Link to event: https://my.central.edu/events/3192447
 
Nominations are due by Friday, September 12th. 
Please send the nominations in priority order(list the person you most want to get into the honor band first, and then proceed in descending order). 
Send the following information with your nominations and application:
School Name
Director Name
Student Names 
Student Information – grade, instrument played, and suggested part. Please indicate whether the percussionists play mallets, battery, auxiliary, or all. 
 
Nominations should be sent to Brad Lampe at lampeb@Central.edu
The Cost per student will be $25, payable to Central College.
 
We will accept nominations based on your priority list, the student information in the nomination, creating a balanced instrumentation in the Honor Band, and ensuring each school is represented in the Honor Band.
7th & 8th Grade MS Bandfest Thursday, October 9th, 2025 Schedule
School Vehicle Parking: The University Lot (across the street from Douwstra)Cox-Snow Music Building or Kruidenier Parking Lots
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Registration in the Douwstra Lobby-(Vehicles drop offstudents in Douwstra Circle)
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Full Band Rehearsal
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM Full Band Rehearsal
11:30 PM – 12:15 PM LunchOn Campus with Central Students. Directors’ Lunch with Brad Lampe and StanDahl in the President’s Dining Room at City Market.
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM Full Band Rehearsal
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM BREAK
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Full Band Rehearsal
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM TBA
2:45 – 3:15 PM Percussion Performance–Professor Stan Dahl
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Full Band Rehearse
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM Dinner Break
5:15 PM Change into concert attire(Good concert clothes or Central College T-shirt)Dressing Rooms are available on the 3rd Floor of Central Hall.Rooms 308, 310, 313, and 316.
5:45 PM Report to Douwstra Auditorium(down in front, with music and instruments assembled)
6:00 PM Concert Performance – Douwstra AuditoriumSymphonic Wind Ensemble, then 7th and 8th Grade Honor Band