The following group gathered over Christmas break to drum and hang with the current Groove members and staff.
These young men represent the Colts, Carolina Crown, and Phantom Regiment and are all from the Groove family. From left to right we have Micah Jastram, Matt Haar, Jared Goede, Dan Rainbow, Chris Sikkema, Dan Sailer, and David Tollefson.
These guys have a combined total of 21 yrs of experience and 7 World Championship Titles.
I want to congratulate Groove Impact and Groove Pursuit for this past weekend Performances. We performed in North St. Paul High School on Saturday Afternoon, Becker, Minnesota on Saturday night, and St. Cloud Apollo High School on Sunday afternoon.
The highlight of the 3 Events was the Becker High School performance: Impact claimed 1st in their class and 5th overall. Pursuit also claimed 1st in their class and 1st OVERALL! It was a long travel weekend for students and parents alike, but all is well that ends well!
Once again, congratulations! This is an honor not only for the Impact and pursuit, but all member of Groove! If you are interested in the competitions and scores of our travels, please check the website of www.mnperc.org. The scores usually take about a week to post.
Thanks to the staff, parents, and students for making another successful weekend of travel.
Sincerely,
Tom Stritecky
Impact/Pursuit Travel Coordinator
In case you haven’t heard, Impact and Pursuit did an awesome job on their first weekend of competitions!
EAGAN PRELIMINARIES:
Impact placed 5th out of 6 units in their class with a score of 68.80. Scores in their class ranged from a high of 79.00 to a low of 63.80.
Pursuit placed 2nd out of 2 units in their class with a score of 74.15. First place was a score of 84.10. Second place allowed Pursuit to advance to finals.
Overall in the prelims, Impact placed 14th (68.80) and Pursuit tied for 9th place (74.15) out of 17 units. Overall prelim scores ranged from a high of 84.65 to a low of 63.80
EAGAN FINALS:
Pursuit again placed second out of the two units in their class with a score of 73.90. First place score was 83.90.
Overall, Pursuit placed 8th (73.90) out of 11 units. High score was 84.45; low score was 71.15.
Not bad considering this was our first competition and many of the other units have been competing for a couple of months!
The reason for so few units in our class is that most competition drumlines are school affiliated.
Posted on the WGI website were reviews of the units that participated in the Eagan finals. The following is the review for Pursuit:
Groove Pursuit (Sioux Falls, SD) (2nd: 73.900) With performers ranging between 13 and 22 years of age, Groove Pursuit made the long trek from Sioux Falls to spend the weekend in the Twin Cities Area. This was their first competition weekend of the year. They had beautiful uniforms, a complete show, and none of the “first show jitters” were to be seen.
BUFFALO:
Impact placed 1st of the two units in their class with a score of 71.1. Second place received a score of 63.9.
Pursuit placed 1st in their class with a score of 76.15. They were the only unit in their class.
Overall, Pursuit placed 2nd (76.15) and Impact placed 5th (71.1) out of 11 units. High score was 80.2; low score was 59.34.
The kids’ performances notably improved with each show being better than the one before.
Impact did a fantastic job considering they are middle school kids competing against high school drum lines!
Pursuit did an awesome job coming in second only to Eagan High School with a 44 member Drumline!
Our drum lines were also playing music that was more technically challenging than many of the other drum lines, which is considered by the judges when scoring.
Paul Dyke
V.P.
The tarps for the Impact & Pursuit floor shows were painted last night, and they look sweet! Thanks to all who helped.
I would especially like to thank my brother Mark for the design and color work, and Jared Goede for his amazing dedication and non stop effort. For all you members who helped. I am honored to have you as members of this organization.
Thanks!
Pete
