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5th Avenue Holiday Open Streets

Date: Sunday, December 3, 2023

Call Time: 11:30am

Call Location: 712 5th Avenue (Entrance on 56th Street between 5th and 6th)

At 12:00 pm SHARP, a talent handler will walk us to our performance area. You MUST be at our green room location and checked in before this time!

Musicians: you will be carrying your instrument, music and stand (optional) to our performance location. If you have a free hand, please assist the drumline by carrying their stands and/or music!

Truck duty: Color Guard

Call Location & Travel Info

Call Location:

712 5th Avenue (Entrance on 56th Street between 5th and 6th Ave)

This is our Green Room space. You will receive your credentials and have the option of leaving your personal belongings here, unless you want them on the truck.

Travel

CLOSEST AND EASIEST: E/F train to 53rd/5th and walk North
2ND BEST: M trains to 57th St and walk East
3RD BEST: N/R/W train to 59th/5th St and walk South
Be sure to check the MTA website for service changes and the MTA Live Map before you leave home!
PARKING: Find street parking. Note that 5th Avenue will close at 10am from 48th to 59th Street.

Performance Time

Performance Time: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm on 5th Ave between 52nd & 54th Street.

First set: 12:30-1:00
Break: 1:00 – 1:30
Second set: 1:30 – 2:00

Uniform (musicians and guard)

Black jeans/pants and black or purple jacket/sweater/hoodie of your choice (band jackets welcome)
Footwear of your choice
Band-supplied purple scarves and purple Santa hats
Feel free to deck yourself with all the glitter, tinsel, and lights your heart desires!

Music

The 2023 marching set:

As It Was
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Don’t Stop The Music
Montero
Good 4 U

Bonus Tracks

Holiday Tunes

Deck the Halls
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Santa Baby (with the ending cut)

More About the Music:

Put your music into a flip-folder (and don’t forget to bring a lyre)
Make sure you have a new QBAC logo placard in front of each of the 5 pieces in the marching set.
This is a stand-and-play performance. You are welcome to bring a music stand if you’d prefer.
All music, including the holiday music, will be available at the gig

More about the Green Room & Restrooms

Restrooms

Available in our Green Room space.

More About the Green Room:

Our green room is on a shared open floor that will not be locked, but it is monitored by the building. Please refrain from bringing expensive or meaningful items, or keep your belongings on the truck during the gig.
The green room closes at 6p. If you stay to explore 5th Avenue after our performance, you must have all your things out of that building before 6pm!

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Due to the security in our green room for this event, we absolutely need an accurate list of names for this gig. If you are not on this list and are planning to attend, please click here and change your RSVP status in Chorus Connection.

Drum Major 2

Kory Flores
Marita Begley

Color Guard 6

Fliccolo 15

Clarinet 8

Saxophone 10

Trumpet 5

Caroline Myers
Jason Gilbert
Kimberly Engel
Morgan Lozano
Sarah Read

Mellophone/Horn 5

Christopher Jones
Helene Utterback
Karisma Hishikawa
Paige Chang
Sorrel Ann Alburger

Trombone 7

Low Brass 6

Drumline 9

Crew 5