brassomaniac Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 (edited) The planning board for the Albany Mini-corps Project has announced a name for the group: Capital Brass. With the founder and ex-members of the former DCA-finalist Capitol Brass (original spelling) on the planning board, discussions on a name kept coming back to this one. The group already has several ex-members involved in the project. And the idea of carrying on the entertaining and progressive history of the former field corps, coupled with the very marketable and descriptive name, made the decision for the board. Capitol Brass was a competitive senior corps (at first operating as Noble-Callahan) from 1985-1993 and was a DCA affiliate member for several years. They carried a full DCA schedule in their last few years, and placed in DCA Finals in 1993. The corps made consistent and steady competitive progress throughout their history, and is the most recent competitive field corps, junior or senior, to hail from the Albany, NY area. The all-new Capital Brass will begin performing as a brass ensemble this fall, with percussion and guard sections envisioned for the near future, and plans to debut as a mini-corps in Spring 2007. The group will be managed and produced by the Brass-O-Mania! production team, and will be a valuable addition to the B-O-M group of performance ensembles; modeled after the very popular Brass-O-Mania! acoustic jazz band. Although much organizational work and many decisions remain, plans call for a fun, contemporary and audience-accessible music book; high performance standards; local gigs; and a reasonable rehearsal schedule that will fit in with the busy lives of active players. Experienced performers and support personnel are sought to be a part of what will be a fun, exciting and unique program. Our next Planning Board meeting: 6/19 at 6:00 pm - contact me for info and directions. Edited June 8, 2006 by brassomaniac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CozyChopsCom Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Tom, Everybody Loves the Blues in Nutville! I'm delighted to hear y'all are doing well. It will be wunnerful to have some of the old Capitol Brass tradition back as Capital. I loved seeing CB back in '93. Great show! My, brass ensemble now...add percolators and spinners later. Sounds like a conservative approach that worked so well for Capital Regiment back in the early-mid 90s by Rick Bays, Dan Landbo, et al. in Ohio. But minicorps? Wow! What happened to the ol' minicorps era when 21 or fewer folks pull-tabbed a case in the parking lot, then strutted out to win? I heard -- Never saw it myself. :mmm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassomaniac Posted June 8, 2006 Author Share Posted June 8, 2006 Tom,Everybody Loves the Blues in Nutville! I'm delighted to hear y'all are doing well. It will be wunnerful to have some of the old Capitol Brass tradition back as Capital. I loved seeing CB back in '93. Great show! My, brass ensemble now...add percolators and spinners later. Sounds like a conservative approach that worked so well for Capital Regiment back in the early-mid 90s by Rick Bays, Dan Landbo, et al. in Ohio. But minicorps? Wow! What happened to the ol' minicorps era when 21 or fewer folks pull-tabbed a case in the parking lot, then strutted out to win? I heard -- Never saw it myself. :mmm: Yeah! Glad someone still remembers Cap Brass! We still have "Everybody Loves the Blues", and "Serenade in Blue" in the B-O-M book, so maybe we can resurrect those. We'll take a conservative, well planned approach to this, but... you're right, this won't be your Grand-dads Pontiac - oops... I mean mini-corps. It will only be as "mini" as the talent base dictates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny Drum Corps Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Cozy... I resemble that remark...hiccup :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CozyChopsCom Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Cozy...I resemble that remark...hiccup :P Blame it on Rio! So glad to see ya' here Donny!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassomaniac Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 Blame it on Rio! So glad to see ya' here Donny!!!!!!!!!! and thanks for all the info and emcouragement for our project, Donny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassomaniac Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 Yeah! Glad someone still remembers Cap Brass!We still have "Everybody Loves the Blues", and "Serenade in Blue" in the B-O-M book, so maybe we can resurrect those. We'll take a conservative, well planned approach to this, but... you're right, this won't be your Grand-dads Pontiac - oops... I mean mini-corps. It will only be as "mini" as the talent base dictates. After some receiving some feedback about this, I feel compelled to add that the the program will be conservative only in the sense that the group will be built with-out any rush, a section at a time, and with a careful and thoughtful process. Beyond that, WATCH THIS SPACE! Who knows what comes next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brassomaniac Posted June 13, 2006 Author Share Posted June 13, 2006 (edited) It might be on a lousy site.... but Capital Brass is ON THE WEB! visit us at: brassomania.com Edited June 29, 2006 by brassomaniac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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