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Pioneer Annouces 2016 Production

The Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps is proud to present its 2016 production St. Joan of Arc:

Act I: Voices - Depicts the saintly voices from which Joan received her divine mission.

Voices of the Sky by Samuel Hazo

Act II: Conflict – Joan leads the French to succeed over the English invasion of the 100 years war.

Lauds by Ron Nelson

Act III: Capture and Condemnation – The forces of the inquisition charged Joan with heresy leading to her immolation.

Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

Act IV: Ascension – The charges against Joan are vacated by the Church leading to her canonization 500 years later.

The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky

For more information on being a part of the 2016 Pioneer, please visit our website: www.pioneer-corps.org/2016

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Wow! I'm shocked! I thought they would have taken Joan and made her Irish to fit their image. I guess they are taking a chance!

Well, Brittany now of France speaks Breton, a Celtic language and cousin of Gaelic...

and Brittany even had its own competitive drum and bugle corps which competed in Drum Corps Europe.

But St. Joan of Arc from Lorraine, not Brittany, lived well before Brittany became French territory. I hope you are not saying you wish they don't get burnt. That would be a poor pun given St. Joan's martyrdom but would definitely give us a G.E. packed fiery ending with the announced Firebird Suite. Yet that seems more a Regiment finish.

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I enjoyed Pioneer last season and thought they should have placed better than they did. Hopefully, they keep going in the same direction as last year. That was the best Pioneer show I've seen in the last decade or so.

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Nice choice of source music for Pio. Definitely in their niche along with a few heaping spoonfuls of envelope-pushing sounds. Should work well for them.

Good choices, yes. Envelope pushing, maybe compared to their past repertoire, but not for the activity at large.

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