How To Do

• 4:30pm – Captains and DMs arrive at Little Island Amphitheater for walkthrough of performance space
• 5:30pm – Truck and Band arrive at Little Island HQ
• 6:00pm – Warm up, tune, play through at Little Island HQ
• 6:45pm – Band walks to Little Island holding area
• 7:30pm – House opens
• 8:00pm – Performance begins

• 4:30pm SHARP for walk through of the performance space

• Little Island – Hudson River Park between 13th and 14th Streets
• Follow signs to the Amphitheater

• 5:30pm

• Little Island – HQ
• 872 Washington Street (between 13th and 14th Street) – 3rd floor
• Entrance to HQ is a door to the south of the Diane von Furstenburg store. (See photo below)

By Subway or LIRR:

• Take the A, C, E, 2 or 3 Train to 14th St
• Walk west to Little Island HQ
• Be sure to check the MTA website for service changes and the MTA Live Map before you leave home!

Nearby Parking

• Metropolis
  • Address: 480 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
  • Open 24/7
  • Daily Rate: $35.00 Up to 2 Hrs
• MPG: Manhattan Parking Chelsea (MP 17)
  • Address: 452 West 16th Street
  • Open 24/7
  • Daily Rate: $25.00 Up to 3 Hrs
• MPG Pier 57 Parking LLC
  • Address: 29 11th Ave, New York, NY 10014
  • Saturday 8AM-2AM
  • Daily Rate: $45.00 Up to 3 Hrs
• Icon Parking
  • Address: 385 West 15th St and 386 West 16th St
  • Open 24/7
  • Daily Rate: $40.00 Up to 2 Hrs

Uniform (Everyone)

• 2025 QBAC T-Shirt
  • We will bring shirts for new members, and you will be able to change at the Call Location (Little Island HQ)
• Black Pants
• Footwear of choice
• If you don’t have black pants, please wear the darkest blue or grey pants you have

Music We’re Playing

• Ivesiade music
• PLEASE make sure you have the following music NOW, and please put it in your flipfolder in order!
• If you are missing anything, please print it from Chorus Connection or contact Marita ASAP! We will not have music at the call location!

IVESIADE MUSIC (in this order)

1. High School Cadets
2. Here’s to Good Ol’ Yale
3. Liberty Bell
4. Drumline cadence

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 the pieces.

Click here for the full run of show

STAGING

• Below are maps of our entrances/exits for High School Cadet, and placement for Here’s to Good Ol’ Yale, and Liberty Bell
• Little Island stage management crew will be with us to cue drum majors and captains

Top of Show

• We will be in a holding location on Little Island starting at 7:15
• Drumline, Saxophones, Color Guard will be escorted to their holding area below the audience
• While the choir is singing the first number at the top of the show, clarinets and flutes will quietly move to holding location at the top of the amph
• Click here for diagram for top of show

Song 1: High School Cadets

• Click here for diagram of High School Cadets entrances and exits
• After exiting, stage management will escort Drumline, Saxophones, Color Guard, Flutes, and Clarinets to next location

Song 2: Here’s to Good Ol’ Yale

• Click here for diagram of Here’s to Good Ol’ Yale location
• We do not move during this song

Song 3: Liberty Bell

• Click here for diagram of Liberty Bell location
• Stage management will cue us to move quietly into location around the top of the amph
• Play through once in this location
• Drumline cadence starts at end of the first time through
• Band moves into formation to march out
• Band plays Liberty Bell second time through while marching down path and off the island

• There are restrooms at Little Island HQ

• Stage Management will guide us to restrooms on Little Island

Little Island is a public park, and does not allow single-use plastic water bottles on premises. Please bring a reusable water bottle.

Click here for a welcome packet from Little Island