Wayne

Tampa.

Yeah, I've been thinking ahead.

First off, congrats to all of the corps that made it to the finals, FDB rooted for everyone there and saw great performances all around! Special congrats to THE KNIGHTS for winning it and keeping the championship in the CLASS family (though FDB DID win the CLASS Championships. HAHA)!!! With DCPI-XII now over the FDO can now look to clear horizons as to what to do for the upcoming season. I will say that we are bringing ALL of our corps back as well as our pre-season event. However, we do have some changes for our pre-season event, but more to come on that later in the post. Some may think that this is premature, but if I personally don't do this now, then I'll end up forgetting!!! The flagship corps, Florida Dragon Battalion will be bringing back a show that we wanted to do in DCPI-X but never got the chance to do it. "Trittico" by Vaclav Nehlybel Mvt. I - Allegro Maestoso Mvt. II - Adagio Mvt. III - Allegro Marcato There will be a total of 146 members (78 Brass, 36 Percussion, 30 Guard, 2 Drum Majors) in the FDB for DCPI-XIII. DCPI-VIII Division II (now Open Class) Champions Florida Dragon Regiment will be performing a show based off a HBO hit miniseries. "Music from Band of Brothers" by Michael Kamen Mvt. I - Main Theme Mvt. II - The Mission Begins Mvt. III - Bull's Theme Mvt. IV - Excerpts from Suite No. 2 Mvt. V - Requiem for a Soldier There will be a total of 120 members (60 Brass, 30 Percussion, 28 Guard, 2 Drum Majors) in the FDR for DCPI-XIII. DCPI-VIII Division III (now A Class) Silver Medalists Florida Dragon Cadets has some latin feel to themselves this coming season. Some of the pieces may seem very familiar. (But hey, I like them!! LOL) "Latin Fever" Mvt. I - Escorpion Mvt. II - Bolero (Maurice Ravel) Mvt. III - Como la Flor (Selena, in case some didn't know) Mvt. IV - One More Time, Chuck Corea There will be a total of 84 members (40 Brass, 24 Percussion, 19 Guard, 1 Drum Major) in the FDC for DCPI-XIII. FDO's Pre-Season event is coming back but with a different feel. We want to try something different out this time around offering a full week of competition where each ensemble attending will perform once a day for four days (Monday through Thursday) to get a feel for it and to earn as many points as they can. After the four days, only a certain amount of corps will be allowed to perform at Friday's Quarterfinals event. Saturday will be where the Semifinals (morning/afternoon) and Finals (evening) events will take place. We are still working out all of the details, but the scoring format will be done in a traditional marching band set up for the state of Florida, though expanded and with a couple of twists of my own. There are two judges for each of the primary captions (GE, Music, Visual) except for Individual Music and Individual Visual. If you're not familiar, I will gladly explain. Primary Captions General Effect (40 points) = GE Music (2 judges, 20 points each, averaged together) + GE Visual (2 judges, 20 points each, averaged together) = up to 40 possible points Music Performance (30 points) = Ensemble Music (2 judges, 20 points each, averaged together) + Individual Music (1 judge for 10 points) = up to 30 possible points Visual Performance (30 points) = Ensemble Visual (2 judges, 20 points each, averaged together) + Individual Visual (1 judge for 10 points) = up to 30 possible points Side Captions Percussion (100 points, ONE JUDGE) = Front Ensemble (50 points) + Battery (50 points) = up to 100 possible points Color Guard (100 points, ONE JUDGE) = Flags / Rifles (50 points) + Dancers / Sabres (50 points) = up to 100 possible points Drum Major (100 points, ONE JUDGE) = Image / Projection (50 points) + Field Conducting (50 points) = up to 100 possible points For classes, I tend to go with a Marching Band style where there's no World Class or anything like that. This event offers five classes (A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A) depending on the SIZE of your group. Just because you're bringing bigger groups doesn't mean that you're better! Organizations will be allowed to have one group PER class, so a total of five groups will be able to attend. This could also help Executive Directors out that want to also bring those that auditioned but didn't quite make the cut as they can still get a feel of what it's like to compete in a DCPI Pre-Season setting. The registration form will be posted shortly, but I know that "Caption Submissions" will be done by a random number system, except that YOU pick the numbers. More to come on that. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me or send my an IM on Yahoo! (username: wwildt). -Wayne PS: Mitch I'll be asking for new logos and show posters for my corps soon too!

14th.... with our highest scores ever! We'll take it and run considering we haven't been in DCPI in a couple of seasons. The entire FDO would like to thank everyone for supporting us and we do have plans on bringing back a pre-season show, though more in an expanded style. Shows are already taking shape too! More to come!

Dropped a place... oh well, no biggie, still my highest showing yet in championships so far! -Wayne

Battalion's in second at the moment. We're not going to change anything up except work on minor issues seen at the quarters. This year's championships are probably going to be the closest ever. I wouldn't even want to do predictions it's so close! -Wayne

Surprisingly, I'm the one that's in first right now. Usually I'm lucky to be borderline in even making it past quarterfinals! -Wayne

Thanks! To be honest, I didn't even notice. Oops. -Wayne

I generally go with the trends. If I see good scores, I'll run with who has the best scores if I can afford it. It worked for the New Orleans prelims. Let's see how it holds.

Well, the fire that was laid under the butts of the FDB worked. Broke 80 for the first time this season and are currently in first place in New Orleans. Let's hope we can at least medal considering our performances this past week. -Wayne

Tonight. Scores should be posted tomorrow afternoon-ish. -Wayne

The Florida Dragon Alumni Brigade will be coming back this season, though with a different type of show than what people are used to typically from the ensembles of the Florida Dragon Organization. This is the FDAB's first time back since season II of CLASS ACT, so it will be interesting to see what's in store for us. This is the first step in rebuilding the FDO (where we will be going full force come DCPI's 13th Season). BREAKDOWN OF CORPS MEMBERSHIP DRUM MAJOR: 1 BRASS: 80 Trumpet: 32 Mellophone: 17 Baritones: 17 Contras: 14 PERCUSSION: 33 Front Ensemble: 10 Snares: 9 Tenors: 5 Basses: 5 Cymbals: 4 COLOR GUARD: 36 Flags: 24 Dance: 12 TOTAL: 150 SHOW FOR CLASS ACT V Show Title: A Night at the Movies -- Opening Credits -- Jurassic Park (1993), John Williams -- Hymn to the Fallen -- Saving Private Ryan (1998), John Williams -- Enterprising Young Men -- Star Trek (2009), Michael Giacchino -- Zero to Hero -- Hercules (1997), Cheryl Freeman

It's just how the scores add up. You may have got 2 out of 3 high caption awards, but may have been lackluster in the 3rd caption and didn't place well there. Just my theory. -Wayne

Third win in a row for FDB. I'm pleased so far!

Hey all, It has been a long while since I have been at DCPI, but I will be back for this season, but not in full swing. Because of everything I have going on right now (other online communities, work, certification testing, etc), I am only having one corps in DCPI and it looks like that they're doing very well for a first night back with a score of 76.961! But to give you knowledge of what the FDB is doing, here is the repertoire for this season of DCPI: Wind Band Music with a European Feel: I. (Russia) Symphony No. 3 "Slavyanskaya" Mvt. I: Allegro II. (Great Britain) World in Union (based off a the melody from the First Movement of Gustav Holst's First Suite in E-Flat) III. (Scotland) Culloden Mvt. III Congrats to everyone on a fantastic first night and good luck to all! -Wayne

DCP-I User ID: wew3987 Corps Name: Florida Dragon Regiment Corps Division: Open Class Corps Location: Sebastian, FL

Reminder: Just over two weeks before deadline is upon everyone to sign up. -Wayne

Reminder that directors are allowed to participate in one or ALL of the events slated for the festival. Believe it or not, the Concert Band part of the festival has attracted the most attention so far, but let's get the rest up there! Veteran directors, where are you at??? I know that it's the winter season and no one is nearly as active, but this is open to ALL! Take care, Wayne

SUBMISSION FORM For each of the following areas (for each of your ensembles and if you are participating in that respective event), fill out the following information. For submissions like with all other pre-season events for DCPI, the random number submissions will be used. Good luck! CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL Director's Name: Name of Ensemble: (Class of ensemble will be decided by the Festival Coordinator -- myself) For the captions below, choose a number between 1 and 20: Performance Fundamentals I Performance Fundamentals II Technical Preparation I Technical Preparation II Musical Effect I Musical Effect II Brass Woodwinds Percussion THE SHOWCASE (Drum Corps) Director's Name: Name of Ensemble: (Class of ensemble will be decided by the amount of members in the ensemble) For the captions below, choose a number between 1 and 20: Ensemble Music I Ensemble Music II Individual Music Ensemble Visual I Ensemble Visual II Individual Visual General Effect Music I General Effect Music II General Effect Visual I General Effect Visual II Percussion I Percussion II Auxiliary Drum Major PERCUSSION SHOWDOWN Director's Name: Name of Ensemble: For the captions below, choose a number between 1 and 20: World, Open, A only Effect I Effect II Performance I Performance II Visual I Visual II Concert only Performance I Performance II Performance III Artistry I Artistry II Artistry III GUARD GALA Director's Name: Name of Ensemble: For the captions below, choose a number between 1 and 20: Equipment I Equipment II Movement I Movement II Ensemble I Ensemble II Effect I Effect II All paperwork (applications and submission forms) will be due on December 4th at 10pm Eastern Time. Thanks!

Just to let everyone know that I have already started to receive applications for the festival. It looks like that it may be a short festival so far, but it will be a good one nonetheless! Applications will be taken until Thursday December 4th at 10PM Eastern standard time. Thanks everyone, Wayne

Due to this regional most likely attracting more attention and receiving much more attention than originally thought of, rehearsal sites will be at the local high schools, but housing (due to the fact that the corps will have to ACTUALLY sleep and we want our participants to have nice beds rather than uncomfortable bus seats to be on), housing will be set up at the following local colleges and universities: University of Central Florida, Rollins College, and Valencia Community College. If absolutely necessary and we will help with timing and transportation issues, Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL (less than one hour from Orlando) will be used as an ALTERNATE site for housing IF NEED BE. Thanks, Wayne Wildt Exec. Director, FDO PS: Reminder that the Dragon Festival of Music is currently taking applicants. If you want to participate, get your application ASAP!!! Thanks!

Log-in name on DCP-I site: wew3987 Corps Name: Florida Dragon Battalion Corps Division: World Class (used to be Div 1) Location: Sebastian, Florida Corps Name: Florida Dragon Regiment Corps Division: Open Class (used to be Div 2) Location: Sebastian, Florida Corps Name: Florida Dragon Cadets Corps Division: A Class (used to be Div 3) Location: Sebastian, Florida

Submission form for ensembles will be posted tonight. If you want to apply, you CAN go ahead and submit your application. You can either PM it to me or send it to the email address specified in the first post. The festival is open to all, so get your stuff in ASAP!

APPLICATION FOR DRAGON FESTIVAL OF MUSIC Fill out the application as best as you can to the fullest extent. This post will have the application and the following post will have the submission form. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask at anytime. When finished, please send the form to dreadnaughtactual@gmail.com. Thanks and good luck! ---BEGIN APPLICATION--- General Information Form Director's Name: Organization Name: Events Participating in (Please bold those that you will be participating in): Concert Band Festival The Showcase (Drum Corps) The Showdown (Percussion Ensembles) The Gala (Winter Guard) Concert Band Festival Form Directors can enter up to three ensembles for this event. FDO Executive Director reserves the right to check the levels of the music to ensure clear confirmation. Remember, you are allowed a 30 minute time slot. Ensembles must perform one march and two concert works. Ensemble Name: Amount of Members in Ensemble: Selections: March (Name of selection, composer, and duration of selection): Concert Work (Name of selection, composer, and duration of selection): Concert Work (Name of selection, composer, and duration of selection): If you are entering more than one ensemble, just copy and paste the form and place underneath the last one. Thanks! Showcase (Drum Corps) Form Directors can enter up to three ensembles for this event. No more than one ensemble from each organization will be placed in a single class. Ensemble Name: Amount of Members in Ensemble: Total Duration of Show: Show Title: Repertoire: Percussion Showdown Form Directors can enter up to three ensembles for this event. No more than one ensemble from each organization will be placed in a single class. Ensemble Name: Amount of Members in Ensemble: Class of the Ensemble (World, Open, A, Concert): Reminder that if the organization enters three ensembles, one of them MUST be in the Concert class Duration of Show: If you are entering more than one ensemble, just copy and paste the form and place underneath the last one. Thanks! Guard Gala Directors can enter up to two ensembles for this event. No more than one ensemble from each organization will be placed in a class. Ensemble Name: Amount of Members in Ensemble: Class of the Ensemble (World, Open, A): Duration of Show: If you are entering more than one ensemble, just copy and paste the form and place underneath the last one. Thanks! ---END APPLICATION---

Concert Band Festival Date: Friday December 5th, 2008 Format: One Round Times: 8AM-10PM (Ensembles will receive 30 minute time slots) **Ensembles will perform one march and two concert works.** Four classes (Based on the level of the concert works - 1 = Beginner, 6 = Advanced): Premier = 5/6, 6/6 Senior = 4/5, 5/5 Junior = 3/3, 3/4, 4/4 Cadet = 1/1, 1/2, 2/2, 2/3 **Directors will be allowed to have up to three ensembles participate in this portion of the festival** No exhibition class will be offered in the portion of the festival. **Only the first 24 ensembles will be accepted.** Judging: Performance Fundamentals = 40% Technical Preparation = 30% Musical Effect = 30% Brass = 100pts Woodwinds = 100pts Percussion = 100pts The Showcase (Drum Corps) Date: Saturday December 6th, 2008 Format: Two rounds: Prelims and Finals Times: 8AM-4PM (Prelims); 6PM-10PM (Finals) Four classes: 1A = up to 75 members in the corps 2A = 76-100 members 3A = 101-125 members 4A = 126-150 members **Directors will be allowed to have up to three ensembles participate in this portion of the festival** Exhibition class will be offered as well **Only the first 28 corps will be accepted. Top corps in each class will automatically advance plus the next six corps based on score regardless of class.** Judging: **Marching Band style scoring Prelims -- Standard Panel (plus one additional percussion judge) Music (Ensemble and Individual) = 30% Visual (Ensemble and Individual) = 30% General Effect (Music and Visual) = 40% Battery Percussion = 100pts Front Ensemble Percussion = 100pts Auxiliary = 100pts Drum Major = 100pts Finals -- Extended Panel Ensemble Music I Ensemble Music II Individual Music Ensemble Visual I Ensemble Visual II Individual Visual General Effect Music I General Effect Music II General Effect Visual I General Effect Visual II Battery Percussion Front Ensemble Percussion Auxiliary Drum Major Percussion Showdown Date: Sunday December 7th, 2008 Format: One Round Times: 10AM-3PM (Ensembles will receive 10 minute time slots) Four classes (Based on the level of the ensemble): World = Advanced level ensembles Open = Intermediate level ensembles A = Beginning level ensembles Concert = No marching aspects **Directors that have one or two ensembles can have both of them in World, Open, or A. Directors wanting to enter three ensembles must have one of them in the Concert class.** No exhibition class will be offered in the portion of the festival. **Only the first 27 ensembles will be accepted.** Judging: World, Open, A Effect I/II = 40% Performance I/II = 40% Visual I/II = 20% Concert Performance I/II/III = 50% Artistry I/II/III = 50% Guard Gala Date: Sunday December 7th, 2008 Format: One Round Times: 5PM-10PM (Ensembles will receive 10 minute time slots) Three classes (Based on the level of the ensemble): World = Advanced level ensembles Open = Intermediate level ensembles A = Beginning level ensembles **Directors are allowed to have two ensembles in this portion.** No exhibition class will be offered in the portion of the festival. **Only the first 27 ensembles will be accepted.** Judging: Equipment = 20% Movement = 20% Ensemble = 20% Effect I/II = 40% **APPLICATION TO COME SHORTLY**