Issue: February, 2001
Carolina Crown Holds Annual Banquet
On Saturday, 12/16/00, Crown held their
annual banquet at Ft. Mill High School. The 140 alumni, parents, faculty
and volunteers enjoyed a great buffet dinner, followed by the annual awards
presentations. The following are the results of the award
presentations:
BRASS- Andrea Brown Presenting
Most Improved Brass
Member: Nick Bayard
(other nominees - Alisha Homan, Jason Plummer, Kevin
Smith)
Outstanding First-Year Brass Member: David Roth
(other nominees
- Arthur Kunkle, Scott McCloy, Gordie Moore, Seth Murphy)
Outstanding
Brass Member: John Behizedeh
(other nominees - Ryan Howell, Scott McCloy, Zol
Waterhouse)
MARCHING - Brian Bambauer Presenting
Most Improved
Marcher: James Blanton
(other nominees - Jonathan Lacey, Jeff Watson, Sean
Sedlock, Josh Love)
Outstanding First-Year Marcher: Mike Barnum
(other
nominees - Gordie Moore, Jeremy Noyes, Jessica Ontiveros, David
Roth)
Outstanding Marching: Zol Waterhouse
(other nominees - Ryan
Howell, Paul Jennings, Mike Poole, Loraine Womble)
GUARD - Shannon
Russell Presenting
Most Improved Colorguard Member: Stephanie
Good
(other nominees - Yayoi Misaki, Kirsten Stebner, Antonio Fulmore, Adele
Williamson)
Outstanding First-Year Colorguard Member: Matt Follo and
Holly Wilson
(other nominees - Peter Eichler, Wade Johnson, Lindsay
Obermeier)
Outstanding Colorguard Member: Andria Foerch
(other
nominees - Amanda Kachurak, Stacey Flannery, Erin Hunt, Caleb
Holifield)
PERCUSSION - Paul Rennick Presenting
Most Improved
Percussion Member: Jimmy LaBrecque
(other nominees - Butch Smith, Matt
Schumaker, Cynthia Williams, Rob Cooney)
Outstanding First Year
Percussion Member: Butch Smith
(other nominees - Jeremy Noyes, Jimmy
LaBrecque, Andy Eldridge, Mizuki Iwata)
Outstanding Percussion Member:
Mark Teal
(other nominees - Dennis Carty, Steven Musumeche, Dave Stedronsky,
Jason Blohm, Mike Poole)
FIVE YEAR AWARDS - Brian Bambauer
Presenting
Heather Cox & Andria Foerch
SUPPORT STAFF OF THE
YEAR - Kevin Smith Presenting
This award was presented to the team of
Teri Brinson, Shelly Gomes and Steve Henson. Each of these great support
staff donated their entire summer to tour with Carolina Crown! It was the
first time in the Corps' history that we were fortunate enough to have three
full time support staff members!
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR - Chip Smith and
Doug Madar Presenting
Carol Srdar - Carol was the first recipient of this
annual award for both her "single-handed" work in raising over $50,000 this year
in the organization's annual golf tournament, and for her work in raising over
$200,000 for the corps over the past 10 years!
(other nominees - Teri
Brinson, Larry Gibson)
MEMBER OF THE YEAR - Kevin Smith
Presenting
Erin Hunt - Erin was the winner of this member-voted award
based on her dedication and leadership in 2001, her 7th and final season as a
member of Carolina Crown!
(other nominees - Zol Waterhouse, Eric Taylor,
David Roth)
The evening ended with the Crown tradition of the awarding of
the "Crowns" to all the people who participated in anyway with the organization
in 2000, and with sincere thanks to the office staff of Brian Bambauer and Moe
Smith, and the banquet set-up crew lead by Luanne Bialecki for another
outstanding event! The attendees were then treated to the premiere of the
2000 Carolina Crown Tour Video on the big screen in Ft. Mill High School's
auditorium.
Crown Guard Readies for Great 2001 Season
Hoping to build on their WGI World
Class Finalist season of 2000, the 27 member Crown Guard of Dayton, OH is
preparing for another run at the top echelon of the winter color guard
activity. Michael Shapiro is Crown Guard's founder, director and
designer.
summer, 3 from 99 and before. Guard
Captains are Andrea Heary, 2 year Carolina Crown vet Stacey Flannery, and 3 year
Crown vet Sean Cooney are all members of the 2001 Crown Guard.
Carolina Visual Productions Begins Another Season with High Expectations
Carolina Visual Productions (CVP), the Carolina Crown
affiliated winter color guard from Raleigh, NC is off to a great start for their
2001 season according to Director Dwayne Barnes. Their show this season is
Blue Skies by BT, with background vocals by Tori Amos. The guard will be
attending the WGI Eastern, Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic Regionals and the WGI
championships in Milwaukee.
The guard is marching 18 members, and the
Guard Captains are Courtney VanBeck and Sammi Derr. Both are 3 year vets
of CVP, and Sammi will ageout this season. The 2001 faculty includes
Equipment choreographer - Ben Mitrano; Drill Designer - Richard Burgess;
Movement Choreographer - Shannon Proctor; Tech - Brad Tilley; and Consultant -
Amanda VanDreumel.
This year the organization also has a second unit, CVP
II. They have 8 members, and the Captains are Melissa Hannold and Christa
Kohler. Their show is a remake of the Sting song "Every Little Thing She
Does is Magic!" They will be traveling to the WGI Carolina
Regional.
Carolina Crown wishes both of these groups the very best for
the 2001season!
Crown Names First of Two 2001 Drum Majors
At the conclusion of the Crown's January
rehearsal camp, Executive Director Kevin Smith named 2nd-year member David Roth
of Marietta, GA as the first of two drum majors selected to lead the corps in
2001. David is one of two children, having an eighteen year old sister,
Jennifer. He attended Pope HS in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, where he
played clarinet during his sophmore year in the marching band and was the drum
major during his junior and senior years. He was an All-State
clarinetist, and was awarded the "John Philip Sousa Band Award" while at
Pope. He was a National Finalist (5th place overall) in the PTSA
"Reflections" composition competition during his senior year in high school, as
well as a "Who's Who" recipient. David is now a Music
Education/Composition major at the University of Georgia - Athens. He
marched in the Crown brass line in 2000, and received the Outstanding 1st-Year
Brass Member Award at the Corps' recent annual awards banquet. David is
also the chairperson of Crown's 2001 Student Leadership Task Force, a new Crown
initiative aimed at enhancing the leadership qualities of all the Corps' student
leaders.
Carolina Crown's practice is to select drum majors from within
the Corps (i.e, "vets" whom have marched at least one prior year). A
formal selection process is used involving 1) an interview with senior faculty
members and corps administration; 2) an audition involving leading and
conducting the corps through some recently learned music; and 3) the handling of
various assignments during several camps which involve using a number of
attributes needed by a successful student leader. Three other drum major
candidates have been involved in this process this year: Trevor Cox, Seth
Murphy, and Loraine Womble. Due to the tight competition among these three
candidates, the decision to name this year's 2nd drum major was postponed until
the close of the February camp. This will allow them another month to work
on several areas of possible enhancement pointed out for each of them by the
selection team. Of course, each of these fine young people will be
"leaders" within the Corps in 2001 regardless of the results of the drum major
selection process.
Congratulations David, and best wishes to Loraine,
Seth and Trevor!
New Year's Resolutions
So, yeah, January 1st was weeks ago, and yeah,
many New Year's resolutions have already been made and broken since then, but
I'd like to offer a couple resolutions of my own in anticipation of the 2001
season. Feel free to adopt any or all of these, or modify them as you
wish:
I resolve that I will work hard this season,
with the ultimate goal being
that I will do my part in putting together a
show I can be proud of, all
the while learning about music, teamwork, and
friendship.
I resolve that I will do everything in my power to ensure
that this edition of Crown 2001 is the best ever, and that we will reach new
standards of excellence set for us this year.
I resolve that I will make
new friends, keep the old, and make Carolina
Crown my family during these
winter camps and the coming summer tour.
Lastly, I resolve that when this
season is finished, I will look back on it
with fond memories, because Crown
2001 is going to be absolutely
unbelievable.
From being at the first
three winter camps and anticipating great things from the next three, I know
that this season is going to be great. The members who will don the royal
purple uniforms on the field this summer, and who will call themselves members
of the 2001 Carolina Crown, have proven already to be of high caliber,
hardworking, and committed to the art of music-making and
performing. I look forward to sharing the memories of this year with
all of you?
See you on the field!
David Roth
2001 Carolina
Crown Drum
Major
Brass Caption Welcomes Co-Caption Heads
The brass caption will be lead
this year by co-caption heads for the first time in the corps' history.
The first of the two new faces is Larry
Markiewicz (MAR-KEV-ICH). Larry
is presently the band director at
Bridgewater-Raritan HS in New Jersey.
His vast experience includes 1) 1996-Present, Music Caption head, and part of
the design team for North Penn HS band (undefeated in Music since 1996 and
current 3 time defending champion USSBA V open); 2) 1998-Present, Staff
Coordinator/Program Coordinator, and Design Team Consultant for Syracuse
Brigadiers (DCA World Champions); 3) 1994-1997, Brass Caption Head and design
consultant for Pride of Soka Drum and Bugle Corps, Tokyo, Japan; 4) 1993-1997,
Cadets of Bergen County Brass, Brass Caption Head 1995-97; 5) 1998-2000 Brass
Caption Head of the Glassmen; 6) 1991-1992 Brass Instructor for the
Crossmen.
Co-captioning with Larry will be Bill Kellerman. Bill
also has excellent
experience including 1) 1995-Present, Rutgers Unversity-
Director of
Athletic Bands, Assistant Conductor of Wind Ensemble, and
Euphonium studio teacher; 2) 1998-2000, Glassmen brass staff; 3) 1995-1997,
Cadets Brass Staff; 4) 1993, Brass Caption Head of the Sky Ryders (where he was
teamed with Crown's Percussion Caption Head Paul Rennick); 5) 1991-1992, Brass
Caption Head of Golden Lancers, Pittsburg, PA. Bill is from the
Williamsport, PA area, where his father is band director of the high
school.
Sean Furilla received his B.S. in Music Education Degree from
West Chester University. He is currently band director at Skyline Middle
School in Wilmington, Delaware. Sean marched in the Cadets of Bergen County in
1997 under Larry's and Bill's instruction. His teaching experience
includes: 1) 1997-present - Music Staff, North Penn High School Band (4 time
defending USSBA V Open Champion), 2) 1999-present - Music Caption Head,
Chichester High School, 3) 1999-2000- Brass Instructor - Glassmen Drum and Bugle
Corps, 4) 2000-present - Brass Instructor, Syracuse Brigadiers Drum and
Bugle
Corps (DCA World Champions).
Andrea Brown returns from the 2000 brass
team. Andrea attends
UNC-Greensboro where she recently completed her
Master of Music, Horn Performance. She is currently seeking her Master of
Music Education, is the UNCG University Band Conductor and the Teaching
Assistant, Horn Studio. Andrea marched in Larry's 1994 mellophone line at The
Cadets, and also marched with Southwind in 1993. Besides Crown, she has
taught at McGavock H.S., Nashville, TN (1998, 1999) and Northwest Guilford
H.S., Greensboro, NC (2000). Andrea is originally from Milan,
TN.
Mike Lonesky is a December graduate of the University of Toledo with
a Bachelors in Music Education. He is currently employed by the Convergys
Corporation. He marched with the Glassmen in 1996 and 1999, the second
year under the instruction of Larry, Bill and Sean.
Ryan Summers is a
senior Music Industry Studies major at Applachian State University. His
concentration is recording and production and he will be graduating in
May. Ryan is from Hendersonville, NC and went to Hendersonville High
School. He marched with Carolina Crown from 1997 through 1999, performing
on Contra Bass and Baritone. Ryan's long-term career goals are first to
become an audio engineer in an established recording studio, and then to become
a producer and eventually own his own
studio.