Bearcat Marching Festival – 2022

June 23, 2022
Music Events

The Kearney Band Parents Association and Kearney High School Bands welcome you all for this year’s Bearcat Marching Festival! The City of Kearney is a great community with plenty of opportunities to help you enjoy your time with us.

Travel Information

Kearney High School is located at 702 W. 11th St., Kearney, NE 68845.

From the north or south: Use 2nd Avenue/Hwy 44/Hwy 10 to 11th Street. Turn west, and travel beyond Kearney Regional Hospital.
From the east or west:
- On I-80: Take exit 272 on to 2nd Ave/Hwy 44/Hwy 10. Turn north, traveling to 11th Street. Turn west, and travel beyond Kearney Regional Hospital.
- On Highway 30: Travel to 30th Avenue (west edge of town), and turn south and continue over the bridge.

Spectators

Parking

Spectator parking will be available in the northeast parking lot, with entry off of 27th Avenue. Accessible parking is available in the lot, as well as drop off/pick up zones along Bearcat Boulevard. Please refrain from parking on Bearcat Boulevard or 27th Avenue as most curb locations are marked as no-parking. Overflow parking is available at Central Community College, Brookestone Gardens, and the Buckle Distribution Center.

Additional details can be found on our arrival information sheet.

Stadium

Stadium access will be available beyond the drop off/pick up zone under the big blue K. The 2022 suggested donation will be:

Adults: $5
Students: $3

Please note that all transactions must be conducted in cash. An ATM is on site for your convenience, but credit cards will not be accepted for admission or concessions.

The event will be broadcast onto the displays in the common area inside the building.

We ask that if you arrive during a band’s performance that you wait until a band is done performing before finding a seat. This will show respect to the performing band and allow others to fully enjoy the performance.

Concessions

A full concessions stand will be available with selections for:

Meal items: Burgers, Hot Dogs, Nachos, & Pizza
Snacks: Candy, Chips, & Popcorn
Bottled Beverages: Coke & Powerade Products, & Water
Hot Chocolate (if the weather calls for it)

Please note that all transactions must be conducted in cash. An ATM is on site for your convenience, but credit cards will not be accepted for admission or concessions.

Bands

UNK Band Day Parade

Festival Bus and equipment trailers

Please enter the bus parking area through the northwest entrance of the west lot, after turning on 30th Avenue. Specific locations and directions will be provided by the transportation staff.

Equipment trailers will be directed to the south parking lot, and will be directed to their unloading zones by transportation staff.

Details outlining specific parking locations and traffic flow before, leading up to, and after your performance can be found in the Directions for Parking and Pit Area PDF.

Festival Schedule

The school performance schedule will be as follows:

Time	Performance
1:00p	UNK Exhibition & Parade Awards
1:30p	Holdrege High School
1:45p	Hershey
2:00p	Kearney Catholic
2:15p	North Platte High School
2:30p	Hastings High School
2:45p	Columbus High School
3:00p	Kearney High School

An arrival and staging schedule for each school should be provided with your participation packet, but is also available online.

We really hope you enjoy your stay!

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When I hear people asking how do we fix the education system, I tell them we need to do the opposite of what is happening, cutting budgets by cutting music programs… Nothing could be stupider than removing the ability for the left and right brains to function. Ask a CEO what they are looking for in an employee and they say they need people who understand teamwork, people who are disciplined, people who understand the big picture. You know what they need? They need musicians.

Mike Huckabee

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

Albert Einstein

It is in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough – it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our hearts sing.

Steve Jobs

In my own philanthropy and business endeavors, I have seen the critical role that the arts play in stimulating creativity and in developing vital communities… the arts have a crucial impact on our economy and are an important catalyst for learning, discovery, and achievement in our country.

Paul G. Allen

The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation’s purpose – and is a test to the quality of a nation’s civilization.

President John F. Kennedy

In every successful business…there is one budget line that never gets cut. It’s called ‘Product Development’ – and it’s the key to any company’s future growth. Music education is critical to the product development of this nation’s most important resource – our children.

John Sykes

During the Gulf War, the few opportunities I had for relaxation I always listened to music, and it brought me great peace of mind. I have shared my love of music with people throughout this world, while listening to the drums and special instruments of the Far East, Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Far North, and all of this started with the music appreciation course that I was taught in a third-grade elementary class in Princeton, New Jersey. What a tragedy it would be if we lived in a world where music was not taught to children.

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Music is exciting. It is thrilling to be sitting in a group of musicians playing the same piece of music. You are part of a great, powerful, vibrant entity. And nothing beats the feeling you get when you’ve practiced a difficult section over and over and finally get it right. Music is important. It says things your heart can’t say any other way, and in a language everyone speaks. Music crosses borders, turns smiles into frowns, and vice versa. These observations are shared with a hope: that, when schools cut back on music classes, they really think about what they’re doing – and don’t take music for granted.

Dan Rather

The things I learned from my experience in music in school are discipline, perseverance, dependability, composure, courage and pride in results… Not a bad preparation for the workforce!

Gregory Anrig

Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.

Jim Henson

Should we not be putting all our emphasis on reading, writing and math? The ‘back-to-basics curricula,’ while it has merit, ignores the most urgent void in our present system – absence of self-discipline. The arts, inspiring – indeed requiring – self-discipline, may be more ‘basic’ to our nation’s survival than traditional credit courses. Presently, we are spending 29 times more on science than on the arts, and the result so far is worldwide intellectual embarrassment.

Paul Harvey

It [music education] is terribly important, extremely important — because when you are a child, you are in a receptive age… In high schools, public schools — that’s where they must have the best influence, the first influence, which will go through their whole life.

Eugene Ormandy

It is our job, as parents, educators, and friends, to see that our young people have the opportunity to attain the thorough education that will prepare them for the future. Much of that education takes place in the classroom. We must encourage our youngsters in such pursuits as music education. In addition to learning the valuable lesson that it takes hard work to achieve success, no matter what the arena, music education can provide students with a strong sense of determination, improved communication skills, and a host of other qualities essential for successful living.

Edward H. Rensi

A grounding in the arts will help our children to see; to bring a uniquely human perspective to science and technology. In short, it will help them as they grow smarter to also grow wiser.

Robert E. Allen

Some people think music education is a privilege, but I think it’s essential to being human.

Jewel

Arts Education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate; the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence.

Joseph M. Calahan

Travel Information

Spectators

Parking

Stadium

Concessions

Bands

UNK Band Day Parade

Festival Bus and equipment trailers

Festival Schedule

Kearney High Director of Bands

Kearney High Band Director

Kearney Marching Band Site Hosts

Shawna Knott & Mikaela Richmond

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