date	Opponent	Pep Band
Friday, December 2	Decatur Eisenhower	Pep Band B
Friday, December 9	Mattoon	Pep Band A
Saturday, December 17	Thornton Township	Pep Band B
Friday, January 6	Normal Community	Pep Band A
Friday, January 13	Champaign Central	Pep Band A
Tuesday, January 17	Mahomet-Seymour	Pep Band B
Friday, January 27	Urbana	Pep Band B
Tuesday, January 31	Danville	Pep Band A
Saturday, February 11	St. Thomas More	Pep Band A
Friday, February 17	Normal West	Pep Band B

IMEA is October 10th in Bloomington at Bloomington JR/SR HS.  For those that are auditioning, please see the following schedule:

Following is the schedule for the Bands of America trip to St. Louis on October 14th.

• 7:50 AM Arrive to get your uniform and instrument.  Students wear Centennial Shorts and Gangster Shirts with Band Shoes and Black Socks. You can wear these clothes under sweats or other warm clothes, but you must have your Shorts, Shoes, Socks, and Shirts on in order to change in to your uniforms.
• 8:00 Load Charter Buses
• 8:10 Depart for St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome.  We will Stop for in Collinsville, IL.  Students will need $20 to $30 for food for the day. Souvenirs will also be available for purchase.
• 12:30 Unload at the Edward Jones Dome
• 2:45 Perform
• 3:00 Pictures will be taken and order forms will be available
• 3:30 – 7:30 Watch some of the best bands in the country.
• 7:30 Competition ends.  Load Charter to return to Centennial
• 11:15 PM Arrive at Centennial

The band is proposing to take a trip to New York City departing March 13, 2012 and returning March 17, 2012.  Please see the following letter from Mr. Allen for details about the trip.  The letter can be found here.

The Centennial Band Boosters want to take as many Band Parents and Band Supporters to St. Louis, to help cheer on the Marching Chargers in competition.  We have arranged for three Peoria Charter Coaches to take the band to St. Louis.  The band will occupy two full buses, and the Color Guard will ride in the third bus.  This leaves us with 30 extra seats, available on a first come, first served basis for parents and supporters to purchase.

The cost for round-trip transportation, to St. Louis and back to Champaign, is $25.00 per seat.

This price does not include your addmission ticket to the Bands of America show.  Mr. Allen will provide ticket purchase information very soon.

If you purchase a seat on the charter buses, we understand you are "along for the ride". You will not be required to conduct any chaperone or supervisory duties.  You will need to be aware of the Band's schedule, and be prepared to depart Champaign and depart St. Louis when the band does.  You will also need to be prepared to wear lots of Centennial clothing and cheer very loudly when the band performs.

We estimate departure from Champaign sround 9:00am on Friday morning.  There will be a meal stop en route to St. Louis.  The band performs at 2:45pm.  We plan to stay at the Edward Jones Dome, sit in a large group and watch a number of the performing bands throughout the day.  We will depart St. Louis at a time TBD and return to Champaign Friday evening.

If you wish to reserve seats on the St. Louis Charter, please e-mail Boyd LaFoon at bclnews@yahoo.com.  Please include the words "St. Louis Charter" in the e-mail subject line.  

Payment for bus seats will be due no later than Friday, September 30th.  Make checks payable to the Centennial Band Boosters.  You can drop payments in the Band Office Box, mail to the PO Box, or bring by the Blue Tent during the next two home football games.

We know it's a Friday- but this is a once-in-a-long-time opportunity to see our band perform on one of the biggest stages.  Please consider attending the BOA show, and help us defray the cost of the Band buses by purchasing a charter seat.

GO MARCHING CHARGERS!

As has been the tradition for several years, alumni band members are invited to join the band at the homecoming game on September 23rd.  Follow this link for information, including downloadable copies of the music.

The first field competition of the year is Saturday, Sept 10.   The Olympia Field Show Competition is in Stanford, IL.  Information about the show can be found here.  Driving directions can be found here.

Reminder that the first home football game is this Friday, Sept 9th.  Call time for the band is 5:00.  We will wear our full uniforms for Friday’s football game.  Students will need to wear their Centennial Shorts, black socks, Dinkle band shoes, and marching band t-shirts so they will be able to put their uniforms over the shorts and band shirts.  Please make sure that socks are long black socks.  It is easy to notice socks that are not black or not full length.  They should also be plain black, with no insignia's or other markings.