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		<title>DCI&#8217;s &#8220;Big, Loud &amp; Live&#8221; 2010</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DCI's "Big, Loud &#038; Live" 2010 - Quarterfinals shows are broadcast live to movie theaters around the US. Thursday, August 12, 6:30pm.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Raining Oil&#8221; Sheet Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthony and Alex did an excellent job arranging "Raining Oil," from the movie Jarhead for our 2010 percussion feature. This feature promises to be one of the best North Andover has ever performed.]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Percussion is Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are moving out of winter percussion mode and into summer sectional rehearsals. Our group is rehearsing for the upcoming marching band season.]]></description>
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		<title>Auditions for Fall 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 19:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Auditions for spots in the Fall 2010 percussion section will take place on Tuesday, May 25th and Thursday, May 27th, 2010. Auditions are open to any interested student (8th graders too!). These auditions will determine instrumentation and placement for next fall's percussion section.]]></description>
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		<title>Triplet Check Patterns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thom Hannum's Triplet Check Patterns are designed to build a rhythmic vocabulary in the triplet feel. Like the Duple Check Patterns, they are a set of basic patterns that will ultimately help students play harder, more complex phrases.]]></description>
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		<title>Progress Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex recently came up with a great idea: let's chart our current proficiency level and the time between now and band camp, and measure the rate of improvement necessary to reach our desired level. The result: our Progress Table.]]></description>
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		<title>Threes Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This exercise is designed to help battery players learn &#038; practice "threes," or groups of three notes played on the same hand.]]></description>
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		<title>Triplet Rolls Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Triplet Rolls exercise, just like our Duple Rolls exercise, has an audio recording below, set at 100bpm. If this tempo isn't right for you, play with your metronome to find a comfortable tempo. Then, using your progress table, keep track of your improvement each week.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the parts for our Duple Roll exercise. The audio recording below is set at 100bpm. If this tempo isn't right for you, play with your metronome to find a comfortable tempo. Then, using your progress table, keep track of your improvement each week.]]></description>
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		<title>Accent/Tap Exercise (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the sheet music for Section A of our Accent/Tap exercise. Please download and print your respective parts. Assignment: Learn and MEMORIZE this whole exercise for Tuesday, April 27.]]></description>
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