Director’s Corner 2024

Thank you for being part of this year’s festival. We look forward to hosting this event for you and your students. Competition season is off to a great start and we wish you all the best as you continue to improve from week to week!

PARADE

As you review the schedules, remember that PARADE TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE. This parade includes various other floats and entries. Fluctuation in times may occur. Equestrian entries are AFTER all bands. Please Click Here to for parade judge locations. There will be festival volunteers in place to signify the judge’s position. For those of you returning, the judges will be in the same places as last year. There is construction taking place on the NCMC campus. This should not restrict your marching formation, however, there will be no penalty assessed should you need to adjust while navigating the area.

INDOOR GUARD/INDOOR PERCUSSION

Please use the school corridor to move groups from the warm-up gym to the performance gym. For those of you who are unfamiliar, we will provide you with a liaison from point A to point B. Entrance and exit doors will remain the same as in the past. You are not required to march in or march out of the gym. You are only scored on the performance.

FIELD SHOW COMPETITION

No logistical changes. The practice field and stadium performance area are the same. There may be a percussion judge on the field. We offer each judge the option of being in the press box or at ground level. Mark Ishman (field percussion judge) tends to be on the field at most competitions.

SCORING

Scoring forms can be viewed by clicking here.

Competition Rules/Event Format

Parade
Indoor Auxiliary
Indoor Drumline
Field Show

INVOICES

You should have received an invoice for the festival. Please get that to your administration at your earliest convenience.

MDMF SHIRTS

There will be a vendor on-site selling 2024 MDMF shirts/hoodies. You will receive an email regarding a pre-order option. You will also have the option of ordering and purchasing the day of the festival.

SCRIPTS

Please fill out scripts for each of your performing groups. We want to highlight your group and their accolades and future performances/competitions.
Parade Script – https://forms.gle/qAwtmpWmHaGpiEWi6
Indoor Guard Script – https://forms.gle/azh6cKNcYFzEFmhUA
Indoor Percussion Script – https://forms.gle/Fmbd9ahQHCFKoWBG7
Field Show Script – https://forms.gle/dcGP3Zm7Wt59qtrP6

Thank you again for being part of the Missouri Days Marching Festival