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terry.pritchard@vigilantescorps.org |
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Terry Pritchard began his performing career aging out with the Drum Corps International World Champion Star of Indiana. During his time at Star he studied brass under Donnie Van Doren and design under the late George Zingali and technique from Dr Len Kruzecki and Todd Ryan. Following in the footsteps of these great instructors, Terry developed a style that is innovative, creative and unmistakable.
Terry Pritchard’s style has led to several world championships beginning in 1994 with the Chimeras Winterguard, WGI Open Class Champions. Terry began teaching indoor drum lines with Music City Mystique. This led to successful early years and multiple World Championships for Mystique while developing a young WGI indoor marching percussion activity. During this time he developed a movement technique that allowed for greater clarity visually. His technique has since been used by many groups across the country.
Pritchard continued his performing career with the Tony and Emmy Award-winning show, Blast! As a cast member in the Broadway Cast he played Tuba, percussion and voice. Terry was also the visual instructor for both the North American touring cast and the Broadway Cast.
Terry has been an instructor or designer for some of the best ensembles in the country. The list includes Star of Indiana drum and bugle corps, Carolina Crown drum and bugle corps, Spirit of Atlanta drum and bugle corps, Dutch Boy drum and bugle corps, Music City Mystique, Avon High School, Mission Viejo High School, Diamonds Indoor Percussion, Chimeras Winter Guard, Brentwood High School, Middle Tennessee State University, University of New Mexico, Dobyns-Bennett High School, and Science Hill High School. |
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paul.rennick@vigilantescorps.org |
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| Paul Rennick has served on the faculty of the University of North Texas since 1991 and is also Adjunct Faculty at Texas Christian University. Paul is a leading figure in the world of marching percussion and education, with a long history of successful students and performing ensembles. He has been a featured clinician at many Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, Music Educators Association Conventions, and many Percussive Arts Society State Conventions. Since 1989 he has also written and designed the shows for the 14-time Percussive Arts Society National Champion University of North Texas Indoor Drumline. He is currently the director of percussion for the Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps, recently named winner of the 2006 and 2008 Drum Corps International Fred Sanford award for percussion performance. Paul was a design team member, music composer/arranger, instructor, and percussion manager for the Tony & Emmy Award-winning Broadway production “Blast!” Paul is currently on staff as an artist/clinician with Dynasty USA, Remo Inc., the Avedis Zildjian Co., and a Signature Artist with Innovative Percussion, Inc. |
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denise.thomas@vigilantescorps.org |
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Denise Thomas began her color guard career at a very young age. By her freshman year in high school, she was a member of the rifle line for the Southern Lancers Winter Guard from Jacksonville State University (AL) and became a member of the Jacksonville State University Marching Southerners rifle line in 1985 at the age of 15 and marched for 8 years. Her time with the Marching Southerners included 2 years in the drum line on cymbals. In 1989, Denise designed visual program for the drum line and cymbals visual show for the Percussive Arts Society competition. The Marching Southerners Drum Line proudly took second place at PAS in Nashville, TN with the Cymbal line walking away as PAS Champions. Jacksonville State University is not only home to the Marching Southerners, but also Center Stage Winter Guard (WGI Open Class Medalist and WGI World Class Finalist).
Having been introduced to drum corps in 1976, Denise was always fascinated with the activity. One of her fondest memories is not actually one of her own performances, but being on the sidelines to see Spirit of Atlanta perform just days after the death of Jim Ott while on tour. The power and pure emotion of that corps had her hooked.
In 1987, she auditioned for the Spirit of Atlanta color guard. Under the tutelage of color guard greats like Scott Chandler, Tam Easterwood, Sal Salas, and Carol Abohatab, Denise became a performing member of the 1987 DCI World Champion Color Guard from the Spirit of Atlanta and continued to march in the 1988 season. In 1990 Denise followed her mentor, Scott Chandler, to the Blue Devils of Concord, CA. Here, she marched in the Blue Devils Winter Guard and was a marching member of the DCI World Champion Blue Devils Color Guard. It was there that she learned from one of the greatest color guard technicians in the world, TJ Doucette. In 2006 she became a proud (but OLD) performing member of Insignia Winter Guard of Ft. Worth, TX.
At the young age of 14, Denise began teaching high school color guards throughout Alabama and Georgia. Her teaching career continued with the Colts from Dubuque, IA in 1992 and for several years with the Racine Scouts from Racine, WI. She was also fortunate enough to observe the talented staff of the Madison Scouts for several seasons while living in Madison, WI. After moving to Texas in 1996, Denise stepped away from the activity for a while. In 2005, she was fortunate enough to teach a great group of girls from Coppell High School during the winter guard season. She has proudly watched as past students have gone on to march in many world class and world champion drum corps, including: Blue Devils, Cadets, Glassmen, Colts, Phantom Regiment, Cavaliers, and of course Spirit. |
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terry.pritchard@vigilantescorps.org |
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Brad Green began his drum corps career as a euphonium player for the Cadets of Bergen County in 1995. He aged-out as Drum Major for The Cadets in 1998, where the corps earned its seventh DCI World Championship title and Brad was presented with the Jim Jones Leadership award.
From 1999 to 2004 Brad was a member of the theatrical production Blast! where he was conductor, trombonist, and euphonium performer. From 2001-2004 he was the brass supervisor/manager for the Broadway, Anaheim, and National Touring casts of BLAST.
In 2004 Brad assumed the role of Brass Caption Head for the Blue Knights drum and bugle corps. In 2006 he joined the brass staff for the Santa Clara Vanguard drum and bugle corps; he then assumed the role of Assistant Brass Caption Head in 2007. In 2008 and 2009 Brad was Brass Caption Head for the Blue Stars drum and bugle corps. Brad is the Brass Caption Head for the 2010 Madison Scouts drum and bugle corps.
Brad has served as an instructor, adjudicator, and arranger/composer for marching bands and drum and bugle corps across the United States. From 1995 to 1999, he completed course work for Music Education at the University of North Texas. In 2008 he earned his Bachelor of Arts with Honors from The New School University. Currently, Brad resides in New York City. |
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| Wasey Herbort (sopranos and high brass) is a trumpet player from Dallas. He received his bachelors in music education in 2006 from TCU. His marching experience includes lead soprano with Lone Star Drum and Bugle Corps in 1998 and lead trumpet and soloist with the Bluecoats in 2002. Other musical experiences have been both in Texas and abroad with the award winning TCU Jazz Ensemble as the lead trumpet. In 2003 he performed with the group on a 2 week tour of Europe and participated in 4 international jazz festivals. The next year the TCU trumpet ensemble performed in Bangkok for the king of Thailand at the International Trumpet Guild convention. His teaching experience includes 2 years at Lake Dallas High School where in his second year as the head director he lead the band to its first division 1 rating at UIL marching competition. |
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| Brent Unger (mellophones and ensemble) is a native of East Texas and now lives in Austin. He attended Texas A&M Commerce as a music education major studying French Horn under Michael Morrow. In 1988, he was a member of Star of Indiana playing mellophone and was instructed by DCI Hall of Fame members Donnie van Doren and James Prime. Over the past 20 years, Brent has served as a clinician, consultant or instructor with a number of marching bands and drum corps including Churchill High School, Judson High School, Lone Star, Suncoast Sound, Gulf Coast Sound, Frontier, Austin Stars, and Blue Stars. He has been a marching band adjudicator for 15 years and judged for U.S.S.B.A. three of those years. From 2003 to 2005 Brent founded Music City Legend Drum & Bugle Corps in Nashville, TN and served as corps director, brass arranger and caption head. The corps won the DCA Class A high brass award in 2005. Brent was a member of the 2004 Star of Indiana Alumni Corps and will be performing with them again in 2010 at the DCI Championships in Indianapolis. |
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| Todd Modgling (baritones and low brass) is currently the head band director at Blue Ridge ISD. His responsibilities include teaching 5th – 12th grade band students. He is a graduate of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA. Todd is a former marching member of The Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps and The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps. He has been on visual/brass staff with Revolution Drum and Bugle Corps, Teal Sound Drum and Bugle Corps, Texas State University Bobcat Marching Band, Seguin High School Marching Band, Parkway High School Marching Band and Wilson Central High School. He has been a clinician and instructor in 3 different states and is an active member of Texas Music Educators Association, Association of Small School Band, Texas Band Masters Association and Texas Association of Professional Educators. |
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