MCA Public Relations Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 (edited) Mini Corps Associates to Hold Inaugural Championship Representatives of some of the best Mini-Corps in the country will converge at Albany, New York this fall; to compete for the MCA Championship Title. The event will be held: Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, 2:00-10:00 pm State University of NY Performing Arts Center Albany, NY The Mini-Corps contest will be held in the Main Theater at 7:00 pm. Individual and Ensemble competition will be held in the Studio Theater from 2:00-5:00pm. Committed to compete as of this date: Amoskeag Sound - Manchester, NH Capital Brass! - Albany, NY Ghost Riders - Parts Unknown, NY Mass Brass - South Boston, MA Golden Eagles - West Sayville, NY Windsor Regiment - West Windsor, NJ The Main Theater features comfortable, continental-style theater seating, and every seat is excellent! All Seats: $12.00 : $10.00 in advance. Admission to the I&E portion of the show is free. Don't miss the very first MCA Championship, the I&E contest OR the after-party. A full day of the fun and SUPER-sized entertainment that the Mini-Corps' bring to the stage. Watch for updates on the event, including photos, schedule, I&E application and Hotel info at: www.capitalbrass.org/2008mca.htm MCA invites new corps to apply for membership by the August 25 deadline, in order to participate in this historic event. Entry to I&E is open to all brass & percussion performers. For further information contact Rod Keppel, MCA President via email at rkeppel1@rochester.rr.com , or Contest Coordinator Tom MacDonald at tommacd@nycap.rr.com . I&E applications will be available on-line soon. In the meantime, if you e-mail me with a request for one, I'll send it along. Edited June 2, 2008 by MCA Public Relations Quote
pmaustin Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 Mini Corps Associates to Hold Inaugural ChampionshipRepresentatives of some of the best Mini-Corps in the country will converge at Albany, New York this fall; to compete for the MCA Championship Title. The event will be held: Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, 2:00-10:00 pm State University of NY Performing Arts Center Albany, NY The Mini-Corps contest will be held in the Main Theater at 7:00 pm. Individual and Ensemble competition will be held in the Studio Theater from 2:00-5:00pm. Committed to compete as of this date: Amoskeag Sound - Manchester, NH Capital Brass! - Albany, NY Ghost Riders - Parts Unknown, NY Mass Brass - South Boston, MA Golden Eagles - West Sayville, NY Windsor Regiment - West Windsor, NJ The Main Theater features comfortable, continental-style theater seating, and every seat is excellent! All Seats: $12.00 : $10.00 in advance. Admission to the I&E portion of the show is free. Don't miss the very first MCA Championship, the I&E contest OR the after-party. A full day of the fun and SUPER-sized entertainment that the Mini-Corps' bring to the stage. Watch for updates on the event, including schedule, I&E application and Hotel info at: www.capitalbrass.org/2008mca.htm MCA invites new corps to apply for membership by the August 25 deadline, in order to participate in this historic event. Entry to I&E is open to all brass & percussion performers. For further information contact Rod Keppel, MCA President via email at rkeppel1@rochester.rr.com , or Contest Coordinator Tom MacDonald at tommacd@nycap.rr.com . I&E applications will be available on-line soon. In the meantime, if you e-mail me with a rquest for one, I'll send it along. Tom, This is going to be a great event (and party)! Thanks to you and everyone else involved in organizing the show. MCA ROCKS Quote
Contra Joe Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 Tom,This is going to be a great event (and party)! Thanks to you and everyone else involved in organizing the show. MCA ROCKS UA. This place will bring back memories as I am a University at Albany Alumni. It will be good to be on campus again...Easy access from highways as well... Quote
CozyChopsCom Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 (edited) Fantastic! Delighted about this news. MCA is a circuit that not just honors the past. It is as hip as anything going on in corpsdom to date. Check it out! Edited June 2, 2008 by CozyChopsCom Quote
MCA Public Relations Posted June 2, 2008 Author Posted June 2, 2008 (edited) Fantastic! Delighted about this news.MCA is a circuit that not just honors the past. It is as hip as anything going on in corpsdom to date. Check it out! That's QUITE the compliment Cozy!!! On behalf of the members..... Thanks!!! pics of the site here: 2008 MCA Championship Edited June 2, 2008 by MCA Public Relations Quote
brassomaniac Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 (edited) UA. This place will bring back memories as I am a University at Albany Alumni. It will be good to be on campus again...Easy access from highways as well... Easy access from all points on the map - Interstate Highways from any direction...., take you right to the doorstep of the campus! Less than 5 minutes from NY State Thruway Exit 24! Beautiful theater with nothing but great seats! Plus a second theater for I&E Rehearsal rooms right down the hall. Lots of Hotels and Restaurants close by. Huge shopping Mall just up the street. A beautiful site to spend the day on, with a huge, relaxing fountain RIGHT OUTSIDE the theater..., food services right on campus... It's gonna be a GREAT DAY! Edited June 2, 2008 by brassomaniac Quote
FlamNCheez Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 Easy access from all points on the map - Interstate Highways from any direction...., take you right to the doorstep of the campus! Less than 5 minutes from NY State Thruway Exit 24!Lots of Hotels and Restaurants close by. Huge shopping Mall just up the street. A beautiful site to spend the day on, with a huge, relaxing fountain RIGHT OUTSIDE the theater..., food services right on campus... rehearsal rooms right down the hall. It's gonna be a GREAT DAY! This is great news, Tom! Best of luck! Hope to make it up for it! Quote
brassomaniac Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 (edited) We are considering an exhibiton group or 2. If interested: e-mail me Edited June 2, 2008 by brassomaniac Quote
brassomaniac Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 Volunteers will be needed to work the site on show day. And we are building a pretty strong show committee. If you feel you have something to offer to help make the show a success, please let me know. tommacd@nycap.rr.com Quote
Gary Matczak Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 Volunteers will be needed to work the site on show day.And we are building a pretty strong show committee. If you feel you have something to offer to help make the show a success, please let me know. tommacd@nycap.rr.com I'll go Quote
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