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DCI’s “Big, Loud & Live” 2010 – Quarterfinals shows are broadcast live to movie theaters around the US. Thursday, August 12, 6:30pm.

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.

We are moving out of winter percussion mode and into summer sectional rehearsals. Our group is rehearsing for the upcoming marching band season.

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.

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.