Location: Columbus, NE 68601
Parade:
Downtown Columbus
Field Competition:
3420 Pawnee Plaza, Columbus, NE
(GPS: 41.422016587335065, -97.36917093241031 )
2025:
The 2025 Columbus competition will be on Sept. 27, 2025.
The Band will load from 6:30-7:00 am and leave KHS by 7:00 am on Saturday. The trailer will be loaded on Friday afternoon at 3:00 pm, but we will load hat bags and uniforms on Saturday morning. The trailers will follow the buses as we travel to Columbus.
At 9:00 am we arrive in Columbus and the band gets in uniform. We need to unload the instruments (for the parade) at this time. We will be at Pawnee Park in Columbus (where the field competition is – on the South side of Columbus – just North of the river entering Columbus from the South on the highway, the park is on the west side of the highway). Once in uniform with instruments, we load buses and go to the downtown area (16th Ave & 17th St). We can then go watch the parade until Kearney marches through. Kearney’s step off is approximately 10:30 am. When Kearney is done marching the parade (approximately 11:00 am), we load buses.
After the lunch, we go to Pawnee Park. The trailers will follow the buses. The bus parking is East of the field, and the trailer parking is in the lot to the south-east of the bus parking lot. All cars and spectators will park West of the football stadium. Once parked, you can walk around the South side of the field on the paved road to get to the parking lot where the trailers are parked.
The itinerary notes that the Parade awards are at 1:00 pm. We need to be ready to unload the trailer by 3:30 pm. Look for our blue trailer parked Southeast of the field. We unload the trailer at 3:30 pm and prepare for the competition. We will need to assist the students in moving the pit equipment to their warm-up area by 4:00 pm for a 4:10 warm up time, and then to the competition field by 4:30 pm to be on-deck at 4:45 pm.
Kearney’s performance time is 5:00 pm. We follow Lakeview High School. Note that we will enter the field from the South side of the stadium, so we will be lined up to enter in modified field order (we line up in reverse order of the UNK field). The Awards are at 6:00 pm. Once our performance is complete, we exit the field on the North side of the stadium and move our equipment back to the trailer and load the trailer to prepare for travelling home.
We will leave for Kearney by 6:30 pm and arrive in Kearney around 10:00 pm. Plans are to stop for a dinner break on the way home. We unload the trailer back in to the Band room when we get back to the High School at 10:00 pm.
It will be a big day, but remember that we are representing Kearney – let’s do our very best.
Remember to wear BLUE.
Note: 2024 Guest Admission is $8 Adults / $5 Students – Cash only.
Concessions does accept credit cards. Concessions Menu
Columbus Parade Map:
Columbus Competition Site Map:
Columbus Pawnee Park Map:
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Schedule for the Day:
| 6:30 am | Load Buses at KHS |
| 7:00 am | Depart Kearney High School |
| 9:00 am | Arrive in Columbus at Pawnee Park and unload and get ready |
| 10:00 am | Parade Begins |
| 10:00 am | Arrive at staging area – 16th ave and 17th St. |
| 10:30 am | Approx Step off time – ORDER OF MARCH and MapSome great places for parents to watch are at Frankfort Square or the Columbus Community Library. Parents can sit to view the parade along 14th street from 23rd Ave to 28th Ave |
| 11:00 pm | Approx finish parade |
| Lunch (fast food places) | |
| TBD | transfer to Pawnee Park 3420 Pawnee Plaza, Columbus, NE – 68601 |
| 4:00 pm | Field Competition ready and assemble at Pawnee Park |
| 4:10 pm | Warm Up Begins |
| 5:00 pm | Field Competition Performance at Pawnee Park – Field Schedule field MAP |
| 6:00 pm | Awards |
| 6:30 pm | Depart for Kearney (supper stop enroute) |
| 10:00 pm | Arrive and Unload |
2024 Columbus Parade Setup & Route:
Columbus – Pawnee Park map:
