This article contains information regarding WGI World Championships Week 2024.
SIP WGI World Championships
4/15-4/21, 2024
University of Dayton Arena (prelims, semifinals, finals)
1801 S. Edwin C. Moses Boulevard
Dayton, OH 45408
Hampton Inn Dayton/South
8960 Mall Ring Rd
Dayton, OH 45459
Dayton Mall
2700 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Dayton, OH 45459
Friday Dinner Location
Austin Landing
10551 Innovation Dr
Miamisburg, OH 45342
United States
Practice Site Information
Meadowdale HS (Wednesday and Thursday Night Practice)
3873 Whitestone Ct
Dayton, OH 45416
WGI World Championships Contest Info
WGI World Championships General Information Packet
**Parents must purchase a ticket for each event (prelims, semis, finals) regardless if they are in pit crew or not. Any un-ticketed adult found with our ensemble could result in the kids receiving a penalty per infraction**
Advancement Explanation:
To Advance from Prelims to Semi Finals, we must be in the top 20 highest scores.
To advance from Semi-Finals to Finals, we must be in the top 15 highest scores.
*Students will be traveling via 56 passenger charter bus for the entirety of this trip
Monday, April 15th
- Indoor Percussion Dress Rehearsal 5:00-8:00 pm
Tuesday, April 16th
- Indoor Percussion Rehearsal 5:00-8:00 pm
- Logistics 7:30-8:00 pm (VERTICAL time-line; ENTER BACK side 2, EXIT BACK side 1)
- Load Truck 8:15 pm
- PLEASE WATCH!! Performance Venue Logistics Walk-Through Videos
- UD Arena (Logistics walk-through video)
Wednesday, April 17th (travel day/rehearsal)
- 6:00 am Call Time at S9GS (luggage under bus)
- 6:15 am Departure
- (now in EASTERN STANDARD TIME ZONE)
- 11:00 am EST Lunch en Route (Kentucky, I-65 Exit 94 Burger King, Wendy’s, subject to change)
- 11:45 pm Load Bus
- 11:50 pm Depart
- 2:45 pm Check-In at Hotel
- Mr. Albert goes to UD Arena for Check-In
- 4:30 pm Dinner (mall foodcourt and Chic-Fil-A in mall)
- 5:45 pm Load Bus
- 6:00 pm Depart Mall for Practice Site (Meadowdale HS)
- 6:30 pm Unload
- 7:00 pm Practice
- 9:50 pm Load Truck
- 10:20 pm Depart for Hotel
- 10:50 pm Students in Rooms (rooms checked)
- 11:30 pm Lights Out
Thursday, April 18th (Prelims Day UD Arena)
Prelims Official Schedule from WGI
- 6:00 am Breakfast served (hotel)
- 9:30 am Stretches/Focus Session in Hotel Parking Lot
- 10:00 am Show Prep Begins
- Light Lunch at Hotel
- 12:00 pm Load Bus
- 12:15 pm Depart for UD Arena
- 12:31 pm Truck/Bus Arrive at UD Arena
- 12:36 pm Unload UD Arena/Lot Warmup Begins (Lot Zone A)
- **If Raining 1:51 pm Tent Warm-Up Begins Tent A**
- **If Raining 2:13 pm Clear of Tent**
- 1:15 pm Full Battery
- 1:40 pm Full Ensemble
- 2:06 pm Transit to Top of the Tunnel
- Trucks move to loading zone outside of tunnel entrance (all vehicles MUST be cleared of our lot zone)
- 2:16 pm Arrive at Top of Tunnel
- 2:21 pm Ready behind curtain
- 2:31 pm Perform
- 2:42 pm Return Equipment to Truck/Load (trucks will now be outside of tunnel entrance)
- 3:02 pm Photos
- 3:30 pm Depart for Hotel
- 3:45 pm Dinner at Hotel/Get Ready for Practice
- 5:00 pm Load Bus for practice (Meadowdale HS)
- 5:30 pm Unload at Practice Site
- 6:00 pm Practice
- 7:50 pm Load Truck
- 8:30 pm Depart for Hotel
- 9:00 pm Students in Rooms
- 10:00 pm Lights Out/Rooms Checked
Friday, April 19th (Semi-Finals Day)
*UPDATED 4/18/24*
Semi-Finals Official Schedule from WGI
- 6:00 am Breakfast/Show Prep Begins
- 9:30 am Load Bus
- 9:50 am UD Lot Check In Lot E
- 9:55 am Lot Warm Up Begins
- (11:10 am if raining TENT TIME begins Tent B)
- (10:32 am if raining TENT TIME concludes)
- 10:35 am Full Battery
- 11:05 am Full Ensemble
- 11:25 am Alpha Lot Concludes
- 11:35 am Arrive at top of tunnel
- 11:50 am Perform
- 12:01 pm Return to Truck
- 1:00 pm Lunch at Hotel (Chipotle)
- 2:05 pm Load bus to go to UD and watch PIW Semi Finals
- 2:20 pm Watch PIW Groups at UD
- 5:10 pm Head to Bus/Load bus at UD
- 5:15 pm Depart UD for Dinner
- 5:35 pm Dinner near hotel (I-75 Exit 41 just south of hotel: Five Guys, Chipotle, BJ’s Restaurant, Panera Bread, Dewey’s Pizza, Buffalo Wild Wings, Chuys, Noodles and Company)
- 8:15 pm Load Bus
- 9:00 pm Students in Rooms
- 10:00 pm Lights Out
Saturday, April 20th Schedule if we MAKE FINALS
UPDATED 4/19/24
Official Finals Schedule from WGI
- 7:00 am Breakfast Served
- 8:35 am Unload Trucks at Mall Parking Lot
- 9:00 am Mall Parking Lot Rehearsal (with floor and possibly props)
- 11:30 am Load truck
- 12:00 Lunch at Mall
- 1:00 pm Shower/Show Prep at Hotel
- 4:30 pm Load Bus
- 4:35 pm Depart for UD Arena
- 4:56 pm Parking Lot Check-In Lot H
- 5:01 pm Warm-Up Begins
- 5:40 pm Full Battery
- 6:10 pm Full Ensemble
- 6:31 pm Alpha Lot Concludes
- 6:41 pm Arrive at Top of Tunnel
- 6:56 pm Perform
- 7:07 pm Load Truck
- TRUCK LEAVES FOR ALABAMA
- Dinner at UD Arena/Watch PIW Lots/Performances
- 11:30 pm World Class Awards Ceremony
- 12:15 am Load Bus
- 12:20 am Depart for Hotel
- 12:35 am Students in rooms
Sunday, April 21st
- 7:00 am Breakfast
- 9:30 am Load luggage under bus
- 9:40 am Load Bus
- 9:50 am Depart hotel for home
- 1:00 pm Lunch stop (Kentucky, I-65 Exit 94 Burger King, Wendy’s, subject to change)
- 1:45 pm Load Bus
- 1:50 pm Depart for S9GS
- 3:50 pm Central Time ETA S9GS/Unload Trucks
Saturday, April 20th Schedule if we DO NOT MAKE FINALS
- 7:00-10:00 am Breakfast served (hotel)
- 11:00 am Depart for The Web Extreme Entertainment
- 7172 Cincinnati-Dayton Rd. West Chester, Ohio 45069
- 11:30 am Arrive at entertainment center
- 11:30 am-3:30 pm at entertainment center (eat lunch while there)
- 3:45 pm Depart for University of Dayton Arena to watch World Class Finals
- Dinner at Arena
- 5:00 pm World Class Finals Begin
- 11:30 pm Depart for Hotel