EN-RICH-MENT, a not for profit program that provides free music lessons, instruments, education, training, art, dance, voice and drumline to underserved urban youth ages 5 – 18, will host its FIRST DRUMMING COMPETITION PRESENTED BY THE BLUECOATS DRUM & BUGLE CORPS (ages 8 to 16) (Marching and Free-Style) APRIL 2ND, 11 AM - 3PM, Arts in Stark Ed Center, 1014 Cleveland Ave., NW Canton.
Each contestant will have up to two minutes to showcase their skills in one of two classes - marching percussion using a marching snare, quads, or bass drum, or free-style percussion using buckets, trash cans or homemade instruments. Each class will have three age groups - 8-10, 11-13, 14-16.
In addition to an overall winner in each class, our judges will select a winner from each age group. Each winner will receive a trophy. In addition, the overall winner from the marching percussion class will win $100, two tickets to the Bluecoats' Innovations in Brass: Massillon competition at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium and a day "behind the scenes" with the 2016 Bluecoats Drumline. The overall winner from the free-style class will win $100, two tickets to a Cleveland Cavaliers game, and an evening "behind the scenes" with Cavs QStix Entertainment Ensemble.
Serving as judges for the competition: Marching - Julian Goldthwaite (Bluecoats alum, QStix Manager), David Vielhaber (Bass Line performer, Bluecoats alum) Free-style - Julian Goldthwaite (see above), Elec Simon, QStix.
JUDGING BY: Marching - Julian Goldthwaite (Bluecoats alum, QStix Manager), David Vielhaber (Bass Line performer, Bluecoats alum) Free-style - Julian Goldthwaite (see above), Elec Simon, QStix. Registration is $10.00.
Betty Smith
Executive Director
EN-RICH-MENT
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