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September 30, 2005
HS Competitions & BOA
So tomorrow is October 1st - the start of the busiest month of the year for HS marching band competitions. Besides local contests, BOA has two contests slated for tomorrow: BOA La Joya and BOA Houston, both in Texas. Unfortunately, Hurricane Rita has caused a handful of groups to pull out of the Houston event, but the show will go on as planned. Due to the circumstances, some minor exceptions have been made to help bands meet the minimum requirements to perform at the BOA Houston event such as 5 minute show minimums as opposed to the usual 7 minutes.
Locally, the Owasso Invitational is tomorrow - 22 bands from 4 states, and 12 of those are 6A bands (editor's note: 6A is equal to 5A in Texas or AAA in BOA terms). Also, a few BOA bands will be in attendance which include Broken Arrow, Union, Collinsville, and Owasso (in exhibition). Also of note, is O'Fallon Township from Illinois who is driving down to the Owasso contest. As usual, we've got a killer panel of judges and I look forward to what they have to say.
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September 20, 2005
Erik Johnson Retires from The Cavaliers
Erik Johnson, front ensemble arranger for the Cavaliers, announced his retirement today. He has eleven years with the corps and is the founder/president of Innovative Percussion.
Editor's Note: Wow, can anything else happen today?
Read The Cavaliers Press Release
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Gusseck Rumor Confirmed, SCV Hires New Caption Head(s)
The Santa Clara Vanguard has announced the appointment of Mike Jackson as the battery caption head, and Brian Mason as the front ensemble caption head. Mike is the current percussion instructor for Mission Viejo HS in California and is heavily involved in the WGI circuit. Brian Mason has taught at both The Cavaliers and Phantom Regiment and is part of the percussion faculty at Morehead State University in Kentucky.
In addition, the two have announced that Vanguard will go back to traditional grip.
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September 09, 2005
Jim Casella Announced as New Caption Head at Cavaliers
I knew it was either going to be Mike McIntosh or Jim Casella. Though I imagined Mike would be the one before Jim just for the fact of localization and that Jim has a healthy side business (with Murray Gusseck) - Tapspace Publications, creators of Virtual Drumline.
Read the Cavaliers Press Release
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September 07, 2005
CBS Drum Corp Story Video Now Online
CBS Evening News did a report on the DCI Finals in Foxboro during Quarterfinals/Semis. They have now posted the video from that report in case you missed it. You need to have Windows Media Player or Real Player to check it out.
Watch the CBS Drum Corp Coverage
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September 06, 2005
DCI on ESPN2 TONIGHT!
The time has come, Drum Corp Championships is making its first appearance on a major network during primetime tonight. ESPN2 is hosting the two hour special of the DCI World Championships tonight at 10PM Eastern / 9PM Central. The format of the show will consist of highlights of the top 8 corps, and show mini clips of the other corps. They have done it this way for the past couple of years and while I think this format stinks (I equate it to watching 3/4 of a good movie), it might work well for the normal ESPN junky. Tell everyone you know to check it out.
Posted by Ryan on 12:20 PM | Comments (0)
Bret Kuhn Retires from Cavaliers After 24 Years
24 years...wow. We wish him the best, and we will miss the "Cavalier sound" he has written over the years. I can always tell when he has written a drum book for a high school line - it has the same "feel" to it that The Cavaliers' drum books present. Now I wonder what the next step for the The Cavaliers will be? Bring someone up through the ranks, or get a big name? Enough speculation - that's for another time, click below to read the Cavaliers press release...
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September 01, 2005
First College Games Tonight
So...one of the many things I do (besides this blog) is teach a college drumline, and it so happens that the first game of the year for us is on ESPN2 tonight around 10E/9C. The University of Tulsa Marching Band has been working hard to get everything ready and it should be a decent halftime performance. Game on.
ESPN: Minnesota intrigued by Tulsa defense
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