Cappybara Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) James Sparling has been named Percussion Director for the Madison Scouts http://www.madisonscouts.org/blog/?p=1250 Edited August 20, 2014 by Cappybara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) James Sparling has been named Percussion Director for the Madison Scouts http://www.madisonscouts.org/blog/?p=1250 This is great news, in my opinion. Also, not to take anything away from the work that Lee Beddis did with the Scouts over the past few years, but I'm not sure many realize just how much of the improvement was done on James' part since joining the Scouts staff in 2012, and how much of the 2014 production was arranged/taught directly by James. Edited August 20, 2014 by tesmusic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actucker Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Nah the Blue Stars' percussion situation is taken care of. I could see PR, since he marched under Kuhn at Cavies and lots of people aren't sold on PR's front ensemble writing. I don't know anyone who isn't pretty sold on Matt Jordan at phantom. He's one of Erik Johnson's protege and thats one of the better front ensembles every year. There's a reason he and his staff have been around through several battery staff changes at Phantom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actucker Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Also, I could see Markworth ending up at Scouts. With Sparling taking over, and the two of them having worked together for a while, I could see Sparling wanting to bring him in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tesmusic Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Also, I could see Markworth ending up at Scouts. With Sparling taking over, and the two of them having worked together for a while, I could see Sparling wanting to bring him in. Here's to hoping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I don't know anyone who isn't pretty sold on Matt Jordan at phantom. He's one of Erik Johnson's protege and thats one of the better front ensembles every year. There's a reason he and his staff have been around through several battery staff changes at Phantom. I agree. My percussion friends had nothing good to say about Regiment's show this year aside from gushing over the front ensemble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general_tsos_chicken2 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I don't know anyone who isn't pretty sold on Matt Jordan at phantom. He's one of Erik Johnson's protege and thats one of the better front ensembles every year. There's a reason he and his staff have been around through several battery staff changes at Phantom. they do play very well but the writing is kind of blah. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NR_Ohiobando Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 James Sparling has been named Percussion Director for the Madison Scouts http://www.madisonscouts.org/blog/?p=1250 Good news. Beddis is expensive and Sparling was doing a ton of work already. Rookie being promoted to the majors type of situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBigfoot Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Crossmen won't have Chuck naffier next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actucker Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 they do play very well but the writing is kind of blah. I think the writing is exactly what the show design calls for. I think the fix for it is in the show construction not in the front design itself. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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