High School Events
The Meadow Gold Annual
Rainbow Invitational
Marching Band Festival for High School Bands
Application Due:
TBA
Event Date:
Returning November 2022
Time:
TBA
Location:
T.C. Ching Field
T. C. Ching Athletic Complex
Univeristy of Hawai’i
General Admission:
$10
Student Admission:
$8
DUE TO CURRENT STATE AND UH COVID MITIGATION POLICES, THE 2021 RAINBOW INVITATIONAL HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Please check back for information on our “Rainbow Night” Performance from the the UH Rainbow Warrior Marching Band!
In mid-November 2022, Meadow Gold Dairies and the University of Hawai’i Bands will be hosting the 41st Annual Rainbow Invitational, a Marching Band Festival for High School Bands to display their skills. The event is fun, noncompetitive, and a chance for high school bands to experience the accomplishments of other bands and receive feedback from the UH Bands. Nearly 20 high school bands participate in this annual event. We will be featuring the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Warrior Marching Band, and a guest musician will run a music clinic. Please join our event.
History
Since 1979, the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Warrior Marching Band has been proud to offer this unique opportunity for high school marching bands to gather in a non-competitive setting to display their skills and accomplishments.
2021 Event Judges
Dr. Tremon Kizer – Band
Dr. Troy Bennefield – Band
For More Information Call
(808) 956-7657
The Meadow Gold Annual
High School Junior & Senior Night
University of Hawai’i Rainbow Warrior Marching Band
At the end of November, Meadow Gold Dairies and the University of Hawai’i Bands will be hosting the 7th Annual Meadow Gold High School Junior & Senior Night. This event will allow high school students to experience what college band and color guard life will be like by spending the day with the Rainbow Warrior Marching Band and cheer our UH Football Team to victory. Students will have the opportunity to join the performances at the T.C. Ching Field, hang out with current UH Band members, and learn about all the amazing opportunities that our university band has to offer. Over 220 high school band students from nearly 20 high schools participate in this event. Please join us.
WHAT SHOULD STUDENTS BRING
Yourself, your instrument, and the music provided prior to the event.
WHERE TO PARK
If you are taking the bus from the UH-Mānoa Music Department, you can pay for parking at the guard shack that precedes the athletics complex and return back to the Music Department Lot (Zone 17).
High School students can accompany the UH Band students on the buses from the UH Music Department on Saturday.
COST
This event is free to all high school Junior and Senior students who are in good standing with their high school band programs.
INCLUDED
Attendees will receive a free t-shirt, dinner, admittance to the UH game, and will have the opportunity to perform with the band at halftime.
SCHEDULE
1:00 PM – Check-in at T.C. Ching Field
1:45 PM – Field (Halftime) Rehearsal w/ HS Students: Stretches, Music Sectionals/Ensemble
3:10 PM – Pregame Rehearsal
4:00 PM – Rehearsal Pau (Completes)
4:30 PM – Dinner (Provided)
5:40 PM – Pregame Performance – HS Students seated in the stands
6:00 PM – Kickoff vs. College
7:30 PM – Halftime Performance
10:00 PM – Event Pau (Completes)
Application Due:
Beginning of November
Event Date:
End of November
Event:
1:00 pm -10:00 pm
Location:
T.C. Ching Field
T. C. Ching Athletic Complex
Univeristy of Hawai’i
Cost:
FREE
For More Information Call
(808) 956-7657
Proud Partner of the University of Hawai’i Bands
Sponsoring the Annual Rainbow Invitational Marching Band Festival for High School Bands & the Anual High School Junior & Senior Night