A little update on Jordan. He is in Belding, MI for a competition tonight. This is the 3rd one of the trip thus far. The other two... Omaha and Lyons, MI-- they placed first. Tonight they will once again meet up with a local Bay Area Drum Corp... and we will see how they still match up. Thus far they are the closest to upsetting the World Championships for them.
So... yes, the excitement is building. Scott left for Chicago yesterday on business. He will meet up with the Corp in Dayton, Ohio on Friday. From there he will be driving the equipment truck and sleeping on his cot. Fun!
The following are pictures I took at the Dublin Show back on July 19.
You may need to click on these... to get a better view.
But do note the nice lines and curves... the cohesiveness of them as a whole. All while moving and playing. They are smooth as butter and sound phenomenal.
In just a second they will turn around-- a really cool sight.
The end of the performance. And very nice to see them still playing the role of high caliber performers... even when they are no longer being scored. This is only a very small taste as I was too distracted by the fabulous to remember to take pictures.
As the rest of the Corp is retreating... the Contra Tubas (Jordan) line up and wait. The color guards are gathering their flags. This picture show the very first Contra Tuba as he steps out of line to retreat from the field. I was also trying to figure out which one is Jordan... by enlarging the picture I am pretty sure he is the 3rd one in from the left. They are all dark... racial coloring or not... so much sun they have had.
As they walk past the stands. Click on that picture...you can just see the sharpness in their walk. Awesome!
He is the first one in the second row.
So there is a little taste of what he does. Their performance was new and improved from the first time I saw it ... about 3 weeks earlier. And am sure the performance in Indiana... will be the same kind of improvements.
They receive scores on different parts of the performance... the final score, of course, is based off those. The Corp with the highest score wins. They have progressively improved their score... as are the others behind them. Do remember they are undefeated. But it all depends on who performs the best on D-Day. They are currently forecasted as getting the World Championship in both A and B Corps. Cross your fingers... the pressure is on for them.
And Jordan... paving the way to his scholarship, besides having a great time!
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