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We are happy to announce the addition of Alex Turkovic as our pecussion caption head. Alex received his B.A. in Music Production and Engineering from Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts in 2003. While at Berklee, he was a member of the Berklee Dumline and studied percussion under Dave DiCenso, Kenwood Dennard, Rod Morgenstein, Mike Mangini, John Ramsay, Jackie Santos and Francisco Mela with an emphasis on drum set. Alex has recorded extensively not only in rudimental drumming, but also drum kit, various rock projects and classical recordings. From 1999 to 2003, Alex was percussion caption head at Rolla High School in Missouri. The Rolla drumline won a number of high drums awards at various statewide marching contests under Alex

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The Austin Stars are now accepting applications for the 2009 season. Spots are available for staff and performing members in every section of the corps. We will compete in the Drum Corps Associates circuit and go all the way to the DCA World Championships on Labor Day Weekend 2009. A show announcement including repertoire will be coming soon! Members Positions for performing members include color guard, battery percussion, pit percussion, trumpet, mellophone, baritone and tuba. You must be at least 18 years old and have previous experience in marching band, drum & bugle corps, winter guard, indoor percussion or other percussion ensemble. All members pay annual dues to participate. We are a small, new corps with ambitions to grow in size and competitiveness. A wise man once said,

"corps"

I like the fact that... "you choose any eight of your favorite performances of all-time. Selections can be made from more than 400 corps performances from 1974-2006, including those that have been featured in previous versions of the Classic Countdown." I think this might make it the best DCI countdown yet.

Jus wonderin' Dinkle's are my favorite.

Your directory needs to be updated. There are a lot of schcools not listed. It would be awesome to have a database with all school band websites listed as well.

Nope. There's a reson why you don't see convertible Euphoniums in DCI. The regular bell front marching Euphs are better. And personally I think it's looks silly to carry a Euph on the shoulder compared to a Tuba.

Was Sean Snyder there teaching tubas when you auditioned?

Quite a few Texas students in Blue Stars. Some from Houston, Dallas, Corpus Christi even!

The Austin Stars next rehearsal camp will take place on Saturday, January 20th.from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lockhart High School, 906 Center Street, Lockhart, TX. Click here for more info.www.austinstars.org Positions open in all sections especially trumpets, tubas and front ensemble (pit). We are also still looking for additional board members and instructors. Send resume's to info@austinstars.org.

Those are convertible euphoniums, not baritones.

The Austin Stars next rehearsal camp will take place on Saturday, January 20th.from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lockhart High School, 906 Center Street, Lockhart, TX. http://austinstars.org/main/index.php?opti...&id=17&Itemid=2

Can anyone out there list the marching bands in Texas that use over-the-shoulder (contra bass style) marching tubas instead of Sousaphones?

It's all on the website. http://www.austinstars.org Next camp is Saturday, January 20th. Exact time and location will be announced soon and it will be posted on the website. We rehearse about once per month in the winter and spring just like DCI corps but in the summer we still only rehearse and peform on weekends. This allows our members to keep their jobs or go to summer school. Dues are only $275 this year. What other info can I give you? Email me at theaustinstars@gmail.com