Harvest of Harmony in Grand Island, NE
Parade: Downtown GI
Field Competition: GISH, 2124 North Lafayette – Grand Island, NE
2025:
Harvest of Harmony will be on Oct. 4, 2025.
Parade starts at 8:15 am.
Field Competition: Parade Awards 12:15 pm. Kearney performs at 4:30 pm. Awards at 6:00 pm.
We load buses and hat bags 6:30-7:00 and leave KHS at 7:00 am and will need some help at GISH parking lot by 7:45 am to unload battery percussion and sousaphones for the Parade. In the parade, Kearney steps off at 9:40 am. After the parade we return to GISH parking lot and awards are at 11:45 am. At 12:15 pm we load buses and go to lunch in the old Conestoga Mall area and return at 2:00 pm. After lunch we return to GISH and by 2:00 pm we will prepare for the field competition – unload trailers, 4:00 pm music warmup, 4:20 pm marching warmup, on deck at 4:30 pm and Kearney competes at 4:45 pm. The Awards are at 5:45 pm. We are the first AA band after the Class A Awards – let’s set the bar really high for AA bands. After the competition we load the trailers and then we leave GI at 6:30 pm and return to KHS at 7:30 pm and unload.
Remember to wear Blue to show our support for our students.
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Schedule for the Day:
| 7:00 am | Depart Kearney High School |
| 7:45 am | Arrive at GISH to change into uniform |
| 8:40 am | Check in for the parade – Click HERE for the order of march for the parade. Click HERE for the parade map. |
| 9:40 am | Approx Step off time |
| 11:45 am | Parade awards at Grand Island Senior High School |
| 12:15 | Load and head to Conestoga Mall Area for Lunch |
| 2:00 pm | Arrive at GISH to suit up – Schedule HERE. Warm Up Schedule HERE |
| 4:00 | Field Competition Warm Up (music) |
| 4:20 | Field Competition Warm Up (marching) |
| 4:45 pm | Field Competition Performance at GISH – 2124 North Lafayette – Grand Island, NE 68803 |
| 5:45 pm | Awards |
| 6:30 pm | Depart for Kearney |
| 7:30 pm | Arrive and Unload |
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GISH Map:
GISH Site Plan:
Note that GI sent us this map – it is upside down (North is at the bottom of the map).