DMCK Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) WINDSOR REGIMENT WINTER UPDATE Looking ahead... Windsor Regiment will be hosting our first rehearsal weekend of the 2012 calendar year on Saturday and Sunday January 7-8 at Robbinsville High School. The brass section will rehearse on Saturday and Sunday. The percussion and color guard sections will rehearse on Sunday only due to indoor obligations. The corps has recently expanded its brass section and is looking for a few more players. We are also accepting members in our front ensemble (pit), battery, and color guard. If you have interest in joining any of our sections, please go to www.windsor-regiment.org immediately and fill out our membership form. We do not expect the spots to last, so jump on board now and be a part of Windsor Regiment in 2012!! Rehearsal will be from 10-6 on Saturday for brass only and 10-5 on Sunday with all sections in attendence. All rehearsals are at Robbinsville High School. What's been going on... We held our 2nd rehearsal camp of the year on December 17-18. Brass and percussion were in on both days, and the color guard joined us on Sunday. By the end of the weekend the brass and percussion performed a full ensemble run of our 2012 opener, "Stained Glass" by David Gillingham. The design team of JR Bechtel (percussion), Chris Kilian (brass), and Rob Pacitti (visual) raved about the progress of the drum corps, noting that the maturity of the membership and the drive and work ethic were incredible. This is a motivated drum corps that is not resting on its laurels after a successful 2011 season in which we made Class A Finals in our first year on the grass. Expect great things from Windsor Regiment in 2012. The corps is pleased to announce that our drum majors for 2012 will be Zachary Gursky and Heather Kulp. Both are vets of Windsor Regiment; Zach was a member of the mellophone section and Heather was an assistant conductor. The two will represent the corps well and are fully capable of providing the leadership required of the position. As a former DCA drum major myself, I'm excited to work with them both and to continue to develop the position of drum major at Windsor Regiment. Members of the 2012 color guard section learned a lot of work at the December camp. This show is going to rely heavily on our color guard and overall visual program, and in watching their progress on Sunday I'm confident that they will be a major strength for us this year. The brass and percussion programs are both exhibiting an impressive amount of power. This will not be a quiet drum corps...that's for sure. The show, while not necessarily completely recognizable (although drum corps fans should recognize our opener and closer...and the ballad is "Hallelujah," an extremely popular song), this is going to be an extremely aggressive production! Tempos are fast, time signatures flip all over the place, and the impacts are well conceived. People say this every year, but there really is something for every type of drum corps fan in this show. There are highs, lows, louds, softs, fast, slow, and everything in between. There are beautiful, lyrical sections, rhythmic and exciting passages, and big, loud, lush chorales. You may leave humming "Hallelujah" or drumming on your steering wheel to "Stained Glass" or "Angels in the Architecture." We hope to move you in some way. That's our complete focus with this show. So...Windsor Regiment is chugging right along! This time last year we still had not hosted our first rehearsal. This time last year Windsor Regiment was still a dream soaked in ambition. Now, here we are 2 rehearsals into our 2nd season and preparing for our 3rd. Not bad at all. There are still spots available. The corps has recently decided to expand our horn line by 2 spots, so there are a couple more spots available in our trumpet and baritone sections. The drum line is nearly full, but we have a few key positions that we want to fill immediately! We have pit spots and a few guard spots still available as well. Windsor Regiment is close to being full, but we want YOU to fill out those last spots. Visit us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and definitely contact us on our website if you would like information on how to become a member of the Windsor Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps! Edited December 28, 2011 by DMCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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