Xperience clinics


Xperience THE NW MARCHING BAND CLINICS!

Bring your band for an exciting day with the World-Class Cascades Drum & Bugle Corps.
Learn new techniques, rehearsal strategies, hands-on experiences and win awards!

- Band Directors: clinic & drum corps show is FREE + 1 adult pass for every 10 students.
- Individual Band Members are also welcome.
- Special Band Member Tickets sold at the gate on the day of the event.
- No instruments are necessary. See the Schedule

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schedule of events


Breakout (60 minutes)
– Participants will join the corps on the field and breakout into separate Percussion, Brass/Woodwind and Color Guard segments to work on fundamentals for their captions and practical of those fundamentals to the show selections.

Movement (40 minutes) – Interspersed between the performers of the CASCADES, the clinic participants will be exposed to basic body and movement fundamentals, dance, and practical application by the performers of these concepts to the overall visual program.

Ensemble (30 minutes) – The corps will bring the individual sections back together on the field while the participants watch a full ensemble coordination from the stands as the corps focuses on the fundamental concepts of full ensemble and demonstrate the process of rehearsing and working the show selections.

Performance of the 2011 Production (20 minutes) – Enjoy the 2011 production of “Pandora: a dark gift” as the corps does their final run of the show prior to the evening live performance. Sit back, relax and watch how it all comes together after an educational day of rehearsing with the Northwest’s only World Class Corps, the CASCADES.

 
 
   
       
     
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