Herndon High School Band Parents Association, PO Box 1293, Herndon, VA 20172
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Herndon High School Band Parents Association, PO Box 1293, Herndon, VA 20172 |
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Welcome to Percussion Central! Meet Our New Director:  Paul Fadoul, a percussionist, is a native of Fairfax, Virginia, and has given solo and chamber music performances across the United States and Spain, including two solo appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra. He graduated from the Yale School of Music with a Performance Certificate. Paul has worked with numerous marching groups over the last ten years, including Fairfax HS, AIA A Class bronze medallists; and Castle HS (Newburgh, Indiana), Indiana State runner-up and BOA Grand Nationals Semi-Finalist (13th place). In addition to his work with high school ensembles, he was also the youngest member of the faculty at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University from 2000-2002, and a member of Tales & Scales from 2003 to 2005, acting and playing over two hundred shows annually for family audiences around the country. Congratulations, DrumLine Members! We are proud to announce the 2007-2008 Pride of Herndon Drumline: Daniel Rhim, Eric Geiger (Section leader,) Ian Marcus, Parker Lee, Philip Anderson, Troy Holland, Charlie Collier, Coleman Scholz (section leader,) Jon Bentley, Matt Bowen, Jack Quinlan, Ronny Lau, Collin Turgeon, Michael Jun, and Kyle Mitchell. 2007-2008 Indoor Drumline What an opportunity for our students! After many years of not having a drum line, we are now offering this great activity through the Pride of Herndon. We have a group of 19 students that want to sharpen their musical skills and advance their music education by participating in the Winter season Drumline. We are very fortunate to have the very talented Paul Fadoul leading the instruction for this group, and he will be assisted by Amanda Brock and Mike Robson. These three have made room in their busy schedules and have been working with our students since November. The Indoor Drumline is off to a great start thanks to an anonymous donor who has enabled us to purchase a new floor and cart this year. This winter, Herndon started an indoor drumline (the first since 1996-1997 and then a partial attempt in 1998-1999). PJ is back at the reins, with Mike and Amanda helping him out as Techs. This year's show is entitled Deja Vu, which is an arrangement (done by PJ) of the Eric Whitaker piece, Equus, featuring challenging drill and dance, also designed by PJ. The kids started off in Novice class. After the first competition, the team was immediately bumped into class A. The kids, excited and nervous about the bump and the new lines they would face, have been doing a great job, and have proven themselves to be quite competitive. Last weekend, Herndon took first place in class A at the AIA show at Edison. This weekend, the team will perform in the semifinals on Saturday, and hopefully in the finals on Sunday. Here is the schedule and results that the Drum Line had: February 16, 2008 - First Place - 79.8, promoted to Scholastic Class A! March 8, 2008 - Fifth Place - 76.9, first competition in Class A! March 29, 2008 - First Place - 85.5, Class A! April 5-6, 2008 Updated 04/07/2008 |