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As directors, we never get the opportunity to assemble everyone who made this season possible into one place.  So, we will do it here to say thank you.

The members of the 2010 ensemble for their hard work and trust during the season. We cannot say how great it was to have a young and hungry group of students to work with. Your effort and sacrifice is truly appreciated. You have made us proud.

The great staff: Elliott Klaber, Jason Burris, Matt Roberts, Matt Brown, John Bishai, Yarnell Stallworth, Andy Schwartz, Marie Goltara, Adam Steff, and John Seay. Hire these folks to teach your drum students, write your drill, or anything related to the activity. They are the best. Email us at info@timbercreekindependent.com and we’ll get you in touch.

An extra thanks to Adam Steff for the late nights and weekends keeping the facilities available. And for equipment, administrative and instructional help… I could go on. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Omar Carmenates, huge thanks for your time and energy in this Censored project. Hero of the year.

Clif and Christie Walker, thank you for setting the table for the success of the season. You are a great example to follow on and off the drumline floor.

Wives, husbands, girlfriends, and boyfriends of those in the TCI family. Thanks for lending us your loved ones during the weekends.

Parents! Thank you for your students and your commitment to their musical and performance education. Thanks for the late night pick-ups and sorry about those smelly trips home.

An extra thanks to the Burns family and the Frye family.

Thanks to the Cato family for the blindfolds (they were real!), Amy Klaber for running the booth, and to our other volunteers this season.

Jeremy Harrington for all of the web and design help. Hire him for your web site building needs! Check out his work at www.crawlspacemedia.com.

Tim Hinton for the ideas and guiding creative thoughts throughout the year.

Thanks also to Jeremy Vest and Jeremy Goldberg for your help this season.

To the people we don’t see too often, but appreciate input and support: Thad Anderson, Pat Seidling, and Todd Leighton.

Rhett Cox and Devin Hoey at Timber Creek High School, and Adam McIntyre at Winter Springs High School for equipment assistance, and Jon Brown at University High School for facilities help.

Chris Magonigal for the great pictures taken at the WGI Orlando regional. Check out his work at www.magonigal.com. And good luck to Genesis Drum and Bugle Corps in their inaugural season!

Chris Schroeder for the narration vocal work in the show. You became the voice of freedom.

Brent Becker at Stanbury Uniforms. We received TONS of great comments about the uniforms. Use Brent to design your uniforms! www.stanbury.com

Chris and the guys at Mapex Drums. Your support and continued investment in the TCI project has been has been incomparable. Thank you!

Staci and Kelly at ProMark Drumsticks. We could not be prouder to be a ProMark team.

Bruce Jacoby and Mark Branson at Remo Drumheads, and Dr. Nick Petrella at Sabian Cymbals. Thank you all SO much.

Greg, Kari, Raychel at the Florida Literacy Coalition
Jacquie, Tim, Laurie at Algy
Leonard at Epic Printing Solutions
Dustin at CopyCat Licensing
Anne at Custom Sport Sleeves
The folks at Image Depot, Orlando
Lauren at Fairfield Inn Dayton South

Thank you to the many friends and family members around the country who financially sponsored our members.

A big thank you to the maintenance crew at University High School. Thanks for dealing with us!

To the teams at FFCC and WGI for organizing this silly indoor activity.

Thanks to Paul Rennick and Florida Percussive Arts Society.

A sincere thanks to the guys at Infinity for continuing to make Central Florida the center of the Southeast indoor percussion scene.

To the people behind the scenes for support. The Verburg family, Barbara Perez, and the Porter family.

To the music teachers of TCI’s students and elsewhere. Your work does not go unnoticed by us. Thank you.

Thanks to the Beastie Boys for fighting for our rights (to party or otherwise).  Erik Satie for helping to inspire this whole thing.  FDR, JFK, Frank Zappa and others for providing motivation.

And to the WGI Finals judges for their contribution to our finals show.

This Wednesday, April 14th, we will be holding our yearly Friends and Family Send-Off Show before we hit the road to Dayton, Ohio for WGI World Championships.  The show will be hosted at our 2010 home base University High School, in the main campus gymnasium.

We will open the doors for the last hour of rehearsal beginning at 8pm, and will then do a full, uniformed run (or two!) of the show at 9pm.  We are asking a $2 admission to go toward our gas fund to help us get to Ohio.  Or for $10, we throw in a new TCI shirt while supplies last.  So get there early.  Other donations will be happily accepted, and if you would like to sponsor a specific member of the ensemble, information will be available at the door.

Unless you’re headed up to Championships, this is your last chance to see the 2010 show “Censored,” so don’t miss it!  Thanks so much for your support.

For more information, check the Facebook event page HERE.

Below find the itinerary for TCI’s trip to Dayton, Ohio for WGI Championships.

Wednesday we begin the festivities with a Send-Off Show at University High School.  Members report for rehearsal at 5, then feel free to join us at 8, show begins at 9pm.  We will travel that night to Meadowdale HS in Dayton to rehearse before our Friday afternoon Prelims show.

Friday night we will have an informal banquet at a location in Dayton, getting us ready for rehearsal and our Finals show on Saturday night.  We will arrive back home on Sunday evening.

All times on the itinerary are approximate and subject to change.

TCI WGI Itinerary 2010

For more information on the WGI Championships, check out the official site HERE.

Check out our new Mapex drums!  Custom black hardware on Transparent Midnight Black shells.  14″ snares, 6-8-10-12-13-14″ tenors, and bass drum sizes 16-18-22-26-30″.  These bad boys sound great, and look for them again this summer on the Genesis Drum & Bugle Corps drumline.

Also, thanks to Brent at Stanbury for helping us design our uniforms this year.  These look great on the floor, and could not better suit the theme of the show “Censored.”  Check out more of Brent’s designs HERE.

All photos by Chris Magonigal.

TCI 2010: Censored

From the design team that brought you The Way Up and Videotape comes TCI’s 2010 program Censored.

Inspired by the words of figures including President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Philosopher Joseph Tussman, and Musician Frank Zappa, TCI will present the debate and allow the audience to draw a personal conclusion as to the necessity or hindrance of censorship.

Continuing the trend of exploring relevant societal themes, Censored will feature music from the French composer and pianist Erik Satie, as well as hip-hop legends Beastie Boys. The censorship theme will integrate into musical and visual phrases, at times not letting you see what you want to see or hear what you want to hear.

As the ensemble prepares for its second full season in the World Class, they look forward to again making the trip to Dayton, Ohio in April 2010 for WGI World Championships.

In addition to the visual and musical production, the show will again be accompanied by online content to enhance the viewer’s experience. Follow along with articles and other media at www.tobecensored.com.

What needs to be censored?

The remaining shows for TCI’s 2010 season are listed below.  Since TCI generally performs near the end of each event, please arrive early, or when the show begins, to see all the great ensembles the state of Florida has to offer.

Saturday, February 27th – WGI Orlando Percussion Regional
Hosted at University High School in Orlando, our home school. This is a Prelims/Finals format show with our prelims performance at 2:30pm. The finals performance will occur later the same evening, around 9pm.

For more information on this event, check the WGI page for the show by clicking HERE.

Saturday, March 13th – FFCC Freedom Show
Hosted at Freedom High School in southern Orange County.  TCI’s performance time is approximately 3:10pm.

For more information on this event, check the FFCC page for the show by clicking HERE.

Friday, March 26th – FFCC Championships
Hosted at Cypress Creek High School in southern Orange County.  The schedule for this show has yet to be made official, but expect TCI’s performance around 10pm.  Please note this is a Friday night show.

For more information on this event, check the FFCC page for the show by clicking HERE.

Wednesday, April 14th – TCI Send-Off Show
At our home base University High School, in the main campus gymnasium.  Our yearly show for fans, family, and friends so you can see the finished TCI product before we pack up and head to Ohio.  Open rehearsal begins at 8pm, then we will perform the show at 9.  $2 admission for the gas fund to Dayton.

For more information, check the event page on Facebook HERE.

Friday and Saturday, April 16th/17th – WGI World Championships
Again in Dayton, Ohio at the University of Dayton Arena.  We will update members and parents with an itinerary when available.

For more information on this event, check the WGI page for championship week by clicking HERE.

Previous 2010 shows:

February 6th – FFCC Seminole Percussion Focus Show
February 13th – FFCC University Show

Click the links to find TCI on the web:

For the 2010 season, TCI is happy to bring back the blog that helped tell the story of the show. Last year, with www.onyourvideotape.com, audience members got to see behind the scenes videos, pictures, and articles describing the pros and cons of surveillance.

Continuing the trend of media and online interaction throughout the season, be sure to bookmark this year’s blog, www.tobecensored.com, for updated insights on TCI’s 2010 season, and information about censorship in its many forms.

Please join us in welcoming Mr. Tim Hinton, Mr. Jason Diehl, Mr. John Bishai, Mr. Yarnell Stallworth, and Dr. Thad Anderson to 2010 TCI Team. We are also pleased to be working with Brent Becker of Stanbury for uniforms for the coming season.

We are very excited to have these professionals and their expertise on board, improving the member, staff and audience experience. Please check out their experience, as well as the bios of other staff members on the staff page.

Staff page. Click it.

Audition information for TCI 2010 has been added to the Audition page.

The weekly sessions begin September 9th at UCF for snare, tenor, bass, and October 7th at University HS for frontline.  Cymbals will begin October 7th at UCF.  The audition process concludes at the December 5-6th full ensemble camp.  Check out the Audition page for all the details.  See you there.