The Walk To Indy Trailer

[HPUEuph]

I am proud to call myself an alum. Always been a pretty class organization and this just makes me smile

[kenelbow]

Wow, that looks extremely well done. I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished product. Stuff like this makes me proud to be an alum of such a great organization.

[RetiredJedi]

Well done. Inspiring. The motivation for it is so very sad.

I cried at the video of the performance for the lady in N.Y. and the Age-Out picture.

Pacific Crest: All of you are 1 classy organization. Thanks for reminding us what's important!

Edited August 17, 2010 by RetiredJedi

[JohnD]

I understand PC did a special standstill for a single older fan . . .sounds like a cool story there.

Anyone that can share?

By the way, the film looks to be amazing. The trailer is top notch.

You're absolutely right Bawker - the trailer is top notch and I'm really looking forward to seeing the completed product.

As for your question about the standstill, I sent the question off to Stuart Pompel, Pacific Crest's Executive Director, for the answer. He provided the following recount from PC member Ryan Milligan:

This was VERY impromptu. We had been informed that we were playing Ave for the street we warmed up on as a thank you to them. As we walked down the street to set up the arc, I noticed an elderly lady standing on her porche watching us walk by with a very excited, very care-worned, and had a moved look on her face. I pointed this out to a few in my section and we had the idea to invite her.

I broke ranks (eek) to go invite her. As I approached her a tear fell and she immediately hugged me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. She told me how she had been watching and cooking for corps since it first started in her neighborhood.

I asked if she wanted to come watch us perform for her street and she said she was simply too old (90 years old) and her husband was sick inside. After we performed Ave we brought a group of the corps to perform for her. She was very moved by this and thanked all of deeply.

True to form, a classy move by the staff and members of Pacific Crest.

-john

[bawker]

Great stuff, John.

[Plan9]

Keep in mind that this was recorded on a mobile phone, and the sound quality isn't so great. This was in Rome, New York. After having such amazing hospitality from the community surrounding us, we decided that we were going to play our corps song Ave Maria for the neighborhood. As we were passing by after our performance, an elderly lady (shown in the video) comes out and just watches us pass by with her arms crossed on her chest, looking in admiration. My section leader decided to go up to her and ask her to come watch us play for the her neighbors, just about 4 or 5 houses down. I can't remember the exact reason why she couldn't come and watch us, but I do remember hearing people say that she said she was too old to walk over there to watch us, or that she had to take care of somebody. After playing Ave Maria down the street, we decided to play Ave Maria for her as well. This was personally my favorite performance of the season.

Breath taking. What a wonderful memory and classy thing to do. PC... you are amazing!!

[RetiredJedi]

Please let everyone know when this is done and where we can view it.

[Aaron Guidry]

Great tune.

[tokyo512]

Please let everyone know when this is done and where we can view it.

To my knowledge, the current goal is to have this film done by the end of the next season.

[BlueMan2567]

Taken from the Pacific Crest Website:

Written by Antoinette Ochoa, Class of 2010

In the stands people put their hands together and applaud the corps at the completion of their best show yet. On the field is a girl using everything she has left to hold herself up. Once the bass drum hits, signaling the dismissal of the corps, her body goes out and she hits the ground. The corps begins to exit the stadium as two staff members are left behind carrying her off the sideline. The conditions in drum corps are less than ideal, yet something in the activity is appealing to high school and college students, bringing them back every summer to sacrifice a vacation for one thing: music performance.

"There is no easing up in drum corps. There is no off switch," says film director Adam Adorno. Working with Focus Group Promotions, Adorno and videographer Manny Coronado are following Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps from Southern California on their summer tour. The 2010 season will be captured in The Walk to Indy showing the corps as they perform their program Maze and revealing that there are more challenges in the season than just the show.

Perhaps one of the poignant life experiences is losing a loved one. In November 2009, Pacific Crest lost its drum major, Zach Headden, who had been with corps since 2006 and served as front field drum major for both the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Zach was killed in an automobile collision, and 2010 would have been his age-out season.

A Pacific Crest tradition during the Drum Corps International Age-Out Ceremony is for all the age outs to leave their shoes on the field in the shape of the corps logo, the crest. This year's ceremony will be especially memorable for the corps: On the field that night will be one more pair of shoes than the number of age outs, in remembrance of a young man who had made a significant impact on the corps. In addition to focusing on this story, a few individuals will be followed allowing us an inside view of their drum corps experience. As described by Adorno, "The Walk to Indy isn't just about Zach's shoes being left on the field, but everybody's journey to Indianapolis and a celebration of Zach's life."

Being on tour separates a member from "real life" for a short period of time, but in this film real life finds ways to catch up with people. It is more than just handling the stress of intense rehearsals and more than dealing with extreme exhaustion and fatigue. Watching The Walk to Indy will show the audience a deeper layer to this demanding sport.

Adorno and Coronado will continue to film Pacific Crest through the end of tour. Focus Group Promotions will begin editing at the conclusion of the season and is projecting the release of the film to festivals starting in late 2011.