What:

Parent/Student Information & Audition Sign-up Night, Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010

When:

• 6:30 pm for preschool through 8th grade — Genesis, Next Step, Cadets, & Slam,
• 7:30 pm for 9th grade through college — Impact & Pursuit, at 7:30 pm.

Where:

• Oak Hills Baptist Church
• 6201 S. Lyncrest, Sioux Falls, SD
• 1 block west of 69th & Minnesota Ave. behind Waterfall Plaza

Come to learn how you can be a part of Groove! Audition times will be available at the meeting. Auditions are required for all groups except Genesis, and times are given on a first-come, first-served basis.

More details to follow.
For more information, send us an email — i n f o @ s f g r o o v e . u s

Groove Inc. Summerline at Litchfield, Minnesota

Although the sky was a little threatening at times, the bad weather held off until after the parade. I’ve put some photos from Litchfield on my Flickr Photostream here. Hope you enjoy them!

—Bill Reynolds
wjreynolds@yahoo.com

At last I’ve added some of the photos from Sioux City to my Flickr Photostream; you’ll find them here. Enjoy!

—Bill Reynolds
wjreynolds@yahoo.com

You will find a number of photos from the Summerline’s July Fourth events on my Flickr Photostream.

Hendricks parade photos are here.

Westward Ho photos are here.

I don’t know why I haven’t edited the Sioux City photos yet…too much going on this weekend, I suppose. Stay tuned!

—Bill Reynolds
wjreynolds@yahoo.com

Groove Inc. Summerline at Pipestone

I’ve added a bunch of photos from last Saturday’s Pipestone and Granite Falls parades to my Flickr Photostream.

The Pipestone photos are here.

The Granite Falls photos are here.

More to come after this weekend’s Sioux City and Hendricks parades, I imagine!

—Bill Reynolds
wjreynolds@yahoo.com

Call him at 605.376.1606 or email him at mphaar07@ole.augie.edu.

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

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.

I’m with the Dakota District Pipes(bagpipes) and Drums. We’re always looking for motivated individuals to join us. When the kids get too old for your group and if they want to continue drumming, please send them our way. We’ll supply equipment and the kilt. We have room for snare and tenor drummers. Any age is welcome.

We just competed in and won our first competition a couple of weeks ago in Winnipeg. We practice Monday nights, 6:30 at the SF VA, 4th floor auditorium.

Our website: www.dakotapipesanddrums.org

John Brady
(H)605-664-2066
(C)605-661-5194

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