Announcements:
Upcoming Jewelry Party Fund-raiser! Mark
your calendars: Premier Jewelry Fundraiser on April 9 from 7-9. Click
here for flyer with details (feel free to make copies to give to
people as an invitation). Please start inviting people, and rsvp to
Amanda Schuster at aschuster64@gmail.com
with your attendees, or with any questions. |
| Training Packet for Front Ensemble Jon Corson has put this packet together for anyone interested in participating in the front ensemble. Please take a moment to download this packet and print it for your binder. |
Exercises for Wednesday Practice Bass Splits (8's) Triplet Hand2Foot Timing Flam
Accent Breakdown: Snare
Tenors
Bass
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Winter Drumline Practice is upon us! We are practicing for the 2010 FHS Drumline every WEDNESDAY. We'll be meeting in the FHS band room from 6pm - 8pm. Practices will continue every Wednesday on that schedule unless otherwise posted here. You'll need drumsticks and/or mallets and preferrably a good practice pad. Out of the gate, we'll be working the following fundamental exercises: Hand
to Foot Timing As a general rule, I do not hand out music at practice very often. Accordingly, you need to print these exercises and bring a copy with you to rehearsal. It might be a good idea to start a binder with sheet protectors to keep your music in thru-out the season. |
Exciting News!!! 2010 Drumline Kick-Off Meeting: with a fantastic turn-out of both students and parents to our first pre-season kick-off meeting ever, the parents overwhelmingly supported my budget proposal for the 2010 season - which means that we WILL finally be getting all new field drums (snares, tenors and basses!) for the 2010 season!! Drumline Kids - you need to thank your parents for so strongly supporting the activity you love!! If you missed the kick-off meeting, here is the information packet |
Congratulations
on both an overall Superior band rating and straight 'I+' in all percussion
captions at State!! This was a great season for FHS Drumline and the entire band! In my opinion, the FHS Drumline dominated EVERY competition we attended and I am extremely proud to be associated with such a fine group of young men and women performers and musicians. Check out your Judges Sheet Can hardly wait to see what we can do next year!! |
FHS
Drumline takes Best Percussion at Marion Local! Congratulations guys! You performed your best show of the season and this was a well-deserved victory! It was great to see all sections doing the things we worked on and completely dominating the field! You make me proud!! |
Congratulations on taking the Outstanding Percussion award at Tipp City! |
Percussion
Classifieds Need to sell some equipment? Let me know and I'll post it for you. Looking for something? Check out our classifieds page before you buy 'new'!  |
Get
the FMS clinic handouts
HERE
Even if
you were unable to attend the FMS clinics from some reason, I strongly encourage
you to visit the clinic materials link above, download the material there,
and practice it.
You will still be missing out on a lot of critical information, but at least
you won't be
completely in the dark!
Note: The link is password protected - so you'll need to reference
the clinic hand-out you received at school for the username and password.
Want to be in the FHS Drumline??? Check out the BASICS page for a couple of drumming & keyboard technique videos. |
Thoughts
on Character: -Character matters. Strive to improve it. |
