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DrumCorps Spring 2011 | Vol. 5 No. 2

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An Open Door to World Class Competition DCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS GET A NEW FORMAT

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MENC HONORS A MARCHING MUSIC LIFER SCENE @ THE WINTER MEETINGS FUN AND SUN AT THE OPEN CLASS FINALS

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The Blue Devils have dominated both World and Open classes for two years running, but old rivals and some new contenders should make the race to the 2011 title a wild—and unpredictable—ride to glory.

By Mike Levine

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Snapshots from the 2011 edition of Drum Corps International’s yearly gathering.

Marching music veteran—and former DCI education leader—Gary Doherty has helped an inner-city school achieve new milestones in the marching arts.

Features 22 Step Up & Face Off: 2011 Season Preview

Ten ways to enhance your view and listening experience before, during, and after the 2011 Drum Corps International season—whether you’re in the stands, at home, or on the go. By Danny Miles

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DrumCorps International THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF MARCHING MUSIC’S MAJOR LEAGUE Volume 5 Issue 2 Dan Acheson Executive Director Chris Weber Communications Manager Bob Jacobs Director of Marketing

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new season is about to begin for Drum Corps International and the level of anticipation has never been higher for what the season will bring. We are blessed as an activity to be coming up on our 40th annual World Championships. Thinking about all that has occurred in our society over the past four decades, it has been a true test of an organization to thrive through so many varied challenges. Despite the changing winds, however, we continue to look forward.

Across the country, music in our schools is under attack due to budget cuts.

The drum corps experience is one of the greatest examples of why arts education is so important. The students who participate in DCI corps work hard to develop their skills as accomplished amateur musicians and dancers, but even more so, they are becoming great human beings and will inevitably become strong leaders and positive contributors to our society.

More than 67 percent of those performing this summer aspire to be music educators even though they understand the realities that work in schools is in increasingly short supply. But these students won’t give up. They learn persistence, patience, and how to achieve excellence as a team despite coming from very diverse backgrounds. They will find a way to teach the very principles they learned from their own music teachers regardless of what challenges they will face in the marketplace.

Many may say what we do in the summer is just drums, brass instruments and flags on a football field. I say that it is about laying the groundwork for a much brighter future filled with music. So, make plans now to attend a drum corps event this summer to get behind these great young performers. They will make you laugh, cry and stand to applaud their extraordinary performances.

If the economy or gas prices have you down, I assure you there is no better remedy than supporting one of the world’s truly magnificent youth activities.

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World Championship Prelims Could Be Wide “Open”

he climax to every Drum Corps International season is always full of drama, but this year, the plot will receive a new twist. After their World Championship is decided in Michigan City, Ind., on August 9th, Open Class corps will be invited to take the field in head-to-head competition against their World Class cousins during the World Championship Prelims in Indianapolis on August 11. Both classes will be judged on equal footing, so it’s possible that Open Class groups could advance into the Semifinals—or beyond.

“There’s a lot of excitement about seeing all of the competing corps in DCI performing on the same day,” says Open Class Coordinator David Eddleman. “Our Open

Class corps provide a quality experience for their members, but not all of our fans see them during a regular season to know this.

Hopefully, the new format will make our fans more aware of the many outstanding Open Class members.”

Yet despite the exciting prospect of taking on—and possibly beating—World Class groups in Indy, Open Class corps are still most focused on the road to their own title showdown a little further north. “The good thing is that we retain our own Open Class Championship Prelims and Finals in Michigan City,” Eddleman concludes. “It’s a drum corps town that’s been good to us—all the way from Mayor Chuck Oberlie to the great fans.” www.dci.org 9

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or the fourth year running, Drum Corps International’s Championship Week will kick off in Michigan City, Indiana. The Open Class World Championship will be decided at Ames Field on August 8th and 9th before DCI descends on Indianapolis to conclude the season the following weekend.

Located along the shores of Lake Michigan, the city has plenty to offer visiting drum corps fans. We asked local resident and drum corps expert Michael Boo to be our guide.

“Michigan Cit y has a fine beach and a huge sand dune to climb, as well as a small zoo,” he says. “Hikers will love the views from the top of Mount Baldy, towering 126 feet above Lake Michigan. There’s also Indiana Dunes State Park, less than ten miles to the west of town. Then there’s the Ragtops Museum: Over 70,000 square feet of cars are on display along with memorabilia from eras gone by.”

All that activity is sure to work up an appetite. “I’m fond of El Bracero at 4100 Franklin St., about a mile from Ames Field,” Boo says.

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Spotlight on Michigan City

The 2011 season marks a golden anniversary for two World Class corps—Glassmen and Pioneer (see the Winter 2011 Sidelines for more on Pioneer’s history).

In 1961, the drum corps that would become Glassmen was formed in Toledo, Ohio. Then known as the Maumee Suns, the group was a parade corps until 1967, when it entered the Ohio American Legion Competition as the Glass City Optimists before becoming Glassmen, a tribute to Toledo’s glass industry, in 1971. Now headquartered in nearby Maumee, Glassmen started competing in Drum Corps International events in 1983. Over a 10-year period, the corps set a record by placing higher in the rankings at each successive World Championships, finishing 31st in 1985, making the Finals for the first time in ’93, and reaching eighth place two years later.

Since then, the group has failed to reach the DCI Finals only twice. “We can’t wait to connect with alumni and fans in celebrating what is an incredible milestone for any corps,” says Executive Director Brian Hickman.

Meanwhile, Pioneer will celebrate the occasion this summer with nostalgic touches like uniforms from the 1990s—their most winning decade. And the group plans to march onto the field with a recording of the great American song “As Time Goes By,” a fitting tribute to 50 years of excellence in marching.

Learn more about both corps and special anniversary events at their respective websites: glassmen.org and pioneer-corps.org.

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he 2011 Drum Corps International season will include more than 100 events scattered all over the nation. Five of them will have a unique format.

Starting with the July 17 showdown in Rockford, Illinois, the new Tour of Champions will bring together last season’s top eight corps: Blue Devils, Blue Stars, Bluecoats, the Cadets, Carolina Crown, the Cavaliers, Phantom Regiment, and Santa Clara Vanguard. Competition in the five-city series, which also includes events in Houston, Texas (July 22); Murfreesboro, Tennessee (July 29), Rock Hill, South Carolina (July 31); and Northern, New Jersey (August 7), will be scored like any other DCI event. “While this version of the Tour of Champions will not be quite the same as the series of events we produced in California with the same name in 2004, these eight corps are taking the lead to program these special events with nonstop action and interactive entertainment,” says DCI Executive Director Dan Acheson. For the latest TOC news, tickets, and more, go to DCI.org/tour-of-champions.

Drum Corps International’s Individual & Ensemble Competition adds two new categories this year: Vocal Solo and Vocal Ensemble.

Singers must perform a cappella; ensembles can be up to 15 members. The change was inspired by last summer’s Open Class I&E contest. “A barbershop quartet from 7th Regiment performed in exhibition,” says newly appointed DCI I&E chairperson Christina Mavroudis, a longtime Drum Corps World and DCI.org writer who helped lead the effort to bring vocalists to I&E. “Afterward, I met up with their brass/vocal coach Steve Wolf and realized this could be a regular category.”

The I&E Competition for World Class corps will take place on July 24th in San Antonio, Texas; Open Class members compete on August 13th in Indianapolis.

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The age of the Racine Scouts, founded in 1927, the oldest continuously active junior drum corps.

Racine has seven years on the next oldest group, the 77-year-old Cadets, founded in 1934.

At 73, the Madison Scouts (founded in 1938) are mere whippersnappers.

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t a DCI show, the sight of performers marching together in their crisp, brightly colored uniforms can be as exciting as the music itself. Borris Powell, an upand-coming fashion designer, certainly found this to be the case when he marched in the mid-1990s. “Like so many people, I am visually oriented,” says Powell. “The fashions on the field really completed the experience for me.”

In 1994, Powell marched as a member of the color guard with Southwind and spent t he fol low i ng yea r w it h t he Cavaliers. “Those were some of the best years of my life,” he says. “I definitely credit DCI as being responsible for me entering manhood and getting a better sense of who I am while learning to work really hard with other people.”

It was while with the Cavaliers that Powell developed an affinity for fashion. He was especially influenced by the work of the Cavaliers’ costume designer (and Drum Corps International Hall of Fame member) M ichael Cesario, who has also d ressed up st a rs on Broadway.

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and understood how a designer could help a team communicate with their audiences,” Powell says.

After aging out, in 1996, Powell headed to Chicago to enter the fashion world. To get his foot in the door, he worked for a decade i n ret a i l ma nagement w it h Express. During his last five years there, Powell slept a mere five hours a night, putting in long days while working on his own fashion designs in his precious spare time. “It was rough,” he recalls. “I had no life outside of work, but that’s the sacrifice I had to make in order to get to where I am. I don’t think I could’ve done it without the discipline I learned in marching.”

Last February, Powell was finally able to quit his day job in favor of introducing his own line of luxurious women’s wear. A selftaught designer, Powell conceives all of the apparel and handles everything else, from the selecting of the music at shows to the choreography of the models—activities informed by his color guard experiences. Things are going really well; Powell recently won a challenge to dress an escort during the 83rd Academy Awards.

Of course, the big question is: Would Powell ever design marching uniforms for a DCI corps? “If I were approached and the fit were right, I’d jump on the opportunity,” he says.

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ach year, Drum Corps International’s brain trust, individual corps staffs, and other members of the marching music community gather at DCI’s Annual Meeting to set the direction for drum corps’ upcoming season— and beyond. The 2011 gathering in Indianapolis (January 20-23) included an informative clinic on hearing safety and

yielded two interesting rules changes: A new Individual & Ensemble Competition format allows singers to have a voice in the competition; while DCI members okayed the remote control of audio mixes. Allowing corps staffs to adjust the mix from any vantage point should help improve the sound that the fans (and judges) actually hear in the stands. << 1 Mayra Iraheta, Director of the Velvet Knights. << 2 Etymotic Research’s Dr. Mead Killion explains hearing protection to a group of drum majors.

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hen Gary Doherty took over as band director for Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis two years ago, only 12 students attended the first rehearsal.

By the fall semester, Doherty—a 30-year-plus music education veteran who led educational efforts at Drum Corps International in 2007-’08—assembled a 91-member band, including a 14-member drum line. The band’s growth is testament to the veteran educator’s adherence to a set of core principles—a passion and perseverance that have earned him MENC: The National Association for Music Education’s Director of the Year honor.

When he arrived at Tech in January 2009, his mission was to bring the band up to the level of the school’s athletic programs. “That meant an overhaul of every aspect of the band program,” Doherty said. “Who was in the band, why they were there, and what they wanted out of it.”

After the impressive growth he spurred in his first marching season at Tech, Doherty set about the next year to expand his players’ visual and musical vocabulary. “I have worked out relationships with the Universit y of Indianapolis and their music education department chairperson, Dr. Brenda Clark, to assist with private lessons, master classes and rehearsals through MENC’s collegiate program of volunteerism,” Doherty says. “Several students from Marian University and Butler University also volun-

teer to help our students.”

His players also get mentoring from community musicians through the Phillips Guild project, which meets each Saturday morning in the Tech band room and provides free access to students from around the city.

“The students I have at Tech, which is located in the zip code with the highest crime and poverty in Indiana, are talented, intelligent and motivated,” Doherty says. “The issues I deal with on a daily basis are a lack of administrative support and vision, almost no funding and a pervasive culture of failure.”

But fa i lu re isn’t a n opt ion i n Doherty’s mind — a sense of purpose further galvanized by a vital encounter with famed University of Michigan band director William Revelli in 1986. When Revelli asked, “What do you teach?” Doherty naively answered, “‘Why Dr. Revelli, you know I teach band.’ He looked at me with those steely eyes and with the utmost care in his voice, replied: ‘Remember, you teach children. You use music to teach children. Many in our profession use children to teach music, and the results could not be more opposite or profound.’ I have never forgotten that conversation.”

Meantime, the Vernon, Texas, native shares his experience by serving on the board of directors for the Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps as well as MENC’s Blue Ribbon Panel on national standards for marching music education.

“Our mission is to bring a greater sense of validation and definition for the marching music activity at-large,” he says.

“Being part of a process where children find their voice, their place, and their mission in the world keeps me coming back. The look in their eyes, the laughter and smiles on their faces, and the enthusiasm for their performances when we accomplish an artistic milestone—these things never fail to satisfy me on the deepest levels.”

Doherty says that the key to building a lasting program is to focus on the simple fact that playing music should be enjoyable, and not laborious. In a recent speech to the Illinois Music Educators Association, he summed his philosophy up: “Each year I would start our first staff meeting by reminding our staff that we teach students to ‘play’ instruments. Most of the time spent in most of the band rooms around the country that I visit more often resembles work than play. If you emphasize play, you’ll never have to recruit for your program—the students will do it themselves.”

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n the history of Drum Corps International’s World Class, only two groups—the 1983–’85 Cadets and 2000–’02 Cavaliers—have pulled off the magical “three-peat.” The 2009 and ’10 World Champion Blue Devils haven’t dropped a single competition in two years and will be hoping that 2011 will end with a third consecutive title.

But to strike Gold when the World Championship Finals climax at Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium on August 13, the

Concord, California-based corps will have to fight off a growing list of contenders. In addition to usual suspects like the Cadets, the Cavaliers, and Phantom Regiment (Phantom’s ’08 Finals win was the Blue Devils’ last loss), they’ll also face some heat from units on the rise like the Bluecoats and Carolina Crown, two corps that have earned the right to be considered serious Championship material.

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summer preview mat (see Sidelines, page 9), where Open Class corps will have a chance to compete versus World Class corps at the Prelims.

All corps will start on equal footing with advancement based on raw scores. How will this impact the artistry and competition? We’ll see on the field.

Another new addition to the schedule will be the Tour of Champions (Sidelines, page 12), a series of shows bringing together eight top World Class groups as they tune up for the World Championships. Without a doubt, 2011 looks to be full of surprises.

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T hey haven’t lost i n t wo years—and they’ve got one of the most stable and accomplished staffs in DCI: Yeah, you could say the Blue Devils will head into 2011 as the f avor ite s. A s u s u a l, Blue Devils’ staff is keeping the season’s program close to the vest. “Look to the world of Bluecoats popular music and one of our most iconic composers to be the focus of the 2011 Blue Devils,” hints corps director David Gibbs.

With four titles in the last 10 years, The Cavaliers are hoping that a second place finish in 2010—the group’s best since its World Championship in 2006—will be the springboard for another decade of dominance. DCI Hall-of-Famer

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Adolph DeGrauwe, who led the Cavaliers to glory in the 1980s, begins year two of his second stint at the helm with a sense of optimism. “The staff and the returning members are all excited about getting started over again,” says DeGrauwe.

“We’ve had really good winter camps so far.”

Bluecoats’ third-place finish last year was the North Canton, Ohio-based group’s best ever, leading many observers to speculate that the corps might be ready to march to the top in ’11. They recently announced the purchase of a 12,000 square-foot building, set on a seven-acre property that will serve as their new HQ. “While we aren’t ready to make a complete announcement yet,” says corps director David Glasgow of the Bluecoats’ 2011 program, “We are excited that we will once again explore the great work of composer John Mackey, by playing his ‘Harvest: Concerto for Trombone.’”

With the exception of 2002, Carolina Crown has been a Finalist every year since 1995. In the last few seasons, the group has inched closer to the title, including a second-place finish in ’09.

This year, Crown hopes to finally take the top spot with Rach Star. The spelling makes sense when you look at the song selections: Queen’s “ We W i l l R o c k Yo u” a n d “ B o h e m i a n R h a p s o d y ”; “ P i a n o C o n c e r t o No . 2 ,” “ Sy mphon ic Da nc e s Movement 3” a nd “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini 3” by Rachmaninoff; The Stones’ “Paint it Black”; and Blue Devils “Piano Concerto No. 1” by Keith Emerson.

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“Look for highlighted sections of the show to feature an exceptional keyboard player whose last name happens to be Starr,” says director Jim Coates, who adds that Crown will be sporting new uniforms and colors.

The Cadets finished fifth last ye a r, a nd t he g roup f rom A llentown, Pa. is looking to return to World Championship glory for the first time since 2005 with a program called Between Angels and Demons. “It will feature the music of Frank The Cadets T i c h e l i ’s ‘A n g e l s i n t h e Architecture,’ and ‘160 BPM’ from Angels and Demons, the music score of Hans Zimmer,” corps director George Hopkins says.

After edging the Blue Devils to win the Championship in 2008, Phantom Regiment dropped to ninth place in ’09. The group rebounded last year with a sixth-place finish. Will 2011’s Juliet—which contains the “Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet,” Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet,” and Wagner’s “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral,” from the opera Lohengrin—break Blue Devil hearts again? “As with all of our shows, we selected music that we thought would best help us tell the story in an entertaining and meaningful way,” says Dan Farrell, Phantom’s program director. Farrell adds that the corps will be returning to an all-female guard this season.

Santa Clara Vanguard finished seventh at the Finals last year. This year’s show, The Devil’s Staircase, includes works

by Samuel Barber, Avner Dorman, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Karl

Jenkins. “The premise is: You’re in Hell, and you want to get out,” explains corps director Jeff Fiedler, adding that the corps added some key new staff members for the upcoming season. “In the fall we hired David Clemmer, Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Kansas, to lead the SCV brass caption, and Pau l Ren n ic k , P r i nc ipa l L ec t u rer i n Percussion at the University of North Texas, to write and lead our percussion.”

Blue Stars has reached the Finals each of the last three years. The La Crosse, Wis. corps will be looking to improve on its eighth place finishes in ‘08, ‘09 and ‘10, while trying hard to hold onto a spot in the top 10 against a pack of fierce competitors.

After making the Finals for the last 12 years running, Boston Crusaders hopes to create an uprising in the standings with its 2011 show Revolution, which includes Tc h a i k o v s k y ’ s “ 1 8 1 2 Overture” and selections f rom A la i n Boubl i l a nd Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Les Misérables.

Madison Scouts finished last year in the top 10, and Santa Clara many longtime observers Vanguard considered the season to be Madison’s best in a decade. In only his third year at the helm, Dann Petersen was awarded t he Dr. Bernard Baggs Leadership Award as the best World Class corps director for 2010. “As honored as I was to receive the award for 2010 Director of the Year,” Petersen says, “I attribute it to an incredible season for the entire Madison Scouts organization.” Madison’s 2011 program, New York Morning, is highlighted by two classic songs, “New York, New York,” and “Oh What a Beautiful Morning.”

The Scouts hope to be singing the latter on the day after the 2011 Finals.

The Blue Knights look to climb back into the top 10, where the group finished every year between 2004 and ’08 before falling to 11th each of the last two seasons. BK’s 2011 program contains “First Suite in E b ,” by Gustov Holst and Ralph Vaughn Williams’ “Folk Song Suite.”

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The Academy

(see Sidelines, page 14). Glassmen hope to stave off last season’s 13th-place finishers, Colts, and cap their golden anniversary with another trip to the Finals by bringing My Mortal Beloved to life.

Pioneer will present an eclectic show that includes “As Time Goes By,” from the movie Casablanca, “Four Scottish Dances,” by Sir Malcolm Arnold, and “New World Symphony” by Dvorˇ ák.

One of several groups to jump classes in recent years, The Academy won the Division II Championship in 2006 before joining the World Class the following season. Since then, the Arizonabased corps has yet to reach the Finals, and hopes 2011’s For Every Action There’s a Reaction brings a strong showing on the score sheets.

Troopers’ return to the Finals in 2009 was one of that season’s top stories, but the corps dropped to 15th-place last year. Perhaps The Road Home—with music like Aaron Copland’s “Muted and Sensuous,” “Mama,” by uber-bassist Edgar Meyer, and “The Old Church,” by Stephen Paulus— will lead the Wyoming group back to the Promised Land.

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after having relocated to Jacksonville, Alabama in 2000. Spirit has reached the Finals five out of the last 10 seasons and the group’s ’11 show, Seduction, is inspired by film noir.

The Crossmen have been DCI Finalists 22 times since their first season in 1975, but only made it to the Semis last year (17th place overall). This year’s show will include a rendition of the Blood, Sweat & Tears classic “Spinning Wheel,” as well as Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”

Push, Pull, Twist, Turn: Pacific Crest hopes to push its way up the standings from last year’s 18th-place finish with a diverse repertoire including Danny Elfman’s “Saranada Schizophrana,” “Adagietto, Symphony #5” by Gustav Mahler, and “The Mechanical Ballet” by Philip Glass.

Mandarins won a Division II title back in 2001, and moved up to Division I (now World Class) in ’02. Will The Forty Thieves: An Ancient Tale of Spices, Perfumes, and Toxins take the group to the Semifinals—or beyond?

Two more former Open Class corps will also look to break into the higher ranks. Teal Sound, noted for rock-based programs, will be covering music from the band A Perfect Circle in Sinvitation 7. Jersey Surf also hopes to plant itself in the Semifinals—or beyond—with Petal Tones, a flower-themed show featuring music from Bizet, Sting, Seal, and Lady Gaga.

They’ll both be fighting it out with a rebuilding World Class corps, as Cascades presents from film composers such as Hans Zimmer and Thomas Newman, video-game composer Pacific Crest

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Open Class

This season will be full of drama in the always competitive and unpredictable Open Class. New corps have invigorated the division in recent years, and now, the Open Class’ top groups will have a chance to strut their stuff against their Revolution World Class brethren in Indianapolis during Finals week.

But first, the Open Class groups will converge on Michigan City, Indiana, to decide their Championship.

Other than repertoire—which hadn’t been revealed at press time—expect few surprises from Blue Devils B. Like their World Class siblings, the B club is going for a third straight title. Can anyone get in the way?

One possibility is last year’s second-place finishers, the Oregon Crusaders, who are busy prepping for the new season with a show titled—perhaps ironically—The Blue Hour.

Spartans finished a very close third last year (93.600 to the Oregon Crusaders’ 94.000), and had a visual score equal to the first place Blue Devils B. The group hopes fans and judges will sink their teeth into Midnight, which includes music from the Twilight soundtrack, among other pieces.

Revolution finished only slightly behind the Spartans, and

well ahead of the rest of the Open Class pack last year. The group hopes that Ride—which portrays the thrill of motion— will bring home the gold.

Hailing from Wayne, New Jersey, last season’s fifth-place Raiders may give the competition the blues with a show that includes Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo A La Turk,” Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” and “Blue Shades” by Frank Ticheli.

Brubeck also plays a role in UnSquare, by 2010 seventhplace finishers, 7th Regiment, which will also feature music

by John Adams and Radiohead.

Colt Cadets made the Finals for the first time last year, and look to build on the momentum of an eleventh-place finish to crack the top 10 this season.

But if past seasons are any indication, Spartans the Open Class pack will get shuffled in some unpredictable ways. What will Santa Clara’s Vanguard Cadets do in their return to the full tour? Will Velvet Knights’ creativity be matched by competitive glory?

Will relative newcomers like Legends, City Sound, and Music City continue to impress?

What about drum corps’ oldest organization, Racine Scouts? Can Les Stentors and Blue Saints continue to build momentum and start contending for a place in the Finals? Will Raleigh, N.C.’s Platinum and Hawthorne, California’s Gold earn some precious metal of their own? Will Lone Star State groups Genesis and Forte earn Texas-sized scores?

Remember that not all Open Class corps make a full tour every year; but whether they take the field in Michigan City or stay closer to home, groups like Blue Devils C, Impulse, Thunder, and the Spirit of Newark/ NJ offer commitment and entertainment every time they perform.

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BRASS LESSON Dr. Thomas Bough Yamaha Performing Artist Director of Athletic Bands, Northern Illinois University thomasbough.com

Lip Slurs

On a brass instrument, a dozen or more notes are available from a single valve combination. These notes represent the harmonic series, a group of overtones that follow a mathematical pattern based on the rules of acoustic physics. In the lower and middle registers, the only way to move from one note in the harmonic series to another is by using a lip slur. For hundreds of years, practicing lip slurs has been a regular part of playing a brass instrument. Here are a few to get you started. Play each one at a moderate dynamic level. Strive for a consistent flow of air, which will result in a smooth transition (that is, a slur) between each note. Although the embouchure will change ever so slightly between notes, try to minimize the motion of the lips and jaw. A consistent embouchure will produce the best result.

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By Dr. John Wooton Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi johnwooton.com

Flams and Flam Accents Flams To make your flams sound good and consistent, you will need to keep your grace notes low and keep an appropriate spacing between the grace note and the primary note. Having the two notes hit the drum simultaneously, a flat flam or double stop, is something you want to avoid. The spacing between the primary note and grace note may vary depending on the style of music you are playing, tempo, density of the music, and personal interpretation. Below is an exercise that will help you improve your flams. To execute this exercise, treat all the primary notes as rebound strokes. Start the exercise with your right stick in an upward position. All motion, including that of the left hand, should be down towards the drum. Use the rebound of the drum for your right stick to return to the upward position.

The left hand should remain no more than two inches above the drum head. Reverse positions when you repeat the exercise; now the left hand is playing the primary note. John Wooton

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Injury-Fighting Stretches One of the most common injuries seen during the drum corps preseason is the groin strain. Unfortunately, this injury can leave members sidelined for weeksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or even send them home for the summer. A groin strain is an injury to the muscles of the inner thigh, the hip adductors.

These muscles pull the legs together and also help with other movements of the hip joint. When they are pulled too far, the muscle fibers tear. In drum corps, a groin strain can happen during a multitude of actions that we do on a daily basis: quick lateral direction changes, jazz running, slipping in wet grass, performing a particular chunk repeatedly, and even keeping the leg muscles contracted for an extended period during basics rehearsals.

Oddly enough, as often as we see this injury, members rarely prepare to prevent it from happening. To do this, the adductors need to be stretched and strengthened before leaving for the summer tour.

Strengthening Exercises: There are many adductor muscles in the leg; to activate them all, you must do resistance training from different angles.

The first exercise is a static contraction. Lie on your back with your head on the ground, arms by your sides and your pelvis tucked under so that your lower back is close to the ground. Hold a soccer ball between the arches of your feet. Squeeze your legs tightly together to hold the ball between your feet, raise them to about 6 inches off the ground, and hold for 30 seconds.

Lower your legs and rest for 30 seconds, then repeat for a total of 5 rounds.

3For the second exercise, a more dynamic movement that mimics actions done while marching, you will need a chair and a resistance band.

Start with your right side facing the back of the chair and the band around the bottoms of your legs. Hold on to the chair with your right hand and bring your right leg across your left, away from the chair, to about a 45-degree angle. Keep your leg muscles tight during the entire movement. Bring the leg back across and repeat for a total of 3 sets of 10 reps on each leg.

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Stretching Exercise:

1Adding a pliĂŠ squat to your stretching or warm-up regime will loosen up the adductors and help prepare the muscle for activity.

After doing a few stretching exercises or a light warm-up, stand with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart and toes pointing outward. Slowly lower yourself into a squat, keeping your chest up and pushing your behind backwards and not straight down. Either put your hands on your knees with straight arms or, if you can lower yourself deep enough, put your elbows on your thighs.

Hold this position for a minimum of 30-45 seconds. Slowly rise from the squat position and repeat for 5 rounds.

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