Gulf Coast Band Directors Association

Where? Biloxi High School Performing Arts Center

Important Information: Due to school being in session, all exterior doors are to remained locked throughout the day. A school employee will regularly let people into the building before the start of each concert.

Arriving on Campus
From Interstate 10
Take exit 44 (Cedar Lake Road exit) and go south on Cedar Lake Road until you get to a three-way stop sign. Turn right onto Tribe Drive. Biloxi High School will be on the left once you go approximately one mile.
From Highway 90-Pass Road
Turn onto Popp’s Ferry Road and come north over the Back Bay Bridge. Once the road opens up into four lanes stay in the far right lane and turn right onto Jam Lane. Turn left at the stop sign and you will see the entrance to Biloxi High School on the right.

There will be no arrivals or departures on campus during the following times due to daily school bus traffic.
7:30 am – 8:00 am, 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Campus Arrival and Departure

1. Buses, trailers, and equipment trucks will use the main campus entrance. Once you arrive on campus, turn lef
   and follow the road to the back of the school and you will see the Biloxi Performing Arts Center (BPAC) and parking
   lot adjacent to the baseball stadium.
2. Directors will check in with judges scores at Ensemble Check-in location. (Hallway between Band Halls and BPAC)
3. Assemble instruments(except percussion) before unloading the bus. There is a parking area immediately in front of BPAC when you arrive on campus that you may use to assemble instruments.
4. Unload your buses and follow the sidewalk into warm-up rooms (see map). There will be a GCBDA staff member in the BPAC hallway entrance that will take your judge’s scores and seating diagram and guide you to your warm up area.
5. After unloading students, buses will remain parked in the BPAC parking lot for your convenience.
6. Equipment trucks/trailers will also remain parked in the BPAC parking lot for your convenience.

Warm-Up

Warm-up 1 will be Band Hall 2 located closest to the BPAC hallway. Warm-up 2 will be located in the Theater Room around the corner from the Band Hall. Signs will be placed to help you navigate the school.

Concert Performance
Biloxi Performing Arts Center

1. Approximately 10 minutes prior to your performance time and you will begin
   moving to the stage.
2. It is the director’s responsibility to move from the warm up room at the correct time. Be cooperative with guides as they assist us with staying on time throughout the day.
3. Bands may enter the stage from either conductor’s left or conductor’s right, but all bands will exit the stage to conductor’s left and proceed to the sight-reading room or to the lobby and the restrooms.
4. The following percussion equipment will be provided by Biloxi High School:
   Stage: Five Timpani, Chimes, Bass Drum, Bells, Xylophone, Vibraphone, 5 oct. Marimba, Gong
   • Sight-Reading Rooms: Four Timpani, Bass Drum, Bells

*We will supply percussion instruments in the sight-reading room and on the performance stage. Performing ensembles
will be responsible for all sticks, mallets, beaters, and equipment not listed above.

Other Useful Information

1. Restrooms are located in the lobby of BPAC. Do not use the restrooms as changing facilities.
2. School will be in session. Although we will have security officers on campus during the entirety of the event we do not advise that you leave instruments, equipment, buses, or personal items unattended.
3. No food or drink is allowed in the Biloxi Performing Arts Center.