STL BOA Super Regional – Friday, October 23 – Saturday, October 24
801 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63101
STUDENT SCHEDULE:
Friday, October 23, 2026
Students must bring everything they need for performance at the beginning of the school day on Friday, October 23rd.
- Milburn students will attend classes as usual and should bring all of their items to that campus in the morning. When Milburn students arrive at Smiley, we will have a place in the band area, designated for their backpacks and personal belongings.
- The directors will be sending out a notification for ALL students that they will be missing class at the end of the day. Students are RESPONSIBLE for this missed work.
- Students should wear what they will wear under their uniform to school (under their clothes if they want). Shorts of choice and the navy rehearsal shirt.
- Pack: Black socks, black gloves, band shoes, water bottle, snack, money for concessions (cashless), inhaler (if that is your student), items for hair to be up – “show hair”, a place to put jewelry.
- Students should not keep any valuables on the yellow busses when we are traveling to STL.
Milburn students will be bussed over to the Smiley Campus at 10:30 am via an activity bus.
All Smiley students will be released from class after 3A
11:00 am – 1:15 pm – Rehearsal at OTHS – weather will determine attire (follow protocol listed above). We will bring cases to
1:30-2:00 pm – Eat lunch
2:00 pm – Load trucks and change into bibbers with uniform tops in garment bags; guard will be in full uniform
2:30 pm – Busses arrive by North lot
3:00 pm – Load busses – bring water, garment bag (hanger)
3:30 pm – Depart OTHS
4:00 pm – Arrive Dome At America’s Center
4:15pm – Official time to enter lot
4:10 pm – Unload Blue
5:00 pm – Head to Warm-up
5:05 pm – Prop to staging area
Warmups – Winds
5:10-5:25 pm – Physical Warm-up – Warm up B
5:30-6:00 pm – Music Warm-up – we will leave early to go to props
5:05 pm – Band report
Warmups – FE
5:15-5:45 pm – FE Warm-up
5:50 pm – FE report
6:05pm – Band Report time
6:15 pm – Performance
6:35 pm – Picture after performance
7:10 pm – Depart picture area – go to busses, take off uniform top, put in garment bag
8:00 pm – Load and Depart from STL Lot
8:40 pm – Arrive back to OTHS- put away uniforms upon return – unload truck when we get back. Leadership assists
Saturday, October 24th, 2026
Students must bring everything they need for rehearsal at 8:00am
7:50am – Arrive and prepare for rehearsal – eat before you arrive, please bring a snack and water.
8:00am-11:30am – Rehearsal at OTHS in show shirt (or warmer attire depending on weather)
11:30am-12:15pm – Load truck, meet in section to go over the evening
12:15pm-2:45pm – Lunch Break; students must leave campus. Entrance F will open at 2:45pm. Return with everything you will need for performance (all attire, materials for instruments, SACK DINNER, etc.).
2:45pm – Leadership meeting in Small Band Room.
2:45pm – Meet in the Band Room wearing performance attire (Revolution show shirt and black athletic shorts) for results. We will watch Broken Arrow, SEMO, and prelims awards livestream together. BOA will announce our performance time along with the evening schedule within the hour. Be ready to leave OTHS as soon as possible.
7:00-10:30 pm – Finals Competition
10:45pm – Presentation of Awards
11:45pm – Stadium Cleared
12:45am – Back at OTHS
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**NOTE: The concessions stand at the Dome is cashless.
Please send your student with a prepaid VISA or Debit Card/Credit.
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PARENT/FAMILY INFO
Tickets:
Spectator Parking and Information
• Most venues operated by BOA have gone cashless. This includes ticket booths and concessions.
• Spectators may park in any number of parking garages in downtown St. Louis.
• There is a charge for spectator parking.
• Outside food and beverage are NOT allowed in the Stadium. Please share this with your parents and boosters in advance.
Bag Policy
• Bands of America encourages spectators to not bring bags into venues. Only clear bags and emergency bags will be permitted.
• Bag policies are effective to expedite entry into venues and provide additional safety.
• Spectators will be allowed to bring items such as cameras, provided they are not in cases that would violate the bag policy at that venue.
• Tripods, Monopods and similar equipment are not allowed.
Photography
• Use of cameras of any kind is NOT ALLOWED on the field (field, sidelines, stadium floor) for any BOA event. Please communicate this to your parent/booster group.
• Still cameras (digital or film, professional or otherwise) are allowed in the stadium and may be used from stadium seating, but not on the field.
• Tripods, Monopods and similar equipment are not allowed.
• The issuance of a “Field Pass” or other non-Media BOA Credential does not include the right to use a camera on the field. Pass holders must go into stadium spectator seating to use their camera.
• See the BOA Official Media Policy here.
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