DCI Quarterfinals in Theaters: August 6th

This is one of the best ways to see drum corps this summer! Championships quarterfinals will be broadcast into theaters on August 6th.

DCI Cinema Event

It ends up being about a 5 hour show, where you can see the full performances from the top 15 corps and other short things that they show in between the groups.

Last year a bunch of us went to see the show at Cupertino 16 and had a great time. Hopefully we'll see you there!

Clearing out the cobwebs

We haven't been too active on here since the beginning of winter season, but that will change as we head into fall. Be prepared, more updates coming soon…

Early February Updates

The push is on to make it to our first show! Here are some recent bits of news:

Starting in February the Saturday practices now go until 4pm. We will still have a short break in the mornings, and add an extended break around 1pm for lunch.

The battery has music for the whole show, and individuals should be making progress playing through it. Letters A-D and F-G should be memorized by next practice (Feb 3), and you should have looked at G-H and I-K. Solo sections need to be looked at and worked on, but we will have time to refine them as we go along. Make sure to ask the staff if you have any questions!

The pit has gotten music for letters A-D, and should continue working through it and begin memorizing.

Audio for the show has been posted on the (private) school site, so make sure you have downloaded a copy and listen to it at least once a day. The more familiar we are with the music, the easier it will be to put everything together.

For everyone–keep working at it! Things are looking and sounding great so far!

Winter Percussion - warmups for Thursday 12/4

The files for drumline warmups can be found on the Google groups site:

https://sites.google.com:443/site/fremontpercussion/

…specifically:

• 8-16 Legato, acc-tap (not worrying about the accent tap part until we go over the techniques on Thursday)
  
• 8th Note Timing Exercise
  

Eventually we'll get to 16th timing and others, so feel free to look though all of them… (though some will change for this season)

Battery Warmups online

We have posted the first batch of battery warmups online here:

https://sites.google.com:443/site/fremontpercussion/

The media page has pdf files for most of the things we have handed out so far - so now you can print a copy whenever you want :)

DCI Quarterfinals in Theaters!

This Thursday the DCI Quarterfinals will be shown in theaters - it's a great chance to see the top 20 groups performing at the end of the season.

You can click on the image above to get more information from the site, or use the following link to get tickets for the showing at Cupertino 16. Alec and I will be there, and it should be a fun show!

Purchase tickets for the Cupertino 16 show:
https://www.movietickets.com/purchase.asp?perf_id=558211193

-Corey

New Fremont Percussion calendar

Here's an easy way to see the upcoming schedule…

You can view the calendar online:


Fremont Percussion on Google Calendar


Or you can subscribe to it in other applications, like Apple's iCal or Microsoft Outlook:


Fremont Percussion .ics file

The calendar should stay up to date, but please send an email if you see any errors - fremontpercussion [at] gmail [dot] com