Lion Steel at Cascades Park – April 18th 2024

Performers (and parents/guardians) : Please read this post carefully, since students will be required to participate in all pre- and post-concert loading and unloading activities both on the Leon HS campus AND at Cascades Park. 

CONCERT TIME: 6p

Pre-concert Music (by Leon Community Steel): 5:30p

SCHEDULE:

3:30p – students meet at the Lion Steel portable at Leon HS to pack and load instruments

4:30p – students meet the truck behind Adderley Amphitheater at Cascades Park to unload and set up

5:15p – sound check 

5:30p – Leon Community Steel (pre-show music)

6:00p – Lion Steel Performs (Jouvert, then Bacchanal, then Canboulay)

7:15p – concert concludes; students begin packing and loading truck

8:00p – students meet the truck at the Lion Steel portable to unload (dismissal after this)

Please make sure to arrange rides for students between Leon and Cascades (before the show) and from Cascades to Leon (after). 

There will be about a 40-min period of time after the instruments are set up at Cascades and before the concert starts, during which students can eat dinner. Please either bring food with you or arrange for someone to bring you food to eat before the show.

If you have any questions about this schedule or the show, please reach out to Dr. Justus ASAP! We are excited to JUMP UP at the park on Thursday, April 18!

Kayleen Justus

Director of Steel Bands