Table of Contents
CB! Medal Winners
CB! Wins BHOF Championship!
Two More 1st Place Trophies at Bayonne
CB! Takes 3 Medals at Regionals
BHOF Complete Results
Congratulations to DCA I&E Participants
DCA World Championship I&E Results
CB! News
Archives:
HERE
Capital
Brass! Ensemble takes 5th at DCA World Championship
9/1/08
Performing "The Brass-O-Manics - A Cartoon Symphony",
Capital Brass! clearly won over the audience and also impressed the judging
panel in Brass Ensemble competition, at the DCA World Championships. Held at the
Rochester Clarion Hotel, the venue was standing room only for 16 ensembles from
across the country, including entries from: Rochester; South Boston; St.Paul;
Racine, Wisconsin; Troy, Michigan; Philidelphia; St. Peter, Minnesota,
Bridgeport; Ontario, Canada, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and Quebec.
"The Brass-O-Manics" featured themes from
classic cartoons: "This is It" (Bugs Bunny opening theme), "The Flintstones",
"The Jetsons", "The Simpsons" "The Pink Panther"; "The Animaniacs" and "Merrily
We Roll Along" (Looney Tunes Theme).
CB!'s Mini-Corps entry also scored well, with their
presentation of "CB's BIG PHAT Mini-Corps Show"; while Paul MacDonald
earned 2nd Place in the Mid-Range category with his interpretation of "Moanin".
CB! also entered a Quartet in competition, performing "My Funny Valentine".
And Andrew Bisnett represented the group, in the Soprano/Trumpet category.
Capital Brass! was honored to have Drum Corps
Hall-of-Famer Ken Norman, of Racine Kilties fame, on board, playing
Baritone for the Mini-Corps performance. Thanks Ken!!!!
Brass Ensemble:
1 The Ghost of Power Zone
Empire Statesmen
96.00
2 Prime Time Brass
Various Corps
95.00
3 Half Mass Brass
Mass Brass
93.00
4 Minnesota Brass
Minnesota
Brass
90.00
5
Capital Brass!
Capital Brass!
88.00
6 Mello Mud
Minnesota Brass
88.00
7 Kilites Baritones
Kilties
86.00
8 Kilties Mellphone Choir
Kilties
85.00
9 Valves of Flury
Lakeshoremen
83.00
10 Reilly Raiders
Reilly
Raiders
82.00
11 Top Chops
Chops
81.00
12 Park City Pride
Park City Pride
80.00
13 Preston Scout House
Scout House
78.00
14 Steel City
Steel City Ambassadors 78.00
15 SoCal Dream
Los Angeles Dream 72.00
16 Les Diplomats
Les
Diplomats
70.00
Mini-Corps:
1 Star United
Bloomington, IN
98.33
2 Mass Brass
South Boston, MA
97.17
3 Golden Eagles
West Sayville, Long Island 95.17
4 Music City Legend
Nashville, TN
94.23
5 Ghost Rider
Batavia, NY
93.00
6 Minne Brass
St. Paul, MN
91.67
6 Thunderbirds
Erie, PA
91.67
8
Capital Brass
Albany, NY
84.33
9 Amoskeag Sound
Manchester, NH
81.00
9 Outlaws
Dallas, TX
81.00
11 Crossmen Xtreme
Philidelphia, PA
77.83
Brass Quartet:
1 Govies Tubas
Governaires
80.00
2 Renegade Quartette San Francisco
Renegades 79.00
3 Capital Brass!
Capital Brass!
75.00
Mid-Range:
1 Scooter Pirtle
Star of Indiana
90.00
2
Paul MacDonald
Capital Brass!
87.00
3 Dan Owens
Renegades
85.00
4 Jim Henry
Governaires
82.00
5 Dennis Tischhauser
Minnesota Brass
80.00
6 Bob Menear
Steel City Ambassadors
76.00
7 Anthony Fiumara
Shenendowa Sound
74.00
8 Rick Simard
Boston Crusaders
72.00
9 Rene' Le Sieur
Les Diplomats
68.00
10 Glenn Kubacki
Cabaleros
64.00
11 Daniel Hines
Skyliners
63.00
12 Kevin Serfass
Reilly Raiders
62.00
13 Daniele Lyman
Empire Statesmen
61.00
Full I&E Results Here:
http://www.dcacorps.org/2008/scores/ie08.pdf
CB! Brass Ensemble:
- Andrew Bisnett - trumpet
- Kevin Hendrick - trumpet
- Terry Stoliker - trumpet
- Terry Gordon - trumpet
- Paul MacDonald - mellophone
- Tom MacDonald - mellophone
- Arron Koffman - baritone
- Cliff Brant. Jr. - baritone
- Hank Mikolajeski - baritone
- Dave Sokol - tuba
CB! Mini-Corps:
- Andrew Bisnett - trumpet
- Cliff Brant, Sr - trumpet
- Kevin Hendrick - trumpet
- Terry Stoliker - trumpet
- Terry Gordon - trumpet
- Jeff Young - trumpet
- Paul MacDonald - mellophone
- Tom MacDonald - mellophone
- Arron Koffman - baritone
- Ken Norman - baritone
- Cliff Brant, Jr. - baritone
- Hank Mikolajeski - baritone
- Eldon Trego - baritone
- Russ Kagan - baritone
- Dave Sokol - tuba
- Chris Rowlands - percussion
- Amedeo Bruni - percussion
Drum Corps Icon
to Perform with Capital Brass! at DCA!
8/22/08
Legendary Arranger and Instructor,
and Drum Corps Hall of Fame member, Ken Norman will perform with Capital Brass!,
at the DCA Mini-Corps Championships at Rochester!
An accomplished performer and
arranger, Ken Norman is also one of the great innovators in the drum corps
community. He was the chief proponent of the adoption of the G-F bugle,
considered by many to be the single most important development in brass
instrumentation. He was also a major contributor to the music analysis judging
sheet, the first "non-tick" caption sheet, first used in 1971. He was
instrumental in the first use of the mellophone as a solo and ensemble
instrument in brass voicing. His major contribution to drum corps activity is
arranging music. He has created charts for more than 100 drum and bugle corps
around the world, including Anaheim Kingsmen, Velvet Knights, DeLaSalle Oaklands,
Etobicoke Oakland Crusaders, Belleville Black Knights, Reading Buccaneers,
Syracuse Brigadiers, Spirit of ‘76 and the United States Air Force Academy drum
and bugle corps.
Ken is most famous for his
arrangement of Auld Lang Syne, which is played by countless corps' today, as a
tribute to a glorious time in drum corps history. But he also arranged nearly
all of the music that the Kilties played from 1968 through 1975. Ken is a true
Drum Corps Icon, and has been most recently affiliated with the Chicago
Royalaires Alumni Corps.
Capital Brass! is honored to
have him on board for the 2008 Championship show.
CB! Quartet performs in Franciscan Ceremony
8/15/08
On Friday, our small ensemble performed a for the
Franciscan Solemn Profession of Vows in Chicopee, MA. A highlight ogf the
program was a piece from Holst's "The Planets".
A special treat for us, was running across long-lost CBE Alumnus Father Mike,
who is now appointed to the Chicopee area.
(Yes... that's right... we had a Franciscan Friar in the corps in 93. Sooooo...
we got THAT going for us!)
20th Century Limited Returns to Kingston DCA!
8/11/08
TCL Senior Drum corps, of Highland, made a successful
return to the Kingston DCA contest Saturday night, after several years of
absence. Several CB! members performed in the show, with TCL.
A review from DCPlanet:
20th Century Limited (exhibition)
18 Brass, 5 snares, 2 tenors, 5 bds, 2plates, 5hg and 1dm
This small parade corps entered the field to begin the evening and formed a
concert arc with the battery behind. They played a number of brief arrangements
of patriotic favorites. This little corps played quite well. The percussion was
very tight and gave the signs of some very good instruction. They also played a
rockin cadence on the way out that had the audience clapping along. The brass
section played their quality arrangements to good effect. The honor guard also
made an effective color presentation. All-in-all, if you added a color guard,
20th Century Limited could successfully compete in DCA's Class A. They enjoyed a
well-earned standing ovation from the crowd.
Capital Brass! is proud of our relationship with these
fine people and with them all Congrats!!!!
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Written by Tom
MacDonald, Public Relations, Mini
Corps Associates
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Tuesday, 03
June 2008
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 Representatives
of some of the best Mini-Corps in
the country will converge at Albany,
New York this fall; to compete for
the MCA Championship Title.
The event will be held:
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, 2:00-10:00
pm
State University of NY
Performing Arts Center
Albany, NY
The Mini-Corps contest will be held
in the Main Theater at 7:00 pm.
Individual and Ensemble competition
will be held in the Studio Theater
from 2:00-5:00pm.
Committed to compete as of this
date:
Amoskeag Sound - Manchester,
NH
Capital Brass! - Albany, NY
Ghost Riders - Parts Unknown,
NY
Mass
Brass - South Boston, MA
Golden Eagles - West
Sayville, NY
Windsor Regiment - West
Windsor, NJ
The Main Theater features
continental-style seating and every
seat is excellent!
All Seats: $12.00 : $10.00 in
advance. Admission to the I&E
portion of the show is free.
Don’t miss the very first MCA
Championship, the I&E contest OR the
after-party. A full day of the fun
and SUPER-sized entertainment that
the Mini-Corps’ bring to the stage.
Watch for updates on the event,
including schedule, I&E application
and Hotel info at:
www.capitalbrass.org/2008mca.htm
MCA invites new corps’ to apply for
membership by the August 25
deadline, in order to participate in
this historic event. Entry to I&E is
open to all brass & percussion
performers.
For further information contact Rod
Keppel, MCA President via email at
rkeppel1@rochester.rr.com
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, or Contest Coordinator Tom
MacDonald at
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Watch for more Strange News to come soon....
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Bugler's Hall of Fame Results
Written by BHOF
Press Release
Tuesday, 08
April 2008
Link to
original story:
HERE
The
Bugler's Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the final scores from its North
American Championships, held Saturday, March 29 in Bridgeport, CT.
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Category / Name |
Affiliation |
Entry |
Score |
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Percussion |
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| Jack McGuiness |
Sky Alumni |
Keyboard Individual |
84 |
| Jonathan Bailey |
Selden |
Drum Set |
85 |
| Mark Carman |
|
Snare Individual |
94 |
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Midrange Individuals |
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| Paul
Mac Donald |
Capital Brass |
Mellophone
|
82 |
| Meiko Hedling |
Sunrisers |
Mellophone |
72 |
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Baritone Individuals |
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| Vidal Orduz |
Hurricanes |
Baritone Individual |
92 |
| Brian Law |
Bush & B'men |
Baritone Individual |
81 |
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Contra Bass Individuals |
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| Carl Ferrigno |
Park City Pride |
Contra Individual |
57 |
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Soprano / Tenor / Trumpet Individuals |
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| Nelsen Lesmerises |
Amoskeag Sound |
Soprano Individual |
74 |
| Glen Kubacki |
Freelancers |
Soprano Individual |
72 |
| Anthony Convertito
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Park City / Hurricanes |
Trumpet Individual |
70 |
| Joe Brancati |
Amboy Dukes |
Soprano Individual |
68 |
| Anthony West |
St Rita's & Sky |
Soprano Individual |
67 |
| Carl Ferrigno |
Park City Pride |
Soprano Individual |
66 |
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DUETS |
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| F. Dorritie & J.
Mitchell |
|
Brass Duet |
89 |
| F. Dorritie & J.
McGuiness |
Sun & Sky |
Mixed Duet |
87.5 |
| R. Ariola & J.
Maldonado |
St Rita's & Sky |
Brass Duet |
87 |
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Brass Ensembles |
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Capital Brass |
|
Brass Ensemble |
90 |
| Romeo's |
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Brass Ensemble |
83 |
| Touch of Brass |
Park City Pride |
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68 |
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Mini Corps |
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Capital Brass |
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|
87 |
| Selden Cadets |
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|
79.5 |
| St. Rita's Brassmen |
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76.5 |
| Amoskeag Sound |
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76.5 |
For more information, visit the
Bugler's Hall of Fame on
the web.
CB! Medal Winners -
3/29/08 - BHOF North American Championships
(see event coverage below)
Gold Medal - Mid-range:
Paul MacDonald
Gold Medal - Brass Ensemble:
- Andrew Bisnett - trumpet
- Kevin Hendrick - trumpet
- Terry Stoliker - trumpet
- Jeff Young - trumpet
- Paul MacDonald - mellophone
- Tom MacDonald - mellophone
- Arron Koffman - baritone
- Bill Hoeprich - baritone
- Hank Mikolajeski - baritone
- Dave Sokol - tuba
Gold Medal - Mini-Corps:
- Andrew Bisnett - trumpet
- Cliff Brant, Sr - trumpet
- Kevin Hendrick - trumpet
- Terry Stoliker - trumpet
- Jeff Young - trumpet
- Paul MacDonald - mellophone
- Tom MacDonald - mellophone
- Arron Koffman - baritone
- Bill Hoeprich - baritone
- Cliff Brant, Jr. - baritone
- Hank Mikolajeski - baritone
- Dave Sokol - tuba
- Amedeo Bruni - percussion
Capital Brass! Wins 2 Titles at BHOF Championship
 Capital
Brass! was awarded the Bugler's Hall of Fame Championship in 2 hotly contested
categories:
Mini-Corps and Brass Ensemble
CB!'s Paul MacDonald (the defending
DCA Mid-Range World Champ) took the Gold in Mid-Range, with "Harlem Nocturne".
Performing with a
full compliment of players for the first time in '08, the Brass Ensemble
successfully defended their 2007 title with:
"The Brass-O-Maniacs - a Cartoon Symphony"
The CB! Mini-Corps debuted the still-evolving "BIG PHAT mini-corps Show":
"Sway"
(shhhhhhh.....be vewy vewy quiet.....we're) "Hunting Wabbits"
"Hey, Pachuco"/"Sing, Sang, Sung"
The titles mark three straight Brass Ensemble wins for Capital Brass!, this year; having earlier taken the titles at the BHOF Regional event in Garfield, NJ, and also the Bridgemen Drum Fest title in Bayonne, NJ.
The Mini-Corps title is the first for CB!, having won the Silver Medal in the 2007 BHOF event, and 8th place at the DCA World Championship, last September.
Capital Brass! rehearses most Thursday evenings, 6:30-9:00, at Sand Creek Middle School, in Albany. There are still openings for experienced players; both brass & percussion. And CB! plans soon to start their new working guard.
Two More 1st Place Trophies at Bayonne!
3/17/08
 Capital Brass! took 1st and 2nd in the Brass Ensemble category, at the
Bridgemen Drum Fest this past weekend.
CB! Red Ensemble (The joke was that we HAVE NO RED in the uniform), took
1st, with "Hunting Wabbits" from the new Big Phat mini-Corps show...
....score: 94.0
And, CB! Blue Ensemble took 2nd, with our new 5-minute small-group piece: "The Brass-O-Maniacs - a Cartoon Symphony".... score: 92.0
3rd Place was taken by The Romeos's, from Long Island.
It was a flip-flop of placements from Garfield, and we were pretty happy that "Wabbits" had come along quite a bit, in the last 2 weeks.
The plan is that we'll be performing it as part of our full Mini-Corps show , in Bridgeport... (assuming that we get a few more players to Bridgeport).
Paul MacDonald took first in Mid-Range, improvising on "Everybody Loves the Blues": score: 88.0
Dave Sokol... 2nd, Tuba/Contra, playing Mingus' "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", on "giganto.. the killer tuba" ... score: 92.0. Dave's performance was also brought up a notch or 2, since Garfield, as he incorporated some multi-phonics into the piece this time..
Another FINE job...
to quote one of the Brass Ensemble sheets...
"Bravo... Nice Performance"
Capital Brass! Takes 3 medals at BHOF Regional Championship
2/23/08
The CB! 2008 debut came off pretty well yesterday, at the Skyliners/BHOF I&E event in Garfield.
A small brass group represented the corps with 2 ensemble entries: a brand new 5-minute brass ensemble piece, "The Brass-O-Maniacs - a Cartoon Symphony", and a selection from the 2008 mini-corps show, "Hunting Wabbits". Both arrangements by Tom MacDonald.
The crowd was extremely appreciative of both tunes, and CB! earned scores of 94 and 91, respectively, for the two entries; a great start for this very early stage of the season.
Comments from the adjudicator, spectators and competitors indicated that the cartoon music was very well received; even the original piece, by Gordon Goodwin.
During the Mini-Corps segment of the show, the group returned to the stage for an encore of "Sway" (arranged by John Arietano) , and received, perhaps, our best ovation of the day.
In the solo categories; CB's Dave Sokol was the lone entry for Tuba/Contra, and he did a fine job filling the room with his monster horn, on Charles Mingis' "Good Bye, Pork Pie Hat". Good for a score of 87.
And Paul MacDonald took the Gold in a strong field of Mid-Range players with an 85, for his improv performance of BS&T's "God Bless the Child".
The reception we received from the corps members and fans at the event was the best part of the day, and everyone should know that we all appreciated the hospitality and kind words VERY much. We can't wait to return next year!
The show was FILLED with great performances, and LOTS of fun. If you missed this one, you should make plans to get to Bayonne or Bridgeport.
THANK YOU! ... to the Skyliners Alumni and the BHOF for hosting the event and allowing us to take part.
Bugler's Hall of Fame Regional - I&E Results
Written by: Bugler's Hall of Fame release
Wednesday, 27
February 2008
The Bugler's Hall of
Fame 2008 North
American Regional
I&E Competition was
held on February 23,
2008 at the Benda-Roehrich
VFW Post in
Garfield, NJ.
Sponsored by the
Skyliner Alumni
organization, as
well as Dynasty and
Kanstul Musical
Instruments, the
competition featured
a variety of
performers from
several
organizations.
The
"North American
Championship Show"
will be held on
March 29, 2008 at
the Germania
Schwaben Club, 416
Horace Street,
Bridgeport, CT.
Results
and scores from the recent show are:
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Affiliation |
Entry |
Score |
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| PERCUSSION |
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| Jack Murray |
Sky Alumni |
Snare Individual |
96 |
| Joe Fontana |
Sky Alumni |
Snare Individual
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90 |
| Frank Zeigler |
Reilley Raiders |
Snare Individual |
86 |
| Fred Wasserman Category / Name |
Sky Alumini |
Snare Individual |
79 |
| John Neurohr |
Sky Alumni |
Snare Individual
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78 |
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| Jonathan Bailey |
Selden |
Drum Set |
94 |
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| Jack McGuiness |
Sky Alumni |
Keyboard Individual |
86 |
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| J Fontana J Murray |
Sky Alumni |
Percussion Duet |
94 |
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| J McGuiness / Ed Byrnes |
Sky Alumni |
Keyborad / Tymp |
87 |
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| MIXED ENSEMBLE |
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| J. Urspruch / J McGuiness |
Sky / Sky |
Mixed Duet |
86 |
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| CONTRA INDIVIDUAL |
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| Dave Sokol |
Capital Brass |
Contra Individual |
87 |
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| MID RANGE INDIVIDUAL |
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| Paul MacDonald |
Capital Brass |
Mid Range |
85 |
| Meiko Hedling |
Sun |
Mid Range |
78 |
| Anthony Famelio |
Music Express |
Mid Range |
76 |
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| BARITONE INDIVIDUAL |
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| Ruben Ariola |
St Rita’s / Sky |
Baritone Individual |
93 |
| Brian Law |
Bush & Bridgemen |
Baritone Individual |
91 |
| Russell O’Mara |
Brooklyn United |
Baritone Individual |
85 |
| Frank McKeon |
Brooklyn United |
Baritone Individual |
83 |
| Mickey McKeon |
Brooklyn United |
Baritone Individual |
80 |
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| BRASS EMSEMBLE |
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| Capital Brass Blue |
Capital Brass |
Brass Ensemble |
94 |
| Romeo's |
|
Brass Ensemble |
92 |
| Capital Brass Red |
Capital Brass |
Brass Ensemble |
91 |
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| SOPRANO / TRUMPET INDIVIDUALDUAL |
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| Rich Wardlow |
Brooklyn United |
Soprano Individual |
83 |
| Anthony Speedy West |
St Rita’s / Sky |
Soprano Individual |
82 |
| Glen Kubacki |
Freelancers |
Soprano Individual |
77 |
| Anthony Convertito |
Hurricanes |
Soprano Individual |
75 |
9/9/09
Congratulations to
PAUL MACDONALD,
of Capital Brass!
The 2007 DCA World Champion Mid-Range
Soloist!
Wins Gold Medal, against stiff
competition, with a score of 94.0!
- Also to
Jeff Young and
Dave Sokol who represented us well in the Trumpet and
Tuba events, respectively.
And to the
Capital Brass! Mini-corps:
8th Place, with a score of 86.25!
..in competition with 18 mini-corps' from
across the country!
...including representatives from: San
Francisco, Dallas, Boston, Philadelphia, New Hampshire, Southern
California, North Carolina, Minneapolis, Kentucky, New York
City, Long Island, Rochester, Indianapolis and MORE!
DCA World Championship Mini-corps results:
1- 98.50 Star United
2- 95.50 Renegades
3- 94.75 Golden Eagles
4- 91.50 Thunderbirds
5- 90.125 Minne Brass
6- 88.25 Ghostriders
7- 87.75 Mass Brass
8- 86.25 Capital Brass!
9- 85.00 So Cal Dream
10- 82.00 Outlaws
11- 77.25 Skyliners
12- 76.75 Amoskeag Sound (1.0)
13- 76.50 CrossmenXtreme
14- 75.50 Derby City Knights
15- 66.75 St. Kevin's
16- 63.00 Carolina Gold
17- 62.60 Imperials
18- 62.25 Excelsior
Note: 2 (of the 4) judges had Capital Brass! in 6th place (88 & 89)
...and one had them in 4th Place in Performance Effect!
Great job against a superb line-up of top corps!
recap here
Solo Mid-Range Results:
1- 94.0 Paul MacDonald (Capital Brass!)- Gold Medal
2- 93.0 Robert Bohanek (Chops)
3- 92.0 Miranda Jackson (Minnesota Brass)
5- 88.0 Mike Barns (Park City Pride
6- 87.0 Rick Simard (Mass Brass)
7- 85.0 Dennis Tischaauser (Minnesota Brass)
8- 83.00 Steve Severance (Frontier)
9- 81.00 Glenn Kubacki (Sunrisers/Cabs Alumni)
10- 78.0 Tony Familio (Bridgemen)
Also: Jeff Young - 13th -Soprano/Trumpet
Dave Sokol - 4th - Tuba/Contra
and the Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble also scored respectably; each earning a score of 83.0
Full DCA I&E results here
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