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Bryan Station Marching Defenders & Band Boosters

proudly present the 20th annual

Bluegrass Pageant of Bands
Saturday, October 16, 2010

Top Ten reasons to attend the show:

10. 3200 seat (concert side) stadium
9.  Sports turf field
8.  Nationally recognized judging panel
7.  Longest continuously running contest in the Bluegrass
6.  Quality awards from Crown Trophy that you will want to display
5.  Plenty of on-campus of parking
4.  Hospitality second to none
3.  KMEA Sanctioned High School Marching Band Competition
2.  2A and 5A Quarterfinals held the following weekend at Station

1.  EXHIBITION by ? Marching Band!

Admission: $8.00 - Directions

For more information contact the Band Room: (859)381-3311

DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM HERE (Word Format)

DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM HERE  (PDF Format)

Judges:

Daniel Niebauer - Erie, PA (Visual)

Daniel Niebauer is an active adjudicator, educator and visual designer. He is presently a member of the New York Federation of Contest Judges, the Ontario Drum Corps & Color Guard Judges Association as well as the Ny-Penn Judging Association, where he currently acts as the M & M caption chief. Dan is a level three adjudicator for WGI & DCI as well as a visual judge for DCA, CSJA, NJA, Penn. Fed., and BOA.  He has been a guest judge for state and regional championships in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Florida and Indiana, and Europe. He has designed, coordinated, and directed over 300 marching bands, drum corps, and color guards during the past 38 years, earning over 350 first place trophies and championships.  Formerly a band director and teacher at Fairview High School and McDowell High School, Dan serves as a faculty member for the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, specializing in jewelry and metallry design for both undergraduate and graduate students. Dan has given clinics all over the world for the visual captions specializing in drill design and most recently completed the 2008 DCI Tour and Championships judging many shows while writing the visual programs for 4 marching bands. Along with his wife, Janice, Dan owns and operates Ralph Miller Jewelers & Gallery, J & D Manufacturing Jewelers, Inc. and RMJ Restorations, Inc.  They specialize in a custom designed line of fine gold and platinum jewelry called "Created Uniques," which can be found on the internet at www.created-uniques.com.  Dan has exhibited nationally and internationally.  Many of his pieces are held in private collections throughout the world.

Dean DeKemper – Floyds Knob, IN (Visual)

Dean DeKemper is a member of the Tri-State Judges Association specializing in General Effect, Visual Performance and Color Guard.  He is a Charter and three-year performing member of the Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps of Bloomington, Indiana.  He was the Visual Coordinator for Evansville Central High School, Evansville, Indiana, for 15 years and former Visual Caption Head for Academy and Ubiquity Winterguard, a consistent Tri-State Circuit for the Pageantry Arts Finalist Medalist and Winter Guard International Regional Finalist Medalist.  He has consulted with numerous high school and independent programs in Indiana and Kentucky and has adjudicated marching bands and winter guards throughout the United States.  He is a twelve-year Early Intervention Specialist and Operations Supervisor with First Steps, Indiana’s Early Childhood Development Intervention Program, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Southern Indiana.

Brett Owens – Lexington, KY (Visual)

Brett Owens has over 30 years of experience in marching music activities.  He has served as Program Coordinator, Brass Arranger, Music and Brass Consultant, Visual Caption Head, Guard Technician and in management for both marching bands and drum & bugle corps.  In addition Mr. Owens has served as an adjudicator at Marching Band contests throughout the central United States for the past twenty years.  He is a member of the Tri-State and Central States Judges Associations.

Leslie Anderson – Lexington, KY (Music)

Les Anderson is currently Assistant Professor and Director of Field and Clinical Experiences at Asbury College in Wilmore, KY.  He is an active performer and adjudicator serving as the Associate Conductor of the Central Kentucky Concert Band.  He was formerly the Principal at M.I.A.M.I. (Magnet for the Integrated Arts through the Multiple Intelligences) at Russell Elementary School in Lexington.  Prior to that position, Les had a distinguished career as Director of Bands at Tates Creek HS and Lafayette HS where his ensembles consistently received superior ratings. 

Bryan Crisp – Independence, KY (Music)

Bryan Crisp is currently the Professor of Trumpet at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio and is a member of the Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra.  Mr. Crisp holds two undergraduate degrees from Tennessee Technological University in Music Education and Music Performance and a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Bryan was the former Assistant Director of Bands at Cumberland County High School in Crossville, TN and regularly gives clinics and visual and musical assistance to several bands in the tri-state area.  As a performer, Bryan can be heard on seven recordings including the latest available through Summit Records titled Classic Hymns (DCD428, 2005).  He has toured the United States extensively as a soloist and educator. As a member of Mr. Jack Daniel’s Original Silver Cornet Band and Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass, Bryan has performed as soloist in more than three dozen states, including appearances at the International Trumpet Guild Conference, Great American Brass Band Festival, Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Mammoth Lakes Jazz Festival, Medford Jazz Festival, and Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree. Bryan has been a winner of the National Trumpet Competition (brass quintet division) and Tennessee Trumpet Competition (solo and duet divisions), and a recipient of the International Trumpet Guild’s 2001 Blackburn Scholarship. Mr. Crisp has performed with the Dayton Philharmonic, the Cincinnati, Nashville, Middletown, Kentucky, and Richmond Symphonies. Bryan also enjoys having an active teaching studio of advanced high school and middle school trumpet students in the Northern Kentucky area.