Lesbian and Gay Band Association Annual Conference 2015
Indianapolis, Indiana
Where Music, Visibility and Pride Connect
August 6-9, 2015
Pep Participant Information
What to Bring
Flipfolders, Lyres, Printed Music, Uniform
Rent or Borrow an Instrument
If you need to rent or borrow an instrument and did not indicate that in your registration, please email lgba2015@prideofindy.org.
Call Time:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH AT 2:30 PM
Performance Time
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH AT 3:30PM
Performance Attire
Black Bottoms... (Shorts, pants, whatever) any thing you want on your feet (Suggesting no Open Toes for obvious reasons) And the Shirt provided for you by the conference. Sunglasses are recommended. Hats, our AD would still prefer that you not wear one, however she understands the desire to wear one so she just asks that if you wear a hat it must be black or white.
Artistic Staff and Bios
Laura has been a member of the Pride of Indy Bands since 2005 when she was part of the first Board of Directors. She has served in many roles including Marketing Chair and webmaster, Artistic Director, Operations Manager, Membership Chair and was recently appointed to the position of Artistic Director for the Pep and Marching Band.
Laura began her career in 2005, after attending Butler University, at Music for All. She is currently the Manager of Events where she organizing marching band competitions, band camps and national music festivals for over 50,000 spectators and participants.
Outside of her work, she serves on the board for the Lesbian and Gay Band Association and was most recently the Assistant Artistic Director for their participation in the 2013 Inaugural Parade. Additionally, she was the Artistic Director for the 2012 March on Washington and the co-chair for this organization’s 2010 conference in Indianapolis. Additionally, she sits on an alumni board for Kappa Kappa Psi.
Laura Blake, Pep Band Artistic Director
Joining us as percussion section leader will be Julie Walsh. Julie is a talented percussionist and leads Pride of Indy’s.
The Guard has been hard at work for over a year planning and writing. Led by Mike McKee, he is supported by Gary Ende (LGBAC), Ryan Neeley and Abel Watson (Pride of Indy)
Patti Calandria from Philadelphia Freedom Band will be assisting me as Drum Major.
MP3s to Download
Performance Details
Call time is 2:30 on the north steps of Lucas Oil Stadium (intersection of South and Capitol) Please meet in front of the Flags on the Plaza We will warm up and test a few things and make sure we fit in our area so please be on time. Performance begins at 3pm! We will play one set on the north plaza from 3-3:30. Gates open at 3:30 and we will walk around to the southeast gate (bring all of our audience with us) and perform outside that gate again. We will be done at 4pm There is no storage at the performance, before or after. Please bring only your instrument and music. You will need to return instruments to the hotel after the performance. Large Instruments (percussion and Sousa’s) A truck will be parked on South Street, Curbside just west of the meeting location at the stadium. The truck will be available to load gear load at the hotel between 10am and noon. The truck will be at the stadium at 2pm. When we are done all Percussion and Sousa’s will be returned to the truck put in cases and stored (no unload!)
Picture it...a balmy summer afternoon. The light breeze carries the cheers of the crowds into the blue Indiana sky. You’re standing with 200 of your LGBA friends, waiting to welcome guests outside the stadium for the Drum Corp International World Championships. The drum major calls the band to attention…the whistle blows, the drums play a roll-off, and suddenly the air is filled with a wall of sound and a flash of color. The music and movement of the Lesbian and Gay Band Association is on display and the crowd explodes in applause and appreciation.
Come show your pride and let musicians from around the country know there are safe places for them to play after they age-out of their corps.
What is DCI?
DCI, or Drum Corp International, is Marching Music's Major League. With over 1,000 performances across the country each year, they have a wide-reaching number of participants and audience members.
When members reach 21 years of age, they are no longer allowed to participate in a corp. With so many LGBA Bands across the country, we are hoping to let these musicians know there is a place for them to play after corp.
Check out their website for more details and to watch a video on what they are. www.dci.org
Section Sizes
Rehearsal Notes
The following are some musical notes and other things that are important for the performance. Most importantly we want to look good, sound good, and have fun! There will be some small things added to some tunes to liven us up and have a little fun. Please mark your music accordingly. We will be adding some horn swings and fun things to tunes at Thursday’s rehearsal. Please bring a pencil!
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I WANT YOU BACK: HAS A CUT! Please cut M51-68 POMPEII: Please listen to the recording and at M58 if you are not playing please sing the low brass part
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BLISTER IN THE SUN: If you know this tune there are claps during the intro and outro – They happen to coincide with the percussion parts. I would like the band to clap. We will go over this in rehearsal.
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The following tunes will have some horn swings added. I WANT YOU BACK, TALK TO ME DANCE WITH ME, CANTINA BAND If Sections find something you want to do I ENCOURAGE YOU TO!
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DAFT PUNK MEDLEY: This will have some full ensemble choreography. It’s super easy and will look really cool. Since we aren’t marching we wanted some way to show what we can do! Group 1: Clarinet, Trumpet, Sax Group 2: Tbone, Group 3: Baritone, Mello Group 4: Tuba, Flute Meas 33-36: Horns face right 45 angle Meas 37-40: Horns face left 45 angle Meas 41: Group 1 lunge left Meas 42: Group 2 lunge right Meas 43: Group 3 lunge left Meas 44: Group 4 lunge right Meas 45: Group 1 attention Meas 46: Group 2 attention Meas 47: Group 3 & 4 attention Play until Meas 63 Meas 64-67: Right passé, 2nd pos, flex right foot lean left, 2nd pos, plie, elvis, plie, attention (HAVE NO FEAR WE WILL TEACH THIS) Meas 68-71: REPEAT Meas 72-87: PLAY Meas 88-95: Repeat Meas 41-47
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TRUMPET SOLOS: There are 4 tunes with solos that I would like to be duets for projection purposes and giving the opportunity to play to more people. If you are interested in one of these please email me. I will just ask you to take a stab at them in rehearsal. However, I need to make sure they are covered so please notify my in advance. Laura.blake@prideofindy.org
Performance Order:
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Johnny B Goode
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Fancy (Guard)
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My Songs Know What You Did (Light Em UP)
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I Want You Back
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Birdland (Guard)
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We Are Young
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Pompeii
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Daft Punk Medley (Special)
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Talk to me Dance With Me
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Wake Me Up
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Cantina Band (Guard)
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Blister in the Sun
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We’re Not Gonna Take It (Guard)
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Don’t Stop the Music
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We are Family (Guard)