YOUNGKER HIGH SCHOOL
Saturday, November 6, 2021
3000 S. Apache Road
Buckeye, AZ 85326
Dear Band Director:
We welcome you to the 2nd annual Roughrider Roundup Marching Festival on November 6th at
Youngker High School. Please look over the information in this packet for festival unloading,
parking, and general logistics.
Should you have any questions prior or during the festival, please contact us either by email or
cell text:
TRAVEL INFORMATION
Youngker High School is located off of Lower Buckeye Road, centered between Watson Road
and Miller Road. The Miller Road approach is less congested to and from I-10. However, if you
are looking for fast food restaurants, a variety of places can be found along Watson Road with
plenty of bus parking in the Sundance Town Center area on the northwest corner of Watson Road
and Yuma Road.
DIRECTIONS TO SCHOOL
WATSON ROAD DIRECTIONS: Take Exit 117 off of I-10, travel south on Watson Road.
Turn west onto Lower Buckeye Road. Turn south on Apache Road and follow the signs in front
of the school for student drop-off and truck/trailer unloading.
MILLER ROAD DIRECTIONS: Take Exit 114 off of I-10, travel south on Miller Road. Turn
east onto Lower Buckeye Road. Turn south on Apache Road and follow the signs in front of the
school for student drop-off and truck/trailer unloading.
ARRIVAL PROCEDURE AND CHECK-IN
After turning into the school’s front parking lot off of Apache Road, volunteers will board buses
and provide wrist bands for admittance into the stadium. The buses will circle around the
parking lot to check-in and student unloading. Equipment trucks/trailers will temporarily park in
the same parking lot for unloading as well. Directors will pick up festival packets that will
include wristbands for staff, flow map, video pass, and schedule.
BUS AND EQUIPMENT TRUCK/TRAILER PARKING
After student drop-off and unloading, buses and equipment trucks will temporarily relocate to the
west parking lot off of Lower Buckeye Road near the football stadium entrance and spectator
parking. Once students change out of uniforms following their performance and equipment
trucks are loaded, the buses and equipment vehicles will relocate at John McCain Elementary
School for the remainder of the festival. (Small white fleet buses travel back and forth to the
elementary school to provide driver and staff transportation.) After the award ceremony,
Division A schools will meet there busses and trucks in the West parking lot near the stadium.
Division AA & AAA will meet their busses and trucks in the East parking lot were you
originally checked in for the event.
FLOW INFORMATION
WARM-UP
After student unloading, volunteers will usher bands to their designated Warm-Up areas just
north of the drop-off area. An additional silent warm-up area will also be available on our regular
baseball field. Color Guard units can use this area as well. Water stations will be available in all
three warm-up areas. While bands are in warming up areas, field props can be staged along the
staging/ready line.
TRANSIT
During transit time, a volunteer will escort your band (and props) from your warm-up area west
on the school’s back way to the stadium to get you set for your “Ready Line Time.”
STADIUM INGRESS/EGRESS
Band members, pit equipment, and field props will all enter the stadium from the same gate on
the visitor’s southeast side. Once through the gate, the pit equipment (and possibly field props)
will circle around the north end of the track. Following the performance, the band members, pit
equipment, and field props will exit the stadium from a gate on the northwest side of the
bleachers and proceed to the parking lot. Buses and equipment trucks will be located directly
outside this gate for convenient loading and dress down of the band.
RE-ENTRY AND BAND SEATING
Band members will re-enter the stadium on south side at the Admissions Booth just north of the
buses and equipment vehicles. Bands performing after the 6:30 break, are requested to sit on the
visitor’s side to make seats available on the spectator’s side.
STADIUM INFORMATION
VIDEO PASS
In each director’s packet, one video pass will be provided. The Video Area is located on the
north side of the press box on the top level. Only one person from each band will be permitted.
INFORMATION & FIRST AID BOOTH
Near the concessions area at the front admissions area, both a Main Information Booth and First
Aid Booth will be available to spectators and participants.
DIRECTOR AND STAFF HOSPITALITY
In the south end zone of the football field, a tented area has been reserved for judges, directors,
and staff for meals and refreshments.
SPECTATOR PARKING
In the west parking lot off of Lower Buckeye Road, parking will be provided for spectators and
staff. Spectator parking will be primarily available under the solar unit section. Please do not
park in handicap or bus/equipment vehicle areas. Should the spectator parking lot fill up,
volunteers will instruct new arrivals to park in the Overflow Spectator Parking area.
ADMISSION PRICES
The Admission Booth is located at the south end of the stadium just north of the bus and
equipment parking lot. The admission cost is $8.00 for adults and students. Children under five
years-old are admitted free. Festival Programs are available for $1.00.
CONCESSIONS/SOUVENIRS
Personal food or beverages are not permitted inside the stadium. However, concession stands
and vendors will be available.
