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A message from Tom…

Accomplishments, Competition, Impact, Performances, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton March 15th, 2010

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

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Impact & Pursuit Competition Results

Accomplishments, Competition, Impact, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton March 6th, 2010

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.

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Pursuit & Impact Competition!

Competition, Impact, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton February 22nd, 2010

Impact & Pursuit will be traveling to the Twin Cities area for their first competition this weekend! Let’s all wish them well!

Click the link below to download a copy of the itinerary for the weekend if you need it. We look forward to some great stories and lots of photos when they return!

Groove Itinerary 2010 Eagan Buffalo

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2009 Pursuit & Impact DVD Now Available!

Competition, Impact, Performances, Photos, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton February 2nd, 2010

We finally have the DVD available from last year’s Pursuit / Impact season. It includes MANY candid shots from practices and competitions, plus the year-end performance at Drums N Dogs.
 
If you are interested in a copy.  Please contact Cindi Green. She is hoping to have a number of copies available at next week’s Pancake Breakfast.

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The Tarps!

Accomplishments, Impact, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton January 19th, 2010

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

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Impact & Pursuit Parent Meeting

Impact, Meeting, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton January 4th, 2010

What: Impact & Pursuit Parent Meeting
When: Tuesday, January 5, 7 pm
Where: Sioux Empire Fairgrounds Armory

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Pursuit and Impact Fundraiser

Fundraising Opportunities, Impact, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton December 10th, 2009

Sioux Falls Restaurant Cards — Buy 1 Entrée and Get 1 Free

Here’s how it works:

  1. Cards sell for $25 each and are re-useable, $10 from each card sold will go to your son or daughter’s account with Groove and can be applied to your son or daughter’s future dues and/or travel costs with Groove. See www.restaurantcardsiouxfalls.com for a list of restaurants.
  2. If your son or daughter leaves Groove before the amounts are applied, any amounts not applied can be used by family members in Groove at that time. If no family members are in Groove at that time, the remaining amounts stay with Groove.
  3. Cards will be available the next 2 Saturdays — Dec 12th & 19th — during the lunch breaks.
  4. Make any checks payable to Groove.

If you have any questions or want cards after the dates listed above, please feel free to contact Leon Stoel.

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Younkers Community Days Coupon Book Sales

Fundraising Opportunities, Impact, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton November 16th, 2009

To all Impact & Pursuit members:

For those who received coupon booklets as part of the individual fundraiser to be allocated towards your Groove travel costs, please bring any remaining unsold booklets and money for the booklets sold to Impact or Pursuit practice at the armory on Tuesday. Leon Stoel & Joan Westphalen will be there to collect them. If you collected cash and would prefer NOT to send cash with your child, it is fine to make a check payable to Groove Inc. for the amount you collected.

For those who were part of Saturday’s sales from 2-4 at Younkers, that money has been collected from Shelly Murra (the parent helper) and will be given to Steve Pfeiffer, with the proceeds being divided equally between all the students who actively participated during that timeframe on Saturday.

If you are unable to send the proceeds and/or unsold tickets along with your child on Tuesday, or they won’t be there, please contact Joan to make other arrangements to turn them in. Contact Joan with any questions.

Joan Westphalen
351-3503

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Impact & Pursuit Parent Meeting

Impact, Meeting, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton November 10th, 2009

What? Parent meeting.

When? Tuesday, Nov. 10, 7 PM

Where? At the Armory.

Who? This is for parents of ALL Impact and Pursuit members!

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Impact and Pursuit Audition Results

Auditions, Downloads, Impact, Pursuit | Posted by Dave Thornton November 4th, 2009

At long last, here are the audition results for the Impact and Pursuit drumlines:

Impact
Snares:

  1. Tucker Miller
  2. Devon Jordhiem
  3. Tanner Grochens
  4. Emily Pierson
  5. Peyton Sterns
 Quads:

  1. Adam Ortmeir
  2. Tonner Bowman
 Bass:

  1. Jonah Zimbleman
  2. Erin Eckrich
  3. Sarah Tollefson
  4. Chance Freeze
  5. Taylor Martin
Marimba:

  1. Jessie Cink
  2. Tate Green
  3. Matt Binstock
 Vibe:

  1. Anna Stritecky
  2. Emily Devos
 Set:

  1. Brandon Gray
Auxilliary:

  1. Michael Allender
  2. Zach Swanson

Pursuit
Snares:

  1. Ethan Nemmers
  2. Will Reynolds
  3. Eric Dale
  4. Austin Murra
  5. Soren Docken
  6. Evan Huges
 Quads:

  1. Cody Green
  2. Riley Palmer
  3. Alex Pfiffer
 Bass:

  1. Jamie Westphalen
  2. David Tollefson
  3. Mike Swain
  4. Brent Chester
  5. Matt Dyke
Marimba:

  1. Alexa Stritecky
  2. Charlie Mogen
  3. Kortney Weems
  4. Katie Askew
 Vibes:

  1. Jillian Doty
  2. Katie Thompson
 Set:

  1. Spencer Marty
Keyboard Bass:

  1. Mike Lang
 Synth:

  1. ?
 Auxilliary:

  1. Joe Egge

Click here to download a copy of the Impact & Pursuit rehearsal schedule.

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