Archive for April, 2010

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 Prelims judges for their contribution to our finals show.

See you next year.
-Matt Verburg and Jeremy Brown

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.