MCL_Contra Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) We are excited to announce the return of Music City Legend Mini-Corps with a twist. We are now Fugitives Mini-Corps under the direction of Mr. Vinnie Ciesielski with musical arranging by Mr. Joe Murphy. Check out our page on Facebook here: Fugitives Mini-Corps Here's the Official announcement from Mr. Ciesielski: I am proud and happy to announce that I will be heading up the Fugitives Mini Corps as Creative Director and Brass caption head. I will also be a featured soloist with the group. I have invited my good friend and a fantastic drummer Edward Freytag to be the time keeper for this ensemble. He is in! We are all super excited about performing great music at a very high level and bringing a wonderful part of the Drum Corp experience to anyone who wants to be a part of this exciting ensemble. We have the horns or you can bring your own. We will have a mixed line so G horns or Bb horns are welcome. We need Brass players including Trumpet/Soprano, Mellophone, Baritone (translates well from Trombone) and Tuba/Contra. Mini Corps focuses on the musical performance with visual and marching elements being secondary (translates into not a lot of high velocity marching) We prefer to call what we do visually "staging". Awesome for folks who love to "park and blow". This year we are rehearsing at Grace Church of the Nazarene in Donelson, TN and concentrating on making this experience Family friendly and a positive and motivating atmosphere. If you play or played and have a child or spouse who plays this is a wonderful musical bonding opportunity for you and them. Joe Murphy will be arranging the show and stand still music again for the Corps. His distinctive style and brilliance is one of the major contributors to our success in the past. We will also be working with other very accomplished local composers and arrangers on additional music for the Fugitives! We plan on revisiting ALL of our past Mini Corps arrangements (including the tunes that helped us win a second place at DCA International Championships in 2009 as Music City Legend mini Corps) and a ton of new material. We will welcome all players of all ages and abilities for our public performances which we hope will include several indoor guard and winter drum line exhibitions and several DCA and DCI shows including DCA International Championships over Labor day. Your dues will include transportation to Annapolis, MD for that competition. Did mention I am super stoked about this group? The program for this year will be called "Introductions". The musical selections will be the Intros and hooks from songs that will include artists such as Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power, Bill Chase, Maynard Ferguson, Arturo Sandoval as well as some "Old School" Drum Corps favorites. We will do around 30-60 seconds of each tune with a drum and mallet interlude but we will also own the full arrangements of each of the tunes. We can play the full arrangements featuring the horn line, sections and soloists at our public performances. My goal is to expose everyone to at least 90 minutes worth of music this year instead of the normal 10-15 minutes. This will give everyone a challenging amount of music to learn and memorize. As the season gets closer to finals we will zero in on the show and use music and stands for our stand still opportunities (don't be scared) Our Open House in December will be free to all who attend. Once we start our monthly rehearsals there will be a $10 "camp fee". This will apply to your annual dues. There is some limited financial "help" for folks who qualify. Below is our schedule till March. We will do our best to keep you informed of rehearsal and performance dates well in advance. MINI-CORPS REHEARSAL DATES Dec. 9, 2012 / Open House Jan. 20, 2013 Feb. 10, 2013 Mar. 17, 2013 Go be awesome! Vinnie Ciesielski Edited November 18, 2012 by MCL_Contra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpsBuff Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Sounds like a blast, wish it was close enough to be possible for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayre Kulp Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I must see this group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pgh Guy2 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) You gotta love any group with Vinnie and Joe as brass staff/arrangers/players....Looking forward to seeing the Fugitives ensemble @ DCA 2013...Glad to have you back.... Have fun guys and good luck.... P.S. I have almost worn out my "I am Legend" T-shirt.... Pgh Guy Bari 2 John G Edited November 16, 2012 by Pgh Guy2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Drum Corps Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCL_Contra Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Looking forward to being back at championships! :thumbup:/>:thumbup:/>:thumbup:/> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick41 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurcwave Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Missed you all the last few years... Loving what I'm hearing and can't wait to see it LIVE!! Anything I can do,as always, don't hesitate to call!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Good news!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCL_Contra Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Open House tomorrow. Can't wait. Lots of great new music to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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