My time with the L'Anse Creuse band has been a really great experience so far.  I walked into the program rather late in the summer, so the majority of the show had already been conceptualized and mapped out.  However, by the time I joined the staff, there were still plenty of details that hadn't been worked out...from body visuals, usage of props, and a total effect standpoint.  This has allowed me many opportunities to collaborate, tweak, and add to the overall program design.  It's been cool experience for me - taking someone else's vision, and helping to mold it into a solid, effective production.

The show is titled, "Going through the Motions", and contains the movements:  1.) Going through the Motions;  2.) Circle Circus;  3.)  Poetry in Motion;  4.) Bodies in Motion;  5.)  e-Motion.  Each section of the show has a different mood and style, both musically and visually.  Taking music that runs the gamut from contemporary wind-band literature to early 20th century impressionism, the band is afforded opportunities to show a vast musical vocabulary.  Equally impressive is each movement's mood in visual design.  From the aggressive opening of the first movement, to the crazy "circus" of the second.  The third tune allows the band opportunities to move in an elegant and expressive manner, before the full band choreography of the fourth tune.  Overall, it's a great program, and I'm very happy to be a part of it, and contribute to the visual design in my own way.

So far this season, the band has had a succesful run, kicking off with our season opener at the Novi Fanfare Invitational.  The band received 2nd place in Flight 2, and 3rd place overall.  A week later, the band traveled to Flint for the Michigan Invitational, where the band received 1st place in Flight 2, as well as the Governor's Trophy for being Grand Champion of the event.

After a few weeks off, the band is returning to competition this weekend, as we attend the Clarkston Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 24.  A week later, we'll be at the Huron Valley Invitational on Oct. 31.  Less than three weeks until States.  Yikes!