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Pride of Cincinnati’s Wait Is Over
OVERCOMING DISABILITIES THROUGH PERCUSSION
RHYTHM X MAKES THE RECORD BOOKS
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AVON High School SHAKING IT OFF ON “THE DAY AFTER”
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RHYTHM X WINS GOLD NEW WGI RECORD SCORE OF 98.283
VICTORY
CONGRATULATIONS PEARL/ADAMS 2013 WGI FINALISTS Riverside City College - PIW Silver Medal Music City Mystique - PIW Bronze Medal Gateway Indoor - PIW Finalist George Mason University - PIW Finalist United Percussion - PIW Finalist Father Ryan HS - PSW Bronze Medal & Fan Favorite Center Grove HS - PSW Finalist
Upper Darby HS - PSO Gold Medal Victor J. Andrew HS - PSO Silver Medal Old Bridge HS - PSO Bronze Medal Trumbull HS - PSO Finalist Dorman HS - PSO Finalist Plymouth Canton HS - PSO Finalist Franklin Central HS - PSO Finalist Clear Brook HS - PSO Finalist
Muscle Shoals HS - PSCW Bronze Medal Brookwood Independent - PIA Gold Medal Vegas Vanguard - PIA Silver Medal Chattanooga Independent - PIA Finalist Resistance Indoor - PIA Finalist Clinton HS - PSA Silver Medal Dixie Heights HS - PSA Finalist
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SPRING 2013 Volume 27, Issue 2
Winter Guard International Ron Nankervis Executive Director Bart Woodley Director of Operations Aaron Jenkins Marketing & Communications Manager Published By: In Tune Partners, LLC Irwin Kornfeld CEO Will Edwards President Angelo Biasi Publisher Mac Randall Editor-in-Chief Jackie Jordan Creative Director Robin Garber Production Director Barbara Boughton Business Manager Contributing Writers: Michael Boo, Debbie Galante Block, Michael Reed, Matt Robinson, Lauren Vogel Weiss Photography: Adam Alonzo, Jolesch Photography, Dan Scafidi, Linda Unser, Sid Unser
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Choreographer Kate Jablonski gives color guard performers a memorable “Day After” ... 20 WGI Scholarship recipients and 13 Fans’ Favorite Award winners add up to one lucky 2013 ... The Sidney Lanier Center Unicorns make percussive history ... Daniel Riley of West Broward High School and Braddock Independent profiled ... and much more!
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Avon High School’s belief in the educational value of competition has kept it deeply committed to its percussion program for two decades.
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The WGI Hall of Fame induction ceremony featured three guard legends.
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WGI FOCUS is an educational publication of WGI Sport of the Arts. Its purpose is to broaden communication within the family of color guards and percussion ensembles. FOCUS is published three times per year.
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Rhythm X achieved unprecedented greatness, Chino Hills had a timeless win, and 22 other medalists in eight classes went home smiling.
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World Championships
With a record number of guards participating, the competition was fierce, but Pride of Cincinnati and Carmel High School ended up on top.
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University of Central Florida Pegasus won the 2013 Fans’ Favorite Award in the IO class.
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A talented young man with multiple behavioral disorders has found a welcoming place in the Legends percussion ensemble.
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NEWS FROM THE FLOOR AND MORE
KATE JABLONSKI’S “DAY AFTER” SHAKEOUT It’s Sunday morning, April 14. The WGI Color Guard World Championships ended just hours earlier and all guard members are exhausted from a full weekend of events and hours of post-Finals celebration. So naturally, it’s time to dance! This year’s “Day After” dance clinic saw almost 300 guard members return to the floor of the University of Dayton Arena to stretch, sweat, and give their mus- Guard members follow... cles and cardiovascular system an intense workout under choreographer Kate Jablonski’s direction. Jablonski is the founder of the Chicago area’s Beyond Words Dance Company and The Kate Jablonski Statement. The former gives young dancers a glimpse of what it’s like to be a professional and the latter is an ensemble for older dancers. Guard members warmed up with a round of muscle-stretching that would tax the Navy Seals and learned a dance routine to Florence and the Machine’s “Shake It Off,” which persuaded all to reach deep into themselves and become one with the empowering lyrics, “It’s hard to dance with a devil on your back, so shake him off.” Afterwards, Jablonski marveled at the members’ energy and openness to learning new techniques. “Their strength and agility is impressive,” she said, “espe-
...and Kate Jablonski leads at the “Day After” clinic.
cially knowing that many of them haven’t trained extensively in dance.” Based on the extended ovation Jablonski received at the end of the morning, as well as the long line of guard members who wanted to have their pictures taken with her, this clinic’s attendees won’t be worrying much about shaking off what they learned. (For more about Jablonski’s work, watch her impressive series of videos at youtube.com/user/ katieshmatee/videos katieshmatee/videos.)—Michael Boo
NOW SEE THIS If you missed out on any of the action at this year’s Finals, or you just want to relive some of Dayton’s peak moments, head to the WGI website and choose your videos to download. Thirteen separate download bundles are available, one for each class final except the Percussion Concert classes, which are combined in one. Each bundle includes one edited camera view of all the finalists’ performances, plus access to streaming videos from alternate camera angles. Go to wgi.org/downloads.
PICKING FAVORITES
The text voting was fast and furious during the Color Guard and Percussion Finals as audience members submitted their picks for the Fans’ Favorite Awards. One winner was announced for each class during the event finales. The 2013 color guard winners were Pride of Cincinnati (IW), West Broward High School (SW), University of Central Florida Pegasus (IO),Cypress Bay High School (SO), Artistry IN BLUE (IA), and Desoto Central High School (SA). The 2013 percussion winners presented by Sabian were Infinity (PIW), Father Ryan High School (PSW), River City Rhythm (PIO), Dorman High School (PSO), Spirit of America (PIA), Mechanicsburg High School (PSA), and Tunstall High School (PSCW). Congratulations to all! www.wgi.org
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Arrow Warm-Up Wear Hits the Bullseye
UNICORNS MAKE A DREAM COME TRUE
The Sidney Lanier Center Unicorns percussion ensemble in Gainesville, Fla., has earned itself a place in history. It is the first group of students with disabilities to complete a full competitive season in a local circuit—and it ended that season by taking the Scholastic Concert Class A silver medal at the Florida Federation of Colorguards (FFCC) championships Lina Cloutier in Daytona Beach on April 6. Each member of the Unicorns has a different disability, but one girl’s story is particularly dramatic. Lina Cloutier was born with hydrocephalus (also known as “water on the brain”) in Haiti. Orphaned at birth, she was eventually adopted and brought to the U.S. for life-saving surgery. Lina recently returned to the Haitian orphanage where she once lived and told the children there about her new life as a percussionist; the Unicorns have since shared music with those children via Skype. Music director Donald DeVito also arranged for $500 to be sent to the orphanage to purchase instruments. “It’s been an honor to be a part of FFCC this year,” DeVito said. “My students have been enriched from the experience and Lina is having the time of her life.”
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High-Fidelity Earplugs Enhance and Protect The musician’s verdict on earplugs has always been pretty much the same: Yes, they protect your hearing, but they also make music sound muffled and weak. The Vic Firth Company, best known for manufacturing drumsticks and mallets, aims to change this situation with its new High-Fidelity Earplugs, produced in association with Etymotic Research. The earplugs are designed to replicate the natural response of the ear canal, lowering sound levels evenly so musicians can hear their own instruments clearly and blend with others more effectively. Low-cost, reusable, and available in two ready-fit sizes (standard and large), High-Fidelity Earplugs reduce sound by approximately 20 dB at all frequencies. Go to vicfirth.com for more details.
NEW WEBSITE FEATURE KEEPS WGI ON THE JOB The record attendance at this year’s World Championships shows that interest and participation in the indoor marching arts is growing—and a growing activity means more jobs. Still, finding a position in guard or percussion that’s right for you can always be a challenge. That’s why WGI added a new feature to its website: a jobs board for positions throughout the activity. A recent visit to the board revealed over two dozen postings for jobs, ranging from guard directors and designers to percussion instructors and techs. Go to wgi.org/jobs/jobs/colorguard or wgi.org/jobs/jobs/percussion. We hope it makes your search a little easier!
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The Sidney Lanier Center Unicorns
Good warm-up outfits can serve two purposes for a color guard. Before or after rehearsals or performances, they can be worn over costumes, protecting both the costume and the performer; they also can be used as a handy cover-up on the road, when traveling guard members want to feel comfortable but still look professional. Algy’s new line of Arrow warm-up wear was created with both these purposes in mind. The garments are made from lightweight and moisture-wicking Bodyflex fabric, with a custom rhinestone transfer on the back, designed to order in your choice of colors and stripping (sizes are female CM-A5X and male CM-A3X). For more information, go to algyteam.com.
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SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS GET A BIG HAND The WGI Scholarship Program continues its important role in lending assistance to young performers. All 20 of the 2013 scholarship recipients were announced at the WGI World Championships, and all are pictured here, including Megan York of Ars Nova, winner of the Bob Wiles Memorial Scholarship; Alex Sisk of Clover High School, winner of the Yamaha/Dennis DeLucia Scholarship; and Lindsey Schueller of Rhythm X, winner of the Zildjian/Mark Thurston Scholarship. As of this spring, WGI’s Scholarship Program has provided over $500,000 to guard and percussion members. If you wish to donate to the WGI Scholarship Fund, either go online or send your donation to WGI Scholarship Donation, 2405 Crosspointe Drive, Dayton, OH 45342. For more information, visit wgi.org/about/scholarship.php.
››COURTNEY CRUPIE Norwin HS
››CHRISTOPER DEBOURGH Trumbull HS
››DAYNA DUGAN Old Bridge HS
››BRANDON GARIPAY Ashley Ridge HS
››SAMANTHA GONZALEZ Smithfield Selma HS
››ROBYN HAGLE NorthCoast Academy
››CHRISTINE HUTCHISON Zydeco
››THALLIA MALESPIN Orlando Visual
››ABIGAIL MARTENS Lawrence Central HS
››DOMINIC MASI Vox Artium
››MARIA MENDEZ- HENNIG John A. Ferguson HS
››SHAINA NUNES USF Winterguard
››CECILIA PEREZ Westview HS
››BYRON PHUNG Ayala HS
››RICHARD ROBERTS Co-Motion A
››LINDSEY SCHUELLER Rhythm X
››CARMEL SEWER Murphy HS
››ALEX SISK Clover HS
››BROOKE WHEELER Alter Ego
››MEGAN YORK Ars Nova
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A FEW WORDS WITH DANIEL RILEY The year 2013 is an ausStoneman Douglas HS picious one for Daniel Ri2007 ley, marking his twentieth anniversary of working in summer and winter pageantry. During those 20 years, he’s been a technician, clinician, performer, choreographer, designer, and program director. On the drum corps side, he spent the past four years as guard caption supervisor for the Cadets and is now preparing to perform the same role for Santa Clara Vanguard. The WGI groups he’s been involved with include Stoneman Douglas High School, Braddock Independent, and this year’s Scholastic World Fans’ Favorite Award winner West Broward High School. How it all started: My first year around the activity was in 1993 while a student at Frankton High School in Indiana. The guard staff decided to take a number of out-of-state trips and was looking for a floor crew to travel along. The floor crew always hung out during the rehearsals, and I was naturally drawn to the activity. However, the greatest impact was the first travel weekend. We were at Carroll High School, where I saw Escapade and the number of boys in their guard. I West Broward had the pleasure of watching the show and HS 2013 was amazed by both their skill and how the crowd went crazy for their performance. That same weekend I picked up a rifle, and the following season I auditioned for the winter guard. Welcoming challenges: As I’ve grown in my experience, I try to be more efficient with my time and energy and find excitement in the challenge of creating a moment, show, or team more quickly than the last time. Overall, I enjoy every role within the process but now cherish the opportunity to just wear one hat when I get the chance. Choosing music for a program: That’s perhaps the most important decision I make each season, but each season it happens differently. Sometimes a piece of music will spark the concept; other times the opposite will occur. The priority for me is, what opportu12 WGI FOCUS
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nity does this vehicle provide for a dynamic performance? For example, Braddock’s Radiohead year [2009’s “We Do It to Ourselves,” featuring the music of Radiohead] was a year when I knew I wanted to keep Braddock’s identity of being driving and entertaining, often fierce, but I also wanted to give them a facelift with a new genre. And Radiohead was the answer. I knew that their music could appeal to the crowd while still allowing the team to be the performers that they are. On group identity: My theory is that sometimes you cannot change the identity of a team; instead you must build on it. My hope is that most spectators will know a West Broward show and recognize it when the performers walk onto the floor. His position in WGI: I am currently an Advisory Board member. I use this opportunity to reflect on what’s currently happening in our activity—anything from budget cuts or educational standards to curBraddock rent trends in design Independent and dance. I want to 2010 do my part to ensure that we all keep perspective on the most important parts of the activity: the education and the students. What he’s proud of: There are a ton of things. Each year there seems to be another. However, as I’ve gotten older, my view has changed from thinking that achievements were based on placement to realizing that the journey the team took and the lessons learned are so much more important. I know how much impact this activity has had on my life, and I’m humbled that I’ve been a part of so many lives. I now have amazing people surrounding me, people with great passion for the activity that I can still learn from each day. I can step back and look at my staff, my teams, and truly feel grateful. www.wgi.org
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Avon High School
Grows in
Skill
Percussion Program Achieves Competitive and Educational Success By Lauren Vogel Weiss
“I
believe in how positive competition is for kids,” says Jay Webb, director of bands at Avon High School in Avon, Indiana. “People who don’t think it’s valuable probably don’t know how beneficial it can be.” Now in his 20th year at Avon, Webb has presided over one of the most successful band programs in the country, with three consecutive BOA championships (2008-2010), fi ve award-winning concert bands, three competitive color guards, and two indoor percussion ensembles. Still, he points out, “even though we’re very competitive, we’ve had our share of not winning, too. Somebody may think you’re not successful if you don’t win, but that is as valuable a teaching opportunity as actually winning.” Webb took Avon’s first indoor drumline to the Morehead (Ky.) Percussion Festival back in 1993 and was also instrumental in forming the Indiana Percussion Association, which brought competitions to the Hoosier State in 1997. Avon first competed at WGI in 1995, winning the A Class championship the following year. Moving up to Open Class, Avon won the PSO titles in 1997 and 2001 before advancing to PSW in 2002. “That was one of those ‘once-in-a-career’ type of performances,” Webb recalls of the 2002 WGI Championships. Immediately following the drumline’s prelim performance in Dayton, they drove back to Indiana so the students could compete in a concert band festival that same weekend. Then “we walked right off the [festival] stage, got on the bus, and drove back to Dayton. We got dressed
on the bus and arrived in the middle of our warm-up time. We had a terrible warm-up and I told the kids, ‘Just go out there and do the best you can.’ We ended up moving from fourth place in prelims to winning finals that night!” With two competing drumlines (one in WGI and another in IPA’s Class A division), about 80 Avon students are currently involved in the percussive arts. “Because the marching band is so big,” Webb states, “we have very
“Somebody may think you’re not successful if you don’t win,
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diverse skill sets. We can push the World Class group to achieve even higher levels of demands and responsibilities. Our students will be able to take their skill sets into any walk of life after high school.” Gone are the days when Webb wrote the show, taught it, teched it, and even scheduled the buses! “My role now is more of an administrator,” he confides. Avon’s 2013 indoor drumline program was directed by Jeff Huffman and written by David Reeves, both of whom are former students of Webb’s from Center Grove High School. “This year I’ve brought back some of my students who have gone through the process and now are mature, master teachers themselves. I’m very proud of that.” www.wgi.org
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Raise Your Expectations.
Avon High School
Ayala High School
Milton High School
Homestead High School
James Logan High School
Foothill High School
Orange County Indept.
San Marcos High School
Tama Marching would like to congratulate all of the percussion ensembles at WGI 2013. Tama was well represented by Avon (IN), Ayala (CA), Foothill (NV), James Logan (CA), Homestead (CA), Milton (GA), Orange County Independent (CA), and San Marcos (CA). Special congratulations goes to O.C.I. and Ayala - each receiving silver medal honors in their respective categories. Best of luck for continued success to all in 2013.
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Spotlight
Decades of
Servıce Honored in Dayton
WGI’s 2013 Hall of Famers Have Given Much to Color Guard By Matt Robinson
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n April, as the eyes and ears of color guard and percussion fans turned to Dayton for the WGI World Championships, another annual tradition took place just before competition began on the floor: the WGI Hall of Fame inductions. This year, the Hall paid its respects to the guard side of the activity, honoring a 40-year veteran, a color guard judge, and an “M&M” specialist. EDWARD J. DEVLIN Originally asked to join the team at
Blessed Sacrament in Wakefield, Mass., to help out with “M&M” (marching and maneuvering) in the 1984 season, Ed Devlin eventually became the director of the program, which he remains to this day. In the ’90s, he also became a member of the WGI Board of Directors, on which he still serves. In addition to these duties and responsibilities, Ed designs drill for King Philip High School in Wrentham, Mass., and he has judged numerous competitions in the Bay State as part of the Massachusetts Judges Association and Drum Corps International. Despite the many demands on his time and talents, Ed prefers to stay close to home when possible and lives just a few houses down from Blessed Sacrament’s rehearsal space.
FRED FEENEY As soon as Fred Feeney was too old to
march, he became a judge for color guard competitions. His earliest position in that capacity was with the Gulfcoast Color Guard Circuit, beginning in 1980 (the year of the circuit’s creation). He quickly rose to the rank of chief judge. In 1983, the Long Beach, Miss., resident took on judging responsibilities for WGI, and he judged his first
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championship one year later. From 1994 to 2006, Fred served as Chief Judge of the Color Guard Division of WGI. He is also a past chair of the WGI Board’s Education Committee. Currently, he is an at-large member of the Board. When not judging competitions, Fred works with judges of a different sort as an attorney in Gulfport, Miss. DALE POWERS A color guard veteran of over 40 years,
Dale Powers hit an early snag in his directing career when the first high school he worked for closed. Undeterred, he founded his own guard, the Emerald Marquis. After 10 years of competition, that group won its first medal—a silver—at the 1991 WGI Championships. Eight years later, the Wakefield, Mass.-based ensemble won it all, earning gold for their memorable performance “The Great Divide.” Since 2001, the self-taught spinner has helped support other guards and redefined the structure of regional competitions as WGI’s Guard Coordinator. It was Dale who introduced power regionals and semifinals to the activity, thereby involving more talented teams per season and raising standards for all. He has served on the Board of Directors for 22 years and the Executive Board for 10 years. Outside the bounds of WGI, he serves as a compliance director for New York Life. All three Hall of Famers were present for the induction ceremony on April 10 at the Dayton Marriott, where speeches and videos celebrated them and their many achievements in the service of indoor marching over the decades. www.wgi.org
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World Championships Chattanooga Independent
Francis Howell HS
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS
Attendance levels at the 36th WGI World Championships were unprecedented, and a gold medalist in percussion got closer to numerical perfection than any group in its class had managed before. With performers continually stretching the bounds of creativity and athleticism, all this record-setting was no surprise.
Chantilly HS
River City Rhythm Desoto Central HS
Clear Brook HS
Ancora
Dorman HS
Mechanicsburg HS
Mechanicsburg HS Infinity
Seminole HS
Wake Forest Independent Artistry IN BLUE
Aureus
Tunstall HS
Fantasia Dojo Percussion
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Color Guard Wor Pride of Cincinnati, Carmel Win World Class Titles BY MICHAEL REED A record 315 groups took the floor for the 2013 Color Guard Championships in Dayton, Ohio. Attendance at the University of Dayton Arena surpassed previous highs in all Finals sessions, including a sell-out for Saturday’s World Class Finals. Show themes ran the gamut from romance to the supernatural to the color spectrum, and the final result was a multifaceted spectacle that offered something for everyone.
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All burdens were removed from Pride of Cincinnati, which took the gold for “Wait of the World.” The steampunk setting with metallic globes and brass- and copper-colored fl ags helped make the Ohio guard’s labors pay off. WGI’s version of a modern dance troupe, Onyx (Ohio), combined cutting-edge choreography with scoreboard-high equipment tosses to produce peak levels of artistic grace in “Stella Maris.” The living and the deceased shared space for Santa Clara Vanguard (Calif.)’s “Silent Voices,” as apparitions traveled through walls on the house-design tarp while the corporeal could only go through doors. Blessed Sacrament
(Mass.) gave us chills with k.d. lang’s unforgettable “Barefoot.” Icy blue and white colors mixed with snowfl ake formations to make it seem downright wintry. The turn of a giant doorknob revealed a cast of
Independent World 1 (97.600) PRIDE OF CINCINNATI The Wait of the World
2 (97.400) ONYX Stella Maris 3 (95.000) SANTA CLARA VANGUARD Silent Voices
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World Championships Scholastic World 1 (96.250) CARMEL HS Full Spectrum 2 (94.650) FLANAGAN HS 3 (92.950)
Lord of the Flies ARCADIA HS The Journey
comrades who aided a lady with arms full of equipment for Cypress Independent (Texas) in “Soon I Will Come Knocking.” Sheets of paper covered the floor for Imbue (Calif.) as “The Poet” searched for the right words to convey her thoughts, while Braddock Independent (Fla.) showed us a day in the life of a bullfighter with “Death in the Afternoon.” Flipping their floor around 180° between prelims and finals, First Flight (N.C.) created mathematical order out of seeming randomness in “Within the Chaos.” Choreography planned down to the smallest detail gave Opus 10 (Colo.)’s “Magnum Opus” the aura of a professional dance recital. England’s Mayflower tugged on our heartstrings as movers helped a young couple furnish their first home in “The Luckiest,” and Zydeco Colorguard (Ohio) brought us into an ethereal netherworld where unsettled spirits looked for rest with “Unfinished.” Also qualifying for finals were Fantasia (Calif.)’s remake of a classic musical “A West Coast Story,” Alter Ego (Conn.)’s sublime “Moving Forward,” FeniX Independent (Ariz.)’s insightful “Hemispheres,” Emanon (N.J.)’s uncontainable “Irrepressible,” and O2 (Ohio)’s glorious “Archangel.”
Scholastic World
Carmel High School (Ind.)
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Color Guard World Championships Lord of the Flies, chronicling the savage breakdown of a group of boys alone on an island. An old man recalled his path to faith for Arcadia (Calif.) in “The Journey,” which ended with a member ascending to heaven via a 20-foot ladder. As presented by West Broward (Fla.), “Their Quest” included stalagmites emerging from a digitized cave floor. Avon (Ind.) returned after a year off with “Through Rose Colored Glasses,” loftily tossing while wearing pink spectacles. “Something in the Air” meant more than rifles for Lawrence Central (Ind.), as electric fans and fabric created a unique look. A large video screen aided Warren Central (Ind.)’s tribute to scientific and artistic pioneers in “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.” Seminole (Fla.) spun on and around an abundance of chairs for “Sit Back and Take Notice,” while Norwin (Pa.) featured a single giant child’s chair and animated wind-up dolls in “Abandoned.” The cool cats came out to play at dusk in Timber Creek (Fla.)’s “Creature of the Night,” and Trumbull (Conn.) tastefully went through the phases of the moon in “Luminosa.” Remaining finalists were Nease (Fla.)’s thoughtful “Divenere,” Northview (Ind.)’s blustery “Crosswinds,” Choctawhatchee (Fla.)’s luminous “Fenestra,” and Chino (Calif.)’s twisty “Unraveled.”
Independent Open 1 (93.450) IDENTITY Eyes Only for Me 2 (92.700) CODE BLACK As I Lay Adrift 3 (92.050) FIELD OF VIEW Between the Lines
Independent Open
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for Code Black (Texas), leading them to the silver medal for “As I Lay Adrift.” Field of View (Pa.) cycled from grays and blacks to a kaleidoscope of colors with “Between the Lines.” Ancora (Mich.) looked at the life of a clown away from the crowd’s laughter in “All Out All Over.” We followed the bouncing dots with Interplay (Mich.) in “A Very Good Place to Start,” set to “DoRe-Mi” from The Sound of Music. A silky teal river flowed across the floor for University of Alabama Alta Marea in “Shall We Gather,”
while a stream of eloquent words from Anis Mojgani’s poem “Shake the Dust” flowed from the speakers for Etude (S.C.). Doing their part to make the world a better place was State of Art (Mich.) with “Pay It Forward,” while University of Central Florida Pegasus
confined themselves behind prison bars for Peter Gabriel’s “My Body Is a Cage.” Also making finals were Avidity Independent of McKendree University
Scholastic Open 1 (95.300) Mechanicsburg HS Back to You
2 (94.950) Claudia Taylor Johnson HS Secrets Reflected 3 (92.050) Kennesaw Mountain HS Still I Rise
(Mo.: “Your Love”), Brigadiers Winter Guard (N.Y.: “AQUA est VITA”), Rhapsody (Wash.: “Unfinished Business”), The Pride of Missouri State (“On a Hymnsong”), Les Eclipses (Longeuil, Canada: “The best of times”), and St. Brendan (Mass.: “Touched by an Angel”).
Scholastic Open
Mechanicsburg High School
(Pa.) earned top honors with the emotional “Back to You,” in which wooden chairs were stacked in creative ways. Benches divided the floor for Claudia Taylor Johnson (Texas)’s “Secrets Reflected,” allowing members to mirror each other’s movements. Kennesaw Mountain (Ga.) made a big impact with the smallest guard in “Still I Rise,” covering the floor wgi focus 23
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Color Guard World Championships with light-pastel circular tarps. Cypress Bay (Fla.) set intricate choreography to fiery Spanish music in “El Ultimo Baile.” “The Only Son” lost the family farm when he couldn’t pay the mortgage for Byrnes (S.C.), as the tax man took his land. Anne Frank’s hopeful words in the face of persecution during inspired Spring (Texas)’s “Diary of a Young Girl.” Stoneman Douglas (Fla.) thought through things and got on the right track in “Processing.” South Brunswick (N.J.) depicted the ocean’s beauty with colorful wavelike ramps in “Fragile,” while those femmes fatales from Upland (Calif.) spun their web of danger in “Black Widow.” Remaining finalists were Pope (Ga.: “We Come and We Go”), Greenfield-Central (Ind.: “Unveiled”), Norwalk (Conn.: “Speak”), Francis Howell North (Mo.: “The Spirits Within”), West Orange (N.J.: “If You Need a Friend”), and Cooper City (Fla.: “Idioteque”).
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Luminosa (N.Y.) found their
way to the title with “Lost,” set to the song of the same name by Dutch recording artist Anouk. Stonewall Independent (Va.) only had nine members but left us wanting more of “Saying Goodbye.” Pacificaires (B.C.) raced with the abandon of wild horses in “RUN FREE,” while Artistry IN BLUE (Ohio) brightened the arena with radiant fl ags in “Let It Shine.” O3 (Ohio) fought the good fight with “The Boxer,” placing well up in the order in early 20th-century costumes. Demonstrating the value of teamwork, Southeast Independent (Tenn.) bonded with “Us.” Redemp-
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tion Guard (Texas) paid tribute to the space shuttle Challenger’s passengers in “To Touch the Face of GOD.” JSU Center Stage (Ala.) crossed over to optimism with “Bridge of Hope,” and Zydeco Colorguard A (Ohio) brought us a taste of the psychedelic ’60s with “The Mamas and the Papas.” Other finalists were Aria Winterguard (N.C.), Ventures (Ont.), USF II (Fla.), Q (Pa.), Interplay (Mich.), and Identity (Texas).
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Mother’s Day came early for Bellbrook High School (Ohio). “Mother, Mine” was a loving homage featuring photos of the guard members as babies with their moms. Jamestown (N.Y.) discovered true love with “Bound to You,” as a woman leapt into the waiting arms of her man at the end. An elderly woman gave breadcrumbs to a feathery flock in Minooka Community (Ill.)’s “Feed the Birds,” and Harrison Central (Miss.) created a symphony in purple and pink in “Me.” An illuminated obelisk became an idol for Homestead (Calif.)’s worship at “The House of EL.” Lyman (Fla.) encapsulated the passion associated with “Red,” as their spinners spun on rotating lazy susans. Like Sisyphus, Mayfair (Calif.) was doomed to roll a boulder up a hill but overcame at the end with “Struggle.” Cleveland (N.C.) showed the proper comportment of Southern belles in “Little Miss Manners,” and Lakota West (Ohio) conveyed an eerie sense that we’d seen this before with “Déjà vu.” Remaining finalists were Paul Laurence Dunbar (Ky.), Judson (Texas), Greater Johnstown (N.Y.), Jenison (Mich.), Mill Creek (Ga.), and Desoto Central (Miss.). wgi focus 25
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percussion World Rhythm X Sets New Record, Chino Hills Grabs Scholastic Gold BY MICHAEL BOO Judging by the 210 indoor percussion lines that descended on the 2013 WGI Percussion World Championships in Dayton, the activity is thriving and growing at a healthy rate. Multiple ensembles have explored a greater use of video and LED lighting, and athleticism is increasingly a prerequisite for the performers. One thing everyone who took the floor this year will remember was warming up outside in some uncharacteristically chilly and windy April weather.
Percussion Independent World
Rhythm X earned the top Independent honors with “The Man in the Arena,” based on Theodore Roosevelt’s “Citizenship in a Republic” speech about those who strive to accomplish greatness despite overwhelming adversity. Lots of crisscrossing drill moves and an incongruous setting of battle to lovely music led the Ohio ensemble to a score of 98.263—a new record high in the PIW Finals. Riverside Community College (Calif.) took silver with “State of the Arts,” about how hard-studying students are educated out of creativity. Members broke out to discover their personal identities while color was slowly introduced to the show. With the bronze-winning “Taboo,” Music City Mystique (Tenn.) went “where secrets come to play,” as mild-mannered Clark Kent types got their freak on during the risqué production. Matrix (Ohio) found new ways to keep things “Cov-
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rld Championships Percussion Scholastic World 1 (95.513) CHINO HILLS HS Timeless 2 (95.150) AYALA HS Fallen 3 (94.563) FATHER RYAN HS Do NOT…Try This at Home
ered,” as cymbals flew through the air, marimbists performed through a long piece of fabric, iPads were used as drum pads, and paint was applied to torsos and poured over heads. Pulse Percussion (Calif.) taught us how to stand up for ourselves in “Renegade,” with violence leading into a “song of peace, of love, of redemption.” The members of Japan’s Aimachi (“Ninja: Shadow Warrior”) wore no drums; instead, they constantly propelled their instruments on wheels into new positions across the floor. Gateway Indoor (Mo.)’s “Ajna” was a Hindi-inspired program with tabla-speak, sitar sounds, and an awesome sequential rimshot-roll release. George Mason University (Va.)’s “All That I Believe” was a show celebrating plain old drumming, based on a quote from Shakespeare’s Macbeth: “Life’s but a walking shadow….” NorthCoast Academy (Mich.)’s “Defiance” defied gravity as much as “The Man.” In “Faith,” United Percussion (N.J.) incorporated liturgical music from past centuries as the snare line marched across the floor while blindfolded. The other ensembles qualifying for finals were Infinity (Fla.: “Limitless”), Blue Knights (Colo.: “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”), Minnesota Brass Indoor (Minn.: “Dandelion”), Palmetto Percussion (S.C.: “rEVOLution”), and OC Indoor (Ore.:
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percussion World Championships finish with Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Ayala (Calif.) was runner-up with “Fallen,” an exploration of Satan’s fall from grace. Drummers stood atop 12 huge video monitors as a single drumming angel in white metamorphosed into the dark overlord. Dressed as daredevils, Father Ryan (Tenn.) took third place with “Do NOT…Try This At Home,” featuring long-distance stick and drum tosses, acrobatic leaps off tall platforms, and snare drummers strapped to round rolling platforms. Celebrating its 15th World Class Finals performance, Dartmouth (Mass.) came in fourth with a high-temperature program: “Stealing the Fire,” in which dancers portrayed fl ames and red LED lights made the battery players seem like fl ames themselves. Arcadia (Calif.)’s “Minus 1” was about being hopelessly in love, and somehow the line conveyed romance through drumming, which is one of the toughest things you can achieve in this activity. Mt. Juliet (Tenn.)’s “Tin Man” rusted and then moved again with the help of a dose of oil, as snippets of “Over the Rainbow” played throughout. Center Grove (Ind.: “Any Day”) examined how some days affect us all and other days have deep personal meaning to individuals. Rowland (Calif.: “The Four Horsemen”) had bass drummers fighting their peers during an apocalyptic battle. Fountain Valley (Calif.: “The 10 Mile Day”) remembered the famed “Golden Spike” that celebrated the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Eden Prairie (Minn.), promoted a class in mid-season, explored the swirling sands of the desert in “Sandscapes.” Remaining finalists included Avon (Ind.: “Avon Ink”), Walled Lake Central (Mich.:
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Between Here and There ORANGE COUNTY INDEPENDENT PERCUSSION The Road ATLANTA QUEST The Phoenix
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“Transcendence”), James Logan (Calif.: “The Progress of Sound”), Milton (Ga.: “Spirit of the Dead”), and Homestead (Calif.: “Vertigo”).
Percussion Independent Open
Capital City Percussion (Ohio)
took the gold with “Between Here and There,” an extremely aggressive show with much racing between the performing sections.
Orange County Independent
Percussion Scholastic Open 1 (96.650) Upper Darby HS Soulmates 2 (95.738) Victor J. Andrew HS Within You
3 (94.313) Old Bridge HS I Got Soul
(Calif.) captured silver with “The Road,” looking at the pathways we follow through the journey of life. Atlanta Quest (Ga.) earned bronze with “The Phoenix,” the story of a “Firebird” rising out of the ashes. Dark Sky Percussion (Calif.) explored the power of the human vocal cords to both soothe and protest in “The Sound of My Voice.” “A Clockwork Life,” from Wake Forest Independent (N.C.), showed how we rely on friendships to hold our lives together. The way evil spreads and affects all was the theme of “From Pure to Evil” by Valley Independent (Calif.). Other finalists included Tyler Junior College (Texas: “Immortal”), River City Rhythm (Minn.: “Rated RCR”), Motor City Percussion (Mich.: “Legacy”), Pioneer Indoor (Ill.: “Toxic-City”), Genesis Percussion (Mich.: “What Goes Around”), and Green Thunder (Ill.: “rEvolution”).
Percussion Scholastic Open
Upper Darby High School (Pa.)
won the class with “Soulmates,” about the game of dating, the euphoria of hope, the despair of failure, and the satisfaction of finding the right person. The silver medal went to Victor J. Andrew (Ill.) for “Within You,” which found the affirmation of inner beauty through one’s own eyes. Old Bridge (N.J.) earned the bronze medal
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percussion World Championships with “I Got Soul,” an upbeat funk explosion with a healthy dose of rhythm and blues. “The Traveler” of Trumbull (Conn.) took us away by train to parts unknown. “The Web” of Dorman (S.C.) brought us lots of spiders, with multiple drummers on one set of tenors giving the appearance of arachnid percussionists. “Ritual,” from Plymouth-Canton (Mich.), brought a Mayan look to the floor for the performance of an ancient sacrifice. Also qualifying for finals were Franklin Central (Ind.: “Know Your Role”), Lebanon (Ohio: “Control”), Halls (Tenn.: “Passage”), Clear Brook (Texas: “Repeat”), Norwalk (Conn.: “Grow”), and Pacifica (Calif.: “Snapshots”).
Percussion Independent A 1 (95.725) BROOKWOOD INDEPENDENT Ding!
2 (93.538) VEGAS VANGUARD ASCEND 3 (92.863) SPIRIT OF AMERICA PERC.
ENSEMBLE Perpetual Cycles
Percussion Independent A
Brookwood Independent
(Ala.) took gold with “Ding!,” featuring musical phrases that often ended with a single “ding” during Anita Ward’s classic disco song “Ring My Bell.” Vegas Vanguard (Nev.) offered a tribute to the astronauts of the ill-fated space shuttle Challenger in “ASCEND,” earning the silver medal. The bronze medal went to Spirit of America (Mass.), who explored the cycle of human life and the endless cycle of the soul in “Perpetual Cycles.” Other finalists were Notre Dame Indoor (Ohio: “Contact”), Chattanooga Independent (Tenn.: “Stay Tuned”), Salem Blue Devils (N.H.: “Thank You”), Shadow Indoor Percussion (Wis.: “What It Is”), Liberty University Indoor (Va.: “One Shot”), Imperial Dynasty (Del.: “Pathway to Discovery”), Ancient City (Fla.: “ReVOLT”), Resistance Indoor Percussion (Okla.: “Faith”), and Bay Area Percussion (Fla.: “Game Play”).
Percussion Scholastic A 1 (96.888) HILTON HS Arabian Nights: Legend of Scheherezade
2 (96.300) CLINTON HS LISTEN 3 (95.513) LAMBERT HS Superfly
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Hilton High School (N.Y.)
Percussion Scholastic Concert World 1 (95.450) J ames Logan HS Sacred Rituals 2 (94.700) Ayala HS Beautiful Era 3 (94.450) Muscle Shoals HS School for Scandal
won the class with “Arabian Nights: Legend of Scheherazade,” based on the music of Rimsky-Korsakov. Clinton (Mich.) took silver with “LISTEN,” often playing at barely audible levels and ending with a silent drill. Lambert (Ga.) landed the bronze as costumed flies (complete with beady eyewear), eventually succumbing to bug zappers in “Superfly.” Remaining finalists included Westerville South (Ohio: “Go With the Flow”), Goshen (Ind.: “A New Beginning”), Dixie Heights (Ky.: “The Gift”), Norton (Ohio: “As Our World Turns”), Mechanicsburg (Pa.: “Faith Within Darkness”), Kickapoo (Mo.: “Déja Vu”), Foothill (Nev.: “TOGETHER”), Chantilly (Va.: “Revolution”), and Olentangy Liberty (Ohio: “Midnight in Transylvania”).
Percussion Scholastic Concert World James Logan High School
(Calif.) took the Scholastic Concert World Class title with “Sacred Rituals,” which related a story about an American native bitten by a rattlesnake as part of a coming-of-age ceremony. The other medal-winning programs were “Beautiful Era” by Ayala (Calif.) and “School for Scandal” by Muscle Shoals (Ala.), followed by finalists Rowland (Calif.) and Tunstall (Va.).
Percussion Scholastic Concert Open
Percussion Scholastic Concert Open 1 (92.350) Clayton HS Impressions 2 (92.100) Diamond Bar HS Star Crossed Lovers 3 (91.700) Mansfield HS Sketches of a Latin Groove
In Scholastic Concert Open Class, Clayton High School (N.C.) won with “Impressions,” topping “Star Crossed Lovers” by Diamond Bar (Calif.) and “Sketches of a Latin Groove” by Mansfield (Mass.). Other finalists included Portsmouth (N.H.), Dorman (S.C.), East Central (Ind.), and Union County (Ind.). wgi focus 33
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ibraphonist Brandon Jackett joined Legends Perissues weren’t immediately evident, so they chose to deal cussion’s Open Class group a year ago at age 13. with him as they would with any other member. “No matter That makes him one of the ensemble’s all-time who you are, where you come from, or how old you are, we youngest members. Even more remarkable is the number treat the kids all the same,” percussion supervisor Mark of challenges he has overcome to reach this point, includ- Lopez says. “And they respond. Structure is what people ing Tourette’s syndrome, ADHD, and OCD (see sidebar). crave, even though they won’t say it! We told Brandon that Brandon’s story is a testament to how beneficial the we wanted to offer him a [summer corps] contract, but that marching arts can be—and a lesson in how ensembles he wasn’t allowed to be 14. He needed to be an adult. He can support members with special needs. had no accommodations. He was a normal kid all summer.” Brandon started playing drums in sixth grade. A year “Early on I took the stand that I’m not going to let him and a half ago, he went with his family to a Cavaliers slide for anything,” front line coordinator Landon Ewers show. During the day, he attended a section rehearsal. recalls. “I said, ‘I understand your challenges, but you are “We watched for three hours,” his fahere and you are capable. I’m going to focus ther Marc Jackett says. “Brandon’s jaw on what you can do.’ That’s the last time dropped. He said, ‘I want to do this. When we talked about it.” In the past few months, can I sign up?’” Brandon has even stepped up to lead his Tourette’s syndrome (TS) In fall 2011, the family went to the section when the usual leader has been is a neurological disorder Legends Drum Corps Open in Kalamacharacterized by repetitive, absent. “He is so responsive,” Ewers adds. zoo, Mich., and watched more rehearsals. involuntary movements and “He’s a ‘snap to’ kid.” Brandon went back home and was inspired vocalizations called tics. “Before WGI,” Brandon’s mother Kathy to learn vibes. “He went from being a Attention-deficit/hyperac- Jackett says, “other organizations that he two-mallet to a four-mallet player in one tivity disorder (ADHD) is a was involved with focused more on his dismonth!” his dad exclaims. abilities [than anything else]. I give a lot of condition marked by diffiThe question was never whether Brancredit to Legends and their staff. They have culty sustaining attention, don could handle the playing, but whether hyperactivity, and impulsive been nothing but welcoming.” he could manage the other aspects of Brandon himself says, “We are like a behavior. Obsessive-combeing in a group. Consider that question family. We all come together and make pulsive disorder (OCD) is answered, as he has since played in both this wonderful thing. It’s more enjoyable an anxiety disorder charLegends’ indoor ensemble and drum corps acterized by unreasonable than school because we all desire it. And with great success. thoughts and fears that lead the leaders are very encouraging. I want to Legends’ staffers say that Brandon’s continue until I age out.” to repetitive behaviors.
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