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Independent World - Matrix Independent Open - Cap City 2 Scholastic Open - Olentangy Liberty High School Independent A - M3 Scholastic A - Thomas Worthington High School Percussion Regional A - Findlay Indoor Drumline Percussion Concert A - Canton McKinley High School

With the organization and upload of my photos from the 2024 OIPA State Percussion Championships (“only” 617 total photos that day), my photography for the 2024 indoor season has come to a close. While I may take some photos during the 2024 WGI Winds championships this weekend, they will be taken with my iPhone and will be more for my reference as I write my recap of the performances I see. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/04/16/2024-oipa-state-percussion-championships-photos/

U of MD and Towson have also hosted US Bands regionals (the two US Bands shows I've announced, in fact), so they are familiar with hosting marching arts shows and could handle a DCI show.

FINALLY! I've finished organizing and uploading my photos from this past weekend's championships, adding all of the Independent Regional A, Scholastic AA, Scholastic A, Independent A, Independent Open, and Independent World groups. As before, I’ve added my favorite shots from each guard to my Flickr page. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/04/11/2024-oipa-state-color-guard-championships-photos-part-4/

Continuing to organize and upload my photos from this past weekend’s championships, I have worked through the FOURTEEN Scholastic Regional A guards (and our Festival Class guard, the Rangerettes Minis!) who performed on Saturday. I’ve added my favorite shots from each guard to my Flickr page. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/04/10/2024-oipa-state-color-guard-championships-photos-part-3/

Continuing to organize and upload my photos from this past weekend’s championships, I have worked through the THIRTEEN Scholastic Regional AA guards who performed on Saturday. I’ve added my favorite shots from each guard to my Flickr page. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/04/09/2024-oipa-state-color-guard-championships-photos-part-2/

I have begun organizing and uploading the many photos I took during this past weekend’s OIPA state championships events. Today, I start with the Junior Novice, Novice, and Junior Regional A guards. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/04/08/2024-oipa-state-color-guard-championships-photos-part-1/

Join me for the final weekend of the 2024 indoor marching arts season at the 2024 Ohio Indoor Performance Association State Color Guard Championships! The color guard championships will take place on Saturday, April 6, at 12:00 PM Eastern at Wapakoneta High School in Wapakoneta, Ohio. The day will feature many incredible scholastic and independent color guard ensembles in their final performances before WGI Championships. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/03/30/2024-oipa-state-color-guard-championships/

Join me for the final weekend of the 2024 indoor marching arts season at the 2024 Ohio Indoor Performance Association State Percussion Championships! The percussion championships will take place on Sunday, April 7, at 10:00 AM Eastern at Wapakoneta High School in Wapakoneta, Ohio. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/03/31/2024-oipa-state-percussion-championships/

Drum corps does like to celebrate the holidays. We’ve seen shows which focus, in part or as a whole, on the 4th of July, Labor Day, and even Christmas. One holiday which hasn’t gotten much love on the football field, though, is Easter. I thought it would be nice to draw attention to those times when the activity has performed music dedicated to this Spring holiday. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/03/31/happy-easter-drum-corps-edition/

I am uploading some of the photos I took during today’s Ohio Indoor Performance Association Marion Harding competition to my Flickr account. This is just a fraction of the photos I’ll take today. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/03/24/2024-03-24-oipa-marion-harding-live-photos/

Members of the Reynoldsburg High School winter guard performing their 2024 program Beauty School Dropout at the Ohio Indoor Performance Association Central Crossing competition on February 3, 2024. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/03/14/throwback-thursday-march-14-2024/

Updated: In their first trip to DCI World Championships since returning to the field in 2013, the Columbians not only finished fourth in Open Class, they doubled Washington state's representation in the Top 25 for the first time since 1987 (Marauders and Spartans). I’ve given you credit in a corrections section of the article. https://medi-nerd.com/2024/03/11/video-columbians-dci2023-face-everything-and-rise/

Speaking of pirate show, here’s the prequel from 1991.

Yep, a pirate show, if I remember correctly.