1st Annual Dragon Festival of Corps

[Wayne]

(Poster to be revised.)

The Florida Dragon Organization, after having amazing success in DCPI Season VIII, has decided that it is time that we hold a DCPI Preseason event of our own. If you have participated in the FMB’s Dragon Festival of Music, you know that you will not be disappointed! The FDO is sure to offer only the best when it comes to Pageantry Art events, and this one will not be an exception. The Dragon Festival of Corps will be a three day event where corps from all over the country can come to sunny Florida and compete for top honors. The entire FDO will be participating in the festival with all three corps performing in judged exhibition as well as the FDBattalion Percussion Symphony. The Florida Dragon Vanguard (in the FMB Division) will also be performing in exhibition as well. Ratings will also be given at this event.

Logistics for the Showcase of Corps:

Up to three corps will be allowed to compete in this event, just as long as all of the corps is in separate classes. There are five competitive classes in which corps can apply for (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A). Corps can also apply to perform in judged exhibition if they wish. Directors are allowed to send up to FIVE corps to compete in the Showcase. Directors may also submit alumni corps if they wish. There will be no limit as to how many corps will be allowed to compete at this event. Corps will not be allowed to compete at a higher class than what your membership allows. Classes might be adjusted to insure a balanced amount of ensembles in each class.

Showcase Class Ranges:

(Likely to change)

A: No more than 40 members

AA: 41 - 60 members

AAA: 61 – 90 members

AAAA: 91 – 120 members

AAAAA: 121 - 150 members

Judged Exhibition: Any size band, only ratings will be posted. Scores will be sent to the director via PM.

Areas of Judging:

The Showcase will consist of an extended judging panel (details below).

Music Performance:

Two Judges for Ensemble Music (20 pts total after average taken)

Two Judges for Individual Music (10 pts total after average taken)

Total Caption Value: 30 Points

Visual Performance:

Two Judges for Ensemble Visual (20 pts total after average taken)

Two Judges for Individual Visual (10 pts total after average taken)

Total Caption Value: 30 Points

General Effect:

Two Judges for General Effect Music (20 pts total after average taken)

Two Judges for General Effect Visual (20 pts total after average taken)

Total Caption Value: 40 Points

Percussion:

One Judge for Press Box Percussion (50 points)

One Judge for Field Percussion (50 points)

Total Points to be Earned: 100 points

Auxiliary:

One Judge for Press Box Auxiliary (50 points)

One Judge for Field Auxiliary (50 points)

Total Points to be Earned: 100 points

Rating Scale for all events:

Superior: 85% of the caption/overall or above points earned.

Excellent: 70% of the caption/overall or above points earned.

Good: 55% of the caption/overall or above points earned.

Fair: up to 55% of the caption/overall points earned.

DEADLINE AND PENALTY ASSESSMENTS:

DEADLINE FOR ALL INFORMATION (GENERAL INFO AND CAPTIONS) IS NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 15TH, 2007 AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME. PENALTIES WILL BE ASSESSED AS FOLLOWS SHOULD DIRECTORS NOT COMPLY WITH THE DEADLINE:

Information submitted between 12/16 and 12/18: 2.50 penalty off of final prelims score.

Information submitted between 12/19 and 12/21: 5.00 penalty off of final prelims score.

Information submitted between 12/22 and 12/24: 10.00 penalty off of final prelims score.

Information submitted after 12/24: 15.00 penalty off of final prelims score.

Prelims Schedule Format (12/28/2007) (All times tentative):

7:45 AM – National Anthem by the Florida Dragon Vanguard (FMB Division of FDO)

8:00 AM – First Corps performs

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM - Lunch Break

1:00 PM – Resume Preliminary performances

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Dinner Break

6:00 PM – Resume Preliminary Performances

10:00 PM – End Preliminary Performances and Semifinalists are announced

Semifinals/Finals Schedule Format (12/29/2007) (All times tentative):

** Top two in each class will advance to the Semifinals along with the next 10 corps regardless of class, allowing up to 20 corps in the semifinals. Class Champions will take the last slots in the Semifinals round. **

9:45 AM – National Anthem by the members of the DCPI Division of the FDOrganization

10:00 AM – First Corps performs

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch Break

1:30 PM - Resume Semifinal performances

4:00 PM – End Semifinal performances and Finalists are announced

4:00 PM – 5:45 PM – Dinner Break before finals

For Finals, the top 10 bands, regardless of class will advance to finals.

(All times tentative)

5:45 PM – National Anthem by the members of the DCPI Division of the FDOrganization

6:00 PM – First corps performs

7:15 PM – 7:30 PM Brief Break for judges

7:30 PM – Resume Final Performances

8:30 PM – Last Finalist Performs

8:45 PM – Florida Dragon Cadets in Exhibition

9:00 PM – Florida Dragon Regiment in Exhibition

9:15 PM – Florida Dragon Battalion in Exhibition

9:30 PM – Florida Dragon Vanguard (FMB Division) in Exhibition

9:45 PM – Florida State University Marching Chiefs in Exhibition

10:00 PM – Final Tabulations

10:15 PM – Awards Ceremony for Showcase

Awards offered at this event (Showcase only for now, Percussion Showdown to come at a later date.):

Preliminary Awards:

--- Participation Plaques for all corps (Competing and in Exhibition)

--- Excellent Rating Plaques in each caption/overall

--- Superior Rating Plaques in each caption/overall

--- Best Music Performance Trophies in Each Class

--- Best Visual Performance Trophies in Each Class

--- Best General Effect Trophies in Each Class

--- Best Percussion Trophies in Each Class

--- Best Auxiliary Trophies in Each Class

--- Runner-up Trophies in Each Class

--- Best in Class Trophies in Each Class

--- Crowd Favorite Plaque in Each Class

Semifinals Awards:

--- Participation Plaques for all Semifinalists

--- Crowd Favorite Plaque

--- Excellent Rating Plaques in each caption/overall

--- Superior Rating Plaques in each caption/overall

--- Overall Runner-up and Best Music Performance Trophies

--- Overall Runner-up and Best Visual Performance Trophies

--- Overall Runner-up and Best General Effect Trophies

--- Overall Runner-up and Best PercussionTrophies

--- Overall Runner-up and Best Auxiliary Trophies

--- Placement Trophies for those advancing to the Finals Round

Finals Awards:

--- Participation Trophies for all Finalists

--- Espirit de Corps Trophy

--- Crowd Favorite Plaque

--- Excellent Rating Trophies in each caption/overall

--- Superior Rating Trophies in each caption/overall

--- Trophy for Best Overall Music Performance

--- Trophy for Best Overall Visual Performance

--- Trophy for Best Overall General Effect

--- Trophy for Best Overall Percussion

--- Trophy for Best Overall Auxiliary

--- Trophies for PERFECT Caption Scores (if needed)

--- Placement Trophies (Tenth to First)

--- Banner Awards (to top three corps ONLY)

Applications:

Directors, if you can, please send in all applications for your organization to me in ONE Private Message. Remember, each director is allowed to enter up to FIVE corps to compete. Thanks!

Showcase of Corps Application

Name of Director:

Name of Corps:

Location of Corps:

Number of Total Members in Corps:

DCPI Forum Username (for PM purposes):

Class of Corps Based on Total Members in Corps (please BOLD one):

A: No more than 40 members

AA: 41 - 60 members

AAA: 61 – 90 members

AAAA: 91 – 120 members

AAAAA: 121 - 150 members

Judged Exhibition: Any size band, only ratings will be posted.

Caption Submission:

For the following, please select one number between 1-30 in each of the following areas. Scores will be generated randomly, so it is anyone's ball game and all classes will be treated the same. Directors may use numbers more than once if they wish.

Music Performance

Ensemble Music 1:

Ensemble Music 2:

Individual Music 1:

Individual Music 2:

Visual Performance

Ensemble Visual 1:

Ensemble Visual 2:

Individual Visual 1:

Individual Visual 2:

General Effect

General Effect Music 1:

General Effect Music 2:

General Effect Coordination 1:

General Effect Coordination 2:

Percussion

Front Ensemble 1:

Front Ensemble 2:

Battery (Drumline) 1:

Battery (Drumline) 2:

Auxiliary

Flags 1:

Flags 2:

Dance 1:

Dance 2:

-------------------------- End of Application -------------------------

On behalf of the Florida Dragon Organization, we would like to thank everyone for taking their time to attend this event. Should anyone have any questions or concerns, please feel free to PM me, reply to this post, or AIM me (username: waynethebandgeek).

Musically yours,

Wayne Wildt

Director, Florida Dragon Organization

Edited November 3, 2007 by Wayne

[Matthew]

Emerald Regime and Emerald Explorers will compete in the field show portion only!

Edited September 5, 2007 by Matthew

[The Westerners]

Is it the dates or the days? The days don't line up with the dates. The 28th of December is on a Friday.

[Wayne]

Is it the dates or the days? The days don't line up with the dates. The 28th of December is on a Friday.

Days correct, not the dates. Info changed... looks like someone doesn't know how to read a calendar... LOL.

[ajw]

Shadow Music Organization will be sending 2 groups for both the Showcase and the Percussion Showdown

[Wayne]

I will also "attempt" to create a show poster for this event as well.... we'll see how that goes. :)

[StarOrg]

I will also "attempt" to create a show poster for this event as well.... we'll see how that goes. :)

Sure it will look great Wayne.

Star Org will be sending 2 corps, Star of Jupiter and Cross to the Showcase event. Jupiter will also compete in the Percussion Showdown.

[Wayne]

Do not be afraid to apply for this event early! Spots are filling up and corps of all shapes and sizes are more than welcome to attend this contest!

[Wayne]

Legend:

GOOD TO GO = All info received, nothing else needed unless you want to make changes.

NEED CAPTIONS = I have received the General Information from you, but have yet to receive the Caption Submissions, get those in ASAP, please. Thanks!

Expanded Schedule Format:

Schedule for Showcase of Corps Preliminary Competition

6:45 AM National Anthem by Florida Dragon Vanguard

CLASS A

7:00 AM The Directors Drum and Bugle Corps, Alabama, 40 Members, D. Smith, director (GOOD TO GO)

7:15 AM Phantom Drum Corps, Colorado, 40 Members, T. Thawley, director (GOOD TO GO)

7:30 AM Nastalgia Percussion Ensemble, Kentucky, 40 members, C. Leavell, director (GOOD TO GO)

CLASS AA

7:45 AM Nastalgia Cadets, Kentucky, 60 Members, C. Leavell, director (GOOD TO GO)

8:00 AM Colorado Colts, Colorado, 60 Members, T. Thawley, director (GOOD TO GO)

8:15 AM Music of the South Organization Alumni Corps, Alabama, 60 Members, D. Smith, director (GOOD TO GO)

8:30 AM Tri-Tone, Washington, 60 Members, M. Smith, director (GOOD TO GO)

8:45 AM Nemesis, Virginia, 60 Members, G. Currier, director (GOOD TO GO)

9:00 AM Judge's Break

JUDGED EXHIBITION

9:15 AM Indian River Sound, Florida, 60 Members, W. Wildt, director (HOST, JUDGED EXHIBITION)

9:30 AM Florida Dragon Cadets, Florida, 75 Members, W. Wildt, director (HOST, JUDGED EXHIBITION)

9:45 AM Florida Dragon Regiment, Florida, 125 Members, W. Wildt, director (HOST, JUDGED EXHIBITION)

10:00 AM Florida Dragon Battalion, Florida, 150 Members, W. Wildt, director (HOST, JUDGED EXHIBITION)

CLASS AAA

10:15 AM Nastalgia Regiment, Kentucky, 90 Members, C. Leavell, director (GOOD TO GO)

10:30 AM SPARTA, Alabama, 87 Members, D. Smith, director (GOOD TO GO)

10:45 AM Velocity, Florida, 72 Members, M. Briddell, director (GOOD TO GO)

11:00 AM VK 3, California, 70 Members, B. Price, director (GOOD TO GO)

11:15 AM Cape Cod Regiment, Massachusetts, 85 Members, G. Currier, director (GOOD TO GO)

11:30 AM Lunch Break

11:45 AM Lunch Break

12:00 PM Lunch Break

12:15 PM Lunch Break

Resume Class AAA

12:30 PM Cross, Scotland, 74 Members, StarOrg, director (GOOD TO GO)

12:45 PM Crescent Arrow Drum and Bugle Corps, Colorado, 75 Members, T. Thawley, director (GOOD TO GO)

1:00 PM Emerald Explorers, Washington, 72 Members, M. Smith, director (GOOD TO GO)

CLASS AAAA

1:15 PM Star of Carolina, 120 Members, C. Langdon, director (GOOD TO GO)

1:30 PM Synergy, Kentucky, 120 Members (GOOD TO GO)

1:45 PM Tri-Color, Illinois, 120 Members, M. Smith, director (GOOD TO GO)

2:00 PM The Charioteers, Alabama, 120 Members, D. Smith, director (GOOD TO GO)

2:15 PM VK Too, California, 100 Members, B. Price, director (GOOD TO GO)

2:30 PM Nastalgia, Kentucky, 100 Members, C. Leavell, director (GOOD TO GO)

2:45 PM Cx Crown Drum and Bugle Corps, Colorado, 120 Members, T. Thawley, director (GOOD TO GO)

3:00 PM Silhouette, North Carolina, 97 Members, A. Wagner, director (GOOD TO GO)

CLASS AAAAA

3:15 PM Magic of Mobile, Alabama, 150 Members, J. Dunnam, director (GOOD TO GO)

3:30 PM The Westerners of Turner County, Alabama, 130 Members, D. Smith, director (GOOD TO GO)

3:45 PM Light of Indy Drum and Bugle Corps, Indiana, 150 Members, Bryen Warfield, director (GOOD TO GO)

4:00 PM Velour Knights, California, 150 Members, B. Price, director (GOOD TO GO)

4:15 PM Les Blanc Chevailer, Canada, 131 Members, G. Currier, director (GOOD TO GO)

4:30 PM Star of Jupiter, Florida, 134 Members, StarOrg, director (GOOD TO GO)

4:45 PM Nastalgia Vanguard, Kentucky, 135 Members, C. Leavell, director (GOOD TO GO)

5:00 PM Rangers Arrow, Colorado, 150 Members, T. Thawley, director (GOOD TO GO)

5:15 PM Emerald Regime, Indiana, 121 Members, M. Smith, director (GOOD TO GO)

5:30 PM Shadow, North Carolina, 150 Members, A. Wagner, director (GOOD TO GO)

5:45 PM Florida Dragon Vanguard, Florida, 175 Members, W. Wildt, director (MARCHING BAND EXHIBITION)

6:00 PM Announce Semi-finalists

6:15 PM Dinner Break

6:30 PM Dinner Break

6:45 PM Dinner Break

7:00 PM Dinner Break

Concert presented by FDO Concert Bands (FOR CORPS MEMBERS, DIRECTORS, AND STAFF ONLY… NO SPECTATORS ALLOWED!!)

7:15 PM FDO Symphonic Band, 95 Members

Program:

Rough Riders, Karl King

An Irish Rhapsody, Clare Grundman

On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss, David Holsinger

First Suite in Eb Mvt.1: Chaconne, Gustav Holst

Chant and Jubilo, Frances McBeth

8:00 PM FDO Wind Symphony, 60 Members

Program:

Sea Songs, Ralph Vaughn Williams

Second Suite in F (All four movements), Gustav Holst

Variations on a Korean Folk Song, John Barnes Chance

Yosemite Autumn, Mark Camphouse

Symphonic Dance No. 2 "Maskers", Clifton Williams

8:45 PM FDO Wind Orchestra, 45 Members

Program:

Mother Earth, David Maslanka

Carmina Burana (Mvts. 1, 2, 6, 10, 13), Carl Orff

Symphony No. 2 in D Major (Mvt. IV: Finale), Jean Sibelius/Joseph Krienes

Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew, James Curnow

Blue Shades, Frank Ticheli

9:30 PM Exit of all corps

9:45 PM FDO Members Dismissed until tomorrow (call time: 7 AM)

Schedule for Showcase of Corps Semifinals Competition

9:45 AM National Anthem by DCPI Division members of FDO

10:00 AM Wild Card #10

10:15 AM Wild Card #9

10:30 AM Wild Card #8

10:45 AM Wild Card #7

11:00 AM Wild Card #6

11:15 AM Wild Card #5

11:30 AM Wild Card #4

11:45 AM Wild Card #3

12:00 PM Wild Card #2

12:15 PM Wild Card #1

12:30 PM Lunch Break (One Hour)

1:30 PM Class AAAAA Runner-up Corps in Prelims

1:45 PM Class AA Runner-up Corps in Prelims

2:00 PM Class AAA Runner-up Corps in Prelims

2:15 PM Class A Runner-up Corps in Prelims

2:30 PM Class AAAA Runner-up Corps in Prelims

2:45 PM Class AA First Place Corps in Prelims

3:00 PM Class A First Place Corps in Prelims

3:15 PM Class AAAA First Place Corps in Prelims

3:30 PM Class AAA First Place Corps in Prelins

3:45 PM Class AAAAA First Place Corps in Prelims

4:00 PM Finalists Announced, Dinner Break before Finals (One Hour, Forty-five minutes)

Schedule for Showcase of Corps Finals Competition

5:45 PM National Anthem by entire FDO

6:00 PM 10th Place Corps in Semifinals

6:15 PM 9th Place Corps in Semifinals

6:30 PM 8th Place Corps in Semifinals

6:45 PM 7th Place Corps in Semifinals

7:00 PM 6th Place Corps in Semifinals

7:15 PM Judges' Break (15 Minutes)

7:30 PM 5th Place Corps in Semifinals

7:45 PM 4th Place Corps in Semifinals

8:00 PM 3rd Place Corps in Semifinals

8:15 PM 2nd Place Corps in Semifinals

8:30 PM 1st Place Corps in Semifinals

8:45 PM Florida Dragon Cadets in Exhibition

9:00 PM Florida Dragon Regiment in Exhibition

9:15 PM Florida Dragon Battalion in Exhibition

9:30 PM Florida Dragon Vanguard in Exhibition

9:45 PM Final Tabulations

10:00 PM Finals Awards Ceremony

Edited December 18, 2007 by Wayne

[Wayne]

Poster added to main post. Check it out!

-Wayne