Dartmouth HS playing through some of their show music at WGI – Prelims on 04/21/22

Dartmouth in the lot on 04/20/23

Rob and George discuss DCI 2021 along with other current events in the Marching Arts 0:00 – Intro 1:40 – Sean Vega retires from RCC Indoor 7:30 – The pandemic and its affect on the marching arts 12:07 – 2021 and the SoCal drum corps scene 16:00 – Rob’s drum corps adventure 20:35 – Doing […]

George and Rob chat with drum corps legend and WGI Director of Percussion Mark Thurston about his time in the marching arts. Time Code 0:00 – Intro 2:39 – The beginning 7:40 – Going to Crossmen in 1979 12:05 – Early 1980’s Crossmen 15:59 – 1982 Crossmen, too clean too early 21:34 – Robbie Robinson […]

Time Code 0:00 – Crossmen searching for an identity in the mid 1980’s 3:02 – Making Finals in 1989 5:58 – 1990 Crossmen 8:49 – Early 1990’s Crossmen groove 12:32 – Changing technique 16:29 – Switching to Premier 20:53 – Mark’s love of writing for bottom bass 23:10 – Writing music for 1992 25:33 – […]

0:00 – WGI Percussion, “On any given day anybody can be champion” 4:14 – Memorable moments in WGI Percussion 8:59 – Looking at the Scholastic World division from the bottom up. 10:26 – Creative freedom of indoor percussion 14:26 – Adjudication 17:23 – WGI’s impact on drum corps

Time Code 0:00 – Preparation for WGI Championships in Dayton 2:12 – WGI 2020, the pandemic and post pandemic 8:17 – The impact of the pandemic on the activity 13:14 – DCA 16:47 – WGI and copyright 20:32 – I&E in WGI 23:45 – Social media and trolls 26:26 – Closing

Efren & Daniel Gutierrez are brothers from Bakersfield, CA, who both performed in World Class ensembles in both WGI & DCI. Efren is also currently teaching in the marching arts.

Etiwanda HS doing an ensemble run of their show at SCPA – Semi Finals on 04/09/22

Flux doing a run through of their show at WGI – San Bernardino on 03/26/22

Flux Indoor Percussion warming up at WGI – San Bernardino on 03/26/22