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Paul Rennick to Santa Clara Vanguard

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:20:02 -0600

Paul Rennick has left Phantom Regiment to take role as Percussion Arranger and Percussion Caption ~~Head~~ Manager (?) at Santa Clara Vanguard. The announcement was made by SCV on Saturday through a press release on their website:

The Vanguard is proud to announce the appointment of Paul Rennick as percussion arranger and percussion caption manager, effective immediately. Rennick is Principal Lecturer in percussion at the University of North Texas where he has served on the faculty since 1991. He has been a dominant force in marching percussion for more than a decade, having recently won the Drum Corps International Fred Sanford award for percussion performance for the third time in five years with the Phantom Regiment, while also writing and designing shows for the University of North Texas Indoor Drum Line, which is the current and 16-time Percussive Arts Society National Champion.

Rennick is also leading figure in the world of percussion education, with a long history of successful students and performing ensembles. He has consistently been a featured clinician at Percussive Arts Society and music education clinics world-wide.

"We're elated to have Paul join our design and instructional team at Vanguard, as he brings state of the art writing, teaching and performance experience to the organization from the world of marching percussion and beyond; specifically the concert stage and Broadway. Next summer's member and staff experience will be greatly enhanced by his presence on the field, in the box and through his arrangements," stated Jeff Fiedler, the Vanguard organization's Chief Executive Officer.

For the full press release, check out the Santa Clara Vanguard website

Blue Devils Crowned 2010 World Champions

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:45:51 -0600

Photo credit: pearldrumcorp

The Blue Devils win the 2010 DCI World Championship, their 14th and back-to-back with their 2009 win, with a score of 98.9. Their 2010 Production called "Through A Glass, Darkly" challenged the audience both musically and visually with tiny reflections of previous shows and reflections from the tall 30+ mirrored panels used throughout the program (more information about the repertoire can be found here).

DCI Semifinals Results

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:44:35 -0600

Here are the scores from tonight's Semifinals:

01. 98.05 Blue Devils
02. 97.25 The Cavaliers
03. 96.50 Bluecoats
04. 95.35 Carolina Crown
05. 94.85 The Cadets
06. 92.95 Phantom Regiment
07. 92.45 Santa Clara Vanguard
08. 92.05 Blue Stars
09. 89.60 Boston Crusaders
10. 89.20 Madison Scouts
11. 87.85 Blue Knights
12. 86.50 Glassmen
13. 84.65 Colts
14. 84.05 The Academy
15. 83.35 Troopers
16. 81.45 Spirit
17. 80.90 Crossmen

DCI Quarterfinals Results

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:38:05 -0600

Here are the scores from tonight's results:

01. 97.90 Blue Devils
02. 96.55 The Cavaliers
03. 96.25 Bluecoats
04. 94.85 Carolina Crown
05. 94.45 The Cadets
06. 92.35 Phantom Regiment
07. 91.90 Santa Clara Vanguard
08. 91.65 Blue Stars
09. 89.65 Boston Crusaders
10. 89.15 Madison Scouts
11. 88.40 Blue Knights
12. 87.15 Glassmen
13. 84.70 Colts
14. 84.25 The Academy
15. 84.20 Troopers
16. 82.25 Spirit
17. 80.80 Crossmen

DCI Broken Arrow 2010

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:27:33 -0600

As usual, it was extremely hot for this show and the drumlines did a good job finding shade where they could. Good idea considering 90% of the corps there had dark colored pants.

This show had nine corps: Music City, Legends, Teal Sound, Pioneer, Madison Scouts, Blue Knights, Boston Crusaders, The Cavaliers, and The Cadets. With this being a high school, it was much easier to find the warm-up spots as opposed to the Edmond show. The hardest group to find was Madison Scouts - they found a little strip of grass between two buildings that was about half the width of a football field. Other than that, I got most of the groups and I hope you enjoy what we've posted on YouTube.

Let's get on with it:

Big Loud & Live! 7

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:00:00 -0600

DCI Quarterfinals will be shown LIVE, August 12 at 6:30 ET (that's today) in nearly 500 movie theaters. The five hour long broadcast will show the current top 15 shows in their entirety. Ticket prices look to be around $18.

For more information and to find a theater near you, check out:

http://www.dci.org/cinema/

Tags: DCI

DCI Edmond Review

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:37:34 -0600

This was my first time to the DCI show in Edmond, OK and was a stellar line up of top corps. Troopers, Glassmen, Blue Stars, Phantom Regiment, Blue Devils, and a few others were in attendance. The show was set at the University of Central Oklahoma and like any other college, it has many buildings and grassy knolls to accommodate the student body. While this is ideal for the college student, it can be a nightmare for the drumline lot connoisseur. There are too many places to hide and if you judge your destination by sound, it can be deceptive with the sound reflecting off of adjacent buildings. With that in mind, I went to the show with the goal to see at least three warm ups and I hit my goal. The full review is after the jump...

Blue Devils Break 90 Mark

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:20:56 -0600

In Kansas City tonight, the Concord Blue Devils were the first to break 90 this season with a 90.65 beating out their closest competitor, Phantom Regiment, which scored a 86.70.

Phantom Regiment Mystery Drum Revealed

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:27:13 -0600

When it was first rolled out, people started asking, "what is it?". It looked like a concert bass drum but without a shell. Seeing that it was from Remo, their history with pretuned heads and the TSS line, we assumed it was a very large TSS head. Phantom Regiment's Percussion Caption Head, Paul Rennick, is calling it a "bass gong" and it is a tunable head. We also found out it is much larger than a typical bass drum measuring in at 60" inches in diameter! That is one large drum! Be sure to check it out this Summer at your local drum corp show (find a show).

The 2010 Drum Corp Season is Underway

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:57:32 -0600

This past Friday marked the start of the 2010 DCI season with a hybrid performance/clinic by The Cavaliers, Carolina Crown, and The Cadets at historic J Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, PA. What can we expect to see this Summer? Well besides a heated competition (Crown by the way placed in the top spot in the season opener), we will see some new hardware by Yamaha, a new concept from Remo, the production version of the new Pearl carriers and much more.

To start you off, we have a couple images of corps "unboxing" their new drums. Enjoy!

WGI 2010 Finals Results

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:20:11 -0600

Congratulations to the winners of each class at the 2010 WGI Finals held in Dayton, Ohio this past weekend. Here are the Top 3 in each class:

Independent Marching World
1 Pulse Percussion (Ontario, California) 96.375
2 Rhythm X (Columbus, Ohio) 96.250
3 Music City Mystique (Nashville, Tennessee) 95.513

Scholastic Marching World
1 Ayala HS (Chino Hills, California) 97.175
2 Chino Hills HS (Chino Hills, California) 96.750
3 Dartmouth HS (Dartmouth, Massachusetts) 95.500

Independent Marching Open
1 Palmetto Percussion (Columbia, South Carolina) 93.863
2 STRYKE Percussion Ensemble (Palm Beach, Florida) 93.288
3 OC Indoor (Portland, Oregon) 93.075

Scholastic Marching Open
1 South Hills HS (West Covina, California) 96.450
2 Pacifica HS (Garden Grove, California) 94.975
3 Upper Darby HS (Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania) 93.175

Chase Community Giving - VOTE NOW

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:41:22 -0600

Four Drum Corps need your help - The Cavaliers, Colts (aka Legion Aires), Carolina Crown, and Phantom Regiment.

The corps are involved in the Chase Community Giving Program where they award 100 charities with $25,000 each in the first round. The second round has the non-profit with the most votes receiving $1,000,000 and the next five getting $100,000 each. All four corps made the Top 100 and are now in the 2nd Round.

As part of the musical community, these corps deserve our support and you get five votes per Facebook user so you can vote for all four corps and still have an extra vote for whatever you want. The voting ends January 22nd so hurry and place your votes for the drum corps.

Chase Community Giving Front Page
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BOA Finalists Announced

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:31:46 -0600

Congrats to the 2009 BOA Grand National Finalists bands (in random order):

Carmel
Broken Arrow
Center Grove
LD Bell
Avon (IN)
Lawrence Central
The Woodlands
Marcus
Marian Catholic
James Bowie
Centerville
Wando

Waiting...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:57:31 -0600

Sitting in the stands waiting for the last block of bands to finish up. Looking back at this morning's performance, the drumline and drum staff did the best they could today so we'll see here in an hour if it was good enough to make Finals.

BOA Semifinals

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:24:10 -0600

Owasso HS just got through with our Semifinals performance and it was solid. There are a lot of fantastic bands here today and it should be quite a dog fight for those 12 spots in Finals.

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