Alumni Band 2025

Alumni Band Information & Schedule

DATES

Homecoming Football Game - Friday, October 10, 2025
Registration Deadline: Friday, October 3

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REGISTRATION

Please register here by the deadline listed above:

https://omella.com/0acq0

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IMPORTANT DETAILS

-The Alumni band will perform with the Bulldog Marching Band at pregame and halftime, as well as in the alumni band section in the stands.

- The registration fee is $5 and will cover the cost of your ticket.  You will also need the Official WHS Alumni Band T-shirt, which is required for the performance.  If you don't have one yet, be sure to order one.  They are $12 (or slightly more for 2XL+ sizing).  If you already have one, you are all set!  Be sure to register and purchase your shirt before the deadline listed above.

- The WHS Band will endeavor to provide alumni with percussion and marching brass instruments as needed (and requested on this form). We are unable to provide woodwinds, trumpets and trombones, and ask that alumni bring those instruments with them to homecoming.  

- Click here to PRINT YOUR MUSIC.  Alumni will need to print their own music, put in a flip folder, and bring it to the game with you.  If you plan to play in the stands with us, you will need all of the music.  If you only want to play for pregame and halftime, you will only need to have the Fight Song (On Wauconda), The Star Spangled Banner, and Jaws/Superman.

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SCHEDULE

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Check In Please arrive with your t-shirt, a music flip folder & lyre (please bring your own if you can; we only have a few extras on hand), and the music you have printed off our WHS Alumni Band Website.  When you arrive, please enter through the Main Entrance and go to the East Cafeteria, which is immediately to the right when you enter.  If you have arranged to use a WHS instrument, you will pick it up at this time. This entrance is for Alumni Band participants only. Additional friends and family members may not enter the building, and if they are attending the game they will need to purchase a ticket separately on GoFan (https://gofan.co/app/school/IL15715) and enter through the public admission gates.  

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Alumni Band Rehearsal We will move to the grass practice field by Minerva Ave at 5pm.  We will review music and receive instructions about our marching formations for Pregame and Halftime. Should any Alumni Band members not be able to march, they will be able to perform from the sideline.

5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Combined Rehearsal with Bulldog Marching Band We will continue to rehearse with the WHS Band.

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Break There won’t be enough time to get concessions, but if you bring your own food or have someone bring it to you, this is a time you can eat.  There will be time to visit concessions during the game if you wish.

6:30 pm Assemble in the East Cafeteria, with instruments, as a Group to Enter the Stadium and Prepare for Pregame

6:50 pm Pregame Performance on Field with Trojan Marching Band You must wear your alumni band t-shirt!

7:00 pm Game time! After pregame, you have 2 options:  --Option 1: Sit with the Alumni Band in the alumni band section (next to the WHS Band in the North endzone) and play along with us during the game.  We ask that alumni stay in their section and not enter the high school band bleachers. --Option 2: Exit the field to get concessions and/or sit with family and friends in the stands.  If you do this, you will need to return to the alumni band seats with ~4:00 left on the 2nd quarter clock to prepare for halftime.

8:15 pm (approx.) Halftime Performance on Field with Trojan Marching Band You must wear your alumni band t-shirt!

After halftime, anyone who wishes to pack up may return to the East Cafeteria to do so.  Those who wish to stay in the alumni section until the end of the game will be able to pack up after the game ends.

Note: All Alumni Band events are held weather-permitting. In the event of rain, we would still meet at the designated arrival time; any decisions about canceling do not happen until just before gametime.
 

Questions? Email Mr. Dortwegt (cdortwegt@d118.org)