Mountain Blast

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Mountain Blast taking off September 6, 2008!

(NAU vs. New Mexico Highlands)

All band members from ages 8 to 80 are invited to join the Lumberjack Marching Band for the mass band event of the year! Participants will play and march with the NAU Marching Band in the stands and for its half-time show.

The day will begin with a morning rehearsal and lunch with the Lumberjack Marching Band. After lunch the you will perform with the NAU Marching Band in the stands and at half-time. Kickoff is at 3:00pm in our air-conditioned Skydome. Registration is $25.00 and includes an NAU Marching Band shirt, lunch, and admission to the game.

Music to be performed:

Below is a schedule of events for the day:

  • 8:30am
    • Arrive at bank parking lot, then cross Cherry Street to St. Mary's Elementary parking lot where breakfast will be provided for the bands.
  • 9:15am
    • Begin line-up for parade by following NAU staff guide.
  • 10:00am
    • Parade begins
    • Following the parade, you will enter a parking lot where you will perform a non-competitive review for an audience. Please limit your review to no more than two pieces (one piece is certainly acceptable).
    • Upon completion of your review performance, an NAU staff guide will escort your band members to their designated area for the mass band performance in the same parking lot.
    • Your group will wait in their designated spot until all bands have completed the parade route and have joined the mass band alignment. Please be courteous to the other bands during their review performance by observing quietly.
    • Once all bands have joined the mass band alignment a plaque will be presented by the Toys for Tots organization following your performance. You will need to designate a student to receive the plaque along with you. Dr. Schmidt will help assemble the ceremony.
    • Immediately following the plaque ceremony, the mass band will perform, in uniform, these selections:
      1. Shout It Out Loud
      2. I Want to Rock N Roll All Night
  • 12:00pm
    • Box lunches will be provided in the area of the mass band.
    • Please plan on contacting your bus drivers by phone to instruct them to be on call beginning at 12:00pm to pick up your band at this site and transport you to the NAU Skydome (directions and designated bus parking at the dome will be provided). Please be patient and enjoy your lunch as this shuttle will take some time. The order of pickup and delivery for each group will be provided at the site. Carson Vermillion, NAU's Associate Director of Bands, will assist you with this process.
  • 2:00pm (approximately)
  • 2:40pm
    • NAU Marching Band pre-game performance
  • 3:00pm
    • Kickoff for NAU vs. Adams State
    • Bands will participate together in the stands. As we are in the Skydome, it is very important that there is no ´hacking´ (playing when one is not supposed to be playing); otherwise our team will be penalized.
  • 4:30pm (approximately)
    • Halftime performance with NAU Marching Band.
    • Selections are listed in order of performance:
      1. Shout It Out Loud
      2. I Want to Rock N Roll All Night
      3. NAU Fight Song
    • Your group will be guided to the area that you will stand. Performances will be conducted by NAU drum majors, etc.
    • After the performance, we will return to the stands.
  • 6:00pm
    • Game ends. All are free to return. Buses will be delivered SOMEHOW...

For further information contact Dr. Carson Vermillion at
(928) 523-3413 or email: Carson.Vermillion @ nau.edu