The Bremen Jazz Band is going on a mini-tour on Saturday, March 3rd, performing in two different Jazz Festivals in Indiana.
First, the Band will be performing for the ISSMA Jazz Festival at Concordia High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana at 10:20 am. Then they will pack up and drive down to Ball State University to perform for the Dimensions in Jazz Festival there at 3:15 pm in Sursa Hall. Finally, the band will get to watch a performance by the top Ball State college jazz band with guest jazz artist Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band) on the saxophone.
Both performances are free and open to the public.
Students and parents, here is a full itinerary for the day:
7:30 am Meet at Bremen High School, load trailer
7:45 am Depart for Concordia Lutheran High School, Fort Wayne Indiana
9:15 am Arrive, unload trailer
9:50 am Transit to Warm Up
9:55 am Warm Up
10:15 am Transit to performance
10:20 am Performance: ISSMA Jazz Festival
10:45 am Load Trailer
11:15 am Depart for Ball State University
12:45 pm Arrive at Ball State University, unload
1:00 pm Lunch at the Atrium (Bring your own money)
1:30 pm Relax; watch Jazz performances
2:00 pm Transit to Homeroom, get instruments
2:30 pm Transit to Warm Up
2:40 pm Warm Up
3:10 pm Transit to performance
3:15 pm Performance: Dimensions in Jazz Festival Sursa Hall
3:30 pm Clinic with Ball State Jazz musicians
3:50 pm Watch Jazz performance
4:20 pm Transit to Homeroom, pack up, load bus.
4:15 pm Transit to Sursa
5:00 pm Ball State Jazz Band 3 performance
5:30 pm Ball State Jazz Band 2 performance
6:00 pm Awards
6:30 pm Dinner at the Atrium (Bring your own money)
7:30 pm Ball State Jazz Band 1 performance with guest artist Jeff Coffin.
9:00 pm Transit to bus
9:30 pm Depart for Bremen High School
12:00 am Arrive at Bremen High School, unload trailer
12:15 am Dismissed