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On February 7 2015 the Corning Winterguard will host the WGI 2015 Northeast Regional at the Corning Painted Post High School in Corning New York. The regional will be held in the Corning High School's new fieldhouse type gym complex. There is a 100 X 70 gym for the show and an 80 X 60 auxiliary gym for equipment and a 40X 60 Wrestling room for body warmup. There are currently 26 guards signed up for the show. This is a Prelims and finals format one day event. For more information go to the WGI.org website.

Lots of bingo equipment, pull tab machines, bingo paper, pull tabs etc for sale. Reasonable offers accepted. Getting to the point where its taking up space. We will never run a bingo game again so why hang on to this stuff. Best offers that include you picking it up will be accepted.

The Spectrum Winterguard will not be returning to the competitive floor. Loss of funding has played a large part in this decision. It was a great run and we made a lot of history and we had lots of fun doing it. I Believe!

We lost our lease so we have our entire bingo operation for sale. 2 Flashboards and 1 for parts, 1 computerized bingo machine, 1 older bingo machine, 1 ball camera, 1 2 column pulltab machine, 1 4 column pulltab machine both with the newest up to date bill acceptors, 1 $.25 pulltab machine. All of this for $10,000. I also have some paper supplies and pulltabs available at separate costs. Hate to sell it but we have been unable to find another location to hold our game. My email address is tradition@juno.com I can send pictures of the equipment, I can arrange for a viewing of the equipment. You would have to pick up the equipment yourselves if you purchase it.

I highly recommend this group. Several Spectrum members have marched here and all enjoyed their experience. This group continues to grow and provide a very affordable drumcorps experience without sacrificing excellence.

It is with regret that I announce that Spectrum Winterguard will be inactive for the 2013 season. Loss of our bingo game, loss of the bulk of our staff and extremely low numbers at our first audition have prompted us to make this decision. Decisions about the program's continuance will be made over the coming year.

Spectrum Audition update Hello from Spectrum! The season is approaching and its time for auditions! Hope to see you there! AUDITIONS will be held Sunday October 7th from 9-4 at JC YMCA on Main Street in Johnson City NY. Callbacks will be Sunday October 14th from 9-4. Audition fee will be $25 Wear all black dance attire, form fitting, and make sure feet and ankles are visible. You can bring a lunch with you, or grab food on your short lunch break. If you have equipment that you would like to tryout on bring it as well! Some will be provided for you if you do not have your own.

SPECTRUM AUDITIONS AUDITIONS will be held Sunday October 7th from 9-4 in the Binghamton area (update soon with actual facility). Callbacks will be Sunday October 14th from 9-4. Wear all black dance attire, form fitting, and make sure feet and ankles are visible. You can bring a lunch with you, or grab food on your short lunch break. Audition Fee is $25 If you have equipment that you would like to tryout on bring it as well! Some will be provided for you if you do not have your own. Information on an audition fee will be provided shortly. Hoping for a great turnout! :)

Spectrum celebrates its 13th season of competition in 2012. In this time, Spectrum has become nationally recognized as a WGI finalist in both the Independent A and Open classes. In 2011, Spectrum was the champion of the Independent Open Class for both the Mid-York and Northeast Circuits, and Spectrum placed 6th at the WGI Championships in Dayton, Ohio. The 2012 program is entitled “Awoke in Beijing”, utilizing “Nouveau Americain” by Brazilian Girls, and “Beijing” by Patrick Watson. The Executive Director of Spectrum is Benjy VanKurin, and the guard is sponsored by the Barons of Steuben. The Director of Spectrum is David Bowen. Staff includes: Tanya Thomas, Jessica Czachowski (Cha-HUS-ky), Tyler Stables, Chris McCarthy, David Metzger, Chris Caraccilo, Casey McCoy, David Bowen, Travis St. Denny, Mikey Perkins, and Chris & Beth Calhoun. The 2012 Captain is Lauren McNerney. The members and staff of Spectrum would like to thank our management team, led by Chris Lane and Kelly Bennett, and our support staff and volunteers, for their countless hours of hard work to ensure the success of the program.

2012 schedule January 14th: CNS Sr. January 21st: Homer January 28th: Sherburne-Earlville February 4th: camp weekend February 11th: Laurens February 18th: ESM February 25th: WGI regional in Rochester, NY March 3rd: Central Square March 10th: camp weekend March 17th: Maine-Endwell March 24th: WGI regional in South Brunswick, NJ March 31st & April 1st: Mid York Championships April 7th: Spectrum Family Day April 10th to 15th: WGI World Championships in Dayton, OH

From all the staff and members of Spectrum to all of our competitors,fans and supporters.....Merry Christmas. It is our hopes that your lives and coming season will be all you hope for!

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Horn is sold! thanks for all the inquiries.

I have for sale 1 Deg 3 valve soprano with soft case. $150 firm. email tradition@juno.com

Held at New Hartford High School(thanks Ken Dining) the 1st Annual New York State Spin Clinic was a huge success! Counting staff and members there were over 200 people participating. Classes were offered in movement, weapon and banner with all skill levels represented. Staffs were also able to set up time with Chris Calhoun Spectrum Staff member to talk over music and ideas. All folks involved came away with a great sense of accomplishment. The clinic also was a vast sharing experience between many of the guard programs in New York State. This will ultimately help to enhance all programs involved and New York State in general. It was Spectrum's pleasure to be able to host this event. We intend to make it an annual event. With the success of this years quickly organized clinic next year's should be even bigger and better. Stay tuned for more updates! To see some pictures of this year's clinic go to http://www.spectrumwinterguard​.org/NEWYORKSPINCLINIC.html

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If you havent already registered there is still time to get the reduced rate. An updated registration form is available at http://spectrumwinterguard.homestead.com/SPINCLINIC.html Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Due to the flooding in Binghamton, our audition site has been changed. We will now be holding auditions at Norwich Middle School, 89 Midland Dr. Norwich New York. The time is the same 10-4. Please drive around back. We need to thank the new band director Jamie Carrier, for making this happen for us! We're looking forward to seeing your smiling faces in less than a week! Also, both Mikey and Travis will be there!! Hope you've been stretching!!! Yep folks we did get flooded! Our audition site and one of our usual practice sites the Johnson City YMCA was under water and will be closed for 4-8 weeks. Our storage facility was under water and we lost our sound system, some flags and our floor will need to be power washed. Some of our staff and members homes were also affected by the flooding that has been catergorized as the worst flooding in memory...even greater than the 1972 Agnes flood.

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More information and the registration form is now on our website at http://www.spectrumwinterguard.org/SPINCLINIC.html Stop by and check it out. We are expecting a big turnout!

Spectrum Spin Clinic will be held on Sunday, October 16th at New Hartford HS from 9:30-4:00. Classes will be available in dance, flag, saber and rifle and will have different levels to choose from too! Teachers include, Mikey and Amber Perkins, Travis St. Denny, Jessica Czachowski,Richard Proctor, David Bowen, Gordon Quackenbush, Tanya Thomas, Chris McCarthy, Tyler Stables, and Chris and Beth Calhoun! It's $15.00 if you preregister, or $20.00 at the door. More info to follow!

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2012 Spectrum Winterguard Auditions Join New York State's leading independent winterguard! Spectrum Winterguard will be holding auditions for the ...2012 season on the following two dates: 1.) 9/25/11 from 10:00am to 4:00pm at the Johnson City, NY YMCA 2.) 10/2/11 from 10:00am to 4:00pm at the Johnson City, NY YMCA There is a $20.00 non-refundable audition fee that will cover both audition dates. Following a successful 2011 season in the Independent Open class at WGI World Championships, the Spectrum staff promises to provide you with another season of learning, creativity, excitement, personal growth, all in a fun atmosphere. The creative team is hard at work in the design of this year's show. Don't miss being a part of it! This one will be truly memorable! More information can be found on our website: www.spectrumwinterguard.orgor by contacting the Director directly at: davidbowen23@yahoo.com See More

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As drum corps season approaches I am reminded of this great man Bruce McCready and his love for the activity and his "kids". I ask that we all take a moment to remember him and his committment to the members of all the organizations that he touched with his love and that we all "Be the Bruce" as we interact with each other during this summer of drumcorps!